Glorious Heroes

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GLORIOUS HEROES
In memory of Heroes Deceased, and/or have contributed greatly to the Party. In order of Appearance.

Lucidia (Eugene)
Halfling Cunning Sneak Crossbow Rogue
Serving Since : 0.1
Noteworthy Deeds
- Never Switched Character Award
- Never Ever Switched Character
- Never Consciously made use of Cunning Sneak feature : Cunning Sneak in Action! as of 7.1
- Least Utilised High Charisma Character
- Most Prudent Thief Award - desmond.imageshack.us/Himg240/scaled.php?server=240&filename=prudencemk5.jpg&res=landing (1.3)
- Door Mistress - the female halfling rogue of the Party, Lucidia proves the Strongest of them All... (6.1, 7.1 )
Status : Left

Song Bo (Andy)
Dwarf Bear Shaman
Tenure : 0.1 to 2.3
Noteworthy Deeds
- healed most of the party as the only Leader for a long time
- Dwarf of Peace : practically never attacks
- "Tanked" against the Slavers in Brick House 2.1 and Constables 2.3
- very little Healing Feat support most of the time
- Almost Died in an Encounter against the Seven Star Formation
Status : In Reserve

Alvyn (Merlvyn)
Eladrin Sorcerer-King Pact Warlock
Tenure : 0.2 to 2.0
Noteworthy Deeds
- First optimised Striker in the Party
- First to try to Bring a 1HP Bugbear back into Civilisation (0.3)
- First to carry around a Stinking Corpse for a few days (0.3, 1.0)
- Achieved 34+ damage with At Will Power at level 5
- survived Numerous "Mass Aggro" Pulls
- after being healed back from unconsciousness, did an OA on Kray Brother A to try and stop him from escaping, and promptly got shot back into unconsciousness
- replaced by Hunter then Wizard
Status : In Reserve

Fiora Laurent (Jeth)
"That Crazy Bitch" ( Human Tempest Fighter )
Tenure : 2.1 to 2.3
Noteworthy Deeds
- first Noble-related Character in the game
- almost managed to pin down Unnamed Eladrin Wizard
- managed to Bloody an Uninjured Enemy with a single Attack
- pushed over Book Shelf for advantageous Terrain
- tortures people randomly
- pickpockets evidence that helps Herself & the Party
- first to Murder a Constable while in the Constables' Head Quarters
- first Player Character that Party Members wanted to Kill
Status : Dead

Aria (Andre)
Dragonborn Dragon Magic Sorcerer
Tenure : 2.1 to 2.3
Noteworthy Deeds
- followed Fiora's lead to Murder a Constable while in Constables' Head Quarters
- first Character to be slain in an Encounter via Coup-de-grace
Status : Dead

Koreth (Shaun)
Tiefling / Dwarf Elation Ardent
Tenure : 2.1 to 3.3
Noteworthy Deeds
- succeeded Song Bo as the Party Leader
- single-healed and off-tanked through the Orc Battle (2.4) throwing out about 5+ Heals with absolutely no augmented Energizing Strike missing
Status : In Reserve

Alvyn / Sylvannas (Merlvyn)
Eladrin / "Hamadryad" Illusion Mage
Tenure : 2.1 (halfway) to 4.0
Noteworthy Deeds
- Party Controller Striker with high damage
- uses Wizard's Fury without making use of it
- Stole the Key from the Constables during the Break Out
- Undamaged in fight with Joien Merenthis (2.3)
- First Dragonling Familiar to get "nerfed"
- the Best Friend of the Orc Eye of Gruumsh (2.4)
- Shock Sphere damage that shocks everyone and which gets mentioned in other games
- Anti-Monster-Knowledge Checks
- Heals the Shambling Mound (3.3) while desperate to kill it
- Obliterated the World Serpents Party in 3.3
Status : In Reserve

Ga`reth (Andre)
Half-Orc Knight
Tenure : 2.4 to 3.1
Noteworthy Deeds
- stepped in as Party Defender for sake of the party
- learnt to Tank despite great personal pain, especially in Orc Battle (2.4)
- did an incredible number of OAs against the Spider Swarms (3.0) in a single battle
Status : In Reserve

Bard'ten (Andy)
Longtooth Shifter Barbarian / Warden
Tenure : 3.2 to 3.3
Noteworthy Deeds
- stepped in as Party Defender for sake of the party
- charged into Shadow Dragon cave and activated Daily Power with 2-3 surges left while alone in a dark corner to try and disrupt Portal Caster
- charged to defend the party against Shambling Mounds with almost no Surges left
- running charged fleeing Aribeth (Green Hag in disguise) with a -5 penalty and took her out with a Critical Hit
- retired without having used Racial Power
Status : In Reserve

