Universe-777

Universe-777 is one of the multiple realities in the Multiverse. It is also one of the two main FJM Heroes universes, next to Universe-731, created on January 9, 2015, along with the ideas for characters of The Acrobat and Flare. The universe is featured in the novels that create the FJM Shared Universe series.

The Big Bang
At the beginning there was nothing else than huge, pervasive and dark emptiness. Then, the light came and a big explosion gave beginning to a new universe, as well as the infinite amount of others, which looked the same, but the events taking place there went off differently.

With time, the stars began to form and eventually planets were created, giving birth to the Earth.

Prehistory
The history of this world is mostly similar to ours, with some exceptions. Just like in the reality, the dinosaurs existed here and died due to the meteor impact over 65 million years ago. However, this meteor contained four stones of special properties - Crystals of the Universe. Each one responsible for one aspect of the known Universe, i. e. reality, time and space, anomalies and life. After the meteor entered the atmosphere, it separated on five parts. Four contained the mentioned crystals, while the biggest part hit the Yucatan Peninsula, causing the extinction of dinosaurs. The remaining pieces spread around the world. Reality Crystal ended up in the location of current day Bździszewo, Time-Space Crystal in the present day Egypt and Anomaly Crystal on an unnamed island on the Pacific Ocean. The original location of Life Crystal remains unknown, as it has been moved later several times.

Ancient history
At one point, the Earth saw the appearance of the first humans, who eventually evolved into homo sapiens. Certain civilizations were more advanced than the others, also practising magic and being aware of the existence of extraterrestials. Some circles, that lived on the terrains were the crystals had landed knew about them and swore to protect them, so that no mortal would possess such a strong power.

One of the most advanced civilizations were the Atlanteans, whose country was sunk. It is known though, that they survived somehow, as the early modern period hero Water Man claimed to be one.

Since the beginning of humanity, there was a second species of human, which looked the same, but was gifted with superpowers, called Superhumans. The first generation of Superhumans existed in the ancient times and were the currently known Gods from various mythologies. However they earned this name only due to the people, for whom this was the only explanation of an inexplicable power. Eventually, their numbers started to decrease and they were forgotten by the world. Although, every few decades or centuries, there were singular members of the species, such as Terrion or Firefly, their existence was hidden by the contemporary rulers.

Early modern period
Another growth in the Superhuman activity happened in the 19th century, along with the appearance of Water Man in the 30's. Twenty years later, Xavier Ant also revealed himself and took the name of The Guardian. He possesed the power of athmokinesis - weather control - and teamed up with Water Man more than once. In 1871, another Superhuman accidentally revealed himself, being none other than the twelve-year old Alejandro Vernandez, who in a fury attack caused the event known as the Great Chicago Fire. He was finally stopped by The Guardian, who decided to use the opportunity and fake his death to finally retire.

Meanwhile, a few years later, Alejandro began his activity as Fire-Man, a hero from nowhere, who appeared in various towns, giving help were it was needed. In 1886, he was in El Paso, where he saved Andrew Banaś from the doings of the local bandit, Alex "Bad Cowboy" Thompson. Banas, seeing his incredible powers, was intrigued, but following Fire-Man, he was warned by him to not be interested in him and forget about the event. However, over the next few days Andrew had visions of and older man, who led him to the nearby forest. Ultimately he fulfilled the demand and went there to discover the hidden Temple of Elements. Furthermore, the oldster turned out to be The Guardian in hiding, who later trained Andrew and helped him understand his power of controling nature. Thus, Nature-Man was born and the two, eventually joined by Fire-Man, together fought the criminals in the town.

However, after defeating Thompson, the criminality decreased, forcing the heroes to retire. In addition, Nature-Man and Fire-Man were treated by The Guardian with a spell slowing down the aging process, so that they could protect the world for the next decades.

20th century
The three heroes weren't active for over a quarter of a century, until they were asked to help by the United States government in 1917. They were sent to World War 1 front, where they helped the soldiers regain some land and gave them new hope. However, The Guardian was forced to sacrifice his life during one of the battles.

In 1933 Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany, making the rest of the world worried about the new 3rd Reich policies. The same year, The Guadian's decendant, Stanley Ant, unlocked his Superhuman powers and the military, part of which was his father, took care of him. For years he was trained to become a powerful weapon in case of a big-scale conflict. He eventually became the World War 2 hero Hyper Man.

