Aja Shiro is a cousin of Vincent Shiro who is currently traveling with him during the winter break, and may enroll in the Academy for the next semester. That she and Vincent are related is clear, as they bear a striking resemblance to each other.
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This directory contains all known information about the members of Freedom Watch, as well as superheroes we have encountered or of which we have been conclusively informed.
The Black Fox is a relatively new superhero in Freedom City, exhibiting exceptional dexterity and acrobatic skill. The extent of his powers is not yet known.
During Chernobyl and Kill-o-Watt's recent terror spree in downtown Freedom City, the Black Fox was grievously injured by radiation burns, but was healed by BlueJay.
Known by occultists as "The Spirit of Cities," Dr. Metropolis is an unseen but ever-present entity. He seems somehow driven to guard Freedom City and its many citizens. The exact moment he appeared on the scene is unknown.
Freedom Watch member Warlock has often remarked on a similarity between Doc Metropolis and the Babylonian god Marduk.
Doc Tomorrow first appeared around the end of World War 2, where he assisted the Allies in ending many of the Axis's secret projects that would have continued long after the Allies had won the war. Most of what is publicly understood about modern superhuman powers is directly due to the efforts and research of Dr. Tomorrow.
Very little is publicly "known" about Dr. Tomorrow. However the following facts have been reasonable corroborated with reliable evidence.
1) Doc Tomorrow is in fact a Doctor of Temporal, Nuclear, and Paranormal Physics as well as Medicine - although his doctorates come from the year 2217 and will be from Ruprecht-Karls University.
2) He has the ability to move through time, though only one instance of him can be found at a particular moment in the timeline.
3) He has often been seen using a "ray gun," which he calls the Temporal Phase Displacer.
4) His general costume is a red suit with a "T" on it.
Freedom Watch is one of the newest superhero teams in Freedom City. Although more secretive about their activities than some teams, they have so far led a string of triumphant successes versus such villains as the Green Man, Kill-o-Watt and Chernobyl.
Current active members include BlueJay, Durga, Envoy, Onyx, Steel Violet, and Tensile. Synapse and Warlock appear to be currently inactive on the team's roster.
BlueJay is the radiant force of nature in Freedom Watch. Although able to soothe and heal, she has a fiery temper as well. What villain can stand up to the power of the sun itself?
Rumored to be the incarnation of a Hindu goddess, Durga continues her divine mission to defeat evil, and particularly demons, as part of Freedom Watch. With her flashing swords and her purifying beams of light, she cuts an unstoppable swath through villains.
Envoy is currently the "silent" member of Freedom Watch. His purpose on the team is cloudy at best. Internet conspiracy theorists speculate that he specializes in infiltration and stealth tactics.
Recently, Amy Feng of Channel 3's Action News was able to get some rare footage of Envoy in action during a recently battle in downtown Freedom City.
The mysterious Onyx uses a strange combination of magic and science to fight villains as part of Freedom Watch.
Pretty as a flower, but hard as steel, Steel Violet is always in the thick of the action with Freedom Watch, delivering a personal, yet stylish, beat-down to the forces of chaos.
Synapse is the speedster of Freedom Watch, so fast he moves quicker than the speed of his own thoughts. Currently he is not on active duty.
Tensile is the heavyweight of Freedom Watch, quite literally. Rumors that he bench-presses freight trains are only slightly exaggerated. The only thing more dangerous than his fists are the things he throws at you. No villian can stand up to his two-tons of justice. Look out, evil! The REAL Man of Steel is coming for you!
Frostfire, "Vermont's own superhero," joined forces with Warlock to defeat the Cult of the Yellow Sign that had sprung up in New England.
Not all heroes operate in the light of day, and not all heroes are championed by the public they protect. Mister Sister patrols the Fens of Freedom City, where few other heroes care to tread. Dressed in a tight leather costume that borders on fetish gear and clearly transgendered, the newspapers tend to gloss over her victories, especially since many of the people she saves aren't the ones buying papers.
Freedom City's other team of younthful superheroes, whose members include Bowman (the leader), Cassandra, Seven, Sonic and Undine.
Seven is a seventh-generation hereditary witch with magical powers.
Sonic-controlling teenage superhero from Lincoln.
Undine is a student at the Claremont Academy. She is visibly non-human, with gills, fins, webbed hands, and blue-green skin, and possesses various aquatic powers, including the ability to transform into water.
