Shattered Star - Prelude of Into the Nightmare Rift - Is this Pandemic cheesecake?

The party gathers up all the loot. However, they realise that they can't find the shard on Ardathanatus. They return to the Lighthouse and Casamir is dismayed to see that Koriah is a cat. He casts break enchantment on her and she drops the missing shard. Koriah is temporarily still under the sway of the shard somewhat. The shard is the Shard of Envy. Morrigan decides to carry it.

The party teleports back to Sharn.

As the party walks around Sharn (selling and bookkeeping). People approach them and they realise that their fame is growing. Someone asks for Jazeems autograph. Morrigan meets former Sergeant, now Investigator Cassidy and they chat. Everyone seems to know about the fact they are collecting the shards.

Morrigan uses the shard. She sees a jungle near a mountainside. Off in the distance she sees a volcano erupting. She sees this towering crystalline thorn or spur. Morrigan believes this is Xen'drik. Morrigan gives a high-level overview of the history of Xen'drik (she rolls a 43 on a history check). She realises this is a specific location in Xen'drik called the Guiltspur.

The Guiltspur is said to be cursed—a site avoided even by the giants that call the Storval Plateau home. The site is little more than a strange green pinnacle of stone protruding from the ground, but even this is enough to send chills down the spines of those who believe in the area’s curse.

It is in fact an ancient ruin dating back to the Age of Demons that predates the giant empire. It is a building buried under a massive lava flow. The building itself is said to have been a combination laboratory and embassy for the Karzoug the Lord of Dust.

The place was little more than rumor until recent years, when stories began to emerge of an immense excavation led by the blue dragon Cadrilkasta. These stories tell of entire tribes of hill and fire giants, enslaved by the dragon and forced to painstakingly dig out the chambers of buildings buried in the ground below the great green spur.

They return to the Pathfind...err...Pathways Society and let them know they found the next Shard and would need the ioun stone for it. They say that they can provide travel by airship. Morrigan points out about the weird travel time effects of Xen'drik.

Legion of Superheroes - Season 3 - We gotta get back in time!

Upon returning to Metropolis, the tree that was planted to honor Kid Skid's sacrifice splits open, revealing a miniature, reborn Kid Skid. He reveals that he had seen things across the planet. Ollie, Kid's brother, is happy to see him back and talks about what he'd seen.

Quatro's father calls to chide him about not hearing about the wedding. He lets Quatro know that his mother is pregnant. They are excited to come out for the wedding.

Dynasty's omni-com rings and Lightning Lass is calling. She tells Dynasty that she has to get back to HQ immediately.

They group piles into the shuttlecraft and returns to Legion HQ. They notice a new weird archaic vehical parked there. Oddly, it looks to only be painted with four colors. The incredibly slow computer scans everyone but fails to recognise Phora. Katrina adds Phora to the system.

The Phora and Ollie run off to play video games, Dynasty goes to speak with Lightning Lass, Quatro goes to get silver ale from the replicator, and the rest of the group goes to the Med Lab.

Katrina and Skid scan him and determine that he has conflicting cell structures: infant and adolescent. Kat theorises that the infant cells are from the regeneration while the adolescent ones are his original cells. However, it appears that there will be an issue if they don't fix this. Skid tries to heal himself, but to no avail. Katrina stars working out a method to focus on the older cells to help heal him.

Dynasty find her way to Lightning Lass office and runs into Chorophyll Kid who tells her that Lightning Lass was uninterested in any members of the Legion of Super-Trees joining the Legion.

Dynasty heads in to Lightning Lass office. There she meets Reflecta-kid. Reflecta-kid says he is here for Legion try-outs. That were supposed to have occurred in two days. It becomes clear that Reflecta kid is from another timeline. Lightning Lass says to Dynasty, "Your timeline, your problem." and sends them on their way.

Meanwhile, Quatro is frustrated that he can't replicate silver ale. Meanwhile, Sun Boy meets him and tells him that he'll throw a HUGE bachelor party. Quatro calls his bride to be. She tells him the wedding will be the day after tomorrow and to get everything together - she could only narrow down to 25 bridesmaids, so he needs to find 25 groomsmen.

Back in the med-bay, Chlorophyll kid arrives. Skid and Kat explain what is going on with Skid and they show Chlorophyll kid the readout. Chloropyll Kid says he might be able to stimulate the adolescent cells. Chlorophyll uses his powers and heals Skid back to normal.

Dynasty arrives with Reflecta-kid for Kat to take readings. She realises that he is not actually from their timeline nor the current timeline. Kat theorises that he is from some other dimension as if there was some crisis across infinite worlds that caused the divergence (Reflecta-kid references the 1960s continuity of Legion of Superheroes).

Quatro arrives holding two cans of silver ale. Nightwind also arrives and tells Dynasty that they should have a double wedding. Dynasty (lies) and says that she has a surprise wedding planned and not to bother. Nightwind leaves and is very excited.

Dynasty thinks that they can find the Time sphere that Cosmic Boy and Night Girl used and go back to where the original divergence occurred. While trying to locate, Dr. Harmonia Li contacts her. She says that she'd also located the time bubble in the Himalayas. They decide to meet here there while Chlorophyll Kid heads back to Legion of Super Trees. Dynasty tells Lightning Lass that they are going to go the Himalayas to find the time bubble.

They arrive at the Himalayas. They locate the energy signature near a resort and land there. They find the time bubble. There they find Harmonia Li with two other people: Cosmic Boy and Night Girl. Harmonia says they were unconscious when she arrived, they have several injuries, and are suffering from temporal shock. Skid deduces that they were in some sort of battle before landing.

Kat notes that the time bubble needs to be repaired before it can fly. They decide to take it back to her lab at Legion headquarters. Quatro lifts the time bubble and accidentally damages it a little more.

Cosmic Boy stirs and indicates that the Time Trapper has done something. Dynasty apprises him of the situation with regard to time. Cosmic Boy says that when they were in the twentieth century and everything was "wrong".

Harmonia Li and Dynasty argue as the group returns to Metropolis.

When they arrive, Katrina and Harmonia start repairing the time bubble. They conclude that they can leave Cosmic Boy and Night Girl should be fine if they leave them here when they head back to alter the timeline.

Dynasty attempts to contact Lightning Lass but she refuses to answer.

Night Girl recovers enough to speak. Cosmic Boy tells her she can rest. Cosmic Boy tells them about the twentieth century, for example, Superman didn't recognise them. They conclude that Brainiac 3 never existed. They recall that when they left the Time Trapper's realm previously, that they arrived in the 40s and there were SEVERAL errors. They decide to go back to where Braniac 3 should have existed and work from there.

Harmonia and Katrina finish repairing the bubble. The five of them board the time bubble and heads back. The time vortex is very bumpy.

They arrive in the skies above Metropolis into a giant battle. They are in the 20th century and discover they have arrived during the Khund invasion of earth. Dynasty recalls that Braniac 2 was indeed involved during invasion. The group flies out and assist in battling the Khunds.

The Khunds retreat but suddenly the META-BOMB explodes.

Legion of Superheroes - Season 3 - Daily Planet 15 June 2986

Pre-game notes from our GM

Daily Planet 15 June 2986

Interplanetary

GHORAN PRIME TO SEND EMBASSIES TO ALL U.P. PLANETS
by Jaymz Olsen
Ghoran Prime has announced that in order to facilitate interspecies commerce and cultural exchange the planet will be establishing embassies on all United Planet worlds. President Det Sillas explained that a delegation of two Ghorans will visit each world and set up the embassy. The building will serve not only as a residence for the dual ambassadors, but a resource for other Ghorans living on the planet and a cultural center for others to learn about Ghoran life. Further, the ambassadors will meet will with the planetary government, local businesses, and arts organizations to arrange for increased interplanetary communication.

