Overview
- Hearts of Darkness: Episode 5 is an Episode Briefing that can be found in the Downtown district of Metropolis. There are six parts that comprise this briefing, all of which can be found in the vicinity of Glenmorgan Square; this briefing is part of the Hearts of Darkness story arc.
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Episode Briefing · Downtown · Metropolis · Glenmorgan Square · Hearts of DarknessSynopsis
- The unquiet dead rise as the Spectre terrorizes Downtown Metropolis!
Part 1: Darkness V: Vicki Vale
- Zone: Metropolis
- Region: Downtown
- Location: Next to a building West of the Metropolis Bank near the bridge leaving Metropolis. The node is on the Southeast corner of said building.
- Briefing: Vicki Vale: " This is Vicki Vale with JLA Watch! on the emerald warriors Green Lantern and Green Arrow! Long-time friends through thick and thin - and we're talking death, alien possession, even a few ends of the world! - the two continue to fight side by side against villainy. Look for this lean mean green fighting team wherever injustice is found!"
Part 2: Darkness V: Lois Lane
- Zone: Metropolis
- Region: Downtown
- Location: On the rooftop of the Lexor Hotel building two blocks Northwest from the Lair of the Spectre / the Glenmorgan Square point of interest.
- Briefing: Lois Lane: " This is Lois Lane at Daily Planet Live with an urgent Sentinels of Magic report. Eclipso, once God's fallen agent of vengeance, has escaped from his Sentinels of Magic prison and is loose in the city. Eclipso is able to unleash the dark side of human nature, symbolized by the Eclipse. He will target any powerful supernatural source for his own; all citizens are warned to be on guard."
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Metropolis · Downtown · Lexor Hotel · Lair of the Spectre · Glenmorgan Square · Lois Lane · Sentinels of Magic · EclipsoPart 3: Darkness V: Jack Ryder
- Zone: Metropolis
- Region: Downtown
- Location: Glenmorgan Square, on the building behind Doctor Occult, the one with billboard advertising The Daily Planet and a Green Lantern Corps exhibition in the Metropolis Museum of Art. The node is on the balcony of the Lounge on the North side.
- Briefing: Jack Ryder: " This is Jack Ryder, and YOU ARE WRONG! Why? Because the end is nigh, my friends! Ever hear of the Spectre? He's God's Vengeance, friends, and now he's not working alone! That's right, he's released an army of angry spirits to judge humanity! Think no one sees your sins? Think you can always be forgiven? Better think again, friends, because YOU ARE WRONG!"
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Metropolis · Downtown · Glenmorgan Square · Doctor Occult · The Daily Planet · Green Lantern Corps · Metropolis Museum of Art · Jack Ryder · SpectrePart 4: Darkness V: Booster Gold
- Zone: Metropolis
- Region: Downtown
- Location: On the top of the central building (a.k.a. Lair of the Spectre) in Glenmorgan Square.
- Briefing: Booster Gold: " Hey kids. This is Booster Gold. Judging people before you get to know them isn't fair to them or you. Don't judge a book by its cover - I mean, even if you don't read that many books. This is Booster Gold reminding you to Stay Gold! Get to know someone first!"
- VOICE: " This message was brought to you by the Martha Wayne Foundation."
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Metropolis · Downtown · Lair of the Spectre · Glenmorgan Square · Booster Gold · Martha Wayne FoundationPart 5: Darkness V: Circe
- Zone: Metropolis
- Region: Downtown
- Location: From the point where the Eastern highway meets the ground, go East until you get to the curve, then turn South. The node is next to the golden statue of Pegasus and Bellerophon.
- Briefing: Circe: " This is Circe. I am not a forgiving goddess - and I am most displeased. My servant Eclipso seeks only to free the Spectre from his human bonds! And yet you, a so-called hero, seek only to imprison him once more! Call yourself what you like - [seductive, threatening] I see your heart, and I know it lies."
Part 6: Darkness V: Wonder Woman
- Zone: Metropolis
- Region: Downtown
- Location: On the golden building West from the bridge leaving Metropolis.
- Briefing: Wonder Woman: " Wonder Woman to all my allies. We must cure the Spectre's madness before he takes vengeance on all worlds! But, remember even he deserves our compassion. What you see here is magic robbed of humanity. This is the world Circe would make for us. Give the Spectre back his soul - and protect all of ours."
Meta briefings
- Hearts of Darkness: Episode 1 is one of five briefings that comprise the meta Hearts of Darkness.
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Hearts of DarknessRewards
- Upon completion of this briefing collection players receive a message from Lois Lane, accessible from any Mail Terminal.
Mail message
Edit table| From: Lois Lane |
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| " Daily Planet News Brief: Glenmorgan Square is seeing an unprecedented cleanup effort underway after an encounter with the spirit world earlier today. Sources on the scene indicate without heroic intervention the world might look like a different, darker place right now. For Daily Planet Live, this has been Lois Lane." |
| Attachment: Mighty Magus Kilt |
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Trivia
- For Part 1:; Oliver Queen and Hal Jordan became an iconic duo during their partnership after Oliver lost his wealth and went through an identity crisis. Green Arrow became co-protagonist in the Green Lantern comics by issue #76 (1970), a partnership that would grant them the title of "Hard Travelling Heroes." The duo was dissolved in issue #122 (1979) for editorial reasons.; When Vicki Vale mentions " a few ends of the world," she's referencing all of the events that are known to the DC Universe as "Crisis" (a major crossover event across multiple issues that usually resulted in a soft reboot). Up to that point, the events were: Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985-1986), Zero Hour (1994), and Infinite Crisis (2005-2006).; Vicki Vale refers to " alien possessions," probably alluding to two events. The first is the storyline Emerald Twilight (1994), in which Parallax was able to possess Hal Jordan after he found out his city had been destroyed (this possession is referenced yet again in the S.T.A.R. Labs Research Facility alert and the Spark of Parallax solo challenge). The second is Blackest Night (2009-2010), in which Green Arrow succumbed to Nekron and became a Black Lantern.; Green Arrow died by sacrificing himself to save Metropolis from a terrorist attack ( Green Arrow #101, 1995). During the events of The Final Night (1996), Oliver was resurrected by Parallax-possessed Hal Jordan (those events made them vulnerable to Nekron during Blackest Night), and Jordan sacrificed himself to stop the Sun from going supernova and exterminating life on Earth. Hal Jordan's spirit would later be taken by the Spectre as his new host during Day of Judgment (1999), as a way to atone his actions as Parallax (Hal becomes a temporary host for the Spectre again during the Lair of the Spectre instance, and that version of the characters make brief apparitions in House of Legends' Living Quarters). In Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004-2005), the Spectre managed to purge Parallax from Jordan's soul and left to find another host, and a Guardian directed the spirit to his old preserved body, bringing him back to life as Green Lantern in time to save Green Arrow and Kyle Rayner from Sinestro. Green Arrow died briefly when he became a Black Lantern during Blackest Night, but was revived by Hal Jordan with the power of the White Lantern Corps.
- Part 5: Circe's part for this briefing is the same as in Hearts of Darkness: Episode III (Briefings).