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Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=User:Sekoia/test&diff=20033
User:Sekoia/test
2016-05-04T05:44:04Z
<p>Sekoia: Testing</p>
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Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sekoia&diff=19773
User talk:Sekoia
2015-06-29T02:47:54Z
<p>Sekoia: </p>
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<div>{{divbox|forest|Notice|3=I do not check in on the Ouroboros Portal very frequently. The best way to reach me is to send me a [http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=5425 PM on the forums].}}<br />
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== Welcome! ==<br />
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Also, make sure you take a look at the [[Help:Contents|Help page]]. There are a lot of preloaded images, missions, and contact info templates, and what you want to add might already be there. <br />
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Again, welcome! -- [[User:Eabrace|Eabrace]] 22:20, 28 February 2009 (UTC)</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=User:Sekoia&diff=19772
User:Sekoia
2015-06-29T02:46:52Z
<p>Sekoia: </p>
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I don't watch this wiki very closely. The best way to reach me if there are issues that need my attention is to [http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=5425 PM me on the forums].</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=User:Titan_Robot&diff=19771
User:Titan Robot
2015-06-29T02:45:06Z
<p>Sekoia: Created page with "== What is the Titan Robot? == Titan Robot is an account that handles username changes and account deletions made through the [http://cohtitan.com main Titan Network website]...."</p>
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<div>== What is the Titan Robot? ==<br />
Titan Robot is an account that handles username changes and account deletions made through the [http://cohtitan.com main Titan Network website].<br />
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If you think Titan Robot is doing something crazy/bad/unusual, please let [[User:Sekoia|Sekoia]] know.</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Helppage&diff=19760
MediaWiki:Helppage
2015-06-07T23:17:18Z
<p>Sekoia: fixing to use local help page instead of redirecting to MW one</p>
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Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=19758
Main Page
2015-06-01T02:46:37Z
<p>Sekoia: the donation form extension is no longer maintained, so removed donation link</p>
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Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sekoia&diff=18552
User talk:Sekoia
2014-07-22T19:06:39Z
<p>Sekoia: </p>
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<div>{{divbox|forest|Notice|I do not check in on the Ouroboros Portal very frequently. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page here, but if you need a timely response it's probably a good idea to leave a note on my [[paragonwiki:User talk:Sekoia|ParagonWiki talk page]] letting me know to come look at it.}}<br />
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== Welcome! ==<br />
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Hello, {{PAGENAME}}, and welcome to the Ouroboros Portal! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Feel free to fill out your personal user page so we can get to know you. There is a collection of [[:Category:Userbox_Templates|Userboxes]] you can easily add there. Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~&#126;~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. <br />
<br />
Don't forget to drop by and introduce yourself in the [http://paragonforums.com/forums/ forum]. It will require a separate registration (login and password), but most users use the same username in both places. There's even an [http://paragonforums.com/forums/rss.php RSS Feed], if you're into that.<br />
<br />
If you need help, ask me on my talk page or ask on the forums and someone will try to to answer your questions shortly.<br />
<br />
Also, make sure you take a look at the [[Help:Contents|Help page]]. There are a lot of preloaded images, missions, and contact info templates, and what you want to add might already be there. <br />
<br />
Again, welcome! -- [[User:Eabrace|Eabrace]] 22:20, 28 February 2009 (UTC)</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Ouroboros_Portal:General_disclaimer&diff=18332
Ouroboros Portal:General disclaimer
2012-12-28T18:37:39Z
<p>Sekoia: +TNToS link</p>
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Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Ouroboros_Portal:Privacy_policy&diff=18331
Ouroboros Portal:Privacy policy
2012-12-28T18:35:22Z
<p>Sekoia: Created page with "The Ouroboros Portal's privacy policy is documented in the [http://cohtitan.com/terms Titan Network Terms of Service]."</p>
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Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Ouroboros_Portal:Administrators&diff=15728
Ouroboros Portal:Administrators
2012-01-17T00:30:46Z
<p>Sekoia: </p>
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<div>The following users are Administrators on Ouroboros Portal:<br />
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* [[User:Aggelakis|Aggelakis]]<br />
* [[User:Eabrace|Eabrace]]<br />
* [[User:Sekoia|Sekoia]]<br />
* [[User:Sleepykitty|Sleepykitty]]<br />
* [[User:Taosin|Taosin]]<br />
* [[User:TonyV|TonyV]]<br />
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If you are having trouble that needs administrative attention, please contact any of these users or post a message on the [http://paragonforums.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=20 Fan Content Wiki] forum.<br />
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==What is an Administrator?==<br />
{{wip}}<br />
*Group of senior Ouroboros Portal users who have been chosen to over see policy and regulate disputes.<br />
*Admins fall into two groups normally, Bureaucrats and Sysops. For the most part, Ouroboros Portal does not differentiate between these two ranks.<br />
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===Responsibilities===<br />
*Settle disputes<br />
*Wiki maintenance<br />
*Assist in formation of policy<br />
*Maintain community relations<br />
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===Powers===<br />
*Lock pages<br />
*Remove pages<br />
*Ban users either temporarily or permanently<br />
*Wear silly hats</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Mother_of_Exiles_(Freedom)&diff=317
Mother of Exiles (Freedom)
2009-02-20T18:17:01Z
<p>Sekoia: </p>
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<div>{{:Mother of Exiles (Justice)}}<br />
[[Category:Freedom Heroes]]</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Mother_of_Exiles_(Freedom)&diff=316
Mother of Exiles (Freedom)
2009-02-20T18:16:41Z
<p>Sekoia: New page: {{:Mother of Exiles (Infinity)}} Category:Freedom Heroes</p>
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<div>{{:Mother of Exiles (Infinity)}}<br />
[[Category:Freedom Heroes]]</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Mother_of_Exiles_(Virtue)&diff=315
Mother of Exiles (Virtue)
2009-02-20T18:14:58Z
<p>Sekoia: New page: {{:Mother of Exiles (Justice)}} Category:Virtue Heroes</p>
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<div>{{:Mother of Exiles (Justice)}}<br />
[[Category:Virtue Heroes]]</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Mother_of_Exiles_(Justice)&diff=313
Mother of Exiles (Justice)
2009-02-20T18:13:16Z
<p>Sekoia: Mother of Exiles moved to Mother of Exiles (Justice): TonyV said so! :)</p>
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<div><onlyinclude>[[Image:Mother of Exiles.jpg|thumb|Mother of Exiles]]<br />
==In-game Biography:==<br />
<br />
''“The New Colossus”<br />
<br />
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,<br />
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;<br />
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand<br />
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame<br />
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name<br />
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand<br />
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command<br />
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.<br />
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she<br />
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,<br />
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,<br />
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.<br />
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,<br />
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"<br />
<br />
Emma Lazarus, 1883''<br />
<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon, born Hawaii, 1915, daughter of a powerful American plantation owner. Began growing wings in July of 1930 and her skin turned green patina. When Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, her skin was a living metal. Using new found powers she enlisted to fight in the Pacific Theater.<br />
<br />
Today, Paragon City welcomes the ageless hero.<br />
<br />
==Extended Biography:==<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon was born in Hawaii to a powerful American coffee plantation owner in 1915. Her family would be instrumental in getting Hawaii ready to petition the islands for statehood in 1959. Liz grew up a typical child in a rich family. She was never without want, but her family kept her humble. <br />
<br />
Liz was sent to the new Royal Elementary School on the island. Destined to run the business, at the age of eight her parents sent her into the fields on weekends to work alongside the laborers. It was in the fields she learned of the other plantations using a form of serfdom of immigrants to maintain a stranglehold on the populace. Her family’s forward thinking views were shunned by most of the other land holders. It is also, where her fierce pursuit of justice and loyalty would be honed.<br />
<br />
She learned of the other plantation owners used the immigrants for cheap labor and held enough political power in the United States to keep their illegal labor force from changing. Only a small number of families treated their workers right. These outcasts, refugees, and exiles were being abused by an unjust system. Over the next few years, she would see how corrupt and unfair the system was to the laborers.<br />
<br />
In July of 1930 her world began to turn upside down. She began growing wings and her skin turned a green patina. Her parents looked for a cure and she was sent to a private school. After a year she withdrew to the plantation where the best tutors were found to teach her. Doctors were at a complete loss to explain the condition. Locals began to whisper in the shadows that Liz was a kapua and the daughter of Pele the goddess of fire and lightning, and Kūkailimoku, a feather-god. The locals actually thought it was a good sign, and she was destined for great things. They gave her the nickname Mana Loa (Great Power.)<br />
<br />
When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, her skin had turned into a living metal. Liz took to the air and tried to repel the invading air forces. Being completely outnumbered and moving a bit slower then the aircraft, her defense of the island seemed inadequate in her eyes. It was battling in the skies above Hawaii that her other powers emerged. Liz found she had the ability to completely manipulate the heat in her new body. She could radiate all of it instantly creating ice, or intensify it creating fire. She was even able to pull the heat out of the surrounding area. In addition, she seemed to be able generate large amounts of electricity, electrifying her skin, thereby strengthening the metal through a magnetic cohesion. Against the machine guns of the Japan’s air force, it saved her life.<br />
<br />
After the bombing, she found out her immediate family had been killed in the raid. When the U.S. declared was on Japan she was among the first to join the metahumans in the Pacific theater. Liz took the attack personal, becoming obsessed with vengeance, and pushed her powers to new limits. She dropped he real name and adopted her nickname Mana Loa. Under the leadership of Captain Volcano, she fought against the Lord of Frosts and the Imperial Wind, Japan’s super soldiers. When Captain Volcano dies at the hand of Lord of Frosts in 1945, she only then realized the mistake of becoming so obsessed with personal vendettas. A lesson she learned all too well.<br />
<br />
A year later she stood with other heroes of the war at Liberty Island as they received praise and a commendation from the President. It was her first trip to the mainland and she became fascinated by the Statue of Liberty and how the color of her skin matched that of Lady Liberty’s. Marveling at the symbol of freedom, she felt her soul stir with patriotism. <br />
<br />
After the fiasco of her former commander with Imperial Wind she decided to dedicate her life in the service of her country, and guarantee the proper pursuit of justice would endure. Never would she let personal feelings guide her actions. Inspired by the bronze plaque inside the monument she adopted the name, Mother of Exiles. She swore to defend those that could not help themselves. Liz would protect all who needed protecting. She wanted to become the beacon and hope all citizens could look too in dark times. It was that day the Prussian Prince of Automatons attacked.<br />
<br />
When Nemesis was defeated, Liz returned to Hawaii determined to see the U.S. territory as a state. It was one last thing her mother and father wanted for the island. She felt she could then pursue her service to country with a full heart and clean slate. <br />
<br />
In 1950, the Department of Defense approached her asking for some help against the Warsaw Pact. She expressed her wish to see Hawaii as a state and they said that her service would shed a good light on that proposition. Liz again left her island, and took up the new mantle of Mother of Exiles. With here experience in World War II, she was given a small squad of heroes to command. She fought over the world in the name of her country, even covertly.<br />
<br />
When 1959 arrived she was at President Dwight D. Eisenhower side when he signed the Hawaii Admission Act. Soon after Hawaii’s vote on statehood the CIA tapped the Mother of Exiles.<br />
<br />
When the Might for Right Act was ruled unconstitutional in 1967, Liz took a long needed vacation. After a month, it was cut short when she realized covert agents were being left out in the field while corrupt bureaucrats dragged their feet to get them clear of operations. She worked hard for three years to ensure everyone had been accounted for.<br />
<br />
The FBI tapped Mother in 1970, to lead a quick response unit in the Pacific with the capability to deploy anywhere in the world with two hours. Liz monitored, tracked, and even took part in secret skirmishes against the Soviet Union and the super-soldiers. When the commander of the Defenders of the Motherland hit Statesman with a tactical nuke over Finland, Mother of Exiles and her team were among the first to arrive at the devastation and recovered the injured hero.<br />
<br />
The conflict escalated as all the super powers went on alert. Mother suddenly found her and her team protecting a secret satellite the U.S. was readying to launch. Members of Freedom Phalanx and Dawn Patrol organized to take out a Russian first strike against the satellite and the satellite itself; Mother found herself facing off against what she considered traitors. Even her team stepped aside to allow the heroes through, but Mother did not back down. A lowly boot private fresh from training held his post at the site and he stood his ground against the overwhelming odds. <br />
<br />
While the heroes would prove successful, it was not without a cost. Mother seriously injured many of them. From then on, she held no respect for Statesman and his super group of traitors. She attempted to bring the heroes up on charges, but there was enough political backing to delay the charges. She dishonorably discharged her former team members for dereliction of duty and disobeying a direct command. She was brought up on charges of unlawful orders. Her connections were going to bury the accusation, but she decided to face a jury of her peers. She was found not guilty.<br />
<br />
Mother of Exiles set out to rebuild her team. Her first choice was the private that stood with her against the Freedom Phalanx. She had him assigned to her and she admitted him into what remained of the Army’s super soldier program. The private would take up the mantle, Oathguard and spend the next twenty years under her command, running various other special operation programs in the process.<br />
<br />
After the Second Rikti War, it was become evident to Mother and others that Paragon City seems to be a nexus for super powered issues, in one form or another. Homeland Security gets approval to form its own super group after the death of there own agent, Stateside. They tap Mother who agrees to form the group. Homeland Security creates Judicial Imperium of the National Guard Order.<br />
<br />
J.I.N.G.O.’s charter is to prevent national security issues within Paragon City from spilling into the rest of the country, or the world. The have broad authority to conduct operations on any hard targets that begin in the city, and threaten homeland security.<br />
</onlyinclude><br />
[[Category:Justice Heroes]][[Category:Freedom Heroes]][[Category:Virtue Heroes]]</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Mother_of_Exiles&diff=314
Mother of Exiles
2009-02-20T18:13:16Z
<p>Sekoia: Mother of Exiles moved to Mother of Exiles (Justice): TonyV said so! :)</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Mother of Exiles (Justice)]]</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Mother_of_Exiles_(Justice)&diff=312
Mother of Exiles (Justice)
2009-02-20T18:12:09Z
<p>Sekoia: </p>
<hr />
<div><onlyinclude>[[Image:Mother of Exiles.jpg|thumb|Mother of Exiles]]<br />
==In-game Biography:==<br />
<br />
''“The New Colossus”<br />
<br />
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,<br />
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;<br />
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand<br />
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame<br />
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name<br />
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand<br />
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command<br />
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.<br />
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she<br />
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,<br />
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,<br />
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.<br />
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,<br />
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"<br />
<br />
Emma Lazarus, 1883''<br />
<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon, born Hawaii, 1915, daughter of a powerful American plantation owner. Began growing wings in July of 1930 and her skin turned green patina. When Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, her skin was a living metal. Using new found powers she enlisted to fight in the Pacific Theater.<br />
<br />
Today, Paragon City welcomes the ageless hero.<br />
<br />
==Extended Biography:==<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon was born in Hawaii to a powerful American coffee plantation owner in 1915. Her family would be instrumental in getting Hawaii ready to petition the islands for statehood in 1959. Liz grew up a typical child in a rich family. She was never without want, but her family kept her humble. <br />
<br />
Liz was sent to the new Royal Elementary School on the island. Destined to run the business, at the age of eight her parents sent her into the fields on weekends to work alongside the laborers. It was in the fields she learned of the other plantations using a form of serfdom of immigrants to maintain a stranglehold on the populace. Her family’s forward thinking views were shunned by most of the other land holders. It is also, where her fierce pursuit of justice and loyalty would be honed.<br />
<br />
She learned of the other plantation owners used the immigrants for cheap labor and held enough political power in the United States to keep their illegal labor force from changing. Only a small number of families treated their workers right. These outcasts, refugees, and exiles were being abused by an unjust system. Over the next few years, she would see how corrupt and unfair the system was to the laborers.<br />
<br />
In July of 1930 her world began to turn upside down. She began growing wings and her skin turned a green patina. Her parents looked for a cure and she was sent to a private school. After a year she withdrew to the plantation where the best tutors were found to teach her. Doctors were at a complete loss to explain the condition. Locals began to whisper in the shadows that Liz was a kapua and the daughter of Pele the goddess of fire and lightning, and Kūkailimoku, a feather-god. The locals actually thought it was a good sign, and she was destined for great things. They gave her the nickname Mana Loa (Great Power.)<br />
<br />
When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, her skin had turned into a living metal. Liz took to the air and tried to repel the invading air forces. Being completely outnumbered and moving a bit slower then the aircraft, her defense of the island seemed inadequate in her eyes. It was battling in the skies above Hawaii that her other powers emerged. Liz found she had the ability to completely manipulate the heat in her new body. She could radiate all of it instantly creating ice, or intensify it creating fire. She was even able to pull the heat out of the surrounding area. In addition, she seemed to be able generate large amounts of electricity, electrifying her skin, thereby strengthening the metal through a magnetic cohesion. Against the machine guns of the Japan’s air force, it saved her life.<br />
<br />
After the bombing, she found out her immediate family had been killed in the raid. When the U.S. declared was on Japan she was among the first to join the metahumans in the Pacific theater. Liz took the attack personal, becoming obsessed with vengeance, and pushed her powers to new limits. She dropped he real name and adopted her nickname Mana Loa. Under the leadership of Captain Volcano, she fought against the Lord of Frosts and the Imperial Wind, Japan’s super soldiers. When Captain Volcano dies at the hand of Lord of Frosts in 1945, she only then realized the mistake of becoming so obsessed with personal vendettas. A lesson she learned all too well.<br />
<br />
A year later she stood with other heroes of the war at Liberty Island as they received praise and a commendation from the President. It was her first trip to the mainland and she became fascinated by the Statue of Liberty and how the color of her skin matched that of Lady Liberty’s. Marveling at the symbol of freedom, she felt her soul stir with patriotism. <br />
<br />
After the fiasco of her former commander with Imperial Wind she decided to dedicate her life in the service of her country, and guarantee the proper pursuit of justice would endure. Never would she let personal feelings guide her actions. Inspired by the bronze plaque inside the monument she adopted the name, Mother of Exiles. She swore to defend those that could not help themselves. Liz would protect all who needed protecting. She wanted to become the beacon and hope all citizens could look too in dark times. It was that day the Prussian Prince of Automatons attacked.<br />
<br />
When Nemesis was defeated, Liz returned to Hawaii determined to see the U.S. territory as a state. It was one last thing her mother and father wanted for the island. She felt she could then pursue her service to country with a full heart and clean slate. <br />
<br />
In 1950, the Department of Defense approached her asking for some help against the Warsaw Pact. She expressed her wish to see Hawaii as a state and they said that her service would shed a good light on that proposition. Liz again left her island, and took up the new mantle of Mother of Exiles. With here experience in World War II, she was given a small squad of heroes to command. She fought over the world in the name of her country, even covertly.<br />
<br />
When 1959 arrived she was at President Dwight D. Eisenhower side when he signed the Hawaii Admission Act. Soon after Hawaii’s vote on statehood the CIA tapped the Mother of Exiles.<br />
<br />
When the Might for Right Act was ruled unconstitutional in 1967, Liz took a long needed vacation. After a month, it was cut short when she realized covert agents were being left out in the field while corrupt bureaucrats dragged their feet to get them clear of operations. She worked hard for three years to ensure everyone had been accounted for.<br />
<br />
