The season of the Witch, or Halloween, is upon us yet again. Paragon City has declared a holiday of fun and tricks and merriment, and Lord Recluse in his attempt to appear as a benevolent ruler, has likewise declared that there will be merriment.
Not wanting to appear as disloyal inhabitants of this forge of violence and despair we call The Rogue Isles, my old gang-buddy Crock and I took to the streets - hauling a few of the new Cabal recruits along with us. But trick&treat takes on a whole new meaning when evil spirits, vampires, werewolves, witches and zombies lurk in every doorway - ready to assail the unwary pedestrian.
Unfortunately for them we were neither helpless nor unwary, and after having wiped the collected ichor of the so-called "elder races" from our metal-encased fists, we headed for St. Martial where contacts informed us that a giant monster in the shape of a Pumpkin Man was stalking the hillsides of The Hard Way district - surely this could be no coincidence?
We rounded up a few other villanious compadres and searched for the beast - an easy task as it was towering above St Martial and surrounded by a swirling sea of eerie spirits. I recognized him instantly from the Paragon Times articles about the Halloween Horror while I was enjoying the "hospitality" of The Zig - it was Eochai, the Pumpkin King!
Expecting that there might be a bounty for taking down such a threat to the Isles, and at the very least welcoming the prospect of violence and rending of flesh, we threw ourselves upon the strange monstrosity.Need I say that even though eldritch magick might be strong and fine, it is no match for a relentless brute with superpowers and the very latest in cybernetic assault armour? Unfortunately his remains faded away - probably due to the magick being dispelled or some such thing - I was looking forward to adding it's head to our base trophy room; ah well - you can't have it all even when stealing with both arms and stepping on some poor sods face with your metallic hooves.
Once again Johnny Buzz has been able to access an Arachnos Security Feed for a still-picture of the event - always suspected it was smarter to employ that guy than to stomp him into the ground with the rest of his former Freak Show buddies when we busted their attempt to infiltrate the Cabal network.