Ghoran Prime is located in the Dryad System, approximately 320 light-years from the Sol System. Although they are a fairly recent addition to the United Planets, the planet and its people are still shrouded in mystery given their unusual vegiform biology. Nevertheless, the species has received a lot of attention recently because of the now-debunked “Ghoran plague” that was thought to be spreading across the galaxy and sickening Ghorans and non-Ghorans alike. In addition, just a few days ago, Legionnaire Kid Skid, a Ghoran native, sacrificed his life to restore Earth’s biosphere in a manner still not fully understood. Ghoran popularity is at an all-time high as a result, perhaps explaining the timing of Ghoran Prime’s announcement.

It is unknown at this time whether the so-called Legion of Super-Trees will be a part of this ambassadorial endeavor. This Legion, composed primarily of other powered Ghorans and led by Mardru native Chlorophyll Kid, himself formerly a Substitute Hero, has been active throughout the U.P. helping sentients, especially other vegiforms.

President Sillas indicated that the first planet upon which an embassy will be established is Ventura, in honor of Howard, the deceased vegiform who was the last of its kind on that planet. Other planets will follow rapidly, with a full roster to be released in the near future. Venturan Prime Casino Boss R’d R’dr welcomed the news of the Ghoran initiative. “Ventura has suffered major losses recently with the deaths of noted citizens Howard and Pflx Rambo, who remain dead, so we are happy to celebrate good news. For the next 24 hours, all vegiforms will receive a 2.9% discount at all Venturan brothels to show that on Ventura all wood is welcome!”

The first two Ghoran ambassadors are expected to arrive on Ventura within the week.

Society

DOUBLE LEGION WEDDING?
by Mrs. Cora Dithers
Recently we announced that Miss Margi Tinelli of Metropolis will be wed to Mr. Qar Rud of Rimbor, otherwise known as Quatro Lad of the Legion of Super-Heroes. Now word has reached us of another pending wedding involving two members of the famed team. Miss Berta Skye Harris of Lakeopolis, called Nightwind, will be marrying teammate Dynasty, real name unknown.

Dynasty was recently rumored to be Miss Maria Ramirez Scott of Metropolis, but this identification was later revealed to be a ruse used to lure some villain or another into a trap. The real Miss Ramirez Scott and her family agreed to participate in the deception at the request of the Legion. Dynasty’s tenure first as a Legion Academy student and now a Legionnaire has been rocky, with her participation in Universo’s dominion earlier this year and her seeming turn to villainy that was likewise revealed to be in aid of her infiltration with some evil organization or such. Nightwind’s time associated with the Legion, on the other hand, has been noteworthy for helping to end Universo’s reign as well as many other deeds of daring-do.

A source within Legion Headquarters indicates that Miss Tinelli and Miss Haris have agreed to hold a double wedding, though this has yet to be confirmed. Both brides-to-be have expressed their eagerness to enter married life as soon as possible. On a personal note, this columnist must say, out of journalistic honesty, both of these brides could certainly do better. Neither needs to settle as they apparently are, but then who can account for true love?

Interview

LELAND MCCAULEY IV ON WEDDINGS, RJ BRANDE, AND THE LEGION
by Iris West-Allen Continuing our interview with the UP’s 12th richest sentient.

After discussing his history and his rise to the head of the family business, we moved on to more personal matters.

Daily Planet: I hear that your niece is about to be married.

Leland McCauley IV: Margi. Yes, it’s wonderful news. She’s more like a daughter than a niece to me, so I’m especially proud.

DP: Have you met the groom-to-be? Quatro Lad, as I believe he’s known.

LM: No, I haven’t had the pleasure yet. I’m looking forward to it. He sounds like quite
the hero.

DP: Do you have any concerns that he is, from all accounts, a bit . . . rough?

LM: Oh, I know the reputations of Quatros. And I’ve heard the stories about him in particular. All males are . . . rambunctious at that age. I certainly was. But marriage tames the savage beast. Did you not find that with your own husband, Mrs. West-Allen?

DP: No, not really. Are you worried that he might be marrying her just for access to her fortune? She is, according to SpaceForbes, the 5th richest female sentient in the galaxy.

LM: No, not really. Margi’s a smart girl, she wouldn’t be marrying him if she wasn’t sure he loved her for herself and was accepting of her various . . . quirks. But even as we speak, my lawyers are drafting an iron-clad pre-nup, so there’s no worry.

DP: Will you be attending the wedding?

LM: Of course! In fact, as soon as we finish this interview, I’ll be returning to Earth to help prepare for the ceremony. In fact, you’re welcome to join me and we can continue this interview on the trip.

DP: I appreciate the offer, but I have my own transportation. We talked earlier about your longstanding rivalry with RJ Brande. Given that he is the benefactor for the Legion of Super-Heroes and the groom is a Legionnaire, is he invited to the wedding?

LM: If the groom has him on the invitation list for his side, he’ll certainly be welcome! But as I understand it, he’s been mysteriously absent for some months now. Perhaps he won’t even be available for the ceremony.

DP: Are you ever jealous that he has the renown for funding the Legion, an achievement that will probably outlast any of his, or your, business achievements?

LM: No. The Legion was certainly an . . . admirable opportunity for him, but as I understand it his role in bringing them together was negligible. That he throws money at them is hardly noteworthy.

DP: Have you ever wanted your own super-team?

LM: The idea is ridiculous. What would I do with one?

DP: You have your own involvement with the Legion, do you not?

LM: Do I?

DP: McCauley AI Systems run Legion Headquarters.

LM: Does it? That’s interesting.

DP: You didn’t know?

LM: Mrs. West-Allen, McCauley AIs are used by dozens of planetary governments, the Science Police, and hundreds of corporations galaxy-wide. I can hardly keep track of them all myself. That a group of adolescents also uses it is hardly worth notice.

DP: I imagine many Legionnaires will be at the wedding. On the groom’s side, I mean.

LM: Yes, I imagine so.

DP: Didn’t they save your life once?

LM: Well, it’s more accurate to say that they interfered before my own security forces could act. But technically, yes, they did.

DP: Do you look forward to seeing them again?

LM: I expect I’ll be so busy ensuring that the ceremony proceeds smoothly that I’ll barely have time to even notice they’re there. And speaking of, I really must leave for Earth now. Are you sure you won’t accompany me?

DP: Thank you, no. With your permission, I’d like to talk with some of your staff here, for other perspectives on you and your work.

LM: You’re welcome to tour open areas of the asteroid, Mrs. West-Allen, but do remember this is a top-secret research station so your access will be severely limited.

DP: Thank you for your time, Mr. McCauley. Best wishes to you and your niece.

