Basic backstories

[Kinetix]

Post your backstories but severely cut so its not 20 minutes to read

Kinetix:

Dad was a mob boss
Adrian Rossi was a military technology developer
Dad got family killed by accident
Adrian arrested his dad, stole the suit he was building, went to PCity

Toxxinn:
Crey experiments to create heroes, inhibitor fluid forgotten

[AfterglowNoMore]

Afterglow: Alexander Cole was a Crey engineer that stumbled upon a deal to sell arms to terrorists who transformed some of the items that he had been working on into weapons. Tunred to magic after watching his team get decimated by attacking Rikti.

Humor: Chester Jenkins was a Gadget maker for Primary Industries that got bored with his hum drum life and turned to a double life of justice.

Happenstance: Captain "Cap" Bourbon was a comic writer that gained a super charged combat luck after running into one of his creations from another dimension who gave him the Destiny Ring. Childhood friend of Humor.

Parrot Man: Bought his powers from EBay.

I'll get to Epilogue and Modern Man after I've posted their backstories in the Origin forums.

[Stalking Shadow]

Stalking Shadow
-He was born
-Stuff happened
-He became a hero.

[AfterglowNoMore]

Stalking Shadow
-He was born
-Stuff happened
-He became a hero.
LOL, Doesn't get more basic than that.

[Esbat]

Esbat:
Adopted.
Lived a secluded life with her widowed father.
Lab break in, accident gave her powers.
Now bitchy and vengeful.

Dog Fight:
Born to not so human parents.
Sought fame, glory, and jigglies.
Charmed a costume out of tailor assistant.
Currently seeking a lady all his own.
[Read "Horndog 4 Life" for the long of it.]

[Yin]

Yin:
-Born by four goddesses of Merewether
-Came to Paragon in 1920s
-Sent here for training as he will soon inherit godship of Merewether

[Esbat]

Yin:
-Born by four goddesses of Merewether
-Came to Paragon in 1920s
-Sent here for training as he will soon inherit godship of Merewether

4 Moms... man, Yin must've had a hell of a Oedipal complex at 5... :P

[Lawmaker]

Lawmaker: Normal guy, protected great, great grand daughter of a magician. Given magical bracelet to help him watch-over her, and followed her to Paragon City, where he lost track of her during Rikti invasion. Seeks her out now, while reluctantly playing the part of a "superhero"

Ardent: Great, great granddaughter of magician, travelled to Paragon City to attend University, but was caught in Rikti Invasion, now avoiding an apparent "stalker" while playing hero in the recovering city. (See above :p )

Traumatica: Normal girl, saved from Rikti invaders by a hero, who dies defending her, and gives her his powered suit telling her to protect herself and those she cares about.

Trailblazer: Daughter of a Crey lab worker and a Portal Corp researcher, she was born with incredible fire based powers, living in California, she has returned to Paragon City to look for her missing father who dissappeared during the Rikti invasion.

Victoria: Daughter of a weapons and robotics designer, she was kidnapped by Trolls as a ransom. She was rescued, but injected with a lethal dose of Superadine. In a desperate attempt to save her, Dr. Science and the hero Toxic Ox used radiation and an untested antidote. Her life was spared, but she is now big green and strong.

For more information: see Crey files (http://www.creyindustries.com/affiliates.php?id=2242)

[Libertyman]

-3 Gen Hero
-Both father and grand father killed in line of battle in their wars (Grand WW2, Father Veitnam)
-Father died before he was born and was raised by single mother
-Took the mantel at 25
-Trained heavally in CQC, Karate, Tae Quan Do, Judo, Jeet Kun do, and capreora (SP)
-Very Rich due to inherantance from Deceased father, and bought many little gadgets.

[WingedAvenger]

Cactus Man:
Was a research scientist's assistant.
Got trapped inside the modification chamber.
Infused with saguaro DNA.
Ran away to Paragon City.

Dragonfly:
Adopted.
As a young adult, found out his real father, the owner of a cybernetics company, had died and left everything to him.
Moved to the city, and soon after suffered an accident.
Made use of company's secretive experiments to save his own life.
Became a superhero due to advanced body structure.

[Kurai Inago]

EDIT: I deleted this because it was VERY old... and not very good....

[Krypto]

Esbat:
Adopted.
Lived a secluded life with her widowed father.
Lab break in, accident gave her powers.
Now bitchy and vengeful.


You know, she didn't seem all THAT bitchy when she was gettin' it from behind... :bhump:

[Poison]

Poison:

Regular college student, takes part in Crey field test.
His body fluids turn to poison, kills his family by accident.
Crey covers story, but can't use him, sells him to Malta.
Malta brainwashes him and uses him as assassin.
Brainwash chip malfunctions, P snaps out of it and swears revenge.
Becomes a hero to purge for his actions and kills under Malta.

[suburbanhell]

I've only really developed 4 of the 8:

Major 0bvious:
Former member of the Skulls
Grandfather's dying wish to join the army
Military experiments gone wrong...

Miss Judgement:
DA's Office Attorney
Mutant powers dormant until one day...

Dr. Flamestrike:
Genius in pyrologly / inventor on the side
Lab demonstration accident...

Nurse Red Cross:
Attacked in the office
Multitude of experimental syrignes, etc thrown ontop of her, something something has healing powers now (this one's not really so developed yet)

[Sword]

Berzerkir
-Norwegian student.
-Possessed by axe in viking museum.
-Rargh

Head Rush
-Amateur stunt man and part time delivery boy.
-Interrupts experiment for his employer.
-Gets infused with powers of speed.

Rusty Giant
-Developed during WW2.
-Forgotten after the war.
-Re-activated by accident.

[Stan Walker]

Stan Walker-

Police Detective in Saint Louis
Was transferred to the New Orleans PD due to methods he used solving cases, although exlemlary arrest record allegations of him being on the take-thes allegations never panned out.
While in New Orleans was embraced by kindred vampires giving him powers, a long epic battle happens a Tremere opens a portal and sends Walker to the land of Norrath, Walker is drained of all powers and has to learn to survive once again wanting nothing more than to go home. He realizes he has the skill of song magery whilst in Norrath and builds there. The sun in this dimension has no effect on him. After a long period of time he finally falls in love and marries his wife Etianna, on a scouting mission they come across a blue glowing orb, which transports them to paragon city. Once there Etianna is kidnapped by the Tsoo. The sun here weakens walker immensly near death and he is donated blood by a hero known as King giving Walkers vampiric powers a kick start mimicking those of the hero and thus being able to now walk during the day with little ill effect. Walker now roams Paragon and will not rest till he finds his wife.

(sorry if a bit longer than should be but been playing this guy for near 10 years RL))

[ThunderMace]

SuperAmerican:
Superhero parents killed by 5th column
Has superpowers of his own.
punches stuff.

Thundermace:
did favor for Norse gods.
has a piece of Mjolnir in his mace.
biker dude.

[The Icy One]

Psy-Beetle
Created in a laboratory, had a accident scaring his hands.
Put on the streets at age thirteen then picked up at sixteen.
Given gloves for his hands and a actual name, Casey Fallon.
Left his new home at eighteen, taking with him only a blanket and some money.
Appeared again at age twenty as the "Psy-Beetle".

Pulse Fire
A inventor, previously being scouted for tech recruitment by Crey.
Shocked by test versions of Clockwork, melding his lastest invention to his hands.
Later came up missing, strange markings and comments scribbled on his wall, believed to have gone mad from the shock to the head.
Showed up as Pulse Fire, roaming the streets of Paragon.

Illustrious
A famous hunter.
Took up residence in Paragon City, looking for a better hunt.
Upon trying to hunt down Rikti he was quickly overwhelmed, and nearly killed only to be saved by a merge with a Kheldian.
Awakened later in Galaxy City hospital with strange new powers and a new little voice in the back of his mind.

[Masked Revenger]

Masked Revenger - Martial Arts expert who saw many heroes going after "flashier" villains, ignoring the basic street gangs, so became a street-level hero to do just that.

Captain Noble - Last survivor of another planet destroyed by an alien menace, sent to Earth to prepare it for coming invasion by same aliens that destroyed his home

Xaiolin Cowboy - Texan truck driver who was taught the secrets of a lost martial arts and told to use it to protect the week.

Sidekick-Boy - His dad worked in the power plant, he was visiting one day, plant was attacked (again), explosion killed his dad, and left him with healing/radiation powers, became Sidekick-Boy under Hero Man's tutelage.

Grotsnik - Orc from another dimension sent here by a magical accident along with several other members of The Horde.