On 22 August 1939, a key event happened in the Polish town of Bobrowniki, when in one of the back alleys landed two time travellers - Phil Turner and Michael Foot, known in their times as the superheroes Acrobat and Flare - as well as their enemy, General John, after he accidentally travelled with them. General used the opportunity and got rid of his adversaries, treating them with a memory erasing cannon, to then leave them stranded. However they were found by the lieutenant colonel Witold Urbanowicz and corporal Jarowit Crucian, who transported them to their base - Dęblin Flight School. The heroes in amnesia joined the White Eagles brigade, to then fight in the war, while John joined the Moltov-Ribbentrop Pact, to help the Nazis and Soviets with his technology, seeing this as an opportunity of destroying his unaware opponents, who wouldn't have a way to stop him.

During World War 2, Nature-Man and Fire-Man were also present again, teaming up with Hyper Man. In the face of certain events, Fire-Man switched sides and joined the villain Mr. Toxic, wanting to destroy Nature-Man. Although it ended with the hero's victory, it led to him eventually losing the faith in humanity and going to a self-given exile for the next few months.

In February 1940 Nature-Man found the unconcious Hubert Kingfisher, whom he gave a shelter and meal, also noticing that he was a Superhuman too. Thus, he told him his story and explained everything concerning Superhumans and the Elemental Warriors. Soon after, Hubert became The Living Ice. Meanwhile, Phil and Mike regained their memories, when John, unaware it was them, shot them with the cannon again. After escaping a concentration camp and meeting Hubert, they told their past friends about their origins and proposed creating a team, who would stop General John, as well as any other future dangers to the time and space. Thus Team Y was created, with Acrobat, Flare, Polish Patriot, Living Ice and The Hunter becoming parts of it. Although defeating John took them a lot of time and vile games from him, he was ultimately defeated in 1945 in the great battle of Szczecin, where he was supported by the visitor from alternate timeline, Mr. Time. However the team was also supported, by the Nature-Man, who came in the middle of the battle and joined the group. After handing the villains over to the Time Police, the heroes said goodbye to each other and The Acrobat, Flare, as well as Steve, who was brought there by Acrobat, came back to their times.

21st century
Besides the enormous amount of mystical artifacts and magic, this universe is also different from ours because of the advanced level of technology. Thanks to the metals such as Fortellum, humanity was able to create numerous powerful weapons and develop slightly more than the reality we know. Due to that, many corporations focused on producing advanced technology were created. Among many, there was the Polish company The Unity, established in 2006 by Edmond Unary and Gregory Enius. Although it was focused on weaponry, because of their interests, the creators mixed their job with mythbusting, which was the case in 2014 for example, when they built a portal to another universe, powered by the Reality Crystal.

The first superhero in the modern days was Philip Turner, who took the name Acrobat. A breakthrough was The Unity scientists opening of the aforementioned portal, from which the Transforming Robots came out. Despite the attempt of stopping them by The Acrobat, many people have died or been hurt, including Edmond Unary. In addition, his friend, John Smith, was kidnapped by the machines. In that case, Edmond became One-Armed Man (as he lost his right arm and had it replaced with an artificial limb) and demanded vengeance on The Acrobat. Eventually, he was joined by the self-created other villain, Wolf-Man, as well as John, who returned from the robots' world as a cyborg and their general. However, Acrobat had allies by his sides, which were his good friends - Steve, Igor Possible and even Gregory Enius himself. Ultimately, Igor sacrificed his life, saving Acrobat from John, the first villain redeemed himself, also sacrificing his life in defense of Szczecin. After his death, Enius became the sole owner of The Unity and moved to Cracow, visiting Phil occasionally though.

A few months after defeating the villains, Turner was part of an incredible meeting, when he met his great grandson, Michael Foot, a hero from the future known as Flare, who went back in time to ask for help in discovering his powers' secrets. However, Phil didn't know much about them yet, but eventually came up with an idea of approaching a hero of World War 2 - Jarowit Crucian, the Polish Patriot, in the past. Due to General John's interference, the heroes went back too far and lost their memories after John used his memory-wiping cannon. Unaware of their origins, they took part in many battles in the war and after regaining the memories and discovering that their friends from Squadron 404 also were Superhumans, they set the goal of stopping John and fixing time, at the same time creating a team called Team Y. After realizing the mission, Acrobat and Steve returned to the present day with Flare.

