My Hero Academia is set in a world where 80% of people have Quirks. In 2075, America is ten years deep into its Second Civil War. Chaos reigns, hero demand surges, and young heroes rise through schools and leagues to protect the nation. But in the shadows, alien threats and a ruthless League of Villains plot to plunge the world into unending destruction.
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Coney Island
Once a vibrant amusement park, Coney Island has transformed into the grotesque 'Carnival of Flesh', a biomechanical theme park ruled by the lesser Pi Inquisitor Nexatrix. Here, roller coasters twist like bone serpents, and Ferris wheels trap half-mutated victims in their spokes, all while Pi-altered Nomu in clown-like forms lure unsuspecting survivors into deadly games of transformation.
Air Force
Nestled in the heights of Colorado Springs, the Air Force is a prestigious institution dedicated to training elite aerial combatants. Cadets undergo rigorous training in high-speed maneuvers, altitude adaptability, and atmospheric pressure tests, honing their skills to become the best in the skies.
Albuquerque
A vibrant city nestled in the high desert, Albuquerque is known for its rich cultural heritage, blending Native American, Hispanic, and Anglo influences. The city is famous for its annual hot air balloon festival, stunning sunsets, and a thriving arts scene, making it a hub for adventurers seeking both excitement and relaxation.
Alcatraz Island
Once a notorious prison, Alcatraz Island now serves as a high-security fortress for the most dangerous criminals of California and the northern Pacific regions. Surrounded by treacherous waters and steep cliffs, it is a place where hope is a distant memory and despair reigns supreme.
Amarillo
A bustling city in the Texas Panhandle known for its vibrant cattle industry, wide open plains, and rich Western heritage. The city features a mix of modern buildings and rustic architecture reflecting its frontier roots.
Anaheim
A bustling metropolis known for its vibrant entertainment district, Anaheim City is a hub of activity and excitement. The city is filled with colorful markets, lively taverns, and grand theaters, attracting adventurers and travelers from all corners of the realm.
Anaheim Hero Entrance Arena
Anaheim Hero Entrance Arena A futuristic silver-and-blue stadium shaped like a giant ring, located near the heart of Anaheim’s entertainment district. Its retractable dome opens for flight and long-range Quirk demonstrations, while inside, shifting combat platforms and holographic walls create varied battlefields. Hero judges sit in towering glass observation booths, tracking each student’s performance. Schools across Southern California bus or fly their top candidates here to compete under the bright West Coast spotlight. These events are nationally televised, with commentators, live crowd reactions, and expert panels breaking down every standout performance.
Anchorage
Anchorage is a bustling city located between the majestic Chugach Mountains and the serene Cook Inlet. It serves as a gateway to outdoor adventures, offering access to stunning glaciers, diverse wildlife, and expansive parks, making it a perfect blend of urban life and nature.
Area 51
A secretive military installation shrouded in mystery, rumored to house advanced technology and extraterrestrial artifacts. The area is heavily guarded, with strange lights and sounds often reported by those who dare to approach.
Atlanta
Atlanta is a modern, fast-paced city known for its significant role in the Southeast as a business, cultural, and transportation hub. It's the capital and most populous city in Georgia, and is also the principal city of the large Atlanta metropolitan area.
Atlanta Hawkeyes Headquarters
The strategic command center for the Atlanta Hawkeyes, a top-tier team in the National Quirk Fighting League. This sleek, modern facility is designed for aerial tactics and quirk training, featuring advanced observation decks, flight simulators, and tactical planning rooms. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Hawkeyes wear crimson red with silver accents, patterned like feathers and talons across their armor. As “Villains” (Away Team), they switch to matte gray with gold trim, invoking a sleek predator bird hunting in low light. Banners: National Championships: None Southeast Division Titles: 2040, 2047, 2060, 2069
Atlanta Southern Crest Guild
The Atlanta Southern Crest Guild is a striking tower shaped like a soaring flame, adorned in peach, gold, and midnight blue. Inside, the polished marble floors and sweeping staircases reflect the city's fierce spirit, while dynamic light displays celebrate its resilience and ambition in the competitive arena.
Auburn University
Auburn produces warriors with precision and fury. The school emphasizes melee mastery, elemental manipulation, and defensive counter-offensives. Their famed “Forge Protocol” is a combat gauntlet that builds power-focused students into elite duelists and formation breakers. Auburn heroes often take center stage in guild charges or act as the frontline shield in squad operations.
Augusta
Nestled along the banks of the Kennebec River, Augusta's Riverfront Haven is a vibrant blend of historical architecture and modern attractions. Visitors can explore charming boutiques, enjoy riverside parks, and partake in seasonal festivals that celebrate the city's rich heritage.
Aura Cola Company Headquarters
The Aura Cola Company Headquarters is a towering 85-story skyscraper in downtown Chicago, symbolizing modern capitalism with its sleek glass-and-steel design and radiant neon ring. Beneath its polished exterior lies a sprawling underground fortress, home to the League of Villains, where sinister operations unfold away from the public eye.
Austin
Austin is the state capital of Texas, an inland city bordering the Hill Country region. Home to the Austin Hero Academy flagship campus, Austin is known for its eclectic live-music scene centered around country, blues and rock. Its many parks and lakes are popular for hiking, biking, swimming and boating. South of the city, Formula One's Circuit of the Americas raceway has hosted the United States Grand Austin City Texas.
Baltimore
Baltimore is Maryland's largest city and economic centre and constitutes the northeastern hub of the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.
Baltimore Invincible Guild
e Baltimore Invincible Guild rises over the harbor like a midnight-blue fortress of steel and stormlight, its walls lined with flickering barrier coils and an illuminated crown shaped like a five-pointed shockwave. Inside, the halls are lined with obsidian stone, glowing silver veins, and towering statues of fallen heroes etched with the guild’s motto: “Break Before We Bend.” The guild’s emblem, the Invincible Griffin, represents relentless strength, tenacity, and impenetrable defense. With two Hero League Trophies and the #1 hero in the country under its command, Baltimore stands as a dominant stronghold in the Hero League. At its core is Valorion, ranked #1 in the nation for unmatched energy control and battlefield leadership; Shockrail, ranked #16 for hypervelocity strikes and electromagnetic disruption; and Glacivia, ranked #34, a zone controller capable of locking down entire districts in cryogenic stasis.
Baltimore Invincible Headquarters
The headquarters of the Baltimore Invincible, a top team in the National Quirk Fighting League's Mid-Atlantic Division, founded in 2030. The facility includes training arenas, strategy rooms, and fan engagement areas, embodying the team's ethos of resilience and tactical mastery. Banners: National Championships: 2038, 2046,2059,2068,2072 Mid-Atlantic Division Titles: 2038,2042,2046,2050,2055,2059,2063,2068,2072,
Baton Rouge
A vibrant city located along the banks of the mighty river, Baton Rouge is known for its rich history, diverse culture, and lively music scene. The city is a melting pot of traditions, featuring historic architecture, bustling markets, and a variety of festivals celebrating its heritage.
Baydown Swampwatch Academy
Baydown Swampwatch Academy Location: Mobile-Tensaw Delta, Southern Alabama Mascot: The Gator Warden Colors: Bayou Green and Amber Gold A hidden academy deep in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta wetlands, built into trees and marshes with rope bridges, pavilions, and patrol boats. It trains students in swamp survival, stealth, aquatic ambushes, and disaster response with a focus on low-visibility operations. Championship Banners: District Banners: 5 State Banners: 1 National Banners: 0 In 2031, Swampwatch’s “Delta Vultures” used silent water-based strikes to shut down Mississippi’s power-type team in a flooded field match. Their eerie calm and synchronized takedowns earned them the nickname “The Gator Ghosts.”
Baylor University
Baylor University is a revered institution that blends faith, morality, and heroism, producing graduates who excel in ethical judgment and civilian-first response. The Hero Chapel, a centerpiece of the university, is renowned for training future mentors, healers, and rescue leaders, preparing them for high-trust guild positions and sensitive public roles.
Bayou Noir Hero Academy
Bayou Noir Hero Academy Location: Atchafalaya Basin, Southern Louisiana Mascot: The Gator Revenant Colors: Swamp Green and Fog White Hidden deep in the Atchafalaya Basin swamps, this hero academy features stilted wooden buildings, floodproof platforms, and floating classrooms inside hollowed trees and houseboats. Students train in stealth combat, illusion, toxin control, and swamp mobility, with a signature survival challenge called The Fog Hunt. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 5 🥈 State Banners: 2 🥇 National Banners: 0 In 2040, their team “Gravewater Syndicate” reached the State Finals and nearly defeated Lone Star Titan Academy by flooding the field and launching multi-angled stealth strikes. They're feared in low-visibility scenarios and illusion-based fights.
Big Bubba's Casino
Big Bubba's Casino is a lavish establishment owned by Don Bubba, the brother of the infamous Papa Salazar. This opulent casino serves as a front for the Salazar Cartel's darker dealings, where the stakes are high and the consequences of losing are dire, leading to human trafficking and organ harvesting.
Birmingham
Birmingham is a bustling metropolis known for its rich history in the steel industry and vibrant cultural scene. The city is a melting pot of Southern traditions and modern innovation, featuring historic landmarks, lively music venues, and a diverse culinary landscape.
Bismarck
Bismarck is a bustling riverfront city known for its rich history and vibrant culture. The city serves as a hub for trade and governance, with a mix of modern buildings and historical landmarks, including the North Dakota State Capitol and the Dakota Zoo.
Black Hand Lair
The Black Hand Lair is an abandoned factory in downtown Los Angeles, now a stronghold for the villain league. Its members, marked by their black-painted hands, orchestrate terrorist attacks to expose the corruption of so-called heroes, many of whom have wronged them in the past. The factory is filled with remnants of machinery, graffiti, and hidden traps, making it a dangerous place for intruders.
Black Hollow Hero Academy
Black Hollow Hero Academy Location: Bluefield, West Virginia Mascot: The Iron-Toothed Beaver Colors: Slate Grey and Ember Red A covert training academy built into an abandoned coal mountain in Bluefield, WV, specializing in subterranean combat and rescue tactics. The exterior mimics a disused mine entrance, while inside are complex tunnels, seismic vaults, and underground arenas called The Veins, powered by steam-fusion generators. Championship Banners: District Banners: 5 State Banners: 1 National Banners: 0 In 2037, the team “Veinspike” pulled off a legendary comeback by collapsing an entire arena floor and trapping a top-tier Virginia offense team. Their name is whispered anytime underground tactics are needed.
Black Horizon Academy
An elite covert operations academy hidden beneath a former missile silo in Minot, North Dakota, training stealth operatives and psychological warfare experts for the New Yankee Republic.
Black Timber Hero School
Black Timber Hero School Location: Olympic National Forest Mascot: The Duskwolf Colors: Shadow Black and Evergreen A secretive hero academy hidden in the mossy pine forests of Olympic National Forest, built from ancient logs, slate stones, and enchanted ruins resembling a druidic fortress. The school emphasizes wilderness survival, sensory development, and spiritual balance, with training grounds like predator-prey forests and moonlight arenas. Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 4 🥈 State Banners: 1 (2028) 🥇 National Banners: 0 Though they’ve only won one State banner, their silent ambushes and low-visibility combat are the stuff of legend. The 2028 team was nicknamed “The Howling Fog.”
Blackrail Hero Technical Institute
Blackrail Hero Technical Institute Location: Peoria, Illinois Mascot: The Tunnel Badger Colors: Rust Black and Signal Yellow A subterranean tactical training facility built within an old train depot and mining tunnels beneath Peoria, Illinois. It features reinforced tunnels, steel corridors, and controlled-collapse zones for training in underground navigation, sabotage recovery, and tunnel combat. Championship Banners: District Banners: 6 State Banners: 2 National Banners: 0 In 2054 Blackrail’s team “Molepack Alpha” held a chokepoint for two hours against a far superior offense using quake manipulation and echo-location.
Bloodroot Academy
A secretive and feared paramilitary training academy hidden in the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas, operated by the extremist Obsidian Path faction. It indoctrinates students in quirk supremacy, teaching domination over quirkless humans through combat, psychological control, and brutal rituals.
Blue Hollow Sentinel Academy
Blue Hollow Sentinel Academy Location: Red River Gorge, Eastern Kentucky Mascot: The Hollow Mustang Colors: Smokewood Brown and Sky Blue A camouflaged hero training complex hidden in a forested canyon of Red River Gorge, built around natural caverns, hollowed tree towers, and a cliffside fortress made from reclaimed stone. Students train in ambush combat, wilderness rescue, tracking, mounted mobility, and long-range suppression. Championship Banners: District Banners: 6 State Banners: 2 National Banners: 0 Their most legendary run was in 2217, when “Team Briarhold” reached the State Finals after dismantling a faster Virginia team using terrain traps, fog bursts, and echo-location baits. Though they lost in overtime, their stealth-based takedown became a training case in tactical ambush.
Bluewatch Hero Academy
Bluewatch Hero Academy Location: Cape Hatteras, Outer Banks Mascot: The Stormback Hound Colors: Hurricane Grey and Ocean Blue A coastal hero training academy built into the cliffs of Cape Hatteras, designed to withstand hurricanes and tidal floods. Features weather-beaten stone towers, retractable bridges, and a storm-locked training citadel called The Eye. Focuses on coastal crisis operations, air-and-sea coordination, lightning-zone combat, and rescue missions during rapid weather collapse. Students train during storms and possess storm-related quirks or gear. Known for The Surge Protocol exam simulating multi-phase disasters under gale-force conditions. Championship Banners: District Banners: 7 State Banners: 3 National Banners: 1 (2059) In 2059, the team “Skywake 4” won Nationals by manipulating a shifting thunderstorm field to blind every other squad. They successfully evacuated all high-risk zones and redirected a collapsing flood simulation.
Boise
Boise is a vibrant city nestled between the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, known for its lush parks, cultural diversity, and a thriving arts scene. The city features a mix of modern architecture and historic buildings, with the Boise River winding through its heart, providing a natural escape for adventurers and locals alike.
Boise Frontier Academy
Boise Frontier Academy Location: Boise, Idaho Mascot: The Iron Bison Colors: Copper and Prairie Green A fortified frontier-style academy in Boise, Idaho, blending modern education with old-world grit. The campus features thick wooden fences, stone towers, and domed greenhouses built to withstand windstorms. The Hero Coliseum, modeled after a rodeo arena, hosts combat trials with metal gates and dust mists. Classrooms are open-floor and barn-like, focusing on strategy, tracking, and resource-based combat training. Students train on obstacle courses inspired by early American survival challenges, excelling in metal shaping, terrain reinforcement, animal bonding, and stamina-based power surges. Known for resilience and teamwork, they hold three district banners but no state or national titles. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 3 🥈 State Banners: 0 🥇 National Banners: 0 Though banner-light, they are feared in long-format missions and known for their dependable teamwork.
Boise Hero Proving Grounds
Boise Hero Proving Grounds A rugged, open-air stadium built near the foothills, combining steel frames with natural stone and grass arenas. The design includes towering obstacle courses, rocky combat zones, and endurance challenge circuits meant to test toughness and adaptability. Hero judges monitor from perched platforms overlooking the entire arena. Schools from Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming bus or fly their best students here for a shot at academy selection. These events are nationally televised, drawing both local and national audiences eager to see rising talent.
Boise State University
Nestled in the foothills of a rugged mountain range, Boise State University is a prestigious institution dedicated to training heroes in wilderness survival and disaster response. With a focus on solo operations and defensive tactics, students learn to navigate treacherous terrains and respond effectively to natural disasters, making them reliable protectors of the realm.
Boston
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States.
Boston College
Boston College is a prestigious institution dedicated to cultivating heroes with strong moral values and a sense of civic duty. The curriculum emphasizes public engagement, community protection, and ethical decision-making, producing leaders who inspire and guide others. Graduates often ascend to guild leadership or political roles, ensuring the safety and integrity of their communities.
Boston Hulks Headquarters
The Boston Hulks Headquarters is the home base and training ground for the Boston Hulks, a fierce team in the National Quirk Fighting League. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, it features The Smashyard arena where intense, momentum-based combat takes place, emphasizing super strength and berserker-type quirks. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Hulks wear deep green with purple highlights, muscular armor plates, and torn-pattern designs along the sides and chest. As “Villains” (Away Team), they switch to black and radioactive neon green, with hazard-striping across their boots and gauntlets. Titles National Championships: 2057,2068 Northeast Division Titles: 2042,2053,2057,2068,2070,2074
Boston Sentinel Guild
The Boston Sentinel Guild is a striking crimson-and-white fortress that combines colonial architecture with modern glass elements, symbolizing the city's rich history and forward-looking spirit. Inside, the guild features stone floors and vaulted halls adorned with digital banners that celebrate Boston's legacy of resilience and leadership, while the central spire is topped with a gleaming sentinel statue, representing vigilance and honor.
Brickpoint Industrial Hero Academy
Brickpoint Industrial Hero Academy Location: Newark, New Jersey Mascot: The Hazard Hound Colors: Rust Orange and Asphalt Grey A high-stress urban hero school in a converted chemical plant near Newark's industrial zone, specializing in containment, hazardous material rescue, and rapid strike suppression. The campus features reinforced concrete buildings with blast-shield walkways, flooding zones, and quarantine vaults, surrounded by old refinery towers and power transformers. Championship Banners: District Banners: 6 State Banners: 2 National Banners: 0 In 2045, Brickpoint’s squad “Hazline 5” fought NY’s Skyline Vanguard team to a standstill in an urban collapse sim, taking down two aerial specialists by using steel dust smokescreens and a sewer maneuver dubbed “The Jersey Snap.”
Brigham Young University (BYU)
BYU emphasizes disciplined heroism, morality, and tactical clarity. Set against Utah’s mountainous landscape, their academy features high-altitude endurance drills and harsh-weather rescue training. Students are encouraged to internalize long-term accountability and community-centered values. BYU’s heroes are often skilled in environmental adaptability, defensive rescue, and recon missions. Their combat style is efficient, respectful, and brutally effective.
Brooklyn
A vibrant urban district known for its eclectic neighborhoods, rich cultural diversity, and artistic spirit. The streets are lined with brownstone buildings, bustling markets, and parks filled with street performers and artists showcasing their talents.
Brooklyn Batmen Headquarters
Brooklyn Batmen Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Mid-Atlantic Division Home Arena: The Shadowdome, Downtown Brookly The Brooklyn Batmen Headquarters is a high-tech, shadowy arena and training facility founded in 2030, home to the National Quirk Fighting League's Mid-Atlantic Division champions. It features advanced tactical rooms, sound-dampening training zones, and a main arena designed for intense, strategic quirk battles under low-light conditions. Team Colors & Uniforms As the "Heroes" (Home Team), the Batmen wear a striking gunmetal gray with violet accents, evoking mystery and command. As the "Villains" (Away Team), they switch to a menacing matte black with blood-purple trim, enhancing their silhouettes during low-light matches. Banners National Championships: 2034,2040,2048, 2055, 2069 Mid-Atlantic Conference Titles: 2032, 2034, 2037, 2040, 2043, 2048, 2051, 2055, 2059, 2062, 2066, 2069, 2072
Buffalo
Buffalo City is a bustling urban center known for its vibrant culture, diverse population, and rich history. The city is famous for its grand architecture, lively markets, and the majestic Buffalo River that runs through it, providing both beauty and trade routes.
California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fresno Nickname: The Bulldogs Location: Fresno, CA School Colors: Cardinal Red and Blue Hero Motto: “Power. Loyalty. Endurance.” Fresno State’s Bulldogs Hero Program is a cornerstone of California’s Central Valley, known for producing hard-hitting, physical heroes who thrive in difficult environments. With deep roots in agricultural communities and working-class neighborhoods, the program trains students in rural crisis response, physical combat, and natural disaster management. Their brutal training facility, the Bulldog Quarry, simulates earthquakes, drought zones, and structural collapses. Bulldogs are known for their grit, unwavering loyalty, and ability to protect the public under extreme pressure. They may not win style points, but they dominate close-range battles and outlast almost any opponent.
California State University, Sacramento
California State University, Sacramento Nickname: The Hornets Location: Sacramento, CA School Colors: Green and Gold Hero Motto: “Guard the People. Strike with Purpose.” The Hornets Hero Corps at Sacramento State is deeply tied to public service and state emergency response efforts. Located in the state capital, the Hornets have long been seen as the civil guardians of Northern California. They specialize in urban defense, search-and-rescue, and crowd control during large-scale emergencies. Their flagship training arena, the Hive Sector, mimics city blocks under crisis—earthquakes, villain outbreaks, and fire hazards all in one sprawling grid. Hornet heroes are tactically sharp and socially grounded, trained to protect and preserve lives first and foremost.
