Name: The Dread Cherub of Bael
Real name: Cherubael Burning Prince of Fallen Suns 37th Lord of Chaos
Origin: Magic Fire/Fire
It was a dark moonless night at the Darkstar Manor. Most everyone was asleep save for young Arianna. Young Arianna who was tampering with magics most foul. The being Cherubael who had been forced back into the warp several hundred years ago by a powerful wizards council formed mostly of the Darkstar clan, sensed his oppertunity to regain his former power and reclaim our world for his own.
In Arianna's room the wind began to whip and howl as suddenly her mirror shattered from the force of the entity that lept through it. Laughing the demons Cherubael began to take form as Arianna cowered in the corner of her room. With an evil grin he reached out to her, only to see the large set of gauntlets on his hands. Looking down he saw a similar set on his feet keeping him from moving. With a scream of rage he attempted to lash out at her with his burning magic. The antimagic shackles reacted one could say "negatively" to this. Arianna stood over the shuddering form of the electrified demon with a mischevious grin on her face "Oh isn't this going to be fun".
And so began the career of The Cherub of Bael. Bound to his fate by a wicked girl and powerful antimagic technology he was handed over to The Guardian Angels where he was used to fight crime and protect the innocents he so longed to rule.
Later on though as these things do happen The Guardian Angels split up and the shackled demon was left forgotten in his cell. The gauntlets had become damaged due to lack of maintenance and apathy on the part of his captors but they still proved quite the challenge to get out of. Burning his way through the abandoned compound he takes to the streets again , still appearing to be on the side of good and justice. But who can really guess the true motives of a being who has lived long enough to see the birth of our sun and the death of others.
heh sorry its long .. ive never really gotten it all down before
awwww ...thats great iron .. I was wondering when youd see this thread ... I must admit to being curious
Name: warface
Powers: Invulnerability/Energy Melee
Origin: Technology
Type: Cyborg/Immortal
Technology: Unknown
Server ID: Protector
Height: 7'6 Weight: 700lbs
Eyes: Red Hair: None
Data stolen from Laboratory at F.U.S.I.O.N. Inc.
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GENERAL STATS: File 026WAR 2568
Senses: The sensory array provides superhuman senses. The final production tests revealed the capability to hear over 50 miles sounds no louder than .6 decibels.
His vision utilizes a multitude of sensors to include thermal, movement; infrared and most importantly he can see all forms of energy.
Armor: His armored exterior is a layered composite shell of elastic molybdenum, averaging four centimeters in thickness.
It can withstand a focused burst from a Meson Canon with only super surface effect.
The skull armor helmet is composed of bone stolen from a deceased mutant who utilized an unknown metal as his skeletal system, which has a strength that is untestable with our technology today.
His muscular system is an elastic steel hybrid technology found from the Rikkiti Home world.
Internal Organs:
All organs have been fully shielded against corrosion, remote influencing, electromagnetic flux and any physical or elemental attacks. It is indefinitely self-sufficient, and is fitted with a self-repair system capable of full regeneration.
Powers: The cyborg's agility and reaction times are superhuman, and under the right conditions can run and fly at incredible speeds.
His main weapon is his energy fists, Constructed from fluid-suspension ductile polybdenum, he has limited energy shifting abilities controlled by mental commands from his 1.21 jig watt control center.
There are Five main attacks; Energy Barrage, Bone Smasher, Whirling Hands and highly powerful attacks called Energy Transfer and Total Focus. He has secondary attacks called Air Superiority and Laser Beam Eyes, which act as a knockdown and Def Debuff combination.
He has the ability to combine oxygen and carbon in the air through a special intake system to create an incredible energy boost to his cell system. This lasts for around 2 minutes on top of his stamina preservation combine.
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History--From recovered record WAR 3456b:
(Warface) - The cyborg was created in the year 2060 by Doctor Sadyan Green as an assassination tool to run the country by the subversive group F.U.S.I.O.N.
Doctor Green enlisted the aid of a special Bounty Hunter group (The "Tech-Pack")to track down an immortal warrior from a planet in the Andromeda System.
The warrior's mortal family was quickly subdued and taken to an unknown location(including a wife and 2 children) During the fight, 20 of the 100 hunters were killed by the immortal, although he was finally captured using stun equipment.
