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Ulharisk

2013-10-08T21:24:38Z

Foxfirestorm:

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Ulharisk
|age=19
|image=Ulharisk-ani-shinjuuki.gif
|imageoptions=300px
|caption=Your Friendly Dragon
|species=Draconian
|sex=Male
|height=6'2"
|series=Original World - Dracon
|styles=Guardian Knight, Dragon
|hometown=???
|alignment=Forces of Restoration
|group=VALKYRI
|occupation=Guardian Knight
|quote=A Guardian most always place the people before himself. Even at his own life...
|footer=Trying to find his place, his people, and clues if his world even still remains...
}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CECEF6;"|Character Sheet
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|rowspan="5" style="background-color: #D8CEF6"|'''Basic Data:'''
|style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"|[[File:Ulharisk-n-Dragon.jpg|center|400px]]
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|''Birthday:'' Third Moon of the Twenty Sixth Sun [3/26]
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|''Zodiac:'' Aries
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|''Blood Type:'' AB
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|''Martial Status:'' Single
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #D8CEF6;"|'''Profile:'''
|Ulharisk is the son of a leader and his bloodline is one of a legend among his people. He is young, ambitious, noble, and willing to sacrifice everything he holds if it means for people to live. He is an individual of honor and is willing to not only start something, but also willing to see it come to a closure as well. Once he starts it, he will finish it. One way or another. There is no place Ulharisk will not travel, no mountain he will not search. He seeks to find the knowledge of what happened to his world, his people, and all that he has known. Till then he will live his life in these strange worlds and do what he can for those he starts to call 'friend'.
|}

'''Wiki Page Under Construction'''

''We are working on this wiki page, but for now if your curious about Draconians, please visit the google docs folder!'' 
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2yMSYq4TylVNlFwd0VZNGtWRWM&usp=sharing

''We also have a tumblr account for any Q/A stuff!'' 
http://fkdraconians.tumblr.com/

''For fun, there is also the IC Journal:'' 
http://ulharisk.tumblr.com/

= Character Information =
[[File:Cybercat-Ulharisk-wip3.jpg|left|300px]]
== History ==
Ulharisk story takes place in the modern culture of their world. In a time where their village was rather large, perhaps around a two thousand lived within the walls of the village. Protecting them from the monsters that lived in the dark woods to the north and west and up in the mountains that surrounded the entire valley.

The Draconian was born to the leader of the Draconian people, the head of the Guardians, Chaltiu. His mother was Sistatore, a woman of great strength and was known for being at the time one of the few female huntresses of their village. Ulharisk had a rather easy life growing up thanks to the fact he had an older brother who was five years older then him named Vuthacaex. While his older brother had been trained since the young age of eight to be the future leader of his people. Ulharisk got the easy road of never, or believing, he never have to worry about such a responsibility.

So from his young childhood and into his young teen years. He would spend a great deal of his time adventuring around the village, sometimes trying to sneak out beyond the walls, and not taking his studies very seriously when it came to mana weaving, combat training, or even shifting. He was seen as a bit of prankster back then and constantly disrupting studies. It also didn't help his best friend, Svantie would sometimes be the reasons for many of his misbehaviors. 
Perhaps because he was trying to impress her since he was young and they two of them almost could be found together. Including even rough housing, daring one another, and sometimes pushing the limits of what was allowed within their culture.

Sometimes they would even go as far as sending one another silent hand gesture messages during Ceremony Of The Sun, while trying to not get caught. Yet there was times they would get caught at this and so many of their other games. Ulharisk being scolded by his father on how he was disrespect to their family and why he couldn't he be like his older brother Vuthacaex. 
In some ways Ulharisk was a little jealous of the attention his brother got, yet he did respect his older brother and sometimes Vuth, as he called him, would take him out with the others to sometimes the more dangerous locations when he became a Guardian. So even in his moments of jealousy, he did love his older brother deeply, just as he loved his father and mother.

Yet all these games and fun time would soon come to a crashing halt. Vuth one day did not return, along with several other guardians. Ulharisk at the time was Seventeen when it all happened and his laid back world started to collapse. The few Guardians who returned were heavily injured from a surprise monster attack on the southern border of the village's outer territory. Though they were able to drive them back a few of the Guardians were killed; Including Vuthacaex. 
His father quickly sent out the elder members of the Guardians out into the southern wilderness to handle the encampment the monsters were perhaps trying to form, while he in another team went out to gather those who had fallen. By the next rising sun a funeral was held for those who had passed away. Nearly the whole village had gathered at the grounds to say their good byes, before the bodies were torched and the flames left lit for the rest of the day including into the night. Ulharisk found himself not only staying there all day, but returning the next morning to cry for the loss of his brother, to watch the smoke rising up into the blue skies.

Though his mother had comforted him of the day of the funeral, on this day his best friend came to his side to hold him close. Yet when his father approached she backed away and Ulharisk's father reminded him that it was no longer time to morn but it was time to be strong. For he was now to become the next leader after him. Ulharisk stared blankly at his father, unsure how to take this information he was given. Though he knew it was true, but he did not want to accept the truth.
The truth that his brother was truly gone and now all the responsibility of the Draconians. That this village and those living in it would one day become his responsibility. All of it would fall into his hands. So when his father tried to call for him to come. Ulharisk did the opposite and ran the other way. Svantie quickly running after him, promising Chaltiu she would bring him back in one piece.

Ulharisk did return home before the sun set and by the next morning he did start his studies to become leader, but he did so in half anger and half grief. Part of him angered that his father did not seem to care or even seemed impacted by the loss of his brother, of his oldest son and slowly a rift started to form between them. This rift cracked when it came time to do his final trial to become a Guardian.
When Ulharisk took fight, he attentional screwed up his final trial in front of everyone in the biggest way he could. By cheating the path to catch his light, but also doing so by shifting rapidly to human form, then right back in order to fly in and the shift once more back to human to land down on the very ground. Holding the orb of light in his hands, before he attempted to crush it. Attempted to crush it while looking his father directly in the eyes.

For nearly a week the two refuse to talk with one another, not even look at one another in the eyes. Ulharisk's mother who had been quiet during this whole event could no longer take it how they were both asking. She first dealt with her husband, trying to get Chaltiu to calm his own anger and come to understand that their son was not like his older brother. That this fate was thrusted onto him and he is not as disciplined. If he would show his son some understanding, show that softer side that she see's in him, that she feel in love with, that maybe Ulharisk would be more compliant and less, rebellious.

Once she got Chaltiu to understand and perhaps rethink things a bit she went to handle her son. Though in their culture to stay up from the setting sun to the rising sun was unheard of, beyond the Guardians on watch. That is what they did. Ulharisk and his mother. They stayed up all night speaking. Talking. She listening to his fears, his concerns, and his tears. Eventually she was able to get him off to sleep, and left him there to rest. Making sure none would disturb him, even his father, for if he desired to show Ulharisk any sign of respect; even if he was head of the house; this was the first step he would need to take.

So Chaltiu did just this. For that entire day Ulharisk slept and he slept all the way until the next day. After that though the young Draconian tried to take his studies more serious and his father spent more time in not only trying to understand Ulharisk, but trying to show him things as well, from his perspective of the world. Including taking him hunting along with him and the others of the village. Slowly the rift that was created was starting to mend once more between father and son.

In the second trial though. Ulharisk was nearly successful, but his attempt was foiled as one of the other young draconian taking the test quickly used Ulharisk as a spring board while in the air, shoving Ulharisk right into the cliff face. So when the bell rang and the test was over. Ulharisk did not catch the ball of light due to his injured wing. So though the others passed and he failed a second time. His father saw to the punishment of the one who took such an action. As not only was it not the Draconian way to act in such a manner but it was against Guardian customs.
What the punishment was, Ulharisk never asked nor found out, but he heard it wasn't very pleasant and extremely tedious. A well deserved punishment for something that could have been extremely deadly.

After Ulharisk's Nineteenth birthday he went back in for his final time. This time determined he would pass the trail no matter what happened. He would make his father proud, his mother, and his brother watching high in the sun with their ancestors. Once the lights were released and the Draconians to be Guardians were given the go. Ulharisk took high into the skies. Not only did he take the lead through the path, but he stayed on the orb the entire time with it only staying maybe a claw length out from him. Yet as soon has they got into open skies he swooped down after it and caught it in his talon clawed hands.

Bring it before his father and the others before the bell rang. Holding it for all to see and returning it back into his father's hands once more before given permission to shift back to the human like form. Once the trial was over the celebration was held as each time before. Announcing the new Guardians and with pride in his father's voice saying his son's name and reminding everyone the linage of Ixen continues on as it will forever continue on under the sun.

However as the sun started to set and those started to return a strange event took place. Several dark portals were suddenly opened around the edge of the village. One of the portals that opened out stepped an unknown figure with very simple words that he spoke directly to Chaltiu, "I bare you a gift from Whe'ir." They rose up his hand a massive dark spear of what looked like black ice pierce right through Chaltiu.
Sistatore quickly ran to her husbands side, while Ulharisk started to charge right at the unknown figure with his Glaive in hand. However before he could get in close dark creatures with gold eyes started to pour out of the many portals surrounding them. The walls quickly tore down in the same process by the monsters that were outside the village. The events not only halting Ulharisk's chance to find out who the person was but also in just seconds the Guardians and the people were becoming quickly outnumbered and overpowered by not only the monsters but these new creatures from the darkness.

Ulharisk tried to get back to his mother, however his attempt to get back to her way quickly barred by a large black creature that threw him back and right into one of the buildings. From there Ulharisk shifted form and tried to breath down fire at the very dark creatures. Burning the monsters but seeming unable to harm the dark beasts. During the chaos he heard Svantie's yell in pain. Ulharisk quickly turned his attention that way while yelling out orders to the Guardians who were near by as they continued to try and gain some ground. Yet no matter how hard they fought it was a losing battle.

Ulharisk quickly got to Svantie's side and tried to get her free from the rubble she got herself trapped in. His claws digging and pulled away at the fallen lumber as he tried to get her free. Yet in his frantic attempts he found an ominous shadow form over him, before feeling a massive impact into his side. The sheer force sending him flying once more and this time when he landed. The sheer blow was enough that it forced his body to shift back in order to try and protect his energy reserves, but he found his world going dark. His vision started to blur from where he laid. His hand slowly out stretching for where Svantie was, with her name on the edge of his lips, before his hand collapsed to the ground and everything going black.

There was no concept of time. No concept of what happened. Just the battle. The pain from the strike. Then nothing. It felt like his body was floating, his mind swimming. He thought he heard a voice, maybe several. Ulharisk's eyes trying to open seeing what looked like a small shimmering light. He could feel his hand out stretching for it and he knew the words he whispered, "Mit'ir, one of light, give me strength..."
He could feel his eyes trying to close once more and then suddenly a new sensation took him over. The feeling of drifting, before suddenly the feeling of falling. Falling from the very sky. Descending down and down. Yet soon his state of sleep was sharply awakened by the sudden impact into cold ocean waters and water trying to fill his lungs.

Ulharisk quickly swam up the surface, coughing and spitting out the ocean water, before a wave tried to crash him down into the sandy bottom below. Fighting with the pull of the wave, clawing at the sandy bottom, he tried to gain himself traction. Pulling himself forward, fighting even in his exhausted state, to move himself up the beachy surface. 
Another wave crashing into his back side, shoving him forward into the very sand once more, before he forced himself to get back up, to crawl up the sand, struggling to pull himself up. Eventually with his will of determination he pulled himself up on the safer part of the beach away from the waters.

He looked up trying to gain his baring. Trying to get his eyes to focus on the world in twilight color, on a sign in the distance that said 'Traverse Town', before his arms at last gave out from under him and he collapsed once more onto the sandy surface. Because right now, sleep sounded like a great idea and perhaps when he wake up, this would all just be a dream...

== Personality ==
[[File:Ulharisk_by_nidoriko.jpg|300px|right]]
Ulharisk is a very noble individual at heart, but he is also very stubborn and bull-headed. To go along with this is his extreme pride. Though he doesn't always act like it, he has a great sense of pride of who he is, what his bloodline represents to his people, and what his future possibly now holds for him; or what it could have held for him.

Ulharisk is very protective of those in the need to be protected. He will risk his life to save others and get in the way of a blade if it meant for another to escape. He would risk it all if it means others could live on. To him, to sacrifice your life for a the greater good is worth it. To sacrifice your life so many can live, is greater deed then running like a coward. 
Yet he is aware of the old saying, that sometimes it is better to run and fight another day. He knows of this and sometimes he does follow this as well, but if he must run, he wants to be the last to do so. Not the first. He wants to make sure everyone escapes before he attempts to escape himself.

