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[Updatedude]

Consider this a draft/wiki/placeholder.

Summing it up
KALI is meant to be the FPL's equivalent to SPECTRE from James Bond: An overarcing organization that works through numerous channels to pull the world's strings in its favor. While they have traditional criminal elements, the KALI entity is less interested in the "traditional" criminal acts of an organization such as The Syndicate. This isn't a conglomerate of villains acting together to further their own prosperity.

KALI consists of numerous "arms." These arms are independent organizations with their own agendas and modes of operation. Most individuals that work within these "arms" have no knowledge that their organization is a part of any larger group. In fact, the KALI organization isn't known by the public at large. Only a scant few operatives for various nations and organizations know of its existence, and fewer know who belongs to this conspiracy.

Basically, KALI is a far-reaching conspiracy that few people know exists. Most members of each "Arm" are unaware of KALI's existence-- only a select few (or even one person) within each organization is aware of the overarcing conspiracy. Few outside of the conspiracy are aware of its existence. People may have heard the name dropped or seen in a top secret document, but the nature of KALI is never completely revealed in such sitiations. For FPL purposes, it's mainly a name to be dropped hinting at a larger picture that may or may not be revealed in the future. What's of real importance are the groups that make up KALI.

The League of Assassins
One of the most notable arms of KALI is the League of Assassins. The league is a resource for all the other arms of KALI. 'nuff said really.

Another thing notable about the league is that it's an actual league, complete with seasons and points performance and a slew of other factors of consideration, which determine the rank of any given "competitor". Due to the rather esoteric criteria involved in determining the rank placement of its members, there's been no small amount of frustration from assassins who feel they deserve a higher standing in the league, but are unable to do so due to the league rules making no f**king sense. However, obscure and arbitrary as the criteria seem to be, it's without a doubt that they are impeccably accurate. Especially at the higher ranks.

And speaking of the higher ranks...

# 1 Novella
# 2 ???
# 3 ???
# 4 ???
# 5 ???
# 6 Sebastian Dover
# 7 ???
# 8 ???
# 9 ???
#10 Category: Pain

Novella has been the perpetual #1 for god knows how long. It's been theorized by conspiracists that the ranking was actually developed for the primary purpose of developing a talent who can topple her from her summit.

Trivia

-Top 10 are known as Ranked Men/Women. If Novella is Cain, the rest of the Ranked are the equivalent of 2nd to 4th generation.

-The Rankings are created based on a convoluted computer formula not unlike the NCAA Football BCS. Except the OS probably has something to do with the blood of virgins or something else sinister. Maybe. That's what the rumors say at least.


DanCo
The "good" company. DanCo (Danger Corp) is a legitimate and philanthropic company with a wide array of products and services. In addition to the usual appliances, hospitality & financial services and what-have-youse, DanCo is notable for its large expenditure in charitable endeavors. That is to say, they spend a lot of money building orphanages, animal shelters, setting up soup kitchens and other hippy stuff. In full public view, of course. After all, what's the point in being charitable if you're going to be anonymous?

DanCo is also noted as being a great sponsor of heroes. They're the ones who set up and marketed Doctor Velocity's "Team Velocity" for instance.

No one said conspiracies have to be completely evil.

DanCo/League of Dangermen moved to "good" KALI.


Twilight Club
The Twilight Club is a "chain" of clubs scattered about the globe that caters to the "esoteric" crowd. It's part think-tank, part social club for those that delve into the occult, the speculative, and other fringe elements. It's the sort of place where a UFO researcher might go to have a drink and chat it up with a Wiccan. If Coast to Coast AM was made into a global social club, this would be it.

The "real" Club, though, consists of the VIP rooms of each club. As it turns out, there's only one VIP room, and said room is accessed through a secret portal inside of each Twilight Club franchise. This portal leads to a secure place within the Dreamtime where VIP members can discuss pressing issues with one another that can't be discussed around "mundane" ears, conspire with one another, and basically vent. It's the place for those "in the know" to shmooze and socialize.

The bartenders of the Twilight Club, be it the regular ones or the ones in the VIP room, are naturally privy to all sorts of information. When one's had one too many drinks, they're willing to spill their guts moreso than usual. It's the bartenders' jobs to gather this intel and deliver it to the owner of the Club, who relays it to KALI itself.

