History WMG / CityOfHeroes

For those who may not know, the Devs have been talking about an upcoming series of signature story arcs to be released over a seven month period culminating to the death of a member of the Freedom Phalanx. Many suspect this to be Back Alley Brawler because TheBlackDudeDiesFirst.

So far, we know that Mender Silos is Nemesis, it's implied that Mender Lazarus is Doctor Aeon, and Twilight's Son is unintroduced, being from the future. Mender Tesseract is the biggest enigma here; we only know that the Letter Writer thinks of her as the most honest, however sees her as a 'nightmare given form', and that 'her kind was bred to rule, to conquer, to consume'. There are only four females in the entirety of villain groups that are even improtant enough to consider: Vanessa DeVore of the Carnival of Shadows, Countess Crey, Arakhn of the Council, and Ghost Widow. The 'bred' line alone rules out Crey and DeVore. Leaving only the two assassins. Both of them could theoretically be considered a 'nightmare given form', and a kind 'bred to rule, conquer and consume' could apply to Ghost Widow's Arachnos training. But this is unlikely, given not only the fact that she is dead, but that Arakhn is a Nictus, who basically have that as their job description.

[[WMG:Vanessa [=DeVore=] is [[Main/{{Persona3}} Nyx]].]]

I see it this way: Gilgamesh became an Incarnate, despite already being powerful, and that's how he became two-thirds god, one third man. I would also say that in the end, the Well of Furies withdrew enough of its support to keep him from being immortal because Gilgamesh was too {{Badass}} to control.

[[WMG: The Well of Furies is actually [[NasuVerse The Root of the World]]]]

According to interviews given after Sunset, Lady Grey was to be revealed to be a Battalion infiltrator placed on Earth during the 19th Century, while Tesseract is a former Battalion agent. An evil alien (conceivably tailor-made, or from a specialised infiltrator species/caste)[[TheyLookLikeEveryoneElseNow in human guise]], a [[CastingAShadow controller of dark forces]] and [[VampiricDraining energy vampire]], sent to Earth long before Humanity was even aware of her faction, who gained command over the very army that was supposed to defend Earth against alien invaders - or, as the Dream Doctor put it: "Her kind was bred to rule, to conquer, to consume. [...] Tesseract is a nightmare given form, a monster with a pretty smile." According to the Devs, the Battalion uses Potentiality Wells as an energy source, explaining how Lady Grey knows so much about Incarnates.

We can be quite certain that [[TheCape Statesman]] is not going to be a mere tortured soul in Hell, but will go to Heaven/Elysium (or be elevated to godhood by Zeus). And who is Recluse an Incarnate of? Yes, Tartaros, the Greek god of Hell (and Hell itself). So maybe the best way to defeat Lord Recluse would be to defeat his source of power, as in the god he is an Incarnate of (as opposed to the Well of Furies). And Statesman now might have a way to access Tartaros. This of course assumes that Statesman retains his powers in the afterlife, or is reimbued with then (in which case he might be more powerful due to direct access instead of having to use the Well as proxy).

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The setting is so seeped in ClassicalMythology, this only makes sense. In the "Origin of Power" story arc, you learn from Positron that when he invents something truly marvelous, he feels connected to something. This something is the creation of the Greek Muses.

Either that or it's [[FateStayNight The Holy Grail]]

* IKnewIt on a fantastic level. Almost makes you wonder if the devs read this page and went SureWhyNot!