The young Draconian also tends to be very curious and willing to try about anything once. He loves to explore and adventure into the unknown. Peer into caverns and fly into storms to challenge the very winds. He knows that every day could be his last and he wants to live every moment to its fullest. Death tried to take him once it would seem and so far he has been fortunate to survive. For him, this chance of living again is to not only solve the mystery of what happened to his people, his world, but to help those in his new 'home'. 
Help them find their way and to lead them into a better tomorrow, if that is what it takes. Because perhaps in helping them, they too will one day help in return, and if they don't; So be it. To see a smile, to hear a thank you, is all worth it.

Ulharisk also respects honesty. He, himself, tries to be honest when he can. He can also be rather blunt and to the point. As such, he will sometimes try to avoid a question if he knows the answer may be a painful one, or he will attempt to warn before he gives the answer to the question being asked. He knows not everyone can swallow the truth, so if he has to break it down into small bites; then he will do his best to try too.

Because of what did happen to his world however, and his beliefs that he was raised with, he trusts no one of darkness; Perhaps never will. If they show any sign of dark magic such as controlling the darker elements are seen with heartless. He will give them a look of sheer dislike and distrust. Though he may give them a chance to prove themselves, he will always stay weary of them. 
This places those that tend to align themselves with the Shadow Lords in a very bad place in his book and if any of them hurt his friends or even show their face around him. He will be willing to attack, if not later hunt them down in order to bring the fight to them; Before they can bring the fight to him. He is not afraid to start something and he will do everything in his power to also finish it.

== Strengths ==
=== Guardian Knight ===
'''Mana Weaving:''' As a Guardian he is able to weave mana. Yet he is no master of this. He never took his studies very seriously like he should have. The best he can do with this is maybe conjure a fire ball in his hand. Walk up to a river and cause the water to rise up slightly before it crashes back down, or even maybe use to patch up someone's cut after battle. This may be something he may try to master later on his own or he may just not fully pursue it.

'''Regeneration:''' Ulharisk's body has the ability to regenerate when he is in his 'human' form. Yet he must be out of combat for this to work. Many wounds and severity of injures can heal on their own. Things like broken bones will need to be set back into place or tended too before his body can do the rest. He can not however regenerate new limbs, so if he loses an arm or a finger, its gone for good.

'''Stealth:''' Ulharisk knows he has never been the strongest of his people, but he knows he is rather agile. Many years of sneaking out and getting himself into places he shouldn't be into, has taught him the art of being sneaky. He is rather good at blending in, walking quietly, and hiding out when he needs too.

'''Heat Resistance:''' Ulharisk can tolerate a great deal of heat while in human form and even far better while in dragon form. Yet a direct impact of it from say a spell is very different, but such as walking around near burning buildings or having to run into one to save someone. So long as his skin doesn't stay in contact with a hot, burning surface for long, he wont get burned. Yet if he holds on for to long, then yes, he has a high chance of being burned.

=== Dragon ===
'''Mana Weaving:''' Like His human self, he is no master of this art. Yet thanks to being more in tune with the magical energy around him, he can perform some of these tricks a little better and show a little more control over magic energy. Yet he still falters compared to a true magic in the art.

'''Fire Resistance:''' Ulharisk as a dragon is far more resilient to fire, unless it is the magic kind. So if someone sets a house on fire, or a field a blaze. Ulharisk can walk right through the fire with little fear to his existence. Yet if someone was to throw a fire ball in face. It would leave a bit of a mark.

'''Blade Resistance:''' Blades can indeed leave some cuts in against his scales, but they don't make a deep impact into his body. His scales are rather resistant, but like all things a rather good hit or the right kind of swipe can sheer those scales right off his body.

'''Hot Breath:''' Ulharisk's fire if left on an object long enough can start to heat up steal to the point of melting it. He is capable of breathing extremely hot flames out from his mouth. However since he is typically on the move, no one has to worry about having their armor being melted to their skin. That and Ulharisk naturally will not hold his fire out for that long due to the ill effects it could have on him to have armor reach to that point of becoming melted steel. Is it possible? Yes. Would he do it? No.

'''Dragon Sense:''' Draconians are like dragons in some ways. Ulharisk has very keen hearing and eye sight. His scope of vision can see out further then most humans and he can hear sounds from a greater distance. His sense of smell is also better then most humans thanks to his tongue, but compared to a say a wolf/dog, he doesn't quiet match up.

== Weaknesses ==
=== Guardian Knight ===
'''Soft skin:''' Like many people, Ulharisk has soft skin, even if it has a scaly feel to it. He can be cut easily by blades and by other sharp objects. Though his body can take a rather hard brutal bounding before it bruises, he is able to suffer many fates that humans also suffer. He tends to not wear heavy armor, because he truly depends on his speed; which sometimes doesn't always work against a trained eye. He also then has to depend on his Glaive to parry blows away from him.

'''Shinyies:''' Ulharisk like many of his kinda (perhaps even a reported truth of dragons elsewhere), even in his human form is distracted by bright, shiny things. It is very easy for him to lose his train of focus if someone was to flicker say a very pretty gem stone in front of his face and twirl it around. It would not take long for him to actually start to follow it and forget what he was talking about for a bit.

'''Magic Break:''' Ulharisk in human form and in his dragon form are both weak to magic. Since he has never mastered the true ability of mana weaving and many creatures of his world did not use magic. Knowledge of how to properly defend himself is not something he has yet to learn. In time though, he may over come this; or not. It depends on where RP will take him.

'''Cold Weakness:''' Ulharisk, though more tolerable of it in human form, can't stand the cold. Things such a frozen environments, winter wonderlands, and temperatures that allow snow fall, tend to cause him a great deal of discomfort. He is very sensitive to the cold and if the environment for a long enough time (or smacked with an ice spell enough times), he could actually pass out.

'''Voices:''' Dragon control methods and/or Beast master control voices can cause him a bit of headache in this form. Though they don't have any means to control him. They can bring him some discomfort this way and maybe cause him to give them a glare, but over all they can't really control him like this.

=== Dragon ===
'''Cold Weakness:''' Ulharisk can not handle cold temperatures and while in his 'human' form he is more tolerable of them, as a dragon he has barely any tolerance for it at all. The very cold can freeze up his body and shortly snuff out his ability to keep himself warm even internally. Cold magic has a similar effect on him, which leads to him quickly crashing down and passing out from the temperatures.

'''Voices:''' Those who can command dragons or those who have the power of beast master control can manage a chance to take over Ulharisk's mind while he is in this form. For those who are his friends, it is easier for them to reach out to him with this voice, but if someone tries to command him to turn on his friends, Ulharisk will fight against it and they have a chance of either succeeding or failing. Though breaking himself free from such a control is very much a headache in the making.

'''Piercing Weakness:''' Ulharisk is weak to piercing weapons. Things like lances, spears, and daggers (or when a weapon is used to impale), can pierce past his hard scales and impact the tough skin behind. Though his skin is tough and will cause some resistance to the impaling weapon, it is extremely painful and probably one of the few melee forms of weapons that can cause him the most injury.

'''Energy Consumption:''' Ulharisk while in his natural Draconian form eats up a great deal of his own energy while in battle. He can remain in this form during a fight for several hours, before his body tries to force him to revert back. While at rest, he can stay in this form for a day or two. Though he can ignore the needs of his body, there is a point; like all of us; where our body at last gives up and we fall unconscious. When this happens, his body automatically reverts back.

'''Out of Fire:''' Ulharisk can expend all the natural gases used in his body for flight and dragon fire. When these elements are used up it is extremely dangerous on him as it starts to take a massive toll on his body and leaves him unable to fly. As such the body naturally wants to revert back; though he can ignore this, but it will do him more injury then good.

'''Magic Break:''' See his Guardian Knight form.

'''Shinyies:''' Ulharisk is easily distracted by pretty things. Though this is a trait he shares with his other form, it is highly effective in this form as he will completely loose his train of thought. A draconian with a short attention span he can be.

= Across Worlds - Allies to Enemies =
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== Deeper Meanings ==
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= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Horned King

2013-10-07T00:31:03Z

Foxfirestorm:

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Horned King
|age=????
|image=HornedKing1.jpg
|imageoptions=200px
|caption=King Of The Cauldron Born
|species=Lich
|sex=Male
|height=6'3"
|weight=???
|series=Black Cauldron
|styles=Overlord, Undead Horde
|hometown=Prydain
|alignment=Forces of Ruin
|group=Shadow Lords
|occupation=Undead Overlord
|quote="I will become a god among mortal men."
|footer=Sending out waves of Undead upon the worlds.
}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Character Sheet
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|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Profile:'''
|style="background-color: #071019;"|[[File:HornedKing2.jpg|400px|center]]
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|The Horned King is a ruthless, dark, necromantic sorcerer. He created not only war upon his world of Prydain but also was the very cause for it falling into darkness. All for the sake of finding the Black Cauldron and raising up his army of the undead. Now the Horned King has turned his attention to the other worlds and he is relentless in his pursuit of his dream. He will crush all who stand before his army and none shall be safe from his dark hand.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Skills:'''
|When Did Disney Movies Become So Violent And Scary?!, Evil Dark Lord, Soul-less?, Heart-less?, The Immortal Villain, The Master Of The Thriller, Has A "Loyal" Minion, Do Not Approach If Undead, Necro-Master, Death Touch -- Really, Creating Undead Near You
|}
= Character Information =
== History ==
In the world of Prydain, a once evil king ruled over the world with a iron fist of darkness. However his rule of tyranny came to an end as his very evil was sealed away for all eternity into what would become known as the Black Cauldron.

For years upon years, Individuals rose in his place. They all were seeking the Dark Cauldron, but all of them had failed. None of them could find its where-about. That was until a very mysterious and very powerful sorcerer rose from the shadows of Prydain. He was simply known as the Horned King.

This very man who sold away his flesh, his living soul, to become something that could not be destroyed easily, to become something that could stand amongst mortal men and make them cower before him. He gave away it all to become what some would simply know as a Lich. All so he could gain the ultimate power and his first steps to his way to godhood. His first task he unleashed upon the world was the creations of war. The Horned King destroyed all in his path. He enslaved men, women, and children. Burned villages and forests. None was safe from his dark hand. All to find the Dark Cauldron.

His dark deeds were spoken loudly on the wind. His name became a fear among all, even those of the fairy folk and mystical creatures of Prydain. Then all those who stood before him, all those who believed they could defeat them. Soon found their dead bodies among many down in the Horned King's dark keep. Waiting for the day to become part of his army of undead.

Yet there were those who would seek him out, not for destruction, but for the lust of power. These men become his living henchman and his warriors that also moved along his side to continue the dark war further and further until no place was safe from the Horned King. For if his men did not find you, the loyal Gwythaints would.

However when dark times come, a warrior of light will be born. A young boy who served his life as a pig keeper to a miracles pig that could see things by mystic arts. This very boy had the brave heart, foolish courage, and believed that he he could defeat the Horned King. Yet it was to not be so. The boy was used, tricked, and watched by the Horned King. Even closer when he escaped from the castle with the Princess of heart in hand. Though it was through this very act did everything the boy planned backfired upon him.

For soon enough the young warrior of light lead the Horned King right to the Cauldron and then to the very destruction of their world of Prydain. For the Horned King locked them all together to watch as the very dark deeds unfold. As the undead army came to life to rain death upon the world and heartless were summoned also from the depths of the Cauldron to create more heartless by those the undead left behind. The undead only seeking life however, while the heartless though were seeking the very World Heart, which they found soon enough.

The Horned King could have stopped the Heartless. But instead, he let the heartless continue their wave of destruction as he called back in his undead minions. Leaving behind the young boy, the old minstrel, and what little remained of his world of Prydain.
With Cauldron , his faithful minion creeper, and his mass of undead horde. He snatched the Princess and then left the world to allow it to complete fall to darkness. As he made deal with Maleficent for some of the knowledge on darkness, he handed over the young Princess to her and became an official member of the Shadow Lords.

Soon his dreams would become a reality, for Prydain was only a stepping stone, the rest of the worlds was his true victory to his way to godhood.

== Personality ==
The Horned King is known as a man of great evil and a soul that is pure dark. He has no love for life and he has no desire for even things that could bring normal men simple join. In all accounts, because of his desire to become a god, he has sold away his mortal soul to become a being of undeath himself; to become a lich and it reflects upon his personality.

Yet in his dislike for the living and those who refuse to bow before his might, he is also know fool. He remembers how the living think. He remembers how easy they are to twist and to corrupt for either riches, power, or even lust. He remembers that those of strong light in their hearts tend to perform heroics acts, which can be turned against them.
He has no problem with stealing a hostage and using them to goat the heroes into a trap. He doesn't have a problem with killing women, children, or even things that most people could never destroy. He is cold, he is cruel, and he is unforgiving.

