Violet Doku was born and raised in a small african village. Her community struggled hard to keep seperate from the modern, outside World. They lived a peaceful life and practiced ancient and magical rituals.
There were many rituals which were used to benefit the village, and nearly everyone born within the local area had some magical ability.
It was of no surprise that Violet would be a powerful magic user, as her father was the local Witch Doctor and her mother was the village Wise Woman. Before she was even into her twenties, Violet had already learnt everything her parents had to teach. Her father knew a powerful Shaman in a local town and Violet was sent to learn what she could from him.
During her stay with her tutor, Violet discovered that there had been a catastrophy in her home village. Mercenaries had killed everyone, including her parents.
Violet researched relentlessly to discover the reason for the monstrous act but kept coming up against a wall of silence.
During a herb gathering mission, Violet met the botanist, Rose Reynolds and soon they became firm friends.
One night when a local school was victim of an arsonist, Violet witnessed her friend changing into the superhero "English Rose".
Violet informed Rose of her discovery and shared her magical secret with her. English Rose used her contacts to assist Violet in her research and they discovered that Crey Industries had supplied the weapons to the mercenaries who had killed her parents.
English Rose invited Violet to return to America with her, so that together, they could trace the killers of Violet's village.
Calling herself "African Violet" and basing her costume on her friends attire, Violet Doku, fights crime and searches for clues as to why she is now an orphan.
Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy!!!
Cool story. Been thinking of doing the same thing as you but glad to see someone from Victory post such cool stuff
Lily Liu benefited from everything the child of millionaire parents could, that is everyhting except love.
A lonely childhood, sheltered from most other people in fear that she may be kidnapped, Lily grew to focus inwards. Her parents were more concerned that Lily was a "model" child and looked the part of a rich couple's offspring.
Lily soon discovered that by concentrating long and hard enough she could somehow "persude" her bodyguards to let her out alone and unescorted. At first she believed that she was just a good liar but after one fateful day 4 years ago, she learnt the true scope of her powers.
Whilst attending a movie premiere with her parents there was an armed attack on the cinema. Being held hostage and soon realising that her parents were the target of the terrorists, Lily began to panic.
For reasons unknown to the criminals, they suddenly began to turn against eachother, several of the dozen or so villians even fell asleep in the midst of the ensuing battle.
All of the hostages were able to escape unharmed, the experience, strange but not life changing. That is for all but Lily.
Lily's parents had long been aware that their daughter was somehow "not normal" and they soon realised that what saved them was her mind controlling powers.
Despite the fact that she had saved hundreds of lives, including those of her parents, her family decided that they would not be able to live with the shame, should Lily's secret be made known.
The teenager was dispatched to a school in America's Paragon City, her parents hoping that the over abundence of "weird" activities there would easily allow their daughter's odd behaviours to go largely unnoticed.
Finding herself alone and in a foreign country, she soon fell victim to a criminal gang who admired Lily's expensive clothes and jewellary.
Two heroes who live in Paragon City were near enough to hear the commotion and rushed to aid the poor girl. They soon discovered that it was the muggers who needed the assistance, as the "poor girl" had managed to see off four gang members and their boss, singlehanded.
Lily Liu introduced herself to the two heroes and was soon enjoying their friendship. Those heroes were English Rose and African Violet.
Japanese Lily was an obvious alias for Lily Liu when invited into the ranks of one of the World's finest hero teams.
Lily has become quite famous during her many battles against the bad guys in Paragon City, although no one knows her secret identity, there is a certain wealthy japanese couple, who still cringe when they see her on TV.
Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy!!!
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Cool story. Been thinking of doing the same thing as you but glad to see someone from Victory post such cool stuff
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Cheers 
I'm planning on adding the others when I get the chance. After spending so long trying to think of names, with so many taken now, the story kind of fell into place after I found the name.
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Being a rebelious child can get you into trouble, that's what Jasmine Patel discovered anyway. Jasmine was quite spoilt in comparison to many of the other children born in Mumbai, this further added to her selfishness.
When asked to do anything by her family, Jasmine would always do the opposite, she was not a bad person, it was just that she always felt so bored with everything.
After a childhood of following the wrong trends and making the wrong friends, Jasmine really fell into the wrong crowd.
Interested in the occult from an early age, when some of her new friends suggested that she join in on one of their rituals to speak to the spirits, she agreed without hesitation.
Unknown to her, she was meant to do more then speak to the spirit she was due to meet, her new "friends" were in fact members of the Circle of Thorns and she was intended to be the sacrificial victim at their next cosy dinner party.
Jasmine had been picked because her life essence was stronger then most and the Circle felt that with her soul, they'd be able to call one of the big guns from the demon world.
After a brief charade, Jasmine soon realised what was intended for her but it was far to late to escape. When Bhal Al Er Mhine appeared, he was very happy with his minions choice of victim. His happiness didn't last long.
Whilst trying to consume Jasmine's essence, he misjudged just how powerful her will to live was, he had also never expected her life force to be as strong as it was. Bhal was unable to cope with the sheer power of her soul and he exploded in a ball of magically charged black energy.
The failed ritual and resulting explosion left Jasmine with all of Bhal Al Er Mhine's powers but magnified tenfold by her life energy.
Jasmine discovered that she could call upon these dark energies to give her strength and endurance, she made quick work of defeating the few of her new "friends", who hadn't run away already.
After a lengthy and apologetic explanation to her family, Jasmine told them that she wanted to go to America and to train with the fantastic superheroes that practised there. Her parents agreed with her and were proud to see that their daughter had decided to follow the right path for once.
Jasmine decided to name herself based on her favourite heroine "English Rose" and following her as an example, she named herself "Indian Jasmine".