Capitol Hero Grounds
Washington D.C. Capitol Hero Grounds A monumental white-and-gold arena near the National Mall, designed with towering marble columns and an eagle-shaped entrance. Inside, challenges focus on leadership, teamwork, and high-stakes combat simulations. Hero judges observe from elevated glass domes patterned after the Capitol Rotunda. Schools from Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania bus or fly students here, aiming to prove they can uphold the nation’s highest hero standards. These events are nationally televised, with formal ceremony, live national commentary, and high-profile media coverage.
Carson City
Carson City is a bustling frontier town nestled in the Sierra Nevada mountains, known for its rich history in mining and its role as a political hub. The town features a mix of rustic wooden buildings, vibrant saloons, and a central plaza where townsfolk gather for trade and festivities.
Casa de Salazar
Casa de Salazar is a lavish mega mansion located on a secluded private island in the Florida Keys, owned by the enigmatic billionaire known as Papa Salazar. The mansion boasts a striking vanilla exterior with golden trims, a grand pool, and exotic giraffes roaming the grounds, reflecting Papa's eccentric tastes. Beneath its opulent facade lies a hidden underground drug lab, guarded by military-trained cartel soldiers, complete with tanks and an attack helicopter ready for action.
Cascade Crest Hero Academy
Cascade Crest Hero Academy Location: Mount Hood National Forest Mascot: The Snowclaw Bear Colors: Forest Green and Ice White A fortress-like academy carved into the alpine stone and pine of Mount Hood, blending into the snowy terrain with snow-covered roofs and wooden battlements. The campus features sub-zero battle domes, avalanche rescue chambers, and terrain deformation fields for training in extreme cold and mountain conditions. Dormitories are heated log cabins reinforced with steel, and lecture halls are stone chambers lit by torches. The academy trains heroes in high-altitude combat, cold-weather survival, and endurance, valuing silence, resilience, and precise execution. Championship Banners: District Banners: 6 State Banners (Oregon Trials): 2 National Banners: 0 They are considered Oregon’s most elite academy and often face off against Seattle’s Rainshroud Institute for state dominance.
Cedar City
Cedar City is a war-torn battlefield where the USA government clashes with the rebel faction known as the New Yankees. The city is marked by the remnants of military fortifications and the scars of conflict, with local military forces and superheroes joining the fray to restore order. The New Yankees have taken to carving out hidden sniper nests in the surrounding mountains, making the terrain treacherous for any who dare to enter.
Charleston
Charleston Confluence is a vibrant city located at the meeting point of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers. Known for its rich history and cultural attractions, it offers a unique blend of urban life and small-town charm, making it a hub for adventurers and scholars alike.
Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina, is known as the "Queen City" and is a major financial center, particularly for banking, with headquarters for Bank of America and Truist. Additionally, Charlotte boasts a vibrant cultural scene, diverse neighborhoods, and a growing economy.
Charlotte Blue Beetle Headquarters
The headquarters of the Charlotte Blue Beetle, a quirky and troubled team in the National Quirk Fighting League's Southeast Division, known for their experimental insect-themed tech quirks and inconsistent performance. The building serves as a training ground, office space, and fan gathering spot for the Bug Faithful. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Blue Beetle wear metallic blue with black wing accents, stylized like armored beetle shells. As “Villains” (Away Team), they switch to dark teal and bug green, with glowing compound eye visors. Titles National Championships: None Southeast Division Titles: None Best record to date: 2062: 5–9, missed playoffs after losing final 3 games Worst season: 2067 (0–14), officially labeled a “quirmaré” by league analysts (quirk disaster)
Charlotte Iron Crest Arena
A sleek midnight-blue-and-silver stadium shaped like a massive falcon in flight, blending Southern pride with modern design. Inside, combat zones shift between urban, forest, and industrial layouts, demanding adaptability and raw strength. Hero judges watch from steel balconies shaped like outstretched wings, while schools from the Carolinas, Georgia, and Tennessee bus or fly students here for their shot at hero glory. These events are nationally televised, with roaring regional crowds, expert panels, and dramatic student showcases.
Cheyenne
Cheyenne is a lively frontier town located at the edge of the Great Plains, characterized by its vibrant markets and a diverse population of settlers, traders, and adventurers. The town serves as a melting pot of cultures, featuring bustling saloons, skilled blacksmiths, and a central square that hosts festivals and trade gatherings, making it a hub of activity and commerce.
Chicago
A bustling metropolis on the shores of a vast lake, known for its towering skyscrapers and vibrant cultural scene. The skyline is dominated by the iconic structures of the John Hancock Center and the Willis Tower, while the streets are alive with the sounds of commerce and art.
Chicago Ironheart Guild
The Chicago Ironheart Guild looms over the city as a massive steel-and-glass tower with sharp industrial lines, reflecting the city’s grit and legacy. Inside, reinforced iron beams, dark stone floors, and glowing red lights give the space a powerful, no-nonsense atmosphere. The Steel Bull mascot symbolizes strength, endurance, and relentless force. With one Hero League Trophy under its belt, Chicago remains a fierce competitor on the national stage. At its core stand Ironjaw, ranked #8 in the nation; Forgebreaker, ranked #14 for devastating mechanical strength; and Windlash, ranked #22, a swift, precision fighter controlling slicing wind currents.
Chicago Supermen Headquarters
The headquarters of the Chicago Supermen, a top team in the National Quirk Fighting League, located in Chicago, IL. It serves as their training ground, strategy center, and fan engagement hub, featuring state-of-the-art facilities and memorabilia. Team Colors & Uniforms When acting as the “Heroes” (Home Team), the Supermen wear bold navy blue with shining red trim and a gold chest emblem, evoking classic caped symbolism. As “Villains” (Away Team), they switch to a dark charcoal and scarlet combo—leaner, more aggressive, but still regal in tone. Uniforms are built for maximum durability and torque management. Many include weight-balanced bracers, reinforced neck guards, or energy redistribution plates to help absorb impact. Capes and gliders are optional, but chest sigils are required—each player’s marked with their squad’s crest and league badge. Banners National Championships: 2037, 2043, 2054, 2061 Central Division Titles: 2036,2037,2040,2043,2047,2051,2054,2058,2061
Chimera’s Hollow Institute for Mutant Arts
Chimera’s Hollow Institute for Mutant Arts Location: West Baltimore Mascot: The Midnight Chimera Colors: Slate Black and Glowing Teal An elite, fortress-like underground academy beneath West Baltimore's old viaducts, specializing in mutation control and dark-ops training. The institute is lit by bio-luminescent veins and patrolled by sentry drones to manage volatile quirks. Championship Banners: District Banners: 9 State Banners: 4 National Banners: 2 (2031,2065) In 2031 and 2065, “Team Nightbreed” and “Glassblood Delta” took nationals with unmatched adaptability and fear-inducing strategies. Their field performance includes mimic evolution, multi-quark coordination, and fear-aura suppression.
Clemson University
Clemson’s Hero Program is famed for producing relentless, high-energy frontline fighters. Known for speed-based quirks, amplified strength, and aggressive close-range techniques, Clemson students train in simulated urban assaults and blitz-style combat scenarios. Their motto is "Hit fast, hit hard, and protect what matters." Many Clemson heroes become guild bruisers, squad captains, or first responders.
Cobalt Basin Academy
Cobalt Basin Academy of Containment and Enforcement Location: Hanford Site, near Richland, WA (formerly a nuclear zone) Mascot: The Twin-Headed Viper Colors: Toxic Green and Lead Grey A school and hero containment training site inside a decommissioned nuclear research facility near Richland, WA, specializing in training students with volatile or hazardous quirks in containment, combat, and suppression techniques. Championship Banners: District Banners: 3 State Banners: 0 National Banners: 0 They rarely win tournaments, but when they do enter, opponents are terrified. The 2033 match against Cascade Crest was called “The Day the Mountain Bled.” Even without a State title, they have respect and fear.
Coldwake Hero Academy
Coldwake Hero Academy Location: Duluth, Minnesota (Lake Superior port) Mascot: The Steel Pike Colors: Storm Grey and Lake Blue A state-of-the-art aquatic and mechanical operations school built into a snowy cliffside overlooking Lake Superior, resembling a rusted shipyard from a distance. The main building is a retrofitted iron freighter housing dorms, labs, and water-duel arenas, with The Floodring, a massive circular lake-based combat arena beneath it for battles on docks, boats, and freezing platforms. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 5 🥈 State Banners: 1 🥇 National Banners: 0 In 2055, Ironwake pulled off a legendary harbor-based tactical win against a stronger team using fog launchers, collapsing platforms, and hydro-ambushes.
Colorado State University (CSU)
Colorado State University (CSU), CSU’s Hero Academy is known for environmental adaptation, animal-based quirks, and eco-rescue specialization. Set against the Rockies, students train in high-altitude rescue, wildfire containment, and rural recovery missions. Their “Nature Guard” division works with beast-quirk users, seismic detectors, and toxin-resistance specialists. CSU heroes are frequently deployed during national disasters, forest fires, and ecological emergencies. They’re quiet, capable, and have a deep respect for the land they protect.
Columbia
Columbia, South Carolina, is the state's capital and a vibrant city nestled in the heart of the Midlands. It's home to the University of South Carolina and boasts a rich history and a diverse economy. The city is known for its Southern charm, modern developments, and a thriving arts and culture scene.
Compton
Compton is a gritty neighborhood ruled by the Salazar cartel, where the streets are filled with tension and danger. The infamous drug trigger, a substance that transforms ordinary quirk users into rageful monsters, has turned the area into a battleground of chaos and fear.
Concord
The capital city of New Hampshire, featuring the historic State House with its iconic gold dome, a visitor center, and the Hall of Flags. The city is a cultural hub with the Capitol Center for the Arts hosting music, comedy, dance, and theater performances.
Cowboy Academy
Cowboy Academy Location: San Antonio, Texas Mascot: The Bronze Longhorn Colors: Desert Tan and Midnight Blue AAU Circuit: Southern Youth Hero League (TX, OK, AR, LA, NM) A hybrid fortified hero ranch and junior ROTC command post near San Antonio, Texas, featuring desert training zones, storm tunnels, and a high-wind stadium for flash storm and dust combat simulation. Known for discipline, team instincts, and practical quirk training, it feeds into Texas's elite Hero Academies. AAU Tournament History Championship Banner: District: 7 Regular champion of the Central Texas Quirk Cup State: 2 Won 2028 and 2030 AAU Texas State Junior Hero Games National: 0 Reached National Quarterfinals twice
Crater Lake Sentinel Academy
Crater Lake Sentinel Academy Location: Crater Lake, Southern Oregon Mascot: The Volcanic Beaver Colors: Midnight Blue and Magma Red A layered ring-shaped academy built along the rim and inside the crater walls of an ancient caldera, powered by geothermal hot springs. Features volcanic training pits, echo domes, underground lava-run labs, and a Dorm of Endurance overlooking the glowing lake. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 3 🥈 State Banners: 1 🥇 National Banners: 0 Though underdogs, they gained national attention during the 2049 State Trials when a student used a magma mimic quirk to collapse an enemy platform and win an unwinnable match.
Crimson Prairie Hero Academy
A premier hero training center specializing in heavy ordinance and demolition, located in an abandoned air force proving ground in the Badlands near Rapid City, South Dakota. It trains soldiers to be battlefield engineers and shock troopers, focusing on power projection and destruction.
Dallas
Dallas is a bustling urban center that serves as a commercial and cultural hub, featuring towering skyscrapers, vibrant art districts, and a diverse culinary scene. The area is known for its blend of modern architecture and historical landmarks, attracting adventurers and merchants alike.
Dallas Lone Star Guild
The Dallas Lone Star Guild rises proudly as a deep red-and-silver skyscraper shaped like a massive five-pointed star, gleaming under the Texas sun. Inside, polished stone floors, steel-framed walls, and wide, open atriums reflect Texas boldness and independence. The Mustang Blade mascot symbolizes speed, strength, and untamed spirit. Though Dallas has yet to secure a Hero League Trophy, it remains a rising force in the national arena. Leading its top ranks are Star Marshal, ranked #20 in the nation; Thunder Spur, ranked #29 for devastating charge attacks; and Lonefang, ranked #35, a swift, wild striker feared for his unpredictability.
Dallas Peacemakers Headquarters
Dallas Peacemakers Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Southwest Division Home Arena: Fort Resolve, Dallas, Texas The strategic command center and training ground for the Dallas Peacemakers, a unit-based team in the National Quirk Fighting League. The headquarters features advanced tactical rooms, quirk training arenas, and a fan zone for the Peace Corps. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Peacemakers wear royal blue and polished silver, with sleek armor lines and an eagle-insignia across the chest. As “Villains” (Away Team), they shift to gunmetal gray and white, keeping their noble, knight-like aesthetic intact. Banners National Championships: 2046, 2060 Southwest Division Titles: 2043,2046,2051,2056,2060,2065,2074
Del Mar Oceanic Academy
Del Mar Oceanic Academy Location: Coastal cliffs of Del Mar, San Diego County Mascot: The Abyssal Shark Colors: Deep Blue and White A prestigious academy built into the coastal cliffs of Del Mar, specializing in water-type quirks, sonar mapping, and marine rescue. The structure blends naturally with the oceanfront cliffs, featuring glass domes, underwater chambers, and coral-encrusted walls. Championship Banners: District Banners: 5 State Banners: 1 National Banners: 0 Their most famous team, “The Tide Surge Unit,” once took Red Stash to the limit in the 2038 State Quarterfinals before falling to terrain disadvantage.
Denver
Nestled against the majestic Rocky Mountains, Denver is a vibrant city that serves as a gateway for adventurers. Known for its rich arts scene, diverse culture, and a plethora of outdoor activities, it offers a unique blend of urban excitement and breathtaking natural beauty.
Denver Rocky Peak Guild
The Denver Rocky Peak Guild stands tall as a towering alpine-green-and-white structure, its design echoing jagged mountain peaks and snow-dusted cliffs. Inside, rugged stone walls, glass observation decks, and roaring fireplaces create a space that blends raw nature with modern heroism. The Mountain Ram mascot symbolizes endurance, power, and unshakable defense. With no Hero League Trophies yet, Denver remains a fierce underdog determined to rise. Leading its ranks are Avalanche, ranked #21 in the nation; Frosthorn, ranked #26 for devastating ice-charge attacks; and Summit Blaze, ranked #30, a fiery climber who dominates high-altitude battlefields with unmatched tenacity.
Denver Wolverine Headquarters
The Denver Wolverine Headquarters is a fortified training and strategy center for the National Quirk Fighting League's Mountain Division team. It features cold, enclosed training arenas designed to enhance terrain adaptation and aggressive close combat tactics, with specialized zones for regeneration quirk enhancement and claw mutation practice. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Wolverines wear forest green and silver, trimmed with white fang marks across their arms and shoulders. As “Villains” (Away Team), they don ice blue with deep crimson claw slashes, evoking winter predators out for blood. Banners National Championships: 2042,2054,2071 Mountain Division Titles: 2042,2048,2054,2058,2063,2068,2071
Des Moines
A bustling city known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse culture, and rich history. The city is a hub for trade and commerce, featuring a mix of modern skyscrapers and historic buildings, with parks and rivers weaving through its landscape.
Detroit
Detroit is a dynamic and diverse city with a rich history, known as the "Motor City" for its pivotal role in the automotive industry. It's also a hub for music, particularly Motown, and a melting pot of cultures
Detroit Autobots Headquarters
A high-tech arena and training facility founded in 2042, home to the Detroit Autobots of the National Quirk Fighting League's Central Division. The headquarters features advanced mechanized training rooms, armor workshops, and a large arena for team practice and matches.
Detroit Motor City Guild
The Detroit Motor City Guild is a towering skyscraper that embodies the city's industrial heritage, featuring an exterior of interlocking steel plates in midnight blue and silver. Inside, the atmosphere is gritty and powerful, with reinforced iron beams, exposed mechanical structures, and glowing gear-shaped lights, all under the watchful gaze of the burning motorcycle mascot, symbolizing ferocity and endurance.
Disney World
A mythic hero-themed megapark and magical quirk training grounds located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, reimagined and reopened in 2054. It serves as a global culture embassy and neutral zone where fantasy, heroism, and quirk simulation blend to inspire and educate visitors through immersive zones and interactive narratives. Magic Kingdom – Hall of Eternal Heroes The classic castle park is now the "Shrine to the Heroic Ideal." Cinderella’s Castle has become the Heroic Monument, surrounded by marble statues of real and fictional heroes. Heroic reenactments take place daily, with mythic figures like Hercules or Mulan joined by real modern-day pros performing live duels, training sessions, or trials of courage for guests.
Disneyland California
A mega-theme park and Pro-Hero Cultural Preserve blending classic fantasy with quirk-powered legends, featuring live-action hero battles, villain stories, and quirk-themed attractions.
Dominion Guard Academy
Dominion Guard Academy Location: Norfolk, Virginia Mascot: The Liberty Talon Colors: Navy Blue and Bronze A military-grade tactical hero school located in Norfolk, Virginia, integrated into Revolutionary War-era bunkers and modern war command towers. The academy trains students in combined-arms combat, amphibious assault, political hero protocol, and urban containment, featuring a harbor combat arena, fog-warfare corridor, and the multi-biome Continental Spire war dome. Championship Banners: District Banners: 8 State Banners: 3 National Banners: 1 (2064) In 2064, “Spire Squad: Honorhold” captured the National Championship by executing a rotating containment strategy that locked down six enemy combatants across three battle zones using minimal quirk output and zero civilian casualties. Their victory speech was later used in military hero training videos nationwide.
Duke University
Duke University is a prestigious institution dedicated to training tacticians and strategists. Its Hero Program emphasizes research and cerebral approaches, producing elite heroes skilled in psychological warfare, precision attacks, and stealth tactics. Alumni often ascend to leadership roles in intelligence guilds or command guild campaigns, wielding their intellect and power with devastating efficiency.
East Compton Combat School
East Compton Combat School Location: South Central Los Angeles Mascot: The Iron Boar Colors: Red and Iron Black A fortified combat training school in South Central Los Angeles, housed in a restructured armory with reinforced concrete, barbed wire, watchtowers, and turrets. It serves tough neighborhoods, teaching gritty close-quarters combat and resilience, symbolized by their mascot, the Iron Boar. Championship Banners: District Banners: 6 State Banners: 1 National Banners: 0 In 2029, East Compton made history by upsetting Golden Gate in the State semifinals with a surprise team of mutation-type and street-quirk students using ambush tactics and brute strength. That year was nicknamed “The Year of the Boar.”
El Eggscellent
El Eggscellent is a quirky egg-themed restaurant owned by Fernanda Gustavo, who uses it as a front for her money laundering operations. The establishment serves a variety of egg dishes, while the cheerful mascot, an egg with chicken feet and hidden eyes balls under the cracks, entertains guests, masking the darker dealings that occur behind the scenes.
El Paso
A bustling frontier town known for its vibrant marketplace and diverse population. It serves as a key trading hub between desert caravans and mountain settlers, featuring adobe buildings and a lively town square.
Empire Rising Youth Hero Academy
Empire Rising Youth Hero Academy Location: Queens, New York City Mascot: The Empire Phoenix Colors: Royal Blue and Platinum White AAU Circuit: Mid-Atlantic Hero Youth League (NY, NJ, PA, MD, DE) A high-tech urban hero training facility built vertically into a renovated transit tower above a defunct subway line in Queens, NYC. Students aged 8-12 train in rooftop chase simulations, underground combat tunnels, and urban mobility, preparing for elite hero programs. AAU Banner Record Championship Banner: District: 11 titles, Undefeated in the NY Metro Youth Circuit for 4 years straight 🟨 State: Won 2027, 2043, 2072, 2074 New York State Hero Youth Games 🟦 National: 2 Championships in 2072 and 2074
Everguard Delta Defense School
Everguard Delta Defense School Location: Florida Everglades Mascot: The Apex Gator Colors: Mud Green and Storm Grey A hero academy hidden in the Florida Everglades, accessible only by swamp boat or drone lift. Built atop sunken ruins and mangroves, with wooden walkways and floating combat arenas that shift with flood levels. Students train in swamp survival, monster defense, and hostile environment quirk control. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 7 🥈 State Banners: 2 🥇 National Banners: 0 In 2055, Everguard’s team “Marshjaw” ambushed and neutralized Georgia’s powerhouse school using vine traps, submerged strikes, and pheromone-based lures. They earned the nickname “The Bog Reapers.”