The Horned King is also driven. Very driven. He has a goal set. A dream that he strives to obtain and no matter what may happen around him by his actions, he will obtain that dream. He will find the means to become a god among mortal men. To rise above them all and have them worship him, or he will let them become part of his undead army, if that so be their wish. He will even destroy their worlds, if that is what it takes.
Yet it should not be said that on his march to such power, he isn't willing to work with other Shadow Lords of his type. He knows that Hades is a god of the underworld, that Maleficent desires to rule over all worlds, and that each Shadow Lord has a goal in mind. Once again, he is no fool. There are advantages after all in working with others of equal greatness, even those who who could be for now even greater. Because sometimes, like he did with the pig boy and his long hunt for the Cauldron.

Sometimes all that is needed is patience and being he is immortal, he has all the patience in the world to give. Yet it doesn't mean he can't help move things along though and sometimes, its just fun to watch things unfold when you tip over the right block.

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Horned King

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Welcome To The Grid

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{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/08/07
|Location=Manhattan Flynn's Arcade and Flynn OS
|Synopsis=After weeks of work, Beck has finally repaired the laser. However something goes horribly wrong. The moment the laser is powered, it starts digitizing every single person in the room. At long last the programs have returned home however? Can they get their user friends out alive?!
|Cast of Characters=Faruja Senra, Avira, Deelel, Maira, TRON, Blackbird, Oblivion, Serah Farron, Beck, Paulo Mysidi, Eric Bartholomew Mimsy III, Arthur Drover
|Tinyplot=TRON Train
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' The progress had taken a lot longer then Beck was hoping it would take. Figuring out what was known as 'user tech' wasn't easy for the young mechanic program, but he managed. He also had warned TRON there was a strong chance that things could still go badly once they now started up the finished laser and that he wasn't sure what would be waiting for them on the other side. After all, last he was in the Grid, he was being chased by CLU's forces.. when that TRON... No. He wouldn't think on that further. It had been several cycles since he had left-- no-- longer then that and he was sure that Mara and Zed probably thought he too had died. With the death of Abel.. that... may be to much for his two friends to even handle. "Come on.." He said softly as he tried to connect the last two wires in hopes to not get zapped. "..just a bit more.." the two wires flickered and sparked at contact, until he was able to get them to charge together so he then could wrap tape around them. "..There we go.." Beck then carefully placed the laser up on the pedestal, hooking up the final cables, before giving it a quick check. He then walks over to the computer typing in a few command structures to make sure it was all reading correctly. Yeah. He watched how TRON did a few of the bad tests, so he got this rather memorized. When everything showed green, he then smiled brightly, before running up the steps, "Hey TRON! I got it!!" That wasn't going to catch anyone's attention at all in the Arcade who hung around... ****************************************************************************** Probably after some conversation with TRON and most likely those who were hanging around with Deelel and him. Mostly since by this point everyone who was in the Arcade were either friends or people chilling inside the 'closed' Arcade. Beck quickly started to make his way back down the steps in his own excitement, pausing at one step. "I am sure I got it this time. No blowing up fruit or anything." He says holding the apple in his hand. No. It wasn't an orange. Beck doesn't do oranges. So as he goes down to move to the final step. He pauses there as he picks up an odd sound. He wasn't sure what it was, also there was something funky going on suddenly with the computer. "..oh sparkets!" He quickly turns the corner and suddenly he is staring at a laser. "...TR--" Its all Beck has time to get out till suddenly the laser snags him and does its thing. ****************************************************************************** The laser now seeks for anyone who comes down the room. One by one or by two. The laser will get you!

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' In today's case, Avira was merely in the wrong place at the wrong time. She was friends with TRON and...well, sort of friends with Beck but as far as figuring out the computer stuff, Avira was only so-so. She'd used computers, even shopped for some, but hadn't been a programmer. Installing software was also kind of limited so her working on the laser was not a thing that happened. She did like coming in and playing the arcade games, though, which is why she was here today. Beck grabs her attention with his little announcement. Curious, she follows after him down the stairs into the 'secret' room she was privy to. Not far behind Beck, she is pretty much RIGHT THERE to see him get digitized by the laser. Already aware of it's purpose, Avira's quick to turn around and shout up the stairs. "DON'T COME DOWN HERE! THE LA-" Her words are cut off as she too disappears.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel has found out some of what was going on back home from Beck, something else from a dream had stuck with her haunting the back of her minds, yet? It was her home she has no idea truly how messed up it had become but it had been home and from her point of view she'd been gone a very long time. It hadn't taken Beck more than a few words to get her in on it. Going home one way or another was something that was long over due for her. "We;; this is good news isn't it we got it up and running, you'd managed to get it working. As for fruit I think I tripped over one on the other OS once I wonder where it came... from?! Oh so not good!" She had invited some of the people he?d known fairly well over her nearly year long time in the world of the users. She hadn't expected this to happen the laser gets Beck and rapidly takes him a part digitizing him. She's trying to run trying to warn some oft he others to get out but Deelel is caught shortly after. She seems to turn to a almost block like pattern of herself. Rapidly bit by bit the digitization laser takes Deelel apart and soon there's nothing there to show the world that Deelel save her voice fading away almost in a wail. "Look out!!!" Well she wanted to get home but not quite like this.

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird took a deep breath. It's been the first time she's been back in the arcade since she's been IN the machines that were in the arcade. She looked around, touching the cabinates to familiar icons from her childhood. Then more exploring, a droped quarter and a trip past the tron machine later she's staring at an old terminal. She can tell it's been used. She knew her hardware and had worked on going through a lot of vintage stuff over the years. Touch interface in the glass, impressive uptime. As in impossibly fantastic uptime. Then suddenly LAZOR! "OK." She looked around once the sensation ended and she was somewhere else. "This... is not good." She was shaking trying to keep from going bonkers. "This is very not good. Big huge laser under the arcade. Big huge server." Deep breath. "Hello? Am I alone in crazyland?"

:'''[[Maira]] has posed:''' Maira wasn't quite as into the video games as Avira was, but she did like to watch and hang out with her friends, TRON and Deelel. She was dressed in street clothes to fit in around Manhattan, not exactly expecting to get LASERED or anything. Manhattan was one of the few places now that she felt pretty darn safe, especially with Avira beside her. Whech Beck calls from the basement about something or other working, Maira sets down what she was doing (knitting) and scrambles after Avira. "Hey what's going--GAH!" she exclaims, as she is then zapped. Well, she knows what this means! Then she wonders if there will be cake.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Faruja is here with friend and fellow Shard Seeker Deelel! He's honestly curious about the Program's world, and wouldn't miss an opportunity to see what it's all about for anything. Besides, a distraction from his recent troubles would do him well! It helps that he has other friends too, some he hasn't seen in a while at that. Ear-perk. Two voices, one familiar and the other not, has the Templar performing the thing that many people adverse to long term survival doing; running towards the shouting. Spear and all, glowing, the Burmecian calls out. "Ser! Deel!" Leap! Down the stairs! "By the Lord, what is the...oh bloody he..." Squeak! Digitizer uses Hyper Beam on Temple Rattatta. It's super effective.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON had tested the laser a few days ago in his haste to help deal with the Space Paranoids incident. This was even after Beck had warned him of possible things going wrong--and that was only to the Wise OS in order to jump into Game Central Station through the portal outside of the End of Line Club. Turns out all was well and everyone went in and got back out alright, but Beck had wanted to do more calibrations to make sure of it. So when Beck emerges from the basement and explains that all is well and the laser is fully operational, TRON doesn't think anything of it. It's when Beck goes back downstairs that things start going wrong. Various cut-off exclaimations pulls his attention back in that direction as people start heading downstairs, and the Security Program moves as well. "Wait!" He calls as he jumps down the stairs-- --Only to be blinded by a bright flash of light and feeling that gut-wrenching sensation of being digitized, a feeling he knows far too well. But where are they /going/?!

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' Forgemaster Drover is into any kind of machinery or technology. He'd met Maira previously, and was generally known to Deelel as well. His capacity for artifice and understanding of what he'd call "systems design" is well enough known. So the arcade has drawn him in the day before, and for the Sugar Rush Race on a prior occasion. Today though, as he perused the frontroom, the synthesist had spotted this back room's door. Less likely to heed a "keep out" sign with the flashy gadgets around, he stole inside. Glowing lights, a panel or two. Interesting enough. His fingers were just running over a likely-looking bit of machinery, instinctual knowledge in the older man sparking first assessments, when light blotted out his world. He had seen others around, but honestly with a piece of 'tech in the room, Arthur has eyes for little else. When the smoke - and mirrors - clear, he's running his hands over his torso to check that it is still there. It is not. Or rather, his satchel, equipment, items - represented but not the same. His clothes are glowing around the sleeves. Gaudy but secondary to the larger problem. "That was quite a thing." He assesses his surroundings with a trapper's trained eye. Routes of egress and access. In his younger days, he was renowned as a monster hunter, now he's renowned for never running. Arthur leans against the nearest safe thing he can find to lean against, and tries to take it in and get his breathing under control.

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Serah Farron heard the commotion going from the arcade. Deelel, which she had found to be around along with recent events in the Game world. She spent some time playing with the machines too, a bit impressed with some of the games. She spent a bit of time on the Sugar Rush racing game too, since she actually inside of it before. She figure that maybe she can train with it where she won't get deleted if she messes up at least. But then there's shouts coming from the back room. It gets her curious, and a bit worried... and noone actually seems to finish their sentences for some reason. Maybe they are unconcious, and need healing? Well, let's go take a l- LAZER!!!! -.- She should have known better. She really doesn't understand much about these digital worlds, even ifs he has the feeling she's been here before. A pink haired girl, that might fit more in the aforementionned candy land game, now part of the digital world. At least she didn't trip her way in like some of the others, fortunatly enough. No rat pancake under her relatively light weight at least, but she does offer him a hand up "You have any idea what's going on here?"

:'''[[Eric Bartholomew Mimsy III]] has posed:''' Eric was distracting himself by inspecting the artwork on an arcade machine - /How delightfully colorful!/ he thought secretly to himself - when suddenly a familiar shout rang out. "Ser Senra???" the Burmecian nobleman said, nervously walking towards the source of the sudden commotion. Yes, he had heard various other shouts, but he'd not thought much of it until Faruja's. He hadn't known the Templar long, but he didn't seem one prone to exclamations without reason (that weren't some religious speech, at least). He started walking at a brisker pace now, as more people sounded like they were disappearing. "Ser Senra, if this is a practical joke then I must say for a Templar you have rather a rather interesting and tricky group of friends!" Eric rather liked practical jokes - mostly playing them - but he didn't like being the victim of one involving fright. When he reached the doorway to the room, he gave pause, then inquired, "Ser Senra?" He hesitated a moment, then went down, looked around, and managed to say, "Ser Senra, this really isn't-" ZAP! He gave an awkward squawk of alarm as he found himself suddenly elsewhere, but suddenly noticed he had extra digits and no claws and no- "WHERE'S MY TAIL?!!!" No, Eric was not in the top percentage of rattatas, so to speak

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi has been there during the whole laser. Really that device itself interested him-- as well as having conversations with both Deelel and Beck about technology. Although the sage from a vastly different culture does not understand all of the specifics-- he is gradually understanding the concepts. Frequently he is writing notes in that large book of his. Irony as it is-- he doesn't even notice the laser-ing due to him writting. Even during the entire process he continues to scribble away-- possibly one of the few not to get the immediate shock effect. That comes after his head raises from the book.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck is spat out of the laser and goes crashing across the Arcade floor that was a copy of its real life safe. He slides a bit, before rolling to a stop against one of the equipment cases. He places his hand down against the black floor, before slowly lifting himself up. His hazel brown eyes glance around, before he stands up. The he sees the next person get popped out-- then the next-- then the next. They kinda keep coming really. By this point Beck is just kinda standing there with his mouth slightly open before he clamps it shut. Once he believes everyone is out, he reaches back behind him and looks at his disc. Then-- all the people here who don't even /have/ discs. How does that work? Along with the fact a few seemed like they were probably freaking out. While others seemed rather calm. This-- was going to be a fun cycle. "..Great.. I guess.. that means will have to go to Purgos.." He then glances out the frosty window for a moment. "..and we are in TRON city.." He voice holds some concern. This could be a problem with this many people. He then takes his disc and flips it around before he connects a white site with his own. "Ok. Everyone. Listen up. First off, you guys OK?" Beck asks before he twirls his own disc for a moment. "Secondly, whatever you do. If you see anyone in red, you may as well classify yourself as dead." He then connects the disc to his backside. His light suit which was black starts to voxel up to white before it covers his entire body. White lines flash against the suit, before a blue T suddenly forms on his chest. He looks like he is wearing the exact same suit as another program here. Then a helm slides up, before a black visor then slides down covering his face completely. "Third.. don't call me Beck here." He looks over at TRON. "..Its TRON." He almost said that with some sadness in his voice really before he turned away from everyone. "..or as CLU's forces like to put it. The Renegade. If you try to call me by my name. I will ignore you, I will only acknowledge you if you call me TRON." The Renegade then lowers his head as he sees a light suddenly move through the frost windows. "..and about that see red your dead. You may be seeing allot of red soon." He then reaches for his disc, before it flicks on. "..because you see... to them.. most of you are what we called Strays. Strays get put into the games. You /don't/ want to be in the games." "Now ready yourselves!"

