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The story of Quirks began in Qing Qing, China, where the first recorded superhuman was born with the power to shine brightly. The Luminescent Baby.
Shortly thereafter, similar phenomena popped up everywhere. The trigger for these newfound powers was unknown, but as time progressed, one thing was clear…
What was once extraordinary, became ordinary… and dreams became reality.
Of the world’s population, around three-quarters of them have developed unique abilities, or “individualities” - called Quirks! Humanity has entered a new age - a society of superhumans. In this new world, whirling in chaos, a certain profession that people aspired only in daydreams has stepped into the light of day.
With the inception of superpowers came with it an influx of crime rates, criminals who used their newfound powers to commit crimes. It was not long before men and women of courage derived inspiration from comics, donned the mantle of heroism and took the law into their own hands when law enforcement fell short. While nations dawdled in making any kind of radical change to the law, Japan was the first to change theirs to suit these heroic individuals.
They began policing their neighborhoods, their towns, their cities and eventually their countries, defending innocents from evil. Through the swell of enthusiastic public opinion, heroism gained rights as an official occupation, complete with income from the state and renown from the people.
They were called Pro Heroes.
But the story is only true in the East. The West was a completely different tale.
What sprung up in great numbers in the Orient stalled in the Occident. The 75% of the world's population that possessed Quirks concentrated mostly in the Asian continent. While populations of many Asian countries, chief among them Japan, saw Quirked populations in the tens of millions and growing, many Western countries only recorded populations of tens of thousands, if not less.
Quirked individuals, collectively labeled as mutants, remained the minority, unable to change the laws, challenge the status quo or affirm their existences equally with their peers. They were uniformly discriminated against in all corners of society, and only until recently, designated as second class citizens in legal and social terms.
All simply because of their differences.
The creed of superheroism eventually came to the West, but only in the form of accidents or technological advancements. The Fantastic Four and the Avengers were such examples. They perform the same functions as their Pro Hero brethren, but as private enterprise vigilantes with virtually no help from the government.
What was once a curiosity became a nightmare… and from it, a dream was born.
Under the guide of the wise, telepathic Professor Charles Xavier, the X-Men were born. As the champions of mutantkind, they upheld Xavier’s dream of mutual coexistence and defended those not like themselves from harm while defending mutants from those who would see them harmed. Starting with five students, they formed the first generation of X-Men, inspiring more mutants to join them and the professor’s private academy, Xavier’s Institute for Gifted Youngsters.
Now, even with the Professor’s retirement, younger and stronger powers now take up the mantle of X-Men in order to serve and protect a world that despises them.
The two worlds will soon collide…