As for the owner herself, she is simply refered to as "Owner," even amongst other KALI members.

Seven Emblems Entertainment (SEE)
The "evil" company. Its mascot are 7 seals.

Like DanCo, SEE is a huge multinational public listed company. Known for their theme parks and nationwide retail clothing stores, naturally, they provide a huge variety of other goods and services as well, and have a sizeable slice of the entertainment industry cake. Basically, think "Disney". And just like Disney, they secretly fund super villains and terrorist organizations.


ITN
TERRORISM!

ITN: International Terrorist Network

A small group of individuals who fund and train numerous terrorist organizations. Their intentions come off as little more than the desire to induce chaos, since they're more than willing to support both sides of a conflict at the same time. Of all of the "arms" of KALI, ITN is the only one that isn't publically known. Its name is mentioned in obscure intelligence reports, and any investigations into its meaning are largely met with dead ends.

Beneficiaries
Maude Daqua. A renegade who has been raising hell across the country, heck, across the world. ITN is keeping her safe and stocked.

The Cruel Kids
The Cruel Kids are a sub-group within KALI. While not rogues per se, they don't answer to any Arm in particular. Like the League of Assassins, the Cruel Kids membership is opened to candidates from all the different Arms of KALI. Unlike the League however, they do not necessarily work for or even with the Arms. Instead, their interests simply tends to coincide with one Arm or another. Thereby making them useful to all.

The "team" is led by Arissa. Current members are Piranha Girl, Headbang Girl, Dangeretta and Unicorn Boy.

Arissa

The "brains" of the operation. She's the leader who is able to hold together and direct this group of misfits.

Piranha Girl

The psycho killer of the group. Y'all know Piranha Girl.

Headbang Girl

The muscle. For now, not much is known about her. Like the rest of the group, she's pretty covert. All things considered.

Dangeretta

The Batman, or if you prefer, the Robin of the group. Dangeretta's story is a tad complicated. Not so much the "plot" of her story, but the relationships around her. Dangermen have always been "good guys", but Dangeretta? Not so much.

Unicorn Boy

The OTHER psychopath. In fact, more so.

Project Fort�
A conglomerate project. Research and resources are being pinched from all Arms of KALI for this project. Though only a select few know the true scope of it, including the mythic Head of KALI, God and the project's mastermind, Arissa.

One other individual might know what the project truly entails, but if not, at the least, he knows more than most. This man being one Simon Feld.

[deojusto]

Cool, so its like a mix of the Guild and the UAA from No more Heroes. Are you looking for serious villains like Pain and Piranha Girl, or more outlandish parody characters like Phantom Limb or the King Gorilla (R.I.P) ?

[treacherous]

Waitaminute? Novella of the Death of Captain Khazan fame?

[Landon]

Yes. Already have her slotted as one of my Global FPL characters.

[Landon]

All of this is obviously a work in progress. The League is more or less set, but the other groups are still in rough planning stages. We'll post info as we come up with it.

[Updatedude]

Added the Cruel Kids. As with the rest of KALI, they're a work in progress, and we might not even go with the current "team" name. I'll hopefully be able to finish up Arissa soon, then add links and pics.

[treacherous]

This. This is what I'm looking forward to...stuff like this. These are the sort of things that really build a world in the FPL.

[Updatedude]

I need to get some sort of admin power so I can delete my older posts when I make these little updates.

Actually, Arissa's been done for months. Save for one or two last descripts that I've been too lazy to complete. Dangeretta's concept hasn't been fully finalized, but obviously, she's related to the League of Dangermen. Headbang Girl I've been wanting to do for awhile, but the time was never right. Unicorn Boy is totally new, and he's sort of an evil dick.

[Updatedude]

Links to Arissa and Piranha Girl character sheets. Also mention of Maude Daqua and Project: Forté.

If things go well, Maude will be the next char to be completed.

[Landon]

Info on the Arms has been updated.

[Nilan]

Can't wait for this to take shape, it looks awesome.