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird looked over at Serah and quirked an eyebrow at the suit. She herself was wearing hrer motercycle leathers thankyouverymuch! "Welcome to..." She gestured expansivly at the inside of the recieving area where lazored things go, "Wherever this place is!" Then a helpless shrug and look around. Curious guy with one eye, Other people. "Hm." More loking around. "Uh huh I don't see a terminal or laser on this end so I kinda don't think standing around will get us back." Calm voice, or at least attempt at calm voice. Somewhere in the back of her mind she noted the teal glow line along her pant legs and more faint lines along her outer sleeves. Then she spotted TRON and blinked. Blink. Blinkblinkblink. STARE. "I... thought you were one of the game sprites. Sorry?" She shuffled about. Then coughed. "Uh... anyone know where we are?" Lame question, unsure voice. Then Beck er... Tron. She looked from Tron to... uh... Tron and frowned. "Games? Strays?" This is mah clueless face. She shrugged and looked to Beck. "Well you're the tour guide. Lead on."

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi doesnt realize he is even digitized until he raises his head. "What the..." Fill in the blank. Well at least he looks about the same. Roughly. The gold on his robes are now a nice hue of blue-- otherwise he is still a robey sort of fellah. "Never a dull moment," replies the young man-- closing his book. He smiles-- putting it away. Being seconds from 'dead' seems fairly common lately. It loses its sting until it happens! "So... can't we just leave?" wonders the sage as he tilts his head. Mostly this question goes to Deelel.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Ow. Faruja grumbles, clanking and making several distressed noises. Which only redoubles as Sarah lands on him. Luckily, she's rather light. "...Good 'eve Lady Sarah." Seems he's acted as a cushion for the woman before. And our dear noble friend Ser Eric is freaking out. Admittedly, the place is a bit odd, but not /too/ bad. His armor and clothes are mostly the same, though amidst the green of his robes there's lines of green. A bit hard to see, if it weren't for the glowing. Then, Faruja Senra tries to stand. Up! "Dear Lord, Ser Bartholomew! Will you very kindly cease making a rack...OH DEAR FARAM WHERE IS MY TAIL!?!?" Tumble, thud! The rat is no longer a rat, but a human. He's still missing his eye, and the bandages are there as well as the burn marks beneath. From the way things look, he's having more than a little trouble balancing, as he quite literally tumbles head-over-missing-tail. That cry of dismay does still sound a bit rattish. "...Oh Faram preserve me, it turned me into a human." Faruja sounds positively /miserable/. At least an ear is perked towards Beck. Seems like he's listening. Hopefully Deel will fill them all in!

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON digitizes in a spare space and drops to a crouch as soon as it's complete, the circuitry lines on his white bodysuit flaring to life. Immediately, a rush of data hits his processor--data from the Other, the original TRON. A memory of a beacon of light piercing the dark skies, heralding the arrival of-- He rises to his feet, voxels darkening to black as his pure black opaque helmet fully obscures his hair and face. Faint dots and dashes of bluish-white light are the only indication of his identity, and only if someone knows this certain form. <"There iz no time to try getting back to Uzerzpace."> His voice is completely modulated, not even a hint of his usual tones audible. <"They already know we are here. We need to go."> He nods over to the Renegade and unlocks his Silver Disc from his back--strange how that didn't change over as well. He still has a Black Disc on his back, though.

:'''[[Maira]] has posed:''' Maira likely bumps right into Avira after they are both digitalized and sent into Flynn OS. She is not freaking out because she has done this before. Sort of. Not this OS, but she figures it must be a similar situation at least. Why did those lasers seem to have minds of their own? Furthermore, why did every single one of them run down into the basement to get zapped!? Bunch of lemmings. Maira steadies herself and looks around, frowning softly. Beck addresses them, and she listens. She'll go ahead and still assume water is lava, but hopefully fire is alright? "Guys in red? H-hey, we can defend ourselves you know..." she replies, looking around. She knows a great many people here and they are /tough/ <goosehonk>s. Upon looking around, she then almost falls over in shock. "FARUJA!?" she asks, running over to help support him. He must have come in behind her, for she didn't see how injured he was. But first--"Faruja you're--you are--oh my goodness!" she says, then hugs him gently. "--And what /happened/ to you!?" she asks. Maira then looks over to TRON, eyes widening. "What do you mean? Are we in trouble? Ugh..."

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Avira falls backwards as she reforms from the laser's blast, landing on her rear. Her heart falls as she sees person after person arrive after her. So much for following instructions. She pushes herself up to her feet, her usual clothing retaining the same shape but now a matte black, overshadowed by the white lines that seem to outline the various edges. "I'm fine." She looks to Beck, now TRON, tilting her head with confusion. The Renegade...ah yes, their first encounter. "What do you mean by Strays?" Avira questions sharply, arming herself with her weapon, the Spine. The Spine is just as glowy as the rest of her clothing here.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Wise OS had been close to home as was Game Central? Yet neither were quite right for the basic. She'd dreamed of home some times when her memory had been restored. Home came to her, she'd given her nature? Was able to look at her own memories in perfect detail yet? It was a memory it was not experiencing home once again. It was not fully logical, yet it well it was true in a way. She'd wanted to go home so badly for so long, yet this wasn't quite the way she'd planned on it. She feels the world shift and everything goes back. She's not even opened her eyes yet but things feel right as reality comes back to her fully it felt right, the temperature, the air, everything felt right she pushed herself up off the floor and looks over at everyone for a moment. "Purgos? ... Right." She shakes her self a little bit as she looks about for a moment and looks rather sheepish as she addresses everyone here. "Welcome to the grid. Listen to what he has to say." She checks to see her batons are still on each hip and she's got her disc, also Deelel outfit has changed it's now lacking any pretense are being human made as she looks to black birds. "Strays are programs who have lost their discs and their minds. The are rounded up even still now to be repaired or ... worse." "No, I didn't leave the grid conventionally I'm still not sure how it happened." Faruja wait that's Faruja? By her user, it is him and he's looking human. "...it seems this world has an effect on outsiders like several others. You don't look too bad as a human Faruja. He's correct its time go move." Deelel pauses as suddenly a hamlet much like the other programs appears over her head masking her identity as well as a half cloak forms about her. Her voice now is likewise distorted. "Numbers it's as TRON said, things have got bad we need to get moving. We can talk more once we are somewhere safe. This isn't how I wanted to show you my home but it looks like we're going to get a crash course." She only had two cycles it wouldn't be enough they might need to get a better transport. "TRON, we're going to need some form of transport as it's going to be a ways to Purgos."

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck will let Deelel expain stuff, his focus apparently was on the door and his disc was lit up. He seemed pretty tense and with the other light going through the window.. he was getting very tense.

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird Headshook and looked around and lingering at Faruja and the concern and apparent change. "So hm. You going to be alright?" She waited for an answer then saw Deelel pop up. A RECOGNIZEABLE FACE! "Alright Deelel you say we need to move we move. Just... we're a huge group. Do we split up try not getting noticed or rounded up all in one clump?" Curious voice. She had questions. LOTS of questions, but they werne't safe. iNstead she closed her eyes and focused, holding her hand out flat til a small flame appeared in her palm before fading out. "Yep. Magic still works. Anyone need healing before we get going?"

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi has no idea what is going on and nothing so far has helped clarify the situation. He looks around for someone to test the waters out with. "Nope," says the man as he holds his hand out. Flame to Ice to Lightning to Holy to Flame and POOF! Well at least some of the basics work. That is a strange relief. Noticing Maira, he makes light of the situation-- creeping over, "Oooooh. We are in a strange placceee. Fire war?" Yes. Paulo is not taking this seriously. Lets play a game of fire war-- where we burn each other up until one of them needs BURN HEAL.

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' The older man has taken his moment. "Oi, lass." This at Avira. "Lad, head outta the clouds." At Paulo. The two hadn't parted on the best terms, but this doesn't seem to be a huge problem. He digs around in his satchel and finds that his emergency supplies are still there, perhaps digitized but present nonetheless. "Likewise on the healing, I've tinctures that can mend at least. Let's heed the warnings of our kind hosts and not risk a fight in another's territory." The smith has been walking as he spoke. He stares down whatever streets he can find, the digital glow discomfiting, but this is not so terrifying as it is strange and new. He's checking for any sign of encroaching forces. He's ALSO peering into bins for discarded data he can understand, or signs of aid. He's more vulnerable than most. Someone who fights using the environment is off his footing when put in unfamiliar space. "And here I was two days away from retirement." he intones, deadpan, taking a dagger out of his pocket and trying to score the ground beneath his feet in order to see what effect this might have. The dagger is mythril - or it was. Who knows what it is now?

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' Arthur Drover says, "I've lived a lot, lad. That's why I'm scared for my blessed life right now, but it's a good fear, gets the muscles pumping. An' if ye don't show some respect I'll reach into your claudication and turn it insie' out. Don't think I can't." But there's mirth in his eyes as he lets out a "thbbbbt" in return."

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Glorious, glorious hugs. And there's no fire involved to boot! By Faram, Faruja Senra has needed hugs these last few days. Cue hugs without shame, and even a little Reize-esque crying. "My wonderful, wonderful friend, hardly could I say. And...bah, no time!" The now ex-Burmecian glances, about, slowly getting to his feet. TRON. Avira. Maira. Deelel. He feels safe already. He's not sure about some of the others, but the group in general seems tied through various associations. It's a good indicator. Even if there's a noble along. "Red enemies, and they yet know of our arrival. Simple enough. And quite the response time, I must say. Impressive." Smile! He gets steady on his feet, for some amount of steady. "Dear Lord how do you humans move without a proper tail..." grumble grumble. His spear is out, and already he's in front of Maira. Tank go! "Lady Deel, thy bar tab is mine own when next we go out! Er...thank thee..." Blush! Dang compliments. He tilts his head slightly, already vexed at not being able to move them to hear. A wave of the hand to Blackbird. "I...shall manage. The sooner we are gone, the better methinks."

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Serah Farron has been in some of those digital worlds before, but she doesn't know what's giong on this time. Last time she entered through a similar 'laser', but it feems a bit different this time. She blinks at Tron's announcement "Strays? Are they considered... as bad things?" She knows all about being an outcast. She has the reflex of rubbing her upper arm, where there's a bandange covering. "... I rather not stay around to see what happens in person." Not to mention that 'Purgos' kinda sounds like Purge, which is something that happened, and she pretty much caused because of the events there..." She decides to stick close to Mr Rat Knight too.

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird glowers at Paulo. "Too flashy and wastes resources we don't have to spare." Hard voice and snappish lady as she checked her pockets, pulled phone out and frowned at the inert black rectangle. "Also my phone is dead." She closed her eyes. Nothing. "Still dead.... but Magic works and we're fugitives on the lamb... or something. I'm with that guy there." She points to Arthur. "It's alright to be scared. I'm scared. I'm not much good in a fight, but i can keep you meatheads going. Anyone else know healing magic?" She's speaking fast now, panic creeping in. "What do you think, magi in the middle, ring of tanks?" Shifty eyes looking 'round. Good idea yes yes?

:'''[[Maira]] has posed:''' Maira looks over and flashes a smile to Paulo, fellow mage and mischief maker it would seem. Maira laughs lightly, shaking her head. "I'd win," she says with a wink. Maira then looks to Arthur, nodding. "Well obviously, I don't want us to get caught in a fight if we don't need to, if we need to move lets move--and I have healing too. Phew, that's really nice. A lot of people with healing magics and potions. I've gotten so use to usually being the only one," she admits. She is sort of the resident medic for VALKYRI, after all. Back to Faruja, Maira leans in to press a quick kiss to his forehead. He has obviously been through quite an ordeal. "Later, we'll talk my friend!" she comments. To Blackbird, Maira smiles gently. "We'll be alright, we just stick together. Someone will guard you if you don't fight well, don't worry miss." Maira has her trusty not-currently-a-rat tank, even injured as he is. She gives Faruja a look, but just shakes her head. She's not going to make an issue of it in front of all these people. A man needs his pride. Sometimes.

