The world's last best hope of freedom and justice. Amidst this sudden influx of lawlessness, Statesman made a call to the world's surviving and newly found heroes: 'Come to Paragon City's aid!' Gangs of criminals-some reemerging from decades of hiding, many new and horrifying in their methods-began to take control of the city's war torn zones. With most of the city's heroes dead or missing, crime and corruption seized the opportunity to fill the hero-less vacuum. In the aftermath of the war, Paragon City, like much of the cities of the world, lay in ruins. Total casualty figures remain unknown, though low estimates placed them in the tens of thousands. In the end, of all the great super-powered heroes who called Paragon City home, only eight survived. After months of desperate fighting and incredible sacrifice, the Rikti were stopped-though not entirely defeated. It was on this ruined battlefield that legends died and were created.

It was here that thousands of heroes and civilians made their last stand. Every major city in the world was attacked, but none were more devastated than Paragon City. A true city of heroes.Īll that came to a disastrous halt on when aliens known as the Rikti invaded the earth and began their war of mass extermination. Through the efforts of Statesman and those who joined him in the war against tyranny and crime, Paragon City truly became a beacon and inspiration for heroes world-wide. Since 1931, when a prodigal son returned with the powers of an ancient god and called himself Statesman, Paragon City has been the center of the super-powered hero universe. Welcome to City of Heroes, the online world that's home to an entire universe of heroes, where you and thousands of other players take on the roles of super powered heroes - in a stunning, 3D graphical world.

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