Post by Frederic Bourgault-Christie on Apr 5, 2006 12:06:11 GMT -5
Ash's son has asked a very good question: What allies does the team have against the upcoming crisis, assuming there is one, fomented by Itek and whatever forces she has machinated assistance from?
The flippant response is, well, none. This is Crashing Heavens' gig. Proving to other forces that there is any possible gain to be made in chasing phantoms who by all accounts may be unstoppable anyways, while there are no shortage of real looming threats (The Source, the One, an emergence of a Dark Dragon conspiracy, the release of Lucifer from Hell), is going to be difficult. Not to mention that most possible allies would point out that CH has the full backing of the Old Guard (though, as the team learned to their chagrin in the Dark Tournament, that is not necessarily a guarantee).
But the flippant response is not accurate. There are many groups, known or suspected, that could be convinced to help the group. Examples include:
*The Stormguard, quite grateful to CH for saving their minds and lives
*Daedrous' former adventuring companions, the Underminers
*The Gemfist Pact members Swaggard and Telesh left behind
*Ruben Flonne's kingdom and retainers, once restored
*The former members of the Resistance against the Dragon Emperor and the Rewinders, Jin's former friends and allies
*Wyatt's running crew composed of his siblings, cousins and friends
*The Imperium, if Keaton can take it over again
*Pander's Nebruyin and Hagunennon contacts
*Dark Inferno's necromancer cult, once he is released
*Other Zaayr, given Nobi's newfound celebrity status among them
*The Tree People that Pander/Mosho/Nobi/Furax established contacts with
*Mauler's former allies and friends, fellow Alter users (ditto for Sarashito)
*Brunnengus' new found dragon tribe
*Various guardians of time
*NERV, considering Xexilia/Ash/Hack's contacts
*The Sperble Elite, though Korg did burn some bridges with them
*Other Dark Tournament teams
*Any of the team's contacts who can fight
*Other Rangers
*Other Old Guard children
*Other Amestrisian alchemists
*Mercenary companies
*Various governments
*Random groups of adventurers
*Anyone that CH can find to train
*Any one who can be convinced that keeping the universe around is a good thing
Recruiting any of these would be a worthwhile quest. In addition, the Apprentices thread would be worthwhile, to train the quite talented CH friends.
The flippant response is, well, none. This is Crashing Heavens' gig. Proving to other forces that there is any possible gain to be made in chasing phantoms who by all accounts may be unstoppable anyways, while there are no shortage of real looming threats (The Source, the One, an emergence of a Dark Dragon conspiracy, the release of Lucifer from Hell), is going to be difficult. Not to mention that most possible allies would point out that CH has the full backing of the Old Guard (though, as the team learned to their chagrin in the Dark Tournament, that is not necessarily a guarantee).
But the flippant response is not accurate. There are many groups, known or suspected, that could be convinced to help the group. Examples include:
*The Stormguard, quite grateful to CH for saving their minds and lives
*Daedrous' former adventuring companions, the Underminers
*The Gemfist Pact members Swaggard and Telesh left behind
*Ruben Flonne's kingdom and retainers, once restored
*The former members of the Resistance against the Dragon Emperor and the Rewinders, Jin's former friends and allies
*Wyatt's running crew composed of his siblings, cousins and friends
*The Imperium, if Keaton can take it over again
*Pander's Nebruyin and Hagunennon contacts
*Dark Inferno's necromancer cult, once he is released
*Other Zaayr, given Nobi's newfound celebrity status among them
*The Tree People that Pander/Mosho/Nobi/Furax established contacts with
*Mauler's former allies and friends, fellow Alter users (ditto for Sarashito)
*Brunnengus' new found dragon tribe
*Various guardians of time
*NERV, considering Xexilia/Ash/Hack's contacts
*The Sperble Elite, though Korg did burn some bridges with them
*Other Dark Tournament teams
*Any of the team's contacts who can fight
*Other Rangers
*Other Old Guard children
*Other Amestrisian alchemists
*Mercenary companies
*Various governments
*Random groups of adventurers
*Anyone that CH can find to train
*Any one who can be convinced that keeping the universe around is a good thing
Recruiting any of these would be a worthwhile quest. In addition, the Apprentices thread would be worthwhile, to train the quite talented CH friends.