Talon (Jeth)
Human (Drow) Executioner
Tenure : 4.2 to 6.0
Noteworthy Deeds
- Tactical Exchanger : Leader-for-Leader deal (4.2)
- Dead-Or-Alive Dealer : obviously dead (4.3)
- Murder the Constables Award, spiritual successor to Fiora (4.3)
- First to successfully administer Poison outside of Encounter (5.3)
- Saving the Cleric at personal risk (4.2, 5.4)
- First Out-of-Surges-and-Down Character (5.4)
- first Player Character that Party Members wanted to Kill while Player was still present (5.4)
- only Player Character to stand up for Party Defender in first round (6.0)
- only Player Character that DM explicitly asked if "has left the party" for purpose of using against the Party
Status : Left the Party

Althea (Andre)
Eladrin Cosmic Soul Sorcerer
Tenure : 5.0 to 6.0
Noteworthy Deeds
- Thoroughness : Spell Range checker
- Furthest Away philosophy
- First to Fail 2 Death Saving Throws (5.1)
- First to Run Away without Striking (5.1)
- Blazing Starfall Adept : able to remember to benefit from the burning ground damage
- Action Point Striker : 100+ damage (50+ on each Target) on Turn with Action Point (5.4)
- Eager to Die : when unconscious, declares self as dead
- Most Self-Disliked Character : never seen any Player (except me) as excited about playing some other Character
- First Character to leave the Party (6.1)
Status : Left the Party

Ragath (Morris)
Eladrin Cunning Bard
Tenure : 6.0
Noteworthy Deeds
- First Player Character to get his pants wet by someone else (6.0)
- Attractive Musician, playing in a more dangerous district at night, drawing attention of Thugs with his song (6.0)
- Beyond Gold : first Player Character to surrender his Gold in an attempt to avoid a fight (6.0)
Status : Left

Vollibear (Jeth)
Half-Human (Bugbear) Barbarian
Tenure : 6.1 to 7.5
Noteworthy Deeds
- Space Marine Wannabe : uses a pair of oversized Battlefists.
- Handshake Provocateur : feigned a handshake that was intended to lead into an attack, but as a result of being seen through, the enemy attacked first, resulting in it seeming as if Vollibear had been attacked. (6.1)
- "I Just Like to Fight" : in case above, had no intention to kill the said enemy, in fact spoke nicely and advocated letting him go (6.1)
- Honorable Negotiator : Led / pioneered the first session that was considered "well RPed" by the DM, not only refusing to kill a beaten enemy who expected to be killed, but also refusing to loot Gold. Almost caused another Player's head (Shaun) to explode (6.1)
- No Loot : Led / pioneered the first session where the Party refused to loot Gold. DM's opinion is that other players were too shocked to object. (6.1)
- Pushover : pushes enemies all the time, especially in critical moments, yet somehow very weak ie with low STR
- For the Greater Good : Rushing back to save the party despite very high chance of being taken out (7.4)
- Lucky Bear : Just a few HP above 0 at crucial moments, even after being Crit! (7.4)
Status : In Reserve

Morgan (Andre)
Human Lightning Elementalist
Tenure : 6.2 to 12.2
Noteworthy Deeds
- Action Point Accessory : finally Action Point on party request (7.4)
- Finish It! : Action Pointed with Close Burst 1 At Will Fire Attack to burn the corpse of Dakanar to unrecoverable Ashes (7.4)
- Winner of Sliding "Russian Roulette" : almost slid to instant death by Tiefling, and attempted the same back to Tiefling. After a few exchanges, succeeded in sliding Enemy into a lethal drop that killed him (8.2)
Status : In Reserve