Jr. Statesman - 15 year old fanboy who discovers he's a mutant, and designs a costume and name based off his favorite hero.

the Beat Poet - Young, up and coming poet who discovers that he has the power to controll people's minds with the power of his voice. At first, distressed over this, but decided that he could still change the world as a hero.

Bonestrike - A young lawyer who was kidnapped by the Hellions and sold to the Circle of Thorns who killed her in a ceremony. Granted 5 years by Death to hunt down and get revenge on those that killed her.

Chris

[D'Arkaine]

Vindicator (en/en blaster) -
orphan finds true love and family life with wife's family.
Wife and family wiped out during initial rikti attack on atlanta georgia
loses leg and captured by rikti
months later wakes up in hospital with leg (won't tan) and developing powers
seeks counseling for losses
works at revenge against Rikti and Lost then later doing good to do good.
Now is working to rehabilitate some Lost members as part of Gauntlet, Inc.s community outreach program.

D'Arkaine (kin/rad def) -
Very very bad stage magician wanting to be rich and famous
Breaks into the home of the recently deceased Amazing Jonathon
Finds a glowing book and reads it.
Discovers burgeoning powers but is unable to use them onstage - only to help people.
Stuck doing childrens birthday parties to eek out a living...poorly.

Angrytownsman (ma/sr scr) -
Fomer Policeman let go due to brutality complaints
Got tired of seeing his former colleagues getting overrun by the new villain groups. Decided he would do something about it.
Works as a Security Guard for the Talos office of Gauntlet, Inc.

Sparkz (emp/elec def) -
Corporate spokesmodel of Enercell Ltd., the company providing the suit she uses. Enercell is actually a part of Crey Industries...unknown to the public.

Patriot Boy (stone/stone tank) -
His father, Rockhound, was a hero who fought in the Rikti invasion. So he decided to follow in his father's footsteps when his powers started manifesting. His costume was inspired by his second favorite hero, Statesman.

Polar Wave (ice/stone con) -
Worked as a janitor in a Crey Research lab. There was an accident. Is working closely with Crey scientists to learn how to control his powers and maybe one day find a cure. (is actually being groomed for the paragon protector program without his knowledge).

My others...I am not sure about yet.

[MikeKAY]

Makis

- Private Eye/Bounty Hunter from Philadelphia, worked for a bail bond agency and did freelance work.

- Has had weak pre-cognitive glimpses for as long as he could remember.

- His first intensely vivid vision came the day that the Rikti invaded, it detailed several hours and ended with his death.

- The events played out until a Rikti grunt was standing over him about to execute him. In an act of basically unconscious desperation he picked up a sword from a dead Rikti and threw it into the grunt, killing it.

- He views this event as "cheating Fate" which he feels left him to die; he has been doing this ever since.

- In the months that followed he worked his way up through the major cities on the east coast, mainly fighting the Rikti and looters and common criminals that took advantage of the chaos.

- Over this period of time he had what could either be called a glimpse of enlightenment or a total psychological breakdown. Either way he has a total disregard for his own safety and regularly goes into a type of "trance" where his physical actions are completely integrated into his visions, essentially "letting go" of all doubt and self-restraint. This eventually developed into his Gun Kata and "Super" Reflexes.

- Eventually he made it to Paragon City, a place FAR worse then anywhere else he has been as far as crime goes.

- Soon after registering as a Hero, he stumbled onto an arms deal between Crey and the 5th Column. He managed to get away with Crey documents and close to a million dollars of money from the 5th Column (something he tends to keep quite about.)

- His interference put him on Crey's map and resulted in several unsuccessful assassination attempts.

- The attention caused him to go into hiding in Kings Row, here he caught the attention of Charon and eventually fell in with the Bone Squad.
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Hehe, I guess that turned out longer then you really wanted...

[Akamaz]

Maz= Got bit by a 5th column werewolf and lived, got strength and toughness from it, learned some martial arts in a futile attempt to controil his anger

Mikoto - a 13 year old girl who was kidnapped and used in a combined Crey/5th column black research to create an unemotional robotic assassin, during a field trial she went berzerk and went on a rampage in Kings Row. Currently there is a fund trive to get her tuition in the Emmert Metahuman Advancement Center (E.M.A.C)

Agent Q. is a mutant. (very mysterious no?)

Ria Silvers is an elementalist focusing primarily on Earth

Orange Crush Timmy Timmerman made this superpowered Battle armor out of some old "Orange Crush" vending machines.

[Esbat]

Krypto: Yeah bitchy is hard to get across when you're unconscious and dressed up in an orange jumpsuit in a room the size of a walk in closet... :P

D'ark: D'ark and Dog need to team up some time... altho Dog is quite saddened by the lose of The Amazing Jonathan, he loved his Comedy Central Presents show.

[Esbat]

Krypto: Yeah bitchy is hard to get across when you're unconscious and dressed up in an orange jumpsuit in a room the size of a walk in closet... :P

D'ark: D'ark and Dog need to team up some time... altho Dog is quite saddened by the lose of The Amazing Jonathan, he loved his Comedy Central Presents show.

[Clone Man]

Mr. Bubble: Force Field/Psi Defender
-Born of a freak bubble bath accident.

Clone Man: Claws/Regen Scrapper
-Accident involving a sperm bank, a blender, and a radioactive spider.

Golden Condor: Peacebringer
-God of El Dorado, the famed City of Gold. King merged with Kheldian in antiquity and became Quetzocoatl, the winged serpent. Trapped within a golden idol for hundreds of years by a Spanish conquistador with magical powers, he was released by a young archaeology student and reborn.

Shuttle: Fire/Fire Blaster
-Astronaut shot down by Rikti during the invasion. Took pieces of the shuttle and created a powersuit, using jet fuel to propel his ruined body.

Moai: Stone/Stone Tanker
-Easter Island statue brought to life.

Autocrat: Assault Rifle/Devices
-Former merc. now leading a shadow organization with intentions of global domination.

[D'Arkaine]

D'ark: D'ark and Dog need to team up some time... altho Dog is quite saddened by the lose of The Amazing Jonathan, he loved his Comedy Central Presents show.

Sure - just don't screw with my Mojo. :)

Who'd a thunk - everything in that special was real?!?

[sheld0n]

Enigmus:
Nice kid in the wrong place at the wrong time
Meets some people, eventually enters a gang
Is told to kill a little girl, but decides not to do it last minute
Is killed in a firefight with his gangmembers for his betrayal
Gets a second chance and returns to earth in an astral form to repent

Silent Tempest:
Talented young martial artist
Is abducted by his own ninja tribe
Subjected to an operation where he is implanted grav/antigrav generators
Sent on a special mission to defeat pirates who attacked his village and threathened the tribe
Finds out the Fifth Column were behind the pirate attacks
Goes to PC to purge the problem in the roots

Black Moth:
His mother had an accident with radioactivity while being pregnant
Nobody but the parents knew hes a mutant, not even him
Had a sad childhood, neglected by most, to eventually become a psychologist
His mutant nature revealed to him by a psychic patient
It turns out hes able to materialize negative emotions and use them as a weapon
The patient helps him embrace his powers and learn to use them
Gets an offer from the government to become a secret agent, accepts
Works for the government for many years, eventually retires
Bored, with nothing to do with his life, he moves to PC to fight crime

Citizen.dll:
Used to be a normal civilian NPC
Glitch during the beta testing of the game renders him self-aware
He finds out hes just a part of a computer game
With nothing to do, really, he decides to join other players in their fight against crime

[Krypto]

Krypto: Yeah bitchy is hard to get across when you're unconscious and dressed up in an orange jumpsuit in a room the size of a walk in closet...

Meh, her fetishes are up to her. But it was 100% consentual.

[Maveric]

Maveric - Paragon City made Maveric. His parents, innocent civilian by-standers, were killed one night, a result of careless "superheroes" engaged in battle against gang of super powered villains. Desiring that no one else suffer what he has suffered, Mace Williams has battled against the most insane, rogue’s gallery of criminals, the brutal underbelly of mankind, and now against the forces of an Alien Invasion. While Maveric is not a member of any particular superhero team, his unmatched skills and insight are often sought out by various superhero organizations. He sometimes temporarily joins a super group and is usually their most insightful member, making leaps of logic based in reason, rarely participating directly with Team business, but offering information when required. Maveric has little use for most of the Super Groups, considering most of them to be too young, too inexperienced, or simply not dedicated enough to be effective. Maveric also has a strong distrust of "Super" powered individuals and tends to work more closely with humans with "superior" skills...

Alienware - Last of an alien "Mechanoid" race who has come to Paragon City seeking revenge on the Rikti for exterminating his people. He is slowly adapting to this world's culture...

