Age: 31
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 216lbs

Battle Cry: Boot to the head!

If I were to give Klaus a history.. Well I have given it thought, but it's just ideas. His father is a villain, and he got his heightened powers from being in a series of operations and injections from one of the 'super soldier' type labs his father owns. The operations left him with a near constant rush of adrenaline and endorphins rushing through his body, which while heightening his senses and reflexes, it also tends to make him very cranky. In the country where Klaus comes from, where his father is Overlord, it's fairly standard to join one of the armed corps at an early age, in hopes of travelling to other countries to bring honor and conquest home. Klaus was an average fighter in hand-to-hand (or perhaps foot-to-head?) combat, but once he was selected to receive "special" training, realized he just needed to get out. But.. not until after receiving the treatments. As a result of abandoning the corps before finalization of the changes was complete, he developed a series of spots on his face and body, and that near constant state of irritation. Unlike most heroes with a dark family, Klaus is not bitter or angry with his father. He's actually pretty neutral to him, a feeling his father has felt toward his son all his life.

Anyway.Klaus has two great buddies he fights with on Paragon's Protector streets, Double Dealer and White Sapphire. If he could get past the pumping adrenaline, and learn to control himself and concentrate better, he might find a certain ice/ice blaster could be more than just a great fighting partner for him.

Issue: 3-7

639 hours

Klaus really doesn't have a back story, at least not posted in-game. He was the first character I made when I started playing City of Heroes. I didn't have much of an idea what I was doing, but I did have a good friend to help me some. I picked the Martial Arts/Super Reflexes combo for several reasons. 1) I wanted a challenge 2) Felt being an in-your-face guy would be fun 3) The combo seemed like a very classic, natural one.

I picked the name Alteron, first, because it's the last name of one of my own villain characters. But I didn't want to play a 'vllain in a hero game' or 'villain being heroic because of game constraints' character. At the time I was listening to the Time Machine soundtrack, and decided to take Klaus, after Klaus Bedalt, one of my favourite composers.

Interestingly, I didn't give Klaus a second or third costume until level 34 and 35. I wanted a motorcycle jacket for costume two, so had to wait for issue 4's release. Costume 3 I made just because I found it appropriate for a martial arts guy to have a no-shoes costume.