What do you Incarnate?

Although Statesman is an Incarnate of Zeus and Lord Recluse is an Incarnate of Tartarus, the current Incarnate system doesn't require or enable you to pick any kind of 'theme' for your Incarnate powers.

But what if it did?

If you had to pick a theme, what theme would you say your Incarnate embodies? Stuff like "Kicking Butt" and "Power" need not apply, but "Excellence in Battle" and "Energy" are just fine.

Please elaborate on how your choice is reflected in their powers, history, and personality.

Bonus points for being the Incarnate of an ancient deity.

My brand new first ever Incarnate is Hero1ne, who as the name suggests, is descended from Hero 1 and Hero One. I like to think of her as the Incarnate of Legacy, destined to inherit Hero 1's powers and responsibilities and pass them on to her own descendant (as it was with Hero 1 and his antecedents, possibly back to King Arthur).

Some day she is going to have to have a talk with Ms Liberty about that sword she's carrying...

Anyway, this is about YOU. What do you Incarnate (now that you've thought about it) and how, and why?

Blood Rose (scrapper Dark/Regen created '04) and her daughter Fallen Petal (controller plant/kin) are basically devouring earth creatures. either from an earlier version of the original sentient microbe, or simply successful at keeping their own minds.

BR was exposed from a suicide attempt about 10-15 years before the rikti war and she isn't really sure if she is the original person or the microbe colony's attempt to recreate the original person

Fallen was born that way since she was born well after her mother was exposed, so she's always been what she is...

so, they're basically "Undevoured"

Endcaller Mara is an apprentice to St. George (amusing since she looks like a demon)

Wyrmling is a Godzilla girl

Medusae will be an incarnate of...Medusa

I don't currently have any Incarnates as far as the endgame is concerned. However, of the toon's I have only a few really make sense to go the incarnate route.

Renewal of Ra would make sense, he's the embodiment of the essence of Ra, brought back by the well as one of it's temporal champions.
The ChronoKnights.
I can see him going the Incarnate route, eventually.

Hmm, currently he's the only one I'm playing that would even make sense having that kind of power.

Mythus Prime (SS/Invul tank) is the avatar of Horus, so he'd be an Incarnate of Horus.

Given all the red lightning and her affinity for Mu mystics... I suspect Kestrel might have come out of her little run-in with Hequat with more than just a mask and an Adept boy-toy.

Beans (rad defender) is the avatar of the god of... beans. Or stink-bugs. Or both.

The rest of mine have nothing to do with Primal Earth's pantheon. They're Shard natives and are just channeling their creator's power a little more strongly.

My main, Techbot ALPHA, simply has more and more advanced tech ever since Praetoria showed up again in a big way.
It helped that a little SCIENCE! went wrong while he was working on his now ex-orbital Railcannon Platform, Reason. The subsequent merger of robot and cannon left him with a massive potential energy output and way more potential for upgrade

Chief Centurion Z1, the extraterrestrial robot warrior, is simply that badass. The Incarnate stuff will simply be filling in for power levels he should have had for some time now.

A number of my characters are simply making use of Praetorian tech and hybridisation, like power-armoured fighter X21 Ice Wolf.

Umbral Nightwalker, the Nictus scientist, is simply slowly making advances with his attempts to improve on the Nictus' evolution, edging closer to his true goal of removing their reliance on hosts altogether.

Those are the only ones so far that are at that level

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

My Fire/Rad corruptor and Rad/Rad defender (Praetorian, Primal, respectively) both are the embodiment of Hephaestus, smithy of the gods, boosting their technological and fabrication prowess. This is reflected in the miniaturization of their suit systems and increase of raw power.

Elec/SS tank and Elec/Shield scrapper - avatars of the Elder Cyclopes, makers of Zeus' lightning bolt. Fairly obvious.