Once brought to F.U.S.I.O.N., the original cyborg design was scrapped for new armor technologies much more radical and powerful. The process for joining the cyborg and immortal was the easy part (although extremely painful for the subject as they had to stay awake for the procedure, which included having his skin and a significant portion of his internal organs ripped out).
Transcripts found on Site:
File 031War 2346: TopSecret
"The immortal subject captured has aggression levels that our agro stasis scanners are not able to map. The home world he was captured from has never had beings of this power leading us to believe he is not from the home planet that we captured him on. That stated; we will have to implant an ai personality module on top of the normal procedure for brain stem reducer/controllers.
This will be required if we are able to control his actions. With the new materials and power generators we have available from Dimension Targos, we will be able to create a being of power never before seen in this quadrant of the galaxy. I imagine we will have little problem controlling him, as Dr. Prostet has stated the new ai personality module is foolproof and 100% tested."
End of Report.
File 042War 2352: TopSecret
Transcript Dr. Green
The subject's fusion process was a success and his power levels are off the charts (much more than we hoped for). However, his ai module has been having significant issues and if we do not fix them soon, we may have to terminate the subject soon. He is showing signs of agitation and periods of unresponsiveness. Last week he displayed a behavior, which would suggest he was dreaming of his family. This could be highly dangerous if his personality took control over the ai module.
END OF TRANSCRIPTS...
CREY ASSESSMENT FILE CREY 6754.345
1. It is a high probability that from the state of destruction at F.U.S.I.O.N., that the subject WARFACE was responsible for the destruction of the facility and the deaths of all company officials.
2. Dr. Green was not found on site and his whereabouts are unknown.
Bottom Line: His allegiance is unknown and he seems to be hunting for the Doctor here in Pargon City as he tortures all villains groups he comes in contact with for information. He then kills them, rather than arrest like the other hero groups.
His danger level is extreme and it is recommended that only the most powerful of our organization confront him directly.
Any information on the location of Dr. Green or Warface movement will be reported immediately to the Executive Office at Crey.
Most importantly He likes Pie and to dance with Midgette Monkey Clowns 
View the story of W.A.R.F.A.C.E. and Septimus Bane here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6785073/1/Meus_Profiteor#
my email chrismfears99@yahoo.com
Wow this is just awesome, keep it coming folks!
I hope the devs are reading this.
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Agreed. It's neat to see the number of players who take the time to put more life into their toon. Hope they keep coming!
I hope the devs are reading this too! CuppaJo?
Name: Arek Storm
Powerset: Inv/Axe
Origin: Natural
Eric was average in about every way except his height which was a mere four feet eight inches. He worked as a weaponsmith forging weapons for the many and sundry heroes that inhabited Paragon city. Anything from assault rifles to broadswords were his stock in trade. He was happy that at the end of the day he was doing his part to help the good guys, but his true pride and joy was his family. He would frequently take off early to play with his kids, or go home for lunch.
Unfortunately his assistance to the forces of good had brought him to the attention of the forces of evil and his life would one day be changed radically.
One day he returned home much later than normal to find his home a smoking ruin and his family's broken bodies laying in the wreckage.
The rescue squad found him holding the bodies of his four year old daughter and two year old son sobbing uncontrollably when they arrived. They were barely able to understand his unsteady query of "Who?". But no one knew which evil organization was responsible for the attempt on his life.
A few days later Eric buried his family and returned to his workshop. He began training his body to the absolute peak of human endurance with the intent of hitting the street to seek vengeance and retribution for his family's death. His muscles grew and his ability to withstand pain became extreme, but still he could barely handle a group of Skuls. He needed something more. It arrived one day from his friend Mathias Crowley. The note said "It may help you find what you seek, if you have the strength to master it". It was a large ingot of metal the like of which he had never seen. Just looking at it he had the unmistakable feeling that Mathias had imbued it with power although Mathias has never admitted as much. As he forged it to be the weapon of his retribution it spoke to him in his mind, speaking of vengeance and power undreamed. Soon he had the weapon he needed, an axe of mammoth proportions of made of an unknown metal with unknown power. He forged armor and impregnated it with the last of the unknown metal. At last his vengeance and retribution would be no longer delayed. And so Arek Storm was forged in the fires of grief, loss, and overwhelming anger as an instrument of retribution upon Evil.