Elhan (Ronald)
Elf Staff Ranger
Tenure : 4.1 to 12.1
Noteworthy Deeds
- convincing the Party of a Spider in a trapped box (4.1)
- Read the DM's Mind about Rogues vs Constables (4.3)
- Defender Envy : made Defender surprised at how high his AC was
- Door Knob Finder (5.0)
- Twin-Critter : Critted twice in a single Twin Strike, insta-gibbed an Elite (5.1)
- Golem's Punching Bag : almost always randomly targeted AND hit by the Earth Golem (5.2) in capstone Encounter
- Impervious Staff Twirler : missed multiple times by many Archers (4.3, 6.0, 7.3)
- Vengeful Fallen : after being knocked unconscious in the early part of battle, managed to KO all the enemies except one (7.0)
- Stone-Faced Survivor : no hint of exceptionally low amount of hitpoints, thus survives Battles without incurring "DM" Aggro
Records : 2 HP for Orc Fight (2.4), 1 HP for Winter Fey (7.1)
- Artful Negotiation with Perceptive Persuasion (8.1)
- Righteous Protestor : By sitting down, managed to prevent a near-hostile situation from breaking out into a fight (8.2)
- Precise Killer : Using an Action Point, 4 attacks all Hit and did enough Damage to down an Elite to exactly 0 HP (8.2)
- Deadly Pole Vaulter : After making a running jump during double move covering 14 squares, managed to down an Enemy without attacking (8.2)
- Spined Devil Punisher : Blocked by "Imp" Spined Devil, took 5 attacks and didn't get hit once before Downing him (8.4)
- 2nd Twin-Crit : On Lord Blackhart (8.4)
- Pacifist Striker : To date, has refused to slay Enemies, only knocking them Out.
- The 36th Strategy: When all else fails, first to retreat (7.4, 8.5)
- All That Trouble for Nothing?: The only Hero to remember not to leave Empty-Handed after pursuing an Arc for multiple Months, and obtaining a Fake Hereditary Seal (9.3)
Status : Left

Hayndall (Desmond)
Elf Swarm Druid
Tenure: 11.1 to 12.3
Noteworthy Deeds
- You All Grant Combat Advantage: Hit or Miss, At Will power causes enemies to grant Combat Advantage.
- You're Not Getting Away, Round 2: Managed to use Grasping Tide and successfully attack against Reflex of a much higher level enemy Talon. Key factor in stopping him from escaping (11.2)
- Beaten But Alive: Took large, large amounts of damage in 2 consecutive Encounters, capstone with no Rests, ran out of Surges (12.2 and 12.3)
- Saved by Elven Accuracy: Missed with a crucial attack to escape from a horrible situation. Managed to reroll the Attack, Hit and Escape to Safety. (12.3)
Status : Left

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ONWARD TO PARAGON
Current Heroes. All are with the Party presently.

Sylvannas (Merlvyn)
Elf (Hamadryad) Pacifist Cleric
Serving Since : 4.1
Noteworthy Deeds
- succeeded Koreth as the Party Leader
- Only Party Member to Fall into the Sea (4.2)
- Heals a ridiculous amount of Hitpoints
- 3 Encounter Heals on top of 2 Healing Words
- First Character to have a Mass Healing Surge Encounter Power
- First Super-Healer to ask DM for more Encounter Heals
- First Character to get a Ridiculous Discount (44% in 5.0)
- Sad Athlete Award : when Athletics is needed, don't count on her
- Almost convinced DM to utilise Coup-De-Grace for I-Win Powers
- Left Unconscious Award (in 5.1, 5.4, 7.0) : Truly. Awaiting final upgrade to "Left For Dead"
- First Character to offer to sleep with an NPC Voluntarily (5.3)
- First Character to initiate killing a 1HP Party Member (5.4)
- First Character to RP Paragon Path and achieve Lv 12 PP features at Lv 11 (7.4)
- Divine Inspiration : in Encounter against Wraiths invading the city (7.5), rolled 3 Critical Hits, followed by Healing Word that rolled 3 maximised d8s and 1 maximised d6
- Defiant Healer : Hit by 3 consecutive attacks from Lord Blackhart and dragged through 2 rings of fire, but Still Standing. Then hit him in Melee (8.4)
- Unconscious Anger: Overheard remarks by another Character while unconscious, and hence no heals for 7 Encounters for Alex, after and including12.2.
- Sacrificial Healer: Used a Heal check to assist Ardon in recovering from Plague. Incredibly, this worked, but as a result Sylvannas contracted Stage 3 of Abyssal Rot Plague.
- Thorn in the Flesh: Despite managing to heal just about every other person, rescuing Capt Ardon from the jaws of death, herself almost failed a crucial Save which would have resulted in instant death by exploded into Plague Swarms (12.4)