[Landon]

http://www.electricf...eam/show?tid=22

KALI's now FPL legal. If you want to make a KALI peep, please post your ideas to this thread and we'll talk it out.

[treacherous]

Ah crap! KALI is official and they've unleashed the penguin!!!!

This makes me very happy. Old school villains - ASSEMBLE!

[Updatedude]

So Raines is now part of KALI.

Seeing as this is the first non-Conspiracy member, I figure I'd reveal the review process we went through.

I reckon Rookie went the extra mile of making sure his char wouldn't overtly step on any toes, but that said, you'll note Raines is somewhat of a high roller as well. And that's perfectly fine.

Our review/logic was that Raines is a pretty decent/good character, perhaps not Rookie's very best, but hardly an embarrassment. Next, despite being a high roller, it's not as if the character outright contradicted anything we've already done, nor do we adhere to things happening in a certain way 100% anyway.

Raines is also part of an Arm that Rookie made. That's kosher. We'll run through and add it on later. Although requesting to join as a member of an already established Arm would be a plus.

Raines had fic appearances, which is also a plus.

Basically, we're pretty open. The main issue is that your character shouldn't suck. In terms of continuity, we're pretty flexible, but I'll expand on that later.

[The Rookie]

HE'S NOT ONE OF MY BEST? *lip quiver*

[Updatedude]

Oh, you're awake...

YES! NOT YOUR VERY BEST! YOUR BEST IS you-know-who AND YOU KNOW IT!

[Updatedude]

Mind y'all, he's still a solid char. If he sucked, we'd have subtly/courteously DENIED him.

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Edit/Addition
So here's my take on continuity as it relates to KALI. Bear in mind that it's just my take, Landon and ThreeDark might disagree. It's something of a democracy/compromise that we work with. We might have the story be one way initially, but we're all for revising/retconning, especially when the stuff we wanna rework has been chat exclusive only.

Again, main thing is your character either doesn't suck or we feel it would fit in with the KALI-verse. Having said that, we all have different notions of how the KALI-verse should feel. My style tends to be Terry Pratchett-esque in that it borders the 4th wall, Landon's doing it as a kinda sorta the GHC-verse, ThreeDark and Rookie have their own "feel" as well. And occasionally we have to compromise. There have been times I've dumped stray ideas 'cause they wouldn't jive and there have been times when the Conspiracy puts those stray ideas in even if it doesn't jive 100%.

Overall we're pretty flexible. If you want to do stuff in a superhero/Marvel style or detailed world building style, it's all cool in the hood. Just give us a heads up and we can discuss it. It's a give and take kinda thing.

The only caveat I can think of offhand though is that the Conspiracy tends to subscribe to "situational morality". That's the big thing you have to wrap your head around. A character who goes around murdering people because he likes to see them suffer before he ends their existence, might not necessarily be treated or considered a "bad guy". Take a look at Aleister Michaels, he kills people for profit, survival and sometimes a bit of fun. But he's a "good guy".

So err, that's it. More of a general continuity rant than guidelines for chars to submit to KALI. If you wanna have a char on KALI, do go ahead and give it a whirl.

[Updatedude]

Oh, looks like we already have 10 members. Cool.

[deojusto]

Transcript of now Deleted Assassin Dana Tan

Strength: weak
Body: standard
agility:standard
mind:weak

Point total (-2)

Background

It came in the mail today. She rips open the cardboard box, tearing it across the seams. Inside, amongst the pool of packing peanuts lies a small note and a jumbled bunch of cords and electronics. She looks at the note. The first word on it reads 'Disclaimer' in big bold letters. She never got beyond that first word before crumpling it into a ball and tossing it into the trash.

Her hands dive into the box and pull out the jumbled mess of electronics. The advertisement said it would come fully assembled but it was hard to tell. The mass of the system seemed to come from two metallic gauntlets which connected to all the cords and wires. She slips the gauntlets on like those silk gloves rich bitches might wear, and wraps the tangled wires across her arms. A thick black cord seems unconnected at one end; the word 'neck' is printed in white lettering on its side, giving idiot-proof instructions as to what she aught to do next.

She brings the cord to the front of her neck. She touches the end to her skin; nothing happens. She tries again at the back of her neck, near her spine. There's a quick pinch and a lot of pain. A deep robotic voice automatically awakens her head.