SS/EA brute - avatar of Ananke, Titan goddess of inevitability and compulsion. She is a rogue Longbow agent that knows the future and is trying to enjoy her last days via theft and wealth accumulation.

None of my characters are incarnates of specific deities. They've simply reached levels of power they didn't have before.

As an example, my Sand/Fire tank can now project his fire outwards (Pyronic Judgement), spread the protection of his sands to his teammates (Barrier), and leave lasting burns that cripple enemies (Paralytic Interface).

My Bots/Traps fires a giant chain lightning attack out every once in a while when his supply is charged enough, has a cloud of repairing nanites the can spread every so often, upgraded his lasers to shred armor, and summons a new pair of bots every so often.

The Major's an incarnate of Hades/Pluto. He has a void judgement and purple-tinted rebirth, to represent the flames of the Underworld. Of course, he doesn't get all caught up in (what he considers) the mythological claptrap of incarnate powers: he just sees them as more tools to get the job done.

I haven't gotten him to level 50 yet, but Brass Reactor will either be an Incarnate of "Science!" (possibly "Science! gone slightly awry") or the power of the atom. Now if only there were Giant Radioactive Mutant Insects in the Lore pets....

My oldest blueside character, Burnum, is the embodiment of the Rainbow Serpent of Australian Aboriginal mythology, and named after a warrior-hero from the Dreamtime. Thus far, his only significant power is Pyronic Judgement which is symbolic of the 'heart of the earth', and is for him a reclamation of his former power as a shaper of the Australian continent and one of the Wandjina (the sky-people).


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Hellshade, my storm/demons MM, has slowly grown his/her ability to summon elements from his/her home hell dimension. This now includes brimstone added to all attacks (Reactive) and personal brimstone torrent (Pyronic), Storm Elementals, and Ozone for a clear mind and renewed energy (Clarion and Cardiac).

Aaron Shade, my night widow and silent warrior, is the incarnate of Idomeneus (a Cretan warrior). With the aftersight of the long dead, he has enabled Aaron to use his strong warrior willpower to twist the power of the netherworld to his will. He can use it to heal (Rebirth and Cardiac) and destroy (Void and Reactive).

Sneezing Panda, mt DP/TA Corr, is a normal human who has been pushed over the edge by that one internetdrama too many. He is the incarnate of nerdrage worldwide, and this is evident in his attacks (musculature, reactive) the clarity of mind rage gives you (clarion). As he only pinged 50 earlier today, I haven't quite figured out how to Judgement and Lore him appropriately.

Great Stuff, folks! Keep it coming!

Aw, poor people aren't good enough writers to work inside the CoHVerse. Booooooo.

*arbitrary jab*


Edit: I hate magic.

Fire is a living thing and the 13th Magnus has become it's champion on the material plane.

My Stalker is part of a sentient lizard-like race of small numbers; they lived in communion with an unspecified Earth entity before being displaced by profit-hungry humans aided by Longbow. After being removed from his land, Slenszic found his link to the Entity had become stronger, allowing him to use its energy to protect himself from attacks and even blend in and hide amongst materials extracted from the ground.

By accessing his Incarnate abilities, Slenszic has found he is now able to channel the consciousness of the Entity which provides his defenses, being able to hear its will and, on rare occasions, even converse with it in vague terms.

It is still unclear what the ultimate purpose of this Entity is or what it intends to do to achieve its goals.

I suppose being a Trick Arrow/Archery character, my main, and only toon I've bothered to Incarnate, is and incarnate of Apollo. However, I seem him more along the lines of historical archers, like the samurai or Robin Hood, or even William Tell. Archery is one of the most basic uses of "technology" to do violence. It's a step up from smacking someone with a club or even a sword, as you've got range, there's more risk of missing, but there's more tactics involved. (Theoretically, anyway) But it's not as "evolved" as a gun. More primal a weapon. More honourable.

That's the way the character sees it anyway, and why he shooted sharpened sticks at people instead of just busting a cap in they bootay.