|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 6, 2006 3:53:45 GMT -5
Krane has discovered, with her new artifact, that there are many ancient heroes locked away by malevolent entities (or alternately ancient villains or anti-heroes) by Colossi.
(OOG: This quest can get people another character.)
|
|
|
Post by miskah on Feb 12, 2006 21:59:27 GMT -5
I'm down yo.
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 12, 2006 22:19:38 GMT -5
The first question will be how to find where the heroes/Colossi are, whether that be by seeking out data about the Colossi or the heroes. Krane's Mandala provides some rather cryptic clues.
OOG: What kind of character would you be looking for, Mistah Keith? Most likely it is a hero or villain of an archaic style (i.e. no modern technology, or at least not in an Earthly format or way, and will be very confused about the modern area) who has some pressing reason to be locked away.
|
|
|
Post by miskah on Feb 13, 2006 15:50:49 GMT -5
OOG: I'm lookin for a caster type. Preferably one that is specialized in healing and protection with a few other misc utility spells. I'm thinking of white mage from FF1 as I say these things.
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 13, 2006 16:19:19 GMT -5
OOG: Makes sense, a master healer. And how/why would he/she have been sealed up?
|
|
|
Post by miskah on Feb 15, 2006 22:37:41 GMT -5
By a jealous un-zealous rival healer?
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 15, 2006 23:14:37 GMT -5
Possibly, but that seems less than satisfactory.
|
|
|
Post by miskah on Feb 16, 2006 5:25:57 GMT -5
Sealed up by the order for being a heretic for uncovering a certain spell.
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 16, 2006 19:35:56 GMT -5
Now THAT'S cool. Any idea the planet it'd be on? If not, I have a proposal. And the spell would be a unique power, a Trait basically, that would be an incredible control over life, similar to Etherion from Rave Master. Any ideas? For now, I'm drawing a blank.
EDIT: We have the initial character concept well worked out. Now it is time for Imbowé to be freed!
|
|
|
Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 18, 2006 22:13:35 GMT -5
Alright Hack is going to Attemt to Free DI (after all upgrades discussed have been completed)
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 18, 2006 22:16:53 GMT -5
Well, you'd start with the quest since finding the Colossus would be difficult and beating it even more so. I would need Hack/Inferno's basic history vis-a-vis each other and who/what Inferno would have angered, done, etc.
|
|
|
Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 18, 2006 22:23:29 GMT -5
Inferno is acctually a mortal enemy of an entire necromancer clan, although his stays loyal, Hack knows of DI because during the seven years of government "modifacation" Hack recieved empathic subliminal messages from him, DI's Clan helped bust Hack out, knowing that Hack will one day have the power to free thier King (DI) Ogee is also a main supplier to DI's caln and that is how hack met ogee, now hack has said power, I'll start up DI's sheet in hacks Char thread
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 18, 2006 22:26:44 GMT -5
So how did DI fall out from the clan's favor? And make a new thread if you would in Character Creation, please, not in Hack's thread. Anyways, those necromancers would have sealed him away? Where was the Lord sealed?
|
|
|
Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 18, 2006 22:33:39 GMT -5
DI did not fall out of the clan's favor, his and the other were rivals, when he began to unite his clan, the others sealed him away on a plane similar to Carceri, yes he is currently trapped there by those Clan members whos power is at it's Greatest, they maintain the colossus holding DI when Hack destroies that, DI will insure is preservation by obliterating the rival clan
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 18, 2006 22:40:03 GMT -5
Ah. So there are two clans, the other clans finding a way to trap DI. Was this other clan stronger, or how were they able to seal away such a strong person?
It is likely, however, that the clan that DI is part of will be on a target list for legal action, meaning Hack will have an obligation to eliminate DI's former clan. Could be interesting.
|
|
|
Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 18, 2006 23:24:42 GMT -5
Di's clan was also neutral, not evil, that was the biggest dispute, morality the evil clan was more united that was thier but as a whole far weaker, however DI's clan was so spread out that it's a game of divide and conquer now, there aren't many of DI's clan left, most of his remaining followers are very powerful but lack motivation
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 18, 2006 23:37:02 GMT -5
Fair enough. Within a reasonable degree amorality and even slight immorality is allowed, obviously.
