Yet “G.T.” Marchand is also highly respected and beloved by his people. Public opinion of him skyrocketed in the 60s after Recluse was driven out with his tail between his legs, and it has never faltered. “There is no such thing as the US’s 20th Amendment [in the Rogue Isles], limiting a president’s number of terms,” said Dr. Jennifer Dornan, socio-political advisor for the Rogue Isles. “So because of Marchand’s unique situation where he is essentially immortal, he can run for
office indefinitely.”

Despite the fact that his people love him, Marchand rules more like a benevolent monarch than an elected

president. There is little separation of power in the Rogue Isles, and the president is the head of both the executive and judicial branches and has tremendous sway over the legislative branch; the president appoints all senators, who serve only until he dismisses them. Opposition parties are not technically banned in the Rogue Isles, but there has never been a serious challenge to Marchand since he defeated Recluse. Marchand also controls all media in the Rogue Isles, and rarely gives interviews to foreign correspondents. Furthermore, all school-age children must recite a pledge of allegiance to Marchand daily.

Golden and bronze statues and busts of Marchand are littered through the islands, and his likeness is on every banknote and coin. Perhaps the most fantastic is a 20 meter revolving golden statue atop the tallest tower in Grandville. He also had his likeness woven into the world’s largest handmade carpet, involving more than a thousand weavers from throughout the Nerva Archipelago. The carpet covers 70,000 square feet, and will be spread out in the Golden Presidential Palace on St. Marchand.

Despite his peculiarities, President G.T. Marchand is well-liked even outside of the Rogue Islands. The US President invited him to vacation at his family estate in Kauai, Hawaii, last year. During the festivities last night, Statesman dropped in to wish Marchand his best. Although the next election is in 2 years, no one has any doubts that Marchand will win with
another landslide.

soon she might suffer permanent injury, but she feels trapped. Cisne stated that she can’t go back to the US, because she betrayed old friends and allies for Manticore. She claims to have had a long, intimate relationship with Manticore, and that she loved him so much she was willing to do anything for him, including abandoning her friends to infiltrate the
rebel group.

Cisne said she’d been working for this group for several years, as a double-agent for Manticore, providing him with key intelligence. Cisne said she was caught completely off-guard by Manticore and Recluse’s sudden appearance and onslaught, and had no idea why he turned on her. “I’d given him everything he asked for, but when Recluse said I was no longer of any use, Manticore…he winked at me with that smarmy smile, and then let loose an arrow.” Visibly shattered, she was able to provide several pictures of the attack, which appear to be genuine. Neither the Columbian military nor US officials acknowledged her presence in the country.

Manticore has been at the top of the FBSA’s most-wanted list for the last two years, right alongside Lord Recluse. Mrs. Liberty of the Guardians issued the following statement from Paragon City, “We have every available hero searching for the devilish duo, but the Outbreak pandemic is at such a crisis that we have very few to spare. But don’t think for an instant we’ve
forgotten Manticore.

He will pay for what he did to Back Alley Brawler. No one kills one of our own and simply disappears.” Manticore, once the most promising hero in Paragon City, took a dark turn two years ago when he joined with Lord Recluse. Since then they have been spotted around the globe.

ED NOTE: After filing this report Jackson Turner disappeared from his hotel in Bogota. His hotel room was ransacked and he has been missing for two days. Our prayers go with him, and any tips leading to his recovery should be sent to this paper.