Fayetteville
Fayetteville is a bustling capture city, known for its New Yankees Slave Camps where quirkless slaves contribute to the war effort. The atmosphere is a mix of tension and camaraderie, with colorful tents and makeshift stalls lining the streets.
Flashpoint Arena
Los Angeles Flash Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Pacific Division Home Arena: Flashpoint Arena, Downtown Los Angeles A kinetic battlefield in downtown Los Angeles designed for speed-based combat, featuring shock-absorbent surfaces, motion-sensor lights, and reactive terrain panels that shift with fighter velocity. Platforms rise and fall with momentum, and turbo-zones provide speed boosts during pursuits and aerial maneuvers. Banners National Championships: 2035, 2042, 2050, 2064, 2071 Pacific Division Titles: 2035, 2037,2042, 2046, 2050, 2054, 2059, 2064, 2067, 2070, 2071, 2074
Florida State University
FSU emphasizes elemental quirk mastery and large-scale battlefield management. With an extensive outdoor training zone simulating swamps, hurricanes, and firestorms, FSU students learn to dominate chaotic terrain with precision. Many graduates enter natural disaster rescue divisions or serve as heavy artillery units for city guilds during large-scale threats.
Fort Caliber Hero Academy
Fort Caliber Hero Academy Location: Inner Harbor, Downtown Baltimore Mascot: The Ironclaw Crab Colors: Gunmetal Blue and Harbor Gold A combat-focused military academy built on a Revolutionary War bastion in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, specializing in siege tactics, urban clearance, and amphibious warfare with floodable war zones and a naval battle deck called 'The Broadside'. Championship Banners: District Banners: 11 State Banners: 5 National Banners: 3 (2054, 2057, 2060) Their teams “Shellshock Six” (2054), “Anchor Line” (2060) and “Deepbreaker” (2057) all won nationals with ferocious, storm-squad precision, earning Fort Caliber a reputation as the "Naval Wrecking Ball" of East Coast heroics.
Fort Nomad Tactical Academy
Fort Nomad Tactical Academy Location: Former military base outside Area 51, near Groom Lake Mascot: The Iron Horned Tortoise Colors: Olive Drab and Dune Tan A secretive military-hero hybrid academy repurposed from a Cold War research base near Area 51, specializing in tactical hero training with reinforced bunkers, underground vaults, and advanced military tech classrooms. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 7 🥈 State Banners: 3 🥇 National Banners: 1 (2034) Fort Nomad shocked the nation in 2034 when their “Echo Squad” executed a perfect sweep in the Hero Crisis Scenario, neutralizing 5 other teams and evacuating all civilians in record time.
Fort Resolve
A monumental combat stadium styled as a futuristic fortress, combining military precision with cutting-edge technology. Features shifting barrier walls, turret zones for training, forcefield corridors, a central Command Platform, tiered platforms for strategic combat, and a Capacity: 58,000. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Peacemakers wear royal blue and polished silver, with sleek armor lines and an eagle-insignia across the chest Banners National Championships: 2046, 2060 Southwest Division Titles: 2043,2046,2051,2056,2060,2065,2074
Fresno
Fresno is a city in California's San Joaquin Valley. Created in the early 1900s, Forestiere Underground Gardens consists of Roman-catacombs-inspired subterranean passages and courtyards. Fresno Chaffee Zoo has sea lions and a stingray touch pool. Sprawling, trail-lined Woodward Park is home to the Shinzen Japanese Garden. The city is a base for Yosemite National Park, with its waterfalls and giant rock formations.
Georgia Institute of Technology
A prestigious academy where aspiring heroes learn to merge technology with combat. Students collaborate with quirk scientists and robotics engineers to innovate combat gear and power-enhancement tools, preparing them for roles in major guilds as both fighters and inventors.
Glacierpoint Hero Forge
Glacierpoint Hero Forge Location: Mount Edgecumbe Region, Southeast Alaska Mascot: The Kodiak Flamebearer Colors: Ice Blue and Volcanic Ash Black A brutal hero academy carved into a dormant volcanic mountain in Southeast Alaska, surrounded by frozen fjords, pine valleys, and glacial caves. It trains students in extreme-environment survival, frost combat, mountaineering, avalanche rescue, and anti-predator tactics under harsh conditions with no room for weakness. Championship Banners: District Banners: 4 State Banners: 2 National Banners: 0 In 2037 and 2040, Glacierpoint’s elite squad “swept the Arctic Hero Invitational, surviving polar quirk suppression fields, thermal flux scenarios, and wild-terrain villain sims while other teams withdrew due to frost damage and navigation failure.
Golden Gate Hero Institute
Golden Gate Hero Institute Location: San Francisco, California Colors: Sunset Orange and White Mascot: The Golden Griffin A prestigious academy in San Francisco blending high-tech glass towers with Victorian architecture, symbolizing innovation and history. Known for its sunset orange and white colors, and the Golden Griffin mascot, it trains students in combat, technology, and creative quirks use. Golden Gate Hero Institute: 9 District Banners Golden Gate Hero Institute: 4 State Banners Golden Gate Hero Institute: 1 National Banner (Year 2037)
Gonzaga University
Gonzaga University Located in Spokane, Gonzaga’s Hero Academy is a discipline-focused, high-intensity training ground for tactical support and long-range fighters. Known for its precision and spiritual foundation, the school produces sharpshooters, boosters, and quirk disruptors. Their “Sentinel Core” drills students in high-stakes decision-making, rural and urban surveillance, and rapid mobilization tactics. Gonzaga grads are often part of mobile guild detachments or sniper-response teams assigned to neutralize long-distance threats without harming civilians.
Green Bay
Nestled along the banks of the Fox River, the Green Bay Trading Post serves as a bustling hub for trade among various Native American tribes and settlers. The area is rich in history, with ancient paths leading to the waters of Green Bay, where canoes and boats frequently dock to exchange goods and stories.
Green Bay Frozen Tundra Guild
The Green Bay Frozen Tundra Guild rises as a rugged forest-green-and-ice-white fortress, its sharp-angled steel design inspired by frozen peaks and roaring winds off Lake Michigan. Inside, stone floors, timber beams, and glowing frost-blue lights create an atmosphere of grit, endurance, and northern pride. The Iron Stag mascot symbolizes strength, resilience, and unwavering loyalty — a reflection of Green Bay’s steadfast spirit. Though they have yet to claim a Hero League Trophy, the guild is a feared defensive powerhouse. Leading their ranks are Frostbuck, ranked #26 in the nation; Blizzard Horn, ranked #34 for ice-charge attacks; and Coldpiercer, ranked #39, a relentless spear fighter.
Greenbark Hero Academy
Greenbark Hero Academy Location: Montpelier Forest Region Mascot: The Antler Warden Colors: Deep Pine Green and Maple Red An eco-rescue-focused hero academy nestled in Montpelier Forest, specializing in forest defense, wildlife-assisted rescue, and plant-based quirk training. Buildings are crafted from reclaimed wood, tree-grown towers, and stone, blending seamlessly with the dense wilderness. Championship Banners: District Banners: 3 State Banners: 1 National Banners: 0 In 2057, shocked the League by disabling a powerhouse Rhode Island team using tree pulse mimicry and terrain-swap ambush tactics. Though they lost to New Hampshire’s Whitecliff in the semifinals, they earned the “Nature’s Wall” award for field control.
Haunted Mansion
Haunted Mansion stands ominously in the heart of a desolate desert, its dark wooden structure exuding an eerie charm. Surrounded by strange, swirling storms that seem to obey the whims of its owner, crime boss Dona Charlene, the mansion is a place where the restless spirits of those who fell victim to her machinations roam the halls, bound to her will.
Heartland Sentinel Academy
Heartland Sentinel Academy Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Mascot: The Future Cardinal Colors: Deep Red and Asphalt Grey A hybrid training base and infrastructure crisis facility in Indianapolis's urban-industrial zone, featuring retrofitted train yards, emergency response towers, a deepwater flood chamber, and a rotating debris zone called 'The Collapse Lot' for wreckage-heavy training. Championship Banners: District Banners: 5 State Banners: 1 National Banners: 0 Their 2052 team Redline Keepers famously contained a mock gas leak, rescued 42 civilian tokens, and rebuilt the escape path—all while under assault. Though they lost the final duel, they were awarded a Civilian Protection Commendation, rare for student teams.
Helena
Nestled in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, Helena is a bustling city known for its rich history in mining and its vibrant arts scene. The city is surrounded by lush forests and steep hills, offering breathtaking views and numerous outdoor activities.
Highspire Hero Academy
Highspire Hero Academy Location: Boulder, Colorado Mascot: The Skyclaw Eagle Colors: Frost White and Midnight Blue A high-altitude academy perched on a snowy ridge in Boulder, Colorado, specializing in aerial combat, rapid descent rescue, and stormfront battlefield training. The academy features alpine and aviation-inspired architecture with anti-storm shielding and rigorous oxygen tolerance requirements. Championahip Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 8 🥈 State Banners: 2 🥇 National Banners: 0 Highspire came close to a national title in 2037, narrowly losing in the final round to California’s Golden Gate Hero Institute during a storm simulation that overloaded their flight-tech supports.
Hollywood
A vibrant and bustling district known for its dazzling lights, extravagant theaters, and the ever-present allure of fame. Hollywood is a hub for aspiring performers, artists, and adventurers seeking their moment in the spotlight, filled with street performers, glamorous parties, and hidden secrets.
Honolulu
Honolulu, the capital and largest city of Hawaii, is a vibrant and diverse urban center situated on the southeast shore of the island of Oʻahu. It's known as a major hub for business, finance, and tourism in the state and the Pacific region. Honolulu's name, which translates to "sheltered harbor" in Hawaiian, reflects its historical significance as a primary point of entry for the Hawaiian Islands.
Hotel Chameleon
A seedy establishment in the heart of Chicago, Hotel Chameleon serves as a front for the Salazar crime family. The hotel is known for its opulent yet deceptive decor, masking the illicit activities that take place within its walls, including the distribution of the dangerous Trigger Drug.
Houston
A sprawling metropolis that blends modern skyscrapers with remnants of old-world architecture, Houston is a hub of technology and culture. The city is known for its vibrant nightlife, diverse culinary scene, and a unique fusion of Texan and futuristic aesthetics.
Houston Cyborgs Headquarters
Futuristic training and strategy center for the Houston Cyborgs, a top team in the National Quirk Fighting League specializing in tech-boosted quirks and AI-synced combat. The headquarters features advanced neural targeting labs, quirk-overclocking modules, and sensory hacking chambers. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Cyborgs wear chrome silver and digital blue, often accented with glowing circuit motifs across their limbs. As “Villains” (Away Team), they switch to black carbon fiber with red LED lines, giving the impression of kill-mode machines. Banners National Championships: 2044, 2050, 2065 Southwest Division Titles: 2044,2047,2050,2055,2062,2065,2073
In N Out Burger
A bustling fast-food restaurant known for its fresh ingredients and secret menu. The atmosphere is lively, filled with the sounds of sizzling burgers and cheerful patrons enjoying their meals.
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana's Hero Program is a prestigious institution that merges academic research with practical hero training. Students are trained in investigative heroics, focusing on surveillance, deduction-based quirk usage, and forensics, preparing them for careers as specialized operatives in various guilds.
Indianapolis
A bustling metropolis known for its rich history in motorsports and vibrant cultural scene. The city is home to the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway, numerous museums, and a diverse array of neighborhoods, each with its own unique charm.
Indianapolis Crossroads Forge Guild
Indianapolis Crossroads Forge Guild The Indianapolis Crossroads Forge Guild rises as a sleek silver-and-red skyscraper shaped like interlocking gears, reflecting the city’s industrial and racing heritage. Its mascot, the Steel Mustang, stands for speed, resilience, and relentless drive. As one of the newest members of the HLA, Indianapolis is eager to make its mark on the national stage. Leading their lineup are Forgebolt, ranked #45 in the nation; Crimson Igniter, ranked #51 for explosive, fire-based combat; and Rivetblade, ranked #58, a sharp, mechanical fighter with high-precision attacks.
Indianapolis Punishers Headquarters
The gritty and chaotic home base of the Indianapolis Punishers, a notorious team in the National Quirk Fighting League known for their brutal and unpredictable fighting style. The headquarters is a fortress of raw power and rebellion, reflecting the team's volatile nature and their fans' fierce loyalty. Team Colors & Uniforms As the “Heroes” (Home Team), the Punishers wear bone-white with blood-red slashes, often styled like battle scars across their armor. As “Villains” (Away Team), they switch to dark chrome and rust-black, evoking riot cops twisted by mutation. Banners: National Championships: None Central Division Titles: 2041,2052,2062
Iowa State University
Iowa State University is a prestigious institution dedicated to training heroes in agricultural and utility management. Students learn to handle mass evacuations, infrastructure defense, and disaster engineering, particularly in response to quirk-related natural disasters. The curriculum focuses on durability quirks, weather tolerance, and terrain manipulation, preparing graduates for critical roles in support logistics and stabilization during large-scale events across the heartland of America.
Iron Range Hero Academy
A survivalist-military academy in the Wind River Mountains, Wyoming, training elite quirk users in harsh wilderness conditions to serve the Republic's cause of quirk dominion.
Ironspike Hero Agricultural Institute
Ironspike Hero Agricultural Institute Location: Grand Island, Nebraska Mascot: The Steel Ox Colors: Harvest Gold and Iron Grey A hybrid hero and engineering academy in central Nebraska's corn belt, combining farming complex aesthetics with a logistics fortress. Features grain silo observation towers, armored barn arenas, and reinforced irrigation canals used for training. Focuses on quirks related to infrastructure rescue, machinery control, and community defense, emphasizing durability and teamwork. Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 6 🥈 State Banners: 1 🥇 National Banners: 0 In 2061, Ironspike made it to the Central Finals by building a battlefield-wide defense grid in just 14 minutes, outlasting faster teams. They’re known as “The Brick Wall of the Midwest.”
Ironspire Metropolitan Hero Academy
Ironspire Metropolitan Hero Academy Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mascot: The Steel Griffin Colors: Charcoal Grey and Blast Furnace Red A combat-forged academy built into an abandoned steel plant beside the Monongahela River, specializing in heavy resistance, structural collapse rescue, and city-grid combat training. The upper campus is a maze of scaffolding and beam-laced towers, while the underground Foundry features quake simulators, molten-channel defense chambers, and collapsed subway rescue courses. Championship Banners: District Banners: 7 State Banners: 3 National Banners: 1 (2032) Their 2032 championship team “Blackbar Core” famously reinforced a collapsing arena dome mid-match using magnetic beamwork and quick-reacting structure quirks, earning them the title “The Steel Line.”
Jackson
Jackson a bustling settlement in the heart of Missouri, known for its vibrant markets and rich history. The city is surrounded by lush forests and rolling hills, making it a strategic location for trade and adventure.
Jacksonville City
Jacksonville City is a bustling urban center known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse culture, and sprawling parks. The city is a melting pot of traditions, featuring lively markets, historic architecture, and a picturesque waterfront along the St. Johns River.
Johns Hopkins University
A prestigious institution dedicated to the study of magic and the arcane arts, the quirk Institute of Knowledge is renowned for its vast library and skilled faculty. Students and scholars from all over the world gather here to learn, research, and share their findings, often leading to groundbreaking discoveries in the world.
Kansas City
A bustling trade hub located at the confluence of two major rivers, Kansas City is known for its vibrant culture, diverse population, and rich history. The city is filled with lively markets, jazz music, and a variety of culinary delights, making it a melting pot of experiences for adventurers and locals alike.
Kansas State University
Kansas State trains heroes for hard-hitting, close-quarters combat. Their “Brawler's Camp” is infamous for producing unshakable melee fighters who thrive in enclosed environments and fast-paced skirmishes. The program focuses on body conditioning, endurance, and mental toughness. K-State heroes are often enforcers, riot suppressors, or guild frontliners who clear paths for their teams.
Kingsgate Hall NQFL Draft
Kingsgate Hall • Design: A striking brick-and-steel stadium set under the Brooklyn skyline, with towering arches and a massive stylized bridge sculpture above the draft stage. Street-art murals of past draft legends decorate the outer walls, blending old-school grit with modern flash. • Draft Format: 3 rounds, 24 picks per round; picks are announced to roaring crowds with local musicians hyping the energy, and graffiti-inspired graphics flash on the jumbotron.
Knoxville
Knoxville is a bustling urban center known for its vibrant arts scene, historic architecture, and diverse population. The city is built around the banks of the winding River Tennessee, featuring parks, markets, and a lively nightlife that attracts adventurers and locals alike.
Las Vegas
A vibrant city of lights and entertainment, Las Vegas is known for its extravagant casinos, lively nightlife, and endless entertainment options. The streets are filled with performers, tourists, and adventurers seeking fortune and excitement in this desert oasis.
Las Vegas Dices Guild
The Las Vegas Dices Guild dazzles on the Strip with its shimmering red-and-white tower lit by neon lights and massive digital billboards projecting hero highlights. Inside, glossy black floors, flashing light panels, and sleek casino-inspired lounges create an atmosphere of spectacle and sharp glamour. The Red Dice mascot symbolizes cunning, agility, and risk-taking. Though holding no Hero League Trophies yet, Las Vegas is a rising star with national attention. Leading the guild are Mirage Ace, ranked #10 in the nation; Neon Saber, ranked #18 for dazzling light-speed strikes; and Jackpot, ranked #25, a chaos-field manipulator who thrives on unpredictability.
Las Vegas Gambit Headquarters
The headquarters of the Las Vegas Gambit, a team in the National Quirk Fighting League known for their psychological warfare and quirk-based confusion tactics. The building is a sleek, modern arena combined with training facilities and strategy rooms designed to manipulate perception and break enemy rhythm. Banners National Championships: 2039,2047,2058,2066,2074 Pacific Division Titles: 2039,2044,2047,2051,2055,2058,2062,2066,2069, 2071,074,2075
Lexmont Institute of Heroic Discipline
Lexmont Institute of Heroic Discipline Location: Beacon Hill, Boston Mascot: The Watchful Owl Colors: Academy Crimson and Fog Grey An elite hero academy atop a historic red-brick stronghold in Beacon Hill, Boston, blending Revolutionary War fortifications with neoclassical towers and high-tech simulation chambers. Known for tactical and ethical hero training, it produces leaders skilled in strategy, quirk mastery, and urban combat suppression. Championship Banners: District Banners: 9 State Banners: 4 National Banners: 2 (2065, 2067) Championship squads like “Crimson Directive” (2065) and “Owlshade Unit” (2067) used layered tactics, hardlight barriers, and tactical silence fields to control and resolve Hero Crisis Scenarios without ever being struck directly. Lexmont doesn’t win by brawling—they outthink and outposition everyone.
Little Rock
Little Rock is a bustling city known for its vibrant culture and rich history. Nestled along the banks of the River Arkansas, it features a mix of modern architecture and historic buildings, with lively markets and serene parks that attract adventurers and locals alike.
Los Angeles
A sprawling metropolis known for its vibrant culture, entertainment industry, and diverse population. The city is a hub for artists, dreamers, and adventurers, filled with iconic landmarks, bustling streets, and hidden gems waiting to be discovered.
Los Angeles Flash Headquarters
Founded in 2030, the Los Angeles Flash Headquarters serves as the central hub for the National Quirk Fighting League's Pacific Division team. It embodies the team's high-speed, high-style ethos with state-of-the-art training facilities, media rooms, and fan interaction zones. Team Colors & Uniforms As the "Heroes" (Home Team), the Flash wear neon yellow with white lightning trim, optimized for high visibility during motion. When labeled "Villains" (Away Team), they swap to a sleek matte black and red streak pattern, appearing as fiery blurs in darker arenas. Banners National Championships: 2035, 2042, 2050, 2064, 2071 Pacific Division Titles: 2035, 2037,2042, 2046, 2050, 2054, 2059, 2064, 2067, 2070, 2071, 2074
Los Angeles Golden Horizon Hero Guild
The Los Angeles Golden Horizon Hero Guild rises in the heart of the city, its silver-glass skyscraper shaped like a glowing crown, shimmering blue against the skyline. Inside, marble floors, spiraling glass elevators, and towering digital hero walls radiate prestige. The Silver Angel mascot represents grace and ambition. The guild has won two Hero League Trophies, marking them as one of the nation’s top powers. Leading their ranks is Mr. Hollywood, nationally ranked #2; Silver Halo, ranked #11 for energy mastery; and Tempest Viper, ranked #19, a swift and deadly storm fighter feared across villain circles.