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - Who’s Who in the Legion Academy

Written by our GM

Andre, Catd—younger brother of Kid Skid; was chosen as the representative of Ghoran Prime for the Junior United Planets program; was held captive by Universo and traveled with his brother for a time after his rescue before ending up with Nagini, where he was a playmate for Phora

Andre, Khom and Khori—parents of Kid Skid

Andre, Sallam—youngest brother of Kid Skid

Bg, Jr., Hgllptx—has a cough

Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine)—co-head of Legion Academy; married to Duo Damsel/Triplicate Girl; can inflate himself and bounce

Brande, Rene Jacques (RJ)—Legion benefactor and one of the richest sentients in the galaxy, who made his fortune creating stars; after winning the high bid to take Dynasty to prom, he hasn’t been seen

Chameleon Boy (Reep Daggle)—Durlan Legion member who is the leader of the Espionage Squad; manipulated Academy students into going undercover to infiltrate the Devil’s Dozen; can shapeshift as all his people can

Chlorophyll Kid (Ral Benem)—former founding member of the Legion of Substitute Heroes who assisted in the recapture of released animals from the Metropolis Zoo; currently leader of the Legion of Super Trees; can radically increase plant growth, often using a collection of seeds he carries with him

Circadia Senius—insectoid Chronarch of the Time Institute and mentor to Brainiac 5 (old timeline); does not exist (new timeline)

Climaxia, Mona—former secretary to casino owner Pflx Rambo (who’s still dead); new owner of the Golden Stardust Casino on Ventura

Comet Queen—Legion Academy veteran with unique social skills and speech patterns; can generate comet gasses

Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn)—founding Legion member who recently retired to travel with his girlfriend Night Girl; can control magnetism as all natives of his planet Braal can; recently escaped from the Time Trapper’s realm with Night Girl in a functioning Time Bubble

Crystal Kid (Bobb Kohan)— Legion Academy veteran who enjoys harassing newer students; in a polyamorous relationship with Nightwind and Lamprey; uncle is holovid producer Leww Kohan, who created the popular Legion Academy Babies program; can generate crystals to use offensively or defensively; recently invited to join the Legion

Cusimano, Gigi—Science Police officer on Earth and frequent spokesentient for the SP

Dark Circle—mysterious faction opposed to the United Planets; entirely composed of stable clones of just a few core members; seem to have a presence on Tartarus and perhaps Ghoran Prime

Darkseid—Dark Lord who almost dominated the universe before the Legion defeated him; he had drained many magical items of their power, temporarily or permanently, to rejuvenate himself after a millennium-long sleep; many of his acolytes remain dedicated to once again returning him; at least one artifact containing his evil has been found and destroyed

Desai, Mojai—previous President of Earth, whose Chief of Staff was Universo in the guise of Vid Gupta; resigned after the Universo Uprising

Double Header (Frenk and Dyvud Retzun)—former Subs Auxiliary member, now Academy student; has two heads which are constantly at odds with one another

Drokk, Temm—Magnoball champion from Braal and hero to Magnetic Kid; revealed to be a pawn of Mantis Morlo, who augmented his natural magnetic powers before they went out of control; has disappeared from public sight

Duo Damsel/Triplicate Girl (Luornu Durgo-Taine)—co-head of Legion Academy; one of her three Carggite bodies was killed by Computo (old timeline); married to Bouncing Boy; has the power to triplicate herself (new timeline)

Dvron, Roon—Science Police lieutenant originally from the isolated island of Marzal who lived in disguise for many years; fought in the resistance against Universo’s rule and was killed in the fighting; he was resurrected with the aid of Urk and the Lightning Beasts of Korbal; left for parts unknown when Dynasty did not return his romantic interest

Dynasty (Maria Ramirez Scott [shhh])—wields power of the Green Flame and shadows as a descendant of the original Green Lantern (Alan Scott); Academy student who was recently invited into the Legion; engaged to Nightwind (new timeline)

Earth Man (Kirt Niedrigh)—founding member of Earth First; was tricked into supporting Universo’s agenda to isolate Earth; has ability to absorb others’ powers and use them himself

Emerald Dragons—Rimborian gang to which Ultra Boy belonged before he joined the Legion; at war with the Golden Wolves

Erin, Shvaughn—Science Police officer who acts as liaison between the SPs and Legion

Evillo—Prince of Tartarus and former leader of the Devil’s Dozen until deposed by Vandal Savage; can teleport others to the shadow dimension

Ful’men, Tam—Sklarian raider who aided her mother Agnetha in trying to steal bootleg organs from Medicus One

Golden Wolves—Rimborian gang to which Quatro Lad belonged before he revealed they were fixing fights; have been expanding their operations beyond Rimbor to Ventura and Tau Ceti V; at war with the Emerald Dragons

Gupta, Vid—criminal gang leader based out of Nuevo Mumbai, killed to provide cover identity for Universo, who became Chief of Staff to President Mojai Desai; his wife Katrina is now nominally in charge of the gang now called Nagini

Gym’ll—attending physician for the Legion; headquartered on Medicus One satellite

Hidd, App—physician to Magnoball champion Temm Drokk, who turned out to be the villainous Mantis Morlo in disguise

Holland, Alec—avatar of the Green who convinced Kid Skid to take the essence of the Green to Ghoran Prime and deposit it within the Node

Howard—last remaining vegiform on Ventura, kidnapped and thrown into a sun by the undercover Academy students after imbuing it with Darkseid’s evil that was infecting Kid Skid; mourned by vegiforms across the UP

Hunter (identity unknown)—bounty hunter who is searching for father’s murderer; contact with Dynasty resulted in release of chronal energy; disappeared as mysteriously as he appeared

Infectious Lass (Drura Sehpt) — Legion of Substitute Heroes Auxiliary member who was inspired to join the Legion Academy; can transmit a variety of illnesses, though her control is lacking

Invisible Kid II (Jacques Foccart)—Ivory Coast native who took the original Invisible Kid’s serum at Brainiac 5’s urging to help save his sister Danielle from Computo (old timeline); dating Katrina Gupta; was mysteriously returned to new timeline and now spends much time skulking invisibly around LSH HQ; can turn invisible to most detection

Kardu, Vartha and Maral—Winathian/Carggite twin brothers who released animals from the Metropolis Zoo to distract from their break-out of a Durlan prisoner there; later discovered to be members of the new Devil’s Dozen and were captured by undercover Academy students and Ultra Boy

Kent, Laurel—Legion Academy veteran who was dating Kid Skid before being wounded in the Universo Uprising and sent to Daxam for recovery (old timeline); Legion Academy rookie who joined inspired by the sacrifice of Kid Skid (new timeline); rumored descendant of Superman, possesses invulnerability but no other Kryptonian powers

Kid Skid (Olly Andre)—native of Ghoran Prime with the ability to control inertia and also heal injuries in others; Academy student who was recently invited into the Legion; recently sacrificed self to restore Earth’s biosphere; was reborn as a sapling

Kohan, Leww—holovid producer who created Legion Academy Babies and its planned spin-off Whine-asty and Her Amazing Friends; is working on a documentary to honor Kid Skid for saving the biosphere of Earth; uncle of Crystal Kid

Lady Memory—priestess of the Hill People on Talok VIII, which is fighting against power structure of planet; is living receptacle of the history of her tribe and has power to alter or erase memories; is responsible for temporarily making Ultra Boy think he really was Powerfist and for making Quatro Lad forget where he hid his parents

Lamprey (Tayla Skott)—Legion Academy veteran who enjoys harassing newer students; in a polyamorous relationship with Nightwind and Crystal Kid; adapted to survive underwater and generate lightning blasts; recently invited to join the Legion

Lightning Lass (Ayla Ranzz)—sister of Lightning Lad; formerly known as Light Lass when she had gravity-altering powers; has lightning powers; current leader of the Legion (new timeline)

Li, Harmonia—chronal scientist working at the Time Institute (old timeline); retains memories of previous timeline and so is helping in its restoration; seems to have intense dislike for Dynasty

Lyja—Durlan who had tried to infiltrate the Science Police, then escaped from the zoo, then joined the Devil’s Dozen; impersonated Vandal Savage and was captured so he could escape

Magnetic Kid (Pol Krinn)—former Legion Academy student who graduated to the Legion to replace his older brother Rokk (Cosmic Boy); formerly dated Power Boy but ended relationship when he moved to the Legion; idolized Temm Drokk; can manipulate magnetism

McCauley, Leland IV—12th richest sentient in the United Planets; manufacturer of omnicoms and Legion security system; rival of RJ Brande and uncle of Margi Tinelli

