The Spark is a little researched phenomenon affecting a small fraction of the population of Citropolis. Perhaps 1 in 20 people are Sparked, but exact numbers are unknown. Sparks emerge around puberty – usually around 12-14, but early and late bloomers by a few years have been known.

Sparked individuals have something that we might understand as a superpower – exactly what this means should be informed by a liberal use of pop culture, and the bounds of your creativity. Most sparks are some kind of concealed ability, at least until used, but some are obvious physical characteristics – for instance, having a set of wings. The “power level” of sparks vary wildly: from a limited ability to float, to being literally indestructible, to even locally altering reality. Some Sparks, on the other hand, have seemingly nothing to offer except inconvenience, such as constantly dripping in goo.

Sparked history is murky at best, with “Spark” not being widely recognised politically, or as an identity, until The Fallout. Nonetheless, there have always been Sparks in Citropolis. The origin of The Spark is not something that will be explored in Origin Story, and any attempts to discover its origin will not bear fruit. The Spark is certainly not obviously genetic, arising seemingly randomly across the population.