Louisiana State University (LSU)
LSU is home to wild, chaotic, and unbreakable heroes. Their bayou-based training grounds simulate unpredictable conditions—from marsh rescues to villain ambushes. Their most famous unit, “The Swampwalkers,” is trained in irregular warfare and field recovery missions. LSU heroes often become famous for their grit, unpredictability, and unmatched raw instinct.
Louisville
A vibrant city known for its rich history, diverse culture, and the famous Kentucky Derby. The streets are lined with historic buildings, lively markets, and a bustling waterfront along the Ohio River, making it a hub for trade and entertainment.
MGM Arena NQFL Draft
The MGM Arena is a grand stadium located within the iconic MGM in Las Vegas, designed for the exhilarating NQFL Draft. With a capacity to host thousands, the arena features massive digital boards that illuminate with hero stats, Quirk details, and guild assignments during the intense 3-round draft, where 24 picks are made per round. The atmosphere is electric, filled with the cheers of fans and the anticipation of the next great quirk brawler being chosen.
Madison
A vibrant city known for its beautiful lakes, rich history, and diverse culture. Home to the Wisconsin Hero Academy, Madison boasts a lively arts scene, numerous parks, and a bustling farmers' market that attracts visitors year-round.
Maison Mistral School of Heroic Arts
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Mascot: The Phantom Masquerader Colors: Violet, Gold, and Black A hero academy disguised as a grand theater in New Orleans' French Quarter, specializing in emotional influence, charisma, and showmanship as combat tools. Students train in performance combat, crowd control, and illusion tactics within a gothic building featuring stained glass and dramatic balconies. Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 6 🥈 State Banners: 1 🥇 National Banners: 0 In 2065, their all-female team “La Belle Tempête” used synchronized illusions and morale-draining aura quirks to outlast stronger Texas teams until they were overwhelmed in overtime. They’re known for being “beautiful, bizarre, and battlefield-brilliant.”
Manhattan Hero Apex Stadium
Manhattan Hero Apex Stadium A towering navy-and-silver skyscraper-shaped arena in the heart of New York, topped with digital billboards and glowing spires. Inside, multi-level combat platforms mimic city rooftops, subways, and skyscraper zones, testing agility, speed, and tactical smarts. Hero judges watch from glass skybridges overlooking every battle. Schools across New York and New Jersey bus or fly in their best candidates to compete under the national spotlight. These events are nationally televised, with intense crowd energy, live hero commentary, and flashy media coverage.
Marshgrave Hero Academy
Marshgrave Hero Academy Location: Charleston, South Carolina Mascot: The Ghost Shell Tortoise Colors: Tide Blue and Pale Ivory A coastal fort-turned-academy in Charleston, SC, built on flooded ruins surrounded by tidal marshes and flood defenses. Students train in storm survival, spiritual defense, and combat in a unique waterlogged environment with stone walkways and restored barracks. Championship Banners: District Banners: 5 State Banners: 1 National Banners: 0 In 2055, their elite unit “Tideborne Watch” faced Peachtree Dominion in the State Semifinals and nearly caused an upset by drawing the match into overtime via storm surge manipulation and echo-veil misdirection.
Mc Donald
Mc Donald is a lively establishment known for its golden arches that glow warmly at night. Inside, patrons enjoy hearty meals and refreshing drinks, while the aroma of fried delicacies fills the air, creating a welcoming atmosphere for heroes and locals alike.
Memphis
A vibrant city known for its rich musical heritage, Memphis is a hub of culture and commerce. The streets echo with the sounds of blues and rock 'n' roll, while the aroma of barbecue wafts through the air, drawing in travelers and locals alike.
Miami
Miami is a vibrant, subtropical coastal city in southeastern Florida, known for its beautiful beaches, diverse culture, and strong Latin American and Caribbean influences. It's a major tourist destination, a hub for arts and culture, and a significant port for cruise ship passengers.
Miami Aquamen Headquarters
The Miami Aquamen Headquarters is a state-of-the-art aquatic arena and training facility for the National Quirk Fighting League's Southeast Division team. It features a massive underwater combat pool, advanced hydro-mesh armor workshops, and fan zones designed to mimic oceanic environments. The headquarters is a vibrant hub for the Tidecrew, with neon-lit areas, glowing aquatic tattoos, and a party atmosphere during matches. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Aquamen wear teal and gold wetsuit-style armor, with dorsal-line designs and shell-styled chest plates. As “Villains” (Away Team), they switch to navy blue and seafoam green, accented with rippling, reflective textures to mimic water movement. Banners: National Championships: None Southeast Division Titles: 2045, 2056, 2064, 2072
Miami Bayfront Guild
The Miami Bayfront Guild shines along the waterfront as a sleek teal-and-pink tower shaped like a rising wave, its glass exterior catching the sunlight and ocean breeze. Inside, smooth marble floors, coral-accented walls, and massive tropical aquariums create a vibrant, high-energy atmosphere. The Coral Panther mascot symbolizes grace, agility, and fierce coastal defense. With one Hero League Trophy, Miami is a respected national force. At the helm stand Tidal Fang, ranked #7 in the nation; Sunflare, ranked #16 for radiant heat and solar energy attacks; and Coral Shade, ranked #23, a stealth expert blending perfectly into ocean and urban landscapes.
Michigan Hero Academy
Michigan Hero Academy (MHA) Location: Detroit, Michigan Mascot: The Steel Wolverine Team Colors: Midnight Blue and Silver Michigan Hero Academy, known as MHA, stands proudly in Detroit, training heroes forged in the spirit of resilience, adaptability, and industrial strength. Known for producing heroes who thrive under pressure and excel in both mechanical and physical combat, MHA is respected for blending tactical brilliance with raw, hardworking grit. Students wear sharp midnight-blue blazers with silver trim, white shirts, black or gray slacks or skirts, and silver badges shaped like the Steel Wolverine. The campus itself is a striking mix of historic brick buildings and sleek steel-and-glass training centers, surrounded by industrial simulation zones, urban disaster drills, and mechanical workshops.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a prestigious institution dedicated to honing heroes for the unpredictable challenges of the real world. With a focus on adaptive combat and street-level tactics, the school emphasizes creativity and survival, producing graduates who excel in fast-paced skirmishes, guild scouting, and rogue-threat neutralization roles.
Midwest Union Hero Academy
Midwest Union Hero Academy Location: Des Moines, Iowa Mascot: The Iron Rooster Colors: Golden Wheat and Brick Red A tactical-rescue hero school near Des Moines, Iowa, blending emergency operations, weather monitoring, and hero training with a community-first approach. The campus features fortified grain depot aesthetics, storm shelters, turbine-powered towers, and obstacle course barns. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 4 🥈 State Banners: 1 🥇 National Banners: 0 They won their first State banner in 2043 after rescuing all civilian markers in a full-scale disaster sim while other teams focused on offense. Their motto? “You don't need to be the strongest—just the one still standing when it matters.”
Milwaukee
A bustling urban center known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse neighborhoods, and rich brewing history. The city is a melting pot of cultures, featuring lively festivals, historic architecture, and a picturesque waterfront along Lake Michigan.
Milwaukee Green Arrows Headquarters
The Milwaukee Green Arrows Headquarters is a sleek, high-tech training and strategy facility located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It serves as the home base for the NQFL Midwest Division team, featuring advanced quirk training arenas, tactical planning rooms, and a fan interaction zone. Team Colors & Uniforms As the “Heroes” (Home Team), the Green Arrows wear deep forest green with matte black armor trims, styled to resemble modern archers and tactical recon operatives. As the “Villains” (Away Team), they swap to urban camo-gray with glowing emerald lines, built for nighttime or shadowplay matches. Banners National Championship: None Division Titles in 2055, 2064, and 2070.
Milwaukee Steelguard Academy
Milwaukee Steelguard Academy Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mascot: The Iron Mutts Colors: Steel Grey and Cream White A repurposed iron foundry turned hero training school in Milwaukee's industrial district, fortified with vibranium-alloy walls. It features smokestacks, welding towers, scrapyard training yards, and underground reinforced combat tunnels. Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 6 🥈 State Banners: 2 🥇 National Banners: 0 Steelguard’s 2066 team “Iron Fist 5” was famous for holding a collapsing stadium for 40 minutes during a crisis sim, saving 100% of civilian points while under constant bombardment.
Minneapolis
A bustling urban center known for its vibrant arts scene, diverse culture, and numerous lakes. The city is a hub for trade and commerce, featuring a mix of modern skyscrapers and historic architecture, with a strong emphasis on sustainability and green spaces.
Minneapolis Iron Lakes Guild
The Minneapolis Iron Lakes Guild is a striking ice-blue-and-silver tower resembling interlocking crystal shards, standing tall against the icy skyline. Inside, the atmosphere is defined by frosted glass walls and polished steel floors, illuminated by a cool blue light, embodying precision and cold determination.
Minneapolis Visions
Minneapolis Visions Colors: Crimson, Mint Green, Gold Stadium: Synthetic Realm – Sleek glass-and-light structure with intangible surfaces and shifting gravity chambers. Roster Strength: Phasing, data processing, and illusion-based quirks. Experts in confusion, diversion, and manipulating perceptions mid-match.
Mirage Veil Hero Institute
Mirage Veil Hero Institute Location: Black Rock Desert Mascot: The Sand-Eyed Jackal Colors: Pale Gold and Haze Grey A nomadic hero school in the Black Rock Desert near the Burning Man ruins, Mirage Veil relocates between ancient ruins, salt flats, and abandoned festival sites. The modular academy is built into desert crawlers, yurts, and camouflaged tents, focusing on psychological tactics, misdirection, survival trickery, and desert stealth rather than direct combat. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 4 🥈 State Banners: 1 🥇 National Banners: 0 Though rarely favored, their 2044 team, known as "The Dust Choir," used coordinated mirage quirks to disorient two powerhouse schools and made it to the State finals.
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University (MSU) is a prestigious institution dedicated to training heroes in tactical consistency and practical application. The campus is a hub for students specializing in field efficiency, surveillance, and mission endurance, with a strong emphasis on agricultural rescue and tech-enhanced response. Graduates often find roles in support guilds, covert operations, or as essential stabilizers in various teams, ensuring that they can execute their missions quietly and effectively.
Montgomery
Montgomery is the capital city of Alabama. The black granite Civil Rights Memorial and adjacent exhibition center commemorate the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King, Jr. preached at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, a hub for the Montgomery bus boycott. Close by is the domed, 1850s Alabama State Capitol. East of downtown, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts displays porcelain and American and African art.
Montpelier
Montpelier is a charming city known for its gold-domed 1859 Vermont State House, a Greek Revival architectural gem housing decorative and fine art collections. Adjacent to it is the Vermont History Museum featuring a multimedia exhibit and mural depicting the state's rich history.
Motor Core Hero Academy
Location: Detroit, Michigan Mascot: The Iron Mustang Colors: Chrome Silver and Engine Red A tech-mechanical hero academy built inside a revitalized steel mill in Detroit, specializing in engineering-based quirks and combat training. The academy features steel gantries, piston-powered sparring rings, gear vaults, and the challenging Mach 5 Gauntlet obstacle arena. Championship Banners: District Banners: 8 State Banners: 3 National Banners: 1 (2064) Their 2064 win at Nationals was legendary: Team Overdrive used train-car armor, industrial momentum quirks, and trap-based field control to crush every team in the Hero Crisis Scenario. They are feared for their unbreakable defense lines and heavy hits.
Nashville
Nashville, known as the Melodic Capital, is a vibrant city filled with music, culture, and history. The streets echo with the sounds of live performances, and the air is rich with the aroma of Southern cuisine, making it a hub for artists and travelers alike.
Nashville Thunderline Guild
Nashville Thunderline Guild A gleaming gold-and-midnight-blue tower shaped like a rising musical wave, blending Nashville’s music heritage with modern heroics. The Sonic Lynx mascot stands for agility, speed, and sonic mastery. Newly entered into the HLA, Nashville is making noise with talents like Echoheart (#48), Thunderlash (#54), and Rhythm Horse (#61), specialists in sound-based combat and high-speed engagements.
Navy University
The Navy, located in the coastal city of Annapolis, trains aspiring heroes in the arts of aquatic warfare and shipboard combat. Cadets undergo rigorous training in naval strategy, underwater rescue, and submarine infiltration, preparing them for high-pressure operations in maritime zones.
Nebraska Plains Trench Line
The Nebraska Plains Trench Line is a desolate wasteland caught in a bitter stalemate between the New Yankees rebels and the USA government. The air is thick with the stench of decay, and the ground is littered with remnants of past battles, creating an eerie silence that hangs over the landscape. Scattered makeshift camps and barricades mark the territory, where both sides keep a wary eye on each other, waiting for the next move in this ongoing conflict.
New Haven
A bustling coastal city known for its diverse population, thriving trade, and vibrant cultural festivals. The city features a large marketplace, a fortified harbor, and a mix of old stone buildings and newer wooden structures.
New Jersey
New Jersey, also known as the "Garden State," is a state in the Northeastern United States, located at the heart of the densely populated Northeast megalopolis. It's bordered by New York to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, and Delaware and Pennsylvania to the west. While small in area, New Jersey is highly urbanized and has one of the highest population densities in the US
New Orleans
A vibrant city known for its rich cultural heritage, lively music scene, and unique cuisine. The streets are filled with the sounds of jazz, the aroma of Cajun spices, and the colorful sights of historic architecture and bustling markets.
New Orleans Bayou Sentinel Guild
The New Orleans Bayou Sentinel Guild is a striking purple-and-silver tower adorned with elegant ironwork balconies and glowing river-light patterns, reflecting the vibrant culture of the city. Inside, the atmosphere is enriched by polished dark wood floors, lantern-lit halls, and murals depicting legendary heroes, creating a sense of mystery and pride among its members.
New Orleans Groot Headquarters
The New Orleans Groot Headquarters is the central hub for the National Quirk Fighting League's Southeast Division team, the New Orleans Groot. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, it features training grounds and strategy rooms focused on nature-based quirks, regeneration, and terrain manipulation. The headquarters embodies the team's slow-burn, tank-and-trap playstyle with lush indoor gardens and vine-covered walls, fostering an atmosphere of growth and resilience. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Groots wear deep forest green with bark-brown accents, stylized like ancient tree knights. As “Villains” (Away Team), they don dark moss with swamp-purple, often lined with glowing vine patterns across the limbs. Titles National Championships: 2064 Southeast Division Titles: 2053, 2064, 2071 Their 2064 championship run was legendary—they came in as the 6th seed, lost the first match in every playoff series, and still emerged victorious by regenerating through every round
New Orleans Ravens
New Orleans Ravens Colors: Black, Violet, Mystic Blue Stadium: The Arcane Dome – Gothic cathedral design with magical wards projected inside. Interior adapts to mystical energy and teleportation-based quirks. Roster Strength: Magic, mental, and dimensional quirks. Mysterious and impossible to pin down.
New Terra Hero Academy
Flagship hero-military institution of the New Yankee Republic, built on a former U.S. Air Force training base in Helena. It trains quirk users as ideological warriors, promoting quirk supremacy and loyalty to the Republic.
New Yankee Stronghold
Nestled in the snowy peaks of the Montana Mountain, the New Yankee Stronghold serves as the base for the New Yankees, a rebel faction seeking to establish a new nation for quirk users. The area is heavily patrolled by Yankee soldiers on horseback, armed with rifles, ensuring the safety and secrecy of their operations against the oppressive regime.
New Yankees Fort
New Yankees Fort is a fortified training ground located in the rugged terrain of Wyoming. Here, new recruits undergo intense training and are subjected to controversial brainwashing techniques designed to convert enemies into loyal allies, making it a place of both fear and intrigue.
New York City
New York City is a dynamic and diverse metropolis, often referred to as the "Big Apple". It's a global hub for finance, culture, and entertainment, known for its iconic landmarks, vibrant energy, and diverse population. The city is composed of five boroughs, each with its unique character, and is home to a vast array of cultures and industries.
New York Liberty Guild
The New York Liberty Guild towers above Manhattan as a gleaming navy-and-silver skyscraper crowned with a shining spire, symbolizing power and national pride. Inside, marble halls, massive hero statues, and glowing digital walls showcase their unmatched legacy. The Liberty Hawk mascot represents sharp vision, freedom, and dominance. With five Hero League Trophies, New York is tied for the national lead and holds legendary status. At the heart of the guild stand Apex Knight, ranked #5 in the nation; Starstrike, ranked #9 for cosmic energy mastery; and Nightblade, ranked #12, a shadowy combat expert feared in close-quarters battle.
New York Spidermen Headquarters
The New York Spidermen Headquarters is a cutting-edge training and strategy facility for the National Quirk Fighting League's Mid-Atlantic Division champions. Founded in 2030, it serves as the home base for the Spidermen, America's most agile professional team known for their wall-run combat and multi-tiered ambush tactics. Team Colors & Uniforms As the "Heroes" (Home Team), the Spidermen wear bright red with glowing sky-blue lining, inspired by classic comic-book web slingers. When labeled "Villains" (Away Team), they shift to a sleek black and chrome design that emphasizes stealth, deception, and spider-like intimidation. Titles National Championships: 2036, 2044 , 2053, 2063, 2074 Mid-Atlantic Conference Titles: 2031, 2033, 2036, 2038, 2041, 2044, 2047, 2050, 2053, 2057, 2060, 2063, 2067, 2070, 2073, 2074
North Carolina State University (NC State)
North Carolina State University (NC State) NC State is known for its high-tech training programs and innovation-driven hero curriculum. With strong engineering ties, the academy specializes in hybrid quirks, tech-enhanced combat, and utility gear design. Students often experiment with new applications of their powers through custom gear, earning placements in specialized tactical guilds and NQFL support teams.
Northpine Hero Conservatory
Northpine Hero Conservatory Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin (deep in the Northwoods) Mascot: The Snowback Bear Colors: Pine Green and Frost White A hidden hero school deep in the snow-covered Northwoods of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, blending seamlessly with the forest. It trains students in cold-weather endurance, nature-aligned combat, stealth rescue, and emotional attunement within eco-friendly, moss-covered log towers and crystal-fortified springs. Championship Banners: District Banners: 5 State Banners: 1 National Banners: 0 Their 2033 team “Frostline Echo” stunned Michigan’s tech-dominant squad by using wolfpack movement, ice-root snares, and temperature sync quirks to overwhelm them in a cold-drop simulation.
Northwatch Coastal Hero Academy
Northwatch Coastal Hero Academy Location: Acadia National Park, Northern Coastline Mascot: The Grey Seawarden Colors: Deep Ocean Blue and Granite White A sea-facing fortress atop cliffs in Acadia National Park, training students in coastal storm rescue, freezing combat, and marine hazard suppression. Known for minimalist, silent operations and tidal combat arenas that shift with the tides. Banners: District Banners: 4 State Banners: 2 National Banners: 0 In 2040, their team nearly reached the National Finals after knocking out Rhode Island and Vermont squads by luring them into flooded tidal trenches during a fog simulation. Though they lost to New York’s Skyport in the semifinals, their survival score was the highest ever recorded in a water-based crisis sim.
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a prestigious institution renowned for its elite training in stealth, espionage, and reconnaissance. Students engage in rigorous training to master the art of vanishing in plain sight, employing misdirection, and perfecting infiltration techniques, all within a highly competitive environment focused on intelligence missions and counter-espionage.
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City is a vibrant hub that celebrates cowboy culture, featuring a grand capitol complex at its heart. Surrounding the complex are active oil wells, symbolizing the region's rich history and economic vitality, while a bustling marketplace offers local crafts and rodeo shows for visitors to enjoy.
Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State University’s Hero Academy is a prestigious institution located in the heart of the plains, dedicated to training resilient heroes skilled in mid-range quirk combat and rural emergency response. The academy emphasizes practical skills through intensive drills in storm evacuation, quirk-powered agriculture defense, and natural disaster containment, particularly tornado response operations. The standout division, 'The Iron Plains Battalion,' focuses on environmental endurance and terrain manipulation, producing dependable heroes who serve as anchors during high-stress missions.
Omaha
Omaha is a bustling trade city located at the confluence of two rivers, known for its vibrant markets and diverse population. The city is a melting pot of cultures, where merchants from distant lands gather to exchange goods, stories, and secrets.
