Welcome to the Paragon Special Studies Program - a school dedicated to furthering the education, enrichment, and integration of powered young people into Paragon City and the world.

Because not every hero is born with beautiful appearance and elegance or grace, money or political power in their family, some young people find it difficult to attend regular schools while their powers begin to blossom. For this reason, schools designed exclusively for those young people displaying powers or mutations, magical gifts or other forms of powers have been created around the country. Paragon's has a strong attendance and a great record for heroics by the staff as well as the students.

With the discovery of other alternate universes and the ability to travel to and from them, utilizing a variety of means from magical to willpower to pure technology, many new places to explore and people to meet can come to PSSP. Some of those people include dragonriding cat-kin, magic-weilding presidents, and even other school kids. It is the dragon riders which are of most interest to the Paragon Studies team, because they can help young students not only gain a foothold in their heroic activities, but they provide a permanent bond and friend to the kids who might otherwise find themselves outcasts in a world where their appearance is unusual or frightening.

Because some other cities have already begun accepting dragon riding law enforcement and heroes, Paragon is similarly gearing up for a legal switch to aid the young folks and their new dragon friends. Media blitzing to inform the public that nearly every dragon in the city is being ridden by a hero - and not a villain - is important to help control panic and allow new heroes the chance to become public.

The future of this program might depend on the success of this generation of students and their dragon bonds and sponsors. The future of Paragon City depends on it, that's certain!

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The PSSP is a school for young superhero kids in training. There, they are given a place to stay (girls separate from boys) and educated to their own degree of ability. Every age category save pre-school is taught here, though the bulk of the students are in grades 5-12 (primarily due to powers and mutations arising during puberty).

The basic educational program includes Literacy, Math, Social Sciences and History, Biological and Physical Sciences, and Arts. Specific 'trades' are then taught when the student has manifested a power or ability. Those who are suited to tough physical duties are given training in weights, sports and body development. Those who are more suited to empathy or telepathy have specific courses designed to train and strengthen their abilities. Each student will be taking a unique set of courses.

The school is not free, however it is a cheaper alternative to most private schools, and grants or scholarships are available for older students. Also, for graduates, consideration is given to place the new superhero into a position where their skills and powers will do society the most good - and where they will get the most out of their training.

The staff and instructors of PSSP are experienced in dealing with their own powers, mutations or situations, though not every one of them is powered. Most of the standardized subjects are taught by 'normal' teachers. However many of those 'normal' folks have relatives or friends who have gone through this same schooling system.

2012 has brought a dramatic change to Paragon. The fate of its dimension was decided, apparently by mad gods bent on destruction of all that is good and sane. However, not everything about the universe that Paragon resided within was destroyed. Pockets of civilization from Primal Earth as well as numerous other 'parallel dimension' versions of it (Praetorian Earth, Devoured, Council, dozens of others) were rescued in the form of Nexus movement. Residing more or less in a state of flux between virtual and real, these Earths can be reached by any talented portal-maker, teleporter, mage or even dreamer.

Thus, even though the world of Paragon has been wiped from its original universe, it still lives on. Carramba and Wonder, The End and many other locations that cross Nexus and Multiversal barriers have welcomed all the refugees from Paragon with open arms. Their city still stands, their heroes still fly. Long Live Paragon!

(( ... yeah even though the game sunsetted I was among those in the pirate server, which is now, 2024-or-so fully licensed and legal...))

Most students will now be actively taught at Carramba, and moved back to Paragon when or if they want to go. 'This school isn't free' means 'people needed a free alternative' so there we go.

Sonith Jensen - Senior, f, codename Silverfish
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Powers - vibratory senses, microwave and heat production, armored skin, limited flight

Bonded to Sunset Red Cekionyth at F4

Draca: Silver Surfer

Ono Nacht - Freshman CHS, f, codename OnoNachuagin

Powers - mental manipulation, emotion control, limited illusion/camoflage

Candidate at

Draca: Orange and Black Tigurrr

**Helene Aurus - Freshman, f, codename H'zardus -- is a professor at CHS now

Powers - toxic/radioactive armor, radiation control and emission, limited healing

Deviantarted: Green M Rainwing Catoptyr

Draca: Green and Dark Green Emerald

Dinah and her dragon Winter Clarduys

Firespout dragons Radiccio and Coolit

Waterspout dragons Gusty and Purity

Some names created at Seventh Sanctum

City of Heroes images technically (c) to Cryptic Studios (they rendered em) but character image ideas (c) Lethe.