City Of Heroes: Surviving 8 Contest Winner Announced!!

Early in her super-powered career, Tammy joined the Midnight Squad as a successor to her father. She battled the forces of evil without significant incident until the 1960s.

Tammy and her team were sent into the Hollow World, a series of caverns surrounding the Earth's molten core that held dinosaurs, cavemen, and mutant under-dwellers. It was here that the Red Threat, a villain from the Soviet Union, intended to destroy the world. In a last-ditch effort to save the Earth, Tammy possessed the body of the Red Threat. She minimized the damage, but Tammy's body was destroyed in the process.

Tammy's consciousness survived, trapped in a dormant state within the Red Threat until he was killed in prison during the Rikti invasion of 2002. Tammy Arcanus' astral form was freed, but had somehow ascended into a higher state of being, renaming itself "Numina."

More powerful than before, Numina thwarted numerous Rikti missions, cloaked rescue stations, and maintained communication between Vanguard and those who would become known as the Surviving Eight.

In the aftermath of the war, Numina continues to exist within Paragon City as an honorary member of Vanguard, using her abilities to nurture the next generation of heroes.

Physical Description: Female form

Numina exists as a being of pure psychic energy. She appears as the ghostly form of a beautiful woman in her early 20s, with long hair and an elegant dress of subtle hues. She is perpetually floating in the air, and is surrounded by small light bursts wisping all around her.

A huge congratulation goes out to CoH forum member Belle, of Bay Shore, NY for creating the Numina hero concept picked by Cryptic Studios to become an NPC Contact in the game!

Cryptic was attracted to many aspects of this character, just a few of which was Numina's interesting origin - and the way that it was so closely tied to Paragon City's mythical history, the Latin origin of her name, derived from the word numen, meaning spirit (which tied directly into the character), and how Numina's power level and non-corporeal nature directly contributed to the idea that she could have survived the war to help rebuild the city and world. Excellent job, Belle! Players will be interacting with the NPC character you created in City of Heroes!

We won't be posting any of the non-winning contest entries, but we would like to give a shout-out to the following individuals who created characters that made it to the final round of consideration:

Casey (Northville, MI, USA)
Charles (Spottsville, Ky, USA)
Charles (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Forum member Amsmntparks (L.A., CA, USA)
David (Leominster, MA, USA)
Forum member Red Bee (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
Forum member Jeshields (Nine Mile Falls, WA, USA)
Jeff (San Jose, CA, USA)
Forum member Poison (Stuttgart, Germany)
Forum member Ironchaos (Alexandria, VA USA)
Forum member Skyhawke (Spokane, WA, USA)
Forum member Boxhead6177 (Glebe, NSW, Australia)
Forum member szaijan (Scotts Valley, CA, USA)
Forum member tygertyger (San Antonio, Texas, USA)
Mike (Austin, TX, USA)
Forum member Old Glory (Brighton, MI, USA)
Forum member Photon (Springfield, OR. USA)
Forum member Losstarot (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Forum member ItsJustJake (Tamarac, FL, USA)
Sean (Baytown, Texas,USA)
Katie (Richardson, Texas, USA)
Forum member UrbanLegend (Rochester, NY, USA)
Forum member The_Collector_2 (Hamilton, New Jersey, USA)

Thanks again to all who participated! Your writing and artistic talents blew us away!