Curse of the Ninth, Symphony in the key of Crazy
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| Curse of the Ninth, Symphony in the key of Crazy | |
| Author: @PhotonForce | |
| Arc ID: 338300 | |
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| Level Range(s): | 5-50 |
| No. of Missions: | 4 |
| Mission Types: | Mission 1: Rescue Ally, Find Items, Defeat Boss Mission 2: Mission 3: Mission 4: |
| Custom Enemies: |  Psycho Death Squad |
| Enemies: |  Freakshow |
| Difficulty: | Standard |
| Archvillains: | Madness |
| Allies: | Faultline |
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The origin story of Murder Maestro.
The curse of the ninth is the superstition that any composer of symphonies, from Beethoven onwards, will die or go insane soon after writing their own Ninth Symphony.
Mission 1
- 1st Movement: Searching for Clues
Unique Map, level range 20-54.
- Briefing
 Sophia Kalos |
$name is it? Thank the stars the $supergroup was able to dispatch you so quickly. There is no time to waste! The celebrated conductor of the Paragon City Symphony Orchestra, Christophe Kleiber has been kidnapped! By none other than (shudder) that crazy psychotic of the underworld, the arch-villian MADNESS!!
Do you know of the tragic tale of Maestro Kleiber? No? Well, I will have to fill you in at a later date, but now please, you must rescue the Maestro! |
- Enemies
Mission 2
- 2nd Movement: Save Maestro Kleiber
Medium size map, level range 1-54. Contains Hostage. 45 min. time limit.
- Main Article: ***
- Briefing
| Sophia Kalos |
The lab was able to isolate some of the chemicals on the vial, $name. They've traced one of the compounds back to an abandoned sewage treatment facility. The PPD observed members of the Psycho Death Squad entering a nearby office building. Perhaps the Maestro is being held inside? |
- Enemies
Mission 3
- 3rd Movement: Capture Murder Maestro
Unique map, level range 1-54. Contains Destroy Objects, Bosses
- Main Article: ***
- Briefing
| Sophia Kalos |
I remember the night it all started, the eager anticipation of Christophe's 9th Symphony. Magic was in the air that evening, and then, Madness! Those horrid white and black masks appeared from nowhere! Madness and his Psycho Death Squad had taken Symphony Hall hostage hoping to loot the valuables from the wealthy patrons of the arts. Christophe implored him not to hurt anyone, but in a show of power and ruthlessness, he injected Christophe with a full dose of his Insanity Serum.
His mind twisted into hate and madness, Christophe spent the next 2 years in the Mercy Isles' Asylum until managing his escape during the riots of '03. Bent on bringing the music of murder and mayhem to all of Paragon City, he became known as Murder Maestro, leader of the notorious Asylum Orchestra. If Christophe has indeed become Murder Maestro again and has learned how to manufacture Madness' Insanity Serum, you must stop him! |
- Enemies
Mission 4
Finale - Defeat Madness
Medium size map, level range 1-54. Contains Ally, Ambush, Boss (AV)
- Main Article: ***
- Briefing
| Sophia Kalos |
Small world. Madness has taken over a Freakshow stronghold. As you enter the warehouse, you recieve an urgent message from Ms. Kalos - it seems the Maestro has escaped again. He was ranting about taking the fight back to the source - better keep an eye out for Murder Maestro as well! |
- Enemies
Carnival of Shadows
Psycho Death Squad
Souvenir
- Maestro Kleiber's Baton
The conducting baton used by the Christophe Kleiber, ill-fated conductor of the Paragon City Symphony Orchestra. It will always remind you of descent into the madness that turned a brilliant musician into the maniacal Murder Maestro. A tragic tale you like to call:
Curse of the Ninth, Symphony in the key of Crazy
It all began when the famous soprano, Sophia Kalos, contacted you. Maestro Kleiber had been kidnapped by the arch-villain Madness and his Psycho Death Squad. You went to an abandoned lab to search for clues, but the place was infested with Freakshow. You gained an ally in Faultline; the hero had been trailing Patient 13, right-hand man to the maniacal Murder Maestro, when ambushed by Freakshow. Together you defeated Patient 13. The hero also revealed to you that Murder Maestro was none other than the missing conductor!
Next, the crime lab was able to trace chemicals on the vial back to an abandoned sewage treatment facility. The PPD had observed members of the Psycho Death Squad entering a nearby office building. You went to investigate and rescued the conductor as well as 3 members of the Arts Council.
Kleiber soon vanished again. Ms. Kalos surmised the conductor had reverted to his villainous alter-ego.
Soon, Longbow patrols called in suspicious activity at the abandoned Mercy Isles' Asylum. You went to investigate and found yourself in a full-blown war between the Psycho Death Squad and Murder Maestro's hired help, the Carnival of Shadows! The crazed conductor had found a formula for the Insanity Serum; smashed cases of the poison littered floor. You destroyed the remaining barrels and captured Murder Maestro. The music score found you on him was actually a twisted plan to unleash the Insanity Serum on the audience during the finale of his Symphony - clearly the work of a very sick mind.
All that was left was to apprehend the lynchpin to this tragedy. Faultline contacted you with urgent intel: Madness was holed-up in a warehouse on Talos Island. You defeated Madness, but not before the appearance of Murder Maestro. You were able to subdue the crazed conductor, but rehabilitation seemed a distant reality.
During the fight, Madness revealed that the conductor had hired him to stage the Symphony robbery. Kleiber was obsessed with an old superstition that any composer of symphonies will die or go insane soon after writing their own 9th Symphony. He had hired the villain as a distraction, so that his 9th would never be heard, hoping to sidestep the curse. Madness also tells you that the serum injected into the Maestro was just a placebo - a fake! The Maestro's madness was his own. The recent kidnapping was simply a warning to other Asylum members to stop searching for the formula and messing with his operation. The Maestro is seems had never left the stage.
Within weeks of solving the case, you read that Kleiber had managed to escape once more. You are sure this is not the last you will hear of the maniacal madman, Murder Maestro!
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