The axe speaks to him to this day, guiding him to ever greater power, and soon he feels he shall be able to rend the very fabric of the universe to move about Paragon City.
So let evil beware, as Arek prowls the streets of Paragon, for his battle cry is "None shall escape my Wrath!"
Name: Split Wood
Powers: inv/axe (Natural)
Origin: Split grew up in an abusive home where he was beaten by his father and siblings. he also attended catholic school which was pretty much the same type of environment. he currently makes a living being hired to seek out and destroy various foes and factions, tho he sometimes does it for fun when he's not getting drunk and shooting empty beer cans. he's a very angry person and loves to see people who cause pain suffer.
Arch Light INV/SS Mutant
She was once a special agent for Dept 56 and worked as a field agent when she encountered a crash site the radiation from the crash site trigger dormant mutant powers and abilities. When the department found out she was a mutant she was release and given a civilian job. But the radiation had already started a change and her dormant Powers to become active and she trained and became the hero known as Soul Catcher till she reached Security level 47 when the Rikti attacked she fought valiantly but eventually she fell in the battle with horrible injuries. When she recovered she found that she was imprisoned in a secret lab (Faction unknown even to this date).
They experimented on her for years eventually loosing most of her powers or the memory of how to use them. Another effect of the year of imprisonment was the near continual mind wipes to keep her from remembering has made her somewhat vulnerable to Psionic attacks now.
One day the experiment went to far and she was exposed to radiation similar to her first exposure. This briefly activated her powers in their former glory and she escaped. In this way she approached Paragon City again this time working up from security level 1, new powers learning the ropes once again with new memories and a new name. She one day hopes to be able to fly again but so far the damage seems to keep that power from working and the best she can manage is smallish jumps not quite up to Super Jump standards.
Her years of treatment and torture have turned her into quite the resilient tanker and she seems nearly invulnerable. While classed as a Super Strong tanker her strength is still no where near where it was at its peak. Nor does it ever look like it will return.
Pinnacle
Arch light L50 INV/SS
Psiberia L50 Kin/Psi
Screaming Mentallica L50 Sonic/MM
Infinity
Arc Voltinator L50 SS/Elec
Mind Fire Kinesis L50 Fire/Kin
Flaming Screamer L50 Fire/Sonic
NAME: Myrmydon
POWERS: INV/SS (Magic)
ORIGIN: Amanda Chalice was born to affluent parents in Seattle, Washington. She had a very normal childhood and was loved by her parents. The Chalice family loved to travel and spent every summer on the road, seeing the sites of America. Her home life couldn't be more stable and she was very happy. Unfortunately, all of that was about to change.
When Amanda turned thirteen, the Chalice family went on a trip to Los Angelos for her birthday. Amanda was ready to see the sights and maybe find a star or two for autographs. As they navigated through the countryside among the cliffs, a motorcycle driver hit a bump in the road and plowed into the Chalice automobile at high speed. Amanda's father lost control of the wheel and the car was sent tumbling down the cliff face near the road. It tumbled to the bottom of a ravine and exploded, killing both of Amanda's parents. It was at this point that her mystical abilities came to life.
Unharmed by the fall or the explosion, Amanda tore her way out of the wreckage as if it were made of paper. Amanda then collapsed to the ground, crying in fits of hysteria. She was taken in by her Godfather, Thomas Wright, a worlock and old friend of the family. He worked hard to help her come to terms with the death of her parents and to learn how to control her newfound abilities.
Thomas Wright found that Amanda's body acted as a resevoir of mystical energy. As Amanda matured, she changed from a small, thin waif into a voluptuous powerhouse. Amanda found that she could tap into her stored mystical energy to gain great strength and resistance to injury. Remembering the ideas of her father, to always help those who need it, Amanda decided to make her way to Paragon City to help those in need. She took on the name of Myrmydon, A nickname given to her by Thomas Wright. As the Myrmydon, Amanda battles to protect the weak and ensure the safety of the people of Paragon.
