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cptpatriot
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What are your roleplayed reasons for how your characters came over from the City of Heroes universe?
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I do have nods to CoH, though.
Everything in Champions is been created in my mind.
Really.
And playing by myself since Aug 2009
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I like the Portal Corp accident, though.
After all, most of my chars were created to fit Freedom Force at first, only 2 of them were created FOR City... and they have translated reasonably well to fit Champs universe.
I do have nods to City here and there, but I do not think it is fair for the Roleplayers here to have to account for a background they do not know when dealing with my characters, hence my decision of rebooting them in this universe.
He then decides to play hero, gain trust and detailed info on heroes and villains so one day when he can find a way back, he can back stab everyone for a quick takeover.
Just so happens that the reveal of Harmon's Interdimensional Teleportal was just what he needed. So he snuck in, activated the portal and went home.
He learned that the endgame was coming, he decided to convince as many people he knew to come over to this universe in the time that he had. Then on the dawn of the endgame, he dashed back here.
Now he doesn't know what do to. Go Rogue or stay a Hero in this new permanent home of his.
Okay now that's just silly. It's the only reason I can muster. :biggrin:
During that time he lived a fantasy life within his mind in a wonderous city called Paragon City. In this dream he met his wife fell in love all over again had his family all over again. His wife and daughter in the dream world had powers of their own, and for a time living in this dream he felt happy before he was brought back to this world and to his senses by the help of his Close friend Reiraku and Witchcraft. They together were able to pull him from his fantasy world by channeling the Souls of his departed love ones into him for a few brief moments. In those moments he was able to find peace and say his goodbyes to those he loved.
Returning to a world that was so unlike the one he remembered from his dreams was difficult for him to process but with the support of Reiraku and his friend Capital Justice Rantus was able to step into the world with a new focus. Protect Millenium City from the horrors of the world so no one would ever have to lose their family like he had.
so yah if you read through that nonsense i'm sorry the short of it he lost his family and lost his $*&% and everything that happened in the COH universe is a bittersweet but remembered dream.
I've also done a couple of reboots- and in one infamous case, a CoX refugee (Mystic Paladin) has become aware of his Millennium City counterpart (Arithon Kerson) in very interesting ways- they have yet to meet, but as they are on two different accounts it will happen eventually. There are one or two who have yet to come onto the stage- they are just waiting til their time...
So been having a little fun with the situation- I've even written what I call a 'mindfrak' story about it...(the timeline splits apart into several branches- in some Paragon City is saved, in some it's destroyed, and in one case, nothing happens because of celestial intervention...) If you guys want, I can repost it here. It is a bit weird, though.
This explains so much.
So very, very much.
We don't need Bug Fixes.
We need to Medicate Finn.
Runs to get the Thorazine Hose......
'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.' Terry Pratchet The Thief Of Time
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
<slips Finn some acid and holds on for the ride>
:biggrin:
M-O-O-N, that spells @Rhyatt
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Laws yes!
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The CoH Brou was a conjuration by a powerful reality warping girl who could impart focus from her mind to make things be, but spread herself so thin that she fell into a coma and her creations ran free. She had modeled Brou after the actual Brou of the allien planet Kroma.
The character is a perfect replica, but has different life experiences. CoH Brou learned that he had a doppleganger when he tried to get a plane ticket and was turned down for lack of proper ID. When he registered for ID, he was denied because there were pre-existing records of a Brou.
And now they clash! Prepare for some major confusion.
Heck, what if Crey and ARGENT had a mutual noncompetition agreement, but shared info about metahuman activies? Dr. Vahzilok could have been the one behind the zombies in that Aftershock flashback segment. Perhaps the Circle of Thorns and the DEMON cultists serve the same gods. Tsoo and the Cult of the Red Banner are very similar, etc... Perhaps they're all different "branches" of the same parent organizations...
Figuring out a way to tie things together isn't hard.