Mentalla (Delya Castil)—Legion wannabe who infiltrated the Devil’s Dozen to prove herself; accidentally mind-swapped the Academy students before reversing it and helping to defeat the Devil’s Dozen; joined the Academy; powerful telepath

Mordru—powerful sorcerer who has often fought the Legion; was drained of power by Darkseid and has been in hiding recovering strength; seems to be preparing for war against Time Trapper now that Time Accords have been violated by his own acolytes who were under compulsion by Ol-Vir to bring back Darkseid; is powerless when entombed underground

Morlo, Mantis—villainous doctor who has been experimenting giving powers to, or augmenting existing natural powers of, non-Terrans, especially Ghorans; was found on Ghoran Prime in the Node, disguised as President Det Sillas and affecting the reseeding of the natives in order to build a super army; has also constructed artificial life forms known as Chemoids that adapt to powers used against them; disguised himself as App Hidd to enhance Temm Drokk’s augmented powers and as a physician on Rimbor

Nagini—new name for the gang formerly run by Vid Gupta and now nominally under control of Katrina Gupta; previously was local to Nuevo Mumbai but is now expanding its reach to Ventura

Night Girl (Lydda Jath)—founding member of the Legion of Substitute Heroes, who resigned to travel with her boyfriend Cosmic Boy; has super strength at night or in deep shadow; recently escaped with Cos in a functioning Time Bubble from the Time Trapper’s realm

Nightwind (Berta Skye Haris)—Legion Academy veteran who enjoys harassing newer students; in a polyamorous relationship with Lamprey and Crystal Kid; can control air currents; recently invited to join the Legion; engaged to Dynasty (new timeline)

Ol-Vir—Daxamite youth who served Darkseid and later joined the Legion of Super-Villains; tried to force Mordru’s acolytes to return Darkseid but was defeated and killed

Patil, Zsa Zsa—member of Nagini who was holding Phora and Catd in an illusory mansion; was a white-bordered choice that Katrina made; seems to be angling for control of the organization

Pere, Vargi—former timbernast of Ghoran Prime; currently a member of the Legion of Super Trees with the ability to control gravity

Phora—son of Katrina Gupta and Quatro Lad, conceived while both were under Universo’s mind control; pregnancy advanced very quickly and Katrina gave birth while on the run; given to Power Boy, who in turn gave the baby to the Ramachandras, who gave him to Nagini; accelerated growth continued so he’s a preteen now

Porcupine Pete (Peter Dursin)—Legion of Substitute Heroes Auxiliary member who was inspired to join the Legion Academy; can shoot quills from his body

Power Boy (Jed Rikaine)—Legion Academy veteran who formerly dated Magnetic Kid, most recently fell in love with and dated Ultra Boy while he was in disguise as Omni Lad; not incredibly bright but very loyal; can control his own density, leading to increased strength and resilience

Power Fist—the villainous undercover identity established by Ultra Boy to aid his infiltration of the Devil’s Dozen

Quantum Cat (Dr. Katrina Gupta)—scientist who gained radiation powers after an accident with atmospherium; married to deceased Vid Gupta; mother of Phora; de-aged by ten years when pregnant; recently discovered that she might be a Naga or a Durlan; Academy student/instructor who was recently invited into the Legion; nominal leader of Nagini gang; future self may be Time Trapper

Quatro Lad (Qar Rud)—native of Rimbor and member of the Golden Wolves gang, which used his fighting abilities and four arms in rigged fights; fled Rimbor after turning over evidence to incriminate gang; Academy student who was recently invited into the Legion; has two brains resulting in an oversized head; engaged to Margi Tinelli; father of Phora

Ramachandra, Rupesh and Zsuzsanna—adoptive parents of Katrina Gupta, who took her in as an infant when the King Naga left her in their care

Rambo, Pflx—former owner of the Golden Stardust Casino on Ventura, killed by a mystery assassin after Katrina chose his black-framed picture on her omnicom; still dead

Ramirez, Callista—former Undersecretary for Sentient Welfare and former Junior Presidential Spokesentient to Mojai Desai; was imprisoned during the Universo Uprising; lost her political post when President Desai resigned; mother of Dynasty (shhhhh)

Ramirez, Kyle—son of Callista and Hermen Ramirez; recently joined the Science Police Academy on Mars; clones of him are being grown by Vandal Savage to feed him; brother of Dynasty (shhhhh)

Ramirez, Hermen—Metropolis City Council member; after driving family deeper into debt has been trying to rewin fortune by gambling on Ventura; father of Dynasty (shhhhh)

Relnic, Anton—Earth Ambassador for the United Planets

Ron-Karr—former Legion of Super-Villains member who agreed to go undercover on behalf of the Legion to infiltrate the Devil’s Dozen; upon discovery he was beaten nearly to death; promised admission to the Legion Academy upon recovery; able to flatten his body to two dimensions

Rosas, Lyna—President of Earth following the resignation of Mojai Desai (new timeline)

Rud, Myrn—mother of Quatro Lad; was put into witness protection when Quatro Lad squealed on the Golden Wolves; was held hostage by Universo; present location unknown despite antics of her husband

Rud, Ouro—father of Quatro Lad; was put into witness protection when Quatro Lad squealed on the Golden Wolves; was held hostage by Universo; is now on a drunken spree that has taken him from Zuun to Ventura

Shadow Kid (Grev Mallor)—former Legion Academy student and cousin to Shadow Lass; current champion of home planet Talok VIII; can generate darkness

Shadow Lord—ruler of the shadow dimension through which Dynasty travels; seems to be controlling Talok VIII currently

Some, Tori—Ghoran who gained power of teleportation using her leaves; working with Mantis Morlo and Vandal Savage

Spider-Girl (Sussa Pak)—former member of the Legion of Super-Villains; worked with the Devil’s Dozen; can animate her hair

Starfinger (Lars Hanscom)—villain who fought the Legion numerous times; was recently killed while in custody as a result of a large star branded onto his face

Stefanacci, Antonio—Former Curator of the Museum of Mystic Arts in Sanangelopolis, Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, Assistant Instructor at the Legion Academy, Wearer of the Helm of Nabu, and Servant of the Lords of Order

Sugyn—former member of the original Devil’s Dozen until Evillo trapped him in the shadow dimension; Academy students rescued him and suggested he join the Subs; can swallow and regurgitate vast quantities of liquid

Takka Tak An-Per—Science Police officer on Ventura, trusted by Chief Zendak

Takol-C, Frzz—former wife of Vid Gupta and Protean rights activist, who was assassinated after appearing as a black-bordered choice on Katrina’s omnicom

Tellus—former Legion Academy student who joined the Legion as a telepath to replace Saturn Girl (old timeline); resigned from Legion Academy because of inability to function outside of a methane atmosphere (new timeline)

Time Trapper—embodiment of entropy who lives at the end of time; villain of the Legion who has recently changed timeline for unknown reasons; seems to be preparing for war with the forces of magic now that Time Accords have been violated; recently revealed to be an older version of Katrina Gupta

Tinelli, Margi—Quatro Lad’s prom date and now fiancée; niece of industrialist Leland McCauley IV and thus the 3rd richest female sentient in the United Planets; coprophiliac

Ultra Boy (Jo Nah)—longtime Legion member; went undercover as Power Fist to infiltrate the Devil’s Dozen;  to earn their trust he then infiltrated the Legion Academy as Finger Lad (later renamed Omni Lad); affected by Lady Memory of Talok VIII to believe he actually was Power Fist/Omni Lad and began relationship with Power Boy; actually dating Phantom Girl (old timeline); actually dating Shadow Lass (new timeline); ability to use near-Kryptonian-level powers but only one at a time