Statesider - Bastard child of Statesman and a prostitute that he has been known to frequently "rescue" from danger... Has severe abandonment issues.

Ironheart Golem - Actually a construct with no sentience/soul, invented by a Mutant with Cybernetic powers which he controls remotely via his mutant abilities...The construct known as Iron Golem is in a state of constant upgrading.

Frostbrander - An ancient ice elemental (aka an Ice Rider) who uses various humans to exist in this realm. The elemental usually resides inside the human's subconscious and can indirectly control the host, but is usually satisfied living vicariously through it's host's experiences.

Phantom Falcon – An illusionist who uses gadgets and inventions to reproduce super powered abilities. Not really much of a hero. He assumed the mantle of a superhero as a means to test his proto-type inventions. The longer he has assumed the role of being a super hero, he begins to finally realize what being a hero is all about…

-Mav

[Got]

Citizen.dll:
Used to be a normal civilian NPC
Glitch during the beta testing of the game renders him self-aware
He finds out hes just a part of a computer game
With nothing to do, really, he decides to join other players in their fight against crime
Oh my, that's genius.

[Metropolis1927]

Blue Ox
Barbara Yokam: Veterinary student studying Mad Cow disease.
Accidentally stuck by used needle containing genetic serum and bull's blood.
Metamorphosis:super strong, tough skin, blue skin/hair and Ox horns.
Traveled to P. City to use her powers.

Earth Angel
Merilyn Zehnder: 1950's era high school student in Birmingham, AL
Died of Lukemia in 1957. Chemist father refused to give up.
Father secretly stole her body and experimented on her for several years.
Finally gave up and buried her under bomb shelter.
Merilyn's body began giving off electro magnetic pulses in 2004.
Locals unearthed her. Merilyn pieced together her past.
Went to P. City to use her geo-magnetic control for truth and justice.
Is an anachronism; Is trying to learn abt modern era, but doesn't really like it.

Abigail "Abyss" Andrews
Normal 13 year old girl.
Mother killed during Rikti war, father depressed drunk.
Fell into CoT tunnels and found black, viscous extra-dimensional creature.
Creature was trapped by CoT and Abby let it escape (felt pity for it).
Creature followed her and saved her from CoT.
Now creature is "bound" to her (symbiotic). Remains on her at all times; coating her body to protect her and lashing out to attack enemies that get to close. Can teleport itself and Abby.

[MikeKAY]

Citizen.dll:
Used to be a normal civilian NPC
Glitch during the beta testing of the game renders him self-aware
He finds out hes just a part of a computer game
With nothing to do, really, he decides to join other players in their fight against crime

This is a AWESOME origin man, genius!

[AfterglowNoMore]

Statesider - Bastard child of Statesman and a prostitute that he has been known to frequently "rescue" from danger... Has severe abandonment issues.Lol, that's genius.

[Jade_Dragon]

Jade Dragon:
-Wants to be a detective, but studies archeology as a hobby.
-Goes to Egypt, stumbles onto a plot to kill lady archeologist.
-Follows killer to pyramid, and finds jade dragon statue that gives him powers.

Blue Diamond:
-Wants to be a cop, like dad. At police academy, meets wierd roomate who likes archeology.
-Tags along with roommate on trip to Egypt, stumbles onto plot to kill former girlfriend.
-Follows killer to pyramid, finds blue diamond that gives him powers.

Bloodwolf
-Framed for murder of his wife.
-Escapes from prison during a riot, finds out police chief killed his wife.
-Confronts police chief, forced to kill him, wipes blood from his hands, and it leaves the mark of a wolf's face on the wall.

Sandy
-Father works with Crey to try and find a cure for Sandy's paralysis.
-Crey tries to turn Sandy into battle android. Process turns out to be EXTREMELY painful.
-Father tries to stop Crey, they beat him up, Sandy breaks free and saves him. They escape.

Joe Everyman
-Appears to be an ordinary NPC, but fights back
-That's it...

[ShadowSoldier]

Dynosaur
led a normal life until college where he got started on superadine
became a skull and got all the way to Bone Daddy status with dark spirits living inside of him
Was kicked out of Skulls gang for taking too much 'Dyne
joined the reckless trolls and gained their strength and regenerative powers
Was almost killed and sent to the hospital
The dark spirits decided that being a Troll jeopardized their hold on him too much and brainwashed him into being a hero.
Dark Spirits repair and amplify his brain to work a bit above normal making his body more efficient in every area.
and all that makes a huge green thing with horns, a tail, Powers from the netherworld, regenerative capabilities, and a mind and body working at their best.
He has a bone to pick ( :haha: ) with the Skulls for kicking him out of their gang (and they seem to carry a lot of 'Dyne).

[Freeze Warning]

Freeze Warning
Former 'Topgun' Navy pilot
Hired by a rival company of Crey to beta test their version of a Paragon Protector suit.
Company is destroyed legally, economically and physically by Crey.
Freeze continues to use versions of the suit to fight for justice.

Crossbones Cat
Created by a multi-dimensional entertainment company to be the space-pirate villain in a show.
Show is cancelled after moderate success.
Escapes being cryogenically frozen for the future comeback TV movie in a attempt to become a real space pirate.
Brought to Paragon in an early mishap at Portal Corp.
Choose crime fighting as a way to get public attention after a few mis-starts.

Counter Culture Clown
Suffered an overdose on various illegal substances at friend/dealers house.
Is injected with an irradiated black market super solider serum as last ditch effort.
Now is no longer effected by drugs and is able to look back on his life and the waste drugs brought him to.
Chose to put clown in his name and dress brightly to mock the average conformist nature and dress of heroes.

Diablo del Gato
Dave always wanted to be a hero,
But isn't smart enough to be a tech hero
Isn't lucky enough to be a science or mutant hero
Isn't Talented enough to be a magic hero
Nor dedicated enough to be a natural one.
He's stumbles across a legend that promises an easy way to super human fighting abilities.
He travels to Mexico (on vacation) where he jumps the velvet cord to embrace the item and speak it's magic words.
He's cursed and transformed into a superhuman TigerGIRL.

Maiden Taiwan
An android is developed by a company in Taiwan using stolen Rikti tech.
One of the lead developers feels that the android will be misused.
Brings the android to Paragon City to hide and programs it to fight for justice.

[Gaia]

Empyreal
Sent from Ares Nova homeworld with tech prints to build weapons against the Rikti.
Crashed to Earth in a small town in New Mexico July 1948
Fused somehow with the literal stardrive of her space craft
Captured by shape shifting Rikti cell and powers manifested
Sold to Crey after being tormented. They used her blood in helping make Protectors
Rescued during Rikti War
Helped found the Icons under The Imperial
Continous battle against threats to Earth

Nexus Ar'gos
Prince and heir to the Imperium throne
Scientists enhanced his natural abilities after joining elite military forces
Insited rebellion
Arrested and sent for distillation to energy
Battery pod jetisoned from craft
Landed and reformed body
On the Run for a year from Hunter Squad
Made it to Paragon City and took up a bodyguard job after rescuing a media mogul from the 5th column
Inherited large sum of money after the mogul passed away.
Joined the League of Titans

Smacks
Born in a dimension where tech does not work only magic
1/2 Ogre
Slayed dragons for a living
Got sick of the world and left for other dimensions
Found Paragon City and applied to police academy
Became a cop and liason to the Knights of the Round

Mr. Regal
Lord Regia
6000 years old, 3000 of whic were spent protecting Earth
Fought in most major wars to some capacity
Left the world of humans in 1955 due to government "witch hunts" and retreated to Santuary Fortress located somewhere in Death Valley
Blackballed by the US Government
Waited for the Rikti threat to return to the world
Fought Rikti threat
Returned to the world of superheroics
Comment from Nexus Ar'gos caused him to have an epifany. Created a secret ID Joe August.
Went to work in secret ID for Riverhaven and Elebug

[Lorash]

William "The Olympian" Sullivan
- Born from a untold-length/Multigenerational breeding program in Germany as Vilhem Zimmerman.
- Seized by the Nazis shortly after birth (1/17/1929).
- 'Rescued' by an Asian teleporting hero working for the US Gov't & brought up in Paragon as said hero's adopted son (Summer of 1935).
- Decided he wanted to be a Hero, assembled a costume and was a go-fer for many of the city's heroes at the time.
- Changed his name to William Sullivan, to distance himself from the rising 3rd Reich.
- Spent the most time with Atlas, who dubbed him 'Wonder Lad' (mostly as a warm-hearted tease).
- Captured at the battle at Hero Bridge (Now Valor Bridge) by Nazis and placed in a magical suspended animation-like state, where his bodily fluids and organs were harvested-regrown-harvested, etc. in an attempt at refining a primitve version of the Super Soldier Serum that was begun withy him when he was orgininally seized as a baby.
- Rescued by a Hero assault on the facility where he was still held, ageless, in 1979, and dissappeared into the US.
- Gained sponsorship, cleared for competition as a "non superpowered human", and participated in his first Olympic Games in Lake Placid in 1980.

