Ms. Liberty

Ms. Liberty is a hero trainer in Atlas Park in the Atlas Plaza section located at the base of the Atlas statue. Her coordinates are (128, 19, -216). Her location is marked on the map as a contact.

Background

History

Megan Duncan is the granddaughter of Maiden Justice and Statesman from the Golden Age and the daughter of Miss Liberty. She has taken up the mantle to fight for freedom, in this specific case to free Paragon City from its infestation of villains. She has heightened strength and endurance as well as the power of the Girdle of Hera, which was passed on to her by her grandmother.

Early in her career Ms. Liberty worked extensively with Statesman, but recently seems to be spending more time working on making certain that new heroes in Paragon City have the information they need, as well as working on the Freedom Corps. It is clear that she is determined to do her energetic best to make the Freedom Corps the premier hero assistance group in Paragon City someday.

Ms. Liberty as drawn by David Nakayama

Current Activities

Ms. Liberty is Statesman's sidekick, but she also leads a group of heroes herself. They are called the Vindicators, and the group is composed of Mynx, Valkyrie, Swan, Infernal, Luminary and most recently, Aurora Borealis.

Miss Liberty, Megan's mother, created the Freedom Corps. Megan created a military division of Freedom Corps called Longbow. The sword Ms. Liberty carries is the fabled Excalibur. Hero 1 entrusted it to Miss Liberty while he journeyed to the Rikti homeworld with the rest of the Omega Team, and she passed it down to her daughter. Although she cannot wield the sword, Ms. Liberty carries it at her side waiting for the day when Hero 1 returns. She also wears the Liberty Belt which was passed down to her from her grandmother, Maiden Justice. It is actually the Girdle of Hera which gives the user powers of the goddess. The Furies gave this belt to Maiden Justice as a wedding present.

Character Stats

Secret Identity: Megan Duncan
Origin: Natural
Archetype: Scrapper
Primary Powers: Martial Arts
Secondary Powers: Invulnerability

Notes

• Ms. Liberty's Praetorian Earth counterpart is Dominatrix.
• Ms. Liberty's real name has been in question recently. In the GameSpy preview that contains Ms. Liberty's background that was published a month and a half before the game's release, her first name is given as "Jessica," and the original Miss Liberty is identified as her grandmother, not her mother. An official correction has been made on the official CoH forums by Manticore, one of the game designers who is responsible for maintaining game story continuity.[1] However, in the City of Heroes novel, Freedom Phalanx, she is once again named Jessica Cole, and the continuity has yet to be addressed.
• She is referenced in the description for the Purifier Badge.

External Links

• Positron's forum post about The Vindicators
• Positron's forum post about Ms. Liberty creating Longbow
• Manticore's response to questions that contains information about Excalibur
• Ms. Liberty's Collectible Card Game card and Liberty Belt card