"I never said thank you." - Lt. Gordon
"And you'll never have to." - the Dark Knight
Code Name:Steelhead
Real Name:Theo Green
Powers:Ice Armor/Ice Melee
Origin:Technology
Created from used Zamboni parts, and state of the art ice floor technology, by eclectic genius inventor and hockey rink technician Dr Jack Frost, the Steelhead v3.0 powered battle suit played a key role in defeating a small scale rikti invasion of Boise Idaho. Minor-league hockey player, turned hero, JC Green lead a small band of brave Idahoans to repel the aliens. In the final battle, though, JC was killed, and the suit destroyed, when he alone held off the enemy long enough for his team to regroup.
The suit was rebuilt, and upgraded to v4.0, and JC's cousin Theo, also a minor league hockey player, was allowed to bring it to Paragon City for it's field test.
The original field test was only supposed to last through the off-season, after which Theo planned to return to competive hockey, and the suit was to be stored until it was needed again. Once he had seen how great the need for heroes was in Paragon City, though, Theo couldn't go back to his old life. Using technology upgrades only available here, Dr Frost and Theo have enhanced the capabilities fo the suit far beyond original design specifications. Some of those modifications have required changes to Theo himself, and he is no longer just a regular guy in a special suit, making his eventual return to hockey now impossible.
Council File: 4164x192-MHT* (Eyes Only: Archon Clearance Required)
Hero ID:* Lancelot Strong
Classification:* Tanker
Origin: Science
Real Name:* Morgan Fleming
Occupation:* Professor of English, Crey University, Paragon City, RI, USA
Threat Assessment:* Extreme/Immediate
Background:* Born Lance Armstrong, son of Arthur & Elaine Armstrong, 3.11.80.* Mother died during childbirth.* Father never remarried.* Father was employee of CIA's Scientific Intelligence branch (See Council File: 912d349).* On 4.3.83, child was diagnosed as severely retarded (See Appendix G).*
*** Father was part of temporal incursion event 1.2.85* (See Council File: 1214w351-TIE).* Within months, the father began to show signs of questionable behavior. Was approached for possible recruitment, judged to be too Unstable for use.* Over next 3 years, Arthur Fleming commited a series of thefts from various Government facilities.* Thefts were of highly advanced and/or alien technology (See Appendix L).* 18.6.88, Father picks son up from school, and disappears.* Federal Arrest Warrants for Arthur Armstrong issued same day.
*** On 24.7.90, Deputy Sheriff Roger Fleming investigated a call about strange noises and lights at a farmhouse in rural Pendleton County, West Virginia.* Fleming found the farmhouse's interior completely wrecked, and the dead body of Arthur Armstrong in the debris.* Following unidentifiable sounds, Fleming discovered a laboratory had been constructed in the farmhouse's storm cellar.* Lying strapped to a table was a ten year old boy.* Various unidentifiable pieces of equipment were connected via electrodes to the boy.* There were two probes firing arcs of bluish-white energy into the boy's head.* By dumb luck, Deputy Fleming got the power turned off.* As he was freeing the boy, a high pitched whine became audible.* Fleming threw the boy over his shoulder and headed out of the storm cellar.* Within seconds of leaving the farmhouse, it collapsed down and inward in an explosion of blue light.* (See Appendix C for Fleming's report.)* Federal investigators probed the two-meter ball which was all that remained of the farmhouse after the implosion.* DNA testing revealed that the identity of the dead body was that of Arthur Armstrong. (See Appendix O)
Important: Fleming never notified the FBI of the Armstrong child's presence.
*** On 22.1.91, Roger and Marie Fleming file formal adoption papers for a ten year old boy (See Appendix H).* Morgan Fleming is quickly determined to be extremely intelligent (See Appendix G), and at the age of fifteen, attends Stanford University.* After receiving advanced degrees at Princeton and Columbia, Fleming moved to Paragon City, and accepted employment at Crey University, teaching English and Philosophy.
Theories:* From extensive scans made during base intrusions by Lancelot Strong (See Appendix R), and covert studies done of Morgan Fleming (See Appendix T), we believe that Lancelot Strong does not actually exist.* The hero, Lancelot Strong is a quantum energy construct created by the amplified mind of Morgan Fleming, within which he places a copy of his consciousness.* When Strong is no longer needed, he literally fades from reality (See Appendix Q).* The twinned consciousness returns to Fleming, and we assume he has both sets of memories for the time period in question.