:Hello. Thank you for operating the Mark II, Assassination Training System. For my records, could I please have your name?

“Dana—Tan.”

:Searching… Three results found. Are you Dana Tan, age 43, of Oceanside, California, United States; occupation Dental Hygienist?”

“NO.”

:Searching… Two results found. Are you Dana Tan, age 26, of London, England; occupation Exotic Dancer?

“YES.”

:Confirmed. User Dana Tan, please state your objective in purchasing the Mark II.

“To kill all of those squirming little *vulgarity*ing bastards!”

:Confirmed. The objective, ‘Kill all those squirming little *vulgarity*ing bastards’, has been added to my memory. In order to proceed, the Mark II must network with host user. Would you like to start network now?

“Sure.”




Personality

:Please wait while Networking begins… networking has begun...

The cords in the gauntlet slither across her arms by their own accord. One on her left arm seems to be affixed with a hypodermic needle. The needle injects itself into the veins under her elbow. She can feel something crawlng under her skin where it entered.

:Hardware ports in Brachial Artery being drilled… Contact with Median Nerve confirmed… 15% progress made

“Ow, Shit!....*vulgarity* that hurts!”

:Networking procedure is now attaching hardware cables A, B, C, & D to Central Nervous System. Mild user pain expected.

Dime thick cords enter the port opened by the needle and break their way into her muscles. Then they latch onto the nerve.

“AHHHHHH! CHRISTTTT! DAMN ITTTTT!”

:Central Nervous System has been networked. 55% progress made…

The thick cords jammed into Dana's body seem to throb, pumping something thick as mercury through her veins.

:67% progress made; cells of circulatory, muscular, and integumentary systems now networked with nanite systems… 79% progress made… Networking of host user completed...

The pain had subsided. Dana lifted her hands. The power was in her hands. The power to make other people the victims was finally in her hands. The voice interrupted her revelry.

:Attention. In analysis of current user files in Central Nervous System, harmful and obsolete files have been detected. Would you like me to delete them?

"What do you mean?"

:File://long term memories/persons/family,
File://long term memories/persons/friends,
File://long term memories/persons/acquaintances,
File://ethics/morality response/pity_remorse_compassion.
These files have become obsolete and may interfere with assassination efficiency. The Mark II can delete these files with minimum damage to host-user identity. Proceed?

"Sure. Not like I'm going to miss any of those *vulgarity*ers anyway."

:Please wait...File set deleted. All new, relevant, memory data will be stored for you by the Mark II for recall at any time. Networking and installation programs completed. Would you like to run assassination tutorial program?

“… absolutely.”

:Tutorial program initiated. Searching for nearest suitable assassination target… Target found. Proceed to Sentinels of Liberty and Justice regional branch, Leicester Square, London.




Detective standard 2 points (0 points total, due to weak strength and Mind)

The train rattles down the tube. The voice in her head wouldn't shut up for the entire trip. She couldn't even enjoy the uncomfortable and lusty looks she was getting from across the train car.

:The Mark II comes with automatic threat assessment software. This program can be shut off by command to override to manual control. Would you like manual, or automatic threat assessment?

“…Automatic I guess”

:Automatic threat assessment activated. The Mark II will now observe and evaluate conditions and activate certain systems accordingly…. Destination arrived….

Dana stepped out of the underground station half-naked. No one bothered to try and stop her; God, she wished they'd try though. Having this much power and no excuse to use it, it was torture. Her wait wasn't much longer. The Sentinels' building in Leicester square is a white marble multi-story tower.

A stereotypical superheroine in a grey cloak walks out of the tower to deal with the nudist on their sidewalk.

:Target approaching.... Identified, Sentinels of Liberty and Justice: Grey Widow. Assessment: Martial Artist, no unique abilities, weapons identified, two quarter inch brass knuckles. Threat level, class D, negligible. Begin confrontation.


Kinetic Absorption: standard 2 points (2 points total)

:Activate absorption cells. Cells activated. All kinetic strikes to be absorbed on impact. 10% cell charge… 25% cell charge… 35% cell charge, user strength, agility, and endurance increased 20%. User Dana Tan, for the purpose of the tutorial, please give status report.

