From Unofficial Handbook of the Virtue Universe

The Man Behind the Mask (Kind Of)

A Sampling of Heroism...
Coreth
Global: @Coreth
Personal Data
Age:	Older than I care to admit to
Biographical Data
Base of Operations:	Washington DC area
Interests:	Speculative Fiction novels Tabletop Gaming Comics (Duh) MMORPGs (Another Duh) Some programming/writing
Userboxes
EST This user's time zone is Eastern Time. ALTAHOLIC This user only wishes he had a "main" character; the altitis is strong in this one. CoH This user fights on both fronts in Paragon City and the Rogue Isles. CoV VIP This user was a VIP player. EV This user plays on the Everlasting server on CoH: Homecoming. This user had a character in the Union Supreme. This user has a character in the Entropy Legion. This user had a character in the Adventurists. This user had a character in the Tavern on the Edge. This user had a character in Hyperion Force. This user is a Sysop for Virtueverse. (verify)
...and a Sampling of Villainy!

Coreth (formerly known on VV1.0 as Ebon Storm) started out messing around in the MMO world with Star Wars Galaxies in 2005, with his main character Coreth Landwalker, a Master Ranger/Master Rifleman...at least, until the hated New Game "Enhancements" which removed his main profession entirely, trashed the game interface and combat system, and drove off a very large chunk of its playerbase-including him. He'd gone back a couple times after a year passed and having heard of design changes that made it tolerable...but the damage done to his friends lists and the continuing direction of the devs there finally permitted him to leave it behind forever.

Okay-that's enough with the third person.

In that bleak year, I spent my time in World of Warcraft using Coreth as a Protection Spec Warrior. I actually enjoyed my time there, but the raid-centric attitude of the game at maximum level and an inability to get into a guild that I felt comfortable in eventually led me to exit that game too. I bummed around a bit in Lord of the Rings Online as well, poked my head into EVE Online, but none of them really seemed to offer what I was looking for.

Enter City of Heroes. I'd been playing CoH for a while before September-ish '07, having spent most of my time on the Protector server with a villain. At about that time, I was interested in trying out life in the "unofficial RP server", I rolled up a hero and started playing-and haven't spent any time on Protector since! I've had a blast on Virtue-enough so that I transferred my main villain from Protector to Virtue to continue his villainy here!

I've always been a big fan of the wiki concept, and wasted no time in starting to make use of Virtueverse. I became a sysop for the site on August 8, 2009 and immediately went to war on the spambots that had been invading at the time. I continued to play on Virtue in an assortment of supergroups until the game closed down.

With the release of the game code to multiple servers, I began to roll new characters on Homecoming's Everlasting server, glad to be returning to the City of Heroes for as long as it can last.

