Tier Eclipse: The Entropic Heart
After a reclusive powerhouse with a dark secret is violently exposed to the world, he must forge an alliance with an idealistic heroine while navigating a newfound, high-stakes rivalry with the planet's celebrity champion to combat the sentient energy source that threatens them all.
In a world that has learned to live with superpowers, the global agency Eclipse Watch manages a tiered system of heroes and villains. Celebrity S-Tiers like the charismatic Zane Apex engage in spectacular, televised fights against various threats, and the world believes the chaos is contained. However, Dax Raoh, a former soldier, knows this is a fragile lie. He was present at the 2015 "Eclipse Event" and was exposed to a raw form of Exo-causal Energy (ECE) that defies the system; he knows this energy is not a gift, but a sentient horror. To protect the world, he lives in complete anonymity.
His self-imposed exile shatters when a real-world disaster forces him to act, revealing a glimpse of his terrifying power. This debut puts him on a collision course with Director Valerius Augustine, the cold, calculating head of Eclipse Watch who views him as an unacceptable threat, and the world's top hero, Zane Apex, whose professional pride is stung by this new, brutally efficient powerhouse. He also draws the attention of Lyra Kaelen, a compassionate S-Tier heroine who sees not a monster, but a man burdened by a terrible secret.
As Dax, Lyra, and a humbled Zane form an uneasy alliance, they uncover a new threat: a "Nest" that spawns terrifying Shadow Manifestations from a hero corrupted by his own power. Their race to find the source leads them to the Entropic Heart, a dormant government project. However, their attempt to contain it has an unforeseen consequence: they inadvertently unleash the horror on a global scale, causing random, monstrous Manifestations to appear worldwide. Now a controversial folk hero with powerful allies and even more powerful enemies, Dax must embrace his power and fight a war on two fronts: one against the supervillains and political forces trying to control him, and a secret one against the creeping eldritch reality he has just helped unleash.