This superpower recently burst onto the scene when the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawai'i unexpectedly erupted. Native Hawaians say she may be the reincarnation of the ancient goddess of volcanos, but such suggestions remain only hypotheses to date.
The Shadow Avenger is a registered superhero in San Francisco, California. He patrols the financial and theater districts, breaking up fights and capturing muggers for the police. His observed abilities seem to be those of a slightly above-average martial artist. As such, it is unlikely that he would be much help to Freedom Watch or any other group in battling serious evil.
The Black Panther was a superhero active primarily in the 70s, known to be a semi-vigilante.
In the 90s, he re-entered the spotlight when he saved U.S. President Bill Clinton and his family from attack. As a direct result of his actions, the United States government formed the National Para-Humans Agency, so that superhumans and law enforcement agencies could work together.
The world’s best-known superhero team. Based out of their satellite headquarters, the Lighthouse, they keep watch over the world.
The League has many members, some of the most famous including Captain Thunder, Protonik, Johnny Rocket, Lady Liberty, and the Raven.
Lady Liberty emerged as a shining new superhero shortly after World War II. She retired from public view in the mid-seventies, but returned to the Liberty League and the spotlight five years ago.
Protonik is a Russian ex-patriot who first emerged as a superhero at the tail end of World War II.
The Unnaturals are a mystical-based superhero team who investigate supernatural threats of a magical origin.
Warlock is a master of the mystical arts. He stepped down from Freedom Watch when his responsibilities as a mage required him to be abroad too much to assist his teammates. With the assistance of Adrian Eldrich, he has now asssembled a strange assortment of companions to fight supernatural evil.
Galatea is a shining golden robot with immense strength and fighting prowess. Little is known as to how she met Warlock and became a member of The Unnaturals.
Ginny Nettle is a self-proclaimed adventurer. Nettle has a British accent, dark red-brown hair, and blue eyes, and is always seen wearing tough boots and a scaly leather overcoat. She was recently seen in Nepal, apparently tracking down rumors of recent Yeti sightings in the company of Warlock, a mystic superhero who later recruited her to join his team, The Unnaturals.
Tez first entered the news when the tall blonde Amazon appeared in Freedom City and began causing chaos and destruction around her. After being subdued by the combined forces of Freedom Watch's Envoy and BlueJay, and Galatea and Ginny Nettle of The Unnaturals, it was later proven that she had been under mind control. Seven, from Next-Gen, has submitted sworn testimony supporting this claim, and it is expected that she will be exonerated.
Since that point, Tez has joined forces with The Unnaturals to find and arrest the as-yet-unknown perpetrator behind her mind control.
This directory contains all known information about villains Freedom Watch has encountered or of which we have been conclusively informed.
Charlotta is the leader of a group of look-alike robotic minions and heavy-combat bots who took over a mall and held a small group of shoppers and mall employees hostage for a matter of hours before being defeated by Freedom Watch.
The death count from Chernobyl's most recent terror spree in Freedom City has risen to 35, after police officer Tom Miller died in intensive care this morning from radiation-related burns. More than 80 other people remain injured, including the local heroes the Black Fox and the Next-Gen's Nereiad.
Doc Otaku is a brilliant, young, sociopathic inventor, a criminal mastermind looking for a challenge. His whole persona revolves around Japanese anime and pop-culture, something he takes to the point of being a way of life. He does his best to look the part of a anime character: wind-proof hair, a sophisticated high-tech suit that flashes "Engrish" subtitles to onlookers, etc. He even has three female androids he has programmed to fawn over him. Not surprisingly, he specializes in creating mecha and oversized-looking weapons.
Doc Otaku first surfaced several months ago, when he seized control over more than 100 cars in Freedom City, using them to form a large walking car-bot. Police theorize that his ultimate purpose was theft, as not all cars were recovered. However, why a person of such obvious super-genius would stoop to Grand Theft Auto was never explained.
Most recently, he claimed responsibility for a squadron of teenage girl robots (Charlottas) who captured a mall and held 20 people prisoner for several hours before being defeated by Freedom Watch.
DocOtaku's term for his criminal "company" and the highly sophisticated technology he creates with it. He has claimed both the Charlotta and Mastermind technology under this title.
Aki, Ako, and Aya are the creations of Doc Otaku. They look like teenaged girls, but are actually powerful androids with super-human strength and speed.
A mutant plant man whose goal is the liberation of all plants from the tyranny of humanity. After being apprehended by Freedom Watch, identity revealed to be escaped mental patient Dr. Nathan Grovemont.
