Getting to Know Your Demo Team pt 3: High Society

High Society didn't start out as a team of super villains. For the most part, it had always been a gathering of the most elite and wealthy members of Centennial City's social scene until the late '70's. United only in their spirit of one-upmanship, members of High Society were always led by whomever was the richest, the most powerful, or whomever had overcome the biggest obstacle to achieve their greatness. For many years, upstanding members of society such as presidents, governors, Centennial City mayors, even noteworthy citizens such as Dr. Kevin McCallister and Jonathon Grayson from McCallister Industries and the Pantheon Corporation respectively had found their way into this notoriously secretive organization that had its roots in the founding of the country itself.

But all that changed in the late '70's when the mantle of leadership for High Society fell on the shoulders of the young and cruel Prince Domus Nasirus of Khanth- notorious for his misdeeds as well as his tastes. After years in exile, Prince Domus used the resources at his command to retake Khanth by force renaming himself Lord Dominus, never relinquishing his hold on High Society.

Under the Direction of Lord Dominus, High Society began to change. No longer would the secret society's coffers be used for charitable works. Instead, Lord Dominus chose to use the surplus to fund his own personal and political agendas. Membership in High Society was no longer a simple matter of wealth and social standing; instead Lord Dominus chose to include only those that he found exceptional and like minded such as: the feared international terrorist known only as Tyrant, the Nazi war criminal General Disorder and the highly talented assassin called Recoil. It was a rare occurrence that High Society would act in concert. Usually, while Lord Dominus was in control, the society still remained a venue to show off the exploits of its members. If Tyrant was able to defeat Lightray, this was where he bragged. When Dr. Mindcrime planted the "seed of evil" that would eventually convert the victim to true villainy and insanity in his patient, the son of the famous hero Thunderbolt, this was where he could lay out the plan.

But when Lord Dominus left Centennial City to return to his castle in Khanth, leadership of High Society fell to General Disorder and a new day dawned. General Disorder had very different plans for High Society starting with organization. General Disorder brought in criminals and terrorists like the crime boss Pavement and the french liquid metal killer Guillotine and united High Society for high profile criminal activity. With the sheer amount of criminal talent available to him, General Disorder knew he had the type of team he could use to take over, destroy, or wreak any kind of havoc he could possible imagine.

And so they did.