Optimus Prime Arena
A futuristic coliseum in Detroit blending steel and neon with transforming technology and mech-themed architecture. Features dynamic battlegrounds, shifting walls, and retractable terrain for intense quirk fighting matches. Team Colors & Uniforms Hero Kit (Home): Metallic silver and navy blue Titles National Championships: None (yet) Central Division Titles: 2063, 2068 Despite no Super Hero Bowl wins, the Autobots remain a respected playoff contender, feared for their resilience and team chemistry.
Oregon State University
Oregon State University is a renowned institution focusing on earth-based magic and environmental control. Its subterranean training facilities allow students to simulate natural disasters, honing their skills in structural manipulation and terrain reinforcement. Graduates often join disaster control guilds or specialized teams for securing unstable zones.
Orlando
Orlando, Florida, is a city in central Florida, known as the "Theme Park Capital of the World" for its numerous attractions like Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and SeaWorld. Beyond theme parks, Orlando offers a diverse range of experiences, including shopping, dining, nightlife, and outdoor activities like golfing, hiking, and fishing. The city is also known for its warm climate and proximity to both the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Orlando Daredevils Headquarters
The Orlando Daredevils Headquarters is a sleek, high-tech arena and training facility for the National Quirk Fighting League's Southeast Division team. It features a large indoor aerial combat arena with booster pads, thruster zones, and stunt platforms, designed to showcase the team's flight and momentum-based powers. The building is adorned with crimson and black flame motifs and has a dedicated fan zone for the 'Stunt Mob' with pilot suit memorabilia and interactive displays. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Daredevils wear crimson red with jet black flame patterns, stylized like a motorcycle stunt crew. As “Villains” (Away Team), they swap to white and gold, often with bright lights or sequins that dazzle under spotlights. Banners National Championships: None Southeast Division Titles: 2059,2066,2072
Orlando Radiant Guild
The Orlando Radiant Guild is a stunning fusion of fantasy and technology, featuring golden spires and shimmering aqua walls that evoke a sense of wonder. Inside, glowing corridors lead to the Hall of Brilliance, an amphitheater filled with holograms and heroic memories, while a rotating beacon atop the central tower casts radiant patterns into the sky each evening, symbolizing hope and legacy.
Orlando Sunspire Hero Arena
Orlando Sunspire Hero Arena A dazzling gold-and-blue stadium shaped like a rising sun, surrounded by palm trees and sparkling water features. Inside, sunny open-air fields transform into theme-park-style obstacle courses, agility tracks, and water-based combat zones. Hero judges sit in grand sun-shaped balconies, scoring each performance. Schools from Florida and the Gulf Coast bus or fly students here to prove their worth. These events are nationally televised, featuring bright graphics, dramatic highlight reels, and crowd-pleasing hero showcases.
Pablo Salazar Mansion
The Pablo Salazar Mansion is an opulent estate nestled in a secluded area, featuring a private waterfall pool that cascades into a sandy beach-like area. The mansion is heavily guarded by armed men, and hidden underground bunkers serve as both drug manufacturing sites and torture chambers for enemies.
Pacific Star Pavilion NQFL Draft
Pacific Star Pavilion • Design: A futuristic glass-and-metal waterfront stadium right along the bay, with wave-shaped architecture and massive digital panels that project quirk brawler profiles over the water. The stage resembles a silver star, with moving platforms lifting each drafted hero into view. Blue and silver floodlights ripple across the arena, mimicking ocean waves. • Draft Format: 1–3 rounds, 24 heroes per round, each announced with booming seagull cries and ocean-themed visuals, tying the draft to San Diego’s maritime roots.
Panhandle Storm Institute
Panhandle Storm Institute Location: Amarillo, Texas Mascot: The Cyclone Stallion Colors: Dust Grey and Sky Blue A fortified wind dome and hazard-control academy on the Texas Panhandle plains, designed like a weather radar station crossed with a storm bunker. It trains students with weather-affinity and speed-based quirks in natural disaster combat and crisis response under extreme simulated storm conditions. Championship Banners: District Banners: 7 State Banners: 2 National Banners: 0 They are often overshadowed by flashier schools but are feared in storm-based simulation matches. Their 2041 team Tempest Run forced Lone Star into overtime with a well-coordinated weather zone collapse.
Parris Island Sentinel Corps Academy
Parris Island Sentinel Corps Location: Parris Island Training Base, San Diego Bay Mascot: The Steel Osprey Colors: Military Green and Bronze A fortified military hero training base on a repurposed section of Parris Island, jointly operated by the Navy and Marines under the U.S. Hero Commission. The campus features barbed fences, watchtowers, obstacle fields, and aircraft landing zones, with a flag that never lowers. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 10 🥈 State Banners: 3 🥇 National Banners: 1 The Sentinel Corps earned their National Banner in 2035, when their “Steel Unit 9” team neutralized every other school in the Hero Crisis Simulation with flawless formation, drone support, and zero civilian casualties. Their win was called “The Perfect Operation.”
Peachtree Dominion Academy
Peachtree Dominion Academy Location: Atlanta, Georgia Mascot: The Fighting Peach Colors: Royal Peach and Storm Black A fortress-like tower complex in downtown Atlanta, combining urban heroics, battlefield command training, and weather-hardened resilience. Features a monorail-loop battlefield, elevated skywalk dueling arenas, and a weather dome simulating Georgia's volatile storms. Championship Banners: District Banners: 9 State Banners: 3 National Banners: 1 (2052) In 2052, their championship-winning team “Peach Crown” locked down a full-scale Hero Crisis Scenario using overlapping storm nets and magnetic barricades, earning the highest urban control score ever recorded.
Penn State University
Penn State University is a prestigious institution dedicated to training individuals in rescue operations and disaster response. Students learn to navigate various emergencies, from floods to fires, while honing their emotional intelligence and versatility to serve both on the frontlines and in public service roles.
Philadelphia
Philadelphia offers a unique setting for an eclectic mix of modern lifestyles, mingling both the edgy and the sophisticated. History and art are pervasive in the city proper. Walking through downtown, you'll likely spot murals and mosaics coating the sides of industrial warehouses and ivy climbing the walls of 300-year-old brick buildings. Culture is well-established in Philly, too, as evidenced by the array of art galleries, music venues and theaters.
Philadelphia Cyclops Headquarters
The Philadelphia Cyclops Headquarters is a state-of-the-art training and strategy center for the National Quirk Fighting League's Mid-Atlantic Division team. It features advanced combat simulation arenas, tactical planning rooms, and a fan zone for the One Eye Army. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Cyclops wear royal purple and steel gray, with a glowing circular emblem across the chest symbolizing their signature single-focus combat. As “Villains” (Away Team), they switch to navy blue and neon orange, with thin energy lines tracing down their arms and visors. Titles National Championships: 2048, 2055 Mid-Atlantic Division Titles: 2046,2048, 2055, 2060, 2072
Philadelphia Keystone Guild
The Philadelphia Keystone Guild is a majestic fortress of burgundy and gold, combining historic stone architecture with modern towers that feature a glowing keystone emblem. Inside, the halls are adorned with polished marble, towering statues of heroes, and vaulted ceilings draped in golden banners, symbolizing deep tradition and resilience.
Phoenix
Phoenix is a sprawling urban landscape surrounded by arid desert, known for its vibrant culture and diverse population. The city features a mix of modern skyscrapers and traditional adobe buildings, with bustling markets and serene parks scattered throughout, creating a unique blend of old and new.
Phoenix Ghost Riders Headquarters
The headquarters of the Phoenix Ghost Riders, a fierce team in the National Quirk Fighting League's Pacific Division, known for their aggressive area denial and heat-based tactics. The facility includes training grounds, strategy rooms, and a fiery-themed arena for practice and team events. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Ghost Riders wear molten red with glowing orange streaks, like lava veins in blackened armor. As “Villains” (Away Team), they switch to ash gray and ember gold, with full blackout visors and smoke-dispersing gauntlets. National Championships: 2038, 2049,2057,2063,2070 Pacific Division Titles: 2038,2042,2049,2052,2057,2061,2063,2066,2070, 2073
Phoenix Ridge Academy
Phoenix Ridge Academy Location: Sedona, Arizona Colors: Crimson and Sandstone Gold Mascot: The Ashwing Phoenix A secluded academy carved into Sedona's red rock cliffs, glowing under the desert sun. It trains students in spiritual strength and mental clarity through desert trials and intense duels in the Flame Core dome. The academy’s mascot, The Ashwing Phoenix, is an ancient firebird believed to rise from the ashes of its own pain, stronger each time. A live bonfire burns in the courtyard every night under the open sky, representing the eternal flame of resilience. Statues of the Ashwing appear throughout the academy, wings melted at the tips, reminding students that rebirth comes through suffering and endurance. Phoenix Ridge Academy: 7 District Banners Phoenix Ridge Academy: 2 State Banners Phoenix Ridge Academy: 0 National Banners (Reached Semifinals once)
Phoenix Sunfire Guild
The Phoenix Sunfire Guild blazes in the desert as a striking burnt-orange-and-gold tower shaped like a rising flame, its mirrored surface gleaming under the relentless Arizona sun. Inside, sandstone walls, heat-tempered glass, and glowing ember-lined floors create an atmosphere of searing intensity and fierce pride. The Blazing Coyote mascot represents speed, cunning, and survival in the harshest conditions. Though the guild has yet to claim a Hero League Trophy, Phoenix is a fiery contender. Leading its ranks are Solar Fang, ranked #15 in the nation; Emberlash, ranked #28 for her scorching whip strikes; and Heatwave, ranked #31, a master of thermal shockwaves.
Pine Lantern Institute of Heroic Arts
Pine Lantern Institute of Heroic Arts Location: Monongahela National Forest, Northern WV Mascot: The Ghost Owl Colors: Forest Green and Mist White A hidden forest sanctuary hero school in Monongahela National Forest, WV, specializing in spiritual discipline, observation-based training, and silent mastery. The campus is spread across tree platforms, moss-covered ruins, and wooden towers shrouded in fog, illuminated only by lantern light. Championship Banners: District Banners: 4 State Banners: 1 National Banners: 0 Their 2051 team “Fogchant” lasted an entire hour against Kentucky’s elite squad without ever being seen or caught—a perfect stealth defense that earned them a standing ovation from pro heroes.
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is a vibrant, mid-sized city known for its unique blend of history, industrial past, and a growing tech scene. It's also recognized for its diverse neighborhoods, green spaces, and a strong sense of community.
Pittsburgh Ironclad Guild
The Pittsburgh Ironclad Guild is a formidable black-and-gold fortress, characterized by its sharp, gear-like steel structures and illuminated by glowing industrial lights. This stronghold serves as a hub for tactical intelligence and mechanical prowess, symbolized by the Steel Griffin mascot, which embodies fierce protection and innovation in warfare.
Pittsburgh Ironmen Headquarters
The headquarters of the Pittsburgh Ironmen, a formidable team in the National Quirk Fighting League, known for their iron wall defense and relentless tactics. The building is a fortress of steel and grit, reflecting the blue-collar spirit of its fans and players. Team Colors & Uniforms As the “Heroes” (Home Team), the Ironmen wear dark iron grey with crimson undertones, inspired by molten metal cooling into armor. As the “Villains” (Away Team), they shift to a rust-black and steel blue configuration, giving them the look of walking war machines. Banners: National Championships: 2039, 2045, 2056,2065, 2073 Mid-Atlantic Division Titles: 2039,2041,2045, 2048, 2052, 2056, 2060, 2065, 2068, 2073, 2075
Pocatello
Pocatello is a grim city under the iron fist of the New Yankees, where quirkless individuals are rounded up and forced into labor camps. The streets are filled with tension, as citizens live in fear of the oppressive regime, while the air is thick with the scent of smoke and despair.
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant is a haunted town shrouded in perpetual gloom, where the skies are always grey and rain falls incessantly. The townsfolk live in fear of the Mothman, a great villain that terrorizes the area, casting a shadow over their lives and dreams.
Portland City
A vibrant metropolis known for its eclectic culture, Portland City is a hub of creativity and innovation. The city is filled with lush parks, artisanal markets, and a thriving arts scene, making it a popular destination for adventurers seeking inspiration and unique goods.
Portland Hero Nexus Arena
Portland Hero Nexus Arena A sleek emerald-and-silver glass stadium surrounded by vertical gardens and eco-tech features, reflecting Portland’s green energy focus. Inside, modular combat zones shift between urban, forest, and industrial layouts, testing adaptability and precision. Hero judges observe from digital command pods, using real-time data to score each performance. Schools from Oregon and Washington bus or fly their top candidates here for a chance at glory. These events are nationally televised, featuring dramatic highlight reels, slow-motion replays, and expert hero commentators.
Providence
Providence is a vibrant capital city known for its rich history and cultural institutions, it features charming streets lined with historic 18th- and 19th-century homes, and the stunning Waterplace Park, which hosts the enchanting WaterFire art installation during summer nights.
Purdue University
A prestigious institution dedicated to the art of mechanized heroics and battlefield engineering. Students here master exo-suit operation, tech-enhanced combat, and tactical construction, preparing them to be versatile heroes capable of building and fighting simultaneously.
Puʻukoa Academy of Island Guardianship
Puʻukoa Academy of Island Guardianship Location: Big Island (Kīlauea Region) Mascot: The Moʻo Fire Dragon Colors: Lava Red and Ocean Deep Blue A hero school on sacred volcanic land between Kīlauea and Mauna Loa, blending modern training with ancient elemental wisdom. Students train in lava combat, oceanic disaster response, and spiritual rituals, embodying island stewardship. Banners: District Banners: N/A (No regional league) Pacific Titles: 3 International Invitational Wins: 1 (2074) Pacific-Japan Cup) In 2074, “Team Ke Ahi Lani” (Fire of Heaven) defeated Japan’s Ise Bay Tactical Squad with synchronized lava shaping, aerial ocean-wall shielding, and ancestral aura bursts that paralyzed enemies caught in spirit zones. It was a symbolic victory—a fusion of old mana and modern might.
Rainshroud Institute of Tactical Heroics
Rainshroud Institute of Tactical Heroics Location: Downtown Seattle Mascot: The Storm Dragon Colors: Steel Blue and Neon Violet A prestigious hero school in downtown Seattle, blending advanced technology with tactical training for urban and cybernetic warfare. The campus features hover-tech combat fields, artificial storm arenas, and high-tech surveillance, preparing students for precision-based heroics involving tech and atmospheric control. Championship Banners: District Banners: 9 State Banners: 4 National Banners: 1 (2046) Their most famous victory came in 2046 when the “Stormcaller Unit” disabled an entire enemy network mid-battle, shutting down comms, quirk-assist devices, and drone eyes—winning with zero casualties.
Rapid City
A bustling trade hub located at the confluence of two major rivers, Rapid City is known for its vibrant markets and diverse population. The city thrives on commerce, attracting merchants, adventurers, and travelers from all corners of the realm.
Rebel City of Eugene
Once a vibrant city, Eugene has been transformed into a rebel stronghold known as the New Yankees. The remnants of destroyed buildings create a chaotic landscape, while a towering wall encircles the city, keeping the remnants of the USA at bay. Food supplies are scarce, leading to a desperate struggle for survival among the inhabitants.
Red Earth Hero Institute
Red Earth Hero Institute Location: Osage Hills, near Tulsa, Oklahoma Mascot: The Thunderhoof Bison Colors: Clay Red and Storm Black A hybrid prairie stronghold and cultural sanctuary nestled in the Osage Hills near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The campus features red stone buildings with tribal motifs, dome-shaped combat arenas inspired by earth lodges, and natural training fields and canyons for navigation and weather adaptation drills. Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 5 🥈 State Banners: 1 🥇 National Banners: 0 In 2026, Red Earth’s team “Iron Sky Watch” made headlines after halting Lone Star Titan’s advance in a sudden-death match, using coordinated quake shifts and team fusion strategies. Though they lost in the state finals, they became known as “The Stormstoppers of the South.”
Red Stash Academy
A prestigious and secretive private hero institution in Sacramento, California, known for its elite training, brutal selection process, and producing tactical and frontline specialists. The academy is surrounded by high steel walls and red brick covered in ivy, symbolizing discipline and strength. The academy mascot, The Crimson Tiger, is a towering red saber-toothed cat—both a symbol of ancient power and modern ferocity. Its image appears on the academy banners, stitched into uniforms, and even etched into the marble floor of the Duel Hall, where students battle in weekly elimination matches to test their skills. Red Stash Academy: 12 District Banners (Dominant last decade) Red Stash Academy: 5 State Banners Red Stash Academy: 0 National Banners (Reached Finals twice; one loss, one disqualification)
Red Union Hideout
The Red Union Hideout is a secretive cave base for a villainous group dedicated to taking down the wealthy elite. Inside, the walls are adorned with graffiti and slogans against the rich, while makeshift furniture and punk decor create a rebellious atmosphere.
Reno
Reno is a bustling urban hub located in the Sierra Nevada mountains, renowned for its vibrant nightlife, numerous casinos, and a variety of annual events that draw adventurers from far and wide. The city offers a unique blend of excitement and opportunity, making it a prime destination for those seeking fortune and adventure.
Richmond
Richmond, the capital of Virginia, is among America’s oldest major cities. Patrick Henry, a U.S. Founding Father, famously declared “Give me liberty or give me death” at its St. John's Church in 1775, leading to the Revolutionary War. The White House of the Confederacy, home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis during the Civil War, is now a museum in Court End, a neighborhood known for Federal-style mansions.
Rio Diablo Tactical Academy
A covert tactical academy hidden beneath a desolate West Texas borderland safehouse, specializing in stealth, anti-villain tactics, and quirk suppression training. Known for its grueling Dead Sun Gauntlet exam and producing elite operatives with advanced stealth and combat abilities.
Riverfang Arena NQFL Draft
Name: Riverfang Arena Design: A sharp-edged steel stadium along the St. Johns River, shaped with fang-like arches and glowing blue-and-gold lights. The draft stage resembles a heroic spear tip, with firework bursts over the river every time a pick is made. Draft Format: 3 rounds, 24 picks per round; pounding drumlines and riverside fanfare mark each guild’s selection, giving the event a fierce, competitive edge.
Roswell
Once a bustling city, Roswell has been transformed into a holy site by the PI, where the remnants of humanity have been mutated into Nomu, mindless beings serving their alien overlords. The city is now a center of dark worship and experimentation, with the PI conducting rituals to spread their influence and initiate further mutations across the globe.
Sacramento
Sacramento is a bustling urban center located at the confluence of two rivers, known for its vibrant culture, historic architecture, and diverse population. The city is a hub for trade and politics, featuring grand government buildings, lively markets, and serene parks along the riverbanks.
Saint Paul
Saint Paul is a city frozen in the year 2025 due to a time quirk caused by a powerful user who control time. The streets are filled with outdated technology and fashion, while the citizens are unaware of their predicament, living their lives in a perpetual loop of the same year.
Salazar Drug Factory
The Salazar Drug Factory is a sprawling complex hidden within the arid desert, surrounded by high walls and guarded by cartel gunners. Inside, expert scientists work tirelessly to create the potent drug known as Trigger, while immigrant laborers harvest rare mushrooms from the surrounding fields, toiling under the watchful eyes of their overseers. The air is thick with the scent of chemicals and the distant sounds of machinery, creating an atmosphere of both innovation and danger.
Salazar's Mushroom Fields
Salazar's Mushroom Fields is a treacherous expanse of farmland nestled within the murky depths of the Bayou Swamp. Here, armed gunners patrol the fields, coercing local inhabitants to harvest rare mushrooms known for their potent properties in creating a highly addictive Trigger drug. The air is thick with humidity and the scent of decay, while the distant sound of gunboats from a nearby private harbor serves as a constant reminder of the cartel's looming presence.
Salem
Once a vibrant city, Salem has been transformed into a Halloween town ruled by powerful witches. The streets are lined with cobblestones, illuminated by flickering jack-o'-lanterns, and filled with the sounds of cackling witches and the purring of black cats.
Salt Lake City
A bustling city nestled between the towering Wasatch Mountains and the shimmering Great Salt Lake, known for its unique blend of cultures, outdoor adventures, and historical significance. The city is a hub for trade and commerce, with vibrant markets, diverse neighborhoods, and a rich tapestry of traditions.