African Violet was impressed with what she saw when she was in a team with Indian Jasmine, against some Hellion scum. Without Jasmine's help, there would have been no way that herself and Japanese Lily could of defused the three bombs simultaneously.
Indian Jasmine has proved her worth on many occasions since being invited into the greatest international flower themed super team in the World.
Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy!!!
During a secret mission on the Moon, Statesman and Sister Psyche discovered an infant child. Able to breath without the device that Sister Psyche needed to survive, the duo realised that the child was much more then a normal entity.
After returning to Earth, Statesman used every resource available to him, but he could not discover the little girl's origins.
Statesman assisted a childless couple, who were trusted friends of his, in adopting the young child. Matthew and Maude Munroe named their daughter Moon, in honour of her mysterious finding place.
The Munroes brought Moon up as a sensible and well behaved child, they soon taught her that the bullying she got at school because of her blue skin colour was due to humans fearing people who were different to themselves.
Moon was soon accepted by her peers at school, and after time, they didn't see her as not belonging and her differences just added to thier own experiences of the Universe.
When after the Kheldians were discovered on Earth, Moon Munroe was approached by senior Peacebringer officials. They informed her that she was in fact half Kheldian, they did not recognise the origin of her other half though. Moon's heritage has remained a mystery upto the present day.
Her fellow Peacbringers invited Moon to join them and fight alongside them, Moon declined. She felt more human and wanted to fight within a team of heroes who had a more terrestrial origin.
Statesman negotiated with English Rose and her team, who were very willing in assisting Moon Munroe in discovering her potential. English Rose herself, christened Moon with her alter ego's name, "Moon Flower".
Moon Flower is a very loving and peaceful person and is well loved by everyone who meets her. Her new friends are also hoping to find out why Moon was left alone where she was found. They are also secretly trying to find out what her true baclground is, so as to give her the chance of discovering her people.
Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy!!!
I'd like to congradulate you on having your art in the newest comic and having a slight comeo in the story
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I'd like to congradulate you on having your art in the newest comic and having a slight comeo in the story
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Thank you
It was Brandon McKinney who drew the art I have on the Fan Art page too. He does commissions and I got him to do that mock up of a front cover for me.
He has done a few others too, some of the other people who he has done art for have posted it on the forums too.
Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy!!!
Hey great stuff so far. Just read the latest COH comic and there was English Rose and her friends. Great stuff.
Here is my custom figure that my mate has made for me. I collect the Marvel and DC figures and have over a 100 now. All the ones I own so far are the official characters that have been in the comics.
Because Brandon McKinney did a wonderful artwork/custom for me AND English Rose was in the last panel of the comic he drew for CoH, she felt even more "real" to me.
Now I can add English Rose to my Avengers, Xmen or Marvel Knights line up When my DC collection gets bigger I might add her to the JLA.
I know it might seem silly to other people but other super hero fans or CoH players should understand better then the less enlightened
He has already agreed to make more for me in the future, so I can also add African Violet and Japanese Lily to the Marvel U. In future if I get one or two a year, I could even have ALL of ER and her friends grouped together.
Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy!!!
Here's an update on English Rose's mates.
http://i781.photobucket.com/albums/y...t/africanv.jpg
A new figurine that someone has made for me. She's only about 2 inches tall and looks better in real life then in a photo. I added the address because I couldn't see how to post a link on here. Her name is African Violet and is one of the 3 characters that was on my Brandon McKinney artwork from a couple of years back.
Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy!!!
I wanted to write a little about English Rose and where she came from, who she is and also tell a little of her story. I haven't updated her bio for a while but will do so after I post it here for posterity.
Rose Reynolds was born in London and spent a lot of time with her grandmother whilst growing up. One time, when staying with her grandmother as a teenager, she was shocked to see her attacked by members of the fifth column.
Rose was knocked unconcious during the attack and when she regained conciousness, she found that her grandmother was missing. During her recuperation in hospital, doctors discovered that she had latent energy based powers. Through the use of modern, Crey industries, medical technology, they were able to ascertain her true potential.
Rose Reynolds was shocked to discover this news but the doctors informed her that without these latent abilities, she would almost certainly have died during the attack.
Over the next few weeks, Rose trained her skills and used her savings to have a costume created for her. Taking the main colours of her and her grandmother's favourite flower, the rose, she designed her classic outfit. English Rose was born.
Following a few escapades against villians in the UK's capital city, Rose received a phone call from the famous hero, Statesman. He informed her that her grandmother had probably been smuggled into Paragon City and he invited Rose to the US to investigate.
After several, lengthy and experience building battles, English Rose managed to track down her grandmother and rescue her from the clutches of the Fifth Column. After her rescue, her grandmother explained why she had been taken prisoner. She had, during WWII, been the forces heroic sweetheart. She had also been known as, English Rose and had similar powers to Rose.
During Rose's career as a superhero, she has discovered that there has been many other English Roses and that all of them had, in fact been her ancestors. It transpired that the mutant genes responsible for her powers had been passed down through the female DNA of her family.
Two other English Roses have appeared recently, one has somehow been transported from the year 1413 and another from 2527. The "future" version is a direct descendant of our current favourite Brit. The medieval Rose is the first known, recorded English Rose and is trying to discover why she has arrived in the year 2005.
When travelling through a paralell dimension, Rose met her alternate version. On this plane of existance Rose Reynolds was not born a mutant nor were her forebears. During the Rikti War on her homeworld, Rose Reynolds family all perished. She volunteered to merge with a Nictus, so as to avenge her familys deaths.
After discovering that in our reality, that the Reynolds family still lives, she was anxious to return with English Rose to make her home here with us.
Under the alias "Kheldian Rose", she has joined forces with English Rose and her team mates. Any one of them makes a mighty opponent for any wrongdoer.
Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy!!!