Alasdair

My scrapper Jessica Raleigh is becoming disturbing, slowly but surely. ^_^;

Her painful lack of success in the field of magic has led her to pursue certain...alternatives. Namely the rather drastic act of binding three separate demons into her own body.

Since they are primordial creatures she is able to bend them to her will with relative ease, making two manifest as a sword and shield as befits their nature: the former being very vicious and aggressive while the latter stubborn and reclusive.
The third serves to benefit her directly, affording her the general superpowered resilience the game does to all characters (being able to absorb machinegun fire, falling great heights etc.) and also letting her take to the skies on pretty, colour-coordinated wings.

However, the very restraints she uses to keep them under control also limit the power they can provide. Lessening the severity of her hold over them releases more of their potential, but also has the effect of causing them to shift to a more natural state, with the effect it has on her own body being the most unnerving.

For some reason, Statesman always sounds like Mayor West in my head.

Hmm, I really don't think I could support an organisation that turns young ladies into hulking, sushi-faced monstrosities.

I created my lone scrapper simply because it was the only way to access the Broadsword power set (at the time, now it's the only way to combine Broadsword with Shields.)
I really can't stomach playing heroes, so she will certainly be heading for the Rogue Isles at the first opportunity.
Then my character list will be a tapestry of glorious crimson! ^_^

Thank you for the excellent writeup, Ravenswing. It's very much appreciated!

The mention of the Dawn Patrol Intrigued me. It ever-so-slightly undermines my determination to take my patriotic Scrapper over to the Rogue Isles (though I'll probably do it anyway. ^_^)

Though they are undoubtedly much less popular, things opera, traditional folk songs and choral elements of classical pieces (all of which I love) are examples to the contrary.

Since a lot of contemporary musical styles can trace their origins to the United States the accent has carried over when those styles are embraced by other cultures.

I think, ultimately, the accent suits the music.

Just out of curiosity, has anybody else noticed some rather odd 'encounters' between Arachnos and Council soldiers in the Nerva Archipelago? Usually involving them pointing guns at each other and muttering something about "trust."

I think they are new (though it may just be down to a lack of attention on my part.) Maybe it's a sign of how desperate the Council are these days.

Statesman doesn't need any more accessories, he has that ship he's always standing on. It's as much a part of his ensemble as Batman's car.

"Posi, to the Statesboat!"
♪ Danna-danna danna-danna, Statesmaaaaaannnn! ♪

Well done, StormVyxen. A well-deserved success. ^_^
Thank you to mousedroid and also Starwind and Caemgen for the kind words.

I honestly didn't think I'd do this well, more than once I looked at this thread and muttered under my breath 'ooh....I should have done something like that!'

I found my Scrapper with Broadsword & Shield Defence remarkably effective and fun to play.
So much so that I made her my avatar.

I think this may be another instance of Architect Entertainment buildings obliterating entrances to mission instances. Happened to me about a week ago; what I assume was once sewer entrance right outside had ceased to exist.

The location is correct, but the door is long gone.

Probably an insidious plot to curtail more mainstream mission/storyarc play in favour of AE farming.

The fourth looks a lot like Requiem...which is interesting, considering the recent reemergence of a certain fascist organisation.

I found the original concept intriguing, so here is my attempt:

Click for high-resolution verson.

I did play with the Willpower colours and found that using full-intensity orange as the primary and full-intensity green as the secondary produced very pleasing results. ^_^

One more, in honour of their auspicious return to power:

5th Column: 'Ja we are the supermen (super duper supermen!)'

Malta: 'Forget the guns! It's Taser-time!' or 'The goggles do nothing!'

Longbow: 'When your troops look like this, death holds no fear.'

Knives of Artemis: 'When in doubt: spam caltrops.'

Circle of Thorns: 'Also great for reading in bed!'

Firbolg: 'We hollow out your head.'

Cimeroran Traitors: 'Go on. Tell us this is madness...'