Golden Age (A Tale of a Changed America): Part 1 The War Hawk

Prologue
This is the story of an America that never existed. It is built as ours is, and operates as ours does, with one exception. This America has masked heroes, and super-men that fight for their country, in war and peace. This America begins much as ours does with one exception. Its history truly begins in the year 1774. Around the time of the Stamp Act and the Quartering Acts that precipitated the historic Boston Tea Party, as well as the Boston Massacre, the first of a breed made his appearance. This is the story of the War Hawk.

The War Hawk Cometh…
A man wearing a distinctive outfit lurked in the shadows of an alley. He wore a tricorn hat, a mask to obscure his eyes, a blue jacket with white stars emblazoned on it, a red coat and white breeches. He cut a dramatic figure in these troubled times. He then proceeded to enter the house adjacent to the alley. He knew that the home quartered British regulars, intended to squash the rebellious spirit of the port of Boston. He knew that the soldiers would fail. In his actions tonight, he would spark rebellion through the colonies. The War Hawk made his move. He kicked down the door to the house and slaughtered the soldiers silently. He wrote on the walls Sic Semper Tyranus. He would strike a blow from which the British Empire would never recover. At Concord, he stood with the minutemen and helped crush the British troops there. He became a rallying symbol for the embattled republic. He allowed the Americans to crush the British in battle after battle, finally ending the war, and becoming a symbol of the fledgling United States of America. The War Hawk retired, as there was now no war for him to fight. Years later, the weakened British Empire tried to fight America again, and as before she lost. Britain lost control, and America became a new Empire, controlling much of Canada, many other British colonies in the Caribbean.
1861 brought war back to America. The election of Abraham Lincoln sparked a rebellion in the southern states, causing secession and the beginning of bloody civil war. Lincoln drafted the Super-Patriot Act, thus creating a new War Hawk. This War Hawk again became a rallying point, causing many victories. However, the shattered remains of the once mighty British Empire came to the aid of the South, dragging out the war, and allowing the South to win some major battles, including at Bull Run. However France came to the aid of the Union, crushing both the Confederacy and the fragmented British Empire. In 1865,the former President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, attempted to assasinate Lincoln at his second Inaugural. However, the crack heard throughout the streets was not the crack of gunfire. It was the crack of an arm being broken. War Hawk had prevented the assasination of President Lincoln, and destroyed the once powerful leader of the Confederacy.

From then on War Hawk had become a major force in America, fighting in every war. However, in 1923, everything would change. It would mark the dawn of a new phenomena, a team of vigilantes known as the Riyot Squad.