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi shakes a glorious fist at Arthur, but all the while he is grinning broad. He turns to Blackbird and raises an eyebrow, "Wait-- what? Speak for yourself! I have plenty of resources." Its true, he does. Most of them in sugar form. Of course to the 'who can heal', Paulo shrugs, "I'd answer but I dont want to 'show off', your highness." Finally, some kindred spirits. Paulo goes to nudge Maira, "When we get out of here-- you are so on."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel knew trouble was coming but if she could settle her friends it would hell their odd of surviving. "Any magic may be seen as viral possibly keep that in mind." She looks over to Arthur for a moment nodding a little but her face hidden and wonders if Arthur is temping fate with that comment. There's little she can do about it. "We have to be prepared also please don't use my name. I have not been flagged for anything except perhaps being missing. Just keep that mind mind as well. I have faith in you, agreed. This could be bad, the grid is far more militant now then when. We only have two people who know the region at all, even then we'll still be in a huge group. Better to keep together unless TRON calls otherwise."

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' "Alright." Arthur reaches into his pockets. "I don't trust my potions, my bow no longer remotely resembles a weapon..." he gestures the the old horn bow, now a blocky pixellated monster with no string, "and I'm no mage - but there's one thing that should be the same on all worlds." What shimmer in the smith's hands are like jewels as they pour form the pouch, red, blue, green, white, orange, all glowing from within. "Maira. These are a result of our experimentation in Gummitech. I managed to bind a spell into the material. Consider them your payment. Each is different, I don't have time to explain. Throw and run." A pouch, glistening with a silvery shimmer unlike the burlap which birthed it, is tossed to the woman. "Share with those as need." The items were a new discovery, made of the stuff from the space between worlds. It's probably as alien as it gets, and in response to Deelel's warning, he adds: "Best save them for emergencies. They're about two thirds the power of a spell cast by a journeyman, but you can use a bunch of them or lay traps if you see the delay catch on the side."

:'''[[Eric Bartholomew Mimsy III]] has posed:''' Eric had tumbled to the floor upon entry, and had noticed the distinct lack of claws on his hands when he'd tried to push himself up, also noting the strange light-blue lines on the sleeves of his black tuxedo. His top hat was likewise bedecked with a line on each side forming a ring on the top of his hat, and his glossy black cane had digi-lines all down it. Now he kept trying to stand and faceplanting, because Nezumi typically stand with ankles raised off of the ground, and human legs just didn't have the musculature to keep that up for long. "Strays?!! We are not animals on the street!" Eric exclaimed in indignation, huffing and crossing his arms irritably - he'd rather given up on the rather ungraceful business of standing for now and was sitting cross-legged on the floor. At least that was still doable. Eric was a little jealous of all the coddles Faru was getting, but then these were his friends, so Eric settled for stating with a smirk, "Methinks your girlfriend is a touch doting of thee for such mixed company." He was joking, really, and what a wonderful first impression he was giving everyone. His head perked at the mention of fire wars - he was likewise irked at the lack of ears to twitch about - but he kept his face neutral. It sounded fun, aside from actually burning anyone. He spared a glance at Ser Senra "W-wait, you mean we can't use magic?!!!" Eric squeaked. This was a touch problematic for all the mages here, which he was one.

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi shakes his head to Eric, "No. It means if you use magic you'll be treated as a virus. A virus being a bad thing." Lets be honest here, a royal sage from Mysidia doesnt really know what a virus is outside of the Bio spells. He continues on, "Though if what Be-- er TRON-- was saying is true-- being a virus seems the least of our worries. We are already 'Eradicate on Site' to the locals. So breathe. Breathe in... breathe out..." The young blonde sage looks to Deelel, "We are breathing right. This world-- air goes in us, ya? Or is this psuedo not-really-air air? Or can we not call it air, for fear it has been classified as another 'Nono' word and will amplify our potential for destruction from the locals?" Yes. Rules. Blerg.

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird nods. Healing and or Magic might seem Viral. Wait.... Viral? She looked from Deelel to Tron to Beck and shook her head."OK. Dumb question. Where did hte laser spit us out at?" Thoughts and ideas bumped around and collided in her head. "This place is giving a very space paranoids vibe. I don't want to be the person to ask stupid but knowing the enviroment might be helpful to us newbies.."

:'''[[Oblivion]] has posed:''' It wasn't to long until those lights out side suddenly blazed right onto the building. It came right through the door. The sound of marching feet could be heard not to long after Beck had tenses up fully. And soon the door was suddenly kicked right down. Two by two they marched in. Massive wide shoulders and no real faces to see. Their circuit lines were red and staves in their hands that had glowing red tips. Beside them were much thinner units, with disc in their hands. CLU's forces were here. One of them spoke up. "All Programs," Their voices were deep and slightly distorted, almost robotic. "You are to stand down and be.." Suddenly they stared at Beck. "Its the Regenade! Then these are.." Another one speaks up. "Get him and those programs!" And thus the sudden charge of at least ten different guys came rushing in fully.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' The Renegade however was ready for this, so when they marched in. His hand was already tense. He leaped into the air and fired off his disc with a spin. Before catching it, sending it at another guard. Then at another. "If you can fight, FIGHT! If you can't, stay at the rear!" Then the Renegade ran up a wall before he flipped off and just tossed his disc once again for good measures. He wasn't sure what to do to get them out of here. TRON city was a big city. They could take the back ways and underground tunnel, but they have to get their first.

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird eyenaarrowed when the lights went out. No more questions. time to move but... but but... Well when in doubt BUFF. She looked over to TRON, the one in black, the one she sorta knew. and started layering on magic.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' "Yes...let's, my dear." Responds Faruja to the good, reliable, lovable Fire Lady. Really, who could ask for a better friend? A sharp intake of breath. That isthe sound of a Templar trying to not strangle a noble. "Oh, she is most tolerant and kind!" Breathe out. Save the violence for the guys in red. If he still had a tail, it'd be lashing right now. There are good questions being bandied about, though, and the rat listens. There are people rushing in, however, before he gets any good answers. Kicking down the door, in fact. Faruja frowns. "Fah! While thy response time is most admirable, Sers, thy lack of an intimidating presence as a whole as well as thy emotionless delivery deducts three points. Seven out of ten points. BACK TO TRAINING WITH YE, KNAVES!" Cue Faruja sweeping in with his spear, stabbing and swatting at anyone who dares get close to Maira.

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' "Yeah yeah yeah," Paulo says-- despite the obvious danger he has difficulty taking it seriously. Digital Paulo holds his hand out-- chanting wordlessly as his lips part. When the hand closes-- a hexagon-like barrier appears towards Faru, Deelel, and Maira. "Running or staying?" he asks the fearless leaderships.

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Well, there goes the plan of leaving as quietly as possible... They are spotted. And they aren't happy either. She heard about not using magic, but... there's not much choice here either. She pats Faruja's shoulder encouragingly as she takes a step back, and takes a sweeping look at everyone around her "I have your back, you can count on my healing!" She announces to them confidently. She brings her hands together, looking as if offering a prayer, as she chants up her magic, two shimmering shields for magical and physical protection surrounding Faruja and Deelel. She's the White Mage of this party.

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' Arthur moves quicksilver fast. Whipcord muscles tug something from his pocket. A weapon? Arthur has produced a much-loved and dogged picture of his wife. Yeah, a weapon. He takes a delicate moment to fold it up and place it in his pocket. Arthur doesn't run, he doesn't rush. He famously doesn't rush. The forces encroach and there's a moment's grunting assay. Their posture, their yell, this is hostility both open and malicious. "Group together. " He hurls a dagger - or the digital representation of a dagger. It flies with surprising accuracy. There is a string tied to it. It has a group of violent orange gummis tied to the handle. A moment later, it explodes into a line of flame intended to bisect the battlefield, cutting some of the enemy forced aside and giving Tron his opening. But the fire doesn't stop there. This time he hurls a spheroid object overhand, and it lands in a gust of wind that fans the flames higher still and rains purple-green data down on the opposing force. Once this is done, the smith begins to hum. "Ding, dong didero~ Black coal yellows..." Whatever the black, faintly shimmering, poorly voxelated object is, it was once a Dwarven catalytic stone. Now it might as well be hellfire. "We all go home, kids." The flames leap like a living thing, the violent orange probably offensive. No point hiding it now. Once the mirror's broken, it doesn't matter how ugly you were.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' No magic? No problem for Avira. She's trained for this! Some brief words are exchanged with Faruja before things really get bad and she marvels over the whole 'Faruja is a HUMAN' thing for a few seconds. With a few quick steps, she's over by Maira, standing close to her, shoulders hunched. "Stay close to me." she warns her, idlily wondering if Maira was carrying a gun on her now that Mercade gave her lessons. She...really should. Especially for situations like these. But at least Arthur has her back! With /Gummi Grenades/. The nearest...blackguard is it? that ventures too close is suddenly assaulted with the spine, which is just as sharp and dangerous as it is in the real world. Even without magic, Avira proves herself to be extremely capable with her unusual weapon.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON twirls his Silver Disc between his fingers as his attention temporarily disconnects from the conversations around himself. Perusing the data Flynn gave him, evaluating the images, trying to... remember...? Just /why/ is it so terribly easy to access this data when it is a distraction at best even in Userspace? There is no more time. The doors derez in a shower of voxels, admitting a new group of Programs--red lines, armor--so terribly familiar, but reskinned from what he truly /knows/. His Silver Disc activates with an ominous hum, illuminating the black glassy surface of his full-face visor without revealing the face underneath, and takes a defensive stance. <"You heard the Renegade!"> He finds it far too easy to let Beck take the lead considering the circumstances. <"And whatever you do--ztay together!"> He lunges forwards a step as he throws his Disc, aiming to have the frisbee-like object ping-pong amongst as many of the 'security forces' as possible. He grabs a pike from another, attempting to wrench it out of the Program's hands and use it against he and his fellows, before catching-and-throwing his Disc once more into their midst.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel sees the red lined programs oh this was going to get crazy, this was so going to get crazy as more and more guys come in he disc comes out. She says nothing she's not going to talk she hears The Renegade call out orders and her disc is already armed at this point, she's gong to fight where she has to but she's aiming to not kill just disable them, it's faster anyway. She runs several command lines boosting her combat abilities. However her friends were going to get so much notice. They are her friends but she just sees how chaotic they can really be. A thought strikes her about them but that's something best saved for later, she's not even sure how Beck would take the comparison. She' now closes as her friends are forming up into combat with the local Blackguard. This was going to be a heck of a welcome back. She twists she shifts she moves to disable as she planned. IF anyone notices her efforts who knows? She's not about to let a friend get killed but ...doesn't feel right to kill if she doesn't have to.

:'''[[Maira]] has posed:''' Maira nudges Paulo back, laughing quietly. "Alright, if you're sure!" she replies. That should be fun and interesting! Better make sure to, you know, live. That is of rather paramount importance, actually. Maira looks then to Arthur, her eyes growing round as he passes her the bag filled with gummi--infused with spells. "Ohhh...." she says, a world of possibilities entering her mind. Oh, they're gonna need to talk after this! "Ehehe...alright, I'll be careful with them! And I will try to keep my magic to a minimum but its...really all I can do," she says, biting her lip gently. She's no Avira, who has some spells but is also a badass warrior. Maira is squishy. Like, really squishy. Thinking about that, is of course the moment that the big scary dudes break the door down, assume they are all the enemy, and start attacking. Maira's eyes widen and she reaches for Blackbird to move her behind her--hey, maybe she's even squishier, or at least less used to people trying to kill/kidnap her. Blackbird has the right idea though, its buffing time. She can fight, but its probably best if she stays toward the back, which she does. The mage smile and nods to Paulo as she recognizes his protection spell being applied to her, and waves her hand to do likewise--though her protection is different. Maira takes a breath then reaches up to press a hand against her chest roughly over where her heart is, letting out a few soft notes that ring pure through the otherwise discordant din of battle. A warmth is carried by her brief song, settling over Paulo, Avira, and Faruja. She took a level in bard, okay?

:'''[[Maira]] has posed:''' Maira then takes a moment to look toward Eric, his comment finally registering. "I'm not Faruja's girlfriend, silly. He's just a dear friend," she replies with a smile. She's not embarrassed. Amaaaazing.

:'''[[Eric Bartholomew Mimsy III]] has posed:''' Well Eric was already breathing, but he was finding himself following Paulo's instructions for some odd reason, upon which he said, "Hey!" But that was when /things/ suddenly came through the door - human-looking things with red lines army-marching through the door! And Eric started following Paulo's instructions anew - he didn't have the courage of Faruja and certainly didn't have the battle experience. He was just a spoiled, rich little merchant who does magic tricks for kids, that's all! Although even magic tricks can be deadly, and with panic mounting into rage, Eric summoned a ball of fire into his hand, lobbing it overhead to strike at whatever red-lined enemies weren't being cut apart by the blades of the warriors. To Maira's comment, he simply smirked and said in mock-disbelief, "Certainly, my dear." Eric, stop yanking your allies' chains mid-battle.