The FBI tapped Mother in 1970, to lead a quick response unit in the Pacific with the capability to deploy anywhere in the world with two hours. Liz monitored, tracked, and even took part in secret skirmishes against the Soviet Union and the super-soldiers. When the commander of the Defenders of the Motherland hit Statesman with a tactical nuke over Finland, Mother of Exiles and her team were among the first to arrive at the devastation and recovered the injured hero.<br />
<br />
The conflict escalated as all the super powers went on alert. Mother suddenly found her and her team protecting a secret satellite the U.S. was readying to launch. Members of Freedom Phalanx and Dawn Patrol organized to take out a Russian first strike against the satellite and the satellite itself; Mother found herself facing off against what she considered traitors. Even her team stepped aside to allow the heroes through, but Mother did not back down. A lowly boot private fresh from training held his post at the site and he stood his ground against the overwhelming odds. <br />
<br />
While the heroes would prove successful, it was not without a cost. Mother seriously injured many of them. From then on, she held no respect for Statesman and his super group of traitors. She attempted to bring the heroes up on charges, but there was enough political backing to delay the charges. She dishonorably discharged her former team members for dereliction of duty and disobeying a direct command. She was brought up on charges of unlawful orders. Her connections were going to bury the accusation, but she decided to face a jury of her peers. She was found not guilty.<br />
<br />
Mother of Exiles set out to rebuild her team. Her first choice was the private that stood with her against the Freedom Phalanx. She had him assigned to her and she admitted him into what remained of the Army’s super soldier program. The private would take up the mantle, Oathguard and spend the next twenty years under her command, running various other special operation programs in the process.<br />
<br />
After the Second Rikti War, it was become evident to Mother and others that Paragon City seems to be a nexus for super powered issues, in one form or another. Homeland Security gets approval to form its own super group after the death of there own agent, Stateside. They tap Mother who agrees to form the group. Homeland Security creates Judicial Imperium of the National Guard Order.<br />
<br />
J.I.N.G.O.’s charter is to prevent national security issues within Paragon City from spilling into the rest of the country, or the world. The have broad authority to conduct operations on any hard targets that begin in the city, and threaten homeland security.<br />
</onlyinclude><br />
[[Category:Justice Heroes]][[Category:Freedom Heroes]][[Category:Virtue Heroes]]</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Mother_of_Exiles_(Justice)&diff=311
Mother of Exiles (Justice)
2009-02-20T18:11:00Z
<p>Sekoia: </p>
<hr />
<div><onlyinclude>[[Image:Mother of Exiles.jpg|thumb|Mother of Exiles]]<br />
<br />
<br />
==In-game Biography:==<br />
<br />
<br />
''“The New Colossus”<br />
<br />
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,<br />
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;<br />
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand<br />
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame<br />
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name<br />
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand<br />
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command<br />
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.<br />
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she<br />
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,<br />
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,<br />
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.<br />
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,<br />
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"<br />
<br />
Emma Lazarus, 1883''<br />
<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon, born Hawaii, 1915, daughter of a powerful American plantation owner. Began growing wings in July of 1930 and her skin turned green patina. When Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, her skin was a living metal. Using new found powers she enlisted to fight in the Pacific Theater.<br />
<br />
Today, Paragon City welcomes the ageless hero.<br />
<br />
==Extended Biography:==<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon was born in Hawaii to a powerful American coffee plantation owner in 1915. Her family would be instrumental in getting Hawaii ready to petition the islands for statehood in 1959. Liz grew up a typical child in a rich family. She was never without want, but her family kept her humble. <br />
<br />
Liz was sent to the new Royal Elementary School on the island. Destined to run the business, at the age of eight her parents sent her into the fields on weekends to work alongside the laborers. It was in the fields she learned of the other plantations using a form of serfdom of immigrants to maintain a stranglehold on the populace. Her family’s forward thinking views were shunned by most of the other land holders. It is also, where her fierce pursuit of justice and loyalty would be honed.<br />
<br />
She learned of the other plantation owners used the immigrants for cheap labor and held enough political power in the United States to keep their illegal labor force from changing. Only a small number of families treated their workers right. These outcasts, refugees, and exiles were being abused by an unjust system. Over the next few years, she would see how corrupt and unfair the system was to the laborers.<br />
<br />
In July of 1930 her world began to turn upside down. She began growing wings and her skin turned a green patina. Her parents looked for a cure and she was sent to a private school. After a year she withdrew to the plantation where the best tutors were found to teach her. Doctors were at a complete loss to explain the condition. Locals began to whisper in the shadows that Liz was a kapua and the daughter of Pele the goddess of fire and lightning, and Kūkailimoku, a feather-god. The locals actually thought it was a good sign, and she was destined for great things. They gave her the nickname Mana Loa (Great Power.)<br />
<br />
When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, her skin had turned into a living metal. Liz took to the air and tried to repel the invading air forces. Being completely outnumbered and moving a bit slower then the aircraft, her defense of the island seemed inadequate in her eyes. It was battling in the skies above Hawaii that her other powers emerged. Liz found she had the ability to completely manipulate the heat in her new body. She could radiate all of it instantly creating ice, or intensify it creating fire. She was even able to pull the heat out of the surrounding area. In addition, she seemed to be able generate large amounts of electricity, electrifying her skin, thereby strengthening the metal through a magnetic cohesion. Against the machine guns of the Japan’s air force, it saved her life.<br />
<br />
After the bombing, she found out her immediate family had been killed in the raid. When the U.S. declared was on Japan she was among the first to join the metahumans in the Pacific theater. Liz took the attack personal, becoming obsessed with vengeance, and pushed her powers to new limits. She dropped he real name and adopted her nickname Mana Loa. Under the leadership of Captain Volcano, she fought against the Lord of Frosts and the Imperial Wind, Japan’s super soldiers. When Captain Volcano dies at the hand of Lord of Frosts in 1945, she only then realized the mistake of becoming so obsessed with personal vendettas. A lesson she learned all too well.<br />
<br />
A year later she stood with other heroes of the war at Liberty Island as they received praise and a commendation from the President. It was her first trip to the mainland and she became fascinated by the Statue of Liberty and how the color of her skin matched that of Lady Liberty’s. Marveling at the symbol of freedom, she felt her soul stir with patriotism. <br />
<br />
After the fiasco of her former commander with Imperial Wind she decided to dedicate her life in the service of her country, and guarantee the proper pursuit of justice would endure. Never would she let personal feelings guide her actions. Inspired by the bronze plaque inside the monument she adopted the name, Mother of Exiles. She swore to defend those that could not help themselves. Liz would protect all who needed protecting. She wanted to become the beacon and hope all citizens could look too in dark times. It was that day the Prussian Prince of Automatons attacked.<br />
<br />
When Nemesis was defeated, Liz returned to Hawaii determined to see the U.S. territory as a state. It was one last thing her mother and father wanted for the island. She felt she could then pursue her service to country with a full heart and clean slate. <br />
<br />
In 1950, the Department of Defense approached her asking for some help against the Warsaw Pact. She expressed her wish to see Hawaii as a state and they said that her service would shed a good light on that proposition. Liz again left her island, and took up the new mantle of Mother of Exiles. With here experience in World War II, she was given a small squad of heroes to command. She fought over the world in the name of her country, even covertly.<br />
<br />
When 1959 arrived she was at President Dwight D. Eisenhower side when he signed the Hawaii Admission Act. Soon after Hawaii’s vote on statehood the CIA tapped the Mother of Exiles.<br />
<br />
When the Might for Right Act was ruled unconstitutional in 1967, Liz took a long needed vacation. After a month, it was cut short when she realized covert agents were being left out in the field while corrupt bureaucrats dragged their feet to get them clear of operations. She worked hard for three years to ensure everyone had been accounted for.<br />
<br />
The FBI tapped Mother in 1970, to lead a quick response unit in the Pacific with the capability to deploy anywhere in the world with two hours. Liz monitored, tracked, and even took part in secret skirmishes against the Soviet Union and the super-soldiers. When the commander of the Defenders of the Motherland hit Statesman with a tactical nuke over Finland, Mother of Exiles and her team were among the first to arrive at the devastation and recovered the injured hero.<br />
<br />
The conflict escalated as all the super powers went on alert. Mother suddenly found her and her team protecting a secret satellite the U.S. was readying to launch. Members of Freedom Phalanx and Dawn Patrol organized to take out a Russian first strike against the satellite and the satellite itself; Mother found herself facing off against what she considered traitors. Even her team stepped aside to allow the heroes through, but Mother did not back down. A lowly boot private fresh from training held his post at the site and he stood his ground against the overwhelming odds. <br />
<br />
While the heroes would prove successful, it was not without a cost. Mother seriously injured many of them. From then on, she held no respect for Statesman and his super group of traitors. She attempted to bring the heroes up on charges, but there was enough political backing to delay the charges. She dishonorably discharged her former team members for dereliction of duty and disobeying a direct command. She was brought up on charges of unlawful orders. Her connections were going to bury the accusation, but she decided to face a jury of her peers. She was found not guilty.<br />
<br />
Mother of Exiles set out to rebuild her team. Her first choice was the private that stood with her against the Freedom Phalanx. She had him assigned to her and she admitted him into what remained of the Army’s super soldier program. The private would take up the mantle, Oathguard and spend the next twenty years under her command, running various other special operation programs in the process.<br />
<br />
After the Second Rikti War, it was become evident to Mother and others that Paragon City seems to be a nexus for super powered issues, in one form or another. Homeland Security gets approval to form its own super group after the death of there own agent, Stateside. They tap Mother who agrees to form the group. Homeland Security creates Judicial Imperium of the National Guard Order.<br />
<br />
J.I.N.G.O.’s charter is to prevent national security issues within Paragon City from spilling into the rest of the country, or the world. The have broad authority to conduct operations on any hard targets that begin in the city, and threaten homeland security.<br />
</onlyinclude><br />
[[Category:Justice Heroes]][[Category:Freedom Heroes]][[Category:Virtue Heroes]]</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Ockham%27s_Dragons&diff=250
Ockham's Dragons
2009-02-05T18:05:26Z
<p>Sekoia: </p>
<hr />
<div>==A Narrative by Anthony Harte==<br />
<br />
[[Image:Pillar of Ice and Flame.jpg|thumb|The Pillar of Ice and Flame]]<br />
<br />
When the Earth was young, cooled after chaos of creation, two intelligent species ascended from their own biblical beginning, the Saurians and the Dragons. The First Pantheon ruled over both with brutal terror and endless cruelty. They demanded frequent sacrifices of flesh and blood receiving both in excess. With what would seem to be the folly of all living emotional intelligent creatures, between that which is different and strange, the Saurians began a war against the Dragons.<br />
<br />
Encouraged and guided by the wicked First Pantheon the first Great War was waged. The most ancient of gods, in ecstasy wallowed and engorged upon the chaos of the conflict. Like all wars, the search to fight them better fueled research and new ways of thinking. The two first races slavishly obeyed the will and commands of their deities, each god choosing their favored race.<br />
<br />
Which species was truly the first to expand their conscious is unclear and forever lost to the half-life of time. It is known, that the dragons began to believe in a hidden singular creator. Any knowledge of a one god was secreted away by the First Pantheon out of jealously and to retain a measure of control over their slaved minions. The vengeful gods responded ruthlessly to the threatening beliefs, but the dragons turned away from Pantheon. The first Great War became the first Holy War and the dragons were almost hunted to extinction.<br />
<br />
Not all of the First Pantheon was vilely corrupt. An incredible small minority, those backing the dragons, felt sorry for the race. They helped the dragons hiding them away from a near genocide of their race. In this eldritch sanctuary a new dragon society arose. While desiring peace, they knew it could never be attained while the First Pantheon ruled. A great leader of the dragons stepped forth, so enlightened she laid the foundation of their future society, one that would ironically never be achieved. What was more important was that the journey to the society. A desperate a public assassination of this great leader only strengthened the resolve of the trodden dragons. What happened to the gods that assisted the dragons remains forever lost. It is known they were hunted down and punished.<br />
<br />
The dragons determined not to be ruled by false gods, fought back and striking hard. The Great Holy War which had been dwindling due to the elusive race was now in full swing. The First Pantheon shivered in rapture and grew in power from their Saurian followers. Unfortunately for them, Dragon society had turned inward finding greater focus with the universe and evolved mentally and spiritually. The war took an unforeseen turn to the dragons favor and it seemed the Saurians would be crushed. Faith wavered among the Saurians and the First Pantheon punished them brutally.<br />
<br />
Requiring increasing blood and flesh sacrifices the Pantheon began manipulating the physical forms of their followers to turn them into better fighting creatures. This would only be mirrored by the brilliant and resolute dragons. The Dragon’s fierce beliefs held them to the Creator and even in Chaos they excelled with new heights in art, literature, and magic. Their society grew and even in defiance of the cruel gods they built massive cities. Dragons appeared to be a favored race of some greater being. This only enraged the First Pantheon even further forcing them to even drastic physical changes. The Great Holy War continued unabated.<br />
<br />
Timed passed, where even the Saurian’s began to doubt the purpose of the Holy War.<br />
<br />
Dragons flourished, returning completely from utter extinction and proving to be the better race. The First Pantheon had so twisted the Saurians race by its demands original race they were became extinct. They became a shadow of themselves and their children became the dinosaurs of the modern Earth. With the advent of the Titans and other Pantheons growing in strength the First felt ever greater pressure to fight battles in the heavens for there own divine survival. Still fighting the Holy War, it was undeniable the Dragons had won their right to their place on Earth. The battles of the Holy War diminished and time continued to march on.<br />
<br />
With the war in the heavens going against them and desperate for a victory, they made one final attempt to destroy their hated enemy and once brood. The First Pantheon took physical form directly attacked the Dragons. The opening volley of this new assault brought about the first great mass extinctions on the Earth as the dragons unleashed all their powers to defend themselves. One they too would regret. The first causality of the battle was a Saurian deity. The First retreated to the Heavens to escape the hell on Earth. The Dragon lost millions and clawed their way from the bottomless pit of extinction, this time by their own hands, a lesson never to be forgotten by their children.<br />
<br />
The spark of life wavered, but continued to burn and the dragons scratched out a meager existence. In time they restored themselves to their former glory, but not without notice. Other pantheons tried to force the dragons to worship them only to find themselves at war. With the Great Holy War considered over these new threats were taken very seriously. Another great dragon leader arose and decided they would not take a passive response to the new threats. Using their vast knowledge of magic they attacked all the pantheons in the Heavens themselves. Now the dragons showed that they were the greatest threat to all of the gods, young and old. A new war waged across countless eons, battles and times of peace expanding generations at a time.<br />
Then came the humans, and the gods rejoiced.<br />
<br />
The pantheon not taking pleasure was the First. Licking wounds from the countless assaults from dragons and gods alike, their race of followers were now long gone, mutated and twisted into nothingness. This new race of humans only magnified that singular fact exposing their failure even more evidently. The First blamed the dragons. Since their followers were long dead they decided to wage a war of suicidal genocide against the humans to prevent the other gods from expanding their power base. The event also marked the first time the First felt their mortality. A new era of war raged on Earth.<br />
<br />
The dragons, evolving into near immortality, became celestial with a renewed union from magic. Now eldritch in nature, imbuing them with a True Name, they were near ascending their physical form to higher planes of existence and greater dimensions of thought. While some of their kind had done so individually, the race as a whole was collectively approaching this new level of existence. With the new campaign of the ancient Saurian gods, the dragons took pity on the young race of humans and decided to help. Again the blood flowed. Dragons fought against any pantheon that tried to force its will upon the humans. So skilled were the Dragons that they could now kill the gods themselves. Not being as blood thirsty as the First Pantheon, the dragons were willing to negotiate terms of non-interference among the different pantheons, even allying with individual deities to achieve ultimate victory.<br />
<br />
The First Pantheon, now suffering the loss of some of its own sphere, finally set out to singularly wipe the dragons from eternity. They came up with a magical virus to corrupt the physical and mental condition of their mortal enemies. It was immediately released. The last great leader of the dragons, only known to humans as Grendel, witnessed the last days of his kind. Those that could ascend did. Those afflicted by the virus were twisted into vile corruptions, shadows of devolved ancient Saurians, some taking the form of lizard-like creatures.<br />
<br />
The centuries prior to the end, working with the humans so closely, some dragons and humans intermixed. The intelligent and celestial Dragons marveled at Humanity and saw themselves at the brink millions of years ago. It was then half-human half-dragon, or drakes began walking the Earth. This new race was well suited as serving as emissaries between the gods and humans during the war. The numbers of drakes grew, even serving in the dragon battles against the gods. The greatest even slaying gods single-handedly. It was a human that stole the heart of Grendel, and his new bride gave birth to a son who would become known to modern society as Occam’s Razar. Foretold by dragon seers, the newborn would see the restoration of dragon memory and the values to Earth and instill their greatness in the human race.<br />
<br />
In one last epic battle, Grendel led the biggest army every assembled. Humans, drakes, and dragons stood side by side in this final conflict against the First. It is this battle that the First twisted Beowulf, against Grendel, costing the dragon leader his life. At the end only one deity remained, only to be chased down by Grendel’s son, who sacrificed his life to destroy the last of the First Pantheon. But that death was simply the beginning for the young drake.<br />
<br />
Grendel’s death sent many remaining dragons not affected by the Saurian curse to ascend their physical form to save themselves. Only a handful stayed behind to search for a cure for their lost brethren lost to the disease and to act as caretakers until they too succumbed to the curse. This exodus left the human’s at the mercy of the remaining pantheons, and the human race entered a Darker Age. One far worse then what humanity itself would call the Dark Age many ten’s of thousands of years later. Time erased all evidence of the original form of the dragons from human memory. Only a handful of stories told and retold through the countless eons survived. Human society degenerated and the story of Beowulf’s betrayal survived albeit twisted by age.<br />
<br />
Those Dragons affected by the Saurian curse descended through the ages coming into contact with humans and causing many of the legends that modern society finds in their myth and legend. Those drakes left behind suffered as well. Some were also twisted in form and mind becoming monsters. Others found their human ancestry gave them immunity to the curse. A few attempted to watch over their twisted brethren and eventually faded away in death. Several assisted humans in their ongoing fight against the gods only to be killed themselves. It is without a doubt that they continued to interbreed with humans thinning out the dragon bloodline. The one saving grace of the descendants was they inherited a genetic memory from their dragon-kin going back to dragon’s celestial consciousness. These memories guided them.<br />
<br />
In the modern era, well over 50,000 years later, .01% of all [http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Mutant mutants] displaying superhuman powers are in fact drakes of [http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Natural natural] origin. They are direct descendants of dragons. Throughout history some reports of alternate lives were actually individuals tapping into their genetic memory and experiencing reality from their ancestors perspective, even all the way back to their ancestor’s first eldritch awakening.<br />
<br />
[[Category:General Universe Fiction]]</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Ockham%27s_Dragons&diff=249
Ockham's Dragons
2009-02-05T18:04:37Z
<p>Sekoia: </p>
<hr />
<div>==by Anthony Harte==<br />
<br />
[[Image:Pillar of Ice and Flame.jpg|thumb|The Pillar of Ice and Flame]]<br />
<br />
When the Earth was young, cooled after chaos of creation, two intelligent species ascended from their own biblical beginning, the Saurians and the Dragons. The First Pantheon ruled over both with brutal terror and endless cruelty. They demanded frequent sacrifices of flesh and blood receiving both in excess. With what would seem to be the folly of all living emotional intelligent creatures, between that which is different and strange, the Saurians began a war against the Dragons.<br />
<br />
Encouraged and guided by the wicked First Pantheon the first Great War was waged. The most ancient of gods, in ecstasy wallowed and engorged upon the chaos of the conflict. Like all wars, the search to fight them better fueled research and new ways of thinking. The two first races slavishly obeyed the will and commands of their deities, each god choosing their favored race.<br />