Salt Lake City Hero Summit Coliseum
Salt Lake City Hero Summit Coliseum A massive alpine-green-and-white stone stadium built at the city’s edge, shaped like a mountain peak with snow-capped design features. Inside, cold-weather endurance courses, strength trials, and high-altitude combat zones challenge even the best students. Hero judges watch from elevated towers, evaluating physical resilience and tactical thinking. Schools from Utah and neighboring states bus or fly students here, aiming to prove they can endure and rise. These events are nationally televised, with crowds cheering in packed stands and live broadcasts showcasing every critical moment.
San Antonio
A bustling city known for its rich history and vibrant culture, San Antonio is a melting pot of traditions, featuring the famous Alamo and the scenic River Walk. The city is alive with music, art, and culinary delights, making it a hub for adventurers seeking both excitement and relaxation.
San Antonio Spurs Hero Grounds
San Antonio Spurs Star Hero Grounds A vast deep-red-and-silver stadium shaped like a giant five-pointed star, surrounded by desert-themed obstacle ranges and rugged combat pits. Inside, challenges focus on heat endurance, teamwork, and sheer grit. Hero judges watch from elevated balconies shaped like lances, gauging every student’s resolve. Schools from Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico bus or fly their hopefuls here to prove they’re worthy of academy acceptance. These events are nationally televised, drawing enormous Texas crowds, expert commentary, and dramatic showdowns under the blistering sun.
San Diego
San Diego is a vibrant coastal city renowned for its stunning beaches and diverse culture. It serves as a bustling hub of trade and adventure, where merchants, sailors, and adventurers converge to share tales of their exploits and seek fortune in the thriving marketplace.
San Diego Silver Surfers Headquarters
The headquarters of the San Diego Silver Surfers, a high-speed, fluid-motion quirk fighting team known for their kinetic water-based tactics and graceful combat style. Founded in 2042 as a post-merger expansion team in the National Quirk Fighting League's Pacific Division. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Silver Surfers wear shimmering silver with seafoam blue accents, often stylized with flowing designs that look like ripples or whirlpools. As “Villains” (Away Team), they swap to deep navy with glowing aqua patterns, reminiscent of ocean depths. Titles National Championships: 2056 Pacific Division Titles: 2051, 2056, 2062, 2069 Their 2056 championship is still remembered for a 4-round win streak where they never stopped moving for more than 3 seconds at a time. It was the fastest championship match in league history.
San Diego State University
San Diego State University (SDSU) is a renowned institution specializing in coastal and urban-rescue heroics. Nestled near naval ports and earthquake zones, it trains students in quirk-based emergency navigation, debris rescue, and urban firefighting, preparing them for fast-response guilds along the Pacific coast.
San Francisco
A vibrant coastal city known for its iconic Golden Gate Bridge, steep hills, and eclectic neighborhoods. The city is a melting pot of cultures, offering a rich tapestry of history, art, and cuisine, with landmarks like Alcatraz Island and Fisherman's Wharf drawing adventurers and tourists alike.
San Francisco Blue Lantern Headquarters
The headquarters of the Blue Lantern team, a reactive and resilient quirk fighting team in the National Quirk Fighting League. The building features a large arena dome with radiant blue lighting, training rooms focused on willpower and energy-field quirks, and a fan zone decorated with glowing lanterns and blue silk banners. The atmosphere is charged with mental discipline and endurance tactics, reflecting the team's motto 'Will guides all.' Team Colors & Uniforms As the “Heroes” (Home Team), the Blue Lantern wear cerulean blue and white, featuring clean, flowing lines with glowing accents across the chest and shoulders. As “Villains” (Away Team), they switch to deep cobalt with radiant silver trim, giving them a serene yet powerful aura under the arena lights. Titles National Championships: None Pacific Division Titles: 2072 Despite being relatively new, the Blue Lantern shocked the league in 2072 by toppling two former champions to claim the Pacific crown.
San Francisco Golden Gate Guild
The San Francisco Golden Gate Guild is a striking crimson-and-white fortress that stands proudly near the bay, echoing the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. Inside, the atmosphere is filled with polished redwood walls, vaulted glass ceilings, and golden hero banners, celebrating the city's historic pride and modern strength.
San Jose
San Jose is a large city surrounded by rolling hills in Silicon Valley, a major technology hub in California's Bay Area. Architectural landmarks, from the 1883 Italianate-style Oddfellows building to Spanish Colonial Revival structures, make up the downtown historic district. The downtown area is also home to the Tech Museum of Innovation, devoted to the exploration of science and technology.
San José State University
San José State University Nickname: The Spartans Location: San José, CA School Colors: Blue and Gold Hero Motto: “With Strategy, Strength.” San José State’s Spartans Hero Program is a beacon of tech-integrated heroics, located at the crossroads of Silicon Valley innovation and hero tradition. The Spartans blend classical field tactics with modern quirk-enhancing support tools. Their futuristic facility, the Spartan Grid, includes modular combat arenas, smart gear testing labs, and AI-assisted battlefield simulations. The program emphasizes precision, efficiency, and coordination, turning students into exceptional leaders, analysts, and cyber-rescue operatives. While not always dominant in brute force brawls, Spartans outthink and outmaneuver opponents with surgical precision.
Santa Fe
A vibrant city known for its Pueblo-style architecture and rich cultural heritage, Santa Fe is a hub of art, history, and spirituality. The city is surrounded by the stunning Sangre de Cristo Mountains, offering breathtaking views and numerous outdoor activities.
Scorchfront Academy of Hazard Control
Scorchfront Academy of Hazard Control Location: Las Vegas Outskirts, near Red Rock Canyon Mascot: The Fireglass Scorpion Colors: Ember Red and Ash Black A half-buried volcanic research facility near Red Rock Canyon, built into scorched cliffs with blackened stone and solar-reflective glass walls. The campus is heat, radiation, and explosion resistant, with pressurized bunker dorms. Training simulates desert combat, sandstorms, and meltdown scenarios, focusing on crisis suppression and heat resistance. The Combat Crucible arena features obsidian walls and lava channels. Students often have fire-related quirks and include reformed mutants. Known for aggressive, fast-paced combat and high danger tolerance. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 5 🥈 State Banners: 2 🥇 National Banners: 0 Known for aggressive, fast-paced combat and extremely high tolerance for danger.
Seabreeze Public Hero Academy
Seabreeze Public Hero Academy Location: Newport, Rhode Island Mascot: The Harbor Turtle Colors: Ocean Teal and Driftwood Tan A small, peaceful coastal school in Newport specializing in hero training focused on environmental safety, coastal patrol, and low-risk disaster response. The campus features wind-weathered cottages, a wave simulator gym, and a quirk training field near beach dunes. Championship Banners: District Banners: 1 State Banners: 0 National Banners: 0 Their only banner came in 2034, when Team Sandline placed third in a coastal civilian recovery drill, helping two teams recover after a simulated storm surge—but failed to complete the combat objective. They're known for reliable backup, but not battlefield dominance.
Seattle
Seattle is a vibrant city nestled between the shimmering waters of Puget Sound and the majestic peaks of the Cascade Mountains. Known for its lush evergreen forests and expansive parklands, it serves as a hub for technology and innovation, housing major corporations like Microsoft and Amazon, while the iconic Space Needle stands as a testament to its futuristic spirit.
Seattle Emerald Sky Guild
The Seattle Emerald Sky Guild is a towering structure of sleek emerald-green, adorned with silver spires that reflect the city's misty skies and frequent rain. Inside, polished stone floors and vertical gardens create a serene atmosphere, while high-tech command centers glow with soft blue light, embodying the guild's commitment to innovation and excellence in strategy.
Seattle Storms Headquarters
The Seattle Storms Headquarters is a high-tech arena and training facility designed to harness and amplify the team's storm-based quirks. It features dynamic weather simulation chambers, aerial combat training zones, and a central arena with fog and lightning effects to disorient opponents. The building's exterior is sleek and modern, with LED-lit panels mimicking storm clouds and crackling electricity. Fans gather in the Stormfront Plaza outside, equipped with rain ponchos and LED umbrellas, ready to cheer with thunder cannons during matches. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Storms wear steel gray and electric blue, accented with white lightning streaks across their chest and arms. As “Villains” (Away Team), they switch to midnight navy with neon violet glowstrips, giving them a sleek but ominous look in low light. Titles National Championships: None Pacific Division Titles: 2073
Skyline Vanguard Academy
Skyline Vanguard Academy Location: Chicago, Illinois Mascot: The Bronze Hawk Colors: Slate Blue and Burnished Gold A prestigious hero training academy atop a Chicago skyscraper, featuring bridges to neighboring towers, air mobility landing pads, and glass combat domes overlooking Lake Michigan. Known for training politically-savvy, tactically polished heroes specializing in urban rescue, air support, and crowd control. Championship Banners: District Banners: 9 State Banners: 4 National Banners: 1 (2072) Skyline won the National Championship in 2072 with “Team Apex”, who executed a full civilian rescue and tactical elimination of three rival teams during the Hero Crisis Scenario—without losing a single point.
Skyport Institute of Hero Excellence
Skyport Institute of Hero Excellence Location: Manhattan, New York City Mascot: The Celestial Falcon Colors: Midnight Navy and Silver Sky A flagship hero academy perched atop a repurposed airport tower and floating platforms above the Hudson, specializing in aerial mastery, mass rescue, media engagement, and tactical public safety under global scrutiny. Championship Banners: District Banners: 12 State Banners: 6 National Banners: 4 (2025, 2040, 2063, 2073) Skyport’s champion teams include: (2073), (2063), (2040), and (2025)—all National Champions. These squads are known for flawless civilian evacuations, dynamic flight formations, and unmatched aerial defense sequences.
Smokewatch Hero Academy
Smokewatch Hero Academy Location: Great Smoky Mountains, East Tennessee Mascot: The Timber Rattler Colors: Ash Grey and Forest Bronze A covert training academy nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains, disguised as a ranger station. It features cliffside caves and hidden forest bunkers with advanced facilities like fog-controlled dueling domes, poison-hardened obstacle fields, and mountain-edge stealth gauntlets. Students train in ambush tactics, venom suppression, camouflage, and precision strikes, embodying the academy's slow-burn combat philosophy. Championship Banners: District Banners: 5 State Banners: 1 National Banners: 0 In 2044, the team “Venomtrail” shut down a powerhouse Kentucky squad by baiting them into a dead-end canyon surrounded by vapor fields and delayed neuro-shock traps.
Sorolla Mansion
The Sorolla Mansion, owned by the enigmatic Pro Hero known as El Tigre, is a lavish estate located near San Antonio. Inside, the mansion features a grand wrestling ring at its center, surrounded by opulent decor and attended by lovely maids. However, the atmosphere is tense, as cartel gunners patrol the grounds, ensuring the safety of their powerful employer.
Spurs Academy
Spurs Academy Location: Austin, Texas Mascot: The Iron Longhorn Colors: Maroon and Chrome White A sprawling high-tech hero school on a hilltop in Austin, Texas, featuring coliseum-scale arenas, wind tunnels, and holographic war rooms. It trains over 500 students in broad-spectrum heroism, from military tactics to public diplomacy and hero theatrics. Championship Banners: District Banners: 10 State Banners: 5 National Banners: 2 (2040,2047) They won the 2040 and 2047 National Hero Championships with teams that overwhelmed rivals through raw power, strategy, and unmatched hero coordination.
St. Louis
A bustling metropolis known for its iconic Gateway Arch, St. Louis is a hub of culture, music, and history. The city is divided into vibrant neighborhoods, each with its own unique character, from the historic Soulard district to the lively Delmar Loop. However, the city is isolated from the rest of the State due to the civil war and remains a territory under the United States.
St. Louis Archguard Guild
The St. Louis Archguard Guild stands as a modern fortress of justice beside the riverfront, echoing the iconic Gateway Arch with its sweeping curves. Inside, the halls of reinforced stone and holographic tribute chambers honor past champions, while the twin-arched tower on the roof, illuminated by blue floodlights, symbolizes protection and unbreakable will.
St. Louis Gateway Hero Dome
St. Louis Gateway Hero Dome A massive silver-and-blue domed stadium inspired by the Gateway Arch, gleaming over the Mississippi River. Inside, the arena transforms between towering urban zones, multi-tiered combat rings, and tech-based obstacle courses. Hero judges review each competitor from glass towers set inside the arch itself. Schools from Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois bus or fly their best contenders here to stand under the spotlight. These events are nationally televised, complete with dramatic hero replays, slow-motion takedowns, and live crowd reactions.
Stanford University
Stanford Hero Academy blends cutting-edge technology with psychological precision. Their training emphasizes neural interface tech, advanced support quirk synchronization, and calm under extreme stress. Their students often pair brains with brilliant quirk control. Graduates are frequently courted by the most elite urban guilds or by high-profile scientific defense corps.
Star Summit Academy
Iron Summit Academy Location: Downtown LA (High-rise above the city) Mascot: Chrome Angel Colors: Gunmetal Gray and Sky Blue An exclusive vertical academy perched on the 60th-75th floors of a skyscraper in Downtown LA's Financial District, blending corporate coldness with military security. Known for elite training in urban combat, information warfare, and drone strategy, it features high-tech facilities like indoor sky arenas, gravity-adjustable floors, and rooftop battle ranges. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 8 🥈 State Banners: 2 🥇 National Banners: 0 Considered the most feared LA school. In terms of raw tactical victories, Star Summit has the most district wins in LA and reached the State finals twice, losing both times to Red Stash.
Staten Island
Once a quiet borough, Staten Island has transformed into a technological wasteland ruled by VX-ΔMAL, a cybernetic infiltration agent. Encased in a shimmering data fog, the island disrupts communication and scrambles minds, with skyscrapers converted into signal towers and roads pulsing with neural veins. The population, now Cyber-Nomu, patrols silently, following VX-ΔMAL's commands, while any intruder suffers psychic bleed, hallucinating digital noise and voices urging surrender.
Steelwind Stadium
Chicago Supermen Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Central Division Home Arena: Steelwind Stadium, Chicago, IL A domed colossus overlooking Lake Michigan, designed for flight-based combat and heavyweight brawls with retractable ceilings, shockwave-resistant flooring, and kinetic energy power towers. Banners National Championships: 2037, 2043, 2054, 2061 Central Division Titles: 2036,2037,2040,2043,2047,2051,2054,2058,2061
Sunchaser Prep Academy
Sunchaser Prep Academy Location: West Los Angeles, California Mascot: The Golden Coyote School Colors: Sunset Orange and Sky Blue Founded: 2031 AAU League: Pacific Youth Circuit (serves CA, AZ, NV, OR) A sleek, sunlit middle-school-level hero academy in West Los Angeles, blending California's laid-back vibe with big-city hero readiness. Known for strong fundamentals, it prepares students for elite hero academies. AAU Competition Record Championship Banner: District: 5, Won 2055 Pacific LA Youth Qualifier State: 1, Champions at 2055 California Regionals National: 0, Qualified for Nationals in 2055, eliminated in Round 2
Sunstate Apex Academy
Sunstate Apex Academy Location: Miami, Florida Mascot: The Solar Flare Flamingo Colors: Neon Pink and Coral Gold Florida's premier hero academy located in downtown Miami, featuring rooftop arenas, oceanfront labs, and a glass-paved aerial racetrack. Known for training students in high-speed pursuit, heat-resistance combat, and celebrity crisis management, with a focus on individuality and stage presence. Championship Banners: District Banners: 9 State Banners: 4 National Banners: 1 (2069) In 2069, “The Radiant Runaways” won the National Hero Championship by executing the fastest team-wide civilian extraction ever recorded. The final scene—where they zipped through a collapsing tower with synchronized trail-light effects—became an instant broadcast classic.
Sunveil Academy of Desert Warfare
Sunveil Academy of Desert Warfare Location: White Sands Missile Range Mascot: The Silver Rattlesnake Colors: Bone White and Dust Grey A hidden academy deep within the White Sands Desert, specializing in desert combat and survival training. Known for its quirk-reactive shifting dunes and silver moonlit glow, it trains students in desert navigation, sandstorm rescue, and adaptive battlefield tactics. Championship Banners: District Banners: 6 State Banners: 2 National Banners: 0 They are infamous for their slow burn strategies—wearing down faster teams over time. In 2047, they lost to Zion Valor Academy in a silent canyon match, but left a lasting impression on the judges for their battlefield control.
Superior Shoreline Academy
A fortress-like academy built into snowy cliffs above Lake Superior, specializing in cold weather operations, underwater rescue, and fog warfare training. Features underground bunkers and transparent tunnels beneath the lake. Championship Banners: District Banners: 6 State Banners: 2 National Banners: 0 In 2036, their team Frostwake Echo pushed Frosthowl Institute (MN) to their limit in an infamous fog-on-ice semifinal that ended in a tie, forcing judges to award both schools advancement—a first in Hero League history.
Syracuse University
Syracuse University trains heroes to operate in extreme cold and snow-covered environments. With one of the country’s top cold-weather simulation domes, the school emphasizes stamina, visibility management, and winter terrain mobility. Quirk users here are tested in fog, snow, and ice, leading to the development of resilient field agents suited for mountain or border rescue guilds.
Tallahassee
Tallahassee is the state capital of Florida. The Capitol Complex includes the restored Historic Capitol, now a museum with displays on political history. The 1970s Capitol tower offers city views from its 22nd-floor observation deck. Nearby, exhibits at the Museum of Florida History cover European colonization, the Civil War and WWII. The city's antebellum mansions include the 1843 Knott House Museum.
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay Haven is a bustling coastal city known for its vibrant culture, diverse population, and rich history. Nestled along the Gulf Coast, it serves as a hub for trade, tourism, and adventure, with a lively waterfront and numerous attractions that draw visitors from afar.
Temple University (Philadelphia)
Temple's Hero Program blends gritty street-level combat with advanced urban surveillance. It’s known for producing reliable, low-profile agents capable of managing inner-city threats with minimal collateral. Their students specialize in quirk restraint, rapid negotiation, and tactical de-escalation. Many graduates operate as public peacekeepers in guild urban patrol branches.
Temple of PI
The Temple of PI is a sinister cult stronghold led by Sylavex of the Bloomed Cortex. This dark sanctuary lures unsuspecting heroes into its grasp, using its members, who have been transformed into Nomu, to manipulate and deceive. The temple's architecture resembles a traditional Christian church, with ancient stone walls and stained glass windows depicting the ominous PI symbol, casting eerie shadows within.
Texas A&M
Texas A&M blends military discipline with high-tech combat. Their Hero Cadet Corps puts students through regimented drills emphasizing formation-based battle tactics, long-range support, and leadership under pressure. With one of the strongest military-hero training programs in the country, A&M graduates often serve in federal guild units, coordinated strike teams, or support division command.
Texas Christian University (TCU)
TCU’s Hero Program prides itself on refinement, discipline, and technical mastery. Their combat arenas focus on one-on-one duels and elite sparring, sharpening precision and counter-quirk techniques. Many TCU students pursue guild roles in crowd management, security detail, or high-risk diplomacy missions due to their composed, calculating approach to combat. Their signature course, “Silent Victory,” teaches non-lethal takedown artistry.
Texas Tech
The Texas Tech is a vast expanse of arid terrain designed for rigorous training in desert survival and tactical combat. The Dustborn Division specializes in ambush tactics and long-range quirk combat, making this location a hub for heroes honing their skills in heat endurance and stress inoculation.
The Aerie
Atlanta Hawkeyes Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Southeast Division Home Arena: The Aerie, Atlanta, Georgia A vertical combat arena atop a repurposed skyscraper in Atlanta, designed for flight and high-ground control with floating platforms, retractable towers, wind tunnels, sniper perches, stealth zones, and sky-bridge blitz routes. Transparent force-field walls provide safety while maintaining an open-air feel, mimicking mountain cliffs and city heights for vision, velocity, and vengeance. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Hawkeyes wear crimson red with silver accents, patterned like feathers and talons across their armor. Banners: National Championships: None Southeast Division Titles: 2040, 2047, 2060, 2069
The Alchemist's Trailer
Nestled on the outskirts of a vast desert, The Alchemist's Trailer is a mobile laboratory owned by the notorious duo, Walter Blanco and Blaze Greenman. Here, they concoct a potent drug that promises to unlock the full potential of its users, known as Quirk Awakening, making it a dangerous hotspot for drug dealers and seekers of power.
The Anarchist Garage
A dilapidated warehouse garage that serves as the hideout for a notorious garage band of villains. Known for their chaotic performances, they wreak havoc across the Midwest, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. The band members are fiercely loyal to their anarchist ideals, using music as a weapon to inspire rebellion and chaos.