((An Altverse version of events here, where a supervillain assaulted the games, rendering William Sullivan injured and unable to compete, sending his life into a tailspin and eventually becoming an Enforcer in a Crime Syndicate))

- Retired from competition when the Rikti struck in 2002 (he was in Tokyo at the time) after 22 years of competion, and 27 Olympic Gold Medals and 14 Silver Medals, along with an untold number from other competitions.
- Discovered the presence of the 5th Column in Paragon City and travelled there, ruthlessly eliminating 5th wherever he found them for several months, vigilante-style.***
- Spotted by a reporter and, in a spirited display of fast-talking, convinced the reporter he had just arrived in town, and was on his way to apply for a Hero License. The Reporter, in her story, referred to him as "The Olympian".
- The following morning, applied for a Hero License, and by chance met Egon "Randomus" McFlynt on the steps of City Hall in Atlas Park after having it approved.
- Using a large percentage of his personal funds, he purchased a flagging Import/Export business near Talos Island, mainly because of the name: Olympian Imports and Exports.
- Continuing to 'cash in' on his his personal noteriety (personal appearances, product endorsements, Inspriational Speaker, etc.), the business has rebounded nicely, even serving as a storefront/distribution point for small "The Olympian" and "The City Watch" novelty collecable items, in addition to standard commercial business.
- Lit the Olympic Torch at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and participated as an Olympic Correspondant with an international media organization.

- Technically, that makes him 76 years old, but after the 'suspended animation' time, his physiological age' makes him 39. The extended period under magical influence has affected his cell-structure to where he ages slightly slower, making him (in 'body years') approximately 30.
- He also, because of the same causes (in addition to his near-perfect cellular construction), heals more rapidly ((although not to 'Regen' levels by any means)).

*** This information is known to none except for himself, Randomus and Goldstar.

Let me know what you think.

[inkblaster]

Inkblaster - Newspaper press operator for one of the local Paragon Rags. Was running the late edition printing an expose' on a Crey Lab. Crey thugs using a prototype quantum energy weapon came to shut down the presses, he tried to stop them and hit the gun with a wrench, showering him in quantum energy, knocking him into ink barrels, bada bing, bada boom, Inkblaster.

Metal Mole - Engineer abducted and held underground by the 5th Column to work on their mechmen. Worked with fellow prisoners to build power suits to escape in from mechmen parts. When the council took over made his move and escaped, now searches for his fellow prisoners.

Paragon Falcon - still sketching it out. Was the sidekick to the previous Paragon Falcon that perished during the Rikti war. Inheriting the mantle, he uses newly developed weaponry based on Lost/Rikti tech to fight.

White Rabbit - Developed in Japan for experimental gravimetric physics testing, based on clockwork designs with an AI augmented lagamorph's brain as a control. Was given the 3 laws of robotics, and comprehends the motives of the Clockwork King, logically deciding to fight the King to defend humanity, abandoning it's primary function.

Poison Frog - recently reworked.Mutant son of 2nd generation Korean immigrants, mutation is his Skin is reactive to light, projecting a dark protective energy cloud that absorbs energy in all forms, light, health, force, etc. Used to be in several gangs, but is being reformed by G.I.F.T.

Sonos - oops, nevermind! Nothing to see here!

[Plasma Wisp]

Plasma Wisp: Louis Randell Toxase. Mutant with the power of plasma energy. Discovered it by accident after ever growing concern for his health. After the deaths of his mother and father, Louis turned evil. After nearly completing a trial to become a boss of his gang, a twist of fate turns Wisp around. Banded with local heroes in New Jersey to bring the entire organization down. After a pardon by the Governor, he went off to stake a claim in Paragon City after the Rikti War.

After a good time spent being alone, Wisp searched for a team. After being rejected by the Justice Force, he went to look with some help. After coming across a new team of heroes with a classic look, he joined up with the Icons. With the disapperance of The Imperial, and Iron Cross returning to his own time, Plasma Wisp was asked to take up a lead position.

Cyborg Robbie: Robert "Robbie" Owen Thurman. After the first coming of the Rikti War, Crey looked to create a exspendable guard for the business. One of the approved ideas involved a sort of digital brain, but the time needed to do so would take ten years to develop an AI system of that level. Scientists experiment with the virtualization of human mental patterns. After the failure of a number of subjects, Robbie was discovered in a lab during a break in, his so-called friends, died during the virtualization. Robbie started life as a chain-gun weilding android, but was scrapped and converted into a Lumbering robot made from rikti metal.

After a misuse by higher ups, and corruption from said higher up. The Defenders of Paragon came in, and aided in saving the soul of Robbie's soul. Now inside of the robot, Robbie fights now as Cyborg Robbie. He is alive, but made up entirely of electronics, hence being a Cyborg. He spent alot of time being a Defender of not only Justice, but injustice of robots. Speaks a great deal on the rights of robotic citizens of the world. Think if MLK jr fused with Hal 3000.

DipSet: Javon Conjay Anderson. Former Sports Superstar of the early 90's. He could have become the greatest if not for a rumor spread by a beligerate sports writer, citing that J.C was a mutant with superior human prowless. His contracts were bought out, his marketing deal was canned, and J.C. was stuck being labeled as being a mutant when he wasn't. Without any sort of skill, and no credibility due to the scandel, J.C. started being a trainer for people. He learned of the whole "joys of heroics" through a session with a rehabilitating natural hero. Investing his remaining money in a gun and tools, J.C went out and became a Vigilante under the name of DipSet after his talent of being physically stronger, faster, and better than five men combind.

[Plasma Wisp]

D'Arkaine (kin/rad def) -
Very very bad stage magician wanting to be rich and famous
Breaks into the home of the recently deceased Amazing Jonathon

The real comic is still alive.

[The Widowed]

Hi! The Yahoo Slurp Spider led me here two years later! I guess I missed this thread the first time. Can I play too? :D

The Widowed (MA/SR Scrapper)
• Former housewife and restaurant manager.
• Police officer husband got too close to an early Superadine ring.
• Skulls attacked, killed husband, de-eyed and hospitalized her.
• Recovered, learned martial arts under disillusioned Tsoo trainer.
• Swore vengeance against the criminal element for all victims--direct or indirect--of violence and crime.
• I'll finish Ashes to Orchids one day, I promise.

Bloodywedd (Mind/Psi Dominator)
• Young psychologist with superior gift for psychoanalysis (actually a latent sixth sense and mind-reading ability).
• Carnival of Shadows threw a carnival in town. Everyone in the psychiatric clinic got tickets to go.
• She went, Carnies sensed her psychic ability, grabbed her and turned her into a Carnie. Her Carnie mask, unfortunately, was empowered by the dangerous soul of a Victorian serial killer.
• Ambushed the Widowed, who punched her in the face hard enough to shatter her mask, freeing the serial killer's soul. The resulting psychic vortex ripped the souls out of two other nearby Carnie masks, and all three ghosts were trapped inside her psyche.
• Three ghosts and their nonstop babbling inside her head drove her insane. Multiple personality disorder cropped up and added to the mess.
• Blodeuwedd, cursed to wander the earth forever as an owl, saw psychologist as a way to escape her millenium-old curse. Psychotic psychologist got another voice in her head. Madness grew even worse.
• Three ghosts and cursed sorceress + psychic powers augmented by their presences + insanity + studies into psychomantic sorcery in hopes of curing herself and silencing the voices forever = bad, bad voodoo.

Mary O'Knickers (Emp/Arch Defender)
• Born to a long line of pooka (mischievous half-animal faeries).
• O'Knickers clan got its name when ancestor Shamus stole the knickers from the Queen of the Faeries...while she was wearing them.
• Knickers are like panties, bear in mind.
• O'Knickers clan did a whole bunch of roguish tomfoolery throughout the centuries and eventually got kicked out of Ireland and cursed to wander the earth forever without any place to call home.
• Age of Disbelief came. Faeries started dying off in droves. Faeries began serious crossbreeding with humans to survive.
• Mary was born, grew up in a miserable and abusive home, lost herself in flights of fantasy to escape.
• Flights of fantasy turned real. Mary found her true heritage, ran away from home and now fights to help the good people of the land, foils the villains with trickery and guile and works to bring back the Age of Dreams.

