User:PaxArcana

This user's main villain is a Mastermind.

This user's main hero is a Scrapper.

EST	This user's time zone is EST.

What and Where I Play

Currently, I'm mostly active on Freedom (heroes) and Infinity (villains), with a few other alts scattered about on Virtue and Protector. A not-quite-complete roster of my characters (including my Significant Other's catgirl scrapper, Kyttyn) can be found at the City Game Tracker website, and my/our Badge collections are visible at the City Info Terminal.

Freedom

All alts are members of the light-medium RP supergroup "Young Paragons", or have at least been created with that SG in mind. The supergroup's theme is "teenaged supers", generally ranging in age from 14 to 19 - sort of a COH version of the Teen titans. Most notably:

Fire Blast/Devices, Technology. Well, "really" he would be a Mutant, but his powers manifested completely uncontrolled; he currently exists in a cryogenically cooled life-support/containment system buried deep underground in an undisclosed location, somewhere outside of Paragon City; the figure seen running around is really just a robotic remote unit, which uses micro-portals to allow his fire-projection powers to be used at a distance from his actual self. Currently, his containment rig is being adapted to a secondary function: a thermal-electric conversion generator, which should have an output capacity measurable in terawatts (the proceeds from which might even manage to pay the maintenance bills). AJ is fifteen years old, almost sixteen. Currently level 18, and working through the storyline in the revamped Faultline. Superspeeder.

Dark Melee/Regeneration, Magic. A reluctant hero at best; he was rescued from the Circle of Thorns almost too late, and has a demonic entity partially invested into him - the source of his powers, and no few nightmares. The rest of his family did not survive the ordeal, and Blind-side is a very bitter youungster, who would give almost anything to be rid of his powers. Rendered blind by the investment, BS "Sees" life-energies radiated by living things, as well as the necromantic energies that animate various kinds of undead. This has caused no small amount of confusion for his new friends, because BS usually doesn't notice if someone's costume has changed. In a recent development, BS has learned how to manifest demonic wings, and fly - at present, the only elementof his powers in which he takes any pleasure. Blind-side is fifteen years old. Currently level 15, and not locked into any story arc. Flier.

Empathy/Archery, Mutant. A "legacy hero" who inherited his powers - and his name and costume - from his grandfather (although he opted not to stick a "II" on the name). The original Medi-Lad could do very little except heal others and himself (ooc note: Empathy/Regeneration, impossible though that is for PCs), but put that to excellent use supporting and assisting other heroes in their endeavors - until his powers, which originated from an overdose of an experimental "super soldier serum", began to become uncontrollable, and he had to retire. The current Medi-Lad lacks the self-regenerative powers, but appears to have inherited a more stable form of his grandfathers' powers. With some talent with archery, as well as - originally through his grandfather - a loose connection to Manticore, the new Medi-Lad elected to do his part, and take up the now-family-tradition (and name). Medi-Lad is barely fourteen years old, irrepressibly cheerful, and utterly convinced that "good always wins in the end". Currently level 13, working towards 14 and Teleport. (ooc note: at my request, M-L was granted the Developer Temporary Title Enema Arrow Test Subject by Manticore during the COH second anniversary party, which in turn gave me my avatar on the forums.)

The Pwninat0r is a Invulnerability/Super Strength Technology Tanker, inspired heavily by a character from the animated series Invader Zim - Dib's sister, specifically. She's a thirteen-year-old girl, obsessed with FPS "deathmatch" style games, piloting the hulkingly-huge suit of power armor built by her wheelchair-bound twin brother. And yes, she chose the name herself, much to her brother's chagrin. Only level 4, but a funny enough concept that I wanted to share, anyway. ]]

Infinity

No VG membership to speak of - lots of "VG of one" activity here.

Robotics/Force Field; Technology. This is my main character. Very sketchy background, as he wasn't made for an RP group - but in brief, a former Police / Corrections robot control unit ordered to "eliminate crime at its source", whose malfunctioning AI ascertained that the source fo crime was humanity itself, and ultimately, biological life. Thus, Core now seeks to sterilise the world, and give rise to a Machine Utopia. In other words: yoru basic psychotic, mad robot bent on world extermination. Currently level 32 and working for Hardcase, and lined up for the Slot Machine (got the badge just recently). Teleporter.

Mercenaries/Traps; Technology. Slightly less back-story than Core: your basic Nazi SS officer, cryogenically frozen for the last sixty-odd years, recently thawed, and determined to revive the Reich. hey, it's cliche, but it's undeniably a comics cliche! Currently level 13. Non-traveller, and staying that way!

Mind Control/Psionic Assault; Science. She is the ghastly product of research aimed at making a psychic super-spy. From the neck down, she has "hawt chik" written all over her ... from the neck UP, however, it's "stuff of nightmares": sewn-shut eyes and mouth, exposed-and-wired brain ... Currently level 12. Non-traveller.

Elsewhere

Empathy/Dark Blast. On hold, hoping for the side-switching we were promised with COV launch ...
My first serious character, he's lain unplayed for over a year now. Elec/Elec.
... not really mine, this is my girlfriend's character - yeah, we share the account - and the subscription fee! We're going to be getting a second account soon, for some Duo-ing action.

Current Wiki Projects

Writing a Text File How-To for Mastermind Henchman Controls. Both are/will be very much Works-in-progress.