Paragon has for a long time been awash with heroes who proport to "save the day" at regular intervals, seemingly whether us as it's good citizens want them to or not. Why do they feel we need saving, and what is it that really drives them? Dr Hildegard Landstrom of the Paragon Psychoanalytical Institute believes she has the rather chilling answer.
"My studies reveal," writes Dr Landstrom in the medical journal "Health Today", "that a large proportion of heroes within Paragon have major psychological and emotional issues that are often evident BEFORE they are blessed with their powers, rather than as a result of the stress once they decide to don a mask and take on the problems of Paragon on their own shoulders.
"Feelings of pent up rage and agression, and the need to channel this anger is prevalent in a large number of the volunteers that took part in my tests. Often this is because that ironically, it's not the most successful or strongest people which fate grants special abilities, but in actual fact the weak or socially unacceptable. For example, some of heroes which I've interviewed have specifically developed powers which lower the effectiveness of potential assailants attacks in order to defeat them and dominate them more effectively."
Dr Landstrom is pushing for a bill which prevents these individuals from using their destructive and potentially dangerous abilities on public holidays or without the express permission of those they are proporting to save. Whilst the Paragon Police has branded this research as "ludicrous", there are a number of groups emmerging that are supporting this view. Are the Heroes of Paragon heading for exile?