<br />
Which species was truly the first to expand their conscious is unclear and forever lost to the half-life of time. It is known, that the dragons began to believe in a hidden singular creator. Any knowledge of a one god was secreted away by the First Pantheon out of jealously and to retain a measure of control over their slaved minions. The vengeful gods responded ruthlessly to the threatening beliefs, but the dragons turned away from Pantheon. The first Great War became the first Holy War and the dragons were almost hunted to extinction.<br />
<br />
Not all of the First Pantheon was vilely corrupt. An incredible small minority, those backing the dragons, felt sorry for the race. They helped the dragons hiding them away from a near genocide of their race. In this eldritch sanctuary a new dragon society arose. While desiring peace, they knew it could never be attained while the First Pantheon ruled. A great leader of the dragons stepped forth, so enlightened she laid the foundation of their future society, one that would ironically never be achieved. What was more important was that the journey to the society. A desperate a public assassination of this great leader only strengthened the resolve of the trodden dragons. What happened to the gods that assisted the dragons remains forever lost. It is known they were hunted down and punished.<br />
<br />
The dragons determined not to be ruled by false gods, fought back and striking hard. The Great Holy War which had been dwindling due to the elusive race was now in full swing. The First Pantheon shivered in rapture and grew in power from their Saurian followers. Unfortunately for them, Dragon society had turned inward finding greater focus with the universe and evolved mentally and spiritually. The war took an unforeseen turn to the dragons favor and it seemed the Saurians would be crushed. Faith wavered among the Saurians and the First Pantheon punished them brutally.<br />
<br />
Requiring increasing blood and flesh sacrifices the Pantheon began manipulating the physical forms of their followers to turn them into better fighting creatures. This would only be mirrored by the brilliant and resolute dragons. The Dragon’s fierce beliefs held them to the Creator and even in Chaos they excelled with new heights in art, literature, and magic. Their society grew and even in defiance of the cruel gods they built massive cities. Dragons appeared to be a favored race of some greater being. This only enraged the First Pantheon even further forcing them to even drastic physical changes. The Great Holy War continued unabated.<br />
<br />
Timed passed, where even the Saurian’s began to doubt the purpose of the Holy War.<br />
<br />
Dragons flourished, returning completely from utter extinction and proving to be the better race. The First Pantheon had so twisted the Saurians race by its demands original race they were became extinct. They became a shadow of themselves and their children became the dinosaurs of the modern Earth. With the advent of the Titans and other Pantheons growing in strength the First felt ever greater pressure to fight battles in the heavens for there own divine survival. Still fighting the Holy War, it was undeniable the Dragons had won their right to their place on Earth. The battles of the Holy War diminished and time continued to march on.<br />
<br />
With the war in the heavens going against them and desperate for a victory, they made one final attempt to destroy their hated enemy and once brood. The First Pantheon took physical form directly attacked the Dragons. The opening volley of this new assault brought about the first great mass extinctions on the Earth as the dragons unleashed all their powers to defend themselves. One they too would regret. The first causality of the battle was a Saurian deity. The First retreated to the Heavens to escape the hell on Earth. The Dragon lost millions and clawed their way from the bottomless pit of extinction, this time by their own hands, a lesson never to be forgotten by their children.<br />
<br />
The spark of life wavered, but continued to burn and the dragons scratched out a meager existence. In time they restored themselves to their former glory, but not without notice. Other pantheons tried to force the dragons to worship them only to find themselves at war. With the Great Holy War considered over these new threats were taken very seriously. Another great dragon leader arose and decided they would not take a passive response to the new threats. Using their vast knowledge of magic they attacked all the pantheons in the Heavens themselves. Now the dragons showed that they were the greatest threat to all of the gods, young and old. A new war waged across countless eons, battles and times of peace expanding generations at a time.<br />
Then came the humans, and the gods rejoiced.<br />
<br />
The pantheon not taking pleasure was the First. Licking wounds from the countless assaults from dragons and gods alike, their race of followers were now long gone, mutated and twisted into nothingness. This new race of humans only magnified that singular fact exposing their failure even more evidently. The First blamed the dragons. Since their followers were long dead they decided to wage a war of suicidal genocide against the humans to prevent the other gods from expanding their power base. The event also marked the first time the First felt their mortality. A new era of war raged on Earth.<br />
<br />
The dragons, evolving into near immortality, became celestial with a renewed union from magic. Now eldritch in nature, imbuing them with a True Name, they were near ascending their physical form to higher planes of existence and greater dimensions of thought. While some of their kind had done so individually, the race as a whole was collectively approaching this new level of existence. With the new campaign of the ancient Saurian gods, the dragons took pity on the young race of humans and decided to help. Again the blood flowed. Dragons fought against any pantheon that tried to force its will upon the humans. So skilled were the Dragons that they could now kill the gods themselves. Not being as blood thirsty as the First Pantheon, the dragons were willing to negotiate terms of non-interference among the different pantheons, even allying with individual deities to achieve ultimate victory.<br />
<br />
The First Pantheon, now suffering the loss of some of its own sphere, finally set out to singularly wipe the dragons from eternity. They came up with a magical virus to corrupt the physical and mental condition of their mortal enemies. It was immediately released. The last great leader of the dragons, only known to humans as Grendel, witnessed the last days of his kind. Those that could ascend did. Those afflicted by the virus were twisted into vile corruptions, shadows of devolved ancient Saurians, some taking the form of lizard-like creatures.<br />
<br />
The centuries prior to the end, working with the humans so closely, some dragons and humans intermixed. The intelligent and celestial Dragons marveled at Humanity and saw themselves at the brink millions of years ago. It was then half-human half-dragon, or drakes began walking the Earth. This new race was well suited as serving as emissaries between the gods and humans during the war. The numbers of drakes grew, even serving in the dragon battles against the gods. The greatest even slaying gods single-handedly. It was a human that stole the heart of Grendel, and his new bride gave birth to a son who would become known to modern society as Occam’s Razar. Foretold by dragon seers, the newborn would see the restoration of dragon memory and the values to Earth and instill their greatness in the human race.<br />
<br />
In one last epic battle, Grendel led the biggest army every assembled. Humans, drakes, and dragons stood side by side in this final conflict against the First. It is this battle that the First twisted Beowulf, against Grendel, costing the dragon leader his life. At the end only one deity remained, only to be chased down by Grendel’s son, who sacrificed his life to destroy the last of the First Pantheon. But that death was simply the beginning for the young drake.<br />
<br />
Grendel’s death sent many remaining dragons not affected by the Saurian curse to ascend their physical form to save themselves. Only a handful stayed behind to search for a cure for their lost brethren lost to the disease and to act as caretakers until they too succumbed to the curse. This exodus left the human’s at the mercy of the remaining pantheons, and the human race entered a Darker Age. One far worse then what humanity itself would call the Dark Age many ten’s of thousands of years later. Time erased all evidence of the original form of the dragons from human memory. Only a handful of stories told and retold through the countless eons survived. Human society degenerated and the story of Beowulf’s betrayal survived albeit twisted by age.<br />
<br />
Those Dragons affected by the Saurian curse descended through the ages coming into contact with humans and causing many of the legends that modern society finds in their myth and legend. Those drakes left behind suffered as well. Some were also twisted in form and mind becoming monsters. Others found their human ancestry gave them immunity to the curse. A few attempted to watch over their twisted brethren and eventually faded away in death. Several assisted humans in their ongoing fight against the gods only to be killed themselves. It is without a doubt that they continued to interbreed with humans thinning out the dragon bloodline. The one saving grace of the descendants was they inherited a genetic memory from their dragon-kin going back to dragon’s celestial consciousness. These memories guided them.<br />
<br />
In the modern era, well over 50,000 years later, .01% of all [http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Mutant mutants] displaying superhuman powers are in fact drakes of [http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Natural natural] origin. They are direct descendants of dragons. Throughout history some reports of alternate lives were actually individuals tapping into their genetic memory and experiencing reality from their ancestors perspective, even all the way back to their ancestor’s first eldritch awakening.<br />
<br />
[[Category:General Universe Fiction]]</div>
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2009-01-27T03:28:07Z
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Mother of Exiles (Justice)
2009-01-26T18:11:15Z
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==In-game Biography:==<br />
<br />
<br />
''“The New Colossus”<br />
<br />
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,<br />
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;<br />
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand<br />
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame<br />
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name<br />
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand<br />
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command<br />
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.<br />
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she<br />
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,<br />
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,<br />
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.<br />
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,<br />
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"<br />
<br />
Emma Lazarus, 1883''<br />
<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon, born Hawaii, 1915, daughter of a powerful American plantation owner. Began growing wings in July of 1930 and her skin turned green patina. When Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, her skin was a living metal. Using new found powers she enlisted to fight in the Pacific Theater.<br />
<br />
Today, Paragon City welcomes the ageless hero.<br />
<br />
==Extended Biography:==<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon was born in Hawaii to a powerful American coffee plantation owner in 1915. Her family would be instrumental in getting Hawaii ready to petition the islands for statehood in 1959. Liz grew up a typical child in a rich family. She was never without want, but her family kept her humble. <br />
<br />
Liz was sent to the new Royal Elementary School on the island. Destined to run the business, at the age of eight her parents sent her into the fields on weekends to work alongside the laborers. It was in the fields she learned of the other plantations using a form of serfdom of immigrants to maintain a stranglehold on the populace. Her family’s forward thinking views were shunned by most of the other land holders. It is also, where her fierce pursuit of justice and loyalty would be honed.<br />
<br />
She learned of the other plantation owners used the immigrants for cheap labor and held enough political power in the United States to keep their illegal labor force from changing. Only a small number of families treated their workers right. These outcasts, refugees, and exiles were being abused by an unjust system. Over the next few years, she would see how corrupt and unfair the system was to the laborers.<br />
<br />
In July of 1930 her world began to turn upside down. She began growing wings and her skin turned a green patina. Her parents looked for a cure and she was sent to a private school. After a year she withdrew to the plantation where the best tutors were found to teach her. Doctors were at a complete loss to explain the condition. Locals began to whisper in the shadows that Liz was a kapua and the daughter of Pele the goddess of fire and lightning, and Kūkailimoku, a feather-god. The locals actually thought it was a good sign, and she was destined for great things. They gave her the nickname Mana Loa (Great Power.)<br />
<br />
When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, her skin had turned into a living metal. Liz took to the air and tried to repel the invading air forces. Being completely outnumbered and moving a bit slower then the aircraft, her defense of the island seemed inadequate in her eyes. It was battling in the skies above Hawaii that her other powers emerged. Liz found she had the ability to completely manipulate the heat in her new body. She could radiate all of it instantly creating ice, or intensify it creating fire. She was even able to pull the heat out of the surrounding area. In addition, she seemed to be able generate large amounts of electricity, electrifying her skin, thereby strengthening the metal through a magnetic cohesion. Against the machine guns of the Japan’s air force, it saved her life.<br />
<br />
After the bombing, she found out her immediate family had been killed in the raid. When the U.S. declared was on Japan she was among the first to join the metahumans in the Pacific theater. Liz took the attack personal, becoming obsessed with vengeance, and pushed her powers to new limits. She dropped he real name and adopted her nickname Mana Loa. Under the leadership of Captain Volcano, she fought against the Lord of Frosts and the Imperial Wind, Japan’s super soldiers. When Captain Volcano dies at the hand of Lord of Frosts in 1945, she only then realized the mistake of becoming so obsessed with personal vendettas. A lesson she learned all too well.<br />
<br />
A year later she stood with other heroes of the war at Liberty Island as they received praise and a commendation from the President. It was her first trip to the mainland and she became fascinated by the Statue of Liberty and how the color of her skin matched that of Lady Liberty’s. Marveling at the symbol of freedom, she felt her soul stir with patriotism. <br />
<br />
After the fiasco of her former commander with Imperial Wind she decided to dedicate her life in the service of her country, and guarantee the proper pursuit of justice would endure. Never would she let personal feelings guide her actions. Inspired by the bronze plaque inside the monument she adopted the name, Mother of Exiles. She swore to defend those that could not help themselves. Liz would protect all who needed protecting. She wanted to become the beacon and hope all citizens could look too in dark times. It was that day the Prussian Prince of Automatons attacked.<br />
<br />
When Nemesis was defeated, Liz returned to Hawaii determined to see the U.S. territory as a state. It was one last thing her mother and father wanted for the island. She felt she could then pursue her service to country with a full heart and clean slate. <br />
<br />
In 1950, the Department of Defense approached her asking for some help against the Warsaw Pact. She expressed her wish to see Hawaii as a state and they said that her service would shed a good light on that proposition. Liz again left her island, and took up the new mantle of Mother of Exiles. With here experience in World War II, she was given a small squad of heroes to command. She fought over the world in the name of her country, even covertly.<br />
<br />
When 1959 arrived she was at President Dwight D. Eisenhower side when he signed the Hawaii Admission Act. Soon after Hawaii’s vote on statehood the CIA tapped the Mother of Exiles.<br />
<br />
When the Might for Right Act was ruled unconstitutional in 1967, Liz took a long needed vacation. After a month, it was cut short when she realized covert agents were being left out in the field while corrupt bureaucrats dragged their feet to get them clear of operations. She worked hard for three years to ensure everyone had been accounted for.<br />
<br />
The FBI tapped Mother in 1970, to lead a quick response unit in the Pacific with the capability to deploy anywhere in the world with two hours. Liz monitored, tracked, and even took part in secret skirmishes against the Soviet Union and the super-soldiers. When the commander of the Defenders of the Motherland hit Statesman with a tactical nuke over Finland, Mother of Exiles and her team were among the first to arrive at the devastation and recovered the injured hero.<br />
<br />
The conflict escalated as all the super powers went on alert. Mother suddenly found her and her team protecting a secret satellite the U.S. was readying to launch. Members of Freedom Phalanx and Dawn Patrol organized to take out a Russian first strike against the satellite and the satellite itself; Mother found herself facing off against what she considered traitors. Even her team stepped aside to allow the heroes through, but Mother did not back down. A lowly boot private fresh from training held his post at the site and he stood his ground against the overwhelming odds. <br />
<br />
While the heroes would prove successful, it was not without a cost. Mother seriously injured many of them. From then on, she held no respect for Statesman and his super group of traitors. She attempted to bring the heroes up on charges, but there was enough political backing to delay the charges. She dishonorably discharged her former team members for dereliction of duty and disobeying a direct command. She was brought up on charges of unlawful orders. Her connections were going to bury the accusation, but she decided to face a jury of her peers. She was found not guilty.<br />
<br />
Mother of Exiles set out to rebuild her team. Her first choice was the private that stood with her against the Freedom Phalanx. She had him assigned to her and she admitted him into what remained of the Army’s super soldier program. The private would take up the mantle, Oathguard and spend the next twenty years under her command, running various other special operation programs in the process.<br />
<br />
After the Second Rikti War, it was become evident to Mother and others that Paragon City seems to be a nexus for super powered issues, in one form or another. Homeland Security gets approval to form its own super group after the death of there own agent, Stateside. They tap Mother who agrees to form the group. Homeland Security creates Judicial Imperium of the National Guard Order.<br />
<br />
J.I.N.G.O.’s charter is to prevent national security issues within Paragon City from spilling into the rest of the country, or the world. The have broad authority to conduct operations on any hard targets that begin in the city, and threaten homeland security.<br />
[[Category:Justice Heroes]][[Category:Freedom Heroes]][[Category:Virtue Heroes]]</div>
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Ockham's Dragons
2009-01-22T02:33:46Z
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<div>==Ockham's Dragons==<br />
<br />
[[Image:Pillar of Ice and Flame.jpg|thumb|The Pillar of Ice and Flame]]<br />
<br />
When the Earth was young, cooled after chaos of creation, two intelligent species ascended from their own biblical beginning, the Saurians and the Dragons. The First Pantheon ruled over both with brutal terror and endless cruelty. They demanded frequent sacrifices of flesh and blood receiving both in excess. With what would seem to be the folly of all living emotional intelligent creatures, between that which is different and strange, the Saurians began a war against the Dragons.<br />
<br />
Encouraged and guided by the wicked First Pantheon the first Great War was waged. The most ancient of gods, in ecstasy wallowed and engorged upon the chaos of the conflict. Like all wars, the search to fight them better fueled research and new ways of thinking. The two first races slavishly obeyed the will and commands of their deities, each god choosing their favored race.<br />
<br />
Which species was truly the first to expand their conscious is unclear and forever lost to the half-life of time. It is known, that the dragons began to believe in a hidden singular creator. Any knowledge of a one god was secreted away by the First Pantheon out of jealously and to retain a measure of control over their slaved minions. The vengeful gods responded ruthlessly to the threatening beliefs, but the dragons turned away from Pantheon. The first Great War became the first Holy War and the dragons were almost hunted to extinction.<br />
<br />
Not all of the First Pantheon was vilely corrupt. An incredible small minority, those backing the dragons, felt sorry for the race. They helped the dragons hiding them away from a near genocide of their race. In this eldritch sanctuary a new dragon society arose. While desiring peace, they knew it could never be attained while the First Pantheon ruled. A great leader of the dragons stepped forth, so enlightened she laid the foundation of their future society, one that would ironically never be achieved. What was more important was that the journey to the society. A desperate a public assassination of this great leader only strengthened the resolve of the trodden dragons. What happened to the gods that assisted the dragons remains forever lost. It is known they were hunted down and punished.<br />
<br />
The dragons determined not to be ruled by false gods, fought back and striking hard. The Great Holy War which had been dwindling due to the elusive race was now in full swing. The First Pantheon shivered in rapture and grew in power from their Saurian followers. Unfortunately for them, Dragon society had turned inward finding greater focus with the universe and evolved mentally and spiritually. The war took an unforeseen turn to the dragons favor and it seemed the Saurians would be crushed. Faith wavered among the Saurians and the First Pantheon punished them brutally.<br />
<br />
Requiring increasing blood and flesh sacrifices the Pantheon began manipulating the physical forms of their followers to turn them into better fighting creatures. This would only be mirrored by the brilliant and resolute dragons. The Dragon’s fierce beliefs held them to the Creator and even in Chaos they excelled with new heights in art, literature, and magic. Their society grew and even in defiance of the cruel gods they built massive cities. Dragons appeared to be a favored race of some greater being. This only enraged the First Pantheon even further forcing them to even drastic physical changes. The Great Holy War continued unabated.<br />
<br />
Timed passed, where even the Saurian’s began to doubt the purpose of the Holy War.<br />
<br />
Dragons flourished, returning completely from utter extinction and proving to be the better race. The First Pantheon had so twisted the Saurians race by its demands original race they were became extinct. They became a shadow of themselves and their children became the dinosaurs of the modern Earth. With the advent of the Titans and other Pantheons growing in strength the First felt ever greater pressure to fight battles in the heavens for there own divine survival. Still fighting the Holy War, it was undeniable the Dragons had won their right to their place on Earth. The battles of the Holy War diminished and time continued to march on.<br />
<br />