Until recently, Grovemont was believed to be incarcerated at Providence Asylum. However, Freedom Watch recently discovered that the nefarious plant man had in fact escaped the asylum and was once again at large.
Using a chemical compound of his own creation, the Green Man is able to turn others into plant minions who will do his bidding. So far, he seems to favor women, calling them his "brides." Once transformed, his victims operate under the Green Man's mental control, and exhibit a variety of hostile attacks and defenses, including such things as shooting thorns, controlling emotions, and snaring people with vines.
The Green Man has so far subjected three women to this process. Freeom Watch was able to subdue these women and restore them to normal. After observation by doctors, who confirmed that the process seemed to have had no permanent effect, they were released; their names have been withheld under the Supervillain Victim Rights Act of 1993.
Kalak the Mystic is a sorcerous entity bent on the destruction of the world in an arcane right. His powers have been bound into a mask, which limits his activities. However, in late 2009, his acolytes broke into Freedom City's Kirby Museum of Fine Arts and rescued the mask from a display. Using a dark ritual, they summoned Kalak back to a physical form.
Kill-o-Watt was a small-time bank robber, a supervillain whose body is apparently made of pure electricity. Despite his ability to summon minor electrical beings as allies, he was easily subdued by Freedom Watch. However, displaying a heretofore unknown ability to dissipate into thin air (or, more likely, into some nearby electrical current), he escaped before he could be arrested. When he next surfaced, he had joined forces with Chernobyl.
Most recently, Kill-o-Watt appeared to come to the aid of The Clique during their failed attempt to kidnap model Todd Roberts.
The Clique is a group of teenage supervillains with sufficient power to be able to do what they want and insufficient self-control and humanity to know that they shouldn't do it.
Their first public caper was a bank robbery by Jawbreaker and The Crush, which was foiled by Brian Tufala.
Most recently, they received notoriety for attempting to kidnap male model Todd Roberts during an appearance at the Freedom City Mall. The kidnapping was foiled by the Next-Gen, despite the additional complication a surprise attack by Kill-o-Watt, who attacked the Next Gen and then escaped.
No connection between The Clique and Kill-o-watt has been established.
Jawbreaker gets her name from the way her skin changes color, and the fact that she is very strong and very good at breaking jaws.
She and The Crush first burst onto the scene in a Freedom City bank robbery.
The Crush has the ability to toy with men's emotions and brainwash them into doing what she wants.
Wallflower is The Clique's tech specialist. She maintains a relatively low profile.
Most recently, she seems to have split from The Clique and started working for Chernobyl. She was arrested by Freedom Watch and was undergoing a mental evaluation when she was freed by her allies.
A minor supervillain whose most notable feature is his tongue, which resembles a frog's tongue in proportional length, strength and dexterity. Most recently, he was possessed by Jack o' Knives, and arrested by Freedom Watch after the spirit was exorcised from him when outstanding warrants for him turned up. He is currently being held in Blackstone Special Federal Penitentiary.
White Knight was a white supremacist and hate-monger with superstrength and the power to generate plasma-esque fire and incite violence and hatred.
After a citizen's arrest by Brian Tufala, White Knight's secret identity was revealed to be Daniel Foreman.
Currently serving time in the Blackstone Special Federal Penitentiary.
The White Lady is a trivial supervillain who appeared to have a specific problem with a doctor at the Providence Asylum in Freedom City. Theorized to have been a former patient at the Asylum with a grudge; unfortunately, as many records were destroyed during her attack, nothing can be proven.
This directory contains information on the individuals of whom we have taken notice that do not fall into the categories of superhero or supervillain. They range from important persons like mayors and district attorneys to innocent bystanders and petty criminals. With perhaps one or two exceptions, they do not have known super powers. It may be, given the nature of secret identities, that not everyone listed here is exactly what they seem...
The Claremont Academy is a prestigious private school in the Bayview Heights area of Freedom City. Although its numbers have dwindled in the past decade as other, more modern private schools have opened up nearby, it still maintains considerable grounds and facilities due to the support of private donors.
The Academy occasionally provides scholarships to those who could otherwise not afford to attend it; these scholarships are offered individually, by order of Academy Headmaster Professor Xenon.
Aja Shiro is a cousin of Vincent Shiro who is currently traveling with him during the winter break, and may enroll in the Academy for the next semester. That she and Vincent are related is clear, as they bear a striking resemblance to each other.