Arranis (Shaun)
Eladrin Shielding Swordmage / Wizard
Serving Since : 4.1
Noteworthy Deeds
- volunteered to be Defender for good of the party
- took highest percentage of Damage dealt to the Party in a single fight (4.2)
- asked for persistent Mark and almost coup-de-graced to death
- Golem-Tanker : almost never hit by the Earth Golem (5.2) in capstone Encounter
- History-Researcher : does History rolls outside the Game Session to uncover more information
- Asking for It : climbing the wall to Aegis-Mark Kray and being Critically Hit later on (5.4)
- First to be Almost Abandoned by Party while Player is present (6.0) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qZvnuvSVPo
- You Shall Not Pass! : Wizard preventing one strong Enemy from pushing through pass the door (6.1)
- "Blur" : effective defending once getting away from the Vampire. never hit by ANY Enemy attack after that. seemed to be confused and having death wish (7.4)
- Damage Absorber : 20 damage absorbed per Mark Disobedience...
- Rope-User: The first Hero to remember that there's such a thing as Rope, as opposed to jumping down from 130'. (10.2)
- Distant Defender: Mark then stays far, far away.
- You're Not Getting Away, Round 1: Tried desperately to use Arcana to pinpoint where Talon teleported away to. Somehow managed to succeed and as a Result captured Talon (11.2)

Jit Babo (Andy)
Eladrin (Void Genasi) Elemental-Empowered Arcanist
Serving Since : 4.1
Noteworthy Deeds
- Explodes things
- Inbuilt Striker damage
- Generally feared by Friends as well as Foes
- Phobia of Spending Surges
- Spider Sweeper (5.2)
- Gem Talker (5.2)
- Rogue Wizard : incredible tricks with Prestidigation and Mage Hand (7.0)
- Determined Killer : managed to kill Dakanar with a final attack, then put everything on the line to burn his body to ashes, before paying the ultimate price (7.4)
- High Seas Burner: used Fire Wall, Flaming Sphere and Web in a single high-seas Encounter (8.5)
- Gleefully Dominated: Almost managed to deal high damage and slide 4 Party Members into the Pit (12.2)

Varius (Jeth)
"Schizo Rushing Forward to Provoke OA" Elf Greatbow Ranger
Old Tenure : 2.4 to 4.1
New Tenure : Serving Since 8.0
Noteworthy Deeds
- Top Critical-Hit Magnet from the Enemies
- Radiant Twin-Strike dispelling Shadow Dragon's Globe of Darkness (3.2)
- Unable to kill regenerating Shambling Mound (3.3)
- Killing Seeker from Just-Bloodied to Death (Negative-Bloodied) (3.3)
- Ritual Disrupter : downed 2 Ritualists in 1 Turn (8.4)
- Killing Aggro : Killed 1 Ritualist with a Standard Action after turning "Evil", and hence drew Aggro from Lord Blackhart (8.4)
- Crucial Disrupter: Firing that crucial Disruptive Strike that prevented the Vampire from killing Lord Blackhart (8.5)
- Syringe User: First Character apart from Sylvannas to use the Syringe that requires training in Heal (8.5)
- Entertaining Xyphrenos: Instead of attacking the near-hostile Dragonborn, chose to attack a fellow Character that was about to attack Xyphrenos, and as a result averted an Encounter (9.3)
- Evil is Stupid: While "Evil", managed to kill off most of the crucial survivors so the party would have no information. (9.0, 9.4)
- Achieved Exorcism: Managed to overcome his inner demon when confronted by the repentant perpetrator. From there, the Demonic Presence has been removed. (12.0)
- Repentant from OA: No longer provokes OAs as of 12.1
- Pit Dweller: Chose to remain within a Pit taking Aura 10 damage and half healing effects, with no Apparent motivation except to gain Prime Shot bonus (12.3)
- Dominating Doom: Almost died to Psychic Damage after being Domianted in 12.4

Mal (Rubern)
"Across Lifetimes"
Player since : 7.3
Noteworthy Deeds
- Burning Need for Treasure[/b][/color]: Visions of Avarice on Dakanar in 7.3 contributed to him not being able to escape it, winning the Encounter for the Heroes.
- Deadly Sewers: Almost died in the Sewers due to Healer not able to heal and unconscious in damage aura. (8.0)
- Character RP: Not just what would I do, it is what would the Character do. Applies to very unfavorable actions as well.
- Close Shave with the Door: Almost opened the Door leading to the next Encounter (10.1)
- Geronimo!: First to take the plunge to escape the Tower (10.2)
- Army Commander: Took charge and DMed the "Army" Encounter (11.1)
- Critical Poisoner: Managed to Daze Talon with Poison for 2 rounds, preventing him from using his recharged Encounter Power to kill Ardon (11.2)
- First to Objective: First to use a Check to close the Portal and advance the Encounter proper. (12.2)

