After filtering through over 1300 entries, we’ve finally singled out our favorite hero origin writeup! The winner goes to:

Ahnek Rah-Zul
Server: Protector
Archetype: Tanker
Level: 28
Origin:
5000 years ago, the Pharaoh of Egypt was besieged with attempts on his life from the Blood of the Black Stream. Even his most trusted followers were plied with offers of great wealth and lusty women for information and secrets that could be used to devise his assassination. So the Pharaoh prayed to Mighty Ra for a protector who could not be tempted or swayed by mortal vices.

Ra sent the enchanted, basalt statue Ahnek Rah-Zul to be that protector. Being enchanted and made of purest stone, the statue is practically invulnerable to physical harm and has no need of mortal trappings, therefore his loyalty to the Pharaoh is unquestionable. The Pharaoh lived out his remaining days in peace and prosperity. Upon his death the statue was entombed with him to be his guardian for all eternity.
Recently a team of famous archaeologists unearthed this ancient tomb. When the Light of Ra (sunlight) touched upon the statue, it was awakened. Ahnek Rah-Zul began to search the world for the new incarnation of the Pharaoh. Learning of the great heroes of Paragon City, the statue was naturally drawn here.

Ahnek Rah-Zul now protects all the citizens of Paragon City in the hopes that a new Pharaoh will arise here and that he may again take his rightful place as the Pharaoh’s guardian and protector.

Congratulations for winning the first Player Awarded collectible card game card due to release in March 2006. You’re getting 10 copies of Ahnek Rah-Zul Hero card, 10 copies of his signature power, and 1 City of Heroes CCG T-shirt!

Honorable mentions go to Stonewolf and Wintersblade whom will receive a City of Heroes CCG T-Shirt.

Thank you to all of you who participated in our first City of Heroes CCG contest. Check here in the future for other great events!

The Battlepack^TM is a revolutionary new collectible card game configuration designed for ease of learning and smooth tournament draft play. Priced at an affordable $4.99US, these 25-card packs include: 11 fixed cards, 13 Battlepack^TM mix cards, and 1 rare.

The fixed cards include 1 of 33 Heroes, his or her signature power, and 9 complimentary cards. The Battlepack^TM mix is composed of common and uncommon cards specially chosen for out-of-the-pack and draft tournament play.

Having 33 different fixed Hero sets, combined with a random mix, players will never have the same tournament draft experience. Now retailers and players can quickly assemble on the spur draft events at low affordable price!

As announced back in March at GAMA 2005, City of Heroes CCG is going to be the first hobby game to cross the digital and real world boundaries by offering cross media prizes Players will get computer in-game rewards for CCG event prizes and CCG promotional cards and products for completing computer game missions!

Winning and participating in CCG events can win you exclusive computer game goodies like:

• Special Temporary or Permanent Powers
• New costume effects
• Exclusive mission threads

This works the other way around as well! Starting soon, players finishing certain mission threads will get exclusive promotional cards and other goodies mailed right to their door!

Check back here for soon for more information and a schedule of events!

From time to time, villains will threaten the safety of Paragon City’s citizens and its up to the heroes to bring the evil-doers to justice. It is an action to put a mission card into play, introducing a new threat to the city. When you play a mission card, discard any mission card that is currently in play – villains are notoriously selfish and unwilling to share the headlines with another villain.
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