Ang Da-wa Norgay is a new exchange student from Tibet who will be studying at the Claremont Academy. His first course of study will be English.
Brian Tufala, the "Samoan Superman," is a student at the Claremont Academy. He has the typical Samoan dark brown eyes, black hair, and stocky build. What isn't typical about this teenager is that he can also fly and lift things like 18-wheelers singlehandedly.
Gwynn Scott is a student at the Claremont Academy. She has the quintessential Celtic red hair and green eyes.
Jules X is a teenager of indeterminate Caucasian origin who apparently fell into a fissure in the earth when the Mauna Loa Volcano erupted and was trapped there for almost a week before hikers discovered and rescued her. She is reportedly a student at the Claremont Academy in Freedom City who was visiting relatives in Hawai'i.
Marlene Stingray is a student at the Claremont Academy. She has strawberry-blonde hair and blue-grey eyes.
Nikolai Volodya is a student at the Claremont Academy and son of the late Ivan Alexseiovich Volodya. He has blonde hair and green eyes.
Sanje Gupta is a student at the Claremont Academy. He is Hindu, raised in Britain, and has dark brown hair and eyes.
Vincent Shiro is a student at the Claremont Academy, currently spending a semester studying abroad.
Another student at the Claremont Academy. She has long black hair and blue eyes, and is known for her "Goth" style of dress. She is a gifted student, earning top marks on projects and exams, but she is sometimes disobedient and cuts class with some frequency.
The daughter of Kostas Makris, Danae works in her father's jewelry and antique store in the Theseum district of Athens. She is 27 years old, tall for a Greek (about 5'9", or 1.75 meters), and lanky, with thin lips, a prominent nose, blue eyes, and straight black hair. Her close English-speaking friends call her Dani.
The father of Danae Makris, Kostas is in his early fifties. He runs a jewelry/antique shop in the Theseum district of Athens.
This directory contains all other useful information -- everything from new street drugs to sites where superpowered fights have taken place.
This directory contains all unproven theories of world-domination, secret projects, alien abductions, and so forth. While many are paranoid, it must be admitted that some theories once thought fanciful have, in the age of superhumanity, been proven accurate beyond our once wildest dreams.
With the millennium coming and going, hundreds of strange little cults came to surface, each with their own wacky belief in how the world was going to end and how to control it, prevent it or -- worse yet -- bring it about. Not to mention the pervasive cults that have been around for decades: the Moonies, the Krishna, you name it. Most of them just want to control your pocketbook, but who knows? Maybe some of them want something more.
Almost since their inception, the Freemasons have been a favorite target for conspiracy nuts.
No one except the Freemasons are exactly sure what the Freemasons do. They are a woldwide fraternal organization, whose members share a common belief in a Supreme Being (although not necessarily the same Supreme Being among all members). They are an esoteric society, and keep much of their rituals secret, but are also responsible for civic behavior and charity.
No one is exactly sure where the Freemasons come from. Various sources alleged them to be any and all of the following: an outgrowth of the medieval guilds of stonemasons; descendants of the "Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem" (the Knights Templar); offshoots of ancient mystical schools; the administrative arm of the Priory of Sion; the evolved descendents of the Roman Collegia; the Comacine masters; and/or the intellectual descendants of Noah. Much less accepted, although most likely more accurate, is that the Freemasons date back only to the late 17th century in England, and have no real connections to earlier organizations.
Do they rule the world? It seems unlikely.
The number of emerging superheroes and supervillains seems to be dramatically on the rise lately. Where are they all coming from? Is some malevolent force behind it all? Some benevolent cosmic force? Or are they all just a freak of evolution? Is non-superpowered humanity doomed for the path of the neanderthal?
One favorite conspiracy theory is that various world governments are sponsoring black-ops projects to try to fully understand the genome that creates superpowers and create their own superhumans.
While it is possible that some of the superhumans and supervillains claim their genesis in various chemical or scientific accidents, no secret projects of this nature have been proven to exist.
The world seems more and more certain that not only do genetic mutations exist -- as long-term fallout from scientific accidents at the very least -- but that they are more beneficial than previously realized. Moreover, crises and periods of intense stress do have a tendency to bring laten superpowers to the surface. To date, this has not led to any known instigation of disaster in an attempt to create superbeings, but it is probably only a matter of time.
