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=== Early history === | === Early history === | ||
Eventually, the Creator withdraw from public life in the Homeworld, moving to the [[Forbidden Manor]]. She left them schematics for [[dematerialisation circuit]]s and [[conceptual engine]]s, allowing them to develop the [[Fog Ship]]s, as well as the formula for the [[Love Potion]], which were soon lost by the [[Prefect]] of the [[Department of Chemistry]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') [[Mandragora-257 | Eventually, the Creator withdraw from public life in the Homeworld, moving to the [[Forbidden Manor]]. She left them schematics for [[dematerialisation circuit]]s and [[conceptual engine]]s, allowing them to develop the [[Fog Ship]]s, as well as the formula for the [[Love Potion]], which were soon lost by the [[Prefect]] of the [[Department of Chemistry]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') [[Mandragora-257]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') The Crew became directly affiliated with [[Aphrodite#In the Prime Universe|Aphrodite]] herself, who provided them with a substitute Potion with identical effects. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') As a result, to use an alternative Potion would have been blasphemy, prosecutable under “Section A113-B” of the Crew's Terms of Service by the [[Misuse Office]] in the [[Underworld]]. ([[VIDEO]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (video story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | ||
At some point, the [[Euclidean Plane]] was discovered by a group of Cupids who'd pressed the “random destination” button of their [[Fog Ship]]. After initial scouting was complete, the Plane soon became a favoured target for the Crew. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Euclidean Plane (short story)|The Euclidean Plane]]'') | At some point, the [[Euclidean Plane]] was discovered by a group of Cupids who'd pressed the “random destination” button of their [[Fog Ship]]. After initial scouting was complete, the Plane soon became a favoured target for the Crew. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Euclidean Plane (short story)|The Euclidean Plane]]'') | ||
As early as 1978, the Cupids encountered evidence of the [[Gang of the Green Gorilla]]'s activity in the form of people randomly abducted by the Crew on the Prime Earth who showed signs of Gorilla brainwashing. However, being unaware of the Gang's existence at the time, the Cupids didn't know what to make of them and released them back on Earth without reversing the conditioning. | As early as 1978, the Cupids encountered evidence of the [[Gang of the Green Gorilla]]'s activity in the form of people randomly abducted by the Crew on the Prime Earth who showed signs of Gorilla brainwashing. However, being unaware of the Gang's existence at the time, the Cupids didn't know what to make of them and released them back on Earth without reversing the conditioning. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Green Gorillas (short story)]] | ||
=== 1980s === | |||
In 1984, there existed an elite taskforce of Cupids, the [[Scarlet Wings]], including [[Arganthone-056]]. They were sent to the Euclidean Plane to raid the [[Geometron Pentagon]]'s Library. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | |||
In December 1986, a group of Green Gorillas took control of the town supermarket of [[Vanityville]], emptying it of all [[Christmas]] paraphernalia and instead forcing the shopping customers to buy their green-gorilla merchandise, at gunpoint. They encountered a group of [[Clockwork Cherub]]s of the Crew, led by Commander [[Amadeo-378]], by coincidence. Noting the affected humans' unhappiness, the Cupids decided the Gang's aims seemed oppose to their own and decided to defeat them, kicking off the [[Skirmish at the Vanityville Supermarket]]. The Cupids were victorious, although the Gang's scientists subsequently learned how to reverse Cupid [[Love Potion|romanticisation]]. Thereafter, the Cupids went on to oppose the Gorillas on many occasions, “from the depths of the [[Amazonian jungle]] to the very [[North Pole]]”. Meanwhile, Amadeo-378 was commended for his effective leadership, and was awarded membership of the [[Order of Aphrodite]]. | In December 1986, a group of Green Gorillas took control of the town supermarket of [[Vanityville]], emptying it of all [[Christmas]] paraphernalia and instead forcing the shopping customers to buy their green-gorilla merchandise, at gunpoint. They encountered a group of [[Clockwork Cherub]]s of the Crew, led by Commander [[Amadeo-378]], by coincidence. Noting the affected humans' unhappiness, the Cupids decided the Gang's aims seemed oppose to their own and decided to defeat them, kicking off the [[Skirmish at the Vanityville Supermarket]]. The Cupids were victorious, although the Gang's scientists subsequently learned how to reverse Cupid [[Love Potion|romanticisation]]. Thereafter, the Cupids went on to oppose the Gorillas on many occasions, “from the depths of the [[Amazonian jungle]] to the very [[North Pole]]”. Meanwhile, Amadeo-378 was commended for his effective leadership, and was awarded membership of the [[Order of Aphrodite]]. | ||
In addition to marking their first meeting with the Gorillas, this event was notable as the Crew's first formal use of physical force other than Cupid Arrows against their opponents. As the Cupids learned about the idea, there was a brief fighting craze in the Homeworld, with Cupids getting into fights with other Cupids with whom they had mild disagreements. However, this quickly passed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Green Gorillas (short story)|The Green Gorillas]]'') | In addition to marking their first meeting with the Gorillas, this event was notable as the Crew's first formal use of physical force other than Cupid Arrows against their opponents. As the Cupids learned about the idea, there was a brief fighting craze in the Homeworld, with Cupids getting into fights with other Cupids with whom they had mild disagreements. However, this quickly passed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Green Gorillas (short story)|The Green Gorillas]]'') | ||
=== 1990s === | |||
In 1994, the Cupids discovered that their “emergency supply warehouse” on the Prime Earth had been burgled, with a great number of [[Cupid Arrow]]s going missing. The elite mobile taskforce, [[Scarlet Wings]] to investigate. The Scarlet Wings operatives were able to trail the thieves — the [[Mob of the Maroon Magpie]] — back to their lair where, after a brief scuffle, they agreed to negotiate over a cup of tea. The Magpies offered to help the Cupids in their romanticising if the Cupids would let them keep stealing more Arrows, as well as store their increasingly large hoard in the [[Cupid Homeworld]]. | |||
The Cupid authorities refused to ratify this agreement and attempted to obviate the need for negotiations by increasing the security measures of the Cupid warehouse, with little success. A second Cupid detachment was sent back to the Magpies' H.Q. to romanticise them, but it was found that this only increased their enthusiasm for theft, failing to solve the Cupids' problem. Ultimately, the [[Cupid Parliament]] decreed that the Cupids should simply remain neutral towards the Magpies and avoid them altogether. The Magpies solved their storage problem by building a larger warehouse, while the Cupids moved their own hoard of Arrows to some other location unknown to the Magpies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mob of the Maroon Magpie (short story)|The Mob of the Maroon Magpie]]'') | |||
=== Later events === | === Later events === | ||