“This Bitch can’t leave a *vulgarity*ing scratch!... Is that the best you got?!”

:Status report noted. Host user satisfied.

Widow's blows took Dana in the jaw, the ribs, the gut, the nose and even her gauntlet covered arms. Taking a punch was Dana's one life-long developed skill, and no matter how much punishment the bitch put out, Dana took it all in and laughed. The superheroine was losing breath.

:Target’s stamina decreasing. Activate reflective cells alongside absorption cells…Reflective cells activating.


Reflection standard 2 points (4 points total)

:Kinetic Third Law override program begun…Program completed, opposite force supplied is now greater than original force. Kinetic reflection in effect. Status Report?

The brass knuckles collided with her skin. The momentum shattered the metal and left Dana unmarked. The Widow threw an uppercut for Dana's chin; her fist recoiled in pain a second after.

“That’s right you little *vulgarity*, hit me hard; hit me harder than I’ve ever been hit! You’ll break your god-damn hand, you little *vulgarity*er!”

:Status observed as being content with reflection program… Warning, incoming threat observed. Target identified: Sentinels of Liberty and Justice: MegaTon

“Wait…Megaton?”

In the sky a small dot was moving closer and closer, it seemed to fly almost directly out of the sun. Dana stared out at it, slightly terrified.

:Assessment: Superior energy powers, flight, & superior strength. Threat level, Class B, Elevated. Preparing new strategy, please wait.


Energy Absorption standard, 2 points (6 point total)

“Hey, whatever the hell you’re doing, do it quickly...”

The distant man floating in the sky spread his arms. The onlookers who had stopped to watch knew what this meant and began to flee. Pure white light built between his hands, the growing orb rivaled the sun.

:Energy levels increasing. Target is preparing for ranged explosive energy attack. Activate energy absorption cells, all ambient energy to be absorbed on contact. Ranged energy missile incoming in 3, 2, 1...

The massive orb of white light shot from his hands, speeding like a thunderbolt. It eclipsed everything in her sight; Dana raised her hands in defense, she could feel the heat as it crashed into her, she could feel it as it oddly seemed to melt into her. There was no expected explosion.

When it was over she opened her eyes and nothing had changed. The floating figure glared down at her.

:…… Target absorbed fully. Energy Cells at 65% percent. Status Report?

“That was *vulgarity*ing awesome! Look at him; look at his *vulgarity*ing face! That the best you got… wait—?”

Another ball of light begins to form between his hands. It quickly reached the size of the first, then quickly doubled into two, then doubled again into four. The glare could be seen from two blocks over, Dana cowered on the ground as the floating figure drew his arms back, the circling orbs in orbit around his fist.

:Energy levels increasing. Target is preparing for another ranged explosive energy attack. Energy levels have risen to un-absorbable levels. Predicament dire.

“WHAT?”


Reflection standard, 2 points, (8 point total)

:Energy Reflection Cells activated. Standard reflection insufficient to repel superior blast. Prep to drain energy stores to reflect blast in link with repulsive energy field. All remainder to be absorbed by absorption cells.

The orbs rained down upon her in quick succession. Her life might have flashed before her eyes if not for her inability to remember most of it.

:Prepare for impact in 3, 2, 1…….

The first one hit her in a way similar to what happened before. The energy seemed to melt into her like harmless sunlight. The next one slammed against her gauntlet; Dana felt the energy inside her flow out, pushing back against it. The second orb flung backwards, crashing into the third. They exploded in midair with an explosion that shattered windows and rocked the street. Dana stood in amazement of the pure white fire show.

The fourth orb fell lazily from the sky on top of her. Dana grinned and held up her hand; she was getting the hang of this now. The glowing orb sat in the palm of her hand, lightly repulsed by what energy she had left. The floating hero falls from the air as a speck in the distance, a dropping fly.

Dana lets out a giddy laugh. A different set of cells turned on without comment. The orb floating in her palm slowly melts away and the same power enters her veins as before.

:Success. Blast substantially reflected back onto target, remaining energy absorbed. Target temporarily neutralized. User status report?

