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Madeleine Casey
Overview
Madeleine Casey is a hero contact in the Gaspee neighborhood of Founders' Falls. Madeleine Casey is a Magic origin contact. Her level range is 40-44.
Introductions
Contact Introduced By
New Contact(s)
Angus McQueen is an FBI agent who the Rikti attempted to convert while he was investigating their organization. He has more information on the Rikti that no one can match... or confirm. He also has Relic, Focus, Gadget, Invention, and Genetic Alteration enhancements.
Angus was not unaffected by the Rikti, but he managed to resist a transformation that few have been able to.
Information
Soap Star
Madeleine Casey isn't a super-powered hero, but she plays one on TV. Madeleine is the face of Live Wire, the feisty electrical blaster on the popular soap opera, The Super Days. Her viewers have a lot of faith in her, and every once in a while she receives a fan letter that requires a truly heroic response. If there's one thing Madeleine hates, it's letting a fan down. She can't hit the streets as Live Wire, but she can call upon one of her many hero friends to save the day. Madeleine spends a lot of time networking, and she's become quite adept at pumping her contacts for information about the nefarious goings-on in Paragon City. She's come to think of the primped and polished media darling as her secret identity; the real Madeleine, she feels, is a wily snoop who truly has the heart of a hero.
Initial Contact
Store
Badge Mission
Story Arc
To Save a Soul
Souvenir: Madeline Casey's pendant
You've kept this ruby pendant as a reminder of your efforts:
To Save a Soul
It all began when Madeleine Casey asked you to check out a Carnival rave. You went to the party and discovered that almost everyone there had dies. You were able to save only one woman, and she seemed strangely altered and apathetic.
It seemed clear that bad things were going on at these Carnival parties. Without your knowledge, Madeleine Casey went to such a party, thinking that she would uncover the Carnival's secret. When she returned, she could remember little about her evening. Also, her ruby pendant had been stolen. It was a precious heirloom, and she asked you to retrieve it.
When Madeleine put on the pendant, she began to recover her lost memories. She was horrified to recall that people had died at the party. The name of one victim stuck in her mind: Nathan Crane. She was sure that he was important. You went to Crane's office to investigate, but found a horde of carnies trying to make it off with Crane's files. You drove them off, and learned that Crane had secretly been a Midnight Squad researcher. He had been investigating the Carnival, but the most critical pages of his notes were missing.
If you were to crack Crane's murder, you needed those files. Madeleine Casey sent you to the streets, and you learned that Crane's files were being stored in a warehouse in Brickstown.
You battled your way through some carnies to recover the files, and learned that Crane had become increasingly interested in the Carnival's porcelain masks. He seemed to think they were linked to the Carnival's powers.
You ventured into the heart of a Carnival lair to retrieve a mask for analysis, coming face to face with a strange ring mistress, the Madame of Mistery. After you defeated the carnie who wore the mask, you felt a strange pull toward it. It was almost as if the mask was begging you to pick it up.
You took the mask to Cadao Kestrel, who told you that it contained fragments of human souls. A scrap of the Carnival Mistress' soul was even contained within; it was through this transference that she managed to confer her power upon her minions.
You took the mask to Sister Psyche, who let you communicate with the souls trapped within the masks. Many were shadows of souls, but a few were more assertive. A fragment of the Carnival Mistress' soul probed darkly at your mind. You were also lucky enough to encounter the trapped soul of Nathan Crane. He told you that just before he died, he had learned that the Carnival was interested in an ancient artifact known as the Sicilian Stone.
The soul of Nathan Crane led you to a secret Midnight Squad library, where you recovered some tomes on the Sicilian Stone. Though you had thought the Madame of Mistery was no more, you had to battle her again in order to recover the tomes.
When you took the tomes to Cadao Kestrel for study, he told you a little about the stone's history. It seemed that the stone had once been used to imprison the soul of a duke. The stone had gradually sucked in the man's soul, until there was nothing left to animate his body.
Cadao soon contacted you with an urgent message. He had learned the whereabouts of the Sicilian Stone: it had been in Madeline Casey's posession all along. The Carnival had stolen it from her at the party, and empowered it. When you recovered the stone for Madeleine, it began to slowly ingest her soul. As Madeleine's soul was drawn into the stone, it became the Carnival's to command. The Madame of Mistery was actually the psychic projection of Madeleine's soul! Cadao hatched a plan to recover her soul. At his request, you battled a horde of Devouring Earth creatures to retrieve some rare herbs that only grow on the bodies of the unburied dead.
Cadao prepared a magic draught which would give you the power to tear apart the psychic fabric of the Madame of Mistery, thus breaking the Carnival's hold on Madeleine Casey's soul. You journeyed to a Carnival's lair, where you fought the Madame again. She was far stronger than during your previous encounters, but you prevailed against her nevertheless.
Madeleine is now fully recovered from the near loss of her soul, though she is, naturally, a bit shaken. And perhaps a bit more circumspect.
Check out the Carnival of Shadows party
Briefing
I've got a tip on one of those Carnival of Shadows parties. It's a very exclusive shindig, going on in some warehouse in Brickstown I'd like you to check it out, Hero. The Carnival likes to have a good time, but sometimes that means that their guests wind up hurt.