Decades after the golden age of superheroes, in the years 2087 - 2091, World War 3 happened and the world changed drastically. A quarter of the planet was polluted with radioactive radiation, due to which Australia became an inhabitable toxic jungle, the West Coast of North America transformed into a huge desert. In addition, many cities located near the seas and oceans were flooded, among many - New York, London, Venice, Szczecin or the Tri-City. Smaller-scale wars about raw materials took place, but didn't last long, as they were prevented by a treaty, which led to the creation of WUIP (Warsaw Union of International Peace). The pact demanded all the remaining countries to find peace and not repeat the past mistakes, so that any new conflict would never happen again. All the countries indeed signed it and the materials were equally split. Thanks to these events, Poland became one of the most influential countries and the world soon regained its proper shape, quickly becoming even more advanced.

Despite calming down the dangers of another global conflict, a complete peace didn't happen, as some countries were tormented by certain gangs in the aftermath of the war. Some of them fell as quickly as they were created, but others became something much bigger. That was the case for the organization called Thunderbolts, which has operated in secret for years. After revealing themselves in 2093, it grew and supplied itself with some materials, often conducting terrorist attacks in bigger cities, to weaken the remaining countries and take over the world to conduct new world order. The main reason for their lack of failure was the fact that the group members possessed electrokinesis powers, which came from an unknown Superhuman.

At the end of century, Bździszewo became one of the biggest and most meaningful Polish cities.

22nd century
On 21 November 2114 there was a concert for the 160th anniversary of Bździszewo, where Michael Foot's band, The Thunderers, played. After the performance, Mike was approached by the mayor, Gideon Timez, who offered him a spot at University of Bździszewo. He agreed to the invitation and then went to his friends and parents. Unfortunately, it was then when Thunderbolts conducted one of their attacks, forcing everyone present to evacuate. However not everyone succeeded, including Michael and his parents, who were immediately surrounded by the gang members. Using their powers, the criminals killed all the people, including the boy's parents. Michael managed to inexplicably resist, until he fell down unconcious. After waking up from a few weeks long coma, Michael was devastated by his parent's demise. Intending to talk with Gideon, he accidentally discovered his superspeed power, which became another reason to talk with the friendly mayor. Mike learned from Timez that he's the great grandson of Philip Turner - a superhero from the past, known under the name of Acrobat - and that he inherited the gene that gave him powers. However possessing, in a way connected to electrokinesis, the superspeed power, Michael was lucky and managed to survive the Thunderbolts attack, taking it in and gaining electrokinesis. Although his power was at much lesser degree than the one of gang members and Mike could only throw discharges from one hand.

In that case, he decided to become a superhero, just like his great grandfather. Over the next few weeks he trained, until he revealed himself to the city as a new defender called Flare, stopping numerous robberies and villain attacks. Besides that, together with Gideon, they worked on building a portal, which would take Mike to the distant past, so he would find out more about his powers from Acrobat himself. Eventually, on March 14, 2115, Michael set off on a journey, during which he met his ancestor. Although in the time he visited, Turner also didn't know much about the powers, they both decided to use the time travel option to ask Jarowit Crucian, who secretly operated as a Polish hero Polish Patriot during World War 2 and was a Superhuman himself. Due to an unwanted help from General John, the two lost their memories and got stuck in the twentieth century, but eventually regained their memories and together with Polish Patriot and other heroes - The Living Ice, The Hunter and Nature-Man - created a group called Team Y. During the final battle with John, they also fought the deriving from an alternate timeline Mr. Time, who seeing the cyborg's defeat decided to escape to his times. However he found himself in the fixed 2115 and the Team followed him. At first they arrived at Flare's Grotto, where they met the original Gideon Timez and took him as their adversary. Ultimately, they found him in the city center and although they offered help in returing to his timeline, Time declined and swore to become their greatest enemy, to then go back to 1945, being followed by the group.

Inhabitants

 * Too many to be listed

Trivia

 * The universe's number refers to The Philmer's lucky number, which is 7.