Imagine a world where only a few students have found training and refuge at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, and the Brotherhood is only just forming under Magneto. Where Jean Grey, and Scott Summers are embarking on young adulthood, learning to become teachers for the next generation of mutants that may find their way within the hallowed halls of the Institute. A world where Peter Parker has just been bitten by that radioactive spider. Where Captain America has only recently been unfrozen from the ice after more than fifty years... This is our world. One where mutants are not known publicly for the most part. The Xavier Institute for Higher Learning is known as a privately funded institution, and it is only now that Professor Charles Xavier is starting to go out and bring other young mutants into a safe place of learning where there is no discrimination. But he is not the only one recruiting. Magneto, Sebastian Shaw, Tony Stark, the government... all are trying to find ways to change the world around them for various reasons - money, power, racial superiority. It will be a difficult road for many, with multiple twists, turns, and unexpected ruts which will shake their resolve. There will be few havens, few shelters for those with extraordinary powers. And yet there is hope. Whispered in the shadows, a beacon which may guide many into the light, rumors about New York - that perhaps there they can find a meeting place, to find help and shelter among others of their own kind - no matter which decision they ultimately choose.
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Imagine a world where only a few students have found training and refuge at the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, and the Brotherhood is only just forming under Magneto. A world where Peter Parker has just been bitten by that radioactive spider. Where Tony Stark has yet to suit up to become Iron Man. Where the Fantastic Four and the Avengers have yet to form. Where Captain America has only recently been unfrozen from the ice after more than fifty years... This is our world. --- The setting of Marvel Genesis is modern-day Earth, with New York City as a primary location. As in, the here and now. Pop-culture is the same, as are world economics and natural events. Past wars have all occurred and the Iraq situation is on-going. The only deviation is the fact that the science in Marvel Genesis is slightly more advanced in both physics and genetics. --- Marvel Genesis is a new game - opened February 2008, and at the current time we are seeking new players to fill both FC and OC roles, that are willing to become part of the world we are attempting to establish.
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