once upon a time a started an alt character for City of Heroes. He was made for a specific supergroup. this group was called.. The Terata.
there were a specific set of criteria to join this group which required the creation of a custom-developed character. the criteria were as follows:
1) character must be based on a horror movie/story(/legend); however, must not be an actual character from source, but an original based on such. "fan fiction" if you will..
2) must write (short) origin story for character, as well as origin of events that lead up to and include the "inductioon" into the supergroup.
this made for the most interesting group/guild/whatever i've ever been part of. all these stories knitted together of horrific heroes.. it was just really cool.
**WARNING: Long origin follows this message!!**(this was my character)
Character Name: Jaeger Leeds
Archetype/Power Sets: Mutant Scrapper | Dark/Regen
Inspiration: Jersey Devil (various movies & legends)
Tale (origin):
There once was born a child of demonic heritage. His mother was Mrs. Leeds and due to her unscroupulous avail, she unwittingly cursed him to a life of degradation.. and cursed herself to a horrific death at the new-born hands of her demonic son. Years later, he came to be known as The Jersey Devil.
Hiding amongst the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey, he would live his accursed life in seclusion. Throughout time he has been glimpsed by 'normal people'. For those unlucky enough to come face to face with him, the result has ranged from terror to suffering an unearthly death.
Many tales have been told, and many tales have never been heard. One such widely unknown event was an occurence years ago, from within the forgotten heart of the Pine Barrens:
The Jersey Devil was skulking around his domain, hunting.. but now he was experiencing something he was unfamiliar with: the urge to mate. He so happened upon a small shack,
a rotting thing that had the stench of evil about it. This warmed the senses of the Jersey Devil, curiosity prodding him to take the ramshackle abode into closer inspection.
His beady eyes spied a human inside, an older female. She was chanting words that he had never heard uttered from human lips before.. words he understood, old words.
As he stood watching, she became aware of his presence.. she looked up to see him through her crooked window. Her one 'good' eye staring at him, unwavering.
Her face contorted into an evil half-smile.. she knew this creature.
She hobbled outside, her uncanny knowledge keeping her calm and respectful of this
legendary abomination. She was a witch, old and learned, and knew this was more than a
chance meeting.. this was fate weilding it's darker hand. She knew her place and so lead the creature into the woods.. and succumbed to his animal instincts.
Thirteen months later, alone and through great difficulty, she birthed a boy whom she
named Jaeger Leeds. His first name heralding back to her ancient Germanic past, his last
in honor of his grand-mother. He did not share the extreme disfigurement of his father;
however, he was of decidedly inhuman nature. He was also imbued with great, ther-worldly powers that would manifest themselves throughout his life in various incarnations.
Knowing that he would never know acceptance locally, but would rather suffer hunts by the local 'normal' people who lived in fear of such demonic existances, she raised him in the ways of the dark arts.. secreted away from civilization. Once he had learned all he needed, both scholastically and magickly, she sent him out on his own.. to find a place to call home.
Jaeger grew from a child to a man while he travelled the world, all the while hiding his dark origins and talents (and his murderous tedencies) from the general populace, until he came upon a city like none other he had seen. This city, this Paragon City, was populated not only by 'normal' people, but also by others with strange and unnatural powers.
He quickly realized what lay before him.. a place where he would not only be accepted, but exalted for doing that which came natural to him. He could practice his dark arts and satisfy his need to hunt, to kill.. he could be himself.
Jaeger stretched out at the base of a large statue, smiling..
he found his new killing grounds.
He found home.
**ATTENTION: Long origin has ended, you may wake up now!!**and here are some pics to go with the story..
1st) (from L to R) Jaeger Leeds, The Tall Man, Lamentation
... The Tall Man was the younger succesor to the original.
... Lamentation was a cenobite. (an original)
2nd) what was supposed to become
www.theterata.com/index.html... made in photoshop by yours truly
(man, i miss this group.. would've been perfect for switching over to CoV too! argh.)