"Is it better to be feared or respected? I say, is it too much to ask for both?" -Tony Stark
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The wave literally caused reality itself to unravel, and would ultimately destroy the entire universe of Primal Earth, as well as several other dimensions (Praetorian Earth, the Shadow Shard, Pocket D) that were inexorably linked to it. No technological or magical means could be found to stop it.
But, rather than giving up entirely, the powers of Earth (as well as the rest of the galaxy) embarked on a massive effort to save as much of the population as possible. By combining all their talents and resources, they quickly built massive portals that could send the populace to a alternate dimension of their choosing. Researchers had long been studying these parallel planes, and had built a catalog of possible destinations.
While the bulk of the civilian population was sent away well in advance of the wave's calculated arrival date, a large contingent of super-powered beings chose to remain as long as possible. Some to bravely protect and maintain order for the members of the populace who had decided not to leave... some to loot and plunder... and some merely to reflect and remember what had been.
My characters were among those who stayed until the very last possible minute... some fighting the good fight, some merely gathered with other like-minded "capes" to share the final moment. Just as the reality-inversion wave was about to strike, most leaped through the nearest portal, sent to whatever predetermined destination they had previously chosen...
... and here we are.
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"ENOUGH!!! You are ALL of you BENEATH me! I am a GOD, you dull creature, and I will NOT be BULLIED by--" -- Loki
*SMASH* *SMASH* *SMASH* <pause> *SMASHSMASH* "... puny god..." -- Hulk
Well, CoX was loosely based off of the Champions Universe from what I remember reading. So there are those connections.
Not really. For those that don't know the Champions lore, Millennium City is a real city in the US that was renamed. In the lat 90's Doctor Destroyer setup a very elaborate worldwide plan. I won't get into detail or spoilers. But Doctor Destroyer lived up to his name by annihilating a good chunk of Detroit, Michigan (aka Millennium City) with an orbit particle cannon.
In her travels, she has lived as:
a Defiler in Norrath
a Shadow Priest on Azeroth,
a dark/dark Defender in Paragon City,
a dark/dark Corruptor in the Etoile Islands,
and as a sorceress of Darkness in Millennium City.
However, her reasons will for not going back to Detroit will forever be "because Desdemona's butt finally enveloped and consumed Paragon." :biggrin:
Dark and Celestial Powers should help out... ;P
On Topic, I have a few I brought over: Gun Blue, Airspeed, Violet Spider, Cut-Throat, Iocon, Strong Box, And Halloween Havoc.
Gun Blue(Hero): Is simply this universes version of the CoX one, and I assume the other was consumed in "The Event".
Cut-Throat(Rogue/True Neutral):Holding a "Shifting Stone" he had taken off some random CoT Mage because it looked like it was worth a buck or two. Was defensively shifted to this dimension when he was hit by the energies released in "The Event", burning out the rune. Luckily, he really does not care who or why he fights, as long as he can fight.
Iocon(Hero): Personal PNP character from 1987. Different times, places, dimensions are nothing new to him. He was spared "The Event" by one of his weapons tinkering accidents; Creating a wormhole, and drawing him here hours before.
Strong Box(Hero): Another PNP char, but this one was an NPC I ran with a friends company. We rebuilt the pair in CoH, but my friend moved on. I left him last in Portal Corp, so that is a no-brainer.
Halloween Havoc(Hero): was actually drawn here in October due to the unusual energies Tacoface and his ilk were putting out. The Blood-Moon drew his attention away from Paragon, which had seemingly lost all of it's Mystic alignments this season and its supernatural footprint shrank.
Airspeed(Vigilante): Attempting to flee "The Event" she was consumed in the shock-wave, shorting out her suits systems, and fusing circuits together into a crude dimensional warp sending her spiraling aimlessly across dimensional barriers and right into an alien invasion. A swift repair job got her up and running, and she has been improving her armor ever since.