With the war in the heavens going against them and desperate for a victory, they made one final attempt to destroy their hated enemy and once brood. The First Pantheon took physical form directly attacked the Dragons. The opening volley of this new assault brought about the first great mass extinctions on the Earth as the dragons unleashed all their powers to defend themselves. One they too would regret. The first causality of the battle was a Saurian deity. The First retreated to the Heavens to escape the hell on Earth. The Dragon lost millions and clawed their way from the bottomless pit of extinction, this time by their own hands, a lesson never to be forgotten by their children.<br />
<br />
The spark of life wavered, but continued to burn and the dragons scratched out a meager existence. In time they restored themselves to their former glory, but not without notice. Other pantheons tried to force the dragons to worship them only to find themselves at war. With the Great Holy War considered over these new threats were taken very seriously. Another great dragon leader arose and decided they would not take a passive response to the new threats. Using their vast knowledge of magic they attacked all the pantheons in the Heavens themselves. Now the dragons showed that they were the greatest threat to all of the gods, young and old. A new war waged across countless eons, battles and times of peace expanding generations at a time.<br />
Then came the humans, and the gods rejoiced.<br />
<br />
The pantheon not taking pleasure was the First. Licking wounds from the countless assaults from dragons and gods alike, their race of followers were now long gone, mutated and twisted into nothingness. This new race of humans only magnified that singular fact exposing their failure even more evidently. The First blamed the dragons. Since their followers were long dead they decided to wage a war of suicidal genocide against the humans to prevent the other gods from expanding their power base. The event also marked the first time the First felt their mortality. A new era of war raged on Earth.<br />
<br />
The dragons, evolving into near immortality, became celestial with a renewed union from magic. Now eldritch in nature, imbuing them with a True Name, they were near ascending their physical form to higher planes of existence and greater dimensions of thought. While some of their kind had done so individually, the race as a whole was collectively approaching this new level of existence. With the new campaign of the ancient Saurian gods, the dragons took pity on the young race of humans and decided to help. Again the blood flowed. Dragons fought against any pantheon that tried to force its will upon the humans. So skilled were the Dragons that they could now kill the gods themselves. Not being as blood thirsty as the First Pantheon, the dragons were willing to negotiate terms of non-interference among the different pantheons, even allying with individual deities to achieve ultimate victory.<br />
<br />
The First Pantheon, now suffering the loss of some of its own sphere, finally set out to singularly wipe the dragons from eternity. They came up with a magical virus to corrupt the physical and mental condition of their mortal enemies. It was immediately released. The last great leader of the dragons, only known to humans as Grendel, witnessed the last days of his kind. Those that could ascend did. Those afflicted by the virus were twisted into vile corruptions, shadows of devolved ancient Saurians, some taking the form of lizard-like creatures.<br />
<br />
The centuries prior to the end, working with the humans so closely, some dragons and humans intermixed. The intelligent and celestial Dragons marveled at Humanity and saw themselves at the brink millions of years ago. It was then half-human half-dragon, or drakes began walking the Earth. This new race was well suited as serving as emissaries between the gods and humans during the war. The numbers of drakes grew, even serving in the dragon battles against the gods. The greatest even slaying gods single-handedly. It was a human that stole the heart of Grendel, and his new bride gave birth to a son who would become known to modern society as Occam’s Razar. Foretold by dragon seers, the newborn would see the restoration of dragon memory and the values to Earth and instill their greatness in the human race.<br />
<br />
In one last epic battle, Grendel led the biggest army every assembled. Humans, drakes, and dragons stood side by side in this final conflict against the First. It is this battle that the First twisted Beowulf, against Grendel, costing the dragon leader his life. At the end only one deity remained, only to be chased down by Grendel’s son, who sacrificed his life to destroy the last of the First Pantheon. But that death was simply the beginning for the young drake.<br />
<br />
Grendel’s death sent many remaining dragons not affected by the Saurian curse to ascend their physical form to save themselves. Only a handful stayed behind to search for a cure for their lost brethren lost to the disease and to act as caretakers until they too succumbed to the curse. This exodus left the human’s at the mercy of the remaining pantheons, and the human race entered a Darker Age. One far worse then what humanity itself would call the Dark Age many ten’s of thousands of years later. Time erased all evidence of the original form of the dragons from human memory. Only a handful of stories told and retold through the countless eons survived. Human society degenerated and the story of Beowulf’s betrayal survived albeit twisted by age.<br />
<br />
Those Dragons affected by the Saurian curse descended through the ages coming into contact with humans and causing many of the legends that modern society finds in their myth and legend. Those drakes left behind suffered as well. Some were also twisted in form and mind becoming monsters. Others found their human ancestry gave them immunity to the curse. A few attempted to watch over their twisted brethren and eventually faded away in death. Several assisted humans in their ongoing fight against the gods only to be killed themselves. It is without a doubt that they continued to interbreed with humans thinning out the dragon bloodline. The one saving grace of the descendants was they inherited a genetic memory from their dragon-kin going back to dragon’s celestial consciousness. These memories guided them.<br />
<br />
In the modern era, well over 50,000 years later, .01% of all [http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Mutant mutants] displaying superhuman powers are in fact drakes of [http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Natural natural] origin. They are direct descendants of dragons. Throughout history some reports of alternate lives were actually individuals tapping into their genetic memory and experiencing reality from their ancestors perspective, even all the way back to their ancestor’s first eldritch awakening.<br />
<br />
[[Category:General Universe Fiction]]</div>
Sekoia
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Ockham's Dragons
2009-01-22T02:31:27Z
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<hr />
<div>==Ockham's Dragons==<br />
<br />
[[Image:Pillar of Ice and Flame.jpg|thumb|The Pillar of Ice and Flame]]<br />
<br />
When the Earth was young, cooled after chaos of creation, two intelligent species ascended from their own biblical beginning, the Saurians and the Dragons. The First Pantheon ruled over both with brutal terror and endless cruelty. They demanded frequent sacrifices of flesh and blood receiving both in excess. With what would seem to be the folly of all living emotional intelligent creatures, between that which is different and strange, the Saurians began a war against the Dragons.<br />
<br />
Encouraged and guided by the wicked First Pantheon the first Great War was waged. The most ancient of gods, in ecstasy wallowed and engorged upon the chaos of the conflict. Like all wars, the search to fight them better fueled research and new ways of thinking. The two first races slavishly obeyed the will and commands of their deities, each god choosing their favored race.<br />
<br />
Which species was truly the first to expand their conscious is unclear and forever lost to the half-life of time. It is known, that the dragons began to believe in a hidden singular creator. Any knowledge of a one god was secreted away by the First Pantheon out of jealously and to retain a measure of control over their slaved minions. The vengeful gods responded ruthlessly to the threatening beliefs, but the dragons turned away from Pantheon. The first Great War became the first Holy War and the dragons were almost hunted to extinction.<br />
<br />
Not all of the First Pantheon was vilely corrupt. An incredible small minority, those backing the dragons, felt sorry for the race. They helped the dragons hiding them away from a near genocide of their race. In this eldritch sanctuary a new dragon society arose. While desiring peace, they knew it could never be attained while the First Pantheon ruled. A great leader of the dragons stepped forth, so enlightened she laid the foundation of their future society, one that would ironically never be achieved. What was more important was that the journey to the society. A desperate a public assassination of this great leader only strengthened the resolve of the trodden dragons. What happened to the gods that assisted the dragons remains forever lost. It is known they were hunted down and punished.<br />
<br />
The dragons determined not to be ruled by false gods, fought back and striking hard. The Great Holy War which had been dwindling due to the elusive race was now in full swing. The First Pantheon shivered in rapture and grew in power from their Saurian followers. Unfortunately for them, Dragon society had turned inward finding greater focus with the universe and evolved mentally and spiritually. The war took an unforeseen turn to the dragons favor and it seemed the Saurians would be crushed. Faith wavered among the Saurians and the First Pantheon punished them brutally.<br />
<br />
Requiring increasing blood and flesh sacrifices the Pantheon began manipulating the physical forms of their followers to turn them into better fighting creatures. This would only be mirrored by the brilliant and resolute dragons. The Dragon’s fierce beliefs held them to the Creator and even in Chaos they excelled with new heights in art, literature, and magic. Their society grew and even in defiance of the cruel gods they built massive cities. Dragons appeared to be a favored race of some greater being. This only enraged the First Pantheon even further forcing them to even drastic physical changes. The Great Holy War continued unabated.<br />
<br />
Timed passed, where even the Saurian’s began to doubt the purpose of the Holy War.<br />
<br />
Dragons flourished, returning completely from utter extinction and proving to be the better race. The First Pantheon had so twisted the Saurians race by its demands original race they were became extinct. They became a shadow of themselves and their children became the dinosaurs of the modern Earth. With the advent of the Titans and other Pantheons growing in strength the First felt ever greater pressure to fight battles in the heavens for there own divine survival. Still fighting the Holy War, it was undeniable the Dragons had won their right to their place on Earth. The battles of the Holy War diminished and time continued to march on.<br />
<br />
With the war in the heavens going against them and desperate for a victory, they made one final attempt to destroy their hated enemy and once brood. The First Pantheon took physical form directly attacked the Dragons. The opening volley of this new assault brought about the first great mass extinctions on the Earth as the dragons unleashed all their powers to defend themselves. One they too would regret. The first causality of the battle was a Saurian deity. The First retreated to the Heavens to escape the hell on Earth. The Dragon lost millions and clawed their way from the bottomless pit of extinction, this time by their own hands, a lesson never to be forgotten by their children.<br />
<br />
The spark of life wavered, but continued to burn and the dragons scratched out a meager existence. In time they restored themselves to their former glory, but not without notice. Other pantheons tried to force the dragons to worship them only to find themselves at war. With the Great Holy War considered over these new threats were taken very seriously. Another great dragon leader arose and decided they would not take a passive response to the new threats. Using their vast knowledge of magic they attacked all the pantheons in the Heavens themselves. Now the dragons showed that they were the greatest threat to all of the gods, young and old. A new war waged across countless eons, battles and times of peace expanding generations at a time.<br />
Then came the humans, and the gods rejoiced.<br />
<br />
The pantheon not taking pleasure was the First. Licking wounds from the countless assaults from dragons and gods alike, their race of followers were now long gone, mutated and twisted into nothingness. This new race of humans only magnified that singular fact exposing their failure even more evidently. The First blamed the dragons. Since their followers were long dead they decided to wage a war of suicidal genocide against the humans to prevent the other gods from expanding their power base. The event also marked the first time the First felt their mortality. A new era of war raged on Earth.<br />
<br />
The dragons, evolving into near immortality, became celestial with a renewed union from magic. Now eldritch in nature, imbuing them with a True Name, they were near ascending their physical form to higher planes of existence and greater dimensions of thought. While some of their kind had done so individually, the race as a whole was collectively approaching this new level of existence. With the new campaign of the ancient Saurian gods, the dragons took pity on the young race of humans and decided to help. Again the blood flowed. Dragons fought against any pantheon that tried to force its will upon the humans. So skilled were the Dragons that they could now kill the gods themselves. Not being as blood thirsty as the First Pantheon, the dragons were willing to negotiate terms of non-interference among the different pantheons, even allying with individual deities to achieve ultimate victory.<br />
<br />
The First Pantheon, now suffering the loss of some of its own sphere, finally set out to singularly wipe the dragons from eternity. They came up with a magical virus to corrupt the physical and mental condition of their mortal enemies. It was immediately released. The last great leader of the dragons, only known to humans as Grendel, witnessed the last days of his kind. Those that could ascend did. Those afflicted by the virus were twisted into vile corruptions, shadows of devolved ancient Saurians, some taking the form of lizard-like creatures.<br />
<br />
The centuries prior to the end, working with the humans so closely, some dragons and humans intermixed. The intelligent and celestial Dragons marveled at Humanity and saw themselves at the brink millions of years ago. It was then half-human half-dragon, or drakes began walking the Earth. This new race was well suited as serving as emissaries between the gods and humans during the war. The numbers of drakes grew, even serving in the dragon battles against the gods. The greatest even slaying gods single-handedly. It was a human that stole the heart of Grendel, and his new bride gave birth to a son who would become known to modern society as Occam’s Razar. Foretold by dragon seers, the newborn would see the restoration of dragon memory and the values to Earth and instill their greatness in the human race.<br />
<br />
In one last epic battle, Grendel led the biggest army every assembled. Humans, drakes, and dragons stood side by side in this final conflict against the First. It is this battle that the First twisted Beowulf, against Grendel, costing the dragon leader his life. At the end only one deity remained, only to be chased down by Grendel’s son, who sacrificed his life to destroy the last of the First Pantheon. But that death was simply the beginning for the young drake.<br />
<br />
Grendel’s death sent many remaining dragons not affected by the Saurian curse to ascend their physical form to save themselves. Only a handful stayed behind to search for a cure for their lost brethren lost to the disease and to act as caretakers until they too succumbed to the curse. This exodus left the human’s at the mercy of the remaining pantheons, and the human race entered a Darker Age. One far worse then what humanity itself would call the Dark Age many ten’s of thousands of years later. Time erased all evidence of the original form of the dragons from human memory. Only a handful of stories told and retold through the countless eons survived. Human society degenerated and the story of Beowulf’s betrayal survived albeit twisted by age.<br />
<br />
Those Dragons affected by the Saurian curse descended through the ages coming into contact with humans and causing many of the legends that modern society finds in their myth and legend. Those drakes left behind suffered as well. Some were also twisted in form and mind becoming monsters. Others found their human ancestry gave them immunity to the curse. A few attempted to watch over their twisted brethren and eventually faded away in death. Several assisted humans in their ongoing fight against the gods only to be killed themselves. It is without a doubt that they continued to interbreed with humans thinning out the dragon bloodline. The one saving grace of the descendants was they inherited a genetic memory from their dragon-kin going back to dragon’s celestial consciousness. These memories guided them.<br />
<br />
In the modern era, .01% of all [http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Mutant mutants] displaying superhuman powers are in fact drakes of [http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Natural natural] origin. They are direct descendants of dragons. Throughout history some reports of alternate lives were actually individuals tapping into their genetic memory and experiencing reality from their ancestors perspective, even all the way back to their ancestor’s first eldritch awakening.<br />
<br />
[[Category:General Universe Fiction]]</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Mother_of_Exiles_(Justice)&diff=197
Mother of Exiles (Justice)
2009-01-22T02:18:39Z
<p>Sekoia: </p>
<hr />
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==Mother of Exiles==<br />
<br />
==In-game Biography:==<br />
<br />
<br />
''“The New Colossus”<br />
<br />
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,<br />
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;<br />
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand<br />
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame<br />
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name<br />
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand<br />
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command<br />
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.<br />
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she<br />
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,<br />
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,<br />
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.<br />
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,<br />
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"<br />
<br />
Emma Lazarus, 1883''<br />
<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon, born Hawaii, 1915, daughter of a powerful American plantation owner. Began growing wings in July of 1930 and her skin turned green patina. When Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, her skin was a living metal. Using new found powers she enlisted to fight in the Pacific Theater.<br />
<br />
Today, Paragon City welcomes the ageless hero.<br />
<br />
==Extended Biography:==<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon was born in Hawaii to a powerful American coffee plantation owner in 1915. Her family would be instrumental in getting Hawaii ready to petition the islands for statehood in 1959. Liz grew up a typical child in a rich family. She was never without want, but her family kept her humble. <br />
<br />
Liz was sent to the new Royal Elementary School on the island. Destined to run the business, at the age of eight her parents sent her into the fields on weekends to work alongside the laborers. It was in the fields she learned of the other plantations using a form of serfdom of immigrants to maintain a stranglehold on the populace. Her family’s forward thinking views were shunned by most of the other land holders. It is also, where her fierce pursuit of justice and loyalty would be honed.<br />
<br />
She learned of the other plantation owners used the immigrants for cheap labor and held enough political power in the United States to keep their illegal labor force from changing. Only a small number of families treated their workers right. These outcasts, refugees, and exiles were being abused by an unjust system. Over the next few years, she would see how corrupt and unfair the system was to the laborers.<br />
<br />
In July of 1930 her world began to turn upside down. She began growing wings and her skin turned a green patina. Her parents looked for a cure and she was sent to a private school. After a year she withdrew to the plantation where the best tutors were found to teach her. Doctors were at a complete loss to explain the condition. Locals began to whisper in the shadows that Liz was a kapua and the daughter of Pele the goddess of fire and lightning, and Kūkailimoku, a feather-god. The locals actually thought it was a good sign, and she was destined for great things. They gave her the nickname Mana Loa (Great Power.)<br />
<br />
When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, her skin had turned into a living metal. Liz took to the air and tried to repel the invading air forces. Being completely outnumbered and moving a bit slower then the aircraft, her defense of the island seemed inadequate in her eyes. It was battling in the skies above Hawaii that her other powers emerged. Liz found she had the ability to completely manipulate the heat in her new body. She could radiate all of it instantly creating ice, or intensify it creating fire. She was even able to pull the heat out of the surrounding area. In addition, she seemed to be able generate large amounts of electricity, electrifying her skin, thereby strengthening the metal through a magnetic cohesion. Against the machine guns of the Japan’s air force, it saved her life.<br />
<br />
After the bombing, she found out her immediate family had been killed in the raid. When the U.S. declared was on Japan she was among the first to join the metahumans in the Pacific theater. Liz took the attack personal, becoming obsessed with vengeance, and pushed her powers to new limits. She dropped he real name and adopted her nickname Mana Loa. Under the leadership of Captain Volcano, she fought against the Lord of Frosts and the Imperial Wind, Japan’s super soldiers. When Captain Volcano dies at the hand of Lord of Frosts in 1945, she only then realized the mistake of becoming so obsessed with personal vendettas. A lesson she learned all too well.<br />
<br />
A year later she stood with other heroes of the war at Liberty Island as they received praise and a commendation from the President. It was her first trip to the mainland and she became fascinated by the Statue of Liberty and how the color of her skin matched that of Lady Liberty’s. Marveling at the symbol of freedom, she felt her soul stir with patriotism. <br />
<br />
After the fiasco of her former commander with Imperial Wind she decided to dedicate her life in the service of her country, and guarantee the proper pursuit of justice would endure. Never would she let personal feelings guide her actions. Inspired by the bronze plaque inside the monument she adopted the name, Mother of Exiles. She swore to defend those that could not help themselves. Liz would protect all who needed protecting. She wanted to become the beacon and hope all citizens could look too in dark times. It was that day the Prussian Prince of Automatons attacked.<br />
<br />
When Nemesis was defeated, Liz returned to Hawaii determined to see the U.S. territory as a state. It was one last thing her mother and father wanted for the island. She felt she could then pursue her service to country with a full heart and clean slate. <br />
<br />
In 1950, the Department of Defense approached her asking for some help against the Warsaw Pact. She expressed her wish to see Hawaii as a state and they said that her service would shed a good light on that proposition. Liz again left her island, and took up the new mantle of Mother of Exiles. With here experience in World War II, she was given a small squad of heroes to command. She fought over the world in the name of her country, even covertly.<br />
<br />
When 1959 arrived she was at President Dwight D. Eisenhower side when he signed the Hawaii Admission Act. Soon after Hawaii’s vote on statehood the CIA tapped the Mother of Exiles.<br />
<br />
