<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=347850.msg16370011#msg16370011">Quote from: Outcast on 01-01-2023, 15:43:39</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br/><strong>Terminus Invasion</strong>: Don't feel obliged to tie a move to Emerald City closely to the Invasion's date.  It could quite credibly have taken a few years for someone to come to feel that they simply can't cope with Freedom City any more (especially while raising a  new child), and that sort of delay could perhaps make Emerald City seem additionally-attractive as the Mars Renaissance starts to have visible effects and get nationwide media coverage... but the massive impact the Invasion had on Freedom and its residents <em>does</em> seem like a good catalyst to push someone into rethinking her priorities and pulling out of the superheroic scene.<br/><br/>But now, if her child (or children) is old enough to be considered adults (at least to a significant degree) then a new crisis arising might allow her to pitch back in fairly whole-heartedly to defend the city that's been her home for 15-20 years (and is perhaps the only home her child can remember).<br/><br/><hr/><br/></div></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I just came up with an idea for a stronger tie to it.  Centurion is the Superman expy from the 40s to the Invasion.  As a nod to silver age stuff, I’m picturing a member of the “Centurion Family,” someone who got similar powers in an accident and was inspired by his example to help out the city, adopting a similar Roman-themed costume, part of a circle of friends… think Steel or Post-Crisis Supergirl.<br/><br/>Centurion was killed fighting Omega and she was pregnant… and it definitely wasn’t his.  But lots of people would think that and want that.  So to avoid unwanted legacy pressure on her child, she moved and retired.<br/><br/>Hmmm, I’d been thinking of a paragon type for a distaff Centurion, but a sorceress or warrior could work too, taking a Roman-inspired code name like Artemis or Circe.