Universo (Vidar)—Legion villain who has attempted to take control of Earth numerous times, most recently in the guise of Presidential Chief of Staff Vid Gupta; planned to attack Oa, home of the Guardians of the Universe; believed to be a former Green Lantern; father of Rond Vidar (old timeline); has claimed to be the real father of Dynasty

Urk—Erqali prince from Cargg’s second moon, Draskk and former hidden student at Legion Academy; after time-travel hijinks resulted in three versions of him, he/they sacrificed his life to resurrect Roon Dvron; enjoyed eating electrical wiring

Ventura Sisters (Etta and Donna)—bounty hunters and jills-of-all-trades, who at one point tried to capture Quatro Lad on Ventura

Vidar, Rond—son of Universo, inventor of the Time Cube, and honorary Legionnaire (old timeline); does not exist (new timeline)

White Witch (Mysa Nal)—Legion member with magical powers; went insane at death of sister Dream Girl; wants to destroy Katrina and recruit Dynasty to the side of magic

Wildfire (Drake Burroughs)—Academy liaison for the Legion; mentor of Lamprey, Nightwind, and Crystal Kid who has advocated for their membership; anti-energy being with no corporeal form, relying on containment suit to give him form and channel his power; current deputy leader of the Legion (new timeline)

W’nkl, B’ll—nurse on Medicus One satellite

Wynters, Kel— Senior Research Scientist at the University of Yangzteopolis; had an affair with Katrina Gupta and tried unsuccessfully to renew their relationship; elected President of Earth following the resignation of Mojai Desai (old timeline)

Zendak, Kimball—Chief of the Science Police; has often acted as an ally to Academy students

Zymyr—Gil’Dishpan villain working with Vandal Savage and the Devil’s Dozen; escaped with Vandal Savage and his cloning apparatus; can teleport himself and others great distances, even across dimensions

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - Bringing Up Babies

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We can’t let this recap go without mention perhaps the oddest twist from Season 1, the airing of the hit animated holovid, Legion Academy Babies. Created by producer Leww Kohan, who not coincidentally is Crystal Kid’s uncle, the holovid program depicted the Academy students as precocious tots. Our heroes’ counterparts—Whine-asty, Skidmark, and Foursie—along with the other babies, such as Li’l Lamprey, Nighty-Night Wind, and Pow became smash sensations.

Universo used the holovid to carry a hidden signal that helped to bring most of the UP under his control. Upon discovery of this, there was a backlash against the show, and it (and its planned spin-off, Whine-asty and Her Amazing Friends, which was set to introduce Quantum Kitty) was cancelled. Much of the merchandise produced for fans was destroyed in public bonfires.

Memories dim, however, and Skidmark merchandise resurfaced during the mourning for Kid Skid after he restored Earth’s biosphere. Might we again see Foursie diapers, Pow sippy cups, and Whine-asty wet blankets again? Might we even see new episodes of the holovid itself? We can only hope.

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - The Deadly Mantis

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The most persistent foe our heroes have faced off against is Dr. Mantis Morlo. In various guises, he has been experimenting on various races to augment existing powers or create new ones. At one point he was a doctor for an illegal fight ring on Rimbor, during which time, he claims, he boosted Qar Rud’s strength and fighting prowess for the Golden Wolves. When that ring was shut down by Rud’s betrayal, he escaped to Braal where he took the name App Hidd and experimented on magnoball player Temm Drekk, increasing his natural magnetic powers to make him a champion. He also managed to make it to Ghoran Prime, where he found especially fruitful subjects in the natives there, whose reseeding process allowed new breakthroughs. He supposedly was responsible for the unique abilities that Olly Andre, Vargi Pere, Tori Some, and many other young Ghorans found themselves with after reseeding.

His experiments were not always sound, however, and most of the empowered Ghorans eventually found themselves sick and their powers out of control, leading to fears of a Ghoran plague on other worlds where these Ghorans had relocated. With the help of Substitute Hero Chlorophyll Kid and Academy student Crystal Kid, these patients were stabilized. Many of the powered Ghorans formed a group, unofficially dubbed the Legion of Super Trees, with Chlorophyll Kid as its leader.

Meanwhile, Temm Drekk’s power likewise went out of control, almost leading to the destruction of Metropolis Stadium during a magnoball demonstration. Fortunately, Legionnaire Magnetic Kid and some of the Academy students were there to prevent disaster. Drekk has since disappeared, and it’s unknown whether Morlo still has his hooks in him.

Morlo returned to Ghoran Prime where he disguised himself as President Det Sillas and ran a rigged lottery program to allow those Ghorans he felt had the best genetic potential to reseed themselves within the ancient, mysterious structure called the Node. His experiments upon the reseeding Ghorans were mostly failures, resulting in a number of malformed or dead Ghorans until our heroes defeated him again. Once more, he escaped with the aid of teleporting Ghoran Tori Some.

Morlo’s other notable experiment has been creating mindless artificial life forms he has dubbed Chemoids. These hulking beings originally had the ability to counter a single power used against them. At our heroes’ goading, Morlo continued to improve their resistance, until most recently they were resistant to three powers used against them simultaneously.

At some point, Morlo found himself in the Devil’s Dozen, where Prince Evillo was funding his experiments in creating super-powered beings in the hopes of using them to create new villains. When Vandal Savage took control of the group, he redirected Morlo’s efforts to stabilizing the cloning process so that clones could last longer than 36 hours before disintegrating. He also allowed Morlo to experiment with granting powers to the clones of Kyle Ramirez since super-powered blood of his enemies better sates the immortal conqueror. Morlo was captured and returned to Earth for trial and imprisonment. Given that he has often exhibited mind-control over his patients, it’s unknown how many unwilling and unknowing slaves he might still have around the UP. No doubt his schemes will again intersect with the fortunes of our heroes.

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - Savage Times

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One of the recurrent villains the Academy students have faced is the immortal Vandal Savage. Originally a caveman who was exposed to a life-extending meteorite, he has lived for millennia as a would-be conqueror and ruler. In the 20th century, he came into conflict with the fabled Justice Society of America and most especially Green Lantern Alan Scott, Dynasty’s ancestor. Battling with numerous individuals and groups throughout the Age of Heroes, Savage was eventually trapped within the magical Tower of Fate, where he spent the next thousand years.

Freed when Darkseid drained the magic from various artifacts, including the Helm of Nabu that was keeping Savage prisoner, Savage explored his newfound world. Reliant on the organs of his descendants for full health, he killed his last known relative and began seeding new ones. He discovered that a magical ritual with the blood of his enemies’ descendants, especially super-powered ones, could also sustain him, and so he killed a number of JSA descendants. This led him to Dynasty’s family, where he brutalized her brother before she tried dropping him out of the sky. He escaped but took with him a sample of Kyle Ramirez’s DNA.

Eventually, Savage found his way to the criminal world of Tartarus, where he took control of the newly reforming Devil’s Dozen from Prince Evillo. Our heroes went undercover to infiltrate the new group and were surprised to find him in charge of it. They discovered that he had been cloning Kyle and allowing Mantis Morlo to experiment on some of the clones while he used the blood of others to sustain himself. After he toyed with our heroes for a while, he imprisoned them all except Katrina, whom he saw as potential breeding stock. But his telepathic servant, an undercover Mentalla, had swapped the heroes’ minds so it was actually Ultra Boy in Katrina’s body he slept with. There was a great battle in which most of the Devil’s Dozen were apprehended, including Savage himself apparently. But the captured Savage turned out to be his shapeshifting Durlan lackey, Lyja. The real Savage used his teleporting ally Zymyr to escape along with his cloning equipment. No doubt he’ll return at the most inconvenient time for our heroes.