When the Might for Right Act was ruled unconstitutional in 1967, Liz took a long needed vacation. After a month, it was cut short when she realized covert agents were being left out in the field while corrupt bureaucrats dragged their feet to get them clear of operations. She worked hard for three years to ensure everyone had been accounted for.<br />
<br />
The FBI tapped Mother in 1970, to lead a quick response unit in the Pacific with the capability to deploy anywhere in the world with two hours. Liz monitored, tracked, and even took part in secret skirmishes against the Soviet Union and the super-soldiers. When the commander of the Defenders of the Motherland hit Statesman with a tactical nuke over Finland, Mother of Exiles and her team were among the first to arrive at the devastation and recovered the injured hero.<br />
<br />
The conflict escalated as all the super powers went on alert. Mother suddenly found her and her team protecting a secret satellite the U.S. was readying to launch. Members of Freedom Phalanx and Dawn Patrol organized to take out a Russian first strike against the satellite and the satellite itself; Mother found herself facing off against what she considered traitors. Even her team stepped aside to allow the heroes through, but Mother did not back down. A lowly boot private fresh from training held his post at the site and he stood his ground against the overwhelming odds. <br />
<br />
While the heroes would prove successful, it was not without a cost. Mother seriously injured many of them. From then on, she held no respect for Statesman and his super group of traitors. She attempted to bring the heroes up on charges, but there was enough political backing to delay the charges. She dishonorably discharged her former team members for dereliction of duty and disobeying a direct command. She was brought up on charges of unlawful orders. Her connections were going to bury the accusation, but she decided to face a jury of her peers. She was found not guilty.<br />
<br />
Mother of Exiles set out to rebuild her team. Her first choice was the private that stood with her against the Freedom Phalanx. She had him assigned to her and she admitted him into what remained of the Army’s super soldier program. The private would take up the mantle, Oathguard and spend the next twenty years under her command, running various other special operation programs in the process.<br />
<br />
After the Second Rikti War, it was become evident to Mother and others that Paragon City seems to be a nexus for super powered issues, in one form or another. Homeland Security gets approval to form its own super group after the death of there own agent, Stateside. They tap Mother who agrees to form the group. Homeland Security creates Judicial Imperium of the National Guard Order.<br />
<br />
J.I.N.G.O.’s charter is to prevent national security issues within Paragon City from spilling into the rest of the country, or the world. The have broad authority to conduct operations on any hard targets that begin in the city, and threaten homeland security.<br />
[[Category:Justice Heroes]][[Category:Freedom Heroes]][[Category:Virtue Heroes]]</div>
Sekoia
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Mother of Exiles (Justice)
2009-01-22T02:15:50Z
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<div><onlyinclude>[[Image:Mother of Exiles.jpg|thumb|Mother of Exiles]]<br />
==Mother of Exiles==<br />
==In-game Biography:==<br />
<br />
''“The New Colossus”<br />
<br />
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,<br />
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;<br />
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand<br />
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame<br />
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name<br />
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand<br />
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command<br />
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.<br />
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she<br />
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,<br />
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,<br />
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.<br />
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,<br />
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"<br />
<br />
Emma Lazarus, 1883''<br />
<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon, born Hawaii, 1915, daughter of a powerful American plantation owner. Began growing wings in July of 1930 and her skin turned green patina. When Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, her skin was a living metal. Using new found powers she enlisted to fight in the Pacific Theater.<br />
<br />
Today, Paragon City welcomes the ageless hero.<br />
<br />
==Extended Biography:==<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon was born in Hawaii to a powerful American coffee plantation owner in 1915. Her family would be instrumental in getting Hawaii ready to petition the islands for statehood in 1959. Liz grew up a typical child in a rich family. She was never without want, but her family kept her humble. <br />
<br />
Liz was sent to the new Royal Elementary School on the island. Destined to run the business, at the age of eight her parents sent her into the fields on weekends to work alongside the laborers. It was in the fields she learned of the other plantations using a form of serfdom of immigrants to maintain a stranglehold on the populace. Her family’s forward thinking views were shunned by most of the other land holders. It is also, where her fierce pursuit of justice and loyalty would be honed.<br />
<br />
She learned of the other plantation owners used the immigrants for cheap labor and held enough political power in the United States to keep their illegal labor force from changing. Only a small number of families treated their workers right. These outcasts, refugees, and exiles were being abused by an unjust system. Over the next few years, she would see how corrupt and unfair the system was to the laborers.<br />
<br />
In July of 1930 her world began to turn upside down. She began growing wings and her skin turned a green patina. Her parents looked for a cure and she was sent to a private school. After a year she withdrew to the plantation where the best tutors were found to teach her. Doctors were at a complete loss to explain the condition. Locals began to whisper in the shadows that Liz was a kapua and the daughter of Pele the goddess of fire and lightning, and Kūkailimoku, a feather-god. The locals actually thought it was a good sign, and she was destined for great things. They gave her the nickname Mana Loa (Great Power.)<br />
<br />
When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, her skin had turned into a living metal. Liz took to the air and tried to repel the invading air forces. Being completely outnumbered and moving a bit slower then the aircraft, her defense of the island seemed inadequate in her eyes. It was battling in the skies above Hawaii that her other powers emerged. Liz found she had the ability to completely manipulate the heat in her new body. She could radiate all of it instantly creating ice, or intensify it creating fire. She was even able to pull the heat out of the surrounding area. In addition, she seemed to be able generate large amounts of electricity, electrifying her skin, thereby strengthening the metal through a magnetic cohesion. Against the machine guns of the Japan’s air force, it saved her life.<br />
<br />
After the bombing, she found out her immediate family had been killed in the raid. When the U.S. declared was on Japan she was among the first to join the metahumans in the Pacific theater. Liz took the attack personal, becoming obsessed with vengeance, and pushed her powers to new limits. She dropped he real name and adopted her nickname Mana Loa. Under the leadership of Captain Volcano, she fought against the Lord of Frosts and the Imperial Wind, Japan’s super soldiers. When Captain Volcano dies at the hand of Lord of Frosts in 1945, she only then realized the mistake of becoming so obsessed with personal vendettas. A lesson she learned all too well.<br />
<br />
A year later she stood with other heroes of the war at Liberty Island as they received praise and a commendation from the President. It was her first trip to the mainland and she became fascinated by the Statue of Liberty and how the color of her skin matched that of Lady Liberty’s. Marveling at the symbol of freedom, she felt her soul stir with patriotism. <br />
<br />
After the fiasco of her former commander with Imperial Wind she decided to dedicate her life in the service of her country, and guarantee the proper pursuit of justice would endure. Never would she let personal feelings guide her actions. Inspired by the bronze plaque inside the monument she adopted the name, Mother of Exiles. She swore to defend those that could not help themselves. Liz would protect all who needed protecting. She wanted to become the beacon and hope all citizens could look too in dark times. It was that day the Prussian Prince of Automatons attacked.<br />
<br />
When Nemesis was defeated, Liz returned to Hawaii determined to see the U.S. territory as a state. It was one last thing her mother and father wanted for the island. She felt she could then pursue her service to country with a full heart and clean slate. <br />
<br />
In 1950, the Department of Defense approached her asking for some help against the Warsaw Pact. She expressed her wish to see Hawaii as a state and they said that her service would shed a good light on that proposition. Liz again left her island, and took up the new mantle of Mother of Exiles. With here experience in World War II, she was given a small squad of heroes to command. She fought over the world in the name of her country, even covertly.<br />
<br />
When 1959 arrived she was at President Dwight D. Eisenhower side when he signed the Hawaii Admission Act. Soon after Hawaii’s vote on statehood the CIA tapped the Mother of Exiles.<br />
<br />
When the Might for Right Act was ruled unconstitutional in 1967, Liz took a long needed vacation. After a month, it was cut short when she realized covert agents were being left out in the field while corrupt bureaucrats dragged their feet to get them clear of operations. She worked hard for three years to ensure everyone had been accounted for.<br />
<br />
The FBI tapped Mother in 1970, to lead a quick response unit in the Pacific with the capability to deploy anywhere in the world with two hours. Liz monitored, tracked, and even took part in secret skirmishes against the Soviet Union and the super-soldiers. When the commander of the Defenders of the Motherland hit Statesman with a tactical nuke over Finland, Mother of Exiles and her team were among the first to arrive at the devastation and recovered the injured hero.<br />
<br />
The conflict escalated as all the super powers went on alert. Mother suddenly found her and her team protecting a secret satellite the U.S. was readying to launch. Members of Freedom Phalanx and Dawn Patrol organized to take out a Russian first strike against the satellite and the satellite itself; Mother found herself facing off against what she considered traitors. Even her team stepped aside to allow the heroes through, but Mother did not back down. A lowly boot private fresh from training held his post at the site and he stood his ground against the overwhelming odds. <br />
<br />
While the heroes would prove successful, it was not without a cost. Mother seriously injured many of them. From then on, she held no respect for Statesman and his super group of traitors. She attempted to bring the heroes up on charges, but there was enough political backing to delay the charges. She dishonorably discharged her former team members for dereliction of duty and disobeying a direct command. She was brought up on charges of unlawful orders. Her connections were going to bury the accusation, but she decided to face a jury of her peers. She was found not guilty.<br />
<br />
Mother of Exiles set out to rebuild her team. Her first choice was the private that stood with her against the Freedom Phalanx. She had him assigned to her and she admitted him into what remained of the Army’s super soldier program. The private would take up the mantle, Oathguard and spend the next twenty years under her command, running various other special operation programs in the process.<br />
<br />
After the Second Rikti War, it was become evident to Mother and others that Paragon City seems to be a nexus for super powered issues, in one form or another. Homeland Security gets approval to form its own super group after the death of there own agent, Stateside. They tap Mother who agrees to form the group. Homeland Security creates Judicial Imperium of the National Guard Order.<br />
<br />
J.I.N.G.O.’s charter is to prevent national security issues within Paragon City from spilling into the rest of the country, or the world. The have broad authority to conduct operations on any hard targets that begin in the city, and threaten homeland security.<br />
[[Category:Justice Heroes]][[Category:Freedom Heroes]][[Category:Virtue Heroes]]</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Mother_of_Exiles_(Justice)&diff=195
Mother of Exiles (Justice)
2009-01-22T02:15:15Z
<p>Sekoia: </p>
<hr />
<div><onlyinclude>[[Image:Mother of Exiles.jpg|thumb|Mother of Exiles]]<br />
==Mother of Exiles==<br />
In-game Biography:<br />
<br />
''“The New Colossus”<br />
<br />
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,<br />
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;<br />
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand<br />
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame<br />
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name<br />
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand<br />
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command<br />
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.<br />
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she<br />
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,<br />
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,<br />
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.<br />
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,<br />
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"<br />
<br />
Emma Lazarus, 1883''<br />
<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon, born Hawaii, 1915, daughter of a powerful American plantation owner. Began growing wings in July of 1930 and her skin turned green patina. When Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, her skin was a living metal. Using new found powers she enlisted to fight in the Pacific Theater.<br />
<br />
Today, Paragon City welcomes the ageless hero.<br />
<br />
==Extended Biography:==<br />
<br />
Elizabeth Icon was born in Hawaii to a powerful American coffee plantation owner in 1915. Her family would be instrumental in getting Hawaii ready to petition the islands for statehood in 1959. Liz grew up a typical child in a rich family. She was never without want, but her family kept her humble. <br />
<br />
Liz was sent to the new Royal Elementary School on the island. Destined to run the business, at the age of eight her parents sent her into the fields on weekends to work alongside the laborers. It was in the fields she learned of the other plantations using a form of serfdom of immigrants to maintain a stranglehold on the populace. Her family’s forward thinking views were shunned by most of the other land holders. It is also, where her fierce pursuit of justice and loyalty would be honed.<br />
<br />
She learned of the other plantation owners used the immigrants for cheap labor and held enough political power in the United States to keep their illegal labor force from changing. Only a small number of families treated their workers right. These outcasts, refugees, and exiles were being abused by an unjust system. Over the next few years, she would see how corrupt and unfair the system was to the laborers.<br />
<br />
In July of 1930 her world began to turn upside down. She began growing wings and her skin turned a green patina. Her parents looked for a cure and she was sent to a private school. After a year she withdrew to the plantation where the best tutors were found to teach her. Doctors were at a complete loss to explain the condition. Locals began to whisper in the shadows that Liz was a kapua and the daughter of Pele the goddess of fire and lightning, and Kūkailimoku, a feather-god. The locals actually thought it was a good sign, and she was destined for great things. They gave her the nickname Mana Loa (Great Power.)<br />
<br />
When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, her skin had turned into a living metal. Liz took to the air and tried to repel the invading air forces. Being completely outnumbered and moving a bit slower then the aircraft, her defense of the island seemed inadequate in her eyes. It was battling in the skies above Hawaii that her other powers emerged. Liz found she had the ability to completely manipulate the heat in her new body. She could radiate all of it instantly creating ice, or intensify it creating fire. She was even able to pull the heat out of the surrounding area. In addition, she seemed to be able generate large amounts of electricity, electrifying her skin, thereby strengthening the metal through a magnetic cohesion. Against the machine guns of the Japan’s air force, it saved her life.<br />
<br />
After the bombing, she found out her immediate family had been killed in the raid. When the U.S. declared was on Japan she was among the first to join the metahumans in the Pacific theater. Liz took the attack personal, becoming obsessed with vengeance, and pushed her powers to new limits. She dropped he real name and adopted her nickname Mana Loa. Under the leadership of Captain Volcano, she fought against the Lord of Frosts and the Imperial Wind, Japan’s super soldiers. When Captain Volcano dies at the hand of Lord of Frosts in 1945, she only then realized the mistake of becoming so obsessed with personal vendettas. A lesson she learned all too well.<br />
<br />
A year later she stood with other heroes of the war at Liberty Island as they received praise and a commendation from the President. It was her first trip to the mainland and she became fascinated by the Statue of Liberty and how the color of her skin matched that of Lady Liberty’s. Marveling at the symbol of freedom, she felt her soul stir with patriotism. <br />
<br />
After the fiasco of her former commander with Imperial Wind she decided to dedicate her life in the service of her country, and guarantee the proper pursuit of justice would endure. Never would she let personal feelings guide her actions. Inspired by the bronze plaque inside the monument she adopted the name, Mother of Exiles. She swore to defend those that could not help themselves. Liz would protect all who needed protecting. She wanted to become the beacon and hope all citizens could look too in dark times. It was that day the Prussian Prince of Automatons attacked.<br />
<br />
When Nemesis was defeated, Liz returned to Hawaii determined to see the U.S. territory as a state. It was one last thing her mother and father wanted for the island. She felt she could then pursue her service to country with a full heart and clean slate. <br />
<br />
In 1950, the Department of Defense approached her asking for some help against the Warsaw Pact. She expressed her wish to see Hawaii as a state and they said that her service would shed a good light on that proposition. Liz again left her island, and took up the new mantle of Mother of Exiles. With here experience in World War II, she was given a small squad of heroes to command. She fought over the world in the name of her country, even covertly.<br />
<br />
When 1959 arrived she was at President Dwight D. Eisenhower side when he signed the Hawaii Admission Act. Soon after Hawaii’s vote on statehood the CIA tapped the Mother of Exiles.<br />
<br />
When the Might for Right Act was ruled unconstitutional in 1967, Liz took a long needed vacation. After a month, it was cut short when she realized covert agents were being left out in the field while corrupt bureaucrats dragged their feet to get them clear of operations. She worked hard for three years to ensure everyone had been accounted for.<br />
<br />
The FBI tapped Mother in 1970, to lead a quick response unit in the Pacific with the capability to deploy anywhere in the world with two hours. Liz monitored, tracked, and even took part in secret skirmishes against the Soviet Union and the super-soldiers. When the commander of the Defenders of the Motherland hit Statesman with a tactical nuke over Finland, Mother of Exiles and her team were among the first to arrive at the devastation and recovered the injured hero.<br />
<br />
The conflict escalated as all the super powers went on alert. Mother suddenly found her and her team protecting a secret satellite the U.S. was readying to launch. Members of Freedom Phalanx and Dawn Patrol organized to take out a Russian first strike against the satellite and the satellite itself; Mother found herself facing off against what she considered traitors. Even her team stepped aside to allow the heroes through, but Mother did not back down. A lowly boot private fresh from training held his post at the site and he stood his ground against the overwhelming odds. <br />
<br />
While the heroes would prove successful, it was not without a cost. Mother seriously injured many of them. From then on, she held no respect for Statesman and his super group of traitors. She attempted to bring the heroes up on charges, but there was enough political backing to delay the charges. She dishonorably discharged her former team members for dereliction of duty and disobeying a direct command. She was brought up on charges of unlawful orders. Her connections were going to bury the accusation, but she decided to face a jury of her peers. She was found not guilty.<br />
<br />
Mother of Exiles set out to rebuild her team. Her first choice was the private that stood with her against the Freedom Phalanx. She had him assigned to her and she admitted him into what remained of the Army’s super soldier program. The private would take up the mantle, Oathguard and spend the next twenty years under her command, running various other special operation programs in the process.<br />
<br />
After the Second Rikti War, it was become evident to Mother and others that Paragon City seems to be a nexus for super powered issues, in one form or another. Homeland Security gets approval to form its own super group after the death of there own agent, Stateside. They tap Mother who agrees to form the group. Homeland Security creates Judicial Imperium of the National Guard Order.<br />
<br />
J.I.N.G.O.’s charter is to prevent national security issues within Paragon City from spilling into the rest of the country, or the world. The have broad authority to conduct operations on any hard targets that begin in the city, and threaten homeland security.<br />
[[Category:Justice Heroes]][[Category:Freedom Heroes]][[Category:Virtue Heroes]]</div>
Sekoia
https://ouroportal.com/w/index.php?title=Mother_of_Exiles_(Justice)&diff=194
Mother of Exiles (Justice)
2009-01-22T02:13:31Z
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==Mother of Exiles==<br />
In-game Biography:<br />
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''“The New Colossus”<br />
<br />
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,<br />
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;<br />
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand<br />
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame<br />
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name<br />
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand<br />
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command<br />
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.<br />
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she<br />
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,<br />
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,<br />
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.<br />
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,<br />
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"<br />
<br />
Emma Lazarus, 1883''<br />
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Elizabeth Icon, born Hawaii, 1915, daughter of a powerful American plantation owner. Began growing wings in July of 1930 and her skin turned green patina. When Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, her skin was a living metal. Using new found powers she enlisted to fight in the Pacific Theater.<br />
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Today, Paragon City welcomes the ageless hero.<br />
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==Extended Biography:==<br />
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Elizabeth Icon was born in Hawaii to a powerful American coffee plantation owner in 1915. Her family would be instrumental in getting Hawaii ready to petition the islands for statehood in 1959. Liz grew up a typical child in a rich family. She was never without want, but her family kept her humble. <br />