"Status Report?...I am a goddess of Death! The Destroyer of Worlds! The *vulgarity*ing Apocalypse on two legs!"

:Status Report noted. Targets MegaTon and Grey Widow temporarily neutralized. Please complete assassination assignment through termination.

“…Gladly.”



Gravity, standard+ranged+area effect, 4 points (12 points total)

:Energy stores of all Energy Absorption Cells at 97.9%, Kinetic Absorption Cells at 30%. Total potential energy level is 127.9%... Drain absorption cells for offensive weapon ‘Nova Cannon’?

“A ‘Nova Cannon’?…Oh HELL YEAH, Drain and fire away!”

:Draining cells. Nova cannon firing at standard plus 127.9% energy increase. Total, 227.9% percent power. Please aim right forearm in general direction of targets.

Dana raises her arm straight out like it was a rifle. The long spike which up till now seemed purely aesthetic in making the wearer look badass, begins to hum. A tiny, almost insignificant, black dot begins grows at its tip. The quiet hum turns into a decibel climbing roar. The ball of utter blackness never grows beyond the size of a baseball, but seems to compact more and more of her energy into itself; a midnight violet hue dimly circles it as it feeds.

:Aiming…Firing

The Nova Cannon blasts off with force enough to throw Dana stumbling backwards. The super-dense black projectile rips down the street, breaking everything in its wake. It collides with its target, slamming him in the chest. The orb begins to suck in everything around it; dust, glass, trash, and broken pavement rip towards the expanding black mass. It reaches a titanic size, its diameter over ten feet wide. Grey Widow's limp body is dragged into the growing dark orb; the other hero cannot escape it either despite his strength, he begins to get sucked in, his body pulled apart atom by atom.

In a single loud crack it implodes. Dana looks away in shock but feels it tug at her even from her distance.

When she turns back there is a deep crater where the black orb once was. Nearby buildings have sections torn from their sides, the cars parked on the street have vanished, a lamp post has disappeared. Every thing seems to have been instantly ripped from existence.

:……… Targets and all surrounding environment neutralized; target presence no longer detected. Assessment: Lack of remains indicates total annihilation. User Status report?

“Yes, YES, YES, YES! Burn in hell you caped mother-*vulgarity*ers!”

:Status report confirmed. Satisfaction at successful assassination observed. Elation at destruction of targets observed… Current suggested course of action: retreat before local authorities arrive with firearms…


Mental Defense standard, 2 points, (14 points total)

:Final objective: Retreat and escape apprehension by local authorities completed. Assassination officially complete; this ends the tutorial program.

Dana admires the gauntlets on her hands. She raises her arm and points the Nova Cannon at objects out her apartment window; she imagines how much energy she would have to absorb before she could completely destroy all the eyesores that block her view, starting with the Royal London Hospital and Westminster Abbey. She couldn't actually see the Abbey from her window, but it somehow got included on the list as well.

“So, how’d I do?” she asks the voice in her head.

:Assessment: User Dana Tan shows incredible aptitude as a professional killer. Lacks emotional attachments to targets or civilians. Presents traits of narcissism, sadism, anti-social behavior, and socio-pathology. Mental status suitable for new occupation.

“So I guess it’s official then. I’m gonna be a *vulgarity*ing assassin.”

:Incorrect; it is not official until the assassin is hired by legitimate organization or individual to conduct an assassination. Would you like me to register you with the League of Assassins?

“Yes, begin registration.”

:Registering…Error… There is already an assassin under the name “Dana-Tan” registered within the League of Assassins. Would you like me to register you under an alias or code name?

“No thanks. I’ve had enough of stage names for one career. Where does this Dana-Tan live?”

:Searching… Port of Kings, Khazan.

“Move ‘Eliminate the other Dana Tan’ to the top priority of objectives, before league registration and killing all the squirming, *vulgarity*ing, bastards."

:Along with the Dana Tan of Port of Kings, Would you like me to include ‘Dana Tan, age 43, of Oceanside, California, United States; occupation Dental Hygienist’, to this list as well?

“Sure… got to start somewhere…"

[treacherous]

Bump: Specifically the Cruel Kids that aren't completed.