:'''[[Oblivion]] has posed:''' Beck's own disc comes slashing through the troops. Knocking a few of them back and derezing one of them. Then Faruja's spear slams through one of the thinner guards, and when the spear was pulled out, his whole body crumbles down to voxel of cubes onto the ground. The Flames impact the others, causing them to stagger back as their bodies nearly catch on fire. They knew what fire was. They had explosion here on the Grid, just like they had weather. A few of them end up getting burned alive and they too, become voxels. Yet more continue to storm in. The news of the Regenade was here was passing quick and one of them even yells to kill the Regenade and capture the others for the games. Avira' sword comes in and one with a disc quickly counters the weapon, as one of the larger ones with a staff ends up slamming it right into Avira's hammer. The red end of it which makes contact may send a bit of a jolt through her body. Though the Dwarf attack was most effective, many of the guards quickly moves away after the first group got put onto fire. This means now that several of them are on the move and heading right for everyone. Disc being thrown, staffs being swung Though one a few get targeted. As it seem the numbers were indeed thinning out.

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird growls low as she looked at the guards before running at one of the thinner ones. Suicide? Madness? Nope! As she ran she pulled her pistol out, an old 1911 colt. She didn't know if it would work here, but it dind't matter since it was empty. She just used it as a convenient focus. Instead she leveled it at her target and opened fire; channling fire and lightning through the weapon and sending each in small orange and blue-white blobs out. And then if she wasn't already cut to ribbons she'd try pistol whipping the poor guard with the butt of her pistol. It's only in mid-run that she noticed Thing had hit her. Oh well Thing hadn't actually HURT her yet. So KEEP GOING.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Faruja at once is Protect'd, Shell'd, and Song'd thanks to the combined efforts of Serah, Paulo, and Maira. A nod to the trio, Faruja already feeling better, makes for another attack. It's wobbly, and his newness on his feet shows. He glances to Avira, muttering prayers for her inclusion. He can certainly trust her to protect Maira should his new problems cause him to falter! Then, there's fire. Faruja gasps, old fears welling up inside of him. He grips his spear tighter, breathing hard. The smell of burning bodies fills his nose... No. He grits his teeth, and moves that much closer to Maira. Think of /her/. The warm, friendly flames. Not the ones being thrown by his fellow ex-Burmecian. Frown. "My, my, my. Back to training indeed." Mutters the rat. But, of course, the weaklings have numbers. They must not get paid much. Spear-thrust! "Shining light, spill down with divine retribution! Holy Explosion!" The heavenly light of Holy Explosion slams down, seeking to reduce more security to voxels. They're not playing nice, and neither is the rat. Not when his friends are in danger. Then, up goes his spear, parrying and generally keeping the heat off of Maira like a good PalaDragoon.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck somehow manages to go ignored. Maybe because of what TRON did. Either way he slides through some of the guards, "Excuse me." Before snatching up a few batons that have fallen to the ground. The white suited program then quickly uses one of the guards to jump onto and spring board off, before he yells over to a few. "Catch!" He then tosses out for batons to four people. He then flips one of them over. Before he then spins his disc around the area. Allowing it to ping pong off the walls, before jumping up into the air to recatch it and then, tossing another one through some of the guards. Before tossing out a few more batons.

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' The Synthesist notices the approaching forces. "We should be thinking about retreat, now." He calls it aloud. No point worrying about being overheard. "We've all got a reason to leave and no one plays the martyr. Play the man instead. Savin' yer presences." This is directed generally at those of a female or feminine persuasion, and followed by a genteel smile. His voice turns more gruff as he adds: "And if any of you die, remember that a forgemaster rules hell, and he might owe me a favor. Now come on!" The movement is languid, almost practiced. He pulls the bow from his shoulder. Arthur is leery. A consummate artisan, now armed with a blocky mess. His bracers didn't manifest. A string of energy springs to life on the weapon, as if it remembers what it is and what it is for. He nocks an arrow, which looks blocky and not at all pleasing - but it holds. The "string" is ephemera - light and air and little more. When he fires the arrow, he doesn't fire at the forces of Oblivion, he fires straight up instead. Where the shot hits the ceiling, it turns into a starburst, bright as a second sun - assuming there is a first sun, he hadn't checked and doubted it could be called a sun. But the light doesn't blind, it's a warming thing. Not magical, just pyrotechnics and a vaporous distribution of regenerative chemicals. Or so it would have been in the real world. Here it might as well be hope. At that moment, he kicks backward, momentarily not under attack. Another practiced move as Drover tries desperately to find an alleyway not clogged with the red tide. Above, the sun blazes like a beacon, unafraid for all it probably sends ripples of awe or notice through the system.

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi looks back and over to the beneficial spells. A thumbs up goes back to Serah, "I'll leave the defensive magic to you!" He paces forwards-- towards the hordes as he finds a spot nearby Faru. Yes-- right in the thick of combat. His hands start glowing where an orb barely shimmers. "So, you getting used to your new form? I haven't seem you fall yet," he engages in candid commentary to Faru-- flashing a grin back to Maira who he ends up nearby through proximity to her protector. "Whoa," the sage deflects a blow-- returning what looks like small laser beams from his fingers-- held like pistols as he goes, "Pew Pew." Western-Paulo. Take that, programs.

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Serah Farron watches as the first troups are easily taken down by the front row attacks. She looks over to Paulo and Faruja, nodding to them "... Was that all of them you think?" She hopes it won't get any worse than that at least. She has a mind to check on the downed soliders too, not wanting anyone to die either, wether they are programs or users. Although she doesn't know what a 'user' is either. "... We probably should leave before more arrive, we probably made alot of noise and that will attract more of them."

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Avira made a promise that Maira wouldn't get hurt by these! That means, of course, getting in the way of the guys that come to fight her, even if her weapon doesn't seem to do much on first pass. She grunts angrily at the jolt and sidesteps around Maira, keeping her back to the fire mage. Avira makes sure she remains as a tiny wall against the incoming guards. Programs exploding into voxels...well, it's not something Avira's seen before like this. She's seen damage done to Deelel, but it's always been very little. Not complete destruction! She doesn't let this bother her at the moment and remains focused. "This is bad, we need to get out of this warehouse or we're going to stay trapped here." A battle of attrition did not look good. She continues her close quarters combat with that one guard, stepping forward and jabbing multiple times.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON rips the staff out of a heavy Blackguard's hands and twirls it, blocking a Disc or two that flies his way. He sweeps the staff low, twisting to face the incoming reinforcements-- A Disc clips the side of one knee, barely scratching the black surface but a noticeable blue voxelization appearing in its wake. It's not much, but it does hobble him. He drops the staff for the moment and removes his Black Disc, tensing noticeably as Arthur's light washes over him. He can feel the effects strengthening him, and wastes no time in throwing both Discs at the incoming enemy in a constant rhythm of throw-bounce-return-repeat. In-between Disc throws, he catches spare batons from Beck and tosses them further back to the others. <"Grab one, get ready to uze it!"> He doesn't keep one for himself, as he already has one at his hip.

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi grabs one of those baton-- things. You know who is a BA sage? This guy right here. He throw it on the ground and says, "Superbot, Activate!" Just kidding. Not cool, Paulo. Not cool. Nothing happens. He picks it back up admist the action, "Some assembly required, boss." Over his shoulder he points the hand-lasers and pew pews three more guards that come in.

:'''[[Maira]] has posed:''' Swiping red-gold hair hastily away from her face, Maira's eyes dart from friend to friend, making sure they were all alright before she settles on a course of aggressive action. She catches Paulo's look and nods, smiling. Yup, time for the mages to do some damage! Though Arthur catches her attention next, and she remembers the pouch he'd tosses her. Aha! "If anyone finds an exit, I can help cover our escape!" she says then, stuffing the bag of gummies into her pocket for the time being, wanting to save them for when they will be most useful (as much as she wants to see what they do NOW). Maira watches Faruja and Avira closely, shouting a quick "Down! Incoming!" to warn them that she is going to start slinging spells. Maira raises her hands, which quickly ignite, sheathed in bright flame that is very real, heating the air around her for several feet. She throws one hand outward to direct her energy, closing her fist as a fire ball flies from her hand to sail toward the enemy forces.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel even with her experience in user space she's still surprised as she's been able too disable two of the black guards with east, she's grinning behind her faceplate it seems she truly has grown past her original purpose and that's just the final proof of it to her. She quickly snags the two downed guards batons and will toss them out to anyone who still has needed of them. "Catch these are out tickets out of here. They form lightcycles, that we can get out of here on. I don't want to remain before they start being the really heavy firepower here. Just watch me." Deelel is now effected by more magic an other powers sending her combat abilities much higher much to her surprise. Deelel pulls the baton off of her leg and holds out she makes sure it's easy to see how she's activating the bite from the baton which forms in a wire frame about her fleshing out a fully forms current gen lightcycle. Most noticeable thing about the cycle is it almost seems Deelel is a part of the bike herself from how she's now formed almost into it. "If you used a cycle in user space same basic set up the controls are the same. If you haven't?" Deelel takes a moment to explain the basics of their operation and prays to her User they are enough for her friends. Her own machine revs it's engine. "We shouldn't waste time, tanks and worse will be on the way at this rate."

:'''[[Oblivion]] has posed:''' Beck's own attacks came racing in. One of them got knocked right over, while several more were voxeled away. A few that attempted to defend themselves from the Renegade's attacks suddenly get blasted through by the backside by Blackbird. A few them started to stagger back now. The programs they were facing (unaware that most of these were not programs at all!), were putting a hurt on their numbers. Faruja's own attack came in and several of them were able to defend themselves. Including also when Avira moved in as well. Then the laser beams from the Sage collide into several of them who were not ready for it and they get turned into voxels as well. TRON then performed some nice feats of fancy getting a good deal of them corned and causing a few of them to actually head for the door as they try to defend themselves. Actually retreating! Which may be a good thing-- or a bad thing. Maira's fire then clears out several more into nice voxels, while Deelel is able to knock out some guards and take their batons. As for the rest. They are running away.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Faruja nods towards the others, frowning. "Agreed. So much as I appreciate a proper martrydom, time and place, Sers and Dames!" His head tilts. Paulo speaks. Wobble. "'Tis not as hard as it initially seemed! One merely shifts their center of gravity just a touch..." Oh, wait, spells. FIRE! Luckily, Faruja doesn't have to be told twice, that familiar non-friendly Maira heat on his back. Duck! "Now, about that method of transportation? Oh dear /Faram/ why did I not bring Arista along?" Somehow he doubts summoning her would work well here. Nor does he seem to get the use of the batons! Until Deel explains. Faruja turns to the group at large. "Human...or program in this case...technology is not my forte." Explains the rat quickly. Nope, he'll not be the driver tonight, Sers and Dames.

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi watches Deelel-- taking note of the 'how' and 'why'. If nothing else, Paulo is a very quick study. "Got it," he says with a cocky grin-- looking over his shoulder to see more baddies coming. With a quick motion of his hand, digital wind kicks the baton to his hands. He runs forward-- leaping and kicking into a bike. There we go, there is the BA transformation he was looking for. It revs up right in front of Serah as he tells her, "Come with me, if you want to live," in his most masculine voice possible. Note: Still not very masculine. He is only 19. The engine revs.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Some people already called it right. They need to get out of here and Deelel was already going over some of the cycle basics. "If you don't know how to ride a bike. You can catch a ride with me." The Renegade says calmly as he then hooks his disc to his back and pulls out his own. "Stay close to me and follow my lead. These guys have cycles as well and some far worse things." The Regenade then activates the cycle inside the arcade. He revs it a bit as he keeps his foot down on the ground. "..and is everyone alright?" Now the question was.. tunnel.. or Outlands..

:'''[[Eric Bartholomew Mimsy III]] has posed:''' Completely missing Faruja's reaction to his pyrotechnics, Eric grinned as he did a small mental dance of victory at seeing some of the things flee his fire... until he realized they were coming for the rest of them. He squeaked, about to cast a spell, but they were fleeing again as everyone else drove them off. He felt rather impotent, but at least they were all alive! He caught the baton and looked at it in open confusion, wondering why anyone thought it was a good idea to give a melee weapon to a Black Mage. And then Deelel said something about them being their ticket out of here and... woah! He gaped at the lightcycle, not entirely certain he could pilot something like that, as nothing like it existed in Gaia. He looked down at the batons. "Exactly how fast can these go?" he asked, rather unable to mask the boyish hopefulness in his voice. One of his favorite things he'd ever managed with his magic was zipping around in a kid's wagon on an aero when he was eight.

