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"That is our job, our honor. We are Stormfront.

When Vought realized the


Vought. We make heroes super." Nazi party's defeat was certain, Vought
—Madelyn Stillwell defected from Nazi Germany and the
"Today's heroes. Tomorrow's future." Allied forces smuggled him to the US and
—Vought's official slogan allowed him to give his newly developed
Vought International, formerly known as Compound V to military soldiers to
Vought American, is an American multi- increase their odds against the Nazi
billion dollar conglomerate, currently lead Party. This prompted President Franklin
by Ashley Barrett, previously led by Stan Roosevelt to pardon him in 1944, and
Edgar and previously managed by allow him to continue his research on
Madelyn Stillwell. The company is Compound V and create more Supes,
famous for founding The Seven and and gave him his own corporation to
managing the global population of further the development of the Supes as
licensed Supes. The corporation is also an advanced race of living weapons. At
extremely corrupt and corporatist, and some point after Vought died, Stan Edgar
aims for world domination. would take over as CEO and (perhaps
like his predecessor) would cover up any
"A world without crime, with liberty and casualties caused by the Supes.
justice for all, that's within our reach, Compound V is shrouded from the
thanks to the 200+ superheroes in the public, whom are led to believe that
Vought family. We see a bright future Supes are chosen by God. Instead,
ahead, where there is a Vought hero in Compound V was shipped across the US
every town." to hospitals by Samaritan's Embrace
—Madelyn Stillwell under the guise of medical supplies. At
Vought was founded by Frederick the end of Season One, however, Hughie
Vought, a Nazi scientist whom Adolf Campbell was able to stop the
Hitler himself appointed as the chief Compound V shipments by threatening
physician at the Dachau concentration to release damaging information to the
camp in 1939 where Vought would public about Ezekiel.
perform unethical experimentation on
human test subjects in order to develop Vought's goal has always been to
Compound V to enhance human beings capitalize on Supes, cutting deals with
into what are now known as Supes. independent cities and states for
Vought eventually created the first dose protection; Stillwell tried to offer
of Compound V and had his first Baltimore's Nubian Prince at the price of
successful Superhero, his own wife, $300 million a year, however the deal
was tanked by Homelander. Nearing the distrust in Vought. After Stormfront is
end of Season One, Vought's goal was to defeated by The Boys, Vought uses the
get The Seven into the military and exposed Stormfront as a scapegoat by
perhaps a number of other Supes. Due saying she was the one who framed
to her good work, it was Mr. Edgar's wish Starlight as a traitor, and Mr. Edgar
that Stillwell replace him as President of announces the Shipments of Compound
Vought. However things begin going V have been permanently halted.
awry after Homelander arranges for the
creation of the "Supe Terrorists" to create
enemies only Vought had the means to
Subdivisions
combat, which results in Compound V Vought has a large number of
being exposed to military personal and subdivisions to handle Superhero affairs
the higher ups during raids on terrorist and other forms of business, among
compounds resulting in major scrutiny them:
towards Vought and Compound V being
evaluated by the FDA. In addition to this,
Homelander due to mental instability, kills
Entertainment
Stillwell upon learning she deceived him, Vought's primary source of revenue. By
putting Edgar's plan to retire on hold. using their "heroes" as part of the
After Compound V is exposed to the advertisement, Vought has expanded
public Vought places blame on Stillwell their influence across every single form
using her as a scapegoat, but the of entertainment, including: Movies,
exposure nonetheless causes Vought's comics, music and T.V Shows.
stock to plummet down drastically.

