Global Character Contest

@Aether Storm
Code Name: Rift-Dancer
Alias: Lydia Cross
Class: HERO
Server: Virtue
AT = Grav/FF/Psi, Incanate


Rift-Dancer had been around a lot longer than Lydia could imagine. Considdered a viosnary amonst his people, the Nictus believed that the action of his people were devised to better these races, until he realized such actions were forced.

When he came accross Lydia, who had been battling breast cancer he became infatuated with her strength and courage, despite being close to death, he merged with her, curing her of her life altering ailment.

They were one, and fought all posible odds together until an Archon raid in which they were captured and forcibly sepperated by a Void Stalker, killing Rift-Dancer in the process.

However Lydia Mutated as a result of the merge, keepng some of her Kheldian powers, although at a different level. But the intimate bond between to the two resinated in her mind, and she kept the name Rift-Dancer in order to honor her honorable symbiot.

Now she seeks her vengence against those who would harm the warshades, and to complete the journey she set out to accomplish with her counter part.

Thank you BrandX and Nyx for the submissions! Thanx in advance to anyone else who chooses to add submissions as well! Getting more excited about this as I see your character submissions.

I am seeking feedback on how people think Epic ATs should be handled in A/E tho.

Note: I've never ran a CC in my time... and only briefly participated in 2. So bear with me, please.

Hero Name: Aniketos Pium
Home Server: Freedom
AT/Powerset: Energy/Energy Blaster
Global Name: @Guardian Irish-Fury

Bio (Expanded from in game bio):

Dr Joseph Moore and his wife Teresa loved their country almost as much as they loved each other. They felt the best way to help their country was not by applying their considerable brilliance to craft more weapons of mass destruction, but to research a method to decrease their beloved country’s dependence of foreign oil.

After receiving a government grant, Dr Moore and his wife set to work on their latest invention. A machine, they hypothesized, that would enable them to harness and manipulate any energy source, increasing its potential energy output exponentially. On the night they were to test their invention, disaster struck. Dr Moore and his beautiful wife never saw the attack coming. Someone had learned of their invention, and wanted it for themselves.

Dr Moore awoke with his laboratory in ruins, his machine and research destroyed. His spirit was crushed, but nothing he had ever felt could match the despair that overtook him when he saw the form of his wife’s lifeless body on the floor. As Joseph screamed in emotional agony, he felt something well up inside him. Eventually he lost control and a fantastic burst of energy poured from his body. The power he had harnessed within his machine was now flowing through him

Dr Moore vowed to use this new found power to protect the country he loves so dearly, and to avenge the death of the wife whose life had brought him such joy. Rising from the rubble of his former life, he is now known as Aniketos Pium, The Unconquerable Patriot.



Here is his more traditional costume, and verification of lvl 50:

@wei yau
Character Name: Mr. JJ Jingles
AT: Tanker
Powerset: Shield/War Mace
Class: HERO
Server: Virtue

Mr. Jingles was a happy monkey. He used to be a tiny monkey.

Mr. Jingles and his owner, Salvatore, went to Atlas Park everyday. Salvatore played his organ-grinder, while Mr. Jingles would do a funny dance. Everyone loved Salvatore and Mr. Jingles, especially when Mr. Jingles would play his little cymbal with Salvatore.

Sundays were a special day for the two, as the park would be extra crowded. People were everywhere and things were relatively peaceful. It seems that on Sundays, or at least back then, everyone just took it a little bit easier.

Sometimes Salvatore and Mr. Jingles would actually get to play for The Statesman! Salvatore would turn out a jolly tune, while Mr. Jingles would dance about and bang his cymbal in time to the music.

Yes, things were good for the two. Especially on Sundays. Until it happened.

One beautiful Sunday afternoon, Salvatore and Mr. Jingle were doing what they do best and getting a lot of money for it. It was a good day for Salvatore and Mr. Jingles.

Suddenly, the park was filled with people running and screaming. They were scared. An evil wizard had decided to attack Atlas Plaza. On a Sunday!

The evil wizard, no one remembers his name now, was defeated by a passing hero. The hero was All-American II, everyone knows him! But, when the scientist fell, his Embiggening Spell hit poor Mr. Jingles!

Mr. Jingles didn't think anything had happened to him, he was just very scared.

But, Mr. Jingles noticed that everyone and everything around him was getting smaller. Mr. Jingles was very worried and looked to find Salvatore. He looked up, but could only see the sky. Mr. Jingles heard Salvatore's voice and he looked down. There's Salvatore!

Salvatore told Mr. Jingles that the world didn't shrink! Oh no, what had happened was that Mr. Jingle grew. And grew. And grew. Mr. Jingles was very, very, very big now.

Mr. Jingles was so big, he became a super-hero. He fights bad guys and helps good guys. And on Sundays, he still plays in the park with Salvatore. Salvatore even got him a new cymbal and banging stick!

Mr. Jingles can be big or he can be small. Either way, he is very, very strong. Mr. Jingles is so strong, he now fights bad guys with his super friends, The Dauntless Reverie.