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Serah Farron picks up the 'baton', wondering what to do with it when its tossed her way. She even uses it to scratch the back of her head for a moment... but then Deelel does that little demonstration "... That's neat. I wonder if that'd work in our world too..." Well, if she can even bring the stick back with her, might be fnu to try. But for now... She holds the stick with her two hands, leaning forward slightly. The cycle materializes under her, forcing her into an even more prone position, and surrounding her with that sort of bubble protecting the driver, as she ends up sitting on top of it. "... Wow, that's incredible!" She exclaims from inside that bubble, looking around. She wobbles the stick a bit, and suddenly it rides off. She only has time to go ACK before she slams into a nearby post. She groans, the cycle disapearing and leaving her on the ground, on her knees. "Maybe I'm not good with driving..." She sighs, but puts the baton away in a pocket, as she looks up to Paulo's offer. She has a giggle, shaking her head "Cute, but let's go quickly." She slides up and behind Paulo quickly, ready to drive off.

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird twisted around, still firing one handed while snagging a baton from mid-air. These guards were down and so she holdered her weapon and concentrated on the baton. "How does this work?" She shook it holding the thing like a sword handle. "HOW?!" Blackbird's mind spooled back to Deelel summining a bike. "Just throw it? Are there commands? Thought pattern? What?" She was shouting so she could be heard. In the middle of a battle and running for your lives was NOT the best time to suddenly be expected to know how to use New Thing. While she waited for a response she cast about with her healing magic focusing on TRON and Deelel. They were apparently natives here. Priority: Keep those two alive. And then Deelel gives a demonstration of how to USE the light cycle. Oohkay press button and throw. She remembered seeing Deelel do this before but now... Throw. She caught the handle bars right as the cycle formed around her. It felt like a full body glove actually. Shes ridden many bikes but this felt almost like she was laying down and gliding along the road. Pity she always wante a recumbant like off that one anime. oh well. All thought of being chased was momentarily cleared from her mind as she let out a joyous noise. "WOOHOOOHOOOO! YEEAA!" And away she went off to wherever Deelel was headed.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Avira gladly snags a baton. She's familiar with the light cycles-and by that she means she's had to fight Deelel while she was riding one in the arena a while ago. Carefully, she watches Deelel hold the baton so a light cycle is summoned in front of her. "I know how to ride a motorcycle. Mercade taught me." she announces, leaning over so the bike appears beneath her. "Maira, get on my bike and get those gummi grenades ready. If they chase us, I want you to bomb the crap out of them."

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' Arthur takes hold of one of the batons. He waves the incomprehensible rod, taking time to inspect it before anyoner flies off. "Avira, this is highly experimental." He doffs his satchel and passes it over to the inventor. "Throw it and make sure you are far away. It was an early failure, I don't have two. A thing should be elegant and beautiful, even if it is a tool and even if it will die in its use." This cryptic explanation passed, the synthesist waits to see if anyone is tagging along with him, and should they do so, he will take off. In any other circumstance, the old hunter rides alone - keeping to the rear with the surprises still in his last remaining pair of satchels.

:'''[[Maira]] has posed:''' Maira looks up as a baton comes flying in her general direction. Reactively she catches it in a hand still wreathed in flame, though she quickly extinguishes it before it can do any damage. She then looks to Deelel, watching the light cycle appear, her eyes widening in proportion to her grin, which becomes downright maniacal as she realizes what she holds in her hand. Girl has a serious need for speed. GLEE! She has no real idea how to drive one of these things, but there is absolutely zero chance she isn't going to give it a try. Zero. Maira mimics Deelel's motions and summons the light cycle around herself, accompanied with a slightly unnerving girlish giggle of utter excitement. "Avira! No way! I'm driving! Someone has to take Faruja Faruja, hop on and come with me!" she calls, reaching into her pocket then to pass Faruja the pouch Arthur had given her. "Okay, we're going last and we're gonna cover our escape, got it? Throw these behind us as we go! Trust me! Go go!" she calls to the others. Assuming Faruja does indeed hop on, the two of them will wait for the others to all clear out before Maira peels out on the lightcycle. There are only two modes Maira knows; Stop, and Hold-Onto-Your-Everything-Break-Neck-Speed. She does the second one, bwee'ing in wild abandon! "BWEEEEE!!!"

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Avira loops the sachel over her shoulder immediately. Only once she has it secured to her does she peek inside. There is a moment of pause as her eyes widen, "Oho, this will be /fun/ to deploy." she doesn't want to pass this object off to anyone else. Maira refuses her ride and Avira frowns. Oh well, if she was with Faruja, she'll be in good (human!) hands.

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi revs one last time for effect. Have to have effect. Paulo promptly speeds off with the bike group with Serah in tow. It is kind of like that one game with a hero wielding a sword and princess wielding a bow. Only Paulo has a beard-- and cant use a sword very well. Its nothing like that, actually. Either way, the sage revs around-- banking left and right to test this things manueverability. "Yaaaaahhhooooo," he yells to the digital wind as he drives.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel still kinda shudders at all the voxels everywhere it's just well a mess in her point of view she's reving the engines and she smirks at the question. "Fast enough, damn fast actually compared to say what your used to for a mount." Deelel's machine revs she's ready to ride. Sure it's not as fast as her classic first gen bike but it's a heck of a lot harder to ID than that would be. Given there were a handful of them around on the grid when she was last here, now there might not be any of them left. She revs her engines. "The cycles do, lets chatter lets get going just follow us and have a little faith." Deelel intends to ride guard given her better experience with lightcycles over her life. She's also mentally checking her friends. Everyone is okay more or less she does look over to Faruja for a moment. "Well my dear Dragoon lets see how you handle this if you want flight maybe we can provide for that later, but that will need lessons." Maira, and Avira are all set up it's time to get rolling but she's not so up to date on the grid's layout. A lot could have changed while she was away. So she calls out to Beck. "TRON, lead the way, boss."

:'''[[Eric Bartholomew Mimsy III]] has posed:''' Alright, Eric, don't be a showoff. You don't have to prove your nez- manliness by pretending you know what you're doing when you clearly don't. You don't have to try the super-cool-awesome-looking-thing while being chased down by a pack of hunters. You don't have to- Maira was doing it. And Faru was riding. With a grin, Eric pushed the button, tossed the baton into the air... and squeaked in minor alarm as the lightcycle formed around him. Even more stupidly, once over the initial surprise of what happened to everyone else happening to him, he revs the engine to full throttle and goes peeling off in glee, "SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!" ..... Dead man driving...

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Faruja takes the pack of gummi grenades, holding on. The ex-rat peers at the light cycle suspiciously. "Oh Faram, this is one of those contraptions Lady Deel rides." Squint! A foot pokes the cycle. He turns to Maira. He watches that grin spread on her face. Faruja hops on, distinctly silent for a moment. Then, he speaks, the slightest nervous tremble to his voice. "...Now, Maira, please let us ride at a reasonable spe...EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" Off into the sunset, Faruja holds onto bike and Maira for dear life. Blink. Something catches his mind as he tries to distract himself from BREAK NECK MAIRA RIDE. He pulls out a voxel. Deel's voxel. Blink. He remembers those guards. "...D...Dear Faram this could be Deel's spleen." Yup, he's now thoroughly disturbed. He puts Deel Spleen Voxel back in his inventory.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' The black form of TRON seems to glance over at the others if the helm-cant is of any indication, many of whom are getting the hang of using the Light Cycles. These particular designs look strange to him, but he's far more used to... well, /his/ Grid's Light Cycle. Pity it can't take passengers. Then again, as fast as it can get? <"Take whichever route you feel iz better for our group,"> he replies to Beck. He unclips his own baton--oddly just a plain glowing-blue cylinder compared to the more intricate batons of the others--and grasps it in both hands. He snaps forwards as the wire-frame of a completely-canopied Light Cycle forms around him, solidifying into a blue Light Cycle of much different (and older) make than the ones the others use. <"Once we get moving, I will zcout around and enzure we are not followed."> His voice is further distorted, as if speaking through a subpar speaker with a modulator. <"Renegade, lead on.">

:'''[[Maira]] has posed:''' Faruja is holding on for dear life alright! "Uh, Faru!? Could you not hold onto to THOSE?" she calls back in mild alarm.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Aaand users are driving around. Beck glances over to TRON. There was a bit of a deadpan look behind the black full face visor. Man. Did they need to get a lasso? However TRON suggest to roll with it. So the Renegade TRON only nods his head. He is thankful Deelel also called him by what his title is here and he gave a nod to TRON when he told him to lead on. Maybe some of these users will get it, or the first TRON will have to play rodeo with his much faster light bike. "..You know," He says to TRON as he revs his light cycle again. "..when we get to Argon-- you are going to snag a ton of attention with that thing." He almost sounds playful. "..I know someone who be jealous of it too." and then The Renegade is off, to lead the charge to the Tunnel! It should be a nice one way shot into the backside of Argon and much closer to Purgos and hopefully Tesler isn't-- waiting or.. something. Fraggin' Tesler.

:'''[[Eric Bartholomew Mimsy III]] has posed:''' At Maira's shout, Eric shouted above the digital wind, "Dear Lord Faru, is now really the time to be groping your girlfriend???" before breaking off into peals of squeaky laughter as he zoomed on ahead.

:'''[[Oblivion]] has posed:''' The tunnel was long and forces were indeed waiting. Thankfully TRON and the others had methods of handling the troops and they kept on moving through. However the tunnel had collapsed in one section and Beck had to find another way through the old tunnel system. They eventually did make it into outlining every of Purgos and right into the old city sector. Most everyone got ignored, at least at first. Though some started to scatter when they saw the Renegade. Others wondered why there was so many, till they saw the Renegade as well. By the end, the street was nearly vacant, beyond a few who still remained and those few only watched on. Up high on buildings were billboards and those billboards explained it all. The Renegade. Wanted dead or alive. Assassin program. Approach with Caution. Now it was the question if they could get the discs they needed...

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Faruja's nose bleeds, and his entire face is beat red. Hands go on the /waist/ now. "Erm...my deepest apologies! Merely...grasped for the most, ahem, convenient and graspab...shutting up now, my dear!" Poor thing sounds honestly embarrassed. Then Eric speaks. "SHE IS NOT MY GIRLFRIEND, MERELY A DEAR FRIEND! BESIDES, HATI'S ARE..." Pause. He clams up. Noope, not finishing that one. No need to dig his hole further! As they pass by those troops? Cue the occasional gummi grenade. Faruja grins. "My, my, my, I shall have to acquire a few of these..." Someone is impressed. Then, they're in Purgos. Faruja peers about. "My, my, my. 'Tis...beautiful, in its own right." Mutters the rat upon seeing so many large, tall buildings, somewhat reminding him of manhattan. Only glowy!

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Riding alongside Faru and Maira-- a rogue Paulo head turns to witness Faru's blight, "Suuuuuuuuuuuuurrr," he goes on-- which should end with a 'rrreeee' but his engine revs at that moment. Despite not being a real tech guy-- Paulo handles the bike very well. Reading the wind and adjusting quickly suits this method of transport. It is a lot like flying or floating at fast speeds. The bike sways with Serah on it as he makes it a fun ride. Sure, they might get obliterated at any moment, but at least he will have had a good time. "Man. He wasn't kidding about being wanted," serious-Paulo notes seriously about the sign. Just who is this Beck? Why is he wanted? What did he eat for dinner?

:'''[[Maira]] has posed:''' Despite having never driven a light cycle before, she manages not only not to crash and kill them both, but to actually maneuver around obstacles. AND she finds the breaks. She hits them as the others ahead of her do, though she didn't slow down much first, thus turning the bike to the side to drift it sideways until it comes to a stop, as if she were an action movie star. Maira dismisses the bike and begins bouncing around like a crazy person. "THAT WAS AWESOME!" She spots the billboard then and quiets down, looking around sheepishly as she winces an apology. "Ehe....sorry..." Maira then looks to Faruja, blinking. "Hati's are /what/?" she asks. The end of that better not have been 'better!'