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Liz was sent to the new Royal Elementary School on the island. Destined to run the business, at the age of eight her parents sent her into the fields on weekends to work alongside the laborers. It was in the fields she learned of the other plantations using a form of serfdom of immigrants to maintain a stranglehold on the populace. Her family’s forward thinking views were shunned by most of the other land holders. It is also, where her fierce pursuit of justice and loyalty would be honed.<br />
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She learned of the other plantation owners used the immigrants for cheap labor and held enough political power in the United States to keep their illegal labor force from changing. Only a small number of families treated their workers right. These outcasts, refugees, and exiles were being abused by an unjust system. Over the next few years, she would see how corrupt and unfair the system was to the laborers.<br />
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In July of 1930 her world began to turn upside down. She began growing wings and her skin turned a green patina. Her parents looked for a cure and she was sent to a private school. After a year she withdrew to the plantation where the best tutors were found to teach her. Doctors were at a complete loss to explain the condition. Locals began to whisper in the shadows that Liz was a kapua and the daughter of Pele the goddess of fire and lightning, and Kūkailimoku, a feather-god. The locals actually thought it was a good sign, and she was destined for great things. They gave her the nickname Mana Loa (Great Power.)<br />
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When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, her skin had turned into a living metal. Liz took to the air and tried to repel the invading air forces. Being completely outnumbered and moving a bit slower then the aircraft, her defense of the island seemed inadequate in her eyes. It was battling in the skies above Hawaii that her other powers emerged. Liz found she had the ability to completely manipulate the heat in her new body. She could radiate all of it instantly creating ice, or intensify it creating fire. She was even able to pull the heat out of the surrounding area. In addition, she seemed to be able generate large amounts of electricity, electrifying her skin, thereby strengthening the metal through a magnetic cohesion. Against the machine guns of the Japan’s air force, it saved her life.<br />
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After the bombing, she found out her immediate family had been killed in the raid. When the U.S. declared was on Japan she was among the first to join the metahumans in the Pacific theater. Liz took the attack personal, becoming obsessed with vengeance, and pushed her powers to new limits. She dropped he real name and adopted her nickname Mana Loa. Under the leadership of Captain Volcano, she fought against the Lord of Frosts and the Imperial Wind, Japan’s super soldiers. When Captain Volcano dies at the hand of Lord of Frosts in 1945, she only then realized the mistake of becoming so obsessed with personal vendettas. A lesson she learned all too well.<br />
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A year later she stood with other heroes of the war at Liberty Island as they received praise and a commendation from the President. It was her first trip to the mainland and she became fascinated by the Statue of Liberty and how the color of her skin matched that of Lady Liberty’s. Marveling at the symbol of freedom, she felt her soul stir with patriotism. <br />
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After the fiasco of her former commander with Imperial Wind she decided to dedicate her life in the service of her country, and guarantee the proper pursuit of justice would endure. Never would she let personal feelings guide her actions. Inspired by the bronze plaque inside the monument she adopted the name, Mother of Exiles. She swore to defend those that could not help themselves. Liz would protect all who needed protecting. She wanted to become the beacon and hope all citizens could look too in dark times. It was that day the Prussian Prince of Automatons attacked.<br />
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When Nemesis was defeated, Liz returned to Hawaii determined to see the U.S. territory as a state. It was one last thing her mother and father wanted for the island. She felt she could then pursue her service to country with a full heart and clean slate. <br />
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In 1950, the Department of Defense approached her asking for some help against the Warsaw Pact. She expressed her wish to see Hawaii as a state and they said that her service would shed a good light on that proposition. Liz again left her island, and took up the new mantle of Mother of Exiles. With here experience in World War II, she was given a small squad of heroes to command. She fought over the world in the name of her country, even covertly.<br />
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When 1959 arrived she was at President Dwight D. Eisenhower side when he signed the Hawaii Admission Act. Soon after Hawaii’s vote on statehood the CIA tapped the Mother of Exiles.<br />
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When the Might for Right Act was ruled unconstitutional in 1967, Liz took a long needed vacation. After a month, it was cut short when she realized covert agents were being left out in the field while corrupt bureaucrats dragged their feet to get them clear of operations. She worked hard for three years to ensure everyone had been accounted for.<br />
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The FBI tapped Mother in 1970, to lead a quick response unit in the Pacific with the capability to deploy anywhere in the world with two hours. Liz monitored, tracked, and even took part in secret skirmishes against the Soviet Union and the super-soldiers. When the commander of the Defenders of the Motherland hit Statesman with a tactical nuke over Finland, Mother of Exiles and her team were among the first to arrive at the devastation and recovered the injured hero.<br />
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The conflict escalated as all the super powers went on alert. Mother suddenly found her and her team protecting a secret satellite the U.S. was readying to launch. Members of Freedom Phalanx and Dawn Patrol organized to take out a Russian first strike against the satellite and the satellite itself; Mother found herself facing off against what she considered traitors. Even her team stepped aside to allow the heroes through, but Mother did not back down. A lowly boot private fresh from training held his post at the site and he stood his ground against the overwhelming odds. <br />
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While the heroes would prove successful, it was not without a cost. Mother seriously injured many of them. From then on, she held no respect for Statesman and his super group of traitors. She attempted to bring the heroes up on charges, but there was enough political backing to delay the charges. She dishonorably discharged her former team members for dereliction of duty and disobeying a direct command. She was brought up on charges of unlawful orders. Her connections were going to bury the accusation, but she decided to face a jury of her peers. She was found not guilty.<br />
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Mother of Exiles set out to rebuild her team. Her first choice was the private that stood with her against the Freedom Phalanx. She had him assigned to her and she admitted him into what remained of the Army’s super soldier program. The private would take up the mantle, Oathguard and spend the next twenty years under her command, running various other special operation programs in the process.<br />
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After the Second Rikti War, it was become evident to Mother and others that Paragon City seems to be a nexus for super powered issues, in one form or another. Homeland Security gets approval to form its own super group after the death of there own agent, Stateside. They tap Mother who agrees to form the group. Homeland Security creates Judicial Imperium of the National Guard Order.<br />
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J.I.N.G.O.’s charter is to prevent national security issues within Paragon City from spilling into the rest of the country, or the world. The have broad authority to conduct operations on any hard targets that begin in the city, and threaten homeland security.</div>
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<div>==Ockham's Dragons==<br />
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[[Image:Pillar of Ice and Flame.jpg|thumb|The Pillar of Ice and Flame]]<br />
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When the Earth was young, cooled after chaos of creation, two intelligent species ascended from their own biblical beginning, the Saurians and the Dragons. The First Pantheon ruled over both with brutal terror and endless cruelty. They demanded frequent sacrifices of flesh and blood receiving both in excess. With what would seem to be the folly of all living emotional intelligent creatures, between that which is different and strange, the Saurians began a war against the Dragons.<br />
<br />
Encouraged and guided by the wicked First Pantheon the first Great War was waged. The most ancient of gods, in ecstasy wallowed and engorged upon the chaos of the conflict. Like all wars, the search to fight them better fueled research and new ways of thinking. The two first races slavishly obeyed the will and commands of their deities, each god choosing their favored race.<br />
<br />
Which species was truly the first to expand their conscious is unclear and forever lost to the half-life of time. It is known, that the dragons began to believe in a hidden singular creator. Any knowledge of a one god was secreted away by the First Pantheon out of jealously and to retain a measure of control over their slaved minions. The vengeful gods responded ruthlessly to the threatening beliefs, but the dragons turned away from Pantheon. The first Great War became the first Holy War and the dragons were almost hunted to extinction.<br />
<br />
Not all of the First Pantheon was vilely corrupt. An incredible small minority, those backing the dragons, felt sorry for the race. They helped the dragons hiding them away from a near genocide of their race. In this eldritch sanctuary a new dragon society arose. While desiring peace, they knew it could never be attained while the First Pantheon ruled. A great leader of the dragons stepped forth, so enlightened she laid the foundation of their future society, one that would ironically never be achieved. What was more important was that the journey to the society. A desperate a public assassination of this great leader only strengthened the resolve of the trodden dragons. What happened to the gods that assisted the dragons remains forever lost. It is known they were hunted down and punished.<br />
<br />
The dragons determined not to be ruled by false gods, fought back and striking hard. The Great Holy War which had been dwindling due to the elusive race was now in full swing. The First Pantheon shivered in rapture and grew in power from their Saurian followers. Unfortunately for them, Dragon society had turned inward finding greater focus with the universe and evolved mentally and spiritually. The war took an unforeseen turn to the dragons favor and it seemed the Saurians would be crushed. Faith wavered among the Saurians and the First Pantheon punished them brutally.<br />
<br />
Requiring increasing blood and flesh sacrifices the Pantheon began manipulating the physical forms of their followers to turn them into better fighting creatures. This would only be mirrored by the brilliant and resolute dragons. The Dragon’s fierce beliefs held them to the Creator and even in Chaos they excelled with new heights in art, literature, and magic. Their society grew and even in defiance of the cruel gods they built massive cities. Dragons appeared to be a favored race of some greater being. This only enraged the First Pantheon even further forcing them to even drastic physical changes. The Great Holy War continued unabated.<br />
<br />
Timed passed, where even the Saurian’s began to doubt the purpose of the Holy War.<br />
<br />
Dragons flourished, returning completely from utter extinction and proving to be the better race. The First Pantheon had so twisted the Saurians race by its demands original race they were became extinct. They became a shadow of themselves and their children became the dinosaurs of the modern Earth. With the advent of the Titans and other Pantheons growing in strength the First felt ever greater pressure to fight battles in the heavens for there own divine survival. Still fighting the Holy War, it was undeniable the Dragons had won their right to their place on Earth. The battles of the Holy War diminished and time continued to march on.<br />
<br />
With the war in the heavens going against them and desperate for a victory, they made one final attempt to destroy their hated enemy and once brood. The First Pantheon took physical form directly attacked the Dragons. The opening volley of this new assault brought about the first great mass extinctions on the Earth as the dragons unleashed all their powers to defend themselves. One they too would regret. The first causality of the battle was a Saurian deity. The First retreated to the Heavens to escape the hell on Earth. The Dragon lost millions and clawed their way from the bottomless pit of extinction, this time by their own hands, a lesson never to be forgotten by their children.<br />
<br />
The spark of life wavered, but continued to burn and the dragons scratched out a meager existence. In time they restored themselves to their former glory, but not without notice. Other pantheons tried to force the dragons to worship them only to find themselves at war. With the Great Holy War considered over these new threats were taken very seriously. Another great dragon leader arose and decided they would not take a passive response to the new threats. Using their vast knowledge of magic they attacked all the pantheons in the Heavens themselves. Now the dragons showed that they were the greatest threat to all of the gods, young and old. A new war waged across countless eons, battles and times of peace expanding generations at a time.<br />
Then came the humans, and the gods rejoiced.<br />
<br />
The pantheon not taking pleasure was the First. Licking wounds from the countless assaults from dragons and gods alike, their race of followers were now long gone, mutated and twisted into nothingness. This new race of humans only magnified that singular fact exposing their failure even more evidently. The First blamed the dragons. Since their followers were long dead they decided to wage a war of suicidal genocide against the humans to prevent the other gods from expanding their power base. The event also marked the first time the First felt their mortality. A new era of war raged on Earth.<br />
<br />
The dragons, evolving into near immortality, became celestial with a renewed union from magic. Now eldritch in nature they were near ascending their physical form to higher planes of existence and greater dimensions of thought. While some of their kind had done so individually, the race as a whole was collectively approaching this new level of existence. With the new campaign of the ancient Saurian gods, the dragons took pity on the young race of humans and decided to help. Again the blood flowed. Dragons fought against any pantheon that tried to force its will upon the humans. So skilled were the Dragons that they could now kill the gods themselves. Not being as blood thirsty as the First Pantheon, the dragons were willing to negotiate terms of non-interference among the different pantheons, even allying with individual deities to achieve ultimate victory.<br />
<br />
The First Pantheon, now suffering the loss of some of its own sphere, finally set out to singularly wipe the dragons from eternity. They came up with a magical virus to corrupt the physical and mental condition of their mortal enemies. It was immediately released. The last great leader of the dragons, only known to humans as Grendel, witnessed the last days of his kind. Those that could ascend did. Those afflicted by the virus were twisted into vile corruptions, shadows of devolved ancient Saurians, some taking the form of lizard-like creatures.<br />
<br />
The centuries prior to the end, working with the humans so closely, some dragons and humans intermixed. The intelligent and celestial Dragons marveled at Humanity and saw themselves at the brink millions of years ago. It was then half-human half-dragon, or drakes began walking the Earth. This new race was well suited as serving as emissaries between the gods and humans during the war. The numbers of drakes grew, even serving in the dragon battles against the gods. The greatest even slaying gods single-handedly. It was a human that stole the heart of Grendel, and his new bride gave birth to a son who would become known to modern society as Occam’s Razar. Foretold by dragon seers, the newborn would see the restoration of dragon memory and the values to Earth and instill their greatness in the human race.<br />
<br />
In one last epic battle, Grendel lead the biggest army every assembled. Humans, drakes, and dragons stood side by side in this final conflict against the First. It is this battle that the First twisted Beowulf, against Grendel, costing the dragon leader his life. At the end only one deity remained, only to be chased down by Grendel’s son, who sacrificed his life to destroy the last of the First Pantheon. But that death was simply the beginning for the young drake.<br />
<br />
Grendel’s death sent many remaining dragons not affected by the Saurian curse to ascend their physical form to save themselves. Only a handful stayed behind to search for a cure for their lost brethren lost to the disease and to act as caretakers until they too succumbed to the curse. This exodus left the human’s at the mercy of the remaining pantheons, and the human race entered a Darker Age. One far worse then what humanity itself would call the Dark Age many ten’s of thousands of years later. Time erased all evidence of the original form of the dragons from human memory. Only a handful of stories told and retold through the countless eons survived. Human society degenerated and the story of Beowulf’s betrayal survived albeit twisted by age.<br />
<br />
Those Dragons affected by the Saurian curse descended through the ages coming into contact with humans and causing many of the legends that modern society finds in their myth and legend. Those drakes left behind suffered as well. Some were also twisted in form and mind becoming monsters. Others found their human ancestry gave them immunity to the curse. A few attempted to watch over their twisted brethren and eventually faded away in death. Several assisted humans in their ongoing fight against the gods only to be killed themselves. It is without a doubt that they continued to interbreed with humans thinning out the dragon bloodline. The one saving grace of the descendants was they inherited a genetic memory from their dragon-kin going back to dragon’s celestial consciousness. These memories guided them.<br />
<br />
In the modern era, .01% of all mutants displaying superhuman powers are in fact drakes of natural origin. They are direct descendants of dragons. Throughout history some reports of alternate lives were actually individuals tapping into their genetic memory and experiencing reality from their ancestors perspective, even all the way back to their ancestor’s first eldritch awakening.</div>
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<div>==Ockham's Dragons==<br />
<br />
When the Earth was young, cooled after chaos of creation, two intelligent species ascended from their own biblical beginning, the Saurians and the Dragons. The First Pantheon ruled over both with brutal terror and endless cruelty. They demanded frequent sacrifices of flesh and blood receiving both in excess. With what would seem to be the folly of all living emotional intelligent creatures, between that which is different and strange, the Saurians began a war against the Dragons.<br />
<br />
Encouraged and guided by the wicked First Pantheon the first Great War was waged. The most ancient of gods, in ecstasy wallowed and engorged upon the chaos of the conflict. Like all wars, the search to fight them better fueled research and new ways of thinking. The two first races slavishly obeyed the will and commands of their deities, each god choosing their favored race.<br />
<br />
Which species was truly the first to expand their conscious is unclear and forever lost to the half-life of time. It is known, that the dragons began to believe in a hidden singular creator. Any knowledge of a one god was secreted away by the First Pantheon out of jealously and to retain a measure of control over their slaved minions. The vengeful gods responded ruthlessly to the threatening beliefs, but the dragons turned away from Pantheon. The first Great War became the first Holy War and the dragons were almost hunted to extinction.<br />
<br />
Not all of the First Pantheon was vilely corrupt. An incredible small minority, those backing the dragons, felt sorry for the race. They helped the dragons hiding them away from a near genocide of their race. In this eldritch sanctuary a new dragon society arose. While desiring peace, they knew it could never be attained while the First Pantheon ruled. A great leader of the dragons stepped forth, so enlightened she laid the foundation of their future society, one that would ironically never be achieved. What was more important was that the journey to the society. A desperate a public assassination of this great leader only strengthened the resolve of the trodden dragons. What happened to the gods that assisted the dragons remains forever lost. It is known they were hunted down and punished.<br />
<br />
The dragons determined not to be ruled by false gods, fought back and striking hard. The Great Holy War which had been dwindling due to the elusive race was now in full swing. The First Pantheon shivered in rapture and grew in power from their Saurian followers. Unfortunately for them, Dragon society had turned inward finding greater focus with the universe and evolved mentally and spiritually. The war took an unforeseen turn to the dragons favor and it seemed the Saurians would be crushed. Faith wavered among the Saurians and the First Pantheon punished them brutally.<br />
<br />
Requiring increasing blood and flesh sacrifices the Pantheon began manipulating the physical forms of their followers to turn them into better fighting creatures. This would only be mirrored by the brilliant and resolute dragons. The Dragon’s fierce beliefs held them to the Creator and even in Chaos they excelled with new heights in art, literature, and magic. Their society grew and even in defiance of the cruel gods they built massive cities. Dragons appeared to be a favored race of some greater being. This only enraged the First Pantheon even further forcing them to even drastic physical changes. The Great Holy War continued unabated.<br />
<br />
Timed passed, where even the Saurian’s began to doubt the purpose of the Holy War.<br />
<br />
Dragons flourished, returning completely from utter extinction and proving to be the better race. The First Pantheon had so twisted the Saurians race by its demands original race they were became extinct. They became a shadow of themselves and their children became the dinosaurs of the modern Earth. With the advent of the Titans and other Pantheons growing in strength the First felt ever greater pressure to fight battles in the heavens for there own divine survival. Still fighting the Holy War, it was undeniable the Dragons had won their right to their place on Earth. The battles of the Holy War diminished and time continued to march on.<br />
<br />
With the war in the heavens going against them and desperate for a victory, they made one final attempt to destroy their hated enemy and once brood. The First Pantheon took physical form directly attacked the Dragons. The opening volley of this new assault brought about the first great mass extinctions on the Earth as the dragons unleashed all their powers to defend themselves. One they too would regret. The first causality of the battle was a Saurian deity. The First retreated to the Heavens to escape the hell on Earth. The Dragon lost millions and clawed their way from the bottomless pit of extinction, this time by their own hands, a lesson never to be forgotten by their children.<br />
<br />