The Characters

Virtue-That-Was

Everlasting

50 Agent Repulse is the Chief of Security of Action Enterprises; he was formerly an agent of a secret organization, the details of which remain classified. Force Fields / Energy Blast / Power Mastery 28 The Amazing Kane is a stage magician extraordinaire! But what most do not know is that he is also an Adventurist, who specializes in mental influence and time travel. Mind Control / Time Manipulation  50 The Armored Battalion is the prototype for a new generation of armored warfare for the United States military forces, designed to withstand any attack. Invulnerability / Energy Melee / Energy Mastery 32 Ageless, deathless. Once upon a time, Baron Craven could have been considered a vampire. But now that he has awakened in this modern age, he has been evolving into something far more than a simple vampire-and perhaps something less. Dark Melee / Willpower  35 The Devil's Chamberlain claims to be the right hand of the Devil itself, returned from Hell to serve his Master's bidding. True or not, his magical power over the mind and his knowledge of ancient spell ritual make him a potent threat to heroes everywhere. Mind Control / Psionic Assault  50 Dracofire is a self-proclaimed representative of the Conglomerate of Worlds, who professes to be evaluating Earth's value; whether or not he expects the Conglomerate to welcome Earth into its organization or to conquer it is something he's sidestepped. Fire Blast / Thermal Radiation  50 (+3) A mercenary hoping to cash in on the reputation of a lost villain, Ebon Thunderbolt is out to garner as much cash as humanly possibly-and he doesn't care if the pay comes from the depths of Arachnos or the heights of Atlas Park! Ninja Blade / Super Reflexes / Soul Mastery 28 The Fighting Wolfman is, shockingly, a werewolf, in full control of his mind and body. With his fighting skills and lupine nature, he's willing to wade into the thick of the fight no matter how bad it looks. Street Fighting / Regeneration  43 Gatewarden-perhaps one hero, perhaps up to five-is one of the Points of the Pentacle, a Warden to the Gates of Infinity, utilizing magic and knowledge passed down from the First Days to prevent beings from the Outer Darkness from accessing what most humans view as "reality". Illusion Control / Radiation Emission / Soul Mastery 28 General Retaliation, former Army Ranger, is now a mercenary operating in the Rogue Islands. His driving mission: to overthrow the regime of Arachnos before Lord Recluse and his ilk strike against the United States. Mercenaries / Traps  14 The Gray Huntsmaster was an infiltrator, spy, and assassin for the Praetorian Powers Division, assigned to learn all he could about Resistance cells...and destroy them. Archery / Trick Arrow  30 An inventor by nature and by choice, Invictar expects to push his talent to its limit-by constantly improving a remarkable set of powered armor. Beam Rifle / Energy Melee  32 Master of the Shadowy Arts, Nyctomancer has come to Paragon City in order to show the forces of darkness that the night isn't necessarily on their side. Darkness Control / Dark Assault  22 Aaron Richardson is the Occult Explorer; a daredevil, tomb raider, treasure hunter, seeker of lost places and artifacts. Wielding a small arsenal of mystic talismans that the world has forgotten, he seeks out the secrets that black magicians would rather not have known. Kinetics / Dual Pistols  50 (+3) A veteran of the First Rikti War at the Battle of Fort Benning, the Old Ranger's archery skill, future-tech equipment, and his skills as an Army Ranger make him one of the most dangerous men in Paragon City. Archery / Devices / Munitions Mastery 50 (+3) One of the many Crab Spiders of Arachnos, Operative Rostov has risen to become a power in his own right, leading the Arachnos Black Ops Brigade against the enemies of Lord Recluse. He is one of the constant irritants in the designs of the Arbiters, who dislike him nearly as much as he dislikes them. Crab Spider Soldier / Crab Spider Training  50 Cutting edge technology; cutting edge attitude. Professor Dredd was hoping for an easy life on the bleeding edge, until he got dragged into a world of excitement. Dredd will use any means necessary to keep himself on the forefront of advanced technologies, even if he has to steal them. Robotics / Force Fields  23 Qi'Lar is the reluctant leader of the alien freebooters known as the Null Division. Trapped on Earth after failing to stop the Shivan strike on Galaxy City, she tries to locate the survivors of their battle so they can continue the battle with the Shivans. Super Strength / Energy Aura  50 Skyshade has quietly fought for the Warshade cause ever since his injuries in a aerobatics show. Now he's out into the open in hopes of increasing acceptance of the Warshades by the Peacebringers. Umbral Blast / Umbral Aura  28 Spectral Fighter carries a legacy from that most rare of prizes: the history of a hero in the Rogue Islands. Armed with his wits, fighting skills, and his mutant power of vanishment, Spectral Fighter is very much a crusader of the night. Martial Arts / Ninjitsu  32 Stellar Abyss bears a weapon created by alien Crafters and tainted by the power of the Nictus; in doing so, he puts himself front and center in the war between Kheldian and Nictus, even as he seeks to expand his own personal power. Umbral Blast / Umbral Aura  50 (+3) Bonded to an alien weapon created millennia ago, Stellar Protector is the first human to bear the name. By virtue of his Stellar Gem, he has become a key player in the seemingly endless conflict between the Kheldians and their Nictus enemies. Luminous Blast / Luminous Aura  28 Sunpulse was created when a particle physics experiment went horribly wrong. Now a living radiator of an exotic energy, he must determine for himself if he is still truly human. Radiation Emission / Radiation Blast  42 A Roman Centurion. A barbarian. A knight. A hoplite. A Vanguard soldier. Each aspects of the same man, in different eras of time, bearing aspects of the Aegis and the Sword of Hades-and each appearing in the present time. Timelost is more than willing and able to put his shield between the innocent and those who would do them harm. Broadsword / Shield Defense  50 (+3) Winter Tornado is a force of nature unto himself; a Lord of Winter, he wrested a portion of the immense power of Lord Winter itself away from the entity and claimed it for his own! Storm Summoning / Electrical Blast / Electricity Mastery

50 Thornwielder is a former apprentice to the Circle of Thorns who turned against them and now opposes them whenever and wherever he can. Staff Fighting / Willpower  50 (+2) Voidjammer is a space pirate marooned on Earth. Now, he craves vengeance and-just as importantly-profit on this backwards world that nevertheless has some very potent powers protecting it. Dual Pistols / Devices

Misc

This is where I update my levels
This is where I play mad scientist with wiki code
This is where I edit my character infobox code on this page
This is where I edit my character navigational bar
This is where I edit my "quote" template