Alex (AlexLiang)
"Once a Thief, always a Thief" Tiefling Infernal Warlock
Thief Tenure: 8.0 to 9.4
Warlock Tenure : 10.0
Noteworthy Deeds
- Supreme Charger: Almost never misses when charging, almost always deals buttloads of damage with a Charge, while as a Thief.
- As the Wind Blows: Happy to negotiate with Xyphrenos (9.2) when there were just 4 Players. When there were 7 Players and Xyphrenos took out a Treasure Chest, he charged Xyphrenos. From there, also first Character to be taken out by other Party Members (9.3) The Thief left the Party as a Result, switched to Warlock. But still a Thief.
- Competitive Build: First Character with At Will Power and build competitive with Twin Strike.
- Gem Lover: Somehow failed to hear his own Arcana check, rushing forward to grab a Gem. Managed to fail 4 consecutive Saving Throws and Died as a Result. (10.1)
- Killer, Not Saver: Superbly high Hit rate. Extremely low Save rate.
- Hated by Healer: First Player that Healer really did not intend to heal, and for SEVEN Encounters, thinking he was joking. (12.1)
- Plague-Free: Got through almost an entire arc from 12.1 to 12.3 barely getting hit.

Argon (AlexKong)
Revenant Battlemind / Paladin
Serving Since: 9.0
Noteworthy Deeds
- Perfectly Timed Crit: Critted on a Lightning Rush against a Wizard using two Close Blast 5s. If it were not a crit, he would not have gone down. As a result, saved the Party from about 10 attacks. (9.4)
- Over-marked: Marked an extreme number of Orcs when holding the Gate, despite another Defender next to him. Hairs-Breadth from Death. (11.0)
- Tactical Coma: Chose to fall unconscious rather than be dominated against the Party (12.2, 12.3). Also a reason why he could outlast the Encounter
- Out of Surge Defender: Such a dedicated Defender that he used up all his Surges, fighting to the last few HP(12.3)
- "I Attack the Hands": Opposite of Varius, hates the Aura in the Pit (12.3)
- Plague? What Plague?: Never had any difficulty passing Endurance to avoid contracting Plague.
- Gender Bender: Became a Female Feycharger in 12.4. Did extreme amounts of damage but somehow failed to land a KO blow until the very end. (12.4)

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Updated for 12.4

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Special Mention: INSTANT ZEN KILL ( session 20.2 )

Argon (AlexKong)
- activated Daily Power that whenever Enemy hits or misses an Ally within 5 squares, it takes 36 radiant damage and the target is blinded until ENT.
- ready action to Brutal Barrage the target when it makes an attack

- Varius (Jeth) attacks and deals 240+ damage to the Target Elite that is within 5 squares of Argon
- Elite loses more than 25% HP and triggers a free action that launches 3 attacks at Varius. After its first attack, it is bloodied and blinded by Argon's power, and triggers another 3 attacks at Varius.
- After its first attack, Argon attacks with Brutal Barrage and deals 86 damage to the Elite. Combined with the damage dealt from the Daily power from its remaining 5 attacks (5 x 36 damage), it has lost over 75% HP.
- This triggers another 3 attacks on Varius. The damage from Argon's Daily power is sufficient to reduce it straight to 0 HP.
- Enemy makes a total of 9 Attacks...

Achievement: INSTANT ZEN-KILL - Elite drops from Full HP straight to 0 HP in ONE standard action.
Kill goes to Argon

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Special Mention: ONE MAN ARMY ( session 20.4 )

Quinn (Yijeng)
- faced with 21 enemies, drank a Potion of Invulnerability
- with Varius (Jeth) using Timely Dodge to stealth and 2 other Heroes seemingly unconscious, was presented as the only remaining target
- took 20 attacks from various Flying Enemy Creatures with Melee 1 and Melee 2 attacks, received 270 HP worth of damage (9 hits). actual damage taken was 45 HP.
- next turn, teleport out of enemy reach and use enlarged Blazing Starfall on them, then Action Point to repeat
- Dealt 1899 HP of damage in all, obliterating 16 out of 20 Enemies with his two attacks.

Achievement: ONE MAN ARMY - took 270 HP worth of damage first to turn the tables and dealt 1899 HP of damage.

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Special Mention : EPIC MEGA-MINION SURVIVOR ( session 21.0 )

Quinn (Yijeng)
- Minion summoned into battle against Balor that was part of Ashardalon (colossal red dragon). Would have perished at Start of Turn due to Aura damage from Dragon or Balor.
- the Minion dealt the killing blow to Balor
- the Minion survived Balor's Deathburst Explosion
- the Minion survived Ashardalon's Deathburn Explosion
- the Minion survived the Encounter