Disposition:* At this time, observation of Fleming and Strong is highly recommended.* If the technique for mental amplification can be duplicated, so might the ability to create virtually indestructible soldiers.* This would be invaluable to the Council.
Authorization for Termination: Revoked
Lancelot Strong --
Level 50 Inv/SS Tanker on Triumph [Retired]
Tashkent Zen --
Level 25 Mind/Psi Dominator on Virtue
Hector Slade --
Level 34 SS/WP Brute on Virtue
Name: Minoan
Magic-based Stone Armor/Stone Melee
Origin: Minoan is from a long line of mystical defenders of his homeland, the Isle of Crete. From Ancient Greeks to Italian Fascists, his family has always been on the frontline. It was therefore no suprise that Minoan was front and center when the Rikti invaded Crete.
Minoan gathered with the other defenders of Crete when the alarms were sounded. Surrounding himself is a suit of stone, Minoan took the battle to the invaders, trying to stave off the assault on the his people. With each wave, the battle grew more futile as the it seemed that the enemy had an unexhaustable supply of reenforcements. After many heroes and soldiers had fallen, the orders to retreat were issued. The remaining heroes and soldiers fought a stalling retreat to give as much time to save as many of the citizens as possible. Minoan was one of the lucky to get away as one of his teammates teleported his defeated form to the departing ships.
Waking several days later, Minoan found himself in Paragon City, where the refugees had fled. With his family missing and his homeland lost, Minoan has started his training to make himself stronger. He will one day find his family and reclaim his homeland from the Rikti. He knows if he works hard enough that he will be strong enough to do the job that he failed to perform.
Junkyard, Tech Invuln/SS
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Jake Yablonski was a motor pool Sergeant at Camp Powaqatsi (a top secret military base known as "The Junkyard" to the soldiers stationed there). The base was involved in super soldier projects but did not have a successful trial until Yablonski volunteered . . . . at the request of a scientist's assistant he had become sweet on. His hulking build and gruff demeanor made him an ideal candidate. "I eat bolts for breakfast, doc", he was quoted as saying.
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((i like to trim down my backstories to the bare minimum to try and fit them in one screen of the ID card . . . it's kind of a CoH haiku thing for me))
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Junkyard's incredible resilence comes from a combination of cybernetic implants, sub-epidermal plating, and a personal force field system based off of (you guessed it!) salvaged Rikti technology. The force field emitters are housed in the armor plating he wears around his legs and is distrubuted around his body via a complex network of cybernetic wiring. The wiring network extends down his arms and into his fists. This allows him to deliver force enhanced blows which can daze most foes and lay many on their backs from the shock emitters wired into the knuckles of his gloves. His armored leggings also contain other, more "conventional" technolgies, which allow Yablonski to run at incredible speeds . . . like a human mac truck.
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Name: MrYukon
Powers: level 50 INV/SS (Natural)
Origin: The man Known as MrYukon comes from Canada's frozen north. He noticed that he seemed stronger and tougher after a coupla bottles of whiskey. being a drunken thug he figured it was better to move somewhere, where his drunken antics wouldn't land him in Jail. So he moved to Paragon City shortly after the war.
His hobbies include squishing Rikti Aliens, Drinking Whiskey with Freak Tanks in Creys Folley, Giving Paragon Protectors nuggies and turning Fire imps into Blue angels.
Name: Yukon
Powers: level 6 INV/Axe (Technology)
Origin: MrYukon is pissed off! he's mad as hell about something and has decided, "no more Mister nice Yukon."
weilding an Axe like a crazed lunatic he's currently chasing Hellions thru Atlas Park.
Name: CaptainYukon
Powers: level 20 Stone/Fire (Magic)
Origin: MrYukon from the Praetorian Dimension. where as our MrYukon is a drunken thug that enjoys beating people up because he can. CaptainYukon is an anal retentive ***** and Captain in Tyrants Armies, bent on bringing law and order to the masses, by violently burning them alive.
weird guys these Yukonners.