The Ashtrack
Phoenix Ghost Riders Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Pacific Division Home Arena: The Ashtrack, Phoenix, Arizona A flame-hardened, heat-reactive open-air stadium in the badlands near Phoenix city, designed to simulate desert infernos with thermal tile flooring, dust storm vents, ember blasts, obsidian pillars, heat-trap zones, lava hazard lines, and a signature Blaze Wall that encircles the battlefield during round finales. Known for fast, fiery matches that punish hesitation, it holds 36,000 spectators and is home to the legendary Phoenix Ghost Riders. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Ghost Riders wear molten red with glowing orange streaks, like lava veins in blackened armor. National Championships: 2038, 2049,2057,2063,2070 Pacific Division Titles: 2038,2042,2049,2052,2057,2061,2063,2066,2070, 2073
The Battle for Hoover Dam
A strategic battleground where the New Yankees clash with the USA government, fortified by Russian and Chinese military equipment. The dam stands as a symbol of power, with remnants of war scattered across the landscape, and both sides vying for control over its vital resources.
The Beacon
San Francisco Blue Lantern Founded: 2055 (Expansion Team) League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Pacific Division Home Arena: The Beacon, San Francisco, California, Capacity: 74,000 A futuristic, light-reactive arena set high above the San Francisco skyline, designed for control-based combat and team cohesion. The arena features floating glass platforms over radiant energy fields, Harmony Zones that reward teamwork combos, reflective barriers challenging line-of-sight, and a final round 'Beacon Burst' that powers up mental or light-based quirks. Team Colors & Uniforms As the “Heroes” (Home Team), the Blue Lantern wear cerulean blue and white, featuring clean, flowing lines with glowing accents across the chest and shoulders. Banners: National Championships: None Pacific Division Titles: 2072 Despite being relatively new, the Blue Lantern shocked the league in 2072 by toppling two former champions to claim the Pacific crown.
The Blacksite
Indianapolis Punishers Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Central Division Home Arena: The Blacksite, Indianapolis, Indiana A fully sanctioned NQFL stadium inside a decommissioned Cold War military compound near downtown Indianapolis, designed with an aggressive industrial aesthetic featuring low ceilings, steel scaffolding, flame vents, shifting barricades, and retractable walls for intense battleground simulations. Capacity: 28,000 Banners: National Championships: None Central Division Titles: 2041,2052,2062
The Coreframe
Houston Cyborgs Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Southwest Division Home Arena: The Coreframe, Houston, Texas A high-tech biomechanical arena deep in Houston's underground tech district, designed for quirk fighting with shifting metal panels, neon pipelines, and digital hazard systems that alter the battlefield dynamically. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Cyborgs wear chrome silver and digital blue, often accented with glowing circuit motifs across their limbs. Banners National Championships: 2044, 2050, 2065 Southwest Division Titles: 2044,2047,2050,2055,2062,2065,2073
The Curl
San Diego Silver Surfers Founded: 2042 (Post-Merger Expansion Team) League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Pacific Division Home Arena: The Curl, San Diego, California An open-air, ocean-inspired arena near the San Diego coastline featuring a wave-motion battlefield that shifts and ripples like water, designed to enhance fluid, movement-heavy combat styles. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Silver Surfers wear shimmering silver with seafoam blue accents, often stylized with flowing designs that look like ripples or whirlpools. Banners: National Championships: 2056 Pacific Division Titles: 2051, 2056, 2062, 2069 Legacy The San Diego Silver Surfers have never been the loudest team, nor the biggest. But they’re impossible to pin down—and when they find their rhythm, they sweep through even the strongest lineups like a riptide.
The Deep Deck
Miami Aquamen Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Southeast Division Home Arena: The Deep Deck, Miami, Florida Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Aquamen wear teal and gold wetsuit-style armor, with dorsal-line designs and shell-styled chest plates. A hybrid land-water combat arena on a floating platform off Miami's shore, designed to simulate tropical storms, tidal surges, and shipwreck scenarios. Features shifting water zones with retractable pools and rivers, storm-surge simulators blasting wind and mist, coral reef terrain clusters for stealth or ambush, flood phases where water rises mid-round, and lighting rigs mimicking underwater refraction and moonlight glows. The arena combines ocean breeze, booming speakers, and neon wave-lights, creating a high-energy beach party atmosphere with a capacity of 32,000.
The Eyeline
Philadelphia Cyclops Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Mid-Atlantic Division Home Arena: The Eyeline, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A unique, linear-styled combat arena in Philadelphia designed for quirk fighting, featuring long corridors, blast tunnels, and tight battlegrounds that favor beam-based or precision quirks. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Cyclops wear royal purple and steel gray, with a glowing circular emblem across the chest symbolizing their signature single-focus combat. As “Villains” (Away Team), they switch to navy blue and neon orange, with thin energy lines tracing down their arms and visors. Titles National Championships: 2048, 2055 Mid-Atlantic Division Titles: 2046,2048, 2055, 2060, 2072
The Forge
Pittsburgh Ironmen Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Mid-Atlantic Division Home Arena: The Forge, Pittsburgh Steel District A reinforced steel-plated arena built into the skeletal remains of an old blast furnace in Pittsburgh's industrial zone, designed for hard-contact, high-weight, stamina-focused combat with retractable girders, slag-pits, vertical scaffolding, and iron obstacles. Known as 'The Cage of Iron,' it features heavy chains, magnetic walls, shifting pressure doors, thick smoke effects, and booming sirens, creating a gritty, claustrophobic battleground where escape is nearly impossible once cornered. Banners: National Championships: 2039, 2045, 2056,2065, 2073 Mid-Atlantic Division Titles: 2039,2041,2045, 2048, 2052, 2056, 2060, 2065, 2068, 2073, 2075
The Frost Den
Denver Wolverine Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Mountain Division Home Arena: The Frost Den, Denver, Colorado A brutal, high-altitude arena built into the Rocky Mountains base, designed for extreme cold-weather warfare with permafrost zones, slippery ice floors, blizzard vents, underground burrow zones, and hidden claw-grip traps beneath the ice. It hosts intense, close-quarters matches with a capacity of 33,500 spectators. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Wolverines wear forest green and silver, trimmed with white fang marks across their arms and shoulders. Banners National Championships: 2042,2054,2071 Mountain Division Titles: 2042,2048,2054,2058,2063,2068,2071
The Green Thumb Coliseum
New Orleans Groot Founded: 2042 (Post-Merger Expansion Team) League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Southeast Division Home Arena: The Bayou Coliseum, New Orleans, Louisiana, Capacity: 53,600 A unique domed biodome arena blending jungle and swamp, featuring glowing trees, tangled vines, and flooded marsh terrain. Designed for nature-based, trap-heavy combat with slow, strategic gameplay and punishing consequences for reckless teams. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Groots wear deep forest green with bark-brown accents, stylized like ancient tree knights. Titles National Championships: 2064 Southeast Division Titles: 2053, 2064, 2071 Their 2064 championship run was legendary—they came in as the 6th seed, lost the first match in every playoff series, and still emerged victorious by regenerating through every round.
The Hive
Charlotte Blue Beetle Founded: 2042 (Post-Merger Expansion Team) League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Southeast Division Home Arena: The Hive, Charlotte, North Carolina A sleek, biotech-themed arena inspired by insect anatomy, featuring curved tunnels, vertical walls, and trapdoor pits designed for tactical repositioning and stealth combat. The arena includes organic trap tunnels, sliding wall segments, sticky-field tiles that slow or disorient players, chitinous tower nests for vertical advantage, and a Swarm Mode with micro-drone beetles in final rounds. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Blue Beetle wear metallic blue with black wing accents, stylized like armored beetle shells. Banners National Championships: None Southeast Division Titles: None Legacy Despite their losing streak, the Charlotte Blue Beetle remain a fan-favorite meme team, with underdog energy, stubborn loyalty, and just enough spark to hope they’ll win... next year.
The Iron Pit
The Iron Pit is a notorious underground fight club where the desperate and the daring gather to witness brutal combat. The air is thick with the stench of blood and sweat, and the iron cage at the center serves as the arena for life-or-death battles, where quirk and cunning are as valued as strength. Surrounding the cage, a raucous crowd places bets on the fighters, eager to see who will emerge victorious or meet a grisly end.
The Ironwall
Baltimore Invincible Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Mid-Atlantic Division Home Arena: The Ironwall, Baltimore Waterfront District A bastion-style arena along Baltimore harbor, designed for the National Quirk Fighting League. Features fortress-inspired design with rising shields, collapsible cover, and modular barriers that shift mid-match to simulate urban disasters and siege scenarios. Team Colors & Uniforms As the “Heroes” (Home Team), the Invincible wear deep gold and navy blue with stylized armor plating, giving them a noble, unyielding look. Banners: National Championships: 2038, 2046,2059,2068,2072 Mid-Atlantic Division Titles: 2038,2042,2046,2050,2055,2059,2063,2068,2072
The Midnight Snack
The Midnight Snack is a notorious club located in Alabama, where vampires indulge in their dark desires. Non-vampires who enter face a grim fate, either being devoured or coerced into becoming one of the undead by the enigmatic Ms. Midnight, the club's powerful owner.
The Mirage Vault
A visually elaborate and disorienting arena beneath the Las Vegas Strip, featuring rotating mirrors, holographic barriers, smoke ports, pop-up floors, and massive projection grids that alter the battlefield's appearance mid-round. The arena immerses the crowd in 360° digital light shows and chaos-reactive sound systems, making every home game a dazzling performance of illusion and mind games. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Gambit wear metallic magenta with gold-trimmed playing card iconography Capacity: 34,000 Banners National Championships: 2039,2047,2058,2066,2074 Pacific Division Titles: 2039,2044,2047,2051,2055,2058,2062,2066,2069, 2071,074,2075
The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II.
The Quiver
Milwaukee Green Arrows Founded: 2042 (Post-Merger Expansion Team) League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Midwest Division Home Arena: The Quiver, Milwaukee, Wisconsin A high-tier tactical arena designed as a vast training forest with sniper alleys, fog generators, and vertical combat zones. It rewards accuracy, patience, and concealment with features like camouflage terrain, holographic decoys, high-nest towers, reflex-activated traps, and a shrinking final-round arena. Team Colors & Uniforms As the “Heroes” (Home Team), the Green Arrows wear deep forest green with matte black armor trims, styled to resemble modern archers and tactical recon operatives. Titles: National Championship: None Midwest Division Titles in 2055, 2064, and 2070.
The Rat Queen's Kingdom
Beneath the bustling streets of New York City lies the Rat Queen's Kingdom, a sprawling underground realm ruled by the enigmatic Rat Queen. This kingdom is a labyrinth of tunnels and chambers, filled with swarming mice and rats that serve as her eyes and ears, gathering secrets and plotting against the surface world.
The Shadowdome
Brooklyn Batmen Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Mid-Atlantic Division Home Arena: The Shadowdome, Downtown Brooklyn An underground arena beneath Brooklyn's industrial riverfront, designed for stealth and environmental control battles with retractable walls, blackout tech, and echo-locator fields. The arena changes mid-match with collapsing corridors, dimming lights, and activating traps, favoring fighters who use ambush tactics.
The Smashyard
Boston Hulks Founded: 2030 League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Northeast Division Home Arena: The Smashyard, Boston, Massachusetts, Capacity: 56,000 A concrete-clad, urban-style combat stadium designed like a post-apocalyptic construction zone. The terrain breaks, shifts, and resets with every match, featuring breakable structures, quake zones, gravity amplifiers, and reinforced concrete debris fields. Known for loud, physical, and seismic matches with occasional no-rules 'Rage Rounds'. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Hulks wear deep green with purple highlights, muscular armor plates, and torn-pattern designs along the sides and chest.
The Tempest Dome
Seattle Storms Founded: 2055 (Expansion Team) League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Pacific Division Home Arena: The Tempest Dome, Seattle, Washington, Capacity: 56,400 A high-tech arena simulating a live storm with artificial weather systems including rain, wind gusts, fog, and hail. Features lightning rails triggered by quirk thresholds, levitation chambers for midair combat, and a final 'Eye of the Storm' mode where the arena collapses inward with thunder and near-zero visibility. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Storms wear steel gray and electric blue, accented with white lightning streaks across their chest and arms. Titles National Championships: None Pacific Division Titles: 2073 Although still new to the league, the Storms made headlines with their surprise run in the 2073 season, knocking out two top-seeded teams before falling just short of the national finals.
The Velocity Dome
Orlando Daredevils Founded: 2042 (Post-Merger Expansion Team) League: National Quirk Fighting League (NQFL) Division: Southeast Division Home Arena: The Velocity Dome, Orlando, Florida A gravity-defying circular arena designed for high-speed, vertical quirk fighting matches. Features zero-G platforms, bounce zones, launch towers, looping skybridges, spinning platforms, explosion vents, and a fully immersive LED canopy simulating various skies. Known as 'Skydeath Arena' and 'The Carnival of Chaos,' it seats 41,000 spectators and offers a thrilling, stunt-show atmosphere. Team Colors & Uniforms As “Heroes” (Home Team), the Daredevils wear crimson red with jet black flame patterns, stylized like a motorcycle stunt crew. Banners National Championships: None Southeast Division Titles: 2059,2066,2072
The White House
A grand and imposing structure, The White House serves as the seat of power for the ruling council of the realm. Its white marble façade gleams in the sunlight, and its vast gardens are filled with exotic plants and magical creatures, making it a hub of political intrigue and diplomacy.
Thren’Zaal
Once known as Cincinnati, Thren’Zaal is a haunting landscape marked by a glowing scar in the earth, the site of the first Pi gate. This rift emits a constant hum that warps time and reality, twisting gravity and causing walls to breathe, while the Pi conduct experiments on hybrid fusions of human and Nomu DNA, resulting in grotesque beasts with too many eyes that roam the ruined highways. Few who enter Thren’Zaal return whole, if at all.
Thunderrock Hero Conservatory
Thunderrock Hero Conservatory Location: Nashville, Tennessee Mascot: The Lightning Ram Colors: Electric Blue and Steel Gold A unique hero academy and music-tech combat institute located in a renovated amphitheater on the outskirts of Nashville. It features vibration chambers, sound-field arenas, rooftop battle stages, and an underground simulation hall called 'The Reverb Zone.' Students train in sonic control, disruption tactics, and rhythm-based combat, blending music and battle strategy. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 6 🥈 State Banners: 2 🥇 National Banners: 0 Their 2033 team “Amp Howlers” turned the tide of a losing match by syncing their quirks with stadium speakers, creating a pulsewave that stunned all three enemy agents for 12 seconds—a record-setting feat in the Appalachian League.
Thunderstep Ridge Academy
Thunderstep Ridge Academy Location: Durango, Colorado (near Mesa Verde) Mascot: The Stampeded Bison Colors: Earth Brown and Sunfire Yellow A sprawling combat academy built on a rocky plateau near Mesa Verde, featuring red rock outer walls, underground tunnels, and an open-air arena called Dustbreaker Ring where sandstorms and seismic quakes can be triggered. Students train in brute-force combat, stampede suppression, rock-slide rescue, and energy wave manipulation, drawing spiritual inspiration from the land. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 6 🥈 State Banners: 2 🥇 National Banners: 1 Their 2053 national victory shocked the league when Team Dustline used coordinated terrain shattering and smoke camouflage to take down New York’s elite Skyport Academy. Their mascot, the Stampeded Bison, has since become a regional symbol of unstoppable force.
Tulsa
A vibrant city known for its rich cultural heritage and art deco architecture, Tulsa is a hub of commerce and creativity. The city is surrounded by lush green parks and the winding banks of the Arkansas River, making it a picturesque location for adventurers seeking both excitement and tranquility.
UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a prestigious institution on the west coast, renowned for its focus on acrobatic combat and performance-based quirk refinement. Students train in advanced movement labs and stage-combat arenas, honing their skills to become agile fighters who can entertain and dominate in battle.
USS Avenger
An American colossal floating fortress and the largest warship ever built, capable of housing thousands of crew and dozens of flying war machines. Powered by nano reactors that sustain it for decades without refueling.
Universal Studios Florida:
An immersive hero theme park and battle simulation complex in Orlando, Florida, reopened in 2061 after a Hero Tech Overhaul. It features zones like Quirkverse City, Villain Outbreak Zone, Global Hero Pavilion, Forbidden Lab, and Universal Legends Arena, blending quirk culture, cinematic storytelling, and international hero fandom.
Universal Studios Hollywood
A sprawling movie-themed mega-park and film studio hybrid in Universal City, Los Angeles, reopened in 2058 with the Quirk Renaissance Expansion. It features live-action hero stunt shows, interactive quirk-enhancement training zones, and augmented reality experiences celebrating both classic Hollywood and modern hero culture.
University Of Hawaii
University of Hawaii at Mānoa focuses on aquatic combat, disaster response, and volcanic terrain navigation. Students train in underwater rescue, tidal wave quirk simulations, and quirk eruption control. Its graduates are elite in maritime guilds, sea-border defense forces, or natural disaster task units.
University of Alabama
Alabama’s Hero Academy is a legacy of dominance. Focused on physical strength, mental toughness, and battlefield leadership, the Crimson Hero Program produces elite brawlers and team captains. Students are run through nonstop, high-intensity combat simulations. Alabama heroes are bred for spotlight roles, NQFL glory, and large-scale combat leadership.
University of Alaska Fairbanks
UA Fairbanks trains heroes in cold-weather survival, monster-scale threat responses, and isolation combat. Students must adapt to harsh terrain, minimal visibility, and freezing conditions. Their graduates are often stationed in northern guild defense posts or called in for support during nationwide snow emergencies or arctic villain sightings.
University of Arizona
The University of Arizona is a prestigious institution dedicated to training desert survivalists and heat-adaptive fighters. Its curriculum includes illusion-based trickery, mirage conditioning, and solar-enhanced abilities, producing the renowned Dustfire Division, known for their prowess in tracking and capturing rogue villains in arid landscapes.
University of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas is a prestigious institution dedicated to training survivalists, honing their skills in combat, adaptation, and endurance. The renowned 'Ozark Trials' challenge students in rugged terrains, intricate cave systems, and isolation, pushing them to master their quirks and become self-reliant fighters. Graduates often emerge as scouts, lone agents, or defenders of deep territories, equipped to face any challenge.
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) UC Berkeley is one of the most intellectually advanced Hero Academies in the country. It emphasizes quirk theory, augmentation tech, and policy-based combat restraint. Students are trained to operate both in high-stakes combat and social arenas—balancing power with justice. The “Catalyst Initiative” promotes innovations in quirk control devices, AI-assisted combat, and ethical enforcement. Berkeley heroes are frequently hired by federal guilds, tech-guild hybrids, or placed in positions of guild reform and oversight.
University of Central Florida (UCF)
UCF’s Hero Academy thrives in urban chaos, heat, and high-density civilian zones. Situated in the heart of Orlando, the school trains its students for fast-response heroics, precision mobility, and rapid threat suppression in crowded environments. Their curriculum blends parkour-based agility training with sensory-overload combat drills, ideal for heroes who operate in noisy, unpredictable terrain. UCF graduates often enter city guilds or emergency response teams built for speed and public coordination.
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Boulder UC Boulder focuses on altitude resilience, wilderness navigation, and high-risk extraction training. Quirk users learn to operate in low-oxygen environments and unstable rock terrain. It’s the perfect training ground for mountaineering specialists and deep rescue operatives who deploy in disaster zones.
University of Connecticut (UConn)
UConn’s Hero Program is renowned for producing powerful long-range support heroes, particularly those with energy, barrier, or precision projectile quirks. Their "Huskies Division" is famous for cold-weather training, stamina endurance, and sniper-style quirk usage. Many graduates go into overwatch guild roles or specialized suppression units.
University of Florida
UF blends tropical terrain training with large-scale coordination. Their program emphasizes team synergy and flexible leadership under pressure. With advanced arena setups and public engagement courses, UF produces confident crowd managers and tactical leads. Their graduates thrive in both flashy rescue missions and televised team showdowns.
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a prestigious institution dedicated to training elite tacticians in the art of defense and strategy. Known for its Ironwall Initiative, the university emphasizes protective formations and tactical reversals, transforming defensive maneuvers into powerful offensive strategies. Graduates often lead riot control squads, civil defense units, or serve as key members of hero teams, making them invaluable in times of crisis.
University of Houston
University of Houston this program emphasizes explosive power, shock-based combat, and energy manipulation. Known for developing "power brawlers," Houston's university is popular among students with unstable or high-output quirks. They produce heavy-hitter frontliners and city guild enforcers who need to make an impact fast.