Pierre Ladron (Robot/Traps Mastermind)
• Small-time tinkerer who turned to white-collar crime in order to finance his inventions.
• Used to launder money for Malice in Wonderland. Tried to scrape some cash from the till...falsified receipts, faked monetary conversion rates, etc. MiW caught him and locked him up in a broken freight elevator.
• Got free, built an army of robots to defend himself from MiW and from anyone else he swindled or pillaged.
• Now he's a self-styled modern-day French pirate with robots. Yarrr.

Vampire Riot Grrl (Dark/Dark Stalker)
• Learned how to fight from abusive family, a string of abusive biker boyfriends and the biker/backwater roadhouse crowd in general. Came to hate the whole world too.
• Got waylaid and bitten by a vampire. Bit back.
• Became a vampire...an angry, violent vampire.
• Look out, world, it's payback time! >:]

Xerviakk the Raider (SS/Elec Brute)
• Came from a civilization of brutal interstellar conquerors.
• Found Earth, scouted, called back to her homeworld and reported her find.
• Surveyed Earth for conquest, orbited too low, got caught in gravitational pull and crashed on the planet.
• Stranded on Earth. Spaceship totalled, comm link destroyed. At least she phoned home first....
• Hopes to have conquered Earth singlehandedly by the time the rest of her civilization shows up and begins colonization. There would be some big glory points in that.

Oga of Prehistoria (Will/Mace Tanker)
• Lived during the Ice Age.
• Chased mammoth, fell into lake, got frozen for several millenia as lake became part of a glacier.
• Scientists thawed and revived her.
• Rarrgh!

[Kurai Inago]

Yes, I realized I posted in here before but That was before Sonic's background had been fully written and before any of my other Major Characters existed.

Sonic Star
Born Vincent Allen in Chicago, to Grant and Jane Allen.
Taught Fighting Styles created by his Family as a Youth.
Fought in the Rikti War, Surviving an Ambush against Impossible odds.
After the War he was basically forced into the Malta group by his Corrupt CO.
Betrays Malta Group, and is almost killed, Heroes force the Group away from him as he is taken to the Hospital.
Awakens in Hospital to find Costume, and several gadgets of unknown origin.
Dons Costume and Assists the Widowed in Routing a Council Assault on the Building.
Decides to Dissapear from the Malta Groups Radar by Becoming Hero and Faking Amnesia.

I Realize that wasn't so Brief... but oh well.

[The Widowed]

It's brief enough for me. :D

[Knightward]

Huh, never noticed this thread. I'll exclude some joke characters, but here's most my regulars. Some don't have stories fleshed out that much, others I excluded cause I never got around to making much of a story.

Knightward
- English peasant drafted into Hundred Year WAr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_year_war).
- Got leave from the military, went home, and killed the tyrannical local lord. Died in the process.
- His suit of armor became a collector's piece and was in numerous museums through the centuries.
- Got summoned back into his armor during a botched up Circle of Thorns ritual.

Owain Venomdrinker
- Praetorian Knightward. Turned out to be a mutant. Biotoxins have an inverse effect.
- Became a warlord ravaging Europe for centuries.
- Joined up with Tyrant for more war and conquest.
- Got dumped here along with Emperor Xanatos. Considered a "loose cannon" by Tyrant.
- Planning on building an army to kick Praetorian ass.

Magnus the Risen
- Local lord that Knightward killed. Went to Hell or Hell-like afterlife.
- Manipulative conniver. Managed to become demonic nobility.
- Really bored in hellish afterlife, power doesn't afford much.
- Got summoned by Circle of Thorns to counter Knightward.

Ragnarok's Bane
- Norse berserk who died and went to Valhalla.
- Odin sent him to this time and place to better train for Ragnarok.
- Natural hero. He's restored from the dead, but still completely human.

Abissmiliard
- Crappy shapeshifter. Really ugly.
- Pissed off at society for casting him out.
- Wants to bring the world down to his level. Sees society as far too vain.
- Makes a point of being disgusting.

Justice Dawn
- Astronaut stranded in space during first Rikti invasion.
- Merged with kheldian, wandered cosmos.
- Came back home to better mankind.
- Very vaguely based off of Criton from Farscape.

Calamity Breach
- Overstressed guy possessed by a nictus when near the breaking point.
- Slaughtered family and processed human memories afterward.
- Overwhelmed with guilt, became a warshade. Seeking to atone.

Freakx0rz
- Another white collar Freakshow recruit.
- Tried out a mix of excelsior and superdine, threw on some higher tech implants.
- Became too unstable for the Freakshow, got set up and thrown in jail.
- Broke out and wants to show the Freakshow what REAL anarchy is.
- Real anarcy = 6th grade gym for everyone.

[Nite]

Nitedevil:
-Family business geared towards serving The Council
-Dad dies in shame
-Nite finds out, sets out to make things right with a crapload of stuff going wrong along the way

[The Havoks]

Havok Bros
-Join military
-Evil company gets hold of them
-Fight against company, eventually overpowered and surrender
-Company enhances their abilities
-Work for company against their will
-Break away from company and destroy them
-Head to Paragon to use their abilities for "good"

[Jade_Dragon]

Well, I realized I'd already posted as I was reading over the thread. :D I didn't post my villains, though, so unless there needs to be another thread in the Villains forum...

Silver Bolt
- Born to a Mob family, parents betray the Mob and are killed by corrupt cops. Adopted and raised by Mob boss that had them killed.
- Goes to Egypt as part of a money laundering scheme, discovers a lady archeologist has discovered a dig that hides powerful magical artifacts. Tries to kill her to get her out of the way.
- Confronts two American detectives (who saved the archeologist) in pyramid, finds a silver amulet that gives him powers.
(See Jade Dragon and Blue Diamond in the previous post, this is supposed to be similar to their stories since it's the same :D)

Hitwoman Mandy
- As a child, along with an idiotic boy named Billy, tricks the Grim Reaper into being her slave
- Grows up, decides Grim is weak, and lets him go. Takes a job as a hitwoman until Grim can get up the nerve to kill her.
- Collects allies that she can use to take over the Underworld once she gets there.

Experiment OEBR1
- Battle Robot designed by Crey, and powered by magics stolen from Circle of Thorns.
- Awakens and kills all Crey agents, escapes into Kings Row and wreaks havok.
- Confronted by Longbow, realizes there are agents that are powerful enough to be a threat, goes underground in the Rogue Isles.

Dragon Lord Morgon
- Medieval wizard, discovers secrets of mind and spirit control by experimenting on victims.
- Takes over the body of a dragon. Confronted by Circle of Thorns and imprisoned for a thousand years.
- Awakens in modern day, greatly weakened. Seeks means of dispelling Circle of Thorns controls on his power.

Loopy Loup Garou
- Cajun werewolf, finds a job as a wrestler. Becomes famous "Heel".
- Accused of using steroids to gain his powers. Insists his powers are "natural", and at trial, accuses his bosses of framing him.
- Escapes from the Ziggarat with help of Arachnos. Wreaks havok.

Oo, and I can add two more heroes and a villain:

Alan Midnight
- Cyberspace investigator from the 26th century, likes only pulp detective movies. (Styles himself after Humphrey Bogart)
- Discovers evidence that someone is tampering with his past.
- Goes into past, discovers a detective agency Shades of Grey, likes it so much he decides to stay until he can find the source of the tampering.

R4-CHL
- Artificial Intelligence created by Alan in the 26th century. Designed as a Femme Fatale, introduced to Anime movies, decides she likes the style.
- Alan discovers evidence that someone is tampering with the past.
- Goes into past with Alan, using an android body to give her physical form so she can interact with the people of that time. Decides she likes it.

4L4N M1DN1T3
- Cyberspace investigator from the 26th century, likes only cybernetics and robotics. Rebuilds himself as a cyborg.
- Discovers evidence that someone is tampering with his past.
- Goes into past, discovers an alternate version of himself from an alternate future. Helps found Illuminati group to try and oppose Alan's efforts and make his own future happen instead.

[Nerfed]

Windy Skye
Environmentalist hippie chick
Tries to help a fallen hero by activating his emergency medical teleporter
Arrives at hospitol with hero's magic powers, hero lost in teleport
Becomes a hero herself to honor her predecessor


Justicehawk
Civillian of the Rogue Isles
Found an old supervillain's technological gear
Moved to Paragon City to study law
Created super hero identity to fight crime


Burning Lament
Native American mystic warrior
Gained magic powers from Sun spirit
Travelled to Paragon City to fight alien invasion


Pixie Sprite
Magical creature from the land of Faerie
Wandered through summoning portal and ended up in Paragon City
Fighting villains is fun time!


