Setting
Politics, maps...Social Studies class stuff.
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| The Causality
Wars FAQ |
On July 6, 1998, the End of the World came about, killing 2/3 of the world's
population and requiring the sacrifice of all living superhumans. This file
describes what happened, as well as what the average person knows about
it. |
| World
Politics in 2026 |
This page describes the world political situation in early 2026, with maps,
national flags and brief descriptions of the status of various political
factions. Updated 5/16/06. |
Venus in
late 2025 |
A painted map of what Venus would look like with oceans and surface life, as
it does by late 2025. This will be updated as things get claimed and
renamed. Updated 6/3/08. |
| North
American Combine Government |
A raw text file (no HTML) outlining the basics of the North American
Combine's system of government as it exists in the mid 2020s. It seems to
work despite itself. |
Manhattan
February 2024 |
A map of paragang-held territories and other important locations in
Manhattan, circa February, 2024 (STRAFE #9-12, the RACCie-winning "THE
BONFIRE" arc).
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| A History of
Space Travel |
From 100,000 BC to 3732, a summary of the movements of various races
throughout the galaxy. Originally written in 2000 as a writer-resource
document, it has been expanded and touched up for general readership.
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| First Heroic
Age Sourcebook |
Written contemporaneously with Mega-Sized Coherent Super Stories #1, with
updates as necessary after that. Last updated:
11/9/07
(Minor additions.)
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| Second
Heroic Age Sourcebook |
Originally compiled to help in the task of keeping things straight while
writing Coherent Super-Stories #1-4, it was later fleshed out and made
public. Last updated:
10/12/07
(Rechtigkeit I added.)
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| Third Heroic Age
Rosterbook |
Filling out the trilogy, this is just a listing of characters and groups from
the Third Heroic Age who have been mentioned in ASH stories, or have
important ties to characters who have been mentioned. It's not meant to be
exhaustive, for all that it's exhausting. Last updated:
5/26/08
(several minor characters added)
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| ASH Character Wiki |
(External site) Meant to be a comprehensive but shallow listing of everyone
who's appeared in a Fourth Age title. There will be some characters from
prior Ages, but they're mostly covered in the files above, so it won't be
comprehensive with them. If a character has been named, it'll eventually
have an entry, or at least a mention in someone else's entry. Members may
edit, contact me if you want to become a member. |
| Andy
Burton's ASH Wiki |
(External site) At least initially this is going to be just for Andy's own
characters and stories, but it may get expanded later. Updates will not be
tracked here, since as a Wiki it's going to be rather fluid.
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| Altiversal Guide |
ASH isn't big into interdimensional stuff like Earth-2 or Earth 616 or
whatnot, but there's still some to keep track of. This file is meant to help
keep things straight, and explain a few of the continuity gaffes that have
cropped up over time.
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|
Science (and the breaking thereof) |
| Violation
Effects |
The laws of physics aren't actually different in the ASH Universe...rather,
people with superhuman powers are able to break the laws of physics to some
extent. This file describes a little of how this works. |
| Supertech
taxonomy |
A description of the various ways in which superhuman scientists can make
stuff that no one else can, and how (or if) it impacts society.
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| Magic
Items |
Complementing the Supertech Taxonomy, this is a somewhat looser clustering of
the sorts of magical items one might find in the ASH Universe, and comments
on how Anchors affect them. |
| Collapsinum |
A summary of how Collapsinum, the setting's "super metal", works. Also a
short history of its creation, and a listing of the various kinds. |
Misc/Meta
Author's Notes, gaming, other tidbits.
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| ASH
Awards |
From the rec.arts.comics.creative-wide RACCies to ASH's own Urns, this page
lists the award-winning stories, writers and other stuff. Last updated 4/2/08
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| ASH Writers' Guidelines |
If you're interested in writing a series for the ASH Universe, you might want
to read this file first. Last updated 8/21/98
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| Author's Notes Guide |
A simple list of what's in the Author's Notes section of each ASH Universe
story. Also useful as a sort of "table of contents" of ASH, since every
story in the setting is linked here. Last Updated:
4/17/08
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| The
Superhero Tarot |
Something I originally created for use in the Champions campaign which
gradually evolved into the ASH Universe, I recently went back and expanded
the file to be more readable, more useable, and to include some explicit ties
to the ASH Universe. The deck shows up in ASH #16. |
| The Slow Burn - The Game |
Created by Tony Pi and David Dalgleish, a card game letting you replay the
events of "THE SLOW BURN" and "THE BONFIRE" in STRAFE #6-12. Maybe this time
STRAFE will win....
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| Mutants
and Masterminds |
This file provides some guidance if you want to play the RPG "Mutants and
Masterminds" in the ASH setting. Note: this is for 1st Edition Mutants &
Masterminds. I will do a 2nd Edition version once I've had a chance to play
the game some. |
| Women In Merlion
Refrigerators |
An exploration, current as of ASH #74, of how various "good guy" characters
have been treated in the ASH Universe, with an eye towards seeing if the
violence against women common in mainstream comics is present here too.
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