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Heraclea

Heraclea in her gladiatorial garb

Origin: Magic
Archetype: Tanker
Primary Powers: Invulnerability
Secondary Powers: Super Strength
Other Powers: Energy Mastery, Flight, Fitness, Fighting, Super Speed

Heraclea is a level 50 Invulnerability / Super Strength tanker on Victory server. She hails from New Colchis, a small island in the mid-Atlantic that is home to an Amazon society of women warriors. She currently leads the Orion's Hammer supergroup.

Biography

Heraclea in game

Born to a family senatorial rank, Heraclea expected to play a conventional role through the cursus honorum, a cycle of civic, military, and religious duties to which New Colchians of her rank and stature were accustomed. Her world was changed when, as a result of natural rambunctiousness, she accidentally broke a sacred urn in the temple of Minerva.

As punishment, she was removed from her temple duties and made a gladiator. It was here that she found her true mission and purpose in life. She proved far more proficient at gladiating than at being a priestess, and rose quickly to the top ranks of the gladiators of New Colchis. She proved proficient at fighting wild beasts and mythological monsters; in the course of these combats, she lost an eye. Still, she liked being a gladiator, and chose to continue to compete in the games, craving excitement.

When the Jewel of Hera was stolen by the Circle of Thorns, games were decreed to choose a champion to track down the thieves and retrieve the sacred gem. Heraclea won this contest, and as such became the first of the amazons of New Colchis to publicly enter the ranks of Paragon City's heroes.

Heraclea is the current leader of the supergroup Orion's Hammer.

Battlecry

• Negotiations have begun.

Inspiration

Heraclea's name represents a feminine gender form of Heracles, often known as Hercules.