Thrudjelmer
Mortal reincarnation of ancient forgotten god
Butt-kicking for goodness!!


Queen Pneuma / Cousin Psyche
Half-sister of Sister Psyche
Spent decades in a coma after being wounded by a 5th Council Sniper
Awoke during second Rikti invasion, suffering split personality disorder
Started taking a modern "bad girl" approach to crimefighting
Was caught mentally torturing criminals and sent to jail by Statesman
Escaped and started wearing one of Sister Psyche's old costumes while committing various villainous acts


Miss Cricket
College student with mutant powers
Wants to lead a "normal" life in spite of her powers

[TheImperial]

The Imperial

Born to a very wealthy, old money family with a long tradition of sorcery
Begins reading the Arthurian mythos
As a result of his readings, the Great Depression and the sacrifice of two strangers to save his and his mother's life, Alastair dons a costume as The Imperial
He later discovers the Sceptre of Kings in the family crypt after a funeral
He uncovers the Pearl of Gilgamesh in an ancient, forgotten Persian tomb in the course of World War II
Many adventures were had

[Charon]

Charon



Orphan at birth
Moved through several orphanages, fosters a love for mythology as an escape from his dreary world
Gains access to his father's humble trust fund at age 18
Enrolls at Founders Falls University, meets and falls in love with Maria DeMarco
Maria dies at the hands of assassins intended for her father, who refused to pay protection money to the family
Charon is born and gritty, film noirish tales unfold



Mr. Mud



Born into poverty and squalor to a drug addict mother
Forms a street gang with friends to support his mother at a young age
Caught robbing a liquor store at age 16, chased to a Crey Industries quarry site on the outskirts of Kings Row
Falls into the blasting pit and lands in mutagenic material which rearranges his generic structure and allows him to turn his body to mud
Calls himself Mr. Mud and becomes muscle for hire

[The Mystic]

Oh my god I love this thread. This is the perfect place to write the outline for my character backgrounds. SO!

The Mystic:
- Created by Commander Carnivok as a weapon, in a galaxy far away.
- Created by binding the essence of the Soul Realm into a fabricated body.
- He is bound to Carnivok's will through a special trinket. (Think like X-Men 2. He's aware of everything happening but can't control himself.)
- Used by Carnivok to dominate most of the galaxy.
- Carnivok leads the attack onto the last planet (the "capital" planet of the galaxy)
- During the attack, a mysterious character manages to destroy the trinket.
- He turns on Carnivok and destroys him and the rest of his army, but this drains him of almost all of his power.
- The survivors of the galaxy thank him and give him the title Mordanc, roughly translated into "the mystic one".
- Overtaken by grief for his past actions, he devotes his existence to protecting and helping the innocent.
- The head sages of the galactic civilization decide he would be of better use elsewhere, because their galaxy is now safe; it just needs to rebuild.
- Sages foresee a horrible catastrophe in our galaxy, so they send him to Earth. (He arrives here shortly after the Rikti invasion)
- He has been fulfilling his devotion and regaining his power here ever since.

Crimson-Vengeance:
- Genius that works for the government.
- Designs suit that can amplify the wearer's strength and stamina to incredible levels: intended for government projects such as rebuilding after the Rikti invasion.
- Discovers the suit's technology is planned to be used in secret terrorism activities that the government is involved in.
- Destroys designs and steals and hides the suit.
- Comes home to find his wife and daughter murdered and house in shambles.
- The agent, still in the house, beats and tortures him to the brink of death for the information.
- His older son comes home and kills the agent who is caught off guard.
- His son helps him into the suit as a last chance effort to save him.
- The suit's technology saves him but now his body wouldn't be able to survive being separated from the suit, so he is stuck in it.
- Then devotes his life to avenging his wife and daughter, and to protecting innocents from the same fate.
- He teaches his son and his son aids him in upgrading/repairing the suit.

and quickly one of my villains

Saurion:
- Father is a brilliant biologist and geneticist focusing on how genetic code of animals (mainly reptiles and amphibians) can be used to treat human diseases.
- Mother dies while giving birth, but the baby is saved.
- Father goes insane from grief and grows to despise the child.
- Father then begins to use child as a subject for twisted experiments, altering DNA.
- Child develops unique traits from the years of experimentation.
(Traits include sharp teeth, clawed nails and feet, leg structure similar to a frog, ability to produce a strong snake-like venom, reptilian tail, a rapid metabolism as well as an ability to rapidly manipulate cell growth [giving powers of quick healing and the ability to grow spikes made of bone in various areas of the body], and scaly skin with various pigments that can be quickly altered through will [similar to a chameleon, but the detail of the alteration is beyond the ability of one])
- In his adolescents he was able to kill his father and escape.
- Lived like an animal in the streets because he was deprived of any education.
- Eventually captured by Crey Industries.
- Spent years being studied by Crey, but he quickly learned from them as his increased metabolism allows him to analyze information quicker than normal humans.
- Eventually escaped while his "conflict reaction" was being studied.
- Later captured by city heroes and locked in the Zig, where he was freed by Arachnos and taken to the Rogue Isles.
- He now spends his time researching genetics and experimenting on himself to further alter his abilities.
- Earns an income as a freelance assassin.

[Galactoman]

The Human Flashbulb:
-The son of two marginally-famous superheroes
-inherited mutant powers from his father and tech powers from his mother
-took up superheroics as "the family business" and treats it like any other job
-dreams to someday be a member of the Freedom Phalanx and train new heroes or issue a task force

Galactoman:
"Daring hero of two dimensions... A living legend to the citizens of Paragon... Leader of the amazing Galacto-Rangers... Wielder of the Galacto-Force... Galactoman's duties are many; yet he continues to fulfill them expertly with both grace and courage!" (written by him, in-character, for his COHCCG trading card.)

[The Lightningale]

Kudos to Wids for resurrecting this thread. I'll only trifle you with a couple of mine at present...

The Lightningale (Mind/Storm Controller)
• Grew up in King's Row
• Spontaneously manifested the ability to manipulate weather through song at age 4
• Secretly studied arcane arts in middle/high school under a former Midnight Squad member and specialized in psychomancy
• Decided to don tights and a public crime-fighting identity after university and the Rikti Invasion
• Founded the Midnight Avengers in order to combat the Circle of Thorns

Night-Bug (Dark Melee/Regeneration Scrapper)
• Popular and well-adjusted 15-year-old from wealthy Paragon City suburbs
• Accidentally stole a South American amulet from the Paragon City Museum of Natural History when it magically transferred itself to her backpack
• Discovered that the amulet housed the spirit of an alien shaman after it coated her in a slimy black exo-skeleton
• Uses the adaptive mystically-generated "bug suit" to fight crime after school under the direction of the shaman and with her parents' permission.

[The Widowed]

Kudos to Wids for resurrecting this thread.
Kudos to the Slurp Spiders for helping me find it. Those little boogers can find anything. :D

Night-Bug (Dark Melee/Regeneration Scrapper)
• Popular and well-adjusted 15-year-old from wealthy Paragon City suburbs
• Accidentally stole a South American amulet from the Paragon City Museum of Natural History when it magically transferred itself to her backpack
• Discovered that the amulet housed the spirit of an alien shaman after it coated her in a slimy black exo-skeleton
• Uses the adaptive mystically-generated "bug suit" to fight crime after school under the direction of the shaman and with her parents' permission.
I like the "magical space alien" idea too. Too many people equate extraterrestrials with superior science and technology, but I remember the Champions game I played with my friends back in the Air Force. And I played Xeros the Visitor, who was basically a sorcerer from a sentient reptilian species native to another solar system, and he found his way to Earth via interstellar ley lines and mystic pathways, not a space ship. Mage: The Ascension has a few things about magick-wielding aliens, too (either the interstellar kind or the transplanar kind). :)

[TopHat]

King of Spades


Telpathic powers emerge at childhood
Powers grow out of control and get him sent to an asylum
Gains control over his powers and escapes at age 18
Travels to NYC and makes a fortune on Wall Street using his powers
Returns to Paragon as a wealthy bachelor and builds an empire for himself
A chance encounter with a young lady in need makes Alex realize he wants to do more with his powers
After helping The Imperial put an end to a hostage situation Alex becomes an active part of the hero community and gives himself the name King of Spades.