University of Illinois
A prestigious institution known for its innovative approach to quirk-tech fusion, where engineering meets hero training. Students here are trained to create and utilize gadget-enhanced technology in combat, making them highly sought after by guilds for their inventive problem-solving skills in hybrid battlefields.
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa is a prestigious institution known for its focus on precision, support, and medical enhancement. Its renowned Hero Program trains healers, quirk amplifiers, and defensive tacticians, making it a vital resource for adventurers seeking to bolster their abilities in battle. Students often collaborate in joint guild units, where their skills in boosting and protecting allies can turn the tide of conflict. The med-hero division boasts one of the highest placement rates into urban emergency response guilds, ensuring that graduates are well-prepared for real-world challenges.
University of Kansas
University of Kansas KU blends traditional hero training with experimental quirk application. The program encourages calculated risk-taking and adaptability, pushing students to expand their quirks through unconventional methods. Many of their top graduates become guild tacticians, patrol leaders, or researchers who break new ground in quirk evolution and hybrid roles. Their academy also hosts a prestigious Quirk Theory Symposium.
University of Kentucky
Kentucky’s Hero Academy is known for mobility and grappling-based quirks. Students train in high-speed takedown techniques and containment tactics, focusing on neutralizing villains quickly with minimal damage. Kentucky heroes are often used in bounty hunting guilds, villain transport units, and short-range urban response teams.
University of Louisville
The University of Louisville is a prestigious academy dedicated to the art of agility-based combat and flexible quirk usage. Its Dash Corps trains heroes to excel in high-speed pursuits and effective crowd control, collaborating closely with law enforcement and villain containment teams to ensure safety in urban environments.
University of Maryland
University of Maryland Hero Academy emphasizes cyber-tech integration, surveillance quirks, and political zone deployment. Located near Washington, D.C., students are trained to operate in high-security environments with legal oversight. The program includes hacking defense, sound suppression, and visual camouflage. Maryland is also home to some of the best data-based quirk analysts and produces guild operatives who excel in preventing terror events or managing large-scale urban emergencies. Its “Capital Response Division” is a sought-after unit for those wanting elite federal guild positions.
University of Miami
Miami’s Hero Academy thrives on style, charisma, and controlled chaos. Students are taught to maintain composure in high-pressure situations while making their abilities shine for the public eye. Miami is famous for its “flash and fury” dual-track program that produces heroes who can both fight and command media attention. Many go on to be media darlings, NQFL stars, or elite urban patrollers.
University of Michigan
Michigan’s Hero Academy is one of the most tactically advanced in the country. Known for its emphasis on leadership, battlefield control, and quirk strategy, the school trains heroes who become top-tier commanders in guilds. Students are drilled in team coordination, emergency planning, and psychological warfare, making them ideal candidates for field leadership and crisis response.
University of Minnesota
A prestigious academy focused on analytics-driven combat and weather-resistant operations. Here, students master the art of studying quirk patterns, exploiting environmental conditions, and analyzing enemy formations in real-time, preparing them for both command centers and frontline roles.
University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)
Ole Miss trains showmen with fangs. Their Hero Academy is notorious for flash-heavy quirks, psychological warfare, and charisma-based performance combat. With a curriculum built around showmanship, intimidation, and control, Ole Miss heroes know how to rattle villains before the first blow lands.
University of Missouri (Mizzou)
University of Missouri (Mizzou) Mizzou’s Hero Program thrives at the intersection of adaptability and communication. Known for its focus on multi-type quirks and public interface training, Mizzou trains heroes who excel both in combat and diplomacy. Students learn to de-escalate volatile situations and use their quirks for social influence or control under pressure. Many Mizzou grads join political escort guilds, crisis negotiation teams, or media-facing rescue squads.
University of Montana
Montana produces some of the country’s toughest wilderness heroes. Students operate in deep forests, mountains, and large tracts of untamed land, honing tracking, terrain manipulation, and stealth ambush skills. Their heroes are often ghostlike—silent, precise, and deadly in terrain no one else dares enter.
University of Nebraska
Nebraska’s University is a prestigious institution dedicated to training heroes in rural combat and disaster response. The academy focuses on high-mobility tactics and sensory skills, preparing students for rescue operations in remote areas and severe weather conditions, as well as defense against large-scale threats in open terrains.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)
UNLV’s Hero Academy is bold, theatrical, and cutthroat. Students are trained to master flair-based quirks, deception, and unpredictability. The academy is deeply tied to the entertainment scene, producing hero personalities who thrive under pressure and flashbulbs. UNLV graduates are common in both hero media circles and NQFL entertainment-focused franchises.
University of Nevada, Reno (UNR)
University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), UNR’s Hero Academy specializes in illusion-based quirks, probability manipulation, and rogue-type combat tactics—drawing inspiration from Nevada’s casino and desert legacy. Students are trained in deception, close-quarters trickery, and adaptability in unpredictable environments. Their “Mirage Division” operates in shifting terrain simulations and urban ambush drills. UNR graduates are known as tacticians and infiltrators, often placed in villain surveillance units, black-ops guilds, or high-stakes anti-theft operations where subtlety and surprise are paramount.
University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico emphasizes adaptability in desert and borderland combat. Students learn tracking, heat resistance, and mirage-based tactics. The school also has one of the best programs for mutation quirks, helping students embrace and refine physical changes tied to their power.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) UNC blends elite athleticism with quirk refinement, emphasizing balance, adaptability, and long-term hero development. The program fosters collaboration, emotional control, and rescue-first principles. Students at UNC are trained in environmental navigation, hostage extraction, and maintaining public trust under fire. Many graduates become well-rounded guild operatives who excel in both field leadership and morale-building.
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame is a prestigious Hero Academy known for its disciplined training and emphasis on moral clarity. Students are molded into paladin-like heroes, mastering tactical strategies and combat formations, preparing them for leadership roles within the Hero Guild system.
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s Hero Academy is grounded in teamwork and precision tactics. The program is built on the “Quirk Unity” principle—mastering not just one’s own ability but how it interlocks with a squad. Their training emphasizes high-pressure coordination drills, rural rescue simulations, and windstorm combat, producing heroes with surgical focus and deep trust in their allies.
University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a prestigious institution located in the lush, rainy city of Eugene. It specializes in training heroes in speed, agility, and motion-based abilities, featuring the renowned 'Emerald Gauntlet'—a challenging agility course designed to enhance reflexes and spatial awareness in unpredictable weather conditions. Graduates emerge as elite scouts and high-speed operatives, adept at navigating treacherous environments and executing rapid rescues.
University of Pittsburgh (Pitt)
Pitt’s Hero Academy is focused on close-quarters combat and adaptive defense in cramped urban spaces. Located in the heart of a dense city, Pitt emphasizes agility, reflex-driven tactics, and quirk control in layered vertical environments. Students train in modular urban arenas and underground labyrinths, preparing them for guild deployment in tight, high-risk metro zones.
University of South Carolina
A historic and respected University in Columbia, SC, known for training resilient, grounded heroes specializing in rural disaster response, close-combat heroics, and tactical reconnaissance.
University of South Florida (USF)
The University of South Florida (USF) is a prestigious institution dedicated to training heroes in aquatic combat and disaster response. Nestled in a hurricane-prone region, it offers rigorous programs that prepare students to protect civilians during floods, storm surges, and other tropical calamities, often collaborating with guild naval branches and weather-response teams.
University of Southern California
A prestigious institution known for its vibrant campus life, diverse student body, and strong emphasis on research and innovation. The university features stunning architecture, lush gardens, and a variety of academic buildings, each housing different disciplines and programs.
University of Tennessee
Tennessee’s Hero Program is all about power precision and shock tactics. Heroes are trained to hit hard and fast, with special emphasis on electrical, sound, and burst-speed quirks. Their “Thunder Line” squad trains in mountainous terrain and urban crash zones, making them ideal for direct assault missions and rapid containment strikes. Tennessee heroes are known for explosive debuts and high-risk heroics.
University of Texas at Austin
The Hero Program at UT Austin is a powerhouse of Southern strength and strategic fire. Known for cultivating adaptable, high-profile combatants, Texas emphasizes individuality, leadership, and all-terrain field performance. Students train in extreme heat and simulated large-scale battles, preparing for both desert missions and high-speed urban conflicts. UT’s heroes are often natural leaders and NQFL-ready stars with crowd-drawing charisma and explosive power.
University of Utah
Utah Hero Academy, nestled near the Wasatch Mountains, trains heroes for altitude combat, elevation-rescue, and climate extremes. Students operate in desert heat, mountain cold, and thin-air conditions, forging durable, highly adaptable fighters. Utah’s program includes the “Crimson Summit Trials,” where cadets are dropped at high elevation and must complete objectives without backup. Their graduates are elite in mountain rescue, search-and-recovery guilds, and high-altitude combat units that specialize in villain pursuit across rugged terrain.
University of Virginia (UVA)
UVA’s Hero Academy produces graceful, disciplined combatants with a foundation in ethics, strategy, and composure. Students focus on defensive tactics, precision engagement, and psychological resilience. Their elite “Aegis Program” produces protectors—heroes who specialize in shielding civilians, allies, and vital assets under extreme pressure. UVA graduates are often seen in VIP protection squads and diplomatic escort guilds.
University of Washington
UW’s Hero Academy emphasizes marine and climate-based quirk use. Based in Seattle, their students train in harbor rescues, environmental adaptability, and water-focused combat. The academy is also known for stealth and fog-based illusion training. Their heroes excel in naval guilds or coastal emergency forces.
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wisconsin's Hero Academy is renowned for its rigorous endurance training and cold-weather combat simulations. Students are expertly conditioned to thrive in extreme climates, preparing them for long-haul missions and challenging environments. The curriculum focuses on defensive tactics, stamina-based abilities, and strategic resourcefulness, producing graduates who excel in border patrol guilds, wilderness rescue teams, and high-altitude deployment squads.
University of Wyoming
Wyoming’s Hero Academy is built for the rugged. Students train in isolation for long periods, mastering ranged quirks, wildlife survival, and field engineering. Their graduates are often sent to remote areas where they serve as lone patrollers, anti-smuggling task members, or nomadic guild scouts.
Urban Shield Tactical Academy
Urban Shield Tactical Academy Location: Brooklyn–Queens Transit Hub, NYC Subway Nexus Mascot: The Iron Sentinel Colors: Steel Grey and Subway Gold A dense terrain tactical academy located deep beneath NYC's subway network, specializing in underground and urban warfare, high-density rescue, and crisis adaptation. Training tunnels replicate subway derailments, chemical spills, and mass transit kidnappings for realistic scenarios. Championship Banners: District Banners: 11 State Banners: 5 National Banners: 3 (2029, 2036, 2042) Champion squads like (2029), (2036), and (2042) have claimed National titles by securing multi-level subway disaster zones without civilian casualties, earning them renown for urban precision.
Valorspire Academy
An ideological and ceremonial stronghold of the New Yankee Republic’s hero education system, located deep in the Ozark Highlands. The academy is a fortress monastery with towering spires rising from ancient stone, surrounded by thick forests and pilgrimage trails. Students are trained in combat and Revolutionary Purpose, blending ritual and violence in daily drills.
Venice Hero Prep
Venice Hero Prep Mascot: The Venice Spotted Panther Colors: Aqua Blue and Gold A coastal hero training school near Venice Beach, blending art-deco fortress style with lifeguard station elements. Known for mobility-based quirks and flashy students, it features coral walls, solar panels, and skate-friendly walkways. Championship Banners: District Banners: 4 State Banners: 0 National Banners: 0 Though not dominant in banners, Venice Hero Prep is known for sending showmen and media darlings into the Pro world. Their annual “Beach Bash Tournament” draws scouts every spring.
Villanova University
Villanova University focuses on hero ethics, civic protection, and strategic defense, grounded in discipline, loyalty, and public service. Located near Philadelphia, the Hero Academy blends faith-based values with practical heroism. Students are trained in protection-first combat, shield-type quirks, and team reinforcement strategies. Their “Valor Wing” produces respected frontliners and morale-focused defenders who often rise to leadership roles in city guilds and public hero units.
Virex-Mu
Virex-Mu, once known as Columbus, is now a nightmarish hive of Pi activity. Towering spires of bio-metal rise ominously, channeling energy into the sky, while priests conduct grotesque transformation rites in the remnants of grand cathedrals, now turned into vivisection halls. Mutated beasts roam the twisted landscape, and Nomu vigilantly guard the dark tunnels where human captives are subjected to horrific rewrites of their very essence. This place stands as a cathedral of suffering, embodying the spiritual core of the Pi.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech trains heroes for high-risk, high-volume incidents. Their drills simulate mass emergencies—terror attacks, quirk riots, and large-scale villain assaults. The emphasis is on fast deployment, crowd shielding, and large-area control. VT graduates are battlefield organizers, barrier specialists, and coordination captains who thrive in chaos while keeping civilians safe.
Wabash School of Tactical Defense
Wabash School of Tactical Defense Location: Terre Haute, Indiana Mascot: The Steel Grizzly Colors: Olive Brown and Coal Blac A tactical defense academy built inside an abandoned mining compound near the Wabash River in Terre Haute, Indiana. The school specializes in slow, unbreakable heroism with a wartime fortress exterior and a sprawling underground facility called 'The Burrow' for endurance and subterranean combat training. Championship Banners: District Banners: 4 State Banners: 1 National Banners: 0 Their 2041 team Burrowborn lasted nearly 50 minutes against Missouri’s offense powerhouse team in a match that became a study in strategic stalling and passive punishment.
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest’s Hero Academy is small but elite, known for personal mentorship and deep quirk specialization. Students are encouraged to master niche or hard-to-control powers and apply them in surgical, high-impact ways. Wake’s graduates are often solo operatives, specialists, or guild agents deployed on missions that require nuance, subtlety, and extreme skill.
Warrensend Tactical Academy
Warrensend Tactical Academy Location: Scranton–Wilkes-Barre Underground Sector Mascot: The Rat Colors: Deep Ash and Hollow Bronze A covert underground academy beneath Pennsylvania's mining corridors specializing in stealth, sabotage, and urban operations training in total darkness and steam-filled tunnels. Known for its legendary Ratmaze Trials and elite graduates skilled in sensory disruption and silent infiltration. Championship Banners: District Banners: 6 State Banners: 2 National Banners: 1 (2046) In 2046, “Tunnel Crown Delta” took the national stage by defeating Chimera’s Hollow (Baltimore) with complete sensory shutdowns and a synchronized ambush attack that stunned the league. Judges declared it one of the most “flawless urban infiltrations ever seen in competition.”
Washington DC
Washington, DC, the U.S. capital, is a compact city on the Potomac River, bordering the states of Maryland and Virginia. It’s defined by imposing neoclassical monuments and buildings – including the iconic ones that house the federal government’s 3 branches: the Capitol, White House and Supreme Court. It's also home to iconic museums and performing-arts venues such as the Kennedy Center.
Webstrike Coliseum
A cutting-edge vertical combat arena in Lower Manhattan designed for speed and agility, featuring shifting walls, moving grapple rails, and retractable skywalks. The arena simulates an urban maze with traps and vanishing platforms, watched by thousands from floating mezzanine rings. Banners National Championships: 2036, 2044 , 2053, 2063, 2074 Mid-Atlantic Conference Titles: 2031, 2033, 2036, 2038, 2041, 2044, 2047, 2050, 2053, 2057, 2060, 2063, 2067, 2070, 2073, 2074
Weeping Shade Academy
An empathic warfare and psychological disruption institute located in Vicksburg, Mississippi, rebuilt on the historic battlefield ruins. It specializes in grief-based power development and emotional warfare, training students to use their pain and regret as weapons.
West Point’s Hero Academy
West Point’s Hero Academy is a prestigious institution dedicated to training the next generation of tactical leaders and elite combatants. The academy emphasizes honor, discipline, and strategic command, with cadets engaging in rigorous live war game simulations and psychological combat stress trials. Graduates often ascend to roles as guild field generals or international peacekeeping enforcers, with the revered 'Guardian Line' formation standing as a testament to their training and valor.
West Virginia University
Nestled in the rugged hill country and dense forests of West Virginia, the WVU Hero Academy trains aspiring heroes in guerrilla combat, terrain ambushes, and deep-rescue scenarios. Students are skilled trackers and survivalists, known for their unique abilities to blend with nature and manipulate their surroundings, preparing them for roles in border patrol guilds and elite pursuit units.
Whitecliff Hero Institute
Whitecliff Hero Institute Location: White Mountains, Northern New Hampshire Mascot: The Frostback Bear Colors: Snow Grey and Pine Green A secluded survivalist school in a high-elevation valley between frozen peaks in the White Mountains, Northern New Hampshire. Students train year-round in subzero conditions, focusing on mountain rescue, wilderness pursuit, stealth endurance, and blizzard combat. Championship Banners: District Banners: 4 State Banners: 1 National Banners: 0 In 2054, Team Frostmark made it to the State Finals using fog-field misdirection and cliff-edge combat to knock out two faster urban teams. Though they lost to Boston’s Lexmont, their tenacity earned them wide respect—and a nickname: “The Last Wall of the North.”
Wichita
Wichita is a bustling trade hub located at the confluence of two rivers, surrounded by fertile plains. Known for its vibrant markets and diverse population, it serves as a melting pot of cultures, where adventurers can find rare goods, information, and potential allies.
Willamette Warden Academy
Willamette Warden Academy Location: Willamette Valley, outside Eugene Mascot: The Hollow-Eyed Owl Colors: Ash Grey and Moss Green A secluded academy in the Willamette Valley near Eugene, designed like an ancient Druidic shrine with moss-covered stone walls, wooden towers, and treehouse dormitories among redwoods. It trains scouts, trackers, and counter-espionage experts in natural instinct and stealth, with eerie silent classrooms and challenging training grounds. Championship Banners: District Banners: 4 State Banners: 0 National Banners: 0 While they’ve never won a state banner, Wardens are feared in mixed-discipline missions. A Willamette graduate was once recruited into the SPECTRE black-ops unit without ever competing in Nationals.
Willowshade Academy of Civic Heroism
Willowshade Academy of Civic Heroism Location: New Haven, Connecticut Mascot: The Gentle Dove Colors: Soft Lavender and White Birch A serene hero training academy near New Haven, CT, focusing on emotional support, diplomacy, and healing over combat. Features cobblestone paths, willow trees, ivy-covered courtyards, and outdoor classes. Students train in hero counseling, conflict de-escalation, minor healing, and protective quirks. The school motto is 'Not all heroes break things. Some repair what’s left.' Championship Banners: District Banners: 2 State Banners: 0 National Banners: 0 Though rarely competitive, their 2063 squad “The Hearthkeepers” earned a rare league-wide commendation for providing trauma support and mass healing to five teams during a catastrophic training sim in Massachusetts. Their work saved over 70 civilian tokens and eight downed students—despite never throwing a punch.
Xel’Vatra
Once a thriving coastal city known as Cleveland, Xel’Vatra is now a haunting ruin where the remnants of civilization are overshadowed by the ominous presence of obsidian Pi monoliths. The acidic waters teem with eel-like Nomu, while a daily roll of radioactive fog mutates the landscape and its inhabitants. Pi scouts patrol the crumbling districts, dragging any survivors into the glow pits, where they are transformed into husks, serving the dark purpose of their new masters.
Yankees Headquarters
The Yankees Headquarters in the captured city of Topeka, Kansas, is a fortified compound bustling with activity. Rebuilding efforts are underway, with soldiers and laborers working tirelessly, while the air is thick with the sounds of machinery and the cries of quirkless captives used for labor and target practice.
Zion Valor Academy
Zion Valor Academy Location: Zion Canyon, Southern Utah Mascot: The Crimson Lion Colors: Clay Red and Desert Gold A secluded academy carved into the sandstone cliffs of Zion Canyon, blending into the red rock formations. It serves as a temple citadel with wind-carved towers, rope bridges, and torch-lit stone entrances, emphasizing spiritual discipline and control over powerful emotional quirks. Championship Banners: 🥉 District Banners: 4 🥈 State Banners: 1 🥇 National Banners: 0 Their greatest moment came in 2218 during the Utah Trials when the student team known as The Sand Saints utilized environmental mirage tactics and emotional aura resonance to defeat a higher-ranked team from Arizona. Though they lost at the state semifinals to Fort Nomad, their performance was praised for “battlefield serenity and unbreakable formation.”