Discussion: A look at the Carnival of Light

Magic is rare on Praetorian Earth, and the enigmatic Carnival of Light are among the few who wield it. A group of psychics, mystics, and magic-users, the Carnival of Light is one of the prominent groups you'll encounter in First Ward, the new Praetorian zone coming with Issue 21 and City of Heroes Freedom™. Read a little about them here in this intercepted report from Colonel Vargas of the Direct Urban Strike Team, an opposing group in First Ward that answers to Mother Mayhem.

None of the pictures are loading for me in that article.

But a good read none-the-less. One of the groups I was definitely looking forward to learning more about.

Correct, just came here to report the pics aren't there.

EDIT: thanks for fixing it!

If the midnight squad fell... How did it fall, what made it fall and where are the proper member?

The third carnival image isn't loading for me.

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Originally Posted by reiella Until I see something that states to the contrary, going to assume VK is right .

As the actual 8-arc zone storyline for First Ward is very biased towards Heroes/Resistance, I'm assuming the repeatable loyalist missions there will involve trying to carry out these plans to disrupt the Carnival.

And wait untill you see who ended up ruling the Miidnight Mansion

*hoorb*

It would be very jubilant if the one whos air sounds say Dillo is the leader.

Yeah first time I ran the first ward arc I was like whoa, yeah it is a really good arc, I say one of the best in the game.

I've avoided playing the arcs in beta so I don't spoil myself before it goes live, I'm funny like that, but I must say the carnival as a whole looks pretty fantastic. You guys managed to take the Midnight Squad, Carnival and Legacy Chain, throw them in a mixing pot and come out with a group that has bits of all three, doesn't look ridiculous, and still manages to look like their own unique group. I also have to give props because I never thought I'd see a costume that made the jester pattern (on anything but ESPECIALLY on pants) look good.

My only concern is that those masks are SO awesome, and I just know we're never going to get them, and that makes me sad. I'd really like a porcelain mask for several of my toons (not just female either, I have a creepy serial killer type dude that would wear one if he was allowed) and those Carnival masks are just PERFECT. Even if we didn't get the frilly glowy bits, or the one with the big flowery protrusion, I'd be thrilled with simply the plain mask. Perhaps you guys would be willing to give us something akin to the IDF set in the near future? Maybe not a complete set of their stuff, as some of it needs to stay signature, but I'd gladly welcome some of those frilly corset tops, masks, and even the legacy chain-esque helmets, and if alternate staff/wand animations ever come about for blast/control sets I'd love to see that carnival wand available.

* looks at group's name, looks at masks and costumes*

So what do you call this group for our French players? Cirque Du Soleil?

Also, the name "Barnaby of All Colors" is very cool!

Carnies
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Banished Pantheon
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Legacy Chain
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Midnight Chain
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Looks Awesome.


What happened to The Circle of Thorns and Mu though I wonder?

Having designed several characters from the Original "Carnival of Light" (in the high-level Portal Corp missions where you rescue 'good' carnies), I must say, I am glad the Carnie refugees have gained members from other oppressed groups and become such a thorn in Cole's side!

Having seen so much of the Carnies since I started the the First Ward arcs, I'm going to say now: very impressive look, particularly the darker look of the Carnival of War.

And yes... we need those masks... Sooo pretty. I've got a toon that would just complete her look -perfectly- if she had a Carnival mask. It doesn't have to be the super-duper beautiful flared mask, either. Just the basic porcelain one with the gem in the forehead.

The flared mask, I'd be happy keeping on critters, since it says "This is a Ring Mistress you don't wanna mess with, and she is much cooler that you will ever be."

Also, can we get that sarong thing the females are wearing? Because that would just be great on so many female characters.

((EDIT: snipped the quoted pic, since it was buggering up the page formatting due to absurdly enormous size))

Clear back in the early part of 2005, I created a Carnival of Light SG on Triumph, based on the idea of refugees from Praetorian Earth's group of that name, from the canon CoH story line. We kind of riffed on and expanded on the few tidbits from the mission(s) text. I think it's fair to say it was a fairly prominent RP SG on Triumph for a few years. It still exists, although it's not busy these days, and there are several spin-offs to other servers (the Pinnacle group is quite active).

While the much-expanded canon Carnival of Light story is different from the one we dreamed up in several ways, it's still close enough that we haven't had to make big shifts in our characters' backstories to get them back in line with canon. If anything, it just gave us a whole lot more to riff on. Which is really cool...as is the fact that the dvs haven't made us change the name.

But the main reason IO'm posting this is the above costumes. I'll snag a screenie when the servers are back up, but about three or so years ago, I made a very similar costume for the Triumph Carnival of Light's founding character (Festival) that looks almost identical to those. The exact same theme, anyway (jester pattern, white and shiny gold, etc...). While I very much doubt the devs peeked at that costume (LOL...), I have to say I'm feeling a bit like a prophet right now.

Anyone want to buy some lottery numbers or sports scores...?

I think my confusion is more clear when paired with the specific part of her post you originally quoted a reply to. XD I guess you were using that as an abbreviation to the whole post, but I thought you were doing a targeted reply. Hence my "Murr?"