Beat Defenders
Theme Profile: The Beat is not just a concept. It's a place, a world from which all rhythm in the universe emanates (or at least, a good part of it). It's inhabitants range from the simple tap-tap of a wood-and-skin drum to the advanced Wub of electronically produced music. There exists a threat to The Beat, however- a force known as The Static, an intelligent form of universal entropy that hates rhythm and melody. It seeks to destroy The Beat, plunging the universe into arrhythmic chaos mixed with deadly silence.
Luckily, The Beat has defenders. Drawn from various worlds for their talent in music, they use the forces of Rhythm and Melody to combat the servants of The Static and save The Beat. The chosen ones from Earth are three exceptionally talented EDM artists, members of the Tokyo-based group 'The Foundation'. Known as the Subsonic Warriors in their role as Defenders of Time, Space, and Deafening Bass (or the Beat Defenders, for short), they are beings of neon and frequency, battling the forces of The Static whenever they attempt to strike and producing sick tracks in the meantime. If only they could stop getting all those noise violations..
Theme Details: Music is emotion given voice, the soul given a chance to communicate directly. It allows us to express ourselves in ways mere words could never achieve. Is it any wonder that music has a dimension all its own, a place where it is a physical thing? The Beat is that place, and The Static is its opposite, and like all forces in opposition, one works against the other. Both sides have their champions, the Static attempting to silence The Beat, to reduce the universe to a meaningless cacophony, an expression of chaos without intent or soul, the Beat resisting this, championing the beauty of expression.
Though The Beat is not purely a world for electronic music, its chosen champions on Earth are specialists in that area and so their powers and forms reflect this. It is entirely possible for Beat Defenders from other worlds to specialize in other sorts of music.
How are Beat Defenders chosen? They must be of exceptional talent and drive, with abilities far above those of average musicians. More important than that, however, they must be driven by a love of music, by a pure desire to express themselves through that most beautiful of mediums. If one does not truly love their art, one can never be a Beat Defender. All Beat Defenders, no matter what world they are from or what style of music they become avatars of, wear their hearts on their sleeves: no musician is afraid to show their emotions because music is emotion.
Their polar opposites are Champions of the Static. Similarly drawn from worlds across the galaxy, these are repressed individuals who can't stand music and free expression. They wish to bring silence to the universe, for every person to be insulated in their own cage of emotion and never be able to express themselves to anyone else.
Only with the power of music can the Beat Defenders and more specifically, the Subsonic Warriors of Earth, fight off the Champions of the Static in order to be sure that the ability for people to share their emotions freely continues to be a right throughout the universe!