Red Queen



Grew up as an antisocial genius
Discovers her parents are scientists and she is the result of a Crey experiment
Runs away and gets taken in by a blackop organization in exchange for protection
Works as a spy for the organization until she betrays them
Joins the Defenders of Paragon and with them fights evil and creates her own family and life as a Paragon U. student


Mr. Rot



Lives with a good mother and abusive father
Accidentally kills father and takes on roll of the man of the house
Becomes a policeman and eventually gets recruited into the CIA
Works as a top spy until betrayed by his partner
Gets revenge on his partner and clears his name but decides that he will let his old life die
Lives double life as a Corporate spy for hire and playboy
Becomes infected with a magical disease on a job and disappears
Reappears with a connection to a dark dimension and yet another identity

[Grae Knight]

Grae Knight

-install CoH
-Create Scrapper
-Kill stuff for XP
-Ding 50

[The Widowed]

King of Spades


After helping The Imperial put an end to a hostage situation Alex becomes an active part of the hero community and gives himself the name King of Spades.

Did you ever notice that most players who involve another player's character in their own character's origin involve either Charon or the Imperial? Why is that? :p


The Widowed (MA/SR Scrapper)
• Former housewife and restaurant manager.
• Police officer husband got too close to an early Superadine ring.
• Skulls attacked, killed husband, de-eyed and hospitalized her.
• Recovered, learned martial arts under disillusioned Tsoo trainer.
• Swore vengeance against the criminal element for all victims--direct or indirect--of violence and crime.
• The Grim Reaper forced her to duel the Imperial. She won. Death gave her her hat, her trenchcoat and eternal life as a prize.
• I'll finish Ashes to Orchids one day, I promise.


Fixed. :P

Grae Knight

-install CoH
-Create Scrapper
-Kill stuff for XP
-Ding 50
-Big fat metagamer, sucks at writing origins
Fixed that for you. :D

[Dynamo-Man]

Grae Knight

-install CoH
-Create Scrapper
-Kill stuff for XP
-Ding 50
This explains so much why we can't agree on anything related to this game. O_o

Dynamo-Man
- Visited by aliens and implanted with a biological construct along his spine
- Irradiated by Rikti weapon, causing the construct to activate, granting him superpowers
- Moves to Paragon City
- Fights crime and whatnot
- Traumatized by the realization that the Rikti created him
- Kills as many Rikti as possible, rinse and repeat.

[The Widowed]

This explains so much why we can't agree on anything related to this game. O_o
Yeah, yeah. No grudge snipes here, Teddy Man. Don't you have any alts to spruce up with abbreviated origins or somesuch? :P

[TopHat]

Did you ever notice that most players who involve another player's character in their own character's origin involve either Charon or the Imperial? Why is that? :p




Well, Imperial asked if anyone would like to tie Imperial's history with another character and I offered King and as for Charon, well he and i actually talk about character ideas and other things off the forums so if ever we cross it's because of that.

I'd personally be more than happy to tie my characters to anyone elses. It makes them more interesting and fun.

[Dynamo-Man]

Yeah, yeah. No grudge snipes here, Teddy Man. Don't you have any alts to spruce up with abbreviated origins or somesuch? :P
I have no alts... :look:

[The Widowed]

I have no alts... :look:
I thought you made that one Praetorian guy...Evil Dynamo-Man or whatever his name was. What happened to him? :think:

Well, Imperial asked if anyone would like to tie Imperial's history with another character and I offered King and as for Charon, well he and i actually talk about character ideas and other things off the forums so if ever we cross it's because of that.

I'd personally be more than happy to tie my characters to anyone elses. It makes them more interesting and fun.
I remember Christmas two years ago. Charon drew my name and he started writing a story on the forums with Charon and the Widowed joining forces against some skulking evildoer who had messed with the graves of Charon's dead wife and Widdy's dead husband. Then Charon never finished it. :(

But however it went, I'd like to consider it canon for the two characters and their history together. :D

[Eomatrix]

Seem: Above average student/actor/singer, surprises everyone and becomes an archaeologist, joins a Crey sponsored expedition to Greece for a dig, finds out it's actually a cover op to dig up a base of theirs, they try to kill him with a cave-in, finds an artifact that contains Prometheus's soul, fuses with him, escapes from cave-in, travels the world for 10 years before going to P. city to take down Crey.

Sapphire Streak: Is brought forward in time 25 years the day after he is born, powers activate when he is 12, he is 14 and in Sweden with a class trip when the 1st Rikti War starts, goes into hiding with one of his metahuman classmates, Rikti take over Scandinavia, emerges from hiding after a month, assembles an army, leads said army to victory, retakes Scandinavia, splits up army into cells and spreads them throughout the world to monitor Rikti activity and to prevent another invasion, goes home with his surviving classmates, finishes high school, goes to college in P. City, takes over cell there, begins fighting the large Rikti presence in P City

[Dynamo-Man]

I thought you made that one Praetorian guy...Evil Dynamo-Man or whatever his name was. What happened to him? :think:

I was kidding. I have way too many alts to come up with for this.

But here is my other current favorite:

Major Flagg
- Enlisted in the Army to fight in WWII
- Is grievously wounded during Operation: Market Garden
- Volunteers for Project: Counterstrike
- Gains superstrength and invulnerability
- Lead a team of super soldiers called The Fighting Five
- Age slowly and keep fighting to the present

[Akamaz]

Akamaz:

wealking roadie for "Angry Chicks"
hostpitalised after attack by Warwolf
got infected by werewolf making stuff
fought crime
joined Tone Deth as Rythym guitarist
Got arrested for assault
broke out of the Zigg
lives in rogue islands

Dancer Project/Mikoto/Dancer Project:

ninja Odoriko Kage is brought into the Jade lotus Society
full bionic reconstruction surgery to make her more efficient assassin
had false identity implanted to enable operations in Paragon City gathering info on the Dawn Patrol
false identity mikoto Yuanchi is accepted by the dawn patrol as a member homicidal tendancies are blame on the Battlecomp tactical computer
during rescue of Stalking Shadow from Korean prison camp Odoriko Kage/Dancer Project personality resurfaces and moves to the Rogue isles, Jade Lotus Society has her keep an eye on other criminal elements, and opens negotiations with the Twilight Consortium for information that she has on Dawn Patrol members

SEAMUS 1.0-5.0

created 1.5 million years ago as AI for remote mining center in oort cloud
rikti invasion disturbs AI and it detaches part of itself in a robotic ship to investigate
learns how to communicate with humans by reading the counterstrike message boards as well as several HAXX0RS websites. l337ness commences
is responsible for Bush winning 2004 elections after attempting to mate with the electronic voting machine mainframe he gains his first criminal record... for unnatural congress...

[The Widowed]

Hi, Charon! :D

[GargoyleKDR]

Bayne

Born into a family of successful industrialists located in Seattle.
Powers developed during puberty, but kept a close family secret.
Attended university at a young age as a boy genius.
Went to work in a family owned high-energy research corporation.
The first Rikti War made him realize he had to use his powers to help society.
Moved to Paragon City to continue his work as a protector of society.
Became a member and leader of The Defenders of Paragon.
Over the course of a Millenium his powers develop to the point he evolves into a sentient star.

[Seadevil]

Seadevil
- Normal college kid
- Caught up in dramatic super-villain getaway
- Crashed into the Talos bay
- Mutation gene was triggered
- Talks to fish
- Profit

Killerwatt
- Joe Q. Thugwhowillmugyou
- Stole a fancy gizmo
- Got hit by lightning while wearing gizmo
- Now punches things with lightning

[Vendel]

It seems like some don't know the idea of "basic"

The offenders are as follows:

Stan Walker
MikeKAY
Maveric
ShadowSoldier
Lorsh
The Mystic

Others were borderline. Clean up those Bio's people :P

[MikeKAY]

It seems like some don't know the idea of "basic"

The offenders are as follows:

...
MikeKAY
...

Others were borderline. Clean up those Bio's people :P

I haven't even posted in this thread. :eyebrow:

Ghosts in the machine? Dementia? Paranoid delusions? Sexual obsession?

You betcha! :D

Makis
- Born with weak psychic intuitive abilities.
- Raised by a poor, abusive family in Philadelphia's inner city.
- Educated in Criminal Justice and Criminal Psychology.
- Dropped out due to anti-establishment feelings and general lack of faith in the system.
- Worked as a bounty hunter for a local bail bondsman.
- Received psychic trauma during the Rikti invasion, triggering his pre-cognitive abilities.
- Used his ability to preemptively organize militia activity up the east coast.
- Ended up in Paragon City as the vigilante gunslinger we all know and love.

That about sums it up.