As an example of this train of thought, the following appeared in Britain early in 2005, showing a drastic deviation from conventional thought about nuclear accidents:
Ever since the end of World War II, rumors have circulated wildly about rogue, active pockets of Nazi troops and scientists who moved their bases underground -- according to some rumors, quite literally -- and continued working toward the Fourth Reich.
Some sources argue that they are trying to breed genetic supersoldiers, while others allege that they have indeed frozen Hitler's brain and are building it a new cyborg body.
This topic is particularly in vogue right now. However, it must be admitted that neofascism does seem to be on the rise again.
Everyone knows that the ancient art of ninjitsu is alive and well in the 21st Century. Why, even now, there could be shadowy clans in far off Tibet or Katmandu, practicing their arts on an unsuspecting world in a bid for, well, world domination. Because ninjas are like that.
Whacked-out fundamentalists like Jack Van Impe claim that the Cold War never ended, that the "collapse" of Communism was nothing more than a carefully orchestrated sham to catch the United States off-guard.
While it's true that Russian spetznaz are still active, they appear to be no more so than similar special forces of the United States, China, Britain, and so forth.
ПроÑ?Ð’Ñ?Ñ‚ (ProsVyat, short for Project Svyatogor) is believed to be a secret Russian genetics project designed to understanding and manipulating the genomes that control superhuman powers.
Some conspiracy theorists argue that nuclear accidents such as the one that happened at Chernobyl were cover-ups for more sinster behavior.
Spetznaz (Ñ?пецназ) is shorthand for ВойÑ?ка Ñ?пециального назначениÑ? [Voiska spetsialnogo naznacheniya], Russia's special purpose units. Ironically, Russians use the term to refer to special forces of all countries.
Spetznaz are known to have carried out all sorts of secret missions in peacetime and wartime. Most infamous, perhaps, was the assassination of Afghanistan's president in December 1979. They may operate under the direction of the KGB, the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Ministry of Interior (of the police) MVD, and or the military intelligence service GRU.
Although America's CIA and FBI still top most conspiracy theorists' lists when it comes to nefarious underhanded dealings in darkened backrooms, spetznaz operations aren't very far behind. They are widely believed by conspiracy theorists to have their own agenda when it comes to genetic manipulation, including removing any perceived threats from competitors.
As with all governments, the spetznaz have been accused of having their own super-stealth black helicopters, usually referred to as Black Marias (mah-rye-ahs). Ironically, the Russian term for them is черный ворон, literally "black ravens," and the term itself originated from a 19th-century American slang term for police vans. During the Stalinist era, the phrase migrated over to Russia and caught popularity.
Relevant Freedom City businesses, clubs, entertainment centers, city buildings, and so forth.
Planning a night out in Freedom City? There's something for everyone.
A local all-ages goth/industrial/alternative dance club.
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, they say. And sometimes to inflame it.
This Freedom City-based goth band got a surge in popularity when they were chosen to open for The Kings in Yellow recently. The genesis of their name remains a mystery.
A Russian industrial band. Very popular in the Eastern Bloc right now.
This alterna-goth band has been developing a growing following nationwide. They've been playing Freedom City since they were mere unknowns on the scene, and return to perform at least once a year.
With great power comes great responsibility, and also greater legal headaches. This category contains all important laws, agencies and institutions relating to supervillainy and superheroism.
The Blackstone Special Federal Penitentiary is the special maximum-security federal prison designed to incarcerate criminals with demonstrated superpowers. The Penitentiary, which first opened its doors in 1964, resides about a mile and a half off the coast on isolated Blackstone island; the majority of the facility is underground and under heavy guard at all times.
The lamplighter statutes are a series of laws that allow superheroes the right to open avenues of inquiry into matters that ordinary citizens would not be able to access, such as ongoing criminal investigations. These laws do not automatically guarantee access, but they allow superheroes to aid law enforcement officers much more readily, and in fact were originally lobbied for by the Freedom City police force.
During the case The People of California vs. Master Mind, it was ruled that any information gathered by means of mind reading could not be administered as evidence. However, it could be entered as "eyewitness" testimony. To do this, the witness must first prove that they do in fact possess mind reading abilities just after being sworn in, but before providing any actual testimony. Usually this is done by simply asking the witness’ attending liaison from the National Para-Humans Agency if in fact the witness possesses mind reading ability.
This was further complicated during the case of The People of New York vs. The Floating Brain when the mindreading, cyborg hero known as Robotronik produced a video tape of his mental readings that showed that the man being prosecuting was not in fact The Floating Brain, but that The Floating Brain was in fact NYC District Attorney Dan Marsh. The Supreme Court has yet to rule on the legality of entering videotaped mindreading sessions as evidence and Dan Marsh currently awaits his day in court.