Violet Spider(Hero): Witness to "The Event", on a mission with Fusionette against the Rikti. Fusionette was struck by an energy beam and began to overload, erupting in a violent explosion that ruptured the power core of the alien mother-ship; Fusing into a cataclysmic Nega-Blast that neutralized the entire universe in a sudden infinite burst. Snatched away at the last second by Prometheus, She was shown a crystal with every facet showing another universe: One in another time but galaxies away, Another in a land of fantasy and mythology. Worlds she never dreamed existed; sometimes funny, sometimes grim. One called to her though, a world not unlike her own, with people who could soar through the skies, and generate energy from thin air. This world had pain, and she could feel its need. Suddenly she was there, and she immediately understood that this was her new home now. She cracked her knuckles and decided it was time to get to work. Good thing too, because it seemed that an alien invasion was underway...
^Just those.
"Captains log: I can take up a holding pattern while engineering locates the source of this malfunction, but this area is known to be a frequent destination of pirates. If we are detected by enemy ships, we won't be able to defend ourselves."
So he's back to pretending to be a hero until he can gather enough intel to return to his own dimension and/or the Empire. Either suits him.
His Nemesis will be another of my villains. A Fifth Columnist whose ascension into Vampyrhood was ruined by the Center taking over, he's kind of got a burning hatred for any Council soldiers. He expresses that hate by ripping their throats out with his underdeveloped claws. And their livers, and hearts, and lungs...
How'd he get here? He's psychic, he doesn't have to explain himself to a filthy mongrel like you!
Turns out, if you run through one of the portals in Oranbega as fast as possible fleeing from an army of Succubi and screaming like a little girl while using all your psychic powers, it leads to Millennium City. Who knew?
I probably won't make the others here. I played villains primarily, and the other ones aren't good at pretending they aren't (respectively), pyromaniacal, omnicidal, genocidal, suicidally depressing to speak with, a sociopathic kleptomaniac, or a Nemesis Automaton. And playing heroic missions on any of them would just feel wrong.
Do those allow cloudy looking alien creatures?
No. But Dark allows you do make a very good approximation of a Human form Warshade. Celestial allows the glowy effects and Force for KB crazy Peacebringers.
It's not Jackie Chan...
Here's how they look now (not a perfect transition, but pretty close):
Knight'Hawk/Night'Hawk
Dark'Falcon
Golden Owl
GeeForce (I know, needs to be a darker blue)
And Texas Star (yes, a Capt. America homage)
There's two more I intend to add as villains (one's Night'Hawk's nemesis, the other I will likely make Dark'Falcon's nemesis), so if this thread isn't dead by then, I'll post'em up later.
No relation to "the" Nighthawk.
Refugee from Paragon City.
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Now, all contact has been lost to Portal Corportation, and the gateway Shellfire had used to travel between worlds has ceased functioning. He can only assume the worst, though quite a few others from Paragon have appeared throughout Millenium City, so it is obvious some form of evacuation or other missions were underway. Until contact is restored, he continues his mission, knowing this might be a permanent assignment, and his last as a member of Vanguard.
Geo Glo in the final moments of Paragon's existence logged out in the portal at Data in Atlas Park when Geo had another idea.
'Did I see a blue police box in Nightward?' Geo thought.
With a moment's decision and nothing to loose, Geo logged right back in then headed for Nightward and found the blue police box where stealthily in the night Geo found the door open. Geo entered the police box.
Rumor has it Geo Glo has been sighted in London signing autographs with some guy with questionable fashion sense. Mysteriously, records of Geo seem to appear throughout time. People still try to interpret the 10,000 year old words, "Rikti! Stay off my planet!"
Geo's last known words: "Doctor eh? Do you know the way to Millennium City?"
Geo could be some time before he actually arrives in Millennium City. Or... maybe he arrived yesterday.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Geo Glo - Obsidian Operations, Founder
Heroes 7 years in the making. Heroes Forever.
I like the looks, good work.
Mine I remade in BETA here and just rebooted them and they are unrelated to their CoX counter parts since non of my friends there came here.
Nice!
I love Silver Age Sentinels so much I took it's name and concepts for my RP SG here in CO.
All my characters are new, or i one case, a new version specifically made for the Champions Setting.
Earth 1 - City of Heroes
Earth 2 - Champions Online
As simple as that.