Name: Golden Matthias
Powers: Inv/SS
Origin: Natural
Backstory:
One of the premiere fighters in Paragon City's Grappling Federation, "Golden" Matthias Vanguard rose up from the streets of mediocrity to the highest ranks in the federation, holding the title for an extended period of time, longer than most other champions. His natural athletics and general toughness helped him endure several of his more intense matches, and would serve to help him through his toughest foe yet.
As he reigned champion, The Family stepped in. Dissatisfied with Matthias's inability to lose, they sent him an ultimatum: The title would change hands to a fighter in the Family's ranks, or pay the penalty. Matthias would have none of this. As a media icon and popular athlete, he would not give in to intimidation.
After a rather rigorous match with the Family's Johnny One-Step, Matthias left the arena and landed right in the clutches of a Family ambush. They remained true to their word as they gave Matthias the beating of his life. The beating took him right out of the federation, and into a hospital bed, where he would remain for quite some time.
Months passed, and with a clean bill of health, Matthias was filled with new purpose. He trained long and hard, disappearing from the ranks of the federation for a few years. This time was spent going through rigorous physical training, vastly increasing his strength and toughness to the utmost limits of the human body. He felt ready to face the Family and their crooked federation.
Matthias arrived at the next federation event with a purposeful stride and fists of might. Walking past the other contenders, Matthias went straight into the Family's center of operations, and promptly cleaned house. With a confession from the chairman, the Federation was dissolved, and Matthias felt vindicated, having stopped the Family's operation.
With a sense of accomplishment, and with the Family's contacts behind bars, Matthias went out into the city to try his hand at stopping other criminals, to defend truth and deliver justice in Paragon City.
Name: Major Decoy
Real Name: Alanso Griffin
Alanso was chosen for a special project by the military, he was one of 15,000 volunteers for a special research project, one of 2,400 that met the physical requirements and the research preferences, and one of 100 whose number was drawn in the lottery following. He was not given a placebo.
Through extensive procedures, invasive surgery, and almost inethical experimentation, along with gene treatment, he was tailored to fit the requirements:
They wanted someone to serve as a distraction. He would hold the attention of an enemy force while the covert agents did what was necessary to complete the mission.
He would be invulnerable, and do just enough damage to be a worry. The enemy would throw everything they had at him to no effect.
Alanso is not yet at the desired level of effectiveness, so while the military is still doing experiments, he was assigned the designation of Decoy, and promoted. Now running missions to gain familiarity and skill with his powers, he is in Paragon city, where he will stay until the experimentation has finished, at which point he will be ready to serve his purpose.
Alanso has not seen any of the other soldiers who volunteered yet, and does not know what has happened to them.
But he fights for Truth, Justice, and things that are considered to be, on the whole, good.
Name: The Mighty Quinn
Powers: Ice Armor/Stone Melee (Magic)
Origin:
There are things in this universe which one looks at and can only bring themselves to say ewww! for example, insects. And then there are things whose majesty and splendor has been speculated about for eons.
Take the comet. Even with modern science one can not possibly be certain of the contents that comprise the comet. We are certain there is ice. We are certain there are various ores. But we are not sure what mysteries lay inside a comet. There is only so much a spectrographic analysis from hundreds of thousands if not millions of miles away can provide. And so we can only sit back and speculate endlessly for surely no one has ever seen a comet up close.
Roughly 9,000 years ago...
Wrapped in his furs, spear in hand; Mahate Quintok followed the great tusked beast through the icy wastes. He had been lucky to spot this one several days ago, and even luckier to mortally wound it. But that was several days ago, and it had been moving steadily slower the more it bled its time to die had finally come and his people would dine well on its meat. Then he would at last earn leadership among his tribes warriors.
Drawing on that thought, he edged closer to the beast until he had maneuvered onto a ledge above it, unseen. Raising his Spear high above his head with two hands he prepared to leap down onto the beast and drive his spear home for the final blow.
Suddenly he heard a noise not unlike that of his own spear flying through the air, only much, much louder. He looked up in time to see a large bright object streaking down through the sky toward him. For a several moments he wondered what the object was, then he though of how beautiful it looked all ablaze and with various colors washing off of it.
Whether it was for protection or to possibly get a chance to touch its splendor he could not tell you, but, dropping his spear, he reached out his hands towards it. Never even having a chance to consider what was happening, as the cold washed over and enveloped him. And there he stood frozen in time for several millennia no longer quite human.