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - Love’s Labors Lost

In a short time, our protagonists have wracked up a number of wannabe-suitors and exes, a veritable Legion of Rejected Lovers. Despite both Dynasty and Quatro vying for her affections, Laurel Kent chose Kid Skid, but shortly thereafter was critically wounded in the Universo Uprising and sent to Daxam for medical attention. In the new timeline, after a non-descript life hiding her powers, she has finally joined the Academy, inspired by Kid Skid’s heroic sacrifice. Now that Skid has returned to the living, will they be able to renew their long-interrupted relationship in these new circumstances?

Quatro has left a string of abandoned lovers behind him. After trying and failing miserably to date Laurel, he ended up with a prom date in the form of coprophiliac Margi Tinelli. The Universo Uprising, his departure to see to his parents, and his undercover activities delayed their relationship, but now that he’s back on Earth she sought him out and proposed. The impending marriage is perhaps more attractive to Quatro now that he’s learned she’s the niece of Leland McCauley IV and is the 3rd richest female sentient in the United Planets.

Katrina, single now that her husband Vid Gupta is dead, has had a couple of suitors. Kel Wynters, with whom she had a brief fling at a Science! Conference, tried to renew their relationship. Even after he was elected President of Earth in the old timeline, she ultimately rejected him, as nicely as she could. If the timeline is restored, will he use his presidential powers to seek vengeance? Katrina, however, has found a much better match with Jacques Foccart, the second Invisible Kid, whose values and personality better line up with hers. He was seemingly removed from the Legion and thus his relationship with Katrina due to the change in timelines, but recently has mysteriously returned.

Power Boy had dated Magnetic Kid during their time in the Academy together, but when the latter was accepted into the Legion he ended the relationship. Broken-hearted, Power Boy eventually found love again with new student Omni Lad, with whom he shared a passionate and very physical courting until the two were engaged. Power Boy was once again broken-hearted when it turned out that Omni Lad was actually Ultra Boy under cover and with his memory erased. Now that Ultra Boy has had his memory returned, he has confirmed his love for Shadow Lass (his paramour in the new timeline, as opposed to Phantom Girl, his long-time love in the old timeline), but she is trapped and inaccessible on her home planet. Will poor Power Boy ever find lasting love?

Finally, Dynasty has had no shortage of suitors. Crystal Kid invited her numerous times to join the polyamorous group of him, Lamprey, and Nightwind, offers that Dynasty vociferously rejected. Her obvious attraction to Laurel Kent was unrequited. A whole galaxy of bidders tried to win a prom date with her, but ultimately the Legion’s benefactor, RJ Brande, won and had a chaste, avuncular dance with her. Her devotion to the students’ friend in the Science Police, Lt. Roon Dvron, was misunderstood by him after his death and subsequent resurrection, and she had to politely set him straight. He hasn’t been seen since. In the new timeline, Dynasty finds herself in an inexplicable relationship with Nightwind, who has foresworn her former partners for her. Uncertain of how this change could possibly have happened, Dynasty was caught by surprise when Nightwind called her “Maria,” evidence of their close relationship, and proposed marriage. Will we see two Legion weddings this season? Bouncing Boy and Triplicate Girl, and Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl have all proved that Legion marriages can work.

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - It’s a Family Affair

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As might be expected for a program centered on teens, there has been lots of family drama. Quatro Lad put his parents, Ouro and Myrn Rud, into witness protection when he narced on the Golden Wolves on Rimbor, but Universo managed to hold them hostage anyway, along with the family members of other students. He took them back into hiding after they were freed, but thanks to an encounter with Lady Memory on Talok VIII he forgot where he left them. Reports of a wild Quatro’s encounters with the Science Police on Zuun seemed to answer that question. Though soon thereafter there were similar reports of drunken Quatro misbehavior coming from Ventura.

Katrina had a contentious relationship with her parents, Rupesh and Zsuzsanna Ramachandra, and they were only too happy to marry her off to crime lord Vid Gupta. After Katrina gave birth to Phora, he was given over to them to care for while she was on the run. They in turn turned him and Skid’s brother Catd over to ZsaZsa Patil, who was operating Gupta’s former gang, now called Nagini. During a fight, Katrina’s mother admitted that she was adopted and that she had been left with them as an infant by what they interpreted as a Naga but was probably actually a Durlan. The infant serpent took on human form, patterned after them, and grew to be Katrina.

Dynasty has a similarly contentious relationship with her mother, Callista Ramirez, a prominent politician on Earth who worked in close concert with Vid Gupta/Universo. It was Callista’s disapproval of her ancestral powers that led her to wear a mask and hide her true identity. While Dynasty was on the run, her mother revealed her identity to the public, but somehow that genie has been put back in the bottle, and now only her closest friends and teammates, and her fiancée Nightwind, know her true identity.

Dynasty’s father, Hermen, with whom she has a much closer relationship, is a member of Metropolis’s City Council. After the family’s home was trashed during a fight with familial enemy Vandal Savage, Hermen bankrupted the family trying to keep up their lavish lifestyle. Dynasty encountered him on Ventura where he claimed to be on business but later admitted that he was gambling to pay their debts. Apparently he was successful, because Dynasty’s bank account is once again full.

The villain Universo, who seemed to have an unusually close relationship with Callista while she worked with him when he was disguised as Vid Gupta, claimed to be Dynasty’s real father. But she compared their genetic profiles and ruled out that possibility. Surely Universo was just jerking with her.

Kyle, Dynasty’s brother, was content with being a holovideo-game-playing slacker until Vandal Savage attacked him. After losing a chunk of ear before his sister saved him, he decided that he needed to be able to protect himself and so joined the Science Police Academy on Mars, though he’s been less than a stellar student there. His dead body showed up on Ventura, two of them actually, and Dynasty determined that they were clones, though there was a slight variance from Kyle’s current genetic markers. Later, when confronting Vandal Savage on Tartarus, Dynasty discovered a whole lab of clones of Kyle in various states of growth and undergoing various experiments conducted by Mantis Morlo. She put down one of these clones herself. Savage was also using some of them to feed his need for the blood of his ancient enemies through arcane rituals.

Speaking of brothers, Kid Skid’s little brother Catd was another of Universo’s hostages, after which he hung out with his big brother for a while until, as mentioned above, he ended up in the custody of Nagini to serve as a playmate for the rapidly aging Phora. Now that he’s been rescued again, and his older brother is once more alive, will he continue to hang with the Legion or will he finally return to Ghoran Prime, where he has been selected for a special reseeding overseen by President Det Sillas? Also on Ghoran Prime, of course, are Skid’s other brother, Sallam, and his parents Khom and Khori, who seem to be the most normal of Academy parents.

We can’t talk about families without looking at perhaps the most dysfunctional one, the unusual unit of Katrina, Quatro, and Phora. When under Universo’s mind control, the former two apparently mated, and shortly thereafter Katrina discovered she was in the advanced stages of pregnancy and ten years younger, though she had no memory of the conception. The pregnancy continued to advance rapidly, perhaps due to the use of Skid’s healing powers, or so Katrina theorized. Very shortly, she gave birth to a Quatro/human hybrid and thus learned who the baby’s father was. A reluctant mother, especially since she was undercover and on the run, she sent Phora (Hindi for “four”) back to Earth with Power Boy and Catd. Power Boy turned them over to the baby’s grandparents, who let Nagini have them. Phora continued to age rapidly and is now a pre-teen, in Katrina and Quatro’s custody once more.

One odd (well, odder) factor in this, weeks ago the team was attacked by a grown Quatro that was seeking Dynasty’s father. In battling him, he demonstrated notable hostility toward Quatro Lad and Katrina. At one point in the fighting, he became a snake before being taken by Mordru’s acolytes. The team speculated that he was actually Phora from the future, brought back for the atmospherium-studded nipple ring he wore, to be used in their magical ritual. Was this indeed Phora and why did he want Hermen Ramirez? And from how far in the future was he, given Phora’s rapid aging?

