They are, from the point of view of those in 4004.
Posted by Obadiah Oldbuck on :
Going back just a bit further, I always thought that "The Roman Legion" would make a great Legion Elseworlds project.
Or, it could even be set in the 30th century, assuming an Earth on which the Roman Empire never declined and fell.
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
Roman Legion I'd read.
And the second thought there Duke is the basis for my favorite old Trek Episode. Mirror, Mirror.
Posted by MLLASH on :
What if the LEGION were set 1000 years in my pants?
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
Wouldn't work. It'd have to be some oversized pantaloons. Of the Spanish variety.
Posted by Leap Year Lass on :
Talk about a cold and lonely corner of hell...everyone knows you don't ever wear your pants!
Posted by MLLASH on :
Imagine all the strange, alien landscapes...!
Posted by Eryk Davis Ester on :
...where no man has gone before!
Or not.
Posted by Lightning Lad on :
No woman maybe.
Posted by Obadiah Oldbuck on :
quote:Originally posted by MLLASH: What if the LEGION were set 1000 years in my pants?
Then it would be "The Roamin' Legion!"
Posted by capt._dallas on :
Hmmn. This is an interesting thread you've started, EDE.
1000 years in the past? In what country/region would they be based? Sung Dynasty China? Pre-Magna Carta England? Arabia? Feudal France? The Holy Roman Empire?
What would be the reason for the Legion's formation?
Superboy gets temporarily sent back to 1004 by the Time Trapper. Supes' appearance inspires some (very) progressive-thinking teens (who realize with the turn of the millenium that the world is NOT coming to an end) to risk revealing their abilities to protect a populace that will most likely perceive them as hellspawn.
Hmmn.
Posted by MLLASH on :
Scott and Eryk, if you think you can pry my secrets out of me, you're right!
Yes I've "BEEN" with women. Honestly, I didn't get what all the fuss was about.
Still, I think chicks rule, and there's a few through the years I've considered putting the mack on... but then some boy comes along...
Anyhoo, back to the topic here-- my pants! *tee hee!*
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I'd once plotted out a "Legion of Camelot'" storyline...
Posted by capt._dallas on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: I'd once plotted out a "Legion of Camelot'" storyline...
What were some of the premises?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Well, without too many details...
for reasons all his own, the late Uther Pendragon's wizard advisor, Mordru, secretly works to place a youth he claims is Uther's son on the throne. Rokk was placed in fosterage by Mordru with Sir Brande, a knight who was loyal to Ambrosius, but couldn't abide by the unruly Pendragon. Rokk was raised alonside Brande's half-faerie son, Reep.
As Rokk joins the fight at Londinium against the invading Khunds, a Saxon tribe, his sword breaks. Scavenging from the city castle courtyard, a sword is stuck in a stone. Rokk reluctantly (suspicious of 'sorcery') uses his natural affinity to manipulate metal, and free the blade. When others proclaim him king, he regrets his haste, not believing his miraculous deed legitmate.
On his way to a war council to recant the deed, a priestess emissary from Avalon warns that assassins are about to kill Brande (as Rokk's foster father, he is the de facto Regent until Rokk's coronation). Rokk, with another young knight who rides and fights as fast as lightening, prevent the assassination.
that's how it begins. there are plenty of twists on Arthurian and Legion themese, plus some surprises o all my own.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
Well, without too many details...
for reasons all his own, the late Uther Pendragon's wizard advisor, Mordru, secretly works to place a youth he claims is Uther's son on the throne. Rokk was placed in fosterage by Mordru with Sir Brande, a knight who was loyal to Ambrosius, but couldn't abide by the unruly Pendragon. Rokk was raised alonside Brande's half-faerie son, Reep.
As Rokk joins the fight at Londinium against the invading Khunds, a Saxon tribe, his sword breaks. Scavenging from the city castle courtyard, a sword is stuck in a stone. Rokk reluctantly (suspicious of 'sorcery') uses his natural affinity to manipulate metal, and free the blade. When others proclaim him king, he regrets his haste, not believing his miraculous deed legitmate.
On his way to a war council to recant the deed, a priestess emissary from Avalon warns that assassins are about to kill Brande (as Rokk's foster father, he is the de facto Regent until Rokk's coronation). Rokk, with another young knight who rides and fights as fast as lightening, prevent the assassination.
that's how it begins. there are plenty of twists on Arthurian and Legion themes, plus some surprises o all my own.
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
oops.
sorry for the dopple-post
Posted by Cobalt Kid on :
Cool!
That's sounds like a great story Kent!
And I'd love to see a Roman Legion story as well, imagine all the fun possibilites! Still, a Roman Legion would *have* to include a lot more deaths than any volume of the Legion has...
Posted by Tromium Crystal on :
quote:Originally posted by Kent Shakespeare: I'd once plotted out a "Legion of Camelot'" storyline...
Kent, have you ever read Legionnaires Annual #1 (1994) - the Arthurian Elseworlds story written by Waid and Ty Templeton? It's the Legion of Avalon Station against the Dark Circle. Good story.
A couple of other ideas -- the Legion as meta-human Crusaders in the Dark Ages, or as a super-powered Robin Hood and his Band of Merry Men (and women).
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I have read it. liked it, but not as detailed as what I had in mind.
Trom, with a bamd of Merry Legionnaires that big, Prince John wouldn't stand a chance!
how about 1,001 Arabian Legionnaires?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
I also had an idea called Legion Heirs, set in pre-boot but post-Zero Hour... all the Legionaires except (ahem) Kent Shakespeare vanished during the finale with Glorith and Mordru (Kent wasn't there). 15 years later, he shepherds Pol Krinn (the son, not the bro), the Ranzz kids, Lauren Gand and maybe a few othersa into a second-generation team...
Posted by Blockade Boy on :
Lord Harold the Second leader of the LSV (Legion of Saxon Varmits) versus arch enemy Normandy Lad.
Posted by Invisible Brainiac on :
Kent, I like your idea. Sounds pretty good. All the ideas on this thread sounds pretty intriguing.
Now, how about the Legion set in ancient China, during maybe the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or the era of the seven warring states?
Posted by Kent Shakespeare on :
how 'bout the Legion of Samurai, the elite warriors of Shogun Brande?
who gets to be Ninja Lad?
Posted by Fat Cramer on :
Viking Legion - a dark Legion or the policemen of the North Atlantic?
Iroquois Legion - I don't know when the Six Nations came into being, but an indigenous American Legion could be a group of youths from different tribes who sought to work together. Don't know enough history to take it any further, but roll it forward a few hundred years and perhaps the European invasion of the Americas could have turned out very differently.
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