April showers have brought May flowers, and it’s time for the annual garden festival in the Skyvalley, a few hours drive. A town of roughly fifteen thousand, but on one day a year thousands from communities flood the city to enjoy the Wildfire In Bloom floral parade. This year though, something is very, very different. There’s an infection in Skyvalley and the Cure has come to town.
Suitable Campaign Age: Golden, (Late) Bronze, Dark, or Cinematic
Adventure Tone: Introspective Action-Adventure
Recommended Power Level: Low or Classic
Content Warning: The following adventure explores racism, politics, and social manipulation. Additionally, the story touches on addiction and how it can impact one’s reasoning. More so, there are asymmetrical acts of violence against innocent people. Be aware that in no way do we condone or approve of the acts of violence portrayed by the hate groups within this adventure, much less the real world.
Allegories In Comics & Campaigns
Comics have used people with powers as a stand in for people of a given minority. X-Men was inspired by the Civil Rights movement, and is rooted in the fight for equality. As a collection of comic titles it has evolved as an LGBTQIA+ allegory as well. This may be most exemplified in the 2003 X2 line “Have you tried not being a mutant?” If someone expresses that comics, or comic book media are not, or should not be political, it is possibly because they do not find themselves on the same side as the heroes.