So DI was caught off guard by superior numbers, engaged in a necromantic war, lost, and was sealed, possibly with the help of nasty demons. Makes sense. They sealed him inbetween planes with a physical root somewhere, constantly ripping his soul and essence across multiple levels.
Is the master subplot for DI's group or the rival one? And who is this master?
|
|
|
Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 18, 2006 23:41:08 GMT -5
DI's group is the one being exterminated, the master is probably equally as powerful as DI now, though with less knowledge of his power, and this master has an undead Horde that all of Crashing heavans won't be able to take out with out back up, major backup
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 18, 2006 23:43:37 GMT -5
So the Master is in net power a higher Tier 4 or low Tier 5 foe, one of the campaign foes the team will eventually face. Sounds excellent.
How will Hack begin his search? And will he bring along any NPC allies?
|
|
|
Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 19, 2006 0:00:48 GMT -5
hack will go it alone, although the messages sent have given him an instinctive feeling as to which path to take, metaphorically speaking
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 19, 2006 0:10:25 GMT -5
Fair enough. But the instinctive feeling gives a direction, not an end. He'll know the path when he's on it but he isn't on it yet. How will he find it?
|
|
|
Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 19, 2006 0:18:08 GMT -5
that is when he contacts ogee, to talk to some old friends, DI's Nearest follower to be specific
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 19, 2006 0:40:01 GMT -5
Ogee says, "Sorry, man, grapevine is dried up. Your friends are incognito and even if they weren't I doubt they'd know anything. You might need to turn to your buddies - it was Krane who found out about the Colossi in the first place."
|
|
|
Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 19, 2006 0:43:34 GMT -5
"true" than Hack contacts Krane about the Colossi
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 19, 2006 0:49:52 GMT -5
Hack walks in the Crashing Heavens building away from his room, undoubtedly a tribute to war and spartan efficiency, to Krane's room. As he walks in, there is utter blackness, except for a shape in the distance. The room is much larger on the inside than the outside. A strange humming combined with a low-frequency oscillation fills the air around him oppressingly.
|
|
|
Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 19, 2006 0:53:22 GMT -5
"Krane, you in here?"
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 19, 2006 1:08:30 GMT -5
The sound does not let up. Ogee says, "Meditation, tardface." Orbs of light are conjured. There are a number of gray-colored statues: a black woman in full plate, a similar black woman in a giant black robe, an energy being, a giant queen sitting on an egg sack like a beanbag... The faint light shows first Krane's moth wings, then her spear which she is resting her arm on, then her horrific face. In front of her is a similar statue of a serene-looking Earth Mother-type goddess, but with some inverted symbolism.
|
|
|
Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 20, 2006 17:01:46 GMT -5
"hope i'm not disrupting too much, but I was wondering if you could inform me of the location of the Colossi,
|
|
|
Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Feb 20, 2006 18:03:32 GMT -5
Krane continues to hum, seeming to ignore Hack. But the statue in the center of the room comes to life. Its eyes open, and through a mirror-like sheen Hack can see a world of lava, swamp, towers, and an idyllic town with a blue crystalline bubble structure floating in globs around it. "My acolyte is seeking to meditate on my secrets and to achieve higher enlightenment. But what you seek is here." Suddenly, a blank square filled with sand that rises up to form a wheel surrounded by lacquer board appears in the outstretched hands of the statue. The sand begins to shift, and rise, and acquire color. A wheel on the bottom of it past the lacquer turns. Finally, a mandala of the most exquisite beauty appears. There are around twenty-five images clearly shown, and the mandala continues backwards into its mysterious depths with many more. The images clearly shown are many, but follow the same pattern: A particularly unique scene from a world, leading towards a strange battleground, followed by an image of a colossal creature of some sort, and in the center of that creature a relatively small thing sealed. One contains a small, almost wombat creature. Another a golem of white, purple and ostentatious gold, carrying a ball and a shield with the sign of the cross. Finally, the one Hack is looking for. A glowing magma-covered titan, surrounded by a colossal tree with a skeletal devouring face in the center. Hack recognizes the scene of the planet: It is a planet almost on the periphery of the universe, where DI would regularly hide, largely because its planar resistance was so weak. Unfortunately, getting to it is thus a problem.
|
|
|
Post by Vincent Hack on Feb 20, 2006 20:02:35 GMT -5
OOC: Hack used his mindjack to record the images just as this thing started
"any idea on how to get there?"
|
|