The spark of life wavered, but continued to burn and the dragons scratched out a meager existence. In time they restored themselves to their former glory, but not without notice. Other pantheons tried to force the dragons to worship them only to find themselves at war. With the Great Holy War considered over these new threats were taken very seriously. Another great dragon leader arose and decided they would not take a passive response to the new threats. Using their vast knowledge of magic they attacked all the pantheons in the Heavens themselves. Now the dragons showed that they were the greatest threat to all of the gods, young and old. A new war waged across countless eons, battles and times of peace expanding generations at a time.<br />
Then came the humans, and the gods rejoiced.<br />
<br />
The pantheon not taking pleasure was the First. Licking wounds from the countless assaults from dragons and gods alike, their race of followers were now long gone, mutated and twisted into nothingness. This new race of humans only magnified that singular fact exposing their failure even more evidently. The First blamed the dragons. Since their followers were long dead they decided to wage a war of suicidal genocide against the humans to prevent the other gods from expanding their power base. The event also marked the first time the First felt their mortality. A new era of war raged on Earth.<br />
<br />
The dragons, evolving into near immortality, became celestial with a renewed union from magic. Now eldritch in nature they were near ascending their physical form to higher planes of existence and greater dimensions of thought. While some of their kind had done so individually, the race as a whole was collectively approaching this new level of existence. With the new campaign of the ancient Saurian gods, the dragons took pity on the young race of humans and decided to help. Again the blood flowed. Dragons fought against any pantheon that tried to force its will upon the humans. So skilled were the Dragons that they could now kill the gods themselves. Not being as blood thirsty as the First Pantheon, the dragons were willing to negotiate terms of non-interference among the different pantheons, even allying with individual deities to achieve ultimate victory.<br />
<br />
The First Pantheon, now suffering the loss of some of its own sphere, finally set out to singularly wipe the dragons from eternity. They came up with a magical virus to corrupt the physical and mental condition of their mortal enemies. It was immediately released. The last great leader of the dragons, only known to humans as Grendel, witnessed the last days of his kind. Those that could ascend did. Those afflicted by the virus were twisted into vile corruptions, shadows of devolved ancient Saurians, some taking the form of lizard-like creatures.<br />
<br />
The centuries prior to the end, working with the humans so closely, some dragons and humans intermixed. The intelligent and celestial Dragons marveled at Humanity and saw themselves at the brink millions of years ago. It was then half-human half-dragon, or drakes began walking the Earth. This new race was well suited as serving as emissaries between the gods and humans during the war. The numbers of drakes grew, even serving in the dragon battles against the gods. The greatest even slaying gods single-handedly. It was a human that stole the heart of Grendel, and his new bride gave birth to a son who would become known to modern society as Occam’s Razar. Foretold by dragon seers, the newborn would see the restoration of dragon memory and the values to Earth and instill their greatness in the human race.<br />
<br />
In one last epic battle, Grendel lead the biggest army every assembled. Humans, drakes, and dragons stood side by side in this final conflict against the First. It is this battle that the First twisted Beowulf, against Grendel, costing the dragon leader his life. At the end only one deity remained, only to be chased down by Grendel’s son, who sacrificed his life to destroy the last of the First Pantheon. But that death was simply the beginning for the young drake.<br />
<br />
Grendel’s death sent many remaining dragons not affected by the Saurian curse to ascend their physical form to save themselves. Only a handful stayed behind to search for a cure for their lost brethren lost to the disease and to act as caretakers until they too succumbed to the curse. This exodus left the human’s at the mercy of the remaining pantheons, and the human race entered a Darker Age. One far worse then what humanity itself would call the Dark Age many ten’s of thousands of years later. Time erased all evidence of the original form of the dragons from human memory. Only a handful of stories told and retold through the countless eons survived. Human society degenerated and the story of Beowulf’s betrayal survived albeit twisted by age.<br />
<br />
Those Dragons affected by the Saurian curse descended through the ages coming into contact with humans and causing many of the legends that modern society finds in their myth and legend. Those drakes left behind suffered as well. Some were also twisted in form and mind becoming monsters. Others found their human ancestry gave them immunity to the curse. A few attempted to watch over their twisted brethren and eventually faded away in death. Several assisted humans in their ongoing fight against the gods only to be killed themselves. It is without a doubt that they continued to interbreed with humans thinning out the dragon bloodline. The one saving grace of the descendants was they inherited a genetic memory from their dragon-kin going back to dragon’s celestial consciousness. These memories guided them.<br />
<br />
In the modern era, .01% of all mutants displaying superhuman powers are in fact drakes of natural origin. They are direct descendants of dragons. Throughout history some reports of alternate lives were actually individuals tapping into their genetic memory and experiencing reality from their ancestors perspective, even all the way back to their ancestor’s first eldritch awakening.</div>
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<div>==Ockham's Dragons==<br />
<br />
When the Earth was young, cooled after chaos of creation, two intelligent species ascended from their own biblical beginning, the Saurians and the Dragons. The First Pantheon ruled over both with brutal terror and endless cruelty. They demanded frequent sacrifices of flesh and blood receiving both in excess. With what would seem to be the folly of all living emotional intelligent creatures, between that which is different and strange, the Saurians began a war against the Dragons.<br />
<br />
Encouraged and guided by the wicked First Pantheon the first Great War was waged. The most ancient of gods, in ecstasy wallowed and engorged upon the chaos of the conflict. Like all wars, the search to fight them better fueled research and new ways of thinking. The two first races slavishly obeyed the will and commands of their deities, each god choosing their favored race.<br />
<br />
Which species was truly the first to expand their conscious is unclear and forever lost to the half-life of time. It is known, that the dragons began to believe in a hidden singular creator. Any knowledge of a one god was secreted away by the First Pantheon out of jealously and to retain a measure of control over their slaved minions. The vengeful gods responded ruthlessly to the threatening beliefs, but the dragons turned away from Pantheon. The first Great War became the first Holy War and the dragons were almost hunted to extinction.<br />
<br />
Not all of the First Pantheon was vilely corrupt. An incredible small minority, those backing the dragons, felt sorry for the race. They helped the dragons hiding them away from a near genocide of their race. In this eldritch sanctuary a new dragon society arose. While desiring peace, they knew it could never be attained while the First Pantheon ruled. A great leader of the dragons stepped forth, so enlightened she laid the foundation of their future society, one that would ironically never be achieved. What was more important was that the journey to the society. A desperate a public assassination of this great leader only strengthened the resolve of the trodden dragons. What happened to the gods that assisted the dragons remains forever lost. It is known they were hunted down and punished.<br />
<br />
The dragons determined not to be ruled by false gods, fought back and striking hard. The Great Holy War which had been dwindling due to the elusive race was now in full swing. The First Pantheon shivered in rapture and grew in power from their Saurian followers. Unfortunately for them, Dragon society had turned inward finding greater focus with the universe and evolved mentally and spiritually. The war took an unforeseen turn to the dragons favor and it seemed the Saurians would be crushed. Faith wavered among the Saurians and the First Pantheon punished them brutally.<br />
<br />
Requiring increasing blood and flesh sacrifices the Pantheon began manipulating the physical forms of their followers to turn them into better fighting creatures. This would only be mirrored by the brilliant and resolute dragons. The Dragon’s fierce beliefs held them to the Creator and even in Chaos they excelled with new heights in art, literature, and magic. Their society grew and even in defiance of the cruel gods they built massive cities. Dragons appeared to be a favored race of some greater being. This only enraged the First Pantheon even further forcing them to even drastic physical changes. The Great Holy War continued unabated.<br />
<br />
Timed passed, where even the Saurian’s began to doubt the purpose of the Holy War.<br />
<br />
Dragons flourished, returning completely from utter extinction and proving to be the better race. The First Pantheon had so twisted the Saurians race by its demands original race they were became extinct. They became a shadow of themselves and their children became the dinosaurs of the modern Earth. With the advent of the Titans and other Pantheons growing in strength the First felt ever greater pressure to fight battles in the heavens for there own divine survival. Still fighting the Holy War, it was undeniable the Dragons had won their right to their place on Earth. The battles of the Holy War diminished and time continued to march on.<br />
<br />
With the war in the heavens going against them and desperate for a victory, they made one final attempt to destroy their hated enemy and once brood. The First Pantheon took physical form directly attacked the Dragons. The opening volley of this new assault brought about the first great mass extinctions on the Earth as the dragons unleashed all their powers to defend themselves. One they too would regret. The first causality of the battle was a Saurian deity. The First retreated to the Heavens to escape the hell on Earth. The Dragon lost millions and clawed their way from the bottomless pit of extinction, this time by their own hands, a lesson never to be forgotten by their children.<br />
<br />
The spark of life wavered, but continued to burn and the dragons scratched out a meager existence. In time they restored themselves to their former glory, but not without notice. Other pantheons tried to force the dragons to worship them only to find themselves at war. With the Great Holy War considered over these new threats were taken very seriously. Another great dragon leader arose and decided they would not take a passive response to the new threats. Using their vast knowledge of magic they attacked all the pantheons in the Heavens themselves. Now the dragons showed that they were the greatest threat to all of the gods, young and old. A new war waged across countless eons, battles and times of peace expanding generations at a time.<br />
Then came the humans, and the gods rejoiced.<br />
<br />
The pantheon not taking pleasure was the First. Licking wounds from the countless assaults from dragons and gods alike, their race of followers were now long gone, mutated and twisted into nothingness. This new race of humans only magnified that singular fact exposing their failure even more evidently. The First blamed the dragons. Since their followers were long dead they decided to wage a war of suicidal genocide against the humans to prevent the other gods from expanding their power base. The event also marked the first time the First felt their mortality. A new era of war raged on Earth.<br />
<br />
The dragons, evolving into near immortality, became celestial with a renewed union from magic. Now eldritch in nature they were near ascending their physical form to higher planes of existence and greater dimensions of thought. While some of their kind had done so individually, the race as a whole was collectively approaching this new level of existence. With the new campaign of the ancient Saurian gods, the dragons took pity on the young race of humans and decided to help. Again the blood flowed. Dragons fought against any pantheon that tried to force its will upon the humans. So skilled were the Dragons that they could now kill the gods themselves. Not being as blood thirsty as the First Pantheon, the dragons were willing to negotiate terms of non-interference among the different pantheons, even allying with individual deities to achieve ultimate victory.<br />
<br />
The First Pantheon, now suffering the loss of some of its own sphere, finally set out to singularly wipe the dragons from eternity. They came up with a magical virus to corrupt the physical and mental condition of their mortal enemies. It was immediately released. The last great leader of the dragons, only known to humans as Grendel, witnessed the last days of his kind. Those that could ascend did. Those afflicted by the virus were twisted into vile corruptions, shadows of devolved ancient Saurians, some taking the form of lizard-like creatures.<br />
<br />
The centuries prior to the end, working with the humans so closely, some dragons and humans intermixed. The intelligent and celestial Dragons marveled at Humanity and saw themselves at the brink millions of years ago. It was then half-human half-dragon, or drakes began walking the Earth. This new race was well suited as serving as emissaries between the gods and humans during the war. The numbers of drakes grew, even serving in the dragon battles against the gods. The greatest even slaying gods single-handedly. It was a human that stole the heart of Grendel, and his new bride gave birth to a son who would become known to modern society as Occam’s Razar. Foretold by dragon seers, the newborn would see the restoration of dragon memory and the values to Earth and instill their greatness in the human race.<br />
<br />
In one last epic battle, Grendel lead the biggest army every assembled. Humans, drakes, and dragons stood side by side in this final conflict against the First. It is this battle that the First twisted Beowulf, against Grendel, costing the dragon leader his life. At the end only one deity remained, only to be chased down by Grendel’s son, who sacrificed his life to destroy the last of the First Pantheon. But that death was simply the beginning for the young drake.<br />
<br />
Grendel’s death sent many remaining dragons not affected by the Saurian curse to ascend their physical form to save themselves. Only a handful stayed behind to search for a cure for their lost brethren lost to the disease and to act as caretakers until they too succumbed to the curse. This exodus left the human’s at the mercy of the remaining pantheons, and the human race entered a Darker Age. One far worse then what humanity itself would call the Dark Age many ten’s of thousands of years later. Time erased all evidence of the original form of the dragons from human memory. Only a handful of stories told and retold through the countless eons survived. Human society degenerated and the story of Beowulf’s betrayal survived albeit twisted by age.<br />
<br />
Those Dragons affected by the Saurian curse descended through the ages coming into contact with humans and causing many of the legends that modern society finds in their myth and legend. Those drakes left behind suffered as well. Some were also twisted in form and mind becoming monsters. Others found their human ancestry gave them immunity to the curse. A few attempted to watch over their twisted brethren and eventually faded away in death. Several assisted humans in their ongoing fight against the gods only to be killed themselves. It is without a doubt that they continued to interbreed with humans thinning out the dragon bloodline. The one saving grace of the descendants was they inherited a genetic memory from their dragonkin going back to dragon’s celestial consciousness. These memories guided them.<br />
<br />
In the modern era, .01% of all mutants displaying superhuman powers are in fact drakes of natural origin. They are direct descendants of dragons. Throughout history some reports of alternate lives were actually individuals tapping into their genetic memory and experiencing reality from their ancestors perspective, even all the way back to their ancestor’s first eldritch awakening.</div>
Sekoia
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2009-01-21T13:14:52Z
<p>Sekoia: /* Ockham's Dragons */</p>
<hr />
<div>==Ockham's Dragons==<br />
<br />
When the Earth was young, cooled after chaos of creation, two intelligent species ascended from their own biblical beginning, the Saurians and the Dragons. The First Pantheon ruled over both with brutal terror and endless cruelty. They demanded frequent sacrifices of flesh and blood receiving both in excess. With what would seem to be the folly of all living emotional intelligent creatures, between that which is different and strange, the Saurians began a war against the Dragons.<br />
<br />
Encouraged and guided by the wicked First Pantheon the first Great War was waged. The most ancient of gods, in ecstasy wallowed and engorged upon the chaos of the conflict. Like all wars, the search to fight them better fueled research and new ways of thinking. The two first races slavishly obeyed the will and commands of their deities, each god choosing their favored race.<br />
<br />
Which species was truly the first to expand their conscious is unclear and forever lost to the half-life of time. It is known, that the dragons began to believe in a hidden singular creator. Any knowledge of a one god was secreted away by the First Pantheon out of jealously and to retain a measure of control over their slaved minions. The vengeful gods responded ruthlessly to the threatening beliefs, but the dragons turned away from Pantheon. The first Great War became the first Holy War and the dragons were almost hunted to extinction.<br />
<br />
Not all of the First Pantheon was vilely corrupt. An incredible small minority, those backing the dragons, felt sorry for the race. They helped the dragons hiding them away from a near genocide of their race. In this eldritch sanctuary a new dragon society arose. While desiring peace, they knew it could never be attained while the First Pantheon ruled. A great leader of the dragons stepped forth, so enlightened she laid the foundation of their future society, one that would ironically never be achieved. What was more important was that the journey to the society. A desperate a public assassination of this great leader only strengthened the resolve of the trodden dragons. What happened to the gods that assisted the dragons remains forever lost. It is known they were hunted down and punished.<br />
<br />
The dragons determined not to be ruled by false gods, fought back and striking hard. The Great Holy War which had been dwindling due to the elusive race was now in full swing. The First Pantheon shivered in rapture and grew in power from their Saurian followers. Unfortunately for them, Dragon society had turned inward finding greater focus with the universe and evolved mentally and spiritually. The war took an unforeseen turn to the dragons favor and it seemed the Saurians would be crushed. Faith wavered among the Saurians and the First Pantheon punished them brutally.<br />
<br />
Requiring increasing blood and flesh sacrifices the Pantheon began manipulating the physical forms of their followers to turn them into better fighting creatures. This would only be mirrored by the brilliant and resolute dragons. The Dragon’s fierce beliefs held them to the Creator and even in Chaos they excelled with new heights in art, literature, and magic. Their society grew and even in defiance of the cruel gods they built massive cities. Dragons appeared to be a favored race of some greater being. This only enraged the First Pantheon even further forcing them to even drastic physical changes. The Great Holy War continued unabated.<br />
<br />
Timed passed, where even the Saurian’s began to doubt the purpose of the Holy War.<br />
<br />
Dragons flourished, returning completely from utter extinction and proving to be the better race. The First Pantheon had so twisted the Saurians race by its demands original race they were became extinct. They became a shadow of themselves and their children became the dinosaurs of the modern Earth. With the advent of the Titans and other Pantheons growing in strength the First felt ever greater pressure to fight battles in the heavens for there own divine survival. Still fighting the Holy War, it was undeniable the Dragons had won their right to their place on Earth. The battles of the Holy War diminished and time continued to march on.<br />
<br />
With the war in the heavens going against them and desperate for a victory, they made one final attempt to destroy their hated enemy and once brood. The First Pantheon took physical form directly attacked the Dragons. The opening volley of this new assault brought about the first great mass extinctions on the Earth as the dragons unleashed all their powers to defend themselves. One they too would regret. The first causality of the battle was a Saurian deity. The First retreated to the Heavens to escape the hell on Earth. The Dragon lost millions and clawed their way from the bottomless pit of extinction, this time by their own hands, a lesson never to be forgotten by their children.<br />
<br />
The spark of life wavered, but continued to burn and the dragons scratched out a meager existence. In time they restored themselves to their former glory, but not without notice. Other pantheons tried to force the dragons to worship them only to find themselves at war. With the Great Holy War considered over these new threats were taken very seriously. Another great dragon leader arose and decided they would not take a passive response to the new threats. Using their vast knowledge of magic they attacked all the pantheons in the Heavens themselves. Now the dragons showed that they were the greatest threat to all of the gods, young and old. A new war waged across countless eons, battles and times of peace expanding generations at a time.<br />
Then came the humans, and the gods rejoiced.<br />
<br />
The pantheon not taking pleasure was the First. Licking wounds from the countless assaults from dragons and gods alike, their race of followers were now long gone, mutated and twisted into nothingness. This new race of humans only magnified that singular fact exposing their failure even more evidently. The First blamed the dragons. Since their followers were long dead they decided to wage a war of suicidal genocide against the humans to prevent the other gods from expanding their power base. The event also marked the first time the First felt their mortality. A new era of war raged on Earth.<br />
<br />
The dragons, evolving into near immortality, became celestial with a renewed union from magic. Now eldritch in nature they were near ascending their physical form to higher planes of existence and greater dimensions of thought. While some of their kind had done so individually, the race as a whole was collectively approaching this new level of existence. With the new campaign of the ancient Saurian gods, the dragons took pity on the young race of humans and decided to help. Again the blood flowed. Dragons fought against any pantheon that tried to force its will upon the humans. So skilled were the Dragons that they could now kill the gods themselves. Not being as blood thirsty as the First Pantheon, the dragons were willing to negotiate terms of non-interference among the different pantheons, even allying with individual deities to achieve ultimate victory.<br />
<br />
The First Pantheon, now suffering the loss of some of its own sphere, finally set out to singularly wipe the dragons from eternity. They came up with a magical virus to corrupt the physical and mental condition of their mortal enemies. It was immediately released. The last great leader of the dragons, only known to humans as Grendel, witnessed the last days of his kind. Those that could ascend did. Those afflicted by the virus were twisted into vile corruptions, shadows of devolved ancient Saurians, some taking the form of lizard-like creatures.<br />
<br />
The centuries prior to the end, working with the humans so closely, some dragons and humans intermixed. The intelligent and celestial Dragons marveled at Humanity and saw themselves at the brink millions of years ago. It was then half-human half-dragon, or drakes began walking the Earth. This new race was well suited as serving as emissaries between the gods and humans during the war. The numbers of drakes grew, even serving in the dragon battles against the gods. The greatest even slaying gods single-handedly. It was a human that stole the heart of Grendel, and his new bride gave birth to a son who would become known to modern society as Occam’s Razar. Foretold by dragon seers, the newborn would see the restoration of dragon memory and the values to Earth and instill their greatness in the human race.<br />