Elite Dreadnaught
Villain - Brute (Dual Blades/Electric Armor)
Virtue Server
@Rikis





Elite Dreadnaught is a demon from another dimension, a warrior priestess to her god. She uses chaos magic to protect herself and her skill with her magic blades is superb. She came to Earth through a portal that her kind did not know would become a one-way ticket. She has had no luck in finding the Blood Inquisitor (mostly cause I really can't get past level 10 blueside) but she has a new goal, to get back home and prepare an invasion of Earth. She agreed to her original mission in order to increase her rank within the army of her kind. She.... umm.. "enjoyed" battle before Silver Mantis was given her dialogue and to a much... fuller extent. All in the name of her god of course.

Some of my characters

Thoughts concerning unavailable powersets in AE if people are willing to be flexible:

• The currently unavailable Traps can be substituted with Devices.
• NPC Fortunatas and Blood Widows can be directly recolored in the character editor.
• SoA Huntsmen and Banes can be slightly faked with various AR/Mace/Ninjitsu power options. It becomes far easier if it's not the default outfit, however you can get the helmets as unlockables in AE and make a close match to the default Wolf Spider uniform.
• There's a small number of 3 form Kheldian NPCs available for recoloring in AE though I think the only one that's high level is the PPD variant of Sunstorm which is obviously limiting. However, a Kheldian that only specializes in one non-human form might be faked. Dwarves and Novas are currently available so one idea is to have a non-combat version show up in the player's outfit and then swap them out with the Dwarf/Nova.
• Crab Spiders erm, uh... [PLACATE]

Popping in for a quick update to the main & tracking posts and to say thanx again for the submissions in the early running...

And thanx Zamuel for added insight and the PLACEBO? *confused, think I got placated*

I can throw my towel into this, and I have just the right screenshot to use, too We're talking about:

Brutticus
Level 50 Natural Brute HERO
Battle Axe/Shield Defence/Energy Mastery (without the energy attacks!)
Server: Victory
Incarnate Status: Spiritual Radial Boost



Description: Brutticus is human. Or, at least, she is as human as the people of the alternate dimension called Savage Earth are.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Name: Pronghorn
Server: Virtue
Morality: Hero
AT/Set: Scrapper, KM/SR

Virtue is off to a fast start with the submissions...

Thanx Virtue in advance!

To be honest, I don't specifically feel the need to be credited, at least not on the character, herself (if she's chosen, of course ). Souvenir would be acceptable, attached clue would be acceptable and, really, anything else would be. But it just feels... "Out of character" to put owner, as it were, in the character's own bio.

Of course, it's your arc so it's your call. I never get into these contests expecting to be selected, so I'll worry about that if it comes to it

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Details like this are subject to change based on community feedback. The only things set in stone are level 50, 2 from each server, 13 of each morality, 1 representative from each AT (if possible), and power balance.

Other than that... I'm open to change about other details. It's more about community beyond that versus what I want.

My only worry is that discussing this requires me to assume I'll be selected, and that's not a safe assumption. But let's get past that... Where's my bicycle pump?

...

There, big head achieved!

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Personally, I'd prefer characters and their roles as "in-character" as possible, from a writing perspective. This means name, description, powers, clues and role in the game should pretend this is a real, actual character having some part in this story, rather than a cameo from someone else's work. I understand that recognition needs to be given to those that deserve it, but I'd prefer that to happen either at initial briefing (or even arc description) or otherwise at end debriefing or final Souvenir.

The Souvenir feels like a good place to put that, as sort of a credit crawl, because the souvenir is the only thing which a player can take away from the arc after it's done. Descriptions, clues and briefings can be seen while in the actual arc, but when the arc ends, they all disappear, and all you're left with is whatever's in the final Souvenir (and I HATE people who don't bother to make one!).

That's personal preference, though. If it's decided that name and/or server has to be put in the character description, then I'll crop a word from somewhere where I have redundant advectives or drop out a whole sentence and make room. That's not a problem.

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Also, could you do an updated list of applicants?

*edit*
And, yes, I did cheat on the costume just for the screenshot. My apologies

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Yea, I don't know why I didn't think to say "Souvenir" from the get-go as more a "credit roll" like you mentioned. Think I will go with that. Leave bio alone.

fwiw, if Yan Qing wins, I really don't need any inf or anything like that.

Appearance in the acr is the neat thing.

This runs til July 4th. I'm just listing my top 5 of each alignment from each server. It's still in its early stages.

There's every reason to apply until that date.

And thanx for being the first to represent for Victory!

I forgot to add my global because... well, because it's @Jophiel so it was obvious in my own mind

Everyone feel free to send me influence via global e-mail now!

I appended mine to my original submission. @Samuel Tow, just to repeat it here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

Updated mine for you.

@Aether Storm

She is a Grav Controller/Force Fielder/Psi,Incarnate

I don't have many Aura's for flashy goodnness.

Instead Ill make a video of me bubbling things and hurling urinals at people using propel.

Malevol-Ant

Villain

Stalker

Justice Server
@Plucky Sidekick




If ya want me in, I can submit the costume code whenever ya like.