The Broken

The Broken is a series centered around Split and Protean in the Pride High universe. It is an adaptation of text stories from the Pride High message boards.

Pride High message boards
Pride High is a comic about a Gay/Straight Alliance at a superhero high school, and its message boards allow readers to create their own characters (and stories), with said characters having a possibility to appear in the comic proper, usually as background characters, but some rose to higher prominence.

"Developing a Sense of Self"
In 2006, Ave created two characters on the Pride High message boards, Split and Protean (at the time just called Amber and Vince, respectively). She wrote an introduction, calling the story "Developing a Sense of Self". This was expanded upon in later posts in the same thread, and lengthened by leter posts, often also using the "Developing a Sense of Self" title.

Comic plans
Eventually Ave encountered a hurdle when trying to get a specific part of "Developing a Sense of Self" done: since it was far better told in comic form, she realized it couldn't just be written. However, her skill in art was less than stellar and so she shopped around for different artists, effectively putting her story on hiatus until this part could be released.

In trying to get the one part drawn, Ave developed an interest in going back and making the whole story into a comic. It would be web-only, but this is where the story is at currently.

Story
The Broken takes place on PC Earth-1, the Karabear Comics designate for the Pride Comics universe. It takes place at Poseidon Preparatory Academy for Heroic Youth from the comic, and follows Amber Sees and Vince Croche through their freshman year at the high school, and possibly beyond. Though a superhero story, it is primarily focused on interpersonal relations and romance. The justification is that, since the protagonists are in high school, they are likely not going to be saving the world every day.

Appearances
The Broken will have appearances by the following:
 * Annym Stroieder
 * Dragrant
 * Just Plum Awesome
 * Merry Maiden
 * Protean
 * The Seraphim: Sea Embers, Phobia, Zhia, Bind, and Lash
 * Split
 * Thalhear

Creators

 * Ave Messer