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Mission Objective(s)
- Investigate Carnival's wild party
- X bodies to find
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The party-goer's story |
| The party-goer you rescued from the Carnival of Shadows told you:
"I guess I feel kind of out of it. You say people died here? Well, maybe I should be upset. But right now I just feel like going to sleep." |
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- Unknown
Debriefing
Almost everybody at that party died? Hero, how awful! That woman you rescued sounded so apathetic afterward. It's not natural. The Carnival did something to her, I know it! You know, I think I have an idea about how to investigate. But I'd rather not tell you just yet.
Get the pendant back from the Carnival
Briefing
You're going to be mad at me, Hero, but I decided to take matters into my own hands. I went to one of the Carnival of Shadows parties last night! I wanted to help you investigate those mysterious deaths that occurred at their last party. Anyway, I'm sorry, but I actually don't remember much about it. I could learn to live with my lost memories, but when I came home, I was also missing my grandmother's ruby pendant. The Carnival must have taken it! Please get my pendant back for me, Hero. It's all I have to remember Grams.
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Ruby pendant |
| This large ruby pendant was handed down to Madeleine Casey from her late grandmother. The unusual setting is shaped like a long-fingered golden hand. The fingertips seem to caress the deep crimson stone, in a gesture that is at once haunting and evocative. |
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Debriefing
Oh, my pendant! Thank you, Hero! Let me just slip it on, I promise it'll never leave my neck again.
Forever and ever, your will serve my indomitable will.
Oh. Oh, my! Hero, when I put that pendant on, I was overcome. Memories, emotions. Some of them were mine, but most weren't. I could almost glimpse the Carnival's plan! They must have infused my pendant with some of their power!
Go to Nathan Crane's office and find out why the Crnival want him dead
Briefing
The Carnival of Shadows definitively did something to my pendant while it was in their posession. Ever since you returned it to me, I've been recovering more and more of my memories about that party. Hero, this is awful, but I think some people died! One of them, I think his name was Nathan Crane. Yes! Yes. I'm sure that's right. I'd really like you to go over to his office and see if you can find out why the Carnival would want him dead.
I'm feeling pretty shaken, Hero. I was there, while the Carnival was killing people! And I couldn't do anything about it.
Mission Objective(s)
- Defeat all Carnies in office
- Unknown
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Partial files |
| From these files, it is apparent that the late Nathan Crane was secretly a Midnight Squad researcher. His last notes seem to have something to do with the Carnival of Shadows; however, the Carnival minions have made off with the most important pages. |
Notable NPCs
- Unknown
Debriefing
So, Nathan Crane was investigating the Carnival, huh? I guess that's why they murdered him. Maybe he was getting close to something. We'll have to keep digging, Hero. I've got to find out why he died!
Take to the streets
Briefing
If we can find Nathan Crane's stolen files, maybe we can find out why the Carnival murdered him. I'm sure he must have been on the trail of some big secret. Hero, take to the streets at once. One of those CArnival minions knows where those files are. And I am to find out which one!
I guess I've been a little curt lately. Sorry about that. I really don't know what's gotten into me.
Mission Objective(s)
- Interrogate Carnies about files
- Defeat 45 Carnies
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Note |
| You found this note on one of the Carnival minions you defeated. It reads:
"The researcher's files will be stored in our large Brickstown warehouse. As for the other plan, it is proceeding swiftly." |
Debriefing
Do you need me to hold your hand through everything? You know where the files are. Get moving!
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Rescue Samson Grey
Briefing
Have you hear of Samson Grey, the famous track star? His agent just called me. Samson's gone missing, and the only dlue was a floppy harlequin hat. You know what that means! The Carnival has Samson Grey, and I need you to go and rescue him!
Samson's a fine and young man in the prime of his life. I'd hate to see anything happen to him.
Mission Objective(s)
- Defeat all Carnies in warehouse
Enemies
Notable NPCs
- Samson Grey (Steel Strongman)
Debriefing
After you brought Samson into custody, the doctors examined him. Hero, it's the craziest thing! He can move, he can walk, he can even fight! But he isn't breathing. He's got no pulse, and his skin is ice cold. Hero, I don't think those strong men are the Carnival's servants at all! I think they're reanimated corpses!
Rescue Carnival's slaves
Briefing
I received this strange letter with my fan mail. Brace yourself, Hero, it's pretty sad. It sounds as though the writer has been imprisioned by the Carnival of Shadows! Not only that, he's been forced to do terrible things! We've got to do everything we can to rescue this person from the Carnival. Are you with me?
Thanks for taking this on, Hero. It's important to me that I answer every single fan letter with an appropiate response.
Here's the letter. I hope you can find the person who wrote it.
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Letter |
| This letter arrived this morning along with Madeleine's fan mail. It reads:
"I don't know how long I've served the Carnival, or what my life was like before. I only know I was content, until they made me kill another man. Please help me! I must get away before I lose myself entirely!" |
Mission Objective(s)
- Rescue Carnival's slaves
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The slave's story |
| One of the Carnival's slaves you rescued told you:
"Almost all of the Carnival's minions are under some degree of mind control. I don't know who the great and powerful Carnival Mistress is, but she lives in all our minds. It is her awesome psychic power that the Ring Mistresses wield. If you can find her and stop her, the whole Carnival will fall apart!" |
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- Unknown
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