1000 years ago...
During his time in hibernation, the guiding hand of Mother Nature had assured him safe passage to the farthest reaches of the southern hemisphere. And using the warmth of the sun she thawed him from his icy cocoon. He fell to the ground, unaffected by its bitter cold, drew in a breath, and exhaled an icy chill.
As he stood, the ground seemed to stand with him, frozen chunks of tundra rolling off his body. Concentrating for a moment the pieces rose from the ground and surrounded his form with an icy mass. He looked around and the glare did not bother him for it was far less than the brightness of the last thing he had seen.
Within himself he sensed a desire to protect this land and its creatures, specifically the ones known as penguins. And with a great leap he propelled himself forward.
Mother Nature smiled down on the wasteland as she watched its new protector, the Mighty Quinn, leap away. She had chosen well.
Several months ago...
The foul creatures known as Rikti had caused far reaching disruptions in the Earths ecosystem, and as a result Mother Nature was injured. It would take some time for her wounds to heal, but, through her pain, she saw that her planet was in great need.
For a thousand years she had watched Mighty Quinn in his tireless efforts to protect the lands of the southern continent. And he had done well. But now it was time to have him serve an even greater purpose.
She would send him to the shores of northern continent of Laurentia. To a gathering place for a multitude of men, women, and other creatures that are akin to gods and goddesses. She would have him go to Paragon City where he could mete out justice in his own special way.
Since arriving in Paragon City, Quinn has become quite fond of pigeons.
Name: Comrade Smersh
Powers: Invulnerability/Fire
Origin: Technology
KGB Special Section 8 was founded as an answer to America's Vigilance organization, a secret unit devoted to combating super-powered threats to the Soviet Union.
Yegeny Ivanovich Korsakov was seconded to Special Section 8, based on his facility for languages and his record with Spetznaz in Afghanistan.
Encased in a prototype powered armor suit developed by the Bogatyr Project, Comrade Smersh (the code name he was assigned) fought all over the world, clashing with American superheroes, the Malta Group, the 5th Column, the Sky Raiders, and a variety of other threats, doing all he could to defend the People.
However, in 1991, on an illegal mission in Afghanistan, he met his match. A superpowered muhajadeen attacked him. Though the battle ended in a draw, the memory cores of the armored suit were wiped out.
Stranded, without support from the collapsing Soviet Union, Yegeny traveled, carrying his armor on his back, through the Khyber Pass, to Karachi, where a contact of his at a former Soviet embassy managed to get him a forged passport.
Coming to America, Yegeny trained himself, learning UNIX and Linux coding, and employing himself as a software engineer. He occupied himself, as a hobby, reprogramming his twenty-year-old Soviet military hardware with Linux, attempting to once again make it functional.
Frustrated by being unable to help during the Rikti War, he redoubled his efforts, and took to the skies of Paragon as Comrade Smersh, fighting to defend the People of his adopted home.
Comrade Smersh, KGB Special Section 8 50 Inv/Fire, Fire/Rad, BS/WP, SD/SS, AR/EM
Other 50s: Plant/Thorn, Bots/Traps, DB/SR, MA/Regen, Rad/Dark - All on Virtue.
-Don't just rebel, build a better world, comrade! Just bumping this up. :-)
Real Name: John King
Hero Name : King Creole
Job: Elvis Impersonator
Powers: Stone/Stone (or I like to think of him as a Rocker)
Origin:
John was touring with his best bud Dog. Now Dog, Hound Dog is his stage name, is a mutant and a fire tanker. They have known each other for years and for a long time have been touring together.
Dog fought crime when he could and if he had to miss a show John just filled in, its what buds are for. Now John has in the past had a serious problem with drugs but good ol' Dog has helped him stay on the straight and narrow for years now. John's other big addiction is PB&J sandwhiches. He eats at least two before every show.
One day Dog calls John and tells him he will need to cover for him because DE are causing problems and he is needed. John's tired been doing doubles shows all week but his bud is saving lives so he tells him he's got his back.
DE operatives know about Hound Dog's work but not about John so they set a plan in motion to poison Dog and thus take him out of the picture. They find the jars of peanut butter and pour in chemically treated rocks meant to react with Dog's mutant biology and kill him. What they had no way of knowing was the effect they would have on a normal human. John makes his sandwhiches and puts on another great show, ask him he'll tell you it was great.
