Campaign History
The official history for the DC Heroes Rebirth campaign world is a mix of post-Crisis, post-Zero Hour, and post-Infinite Crisis. Some origins, especially the trinity of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, mostly follow their post-Crisis versions, though Wonder Woman’s follows the post-Infinite Crisis timing and takes place in Year 1 rather than coincident with Legends. Certain later retcons to the broader history of the DC Universe are also ignored in favor of the ones that would have been in place when my original DC Heroes campaign was active. The Timeline for the Modern Age of Heroes, from Year 1 onward, also closely follows the one used during the later years of my old DC Heroes game, though some events may skew earlier or later than presented in the material from that game.
Starting with Flashpoint the timeline diverges from the mainstream DC Comics continuity, with the Flashpoint itself being a different story and no reboot into the New 52 happening. The timeline continues on from there resulting in the setting for this new campaign. The History timeline gives the full history of the DC Heroes Rebirth Universe setting from the Big Bang to the start of the new campaign. Other timelines will help fill in events tied to elements of the old DC Heroes game for the roughly six-year (in-game) gap in time between the end of that campaign and the start of the new one.
The Flashpoint and forward portions of the History timeline will include events with names familiar to DC Comics readers, though how these events play out in the DC Heroes Rebirth universe will not be the same as the original comics. Descriptions of these alternate events are presented as the Divergent Series.