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - Real Genius

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Quatro Lad for all his physical might and fighting ability was never the smartest vacuum tube in the circuit board. But during a fight with ravenous Cthot-ids on the planet where Mordru’s acolytes were hiding, his brain got sucked out of his skull by these mind-flayer-like creatures. Nevertheless, he kept operating on a primal level due to the secondary brain that Quatro males have at the base of their torsos. Dynasty used her green energy to regenerate his brain, not realizing that natural Quatro biology would do that. As his real brain grew back, Quatro became smarter and smarter, and his skull expanded to fit his double brain, with the downside of occasional blinding pain. Now Quatro is the smartest Legionnaire (in Brainiac 5’s absence), but he still seems to solve problems with his fists, bringing the boom-boom to the bad guys. Will his intelligence continue expanding or will his head eventually burst?

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - A Tree Grows in Metropolis

During what should have been a routine mission at a powersphere in Bayouopolis, Kid Skid was set aflame by the homicidal villain Sun Emperor. Dousing the flames in the nearby swamp, he found himself possessed by the Green energy of the Earth, which manifested as a ghost of Alec Holland, a previous host of the power. Although, the Green gave Skid increased powers, the plant life in the swamp and then around the Earth began dying. Holland compelled Skid to take the Green to his home planet of Ghoran Prime and deposit it deep with the ancient structure known as the Node.

Earth’s biosphere, however, died completely. Antonio Stefanacci (Former Curator of the Museum of Mystic Arts in Sanangelopolis, Sorcerer Supreme of Earth, Assistant Instructor at the Legion Academy, Wearer of the Helm of Nabu, and Servant of the Lords of Order) devised a spell that, with the proper ingredients gathered by our heroes, allowed Kid Skid to jumpstart the biosphere. Plant life once again flourished across Earth, at the cost of Skid’s life. Just hours after his induction into the Legion, they mourned his death and planted a tree in his honor.

But Skid, still present in disembodied form in the Earth, was able to concentrate his essence in this tree and regrow his body, though as a child. Will it be the same Skid of old, or something new?

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - Now You See Me

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One of the stranger alterations to the timeline involves Jacques Foccart, the second Invisible Kid. In the previous timeline, he gained his powers after coming to Brainiac 5 to help his comatose sister. Brainy’s malevolent computer creation, Computo, took control of the girl, and Foccart drank the original Invisible Kid’s serum to help defeat the menace, after which he became a Legionnaire. Eventually, Laurel Kent set him up with Katrina Gupta, and the two began a tentative, polite relationship. In the new timeline, with no Brainiac 5 and thus no Computo, it made sense that Foccart never became Invisible Kid or a Legionnaire. But he suddenly reappeared in the new timeline with powers and membership in the Legion. He is vague and confused about his own origins and spends much of his time skulking invisibly around Legion HQ. The Time Trapper must have reinserted him into the timeline, but why?

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - Heart of Darkness

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Possibly also related to the War of Magic and Time is the fate of Talok VIII, home to the Legionnaire Shadow Lass. The heroine and her cousin, former Academy student Shadow Kid, gained their powers in a magical cave, where their ancestors gifted them with control over darkness. When our team visited the same cave after fighting a time-displaced Fatal Five (see above), Dynasty spoke with her ancestor Alan Scott, the original Green Lantern, while a confused RJ Brande, the Legion’s benefactor, appeared to Katrina. Thereafter, the shadows, which seem to be related to the dark dimension that Dynasty travels through, started expanding beyond the cave. They now envelop the entire planet, trapping Shadow Lass there when she returned to nurse her injuries from the Universo Uprising. The entire planet has now been quarantined by the United Planets.

Dynasty’s trips through the shadow dimension had become increasingly tumultuous and unpleasant, especially for her passengers. The last journeys, however, have been calm. Is this connected to the shadows of Talok VIII?

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - Magic Time

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As mundane gangs have operated on the terrestrial sphere, larger forces are also facing off. There once was a truce between Time and Magic, as embodied by the Time Trapper and Mordru, that resulted in the Time Accords, assuring that one force would not intrude upon the realm of the other. Dynasty unwittingly pushed against the truce, but it was broken when a quartet of Mordru’s acolytes, commanded by the insane Daxamite Ol-Vir, tried to collect various artifacts from throughout time to bring the Dark Lord Darkseid back. The Super Moby-Dick, the Fatal Five, Universo, and a Quatro assassin were all pulled from various other times so that the acolytes could gain items they possessed. The heroes eventually defeated Ol-Vir, who was killed by the three surviving mages, and the artifacts were returned to their proper time, but the damage was done.

The White Witch, better known as the Black Witch now due to her descent into madness at the death of her sister, Dream Girl, tried to enlist Dynasty onto Team Magic. The Time Trapper, who may or may not be Dynasty’s ally Katrina Gupta, has similarly tried to woo her for Team Time. It’s unclear how or even whether the Time Trapper’s alterations to the timeline fit into this war, which will surely continue to affect our heroes.

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - Gang War

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As mentioned, Vid Gupta’s former gang now has Katrina as its leader, with its wealth funneled through her bank account. Before she learned this, she was faced with periodic choices that she made mostly at random. Her first choice was between money and drugs, with her choosing the former. Then she chose a woman over a man, both of whom she remembered as being connected with her husband.  She also seems to have inadvertently caused the death of Pflx Rambo of Ventura (who remains dead). At another point, with similar lack of knowledge Dynasty chose Frzz Takol-C, the first wife of Vid Gupta, to die instead of Dynasty’s own father. An assassin using high-tech weapons of Hindi design is responsible for both deaths.

Katrina discovered that the woman she chose initially was ZsaZsa Patil, who was previously Gupta’s second-in-command and seems to have designs on controlling the gang herself. She had possession of Katrina and Quatro’s son, Phora, who has aged into a pre-teen despite only being a few months old (see below). The team rescued him and Skid’s brother Catd from her, despite numerous illusions and hints of great power that she had.


Meanwhile, Quatro’s old gang on Rimbor, the Golden Wolves, whom he had narced on leading him to join the Legion Academy for protection, has been increasingly active. They made one attempt to retrieve him, which failed, but they have been increasingly active offworld, especially on Ventura and Tau Ceti V and seem to be allied with a larger organization. Their rivals, the Emerald Dragons (to whom Ultra Boy had belonged), have also moved operations offworld, leading Science Police observers to fear that a Gang War is heating up. No doubt our team will be affected by the increasing violence around the UP.

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - Who Is Katrina Gupta?

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A late addition to Season 1, Dr. Katrina Gupta introduced herself as Vid Gupta’s daughter who had gained her powers due to an accident involving the rare element atmospherium (Science!), which also caused her amnesia. Vid Gupta was supposedly the Chief of Staff to President Mojai Desai, but actually turned out to be old Legion foe Universo, who had disposed of the real Vid Gupta and taken his place.

But wait, it turned out that Katrina wasn’t Gupta’s daughter but rather his wife! Her overbearing parents, the Ramachandras, had married her off to “businessman” (actually crime lord) Vid Gupta before Universo’s impersonation. Universo as Gupta had no desire to be saddled with a wife as he carried out his universe-dominating plans, so he took advantage of her amnesia to tell her she was his daughter and pawned her off on the Legion Academy with hopes that she could be of use to him there.

But wait, it turned out that Katrina’s parents aren’t actually her parents! To her surprise, she discovered from the Time Trapper that she was adopted. Her mother finally confessed that decades ago during a war between the snakelike Naga and their ancient foes the Eagles, the King Naga had deposited his infant snake with the Indian couple for safekeeping. He never returned, and the shapeshifting infant took human form and was reluctantly raised by the humans.

