A friend and I have recently rediscovered our love of the game City of Heroes. We plan to pick up City of Villains soon as well and proceed to fight for great justice!
Anyway, it got me thinking about my roleplaying days in the pre-beta boards (yes, I was there) and I wanted to revisit the setting in a free-form roleplay again. Obviously this will be a thread for fans of the game, though anyone familiar with the setting is welcome to join. Just post up a character.
Roster (still open)
Jackal
Striker
Miss Mystic
Torch Song
Volt Master
Name: Jack Reinhardt
Alias: Jackal
Age: 22
Race: Gypsy
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 152 lbs
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Appearance: Jack is a slender young man with long black hair and an impish grin always plastered to his face. He's very nimble and agile, moving with a swaggering grace. His olive skin shows only a couple of scars, and his eyes glitter with mischief.
His costume is very simplistic, consisting of a pair of baggy trousers held up by a sash which holds the holsters for his katars and kukri, a pair of soft-souled boots, an open vest, and an assortment of handmade jewelry. It gives him a high degree of mobility and allows him to better show off his physique during his favorite pastime: shameless flirting, bravado, and grandstanding.
Powers: Plain and simple, Jack is a speedster. His superspeed is only matched by his preternatural reflexes. The source of his powers are still a mystery, though they appear to be magical in nature. He uses a pair of katars and a kukri as his favored weapons, both of which he crafted himself.
Origin: Jack always displayed a preternatural gift for track athletics growing up, but it wasn't until the Rikti War came that his powers manifested in their fullest. He had always worked at the Renaissance Festival in Perez Park, apprenticing for a time as a blacksmith under a family friend by the name of Jimmy Phillips. He used his skills to craft his weapons that he still weilds today.
Most of Jack's time was spent defending small neighborhoods in Galaxy City, then still Paragon Heights. He learned to fight from other refugees and honed his own fighting style. He became a symbol of hope for the neighborhood as no matter how bleak the situation was, he was always ready with a joke and a smile.
In the days following the Rikti War, Jackal has taken up a personal mission against The Lost. Though the strange group's actions are mostly confined to lower class districts, Jackal lost several close friends to their kidnappings. The most painful moment of which was when only a year ago he took on a cadre of Lost himself while they raided a warehouse in King's Row. Among those he brought in, he recognized none other than Jimmy Phillips who had gone missing in the Rikti War. Seeing his mentor corrupted by these mutated lunatics, the young gypsy began concentrating his efforts to bringing them down.
Anyway, it got me thinking about my roleplaying days in the pre-beta boards (yes, I was there) and I wanted to revisit the setting in a free-form roleplay again. Obviously this will be a thread for fans of the game, though anyone familiar with the setting is welcome to join. Just post up a character.
Roster (still open)
Jackal
Striker
Miss Mystic
Torch Song
Volt Master
Name: Jack Reinhardt
Alias: Jackal
Age: 22
Race: Gypsy
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 152 lbs
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Appearance: Jack is a slender young man with long black hair and an impish grin always plastered to his face. He's very nimble and agile, moving with a swaggering grace. His olive skin shows only a couple of scars, and his eyes glitter with mischief.
His costume is very simplistic, consisting of a pair of baggy trousers held up by a sash which holds the holsters for his katars and kukri, a pair of soft-souled boots, an open vest, and an assortment of handmade jewelry. It gives him a high degree of mobility and allows him to better show off his physique during his favorite pastime: shameless flirting, bravado, and grandstanding.
Powers: Plain and simple, Jack is a speedster. His superspeed is only matched by his preternatural reflexes. The source of his powers are still a mystery, though they appear to be magical in nature. He uses a pair of katars and a kukri as his favored weapons, both of which he crafted himself.
Origin: Jack always displayed a preternatural gift for track athletics growing up, but it wasn't until the Rikti War came that his powers manifested in their fullest. He had always worked at the Renaissance Festival in Perez Park, apprenticing for a time as a blacksmith under a family friend by the name of Jimmy Phillips. He used his skills to craft his weapons that he still weilds today.
Most of Jack's time was spent defending small neighborhoods in Galaxy City, then still Paragon Heights. He learned to fight from other refugees and honed his own fighting style. He became a symbol of hope for the neighborhood as no matter how bleak the situation was, he was always ready with a joke and a smile.
In the days following the Rikti War, Jackal has taken up a personal mission against The Lost. Though the strange group's actions are mostly confined to lower class districts, Jackal lost several close friends to their kidnappings. The most painful moment of which was when only a year ago he took on a cadre of Lost himself while they raided a warehouse in King's Row. Among those he brought in, he recognized none other than Jimmy Phillips who had gone missing in the Rikti War. Seeing his mentor corrupted by these mutated lunatics, the young gypsy began concentrating his efforts to bringing them down.
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