With the growing popularity of


Stormfront, Vought incites the public to
Comics
possible Supe-terrorist attacks, which Vought Comics: Responsible for
leads to paranoia and xenophobia superhero comics. Parody of Marvel and
tainting the public. With the public afraid DC Comics.
or angry, they supporting Compound V
supplements to be given to law
Movies and T.V
enforcement all across the country. Vought Studios: Responsible for the
Before the first shipments of V can be production and release of superhero
sent out, Stormfront has her past as a movies, such as Dawn of the Seven and
Nazi exposed and leads to further Invisible Force. It's a parody of Marvel
Studios. associated with "land" next to the
Vought News Network: Network company name.
channel, dedicated solely to Vought Planet Vought Casino & Resort: A
related news. casino resort located in Las Vegas. In
Vought+: A streaming service. It is a 1986, Mindstorm performed live shows
parody of Disney+. called "Mental Magic with Mindstorm" at
VSPN: Sports channel. It is a parody of the establishment.
real world sports channel ESPN.
Vought Entertainment Television: A
Medical
fashion and pop-culture channel. Besides entertainment, Vought is also a
VTV Television for Women: A TV pharmaceutical company.
channel directed at women viewers. It is
likely a parody of the Lifetime channel. Sage Grove Center: A psychiatric facility
Vought Kids: A preschool TV channel for in New Jersey. Acts as a front for
kids. Vought's tests of Compound V on live
Voughtoons: A series of cartoons. adult subjects.
Global Wellness Center: A therapy
Music service dedicated to helping Supes,
Vought Soul: A music channel, which especially retired superheroes.
also includes TV shows. It is a TV Red River Institute: An adoption center
channel directed at members of the black for superpowered children.
community and other minorities. "A-Train
To Africa" is one of the many shows
Charity
available at this channel. Vought owns and funds a variety of non-
Voughtify: A music streaming service. profit organizations, likely so that they
Music videos such as: "Never Truly can retain a good reputation.
Vanish", "Faster" and "Bow and Quiver"
can be accessed within the service. It is Samaritan's Embrace: A charity
a parody of Spotify. organization lead by Ezekiel. Acts as a
Vought Records: A music company. front for the distribution for Compound V
Eagle the Archer's new album, Bullseye to hospitals.
Beats, was announced to be coming Starlight House: A non-profit
from them. organization dedicated to helping
Other homeless and at-risk youth. Starlight is
Voughtland: A themed amusement park. the spokeswoman of this foundation and
It is a parody of Disneyland due to word while Starlight said that Homelander
would be donating 10 million dollars to with, among them:
the Starlight House, Homelander refused
to donate. After Starlight left Vought, the Current Associates
organization started being accused of Our Sheet: An American company that
human trafficking. makes a great variety of affordable and
made in America only products, including
Food Chains bed sheets, 94% cotton triple ply toilet
Planet Vought: Restaurant chain. paper and dark roast southern harvest
Vought-A-Burger: Fast Food Chain. coffee. The Supe Blue Hawk is the
Vought Water: Plastic water bottle spokesmen of this brand. It appears to
brand. be a parody of the real-world company
Heaven's Harvest: A farming company MyPillow.
that was acquired by Vought. It is a Saving Our Seas Aquatic Animal
beloved Christian-owned organic farm to Foundation: A non-profit organization
shelf grocery store chain. The company dedicated to protecting sea life. It is
sees to be going well, pleasing Vought sponsored by Vought and the
and Wall Street investors. organization gave Dinky to OceanLand
as a replacement for their previous lead
Other dolphin.
Crime Analytics: A subdivision likely OceanLand: An aquatic zoo sponsored
dedicated to analyzing information for the by The Deep. After the accidental death
Supes, so that they can fight crime more of its previous lead dolphin, during The
efficiently. After The Deep was named as Deep's attempted to free the creature
the new Head he fired everyone who had from OceanLand, the Saving Our Seas
tweets that were critical of Homelander. Aquatic Animal Foundation gave a baby
Godolkin University: A university bottlenose dolphin named Dinky to the
dedicated to teaching Supes on how to zoo as a replacement.
become heroes. Kirei Shoyu: A Japanese seafood
Vought Rifle Association: An restaurant chain. The Deep has done a
organization dedicated to teaching commercial for the franchise, advertising
people about the second amendment. its beautiful soy sauce and tasty food.
The restaurant chain appears to have an
Associates octopus and a flying bottle of soy sauce
Vought has a large number of as its mascots.
organizations and companies which they
have invested in or have made deals
temporally give regular humans extra-
Compound V durabillity (its consumption being often
Compound V was a super serum that obligatory for the prostitutes who give
was created by Joseph Vogelbaum and service to supes, to reduce the sex-
was originally intended to create super worker's risk of being accidentally killed
soldiers for the Third Reich. Fearing for during the act).