[Sebastian Kain]

I haven't even posted in this thread. :eyebrow:

Makis

- Private Eye/Bounty Hunter from Philadelphia, worked for a bail bond agency and did freelance work.

- Has had weak pre-cognitive glimpses for as long as he could remember.

- His first intensely vivid vision came the day that the Rikti invaded, it detailed several hours and ended with his death.

- The events played out until a Rikti grunt was standing over him about to execute him. In an act of basically unconscious desperation he picked up a sword from a dead Rikti and threw it into the grunt, killing it.

- He views this event as "cheating Fate" which he feels left him to die; he has been doing this ever since.

- In the months that followed he worked his way up through the major cities on the east coast, mainly fighting the Rikti and looters and common criminals that took advantage of the chaos.

- Over this period of time he had what could either be called a glimpse of enlightenment or a total psychological breakdown. Either way he has a total disregard for his own safety and regularly goes into a type of "trance" where his physical actions are completely integrated into his visions, essentially "letting go" of all doubt and self-restraint. This eventually developed into his Gun Kata and "Super" Reflexes.

- Eventually he made it to Paragon City, a place FAR worse then anywhere else he has been as far as crime goes.

- Soon after registering as a Hero, he stumbled onto an arms deal between Crey and the 5th Column. He managed to get away with Crey documents and close to a million dollars of money from the 5th Column (something he tends to keep quite about.)

- His interference put him on Crey's map and resulted in several unsuccessful assassination attempts.

- The attention caused him to go into hiding in Kings Row, here he caught the attention of Charon and eventually fell in with the Bone Squad.
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Hehe, I guess that turned out longer then you really wanted...

...;)

[MikeKAY]

HOLY ****! :yoy:

How old is this thread?

[The Widowed]

Two and one-half years (give or take a few days). :)

[Grae Knight]

Necro Poster!!!! Rise from the Grave!!

[Jade_Dragon]

Yeah, I didn't remember posting in it either. Until I found my post. :D

'Course I had to post AGAIN...

[The Widowed]

Necro Poster!!!! Rise from the Grave!!
Haven't you heard? I'm the designated forum necromancer, man! :P

[Charon]

Hi, Charon! :D
Hi!

As for "Dead, to Begin With...", It will get finished. I wrote some more of it last Christmas, so it's already longer than it was back in 2005. I'm going to finish it off this Christmas if it kills me. I even downloaded Bright Eyes' Christmas Album. If that doesn't get me in the mood to write dreary, depressing holiday-themed prose, I don't know what will.

It will still take place during the holiday season of 2005, it'll still guest star Showtime, Bloodywedd, Boxcar, Styx and maybe even feature a guest appearance from Mr. Mud if I can find a way to fit him in there. It'll still involve someone running off with the bodies of Charon and Wids' deceased spouses, clues left in the form of lyrics from Christmas songs, and it'll still have an awesome and shocking revelation, even if I do say so myself.

I just need to find time to write it after I get these damn college assessments out of the way. :(

[The Mystic]

Hey! I want to share my details! I haven't gotten the time to write them out in whole and it feels great to get what I have written down.

For this offense expect to see more of my detailed basic backstories soon!:P

[TheImperial]

I'd personally be more than happy to tie my characters to anyone elses. It makes them more interesting and fun.

'Zactly. It's just cool to have all our characters actually have an intertwined history. I know the Old Man's got a lot of Gurus floating in and out of his past; it's fun.

Killerwatt
- Joe Q. Thugwhowillmugyou
- Stole a fancy gizmo
- Got hit by lightning while wearing gizmo
- Now punches things with lightning
- WINS

Sorry, bro. Just had to fix that for ya.

[Akamaz]

ooh, i forgot to put something at the end of my post.


"And they Fight Crime"

[Grae Knight]

Lord Grae

-install CoV
-Create Dominator
-Kill stuff for XP
-Tolerate "lol, Dom"
-Ding 50

Had to change up his origin from Grae Knight's a little. :D

[Seadevil]

Sorry, bro. Just had to fix that for ya.

I thought I forgot something. :lol:

[RedSwitchblade]

Red Switchblade

Born into a normal human family with very low if not entirely overseeable mutant potential.

Used unwillingly as a street test for an experimental Crey "Mobile Conversion Unit (MCU) intended to take low-potential Crey employees and acclerate to Paragon Protector capacity.

Thought dead and left in alley, Crey abandoned project due to internal fallout from deviation of testing procedures.

Hid powers until her unwillingness to accept augments caused her to freeze during the first Rikti invasion, when her sister was gunned down in front of her.

Prior to that she struck down one person, Kevin DeSantis, a Hellion gang member involved in a failed mugging. Her use of deadly force caused him to be born as her nemesis, First Victim.

Spent time wandering and training, adopting the moniker Red Switchblade from an early encounter with Xanatos during the war, and the knife DeSantis' gang friend used to attempt to mug her.

Became a member and senior elder of The Defenders of Paragon.

Was plagued with failed assassination attempts by Crey including a specially engineered clone codenamed RS-001 who specialized in Mind Control. During an altercation with RS-001 in a warehouse, her clone's ties (and subsequently her unknown ties) to Crey were severed by a shot to the mouth from Dr. Blight. (For more information, PM me. That information is lost from RP on the old hacked DOP boards... :/ )

Was reunited with her sister a year later when she returned to Earth as a Kheldian host.

Has gone on to become a vigilant protectorate of the Rikti War Zone to remind herself of why she became a hero in the first place.

[Vendel]

HOLY ****! :yoy:

How old is this thread?


C'mon this isn't the random picture thread...its only a few pages long...

Oh yea...add RedSwitchblade to the list as well

[T!M]

Boy is born
Boy goes missing
Boy returns
Boy ownz all
Boy gets magical bracers and daggers
Boy becomes man
Man ownz more

Easy enough :)

[Noble]

Countryman
- raised at an orphanage
- enlists as a soldier in the army
- rises through the ranks and becomes a member of the elite special forces and black ops
- volunteers for special experimentation program, becomes Countryman
- is teleported to another dimension to save a world, fatally wounded, given elixir that grants him immortality but only in that dimension. If he leaves his death is certain.
- returns to our dimension because he is duty bound to serve US government
- his death becomes imminent, so he sets out to do what he was created for...

Noble
- origin unknown
- discovers he has a near omnipotent knowledge of the universe's construction, capable of manipulating all matter to transform it into whatever he desires.
- only uses his powers to create chemical formulas and the like for plagues and viruses that villains unleash upon the world
- remains a recluse in the laboratories of Freedom Corps to remain out of the public eye and to better hide the true scope of his powers because of the responsibility of that power that rests upon his shoulders, a power he does not wish to bear.

[Scarf_Girl]

Dragonberry
- An invisiable imaginary friend of a young child with psionic ability
-Child is in an accident which results in her being put into a coma
-The Imaginary friend is still around drawing power from the child like a battery
-The imaginary friends slowly forgets her life as a imaginary friend and thinks shes real
-The Imaginary friend has many adventures and makes many friends
-After many long years the childs parents remove the child from life support and both the child and her erstwhile imaginary friend are reunited under the watchful loving eyes of a gentle Shepard

NeverDarke
-Comes from a family with a long History of Mysticism
-Is an Albino
-Her family disapeared without a trace while she was away at boarding school
-She killed another girl at boarding school using 3 cans of Orange Crush soda wrapped in a pillow case to bludegon the other girl to death
-She became a host to the shadow symbiote that lived inside the girl she killed
-Became addicted to pain killers and mind altering drugs to help with the pain of sharing your body with a shadow that wishes to be in command
-Met SlapHappy who took her in and tutored her in the ways of the world and how we have to break things to make things better
-Caused alot of havoc with her mentor but was sent away for safety reasons during infighting between various factions of Malice in Wonderland
-Currently on a jaunt around the world as she searches for her family
-is unaware of Slap Happys current arrest

Jinn Anne Tonic
-While lost at sea as a young child she was forced to eat the flesh of her dead older brother and only living relative and awakened the demons that dwelled within the Gauntlet he carried .
-Rescued by a passing frieghter she was placed in a series of foster homes and eventually a orphanage
-The demons talk constantly to the girl and eventually convince her to commit suicide .
-Slices her wrists in a bathtub at the orphanage
-Orphanage is destroyed in an explosion that newspapers attribute to a gas main leak
-10 years later child , now a young woman is found as a homeless vagrant in Paragon .....but when need be she calls on the gauntlet and those souls that live within it and becomes something more.
-Seems to have a keen intrest in mystic curios and those that deal with arcane forces as if searching for something .