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Arrive. Arise. Awaken. Become a legend in a living DC Universe. Enter Earth-Prime, where shining cities, shadowed streets, ancient magic, alien empires, and human choices all move at once. One question remains: what kind of legend will you become—hero, villain, or something the world has never named?

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Welcome to the DC Universe!

Earth-Prime awaits.

Arrive. Rise. Awaken. Become a legend.

In a world where heroes soar above shining cities, where shadows hide monsters wearing human faces, where gods, aliens, mages, speedsters, vigilantes, and cosmic forces shape the fate of reality itself... you have arrived.

Welcome to Earth-Prime — the living heart of the DC Universe.

This is a world of impossible power, ancient magic, alien civilizations, hidden kingdoms, legendary heroes, dangerous villains, and limitless possibility. A world where the extraordinary is not an exception — it is the foundation of history.

At the center of this era stands Earth, protected by some of the greatest champions ever known. Metropolis shines as a symbol of hope. Gotham endures beneath a sky of fear and defiance. Themyscira guards ancient divine secrets. Atlantis rules beneath the waves. The Watchtower watches from above, while forces beyond the stars turn their eyes toward humanity’s fragile blue world.

But Earth is only one piece of a much larger universe.

Beyond its borders, alien empires rise and fall. The Emotional Spectrum burns across the stars. The Speed Force bends time and motion. The Sphere of the Gods watches from realms beyond mortal understanding. Apokolips hungers. Ancient magic stirs. Multiversal fractures threaten existence. Secret organizations, criminal empires, rogue metahumans, and cosmic tyrants all move toward their own visions of the future.

Here, a street-level vigilante may become a symbol feared by criminals. A young metahuman may awaken power strong enough to shake cities. A detective may uncover conspiracies that reach beyond Earth. A mage may bargain with forces older than civilization. An alien survivor may become a protector. A legacy hero may rise from the shadow of legends and forge a name of their own.

Forge your own path as a hero, vigilante, metahuman, mage, alien, speedster, detective, cosmic wanderer, soldier, scientist, rogue, successor, or something the world has never seen before. Awaken powers, uncover hidden truths, build alliances, challenge villains, influence factions, protect cities, reshape nations, and carve your name into the history of Earth-Prime.

This is not a static world.

Heroes patrol. Villains scheme. Governments react. Factions pursue their own agendas. Alliances rise and fracture. Cities remember what happens within their streets. Conflicts continue with or without your involvement, and the choices you make can ripple across neighborhoods, nations, planets, and timelines.

Every legend begins somewhere.

What will yours become?

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Author's note

WIP — A Living DC Universe

Despite how much this project has grown, I still consider it a fairly barebones version of the DC Universe I eventually want this to become.

There is already more than enough here to jump in, create a character, and start playing, but DC is massive and I've barely scratched the surface of everything I want to represent. There are still countless characters, places, stories, powers, relationships, and entire corners of the universe I want to add or give much more depth.

By my own standards, I still have a lot of work to do here — and that's kind of the exciting part.

Expect this world to keep getting bigger, deeper, and better with every update.

This is still only the beginning.

Inside the World

871 entries · 46 types

Betrayals
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Calendar Definitions
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Campaign Eras
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Characters
142 total
Collateral Incidents
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Creatures
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Descendant Lines
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Emotional Histories
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Equipment
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Events
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Factions
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Family Connections
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Friendships
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Game Starts
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GM Instructions
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Historical Burdens
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Inherited Bonds
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Inherited Worlds
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Institutional Legacies
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Legacies
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Locations
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Location Memories
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Lore
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Magic and Spells
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Martial Arts and Techniques
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Mechanic Packages
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Mentorships
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Missions
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New Game Plus Starts
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NPC Memories
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Power Systems
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Pressures
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Promise & Debts
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Public Reputations
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Relationship Profiles
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Rivalries
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Romantic Bonds
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Ruins & Relics
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Successor Hooks
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Successor Records
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Superpowers
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Vehicles
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World Clocks
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World Pulses
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World Rulesets
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World States
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