his life when he realized that the war was
lost for the Nazis, Vogelbaum escaped to Vaught American main aspiration on the
the United States with the help of Vought comics was to improve the compound V
American, who continued to fund his formula untill they could control exactly
experiments. Immediately after the what kind of superpowers the subject
creation of Compound V, the corporation developts and then sell it to the United
nearly went bankrupt and eventually States millitary to enhance soldiers, but
regained their wealth by manufacturing after dr. Vogelbaum's apparent dead no
superhero teams such as The Seven by other scientist was able to make any
injecting the fetuses of pregnant progress, forcing Vaught to remind in the
volunteers with the drug. Although these relatively less lucrative niche of
trials were successful, they were also costumed crimefighters.
extremely costly, forcing Vought
American to inject future subjects with an
Supers
inferior version of the serum. Contrary to popular belief, most Supers
Furthermore, it appears that varying are not born with their abilities, but are
traces of the Compound V formula were instead the results of children who, with
passed down through familial bloodlines, the permission of their parents, were
often resulting in the births of natural heavily medicated with Compound V; an
born Supes with at least one super- alchemical super serum known to
powered parent. Contrary to the TV produce permanent superpowers in
series, in the comics is said that less that human subjects.
half of the people expossed to compund
V developt superpowers, most just get These children are the legal property of
some form of cancer or, in the worst Vought International and are often
cases, horrible and sometimes deadly marketed by the company to perform
malformations. public services such as rescue missions
in order to win popularity, love and
Compound V can also be mix with ilegal admiration from the general public as a
drugs to enhance their effect or to means for the company to capitalize
upon. Due to the fact that, until recently, January, where Hughie explained how he
Compound V was contained within the intuitively knew what his abilities were
borders of the United States, it was and also that if he clenched his
widely believed that America was "the buttcheeks together and jumped that he
chosen land of God" since every Supe would be able to teleport, this seemingly
for the last 70+ years were red-blooded indicates that all Supes have an inherent
Americans. It was also believed that understanding of what their superpowers
Supes, much like the prophets and are and more importantly what specific
messiahs of ancient times, were chosen gestures and/or physical requirements
by God to inherit their abilities and were might be necessary in order to activate
subsequently revered by many different them. However, based on the genuine
temples and churches. surprise that Hughie expressed when he
realized that he could not teleport his
To perpetuate these lies, the parents of clothing with him, this also indicates that
these children were often compensated Supes are ignorant of what the limitations
with financial hush money and forced to of their super-abilities might entail.
sign a series of non-disclosure
agreements. However, since the
discovery of "super terrorists" from other
Supers Groups
regions of the world, the belief that The Seven
America was divinely favored has been The most powerful and famous
irrevocably debunked. Soon thereafter, superhero group in the world. The
with the public revelation of Compound original members were created by
V, the belief that all superheroes were Vought by injecting unborn fetuses with
the result of divine selection has also Compound V, making them far stronger
been debunked. than the average superhero. As such,
they have direct contracts with Vought,
Powers who pay them vast salaries in return.
Whilst any individual who is injected with Despite this, the Seven very rarely do
Compound V and survives the mutation any actual crime fighting, with press
process is guaranteed to develop tours, photo-ops, and promotions taking
superpowers, these powers are often up most of their schedules. The original
random and completely unpredictable. members include Homelander, Black
Noir, Queen Maeve, Jack From Jupiter,
Additionally, based on the dialogue The Deep, Mister Marathon, and
between Hughie Campbell and Annie Lamplighter. Eventually, A-Train and
Starlight are brought in to replace
Marathon and Lamplighter respectively,
after the former died in a botched rescue
mission during 9/11 and the latter was
reduced to a mental invalid. Thanks to
the efforts of The Boys, the team
eventually falls apart, which results in the
deaths of almost every member except
for Starlight and the Deep.
Payback was a group of superheroes
who were active during the 1980s.
Owned and managed by Vought
American, they were considered to be
the greatest superhero team of their time
prior to the formation of The Seven.
Payback
Was a group of superheroes who were
active during the 1980s. Owned and
managed by Vought American, they were
considered to be the greatest superhero
team of their time prior to the formation of
The Seven.

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