<strong>Year 2012, 2 Weeks since "First Awakening"</strong><br/><br/>Mayan calendar predicted it. In the year 2012, the world began to change, swiftly, as new storms rose all over the world, having been brewing for years, decades even. Violence and hatred had gained roots in many people's hearts, and it seemed like the doomsday-prophecies were being dismissed but yet a lot of people secretly feared it, even if just a little at the back of otherwise sceptical mind.<br/><br/>It was the unknown that shocked people, two weeks ago, when the first "awakened" walked forth. The people were surprised, shocked, jealous, awed and curious. Some were frightened and some were counting the possibilities this opened.<br/><br/>Whispers spread of a woman who's gentle touch could heal any wounds, but when people became greedy for her touch, desperate to be healed and willing to trample one another for her help when conventional medicine had given up on them, even this 'benign' power was considered dangerous. She vanished, but whispers spread that government or someone else might be moving key-power-figures in secret to avoid them being harmed, or to control and examine them? Rumors dont say.<br/><br/>There has been so far no real response seen to how the governments of the world plan to react to the presence of metahumans, but the term has spread far already, as people are still trying to make up their mind how they feel about it. Some would hero-worship them, some would treat them as equals, and some are fearful and declaring them demons, freaks and worse.<br/><br/>In this splintered world, many kinds of people live, many kinds of stories await to be told, and a world where superheroes and villains were once mere stories in comicbooks, there are now truly powerful individuals, powerful in different ways.<br/><br/><div align="center"><em>One of these stories is your story.</em></div><br/><hr/><div align="center"><em>OOC: Alright, I am looking forward to seeing what kind of intros you are thinking of, its your character and your welcome to a world o Paragons, so feel free to narrate a little on how you imagine your start, but let us begin.</em></div>