Loreless Bank Robbers

[Scarlet Shocker]

I found myself doing some Police Band missions over the last week or so and of course that involves preventing the bad guys robbing the various banks in Paragon.

 

It caused a thought to percolate through my mind. I don't ever recall seeing these robbers anywhere else; yet they have a gang of villainous types following loyally, so they must have some clout with those who are partial to nefarious derring do and nicking the moolah from under the nose of the rightful owners.

 

Do they have back stories, or do they appear elsewhere in the game? Have we broken them out of the Zig ever playing on redside?

 

It just struck me that they probably have interesting enough stories that could make up more lore, even if they aren't ever going to become signature NPCs.

[tidge]

IIRC some fraction of the "bank robbers" appear in various Red side arcs, and IIRC some of them appear in morality/alignment missions (both sides). Think of (some of) them as being part of a temp agency roster for NPCs.

 

FWIW, I always think it is hilarious to see Lord Recluse robbing a bank.

[Skyhawke]

Man's gotta eat...

[Jiro Ito]

Yeah some of them you see in Ms. Liberty's TF, attempting a thorn tree respec in the middle of your TF, some of them you see in Kahn robbing City Hall, and the fire-powered ones show up in Aeon's SF.

[the1egend1ives]

They appear in alignment and morality missions. A lot of the villains become heroes, and vice-versa. 

[Scarlet Shocker]

do we actually know anything about any of the non-signature ones?

[TheMoneyMaker]

A little more lore would be nice, as well as seeing them show up in other missions if even just as just referenced in dialogue

[BasiliskXVIII]

2 hours ago, Scarlet Shocker said:

do we actually know anything about any of the non-signature ones?

 

This is about it: https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Rogue_Isles_Villains

Some of those characters do have their own page, which is linked from there, for those who take a more active part in the morality missions, such as Stardusk or Mangle. Most do seem to be blank slates, though.

[VeiledOwl]

Bane Spider Ruben's arc lets you interact with them a bit to get a sense of their personality, but several have very little background/content. If they weren't interesting enough to the devs to be given a role in alignment tip missions, there's not much to go on.

[Sanguinesun]

Must every two-bit criminal in the city have prolific lore and back stories in the game?

 

Nope.

[Scarlet Shocker]

48 minutes ago, Sanguinesun said:

Must every two-bit criminal in the city have prolific lore and back stories in the game?

 

Nope.

 

Clearly not but it's interesting to know more about some of them, especially those with names and a bit more going on than simply bad guys to beat down. 

 

I'm just curious, that's all.

[Lightslinger]

Just want to add that I love having tons of NPC heroes and villains running around like the characters you mention, both in the world and in missions. They can be lore heavy famous characters, or just some two-bit character, doesn't matter to me. It makes the world feel much more alive.