After he is exausted and heads back to the dressing room where he colapses. Three days later John wakes in Atlas General.
Now not only did those rocks not kill John they actually gave him powers over rock. He can create rock all over making armor and weapons. The problem is that he no longer remembers who he is. He really thinks he's the King of Rock. Dog has helped him but he just can't get John to remeber who he is.
King Creole and Hound Dog now fight crime together.
Name: HELL JUMPER
Powers: Stone/Mace
Origin: Mutant
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I asked Cuppa to sticky this, we'll see what happens.
Name: Monument
Server: Triumph
Powers: Inv/SS
Origin
According to Official Information from Paragon City, Monument is an Intelligent Autonomous Sculpture. What little information we have comes from M.A.G.I. and basically states: Monument is a statue brought to life by magic and given intelligence by a Spirit of the City. The words Spirit of the City were used in a few ways in the report. Sometimes it seemed to reflect individual spirits and other times as if Paragon City had an individual spirit.
The Statue that was turned into Monument was created by Josh Alvarez years before the Ritki Invasion. The Statue was part of a set designed to honor the heroes of Paragon City. None of the statues were direct representations of heroes, but more of a idealized version of all heroes. After Alvarez finished the set it was stored in a Warehouse awaiting preparation of the park. During this time, the statues were stolen along with other art that had been stored in the warehouse. After this incident little is known. One guess is the Circle of Thorns acquired Monument and brought him to life to protect one of there secret locations. Either the ritual went an unusual direction or the Circle of Thorns has sent Monument to be a mole. Another report offers the Banished Pantheon as potential creators of Monument.
The First appearance of Monument was during the Ritki Invasion. He was seen protecting citizens and even buildings from the Ritki. During this time, Monument performed feats of immense power. This power diminished during the course of the invasion. Shortly after the Invasion M.A.G.I. took Monument into their fold to train and prepare him.
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Name: Iron Vixen
Powers: Invulnerability/Super Strength
Origin: Science
Iron Vixen was actually intended to be the first of a series of genetically engineering super-soldiers for a now defunct organization called H.A.T.E.. She was grown in a tank, and she is genetically engineered to be incredibly strong and almost unkillable. The intention was to grow her to pysical maturity and then use brain tapes to instill the proper personality for a cold hearted, ruthless, and totally obedient, living weapon. After they used the engineered fetus, she was placed in the tank of nutrients to mature to full growth quickly. They started the project and 3 months were estimated for her full growth time.
Three months went by, and the scientists knew that she would be mature soon. She appeared fully grown to roughly 20 human years in appearance, but was not quite ready. The beautiful naked woman in the tank looked so peaceful. Only after she emerged would she be the weapon of destrution they had planned. the skin tone was noted as an odd side effect of the genetic material they had grown, but was not considered a serious issue.
A group of heroes had tracked down the H.A.T.E. labs, and proceeded to attack. The base flew into panic, as the scientists in charge of operation: Iron Vixen, worked on getting her ready to emerge to help defend the base. They were too slow, and the heroes burst into the lab and disabled the scientists just as Iron Vixen emerged from her tank. The assembled heroes stared at the 7'6" naked beauty in front of them, unsure of what to do. She looked around in bewilderment and then slowly and clumsily hobbled over to the heroine known as Miss Liberty and uttered her first word:
"Mama?"
The heroes deciphered the lab work, and found out they had arrived in the nick of time. Had the brain tapes been used, Iron Vixen would have been a monster instead of the innocent child-like person they now had. As fast as able they educated her to at least be able to communicate and try to fit in (inasmuch as a 7'6" blue woman can!). It did not take long for them to find out about her amazing strebgth. One of her first "toddler" moments was destroying the couch in Miss Liberty's house. Eventually they were able to get her to fit in somewhat, but her innocent and naive demeanor endear her too many, and also mitigate the fear that such a powerful and imposing woman would otherwise cause.
It has now been three years since they first rescued her. And she is still helping Paragon City as best she can, while still being very much a child in a woman's body. The modern world confuses her to this day. She continues to adapt and learn, but still has the naive outlook that many love.