I think three is a great number.
Sorry to see anyone go, but I can understand about not getting what you need and seeking it elsewhere. With that said I pray tou find it.
As for the parting gifts, I'd love to have one done of my new favorite character "The Peregrine Falcon."
The character is one of the legendary heroes. He's been around since the 20s and 30s and has persevered through the times. He'll sometimes seem to dissappear for a several years only to re-emerge when he's needed most. The great thing about him is that it's never been one man.
The Peregrine Falcon started with a young man named David Falconne. He spent a few years in France in the early part of the 1900s where he became a pilot. Luckily he outlived the curse of most pilots who went over to war in that era. He came back with the moniker "The Peregrine Falcon." He had flown as the Falcon during World War 1 and had the emblem emblazoned on the side of his airplane.
When David came back state side he was dismayed to see that the Prohibition era had turned his beloved King's Row into nothing more than a maffia ridden slum. He knew that something had to be done so he donned his flight jacket and his uniform and a mask. He hit the streets fighting crime along side some of the great classics. He trained hard and studied a lot to become better than those he'd face. In the end he had an array of gadgets to help him. The most famous of all was a large barreled handgun that fired hard rubber pellets.
After several years of fighting crime in the Row the prohibition was lifted and the depression set in. David turned to taking care of his now growing family and with that the Pergrine Falcon dropped into nothing more than legend and myth.
In the mid 1940s the United States joined the war. With the foxus of a most of the heroes on our biggest enemies, the Axis powers, the Row and most of Paragon City was left to fend for itself. In 1947 the man that was merely legend emerged again. The whispers went out throughout Paragon City.....the Peregrine Falcon was back, and he was looking to clean up the streets.
David Falconne had officially retired the title of the Peregrine Falcon and after years of teaching and training he thought that the newest incarnation of the Peregrine Falcon was ready to fight crime. This time it was David's son, George.
George donned a different costume, but with the same emblem. This time instead of the outfit of the airmen he went with the trenchcoat, fedora and dress slacks that most of the mafia and crime syndicates were used to wearing.
Like his father before him he had an array of different gadgets and a great mind for deducing and crime solving. The pellet gun was replaced with more lethal means. This Falcon was the first and only Falcon to ever use a gun. He did so only when no other option was left and always prefered to use hand to hand combat to subdue the criminals. However, as times changed and the criminals became more lethal, he knew he had to change as well.
Once again the city felt it was safe again thanks to the efforts of the returning heroes and those that stayed state side to help on the home front.
The Peregrine Falcon's status grew and soon there were radio shows and even a small, but action packed, comic book. The name of the Falcon stayed on the lips and hearts of the citizens until the later part of the 1950s and then, once again, the Falcon faded into nothing more than a whisper and a thought.
George had gone a long way to changing the Falcon from vigilante hero to an actual crime solving hero. He introduced the idea of using science to help unravel the mystery of most of the cases he was working on. He was also more publicly seen than his father, often doing photo shoots and giving public speeches. His father didn't think highly of this, but he also knew that this would go a long way to helping the cause of the Peregrine Falcon.
The next time that the Peregrine Falcon appeared there was a new war, new criminals and a whole different sort of fight. Andrew Falconne was the third Peregrine Falcon. He emerged in the mid to late 70s and his whole campaign from then until the time he retired was the war on drugs. He made a ton of public appearances and was in the political ring as often as he could be to help make the laws against illegal drugs more stringent in order to help keep them off the streets. He knew that passing laws alone would not keep drugs off the streets, but it helped. Andy was the first of the Falcons to don a real "costume" complete with cape and cowl. He was also the first one to use Martial Arts in his fighting style. He incorporate the need to fight crime physically as well as solve crimes mentally, and he passed this down to his son, the current Peregrine Falcon.
Kelly Falconne took over the mantle of the Peregrine Falcon upon his fathers death from cancer. At times Kelly used the Falcon to help hide the fact that the loss of his father hurt him to the core. While Kelly incorporates and embodies the ideals that his father passed on to him he's upped the ante by creating an advanced suit and other items that help him fight against the super powered criminals of today. Just as the previous versions fought against the current issues of their times, Kelly fights against the growing problem of super powered and high tech criminals. He's ever vigilant and he's doing his best to keep up the name of the Peregrine Falcon.
((Screenshots for reference. ))
Peregrine Falcon
Close Up
From the back w/cape
abhorrent? seriously? Talk yourself down from the ledge, you're really overstating the matter.