Heartland Justice: Factions and NPCs
AEGIS | City of Chicago | PDG | SkumTech | the Heroes | Session Notes
AEGIS
headquartered in Chicago
Russell Sun
AEGIS director
Nadine Bass
AEGIS HR director: white woman, hates and fears Heartland Justice
Field Agent Rayburn
black, in 60s, probably could retire but hasn’t
Mara Anderson
AEGIS Assistant to the Chief Super Prosecutor of AEGIS: white woman, took charge of Apple Vision Pro investigation with Legal Department, aligned with Patton’s campaign promise to “get behind the shield”
Carbine
a rogue AEGIS agent, who saw too many of her teammates killed in action by supers Nighthawk’s nemesis
Exemplars
AEGIS’s premier superhero team, established in Golden Era
Supers & their Generations
Golden
- Plantetar, an Exemplar, last active of this generation, oversees containment unit
Silver
(Boomers, in power)
- Bolt Lightning, retired
- rest of Exemplars
- Nighthawk
- Sledge
- Dr. Carmichael
- Mist
Bronze
(coming up/ready to take over)
Modern
- Heartland Justice
- Void, alien with telepathy, flight, and fire stuff powers, played by Dan
- Halftime, grandson of Hourglass, supervillain who blinded Bolt, confronted team in the Supe
- Rajesh
- Hashtag, aka Valerie, has psionic powers including powers of suggestion, her nemesis: Milkman
City of Chicago
Brandon Johnson
Chicago mayor
Patton Development Group (PDG)
William Patton
head of PDG and mayoral candidate
- el Luchador’s nemesis
- smart home development project—collaboration with ScumTech—in Lawndale will dislocate Abed’s mosque
- Lizzy’s dad is an enthusiastic supporter of Patton for mayor
- campaigning on “getting behind the shield” and using all legal means available to force AEGIS transparency and accountability
Randy Roberts
PDG general counsel
- dad of Lucas (child killed by el Luchador at ComiCon Chicago)
SkumTech
Julius Skum
founder and CEO, major donor to Patton’s campaign
Leon Skum/“X”
son of Julius, defeated & captured in AEGIS Containment Unit
head of SkumAI, SkumTech’s AI division