Even with all of this, lawyers and judges both are loathe to allow mind readers to take the stand. This is not just out of professional paranoia, but due to the fact that any evidence of mind reading during open court is considered immediate grounds for a mistrial. There have been many cases where the opposing lawyer filed for mistrial based on grounds of mind reading when it appeared their case was going to lose. The most famous of these was The People of Maryland vs. Krab King, where the defending attorney successfully claimed that the vigilante Mentallica was using her mental powers against him in order to aid the prosecution. The Krab King today remains at large.
The main job of this federal agency is to keep tabs on super-powered being operating within the United States, for purposes of legal tracking. While it is strictly voluntary, all supers are strongly encouraged to register with the agency. Without registration, a super cannot testify in a United States court of law without first revealing their "true" identity (which in and of itself would probably warrant a mistrial).
With registration, a super is assigned to liaison at the NPHA, who takes note of the hero’s identity, powers (if any), and testifies in court that they are who they say they are. This is their primary purpose.
In an attempt to encourage more participation with the NPHA, Congress recently passed legislation exempting registered heroes from costs associated with "reasonable" collateral damage incurred during the arrest of a criminal or supervillain, the costs instead being transferred to the criminal.
Technically speaking, any vigilante can register with the agency, not just those with superpowers. But few non-supers bother with this type of bureaucracy or even the niceties of the U.S. justice system.
The famous case of The People of The United States vs. Devastato set forth in motion the process by which costumed supers may legally take the stand under the guise of their superhero identity rather than their normal identity. During this case, the then President of the United States, Bill Clinton, testified that the man taking the stand was in fact the costumed vigilante known as Black Panther, who had previously saved him and his children during Devastato’s attack.
Having no other clear means of further prosecuting Devastato (aka Richard Hargreaves) without Black Panther’s testimony, the judge made an ad hoc ruling that a costumed super may testify in court under his or her assumed identity (i.e., their superhero name) if an appropriate member of the federal government also testifies that the entity taking the stand is, in fact, the entity in question and if in fact the entity could be considered a U.S. citizen.
In the wake of this trial, the National Para-Humans Agency was created.
Built on an indian burial ground and allegedly home to devil-worshippers during at least one point in its checkered past, the Providence Asylum's dark background seems oddly fitting for its current occupation as an insane asylum. Most of the patients there are nothing more than harmless schizophrenics or catatonics, but the Asylum has also played host to some more noteable maniacs. It is one of the few institutions in the United States qualified to treat insane supervillains.
However, last year, several patients and one doctor vanished after a strange assault by a villain calling herself the White Lady and her minions. No explanation for the attack was uncovered.
This law was passed to protect people who have been forced, through the use of someone else's superpowers, to committing crimes they would otherwise never have taken part in. Under its tenets, people who are arrested as minions of a supervillain and can prove conclusively that they were forced to do so through mental control and domination, or the exertion of similar compelling superpowers, can be exhonorated from the charges levied against them, and the charges instead applied to the supervillain who held them in thrall.
Historically, the courts have sided with reasonable doubt in terms of conclusive proof of mental control.
This category contains data on various locations of importance, from superjails and insane asylums to places where superpowered fights or other historic events have occurred.
In Hawai'i. Location of the genesis of Pele, a female superhuman with the power to control volcanos and fire.
Shambala Vale is alleged to be a hidden valley in the Himalayan Mountains, overseen by a council of enlightened masters. Many explorers have sought it, but none have returned to tell the tale.
Tunguska (ТунгуÑ?ка) is a remote region in Siberia, Russia. Now known as Evenkia, the area is largely uninhabited, but still reknown for the mysterious explosion that occurred there in 1908, near the Stony (Podkamennaya) Tunguska River.
Little is acutally known about what has been come to be called the Tunguska Blast or Tunguska Event. What is known is that on June 30, 1908, strange lights were seen in the sky early in the morning. At 7:17 a.m., a massive mid-air explosion (estimated to be between 10 and 15 megatons in strength) occurred. Somewhere in the region of 60 million trees across 2,150 square kilometers were destroyed, and an entire lake was vaporized. Amazingly, no one was killed.
The most common hypothesis to explain this blast is a very large meteorite. However, many details remain anomalous to meteorite impact.
