Sad Tales of Freedom's Fallen HEROES
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THE FREEDOM LEAGUE
Last Stand at Freedom Hall
Civilians in a blind-panic fled to Freedom Hall seeking shelter. Outside Captain Thunder and Lady Liberty stood as the last and greatest champions of the decimated Freedom League. Lady Liberty using the Light of Liberty to deflect away the hail of energy bolts raining down upon them. Captain Thunder rending ships apart with his bare hands.
As the huddled masses watched with fear, enemy shock troops released an anti-ion wave, that nullified Captain Thunder's electrical powers. As he fell from the sky, Lady Liberty diverted her attention from the attackers in order to try to heal him. A barrage of particle weapons tore through their bodies, and they collapsed in each others arms.
Inside Freedom Hall, Raven worked feverishly with tissue samples of Grue prisoners from the early part of the assault, trying to develop some sort of paralyzing bio-agent to use against them. A handful of human witnesses were close enough to the sealed entrance of the underground lab when the invaders broke through the hall. It was said, that she didn't even put up a fight. She just stood there weeping and was cut down by energy bolts.
The Bowman
Bowman IV (Fletcher Beaumont III): Grandson of the original Bowman, first graduate of the Claremont Academy, and
member of the Freedom League.
The Bowman, newest member of the League was the first to fall. Leading a counter-offensive into the heart of the overwhelming drone army with hundreds of police, army personnel, and civilian militia. It was said that his presence alone inspired hope in Freedom's defenders, until for one split second he hesitated--deciding on a target for his final arrows...
Captain Thunder
During the Last Stand at Freedom Hall - Outside Captain Thunder and Lady Liberty stood as the last and greatest champions of the decimated Freedom League. Captain Thunder rending ships apart with his bare hands. As the huddled masses watched with fear, enemy shock troops released an anti-ion wave, that nullified Captain Thunder's electrical powers. As he fell from the sky, Lady Liberty diverted her attention from the attackers in order to try to heal him. A barrage of particle weapons tore through their bodies, and they collapsed in each others arms.
Johnny Rocket
Johnny Rocket II (John Wade): Member of the Freedom League with super-speed, grandson of Johnny Rocket I. Outed as
gay as few years ago.
Johnny Rocket between heartbeats could be felt as a blur on the battlefield--either bludgeoning entire platoons unconscious or evacuating scores of civilians from harm's way. The invadering Khanate Shocklords outmaneuvered him by irradiating air pockets around a group of endangered civilians. As Johnny blazed through the area to remove the civilians, his hyperspeed metabolism turned his cell structure cancerous. Each use of his super-speed accellerated the disease. Johnny privately fought the disease spread for weaks before he was eaten alive by it.
Doctor Metropolis
Dr. Metropolis the “Spirit of Cities” that appeared after the Terminus Invasion to help rebuild Freedom City, able to control
and shape urban environments. A member of the Freedom League.
The destruction being levelled against Freedom City by an alien menace drove Doc Metro into a rage. With dozens of heroes already fallen, in a stroke of heroic inspiration he transferred his consciousness into the Statue of Centurion ("the big guy that watches over us") and began blindly smashing his way through Grue War Machines and the Khanate Armada. He was scattered into atomic particles by an orbital pulse beam from the Star-Khan's ship.
Lady Liberty
Lady Liberty III (Beth Walton-Wright): Current wielder of the Light of Liberty and member of the Freedom League. Married
to police detective Trevor Wright.
During the Last Stand at Freedom Hall - Civilians in a blind-panic fled to Freedom Hall seeking shelter. Lady Liberty using the Light of Liberty to deflect away the hail of energy bolts raining down upon them. As the huddled masses watched with fear, enemy shock troops released an anti-ion wave, that nullified Captain Thunder's electrical powers. As he fell from the sky, Lady Liberty diverted her attention from the attackers in order to try to heal him. A barrage of particle weapons tore through their bodies, and they collapsed in each others arms.
Raven
During the Last Stand at Freedom Hall - inside Freedom Hall, Raven worked feverishly with tissue samples of Grue prisoners from the early part of the assault, trying to develop some sort of paralyzing bio-agent to use against them. A handful of human witnesses were close enough to the sealed entrance of the underground lab when the invaders broke through the hall. It was said, that she didn't even put up a fight. She just stood there weeping and was cut down by energy bolts.
Siren
Siren II (Cassandra Vale): Voodoo loa (goddess) of the sea, bonded with a mortal psychologist, and wielding power over the sea and weather. Protector of New Orleans.
Siren was able to initially neutralize large parts of the invasion force using her weather control powers to delay troopships and battle craft but she had to leave herself vulnerable to do so. The villainous Baron Samedi took advantage of the bodies of the Police assault force that had been led by Bowman's last stand and used his zombies to overwhelm Siren. She was drowned in a sea of undead flesh, her powers tied up, protecting her precious city. Nearly beaten to death at the hands of the Puesdo, Baron Samedi would be taken down by the remaining heroes and locked away in Blackstone.