But wait, it turned out that a battle between Durlan and Thanagarian armies had occurred on the same day that Mrs. Ramachandra said the Naga/Eagle war had happened! It seems that Katrina isn’t a Naga but rather a Durlan. Does that mean she can shapeshift?

But wait, because of her marriage to the real Vid Gupta, Katrina inherited his “business,” actually a criminal gang, and was suddenly independently wealthy, to her adoptive parents’ great joy. But ZsaZsa Patil is contending for control of the gang, now called Nagini (see below), so whether this windfall remains Katrina’s is in question. The Ramachandras had turned over Katrina’s son, Phora (see below) and Kid Skid’s brother Catd to Patil, from whom our heroes had to rescue them.

But wait, during an encounter with the Time Trapper, “he” revealed that “he” was actually a future version of Katrina, her simmering villainous urges finally come to light! Have the Legionnaires actually been fighting a future version of one of their own this entire time?

Legion of Superheroes - Lead up to Season 3 - Crisis in Time

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Time has changed. The main changes to the timeline seem to center around the non-existence of Brainiac 5 and his two preceding ancestors. Without Brainiac 5 in the Legion, the third body of Triplicate Girl was never killed by his creation Computo. Jacques Foccart never became Invisible Kid II. Mon-El was never permanently cured of lead poisoning and so resides in the Phantom Zone, where Phantom Girl has become his girlfriend, leading Ultra Boy to hook up with Shadow Lass. Legion flight rings are less efficient, as are intergalactic communications. Colossal Boy and Shrinking Violet both died in battle. Tellus never graduated from Legion Academy to the team. For some reason, the President of Earth is no longer Katrina Gupta’s ex Kel Wynters but rather Lyna Rosas, someone who wasn’t even a candidate in the last election.

 Rond Vidar and Circadia Senius likewise do not exist. Without them and Brainiac 5, there is no Time Institute and no time travel through normal scientific means. As a result, Superboy never joined the Legion. Without his presence in the 30th Century, his descendant Laurel Gand was never inspired to join the Legion Academy until recently when she was moved by the sacrifice of Kid Skid (see below). Cosmic Boy and Night Girl, however, were apparently outside of time when the changes occurred and still have an operational time bubble now that our protagonists enabled them to escape from the Time Trapper’s realm at the end/beginning of time.

 The planet of Naltor, whose inhabitants can all see the future, has been wiped out by Roman soldiers from the distant past. Likewise, Dream Girl was killed by an ancient Roman, driving her surviving sister, the White Witch, mad with grief.

 Harmonia Li, a scientist from the previous timeline’s Time Institute, still inexplicably retains her memories of the old timeline and apparently others as well. Despite her unexplained hostility toward Dynasty, she has been working with our heroes to restore the timeline.

 With a still-extant time bubble, will our heroes follow through on their plan to travel to the past to restore Brainiac 3 and hopefully his descendants to the timeline and undo the Time Trapper’s meddling?

Things You Need to Know before Legion Academy Season 3

Yes, this is another game we've been playing using Mutants and Masterminds based on the Legion of Superheroes comics from DC. No, I've never summarised this game before, there is a first time for everything. The best way to think of this is, this is a TV show on CW that is a cross between their super hero offerings and their soap opera-y teen dramas.

Our characters
Katrina Gupta (my char) a.k.a. Quantum Cat - human who was exposed to a large dose of atmospherium. This gave her energy manipulation abilities and limited flight.

Dynasty - human who has pre-crisis Green Lantern abilities. This includes magical manipulation of "green flame" and shadow mastery abilities.

Quattro Lad - quattro (four armed purple gorilla like alien) who has super strength and a libido to match.

Kid Skid - ghoran (sentient tree alien) who has the ability to alter friction

What follows are a series of posts written by our GM to remind us of what we have previously done.

With a long hiatus since the end of Season 2, viewers will no doubt have forgotten many of the convoluted plot points and character arcs still dangling. Following the ratings slump of Season 2, there’s news that Season 3 will introduce a new character, get rid of that weird telepathic bug that replaced Kid Skid, and finally wrap up a number of dangling threads. So to help everyone get back up to speed, here’s a Rimborian dozen of  things you should remember.

Shattered Star - Beyond the Doomsday Door - Bob's Dulcet Tones

*Catching up*

The party casts a number of buffs just before they enter the final room where they face Ardathanatus.

The interior of this great, forty-foot-high cathedral shimmers with a nauseating pale green light. The room seems even larger for the lack of furnishings, save for a few crumbling pews and four immense pillars. To the north, a pair of towering wood and metal doors lie closed. It is from the edges of these looming doors that the foul green light emanates, as it seems to leak out along the walls in writhing streams. Twisted bodies of strange and not quite humanoid forms lie strewn about the north end of the room, and a strangely disturbing wind seems to pulse in the very air.

Standing there are Ardathanatus, four sinspawn, and two gongornians

The sinspawn lurking at the far end of the are room wielding bows and arrows. Ardathanatus casts blade barrier to block the party. Tryptic steps forward and yells, "UNFORGE THESE BLADES!" With a gesture the blade barrier vanishes.  The gongornians attempt to cast something upon Tryptic but he shrugs off the foul magics.

Morrigan leads off with a fireball (I should have cast haste; I'm a dumbass), bolstering it with her arcane energy. The cathedral echoes with a resounding BOOM as the entire place fills with flame. The magical fire washes over the vile mob.

Wil charges in and is slashed by one of the gongornian. Akeela is also wounded and fails to land a bite on Ardathanatus. Wil is able to land a palpable hit, but Ardathanatus still stands.

Jazeem leaps and lands a hit on Ardathanatus.

The four sinspawn level their bows at the attacks. Two fire at Akeela, one fires as Wil, and one fires at Jazeem - however, all miss.

Kandamereus moves in and begins casting. Koriah lands a hit on the gongornian.

The other gongornian attacks Akeela and lands a number hits (75 points of damage in one round).

Tryptic attempts to move in.

Ardathanatus casts blasphemy and a wave of magic passes over Tryptic, Wil, and Jazeem. Tryptic is dazed while Wil and Jazeem is weakened. He follows up and heals himself. The gongornians press their attack and Akeela falls.

Morrigan dispels magic on Ardathanatus. Wil draws his shield. Jazeem activates his flaming fists and punches. Sinspawn fire at Jazeem but only minimal hit.

Kandamereus finishes casting and 2 shadows emerge and attack.

The battle continues (editing out repetitive minutia).

After several rounds, Jazeem manages to knock Ardathanatus out.

SUDDENLY THE DOOMSDAY DOOR OPENS AND THE QLIPPOTH LORD YAMASOTH APPEARS! 

Yamasoth attempts to draw the dying form of Ardathanatus into his realm.

Morrigan summons the couatl, Tsikinal, who owed them a favor for rescuing him (didn't note that episode). He appears and holds on to Ardathanatus.

Wil and Jazeem continue to fight the gongornians.

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Yamasoth glares at Wil, Jazeem, and Koriah as a wave of vile energy wash over them. The magic twists the form of the three: Wil becomes a goat, Jazeem is again a chicken, and Koriah becomes a cat. However, Jazeem is able to recall who he actually is.

They are pulled into the other realm and the doors slam shut.

Kandamereus and Morrigan lock the doomsday door.

Jazeem presses his attack with his acidic chicken feet.

The party manages to destroy the gongornians and the sinspawn.

Tsikinal appears with the body of Ardathanatus.

Tryptic heals the party and they return to the lighthouse where Morrigan can cast break enchantment.