<br />
In one last epic battle, Grendel lead the biggest army every assembled. Humans, drakes, and dragons stood side by side in this final conflict against the First. It is this battle that the First twisted Beowulf, against Grendel, costing the dragon leader his life. At the end only one deity remained, only to be chased down by Grendel’s son, who sacrificed his life to destroy the last of the First Pantheon. But that death was simply the beginning for the young drake.<br />
<br />
Grendel’s death sent many remaining dragons not affected by the Saurian curse to ascend their physical form to save themselves. Only a handful stayed behind to search for a cure for their lost brethren lost to the disease and to act as caretakers until they too succumbed to the curse. This exodus left the human’s at the mercy of the remaining pantheons, and the human race entered a Darker Age. One far worse then what humanity itself would call the Dark Age many ten’s of thousands of years later. Time erased all evidence of the original form of the dragons from human memory. Only a handful of stories told and retold through the countless eons survived. Human society degenerated and the story of Beowulf’s betrayal survived albeit twisted by age.<br />
<br />
Those Dragons affected by the Saurian curse descended through the ages coming into contact with humans and causing many of the legends that modern society finds in their myth and legend. Those drakes left behind suffered as well. Some were also twisted in form and mind becoming monsters. Others found their human ancestry gave them immunity to the curse. A few attempted to watch over their twisted brethren and eventually faded away in death. Several assisted humans in their ongoing fight against the gods only to be killed themselves. It is without a doubt that they continued to interbreed with humans thinning out the dragon bloodline. The one saving grace of the descendants was they inherited a genetic memory from their dragonkin going back to dragon’s celestial consciousness. These memories guided them.<br />
<br />
In the modern era, .01% of all mutants displaying superhuman powers are in fact drakes. They are direct descendants of dragons. Throughout history some reports of alternate lives were actually individuals tapping into their genetic memory and experiencing reality from their ancestors perspective, even all the way back to their ancestor’s first eldritch awakening.</div>
Sekoia
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User:Ockham
2009-01-21T13:13:12Z
<p>Sekoia: </p>
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<div>==Ockham's Dragons==<br />
<br />
When the Earth was young, cooled after chaos of creation, two intelligent species ascended from their own biblical beginning, the Saurians and the Dragons. The First Pantheon ruled over both with brutal terror and endless cruelty. They demanded frequent sacrifices of flesh and blood receiving both in excess. With what would seem to be the folly of all living emotional intelligent creatures, between that which is different and strange, the Saurians began a war against the Dragons.<br />
<br />
Encouraged and guided by the wicked First Pantheon the first Great War was waged. The most ancient of gods, in ecstasy wallowed and engorged upon the chaos of the conflict. Like all wars, the search to fight them better fueled research and new ways of thinking. The two first races slavishly obeyed the will and commands of their deities, each god choosing their favored race.<br />
<br />
Which species was truly the first to expand their conscious is unclear and forever lost to the half-life of time. It is known, that the dragons began to believe in a hidden singular creator. Any knowledge of a one god was secreted away by the First Pantheon out of jealously and to retain a measure of control over their slaved minions. The vengeful gods responded ruthlessly to the threatening beliefs, but the dragons turned away from Pantheon. The first Great War became the first Holy War and the dragons were almost hunted to extinction.<br />
Not all of the First Pantheon was vilely corrupt. An incredible small minority, those backing the dragons, felt sorry for the race. They helped the dragons hiding them away from a near genocide of their race. In this eldritch sanctuary a new dragon society arose. While desiring peace, they knew it could never be attained while the First Pantheon ruled. A great leader of the dragons stepped forth, so enlightened she laid the foundation of their future society, one that would ironically never be achieved. What was more important was that the journey to the society. A desperate a public assassination of this great leader only strengthened the resolve of the trodden dragons. What happened to the gods that assisted the dragons remains forever lost. It is known they were hunted down and punished.<br />
<br />
The dragons determined not to be ruled by false gods, fought back and striking hard. The Great Holy War which had been dwindling due to the elusive race was now in full swing. The First Pantheon shivered in rapture and grew in power from their Saurian followers. Unfortunately for them, Dragon society had turned inward finding greater focus with the universe and evolved mentally and spiritually. The war took an unforeseen turn to the dragons favor and it seemed the Saurians would be crushed. Faith wavered among the Saurians and the First Pantheon punished them brutally.<br />
Requiring increasing blood and flesh sacrifices the Pantheon began manipulating the physical forms of their followers to turn them into better fighting creatures. This would only be mirrored by the brilliant and resolute dragons. The Dragon’s fierce beliefs held them to the Creator and even in Chaos they excelled with new heights in art, literature, and magic. Their society grew and even in defiance of the cruel gods they built massive cities. Dragons appeared to be a favored race of some greater being. This only enraged the First Pantheon even further forcing them to even drastic physical changes. The Great Holy War continued unabated.<br />
Timed passed, where even the Saurian’s began to doubt the purpose of the Holy War.<br />
Dragons flourished, returning completely from utter extinction and proving to be the better race. The First Pantheon had so twisted the Saurians race by its demands original race they were became extinct. They became a shadow of themselves and their children became the dinosaurs of the modern Earth. With the advent of the Titans and other Pantheons growing in strength the First felt ever greater pressure to fight battles in the heavens for there own divine survival. Still fighting the Holy War, it was undeniable the Dragons had won their right to their place on Earth. The battles of the Holy War diminished and time continued to march on.<br />
<br />
With the war in the heavens going against them and desperate for a victory, they made one final attempt to destroy their hated enemy and once brood. The First Pantheon took physical form directly attacked the Dragons. The opening volley of this new assault brought about the first great mass extinctions on the Earth as the dragons unleashed all their powers to defend themselves. One they too would regret. The first causality of the battle was a Saurian deity. The First retreated to the Heavens to escape the hell on Earth. The Dragon lost millions and clawed their way from the bottomless pit of extinction, this time by their own hands, a lesson never to be forgotten by their children.<br />
<br />
The spark of life wavered, but continued to burn and the dragons scratched out a meager existence. In time they restored themselves to their former glory, but not without notice. Other pantheons tried to force the dragons to worship them only to find themselves at war. With the Great Holy War considered over these new threats were taken very seriously. Another great dragon leader arose and decided they would not take a passive response to the new threats. Using their vast knowledge of magic they attacked all the pantheons in the Heavens themselves. Now the dragons showed that they were the greatest threat to all of the gods, young and old. A new war waged across countless eons, battles and times of peace expanding generations at a time.<br />
Then came the humans, and the gods rejoiced.<br />
<br />
The pantheon not taking pleasure was the First. Licking wounds from the countless assaults from dragons and gods alike, their race of followers were now long gone, mutated and twisted into nothingness. This new race of humans only magnified that singular fact exposing their failure even more evidently. The First blamed the dragons. Since their followers were long dead they decided to wage a war of suicidal genocide against the humans to prevent the other gods from expanding their power base. The event also marked the first time the First felt their mortality. A new era of war raged on Earth.<br />
The dragons, evolving into near immortality, became celestial with a renewed union from magic. Now eldritch in nature they were near ascending their physical form to higher planes of existence and greater dimensions of thought. While some of their kind had done so individually, the race as a whole was collectively approaching this new level of existence. With the new campaign of the ancient Saurian gods, the dragons took pity on the young race of humans and decided to help. Again the blood flowed. Dragons fought against any pantheon that tried to force its will upon the humans. So skilled were the Dragons that they could now kill the gods themselves. Not being as blood thirsty as the First Pantheon, the dragons were willing to negotiate terms of non-interference among the different pantheons, even allying with individual deities to achieve ultimate victory.<br />
<br />
The First Pantheon, now suffering the loss of some of its own sphere, finally set out to singularly wipe the dragons from eternity. They came up with a magical virus to corrupt the physical and mental condition of their mortal enemies. It was immediately released. The last great leader of the dragons, only known to humans as Grendel, witnessed the last days of his kind. Those that could ascend did. Those afflicted by the virus were twisted into vile corruptions, shadows of devolved ancient Saurians, some taking the form of lizard-like creatures.<br />
<br />
The centuries prior to the end, working with the humans so closely, some dragons and humans intermixed. The intelligent and celestial Dragons marveled at Humanity and saw themselves at the brink millions of years ago. It was then half-human half-dragon, or drakes began walking the Earth. This new race was well suited as serving as emissaries between the gods and humans during the war. The numbers of drakes grew, even serving in the dragon battles against the gods. The greatest even slaying gods single-handedly. It was a human that stole the heart of Grendel, and his new bride gave birth to a son who would become known to modern society as Occam’s Razar. Foretold by dragon seers, the newborn would see the restoration of dragon memory and the values to Earth and instill their greatness in the human race.<br />
<br />
In one last epic battle, Grendel lead the biggest army every assembled. Humans, drakes, and dragons stood side by side in this final conflict against the First. It is this battle that the First twisted Beowulf, against Grendel, costing the dragon leader his life. At the end only one deity remained, only to be chased down by Grendel’s son, who sacrificed his life to destroy the last of the First Pantheon. But that death was simply the beginning for the young drake.<br />
Grendel’s death sent many remaining dragons not affected by the Saurian curse to ascend their physical form to save themselves. Only a handful stayed behind to search for a cure for their lost brethren lost to the disease and to act as caretakers until they too succumbed to the curse. This exodus left the human’s at the mercy of the remaining pantheons, and the human race entered a Darker Age. One far worse then what humanity itself would call the Dark Age many ten’s of thousands of years later. Time erased all evidence of the original form of the dragons from human memory. Only a handful of stories told and retold through the countless eons survived. Human society degenerated and the story of Beowulf’s betrayal survived albeit twisted by age.<br />
<br />
Those Dragons affected by the Saurian curse descended through the ages coming into contact with humans and causing many of the legends that modern society finds in their myth and legend. Those drakes left behind suffered as well. Some were also twisted in form and mind becoming monsters. Others found their human ancestry gave them immunity to the curse. A few attempted to watch over their twisted brethren and eventually faded away in death. Several assisted humans in their ongoing fight against the gods only to be killed themselves. It is without a doubt that they continued to interbreed with humans thinning out the dragon bloodline. The one saving grace of the descendants was they inherited a genetic memory from their dragonkin going back to dragon’s celestial consciousness. These memories guided them.<br />
<br />
In the modern era, .01% of all mutants displaying superhuman powers are in fact drakes. They are direct descendants of dragons. Throughout history some reports of alternate lives were actually individuals tapping into their genetic memory and experiencing reality from their ancestors perspective, even all the way back to their ancestor’s first eldritch awakening.</div>
Sekoia
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2009-01-21T13:11:26Z
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<div>==Ockham's Dragons==<br />
<br />
When the Earth was young, cooled after chaos of creation, two intelligent species ascended from their own biblical beginning, the Saurians and the Dragons. The First Pantheon ruled over both with brutal terror and endless cruelty. They demanded frequent sacrifices of flesh and blood receiving both in excess. With what would seem to be the folly of all living emotional intelligent creatures, between that which is different and strange, the Saurians began a war against the Dragons.<br />
<br />
Encouraged and guided by the wicked First Pantheon the first Great War was waged. The most ancient of gods, in ecstasy wallowed and engorged upon the chaos of the conflict. Like all wars, the search to fight them better fueled research and new ways of thinking. The two first races slavishly obeyed the will and commands of their deities, each god choosing their favored race.<br />
<br />
Which species was truly the first to expand their conscious is unclear and forever lost to the half-life of time. It is known, that the dragons began to believe in a hidden singular creator. Any knowledge of a one god was secreted away by the First Pantheon out of jealously and to retain a measure of control over their slaved minions. The vengeful gods responded ruthlessly to the threatening beliefs, but the dragons turned away from Pantheon. The first Great War became the first Holy War and the dragons were almost hunted to extinction.<br />
Not all of the First Pantheon was vilely corrupt. An incredible small minority, those backing the dragons, felt sorry for the race. They helped the dragons hiding them away from a near genocide of their race. In this eldritch sanctuary a new dragon society arose. While desiring peace, they knew it could never be attained while the First Pantheon ruled. A great leader of the dragons stepped forth, so enlightened she laid the foundation of their future society, one that would ironically never be achieved. What was more important was that the journey to the society. A desperate a public assassination of this great leader only strengthened the resolve of the trodden dragons. What happened to the gods that assisted the dragons remains forever lost. It is known they were hunted down and punished.<br />
<br />
The dragons determined not to be ruled by false gods, fought back and striking hard. The Great Holy War which had been dwindling due to the elusive race was now in full swing. The First Pantheon shivered in rapture and grew in power from their Saurian followers. Unfortunately for them, Dragon society had turned inward finding greater focus with the universe and evolved mentally and spiritually. The war took an unforeseen turn to the dragons favor and it seemed the Saurians would be crushed. Faith wavered among the Saurians and the First Pantheon punished them brutally.<br />
Requiring increasing blood and flesh sacrifices the Pantheon began manipulating the physical forms of their followers to turn them into better fighting creatures. This would only be mirrored by the brilliant and resolute dragons. The Dragon’s fierce beliefs held them to the Creator and even in Chaos they excelled with new heights in art, literature, and magic. Their society grew and even in defiance of the cruel gods they built massive cities. Dragons appeared to be a favored race of some greater being. This only enraged the First Pantheon even further forcing them to even drastic physical changes. The Great Holy War continued unabated.<br />
Timed passed, where even the Saurian’s began to doubt the purpose of the Holy War.<br />
Dragons flourished, returning completely from utter extinction and proving to be the better race. The First Pantheon had so twisted the Saurians race by its demands original race they were became extinct. They became a shadow of themselves and their children became the dinosaurs of the modern Earth. With the advent of the Titans and other Pantheons growing in strength the First felt ever greater pressure to fight battles in the heavens for there own divine survival. Still fighting the Holy War, it was undeniable the Dragons had won their right to their place on Earth. The battles of the Holy War diminished and time continued to march on.<br />
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With the war in the heavens going against them and desperate for a victory, they made one final attempt to destroy their hated enemy and once brood. The First Pantheon took physical form directly attacked the Dragons. The opening volley of this new assault brought about the first great mass extinctions on the Earth as the dragons unleashed all their powers to defend themselves. One they too would regret. The first causality of the battle was a Saurian deity. The First retreated to the Heavens to escape the hell on Earth. The Dragon lost millions and clawed their way from the bottomless pit of extinction, this time by their own hands, a lesson never to be forgotten by their children.<br />
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The spark of life wavered, but continued to burn and the dragons scratched out a meager existence. In time they restored themselves to their former glory, but not without notice. Other pantheons tried to force the dragons to worship them only to find themselves at war. With the Great Holy War considered over these new threats were taken very seriously. Another great dragon leader arose and decided they would not take a passive response to the new threats. Using their vast knowledge of magic they attacked all the pantheons in the Heavens themselves. Now the dragons showed that they were the greatest threat to all of the gods, young and old. A new war waged across countless eons, battles and times of peace expanding generations at a time.<br />
Then came the humans, and the gods rejoiced.<br />
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The pantheon not taking pleasure was the First. Licking wounds from the countless assaults from dragons and gods alike, their race of followers were now long gone, mutated and twisted into nothingness. This new race of humans only magnified that singular fact exposing their failure even more evidently. The First blamed the dragons. Since their followers were long dead they decided to wage a war of suicidal genocide against the humans to prevent the other gods from expanding their power base. The event also marked the first time the First felt their mortality. A new era of war raged on Earth.<br />
The dragons, evolving into near immortality, became celestial with a renewed union from magic. Now eldritch in nature they were near ascending their physical form to higher planes of existence and greater dimensions of thought. While some of their kind had done so individually, the race as a whole was collectively approaching this new level of existence. With the new campaign of the ancient Saurian gods, the dragons took pity on the young race of humans and decided to help. Again the blood flowed. Dragons fought against any pantheon that tried to force its will upon the humans. So skilled were the Dragons that they could now kill the gods themselves. Not being as blood thirsty as the First Pantheon, the dragons were willing to negotiate terms of non-interference among the different pantheons, even allying with individual deities to achieve ultimate victory.<br />
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The First Pantheon, now suffering the loss of some of its own sphere, finally set out to singularly wipe the dragons from eternity. They came up with a magical virus to corrupt the physical and mental condition of their mortal enemies. It was immediately released. The last great leader of the dragons, only known to humans as Grendel, witnessed the last days of his kind. Those that could ascend did. Those afflicted by the virus were twisted into vile corruptions, shadows of devolved ancient Saurians, some taking the form of lizard-like creatures.<br />
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The centuries prior to the end, working with the humans so closely, some dragons and humans intermixed. The intelligent and celestial Dragons marveled at Humanity and saw themselves at the brink millions of years ago. It was then half-human half-dragon, or drakes began walking the Earth. This new race was well suited as serving as emissaries between the gods and humans during the war. The numbers of drakes grew, even serving in the dragon battles against the gods. The greatest even slaying gods single-handedly. It was a human that stole the heart of Grendel, and his new bride gave birth to a son who would become known to modern society as Occam’s Razar. Foretold by dragon seers, the newborn would see the restoration of dragon memory and the values to Earth and instill their greatness in the human race.<br />
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In one last epic battle, Grendel lead the biggest army every assembled. Humans, drakes, and dragons stood side by side in this final conflict against the First. It is this battle that the First twisted Beowulf, against Grendel, costing the dragon leader his life. At the end only one deity remained, only to be chased down by Grendel’s son, who sacrificed his life to destroy the last of the First Pantheon. But that death was simply the beginning for the young drake.<br />
Grendel’s death sent many remaining dragons not affected by the Saurian curse to ascend their physical form to save themselves. Only a handful stayed behind to search for a cure for their lost brethren lost to the disease and to act as caretakers until they too succumbed to the curse. This exodus left the human’s at the mercy of the remaining pantheons, and the human race entered a Darker Age. One far worse then what humanity itself would call the Dark Age many ten’s of thousands of years later. Time erased all evidence of the original form of the dragons from human memory. Only a handful of stories told and retold through the countless eons survived. Hunan society degenerated and the story of Beowulf’s betrayal survived albeit twisted by age.<br />
Those Dragons affected by the Saurian curse descended through the ages coming into contact with humans and causing many of the legends that modern society finds in their myth and legend. Those drakes left behind suffered as well. Some were also twisted in form and mind becoming monsters. Others found their human ancestry gave them immunity to the curse. A few attempted to watch over their twisted brethren and eventually faded away in death. Several assisted humans in their ongoing fight against the gods only to be killed themselves. It is without a doubt that they continued to interbreed with humans thinning out the dragon bloodline. The one saving grace of the descendants was they inherited a genetic memory from their dragonkin going back to dragon’s celestial consciousness. These memories guided them.<br />
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In the modern era, .01% of all mutants displaying superhuman powers are in fact drakes. They are direct descendants of dragons. Throughout history some reports of alternate lives were actually individuals tapping into their genetic memory and experiencing reality from their ancestors perspective, even all the way back to their ancestor’s first eldritch awakening.</div>
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