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' The Renegade pulled in and grunted a little at the craziness that was the tunnel and in some ways, thankful for the others help. As the people started to scatter, it was a harsh reminder of the truth. The truth of what lies were created about him. Either by CLU-- or by someone who left a mark on him. "..This may be trickier then.." he mutters to himself, but doesn't continue. Looking back at the others. The Renegade then responds to Faruja, "..Purgos is one of the older cities. It use to be Argon proper.. really, until Argon became larger and sprawled out from it. Now it is a sector of Argon city that-- lower, more.. unable programs come too.. Because of that. There is a rather large black market here.. and not the best of people." Then to Maira, "..Its ok. There is a long story behind it.. but no real time to explain right now." The Renegade looked then over to Paulo, "..and no. I wasn't kidding." Then Beck dismounted from the bike, allowing it to return into the baton, before attaching it to his hip. "Just trying and keep a low profile for a bit. I need to go find someone who may be able to help us out." Renegade then looks at TRON, "..You think you can keep an eye on them while I go see what I can do." He then does a quick head count. "It shouldn't take me to long. They are not far from here." He places out his hand to TRON. "..and thanks.. by the way.." The white suited program then backs away from the others before he then takes off into the allies.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel was thinking this was one of those cycles and she totally agrees with the idea of getting a lasso a user roundup may be needed. She's going to have a mental image of Tron and Beck with cowboy hats for a while at this point. She speaks up at the mention of Argon. "I'm not going to like the state of Argon ... am I?" Even distorted one can hear the sadness in her voice, it's her home and she has no idea what's happened. She ignores the comments between Eric and Faruja, oh she so totally does. Also they are heading to the tunnel thankfully they are able to get through with no fatalities and it takes a while for them to get through but she can't help but look, damn Beck really has made an impression here. She also thinks Faruja is digging himself so darn deep today at this point. "It's ... home. This is the world I spoke to you of Faruja. Do you see now why only seeing it would do it any justice. It's the same for your world really. They don't like TRON, what can I say they are pulling a grand old SARK and MCP to be sure. As for where we're going we should be able to get what we need to help with our little problem. Her bike returns to the baton from which it came. It snaps back on to her leg as she gets moving with the group. "Insert foot A into Mouth Port B, Faruja?" She can't help but take this chance to poke at him. She meanwhile looks about doing head count, to make sure no one got lost.

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird has spent years around bikes. She is familiar with their operation and how to Not Die while riding one. Yet eventually the trip ends and she manages, somehow, to cause her bike to collapse back into a baton... which she hides in an inside pocket of her coat.. Then... Deelel spoke. TRON... SARK MCP. These names are Strange... yet hold a ring of familiarness to her. TRON was also Bradly's nickname when Flynn was around. Sark... Sark was't that from one of the games Flynn made? MCP. !!!!!!!!!!!!! She... wait. "This... We're in..." She tried speaking, articulate hat had jolted through her brain. "Master Control Program, as in what was running the Encom mainframe and primary network right before Flynn took over?"

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON drives the Light Cycle expertly, lagging more towards the back to assist Maira and Faruja with keeping the enemy at bay. Usually by using his bike's Jet Walls to herd the enemy into the Gummi Grenades. Turned out to be relatively effective, all things considered, but TRON feels a strange wobble in the front end that has only gotten worse since they've left the Arcade. It seems the damage suffered from past usage is affecting such things as handling. When they arrive in Purgos, he notices the billboards alright, the sheer number of them reflecting off of the canopy of his Light Cycle. But there is always a story, a matter of perception and perspective... and he feels like he's /missing/ something. Like he should know but simply... doesn't. Right. The Other. Must be some strange feedback or something. The blue old-style Light Cycle, predating anything on /this/ Grid if the assortment of modern-day Light Cycles in their convoy is of any indication, grabs a lot of attention by itself. Most don't even know what it is, but if the rider is with the convoy, they don't want to get anywhere close. It just proves that they're way too conspicuous out in the open like this. His Light Cycle dissipates and he lands on the ground with practiced ease, looking around with neither his stance nor his visor giving any indication of his thoughts nor identity. He only gives Beck a quick handshake before the Renegade runs off, then he motions to everyone else. <"Let'z ztick together and get out of the ztreet."> To Blackbird, he simply shakes his head. <"Negative. That iz..."> His voice trails off for a moment, then back as if nothing had happened. <"That iz another matter entirely. But there iz no time to explain now.">

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' Arthur angles the bike well. He's ridden a bucking chocobo. This is much smoother. He doesn't have any way to communicate with the other pairs - instead beaming along solo. Then they are coming to a stop. He manages, by sheer accident, a bootlegger's turn. Appropriate for a man who spent some of his younger days selling snake oil out of a caravan. The smith's feet find the ground and he immediately stows the rod in the band of his belt, where a sword would go. But he carries no sword. The forgemaster takes small chips of light out of his pocket. Once this was a powder, now it seems to have digitally congealed. As the others come to a stop, presumably to reconnoiter, Mr. Drover begins planting the chips in a wide circle, like a druid's ritual of warding or a magician's conjuring trick. He does not appear to be attentive. He is counting under his breath, measuring his steps. Something like string is drawn from his pack, once it was a loop of fire imp hair, now it is something else- shimmering like fresh-laid solder. His archer's gloves, made glowing by the reality of this place, handle it well. He loops it around a few of the little pips. The entire thing does not take long. It is much like a hunter setting snares - because it is. "Miss, my sympathies. Ye'll have to come to the forge for a drink when this is over. You know this world. You give me an order and I'll follow it, and I know that goes double for my young charges." Here he points at Paulo, Avira, Maira, voice somewhat harsher. "No time for big questions - but perhaps a little one, what is our route of escape? For that matter, how'd we get in here?" He's peeking into bins, behind buildings in bad repair, never going an inch out of view of the group, but he speaks amid constant movement. This is a habit his "forge buddies" would be familiar with. When Tron says no time to explain, the older man's ears perk, and he turns, all attention and keenness. But a few gold colored chips are thrown down one corridor, where they stick to the ground and erect sharp points. No civilians around, time to use the nasty tools.

:'''[[Eric Bartholomew Mimsy III]] has posed:''' Admittedly, Eric never found the brakes, but a good wind spell would do whenever he needed it! Or whenever he needed to blast some red-lines away! He shared Paulo's reaction of 'suuuuuuuuuuuure!' to Faruja's embarassment, the sage and black mage practically in-sync. Yup, totally liking this kid. As Eric rolled to a stop, a gale abated, whipping up what little might be whipped up in this strange world. As the light cycle vanished, he darted up to Maira squealing, "I KNOW, RIGHT?!!!" As his fellow ex-nezu dug his hole deeper, he couldn't help but chuckle, "Ohohoho, so Ser Senra has 'hotties' on the side?" Okay, yeah, he totally didn't get that that was a name, but he was still pulling the Templar's leg. Faru made it too easy! As Eric looked around at the billboards, however, his mood changed entirely. "Oh my..." he squeaked. He'd rather depleted his magic with all the saves he had to pull on himself to prevent a crash - he wasn't sure how much use he would be now.

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Serah Farron held on to Paulo throughout the ride, also marvelling at the speed and sights of the virtual city around them. Its quite beautiful. Her arms are tightly linked around Paulo's sides, not wanting to be knocked out or slip out by accident. At this speed, it'd be dangerous. "Its remarkably stable at this speed." She notes to him or noone in particular really. She hops off the cycle on arrival, smoothing her skirt down a bit after the ride "Is the exit here, or did we just go even deeper into danger?" She wonders. She thrusts TRON knowing more than she does at least, but it doesn't make it any less worrisome when you end up in the middle of 'enemy territory' like that...

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Looks like Avira never got the chance to use the toy Arthur gave her moments before. Avira's actually alright with that meaning she gets to save it for later. She'll save that bike for later too, even if she can't use it in the real world. Assuming they all get back to the real world at some point. Right now, though, it seems like they're a little stuck. "Low profile. Right. Got it." Avira's steps are swift and every now and then she looks over at Maira who was no doubt acting a little crazy right now. "So I'm hoping you can answer now that a little of the heat is off." Avira speaks up, directing her words to Beck. "What do you mean by 'Strays'?"

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi observes to Serah, "My sage-like senses tell me-- deeper into rabbit hole." Or is it chocobo's nest? There is a nod that is given to Beck-- he didn't doubt the program it is just that this all seems too surreal. So surreal that he might as well take everything literal. He adds in with the informational pow wow as he tries to keep a low profile in his extravagent robes-- "I am also curious. Just the name itself-- an unwanted creature. In a place this structured... I get it things won't end well if we get captured. So-- another thought. Where is 'out' exactly? I'll defer to friends as to where we are going, but I'd like to know a bit about our escape plans here. Even mountains fade to enough wind."

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Faruja opens his muzzle, and it just hangs there. The Templar's head just /hangs/ as that question sits in the air. He feels about five inches tall. Eric and Deel don't help. Make that two inches. "...Hati has the form of a sleek dancer, slim and lithe, and powerful! Wild and strong! /You/, my dear, have the form of an actress: fetching, lovely, and with a natural warmth and comfort that makes thy hugs pleasant and enjoyable! Both of you are utterly beautiful, and frankly 'tis a wonder these male Programs are not bowing down before thy beauty!" Save! Faruja nods to TRON. "Mmm, the poor quarter then." Ex-rat tank go? He stays in front of Maira protectively, single eye peering about as he listens to the others.

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird frowned and scuffed a toe at the not-ground. The supposition FIT. THey looked in a very VERY space-paranoids like world. The Laser looked a lot like the SHIVA ENCOM was experimenting with way back about the sametime. And now The three initials of a thing ENCOM didn't really speak about much given at the time there were accusations of unauthorized networking into SAC and other even worse things. She didn't believe half of it but she knew a Master Program that was sortof a super traffic cop DID exist at one point right before... Her brow furrowed and she wans't quite sure where she was. After all she had to dig deep for all this old obscure info she only lerned about from refurbishing a bunch of the old mainframes kept in the boneyard. Funny. Flynn's desk had gone missing awhile back. Well mroe desk sized minicomp similar to the one that was back at the arcade. No that wans't this it just happened to be a popular formfactor.. "Low Profile. Nothing ofrigins." Blackbird was a sortof distracted monotone at this point. "No magic, or at least nothing flashy." Slow nod. "I hear you." No she didn't. She was trying to make sure two plus two didn't end up equelling Fish.

:'''[[Maira]] has posed:''' Maira has always wanted to ride a light cycle. Well, for as long as she's known about them. So...well, months. STILL! It was really awesome. Maira grins to Eric, even though he's being kind of a butthead, then grows more sober. She walks over to Deelel and places a hand on her shoulder comfortingly, watching Beck as he moves off to try to help them out. Yes, they are terribly conspicuous. Maira then looks to Faruja, and facepalms, turning red. "Okay okay Faruja, I get it I get it..." she grumbles, punching him quite lightly in the arm before she wanders over toward Arthur, watching him curiously. "Whatcha doing?" she asks, head canted to the side slightly in question, hands clasping behind her back.

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi heard 'No flashy magic' somewhere in there. Did it register? Maybe. Maayyyybeeee. The young man looks back to Faru and gives him a hearty slap on the square of his back, "Relax. Low profile. Like... ninja. Or a treasure hunter. Moreso a ninja." Ninja.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel thinks the idea of getting off the street is a good one, and Faruja's suffering continues to suffer eternally from the rest of the party she can't help but be amused with it. She tilts her head to Serah for a moment. "Not really we got a chance to make our lives easier..." The mention of Strays by AVIRA get her looking at her. She's going to let someone else field that, who know the subject better. It's not a present thing to think about really, also an old nightmare comes up. The faded memory of seeing friends here being experimented upon by a mad version of herself was something hard to forget. "You are correct Paulo." She looks back to Faruja for a moment and she laughs at Faruja's attempt to get himself out of trouble. "So what does that make me hummmm?" She looks to Blackbird for a moment and nods. She's sizing up the situation things go through her mind like her home is it still there? Or has it been idled out and re-purposed for something else? She'll have to go check later there could be supplies there, failing that it be a place to hide out. Also she'd have to check the grimmest thing on her mind. Is anyone she cares about still alive or did they all get cubed? No first focus on the living if Cel and the others are all right currently they should be able to wait a few cycles longer. She keeps an watchful eye on on the rest of the group and hopefully they can find what they seek. A way to either get them light suits and hopefully find fake or if they are lucky real discs for them.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON leans back against the wall, crossing his arms over his chest and resting the flat of one foot against the surface. He watches Arthur secure their location with traps and such, but doesn't relax despite that, still keenly looking around just in case. <"I believe, Avira..."> He hestitates, relying on the data he has. <"CHIEF once told me that Programz advanced to the point where they muzt have a Dizc in order to hold all their data."> He motions towards assorted Purgos Programs hanging around. <"Thuz, if zuch a Program iz zeperated from their Dizc, they zoon forget who they are and what their function iz. Thuz, they become a 'Ztray' until they are reprogrammed with a new purpoze."> He takes his Silver Disc off of his back and idly twirls it between his fingers again. The lines on it are glowing and it hums ominously. <"Doez that make zenze?"> He cants his helm briefly to the others. <"Az for an ezcape route... I do believe that iz what the Renegade iz looking into. It zeemz we are zafe for the time being.">

:'''[[Oblivion]] has posed:''' Beck had a rough road to hoe. Most of the Sirens here didn't even want to deal with him. Most of his connections had dried up thanks to CLU's forces and Tesler's actives while he had been gone. Some even went as far to tell him that he abandoned them. However, Beck would get his chance at last, including bring the Siren slowly to the group. As for the others. They got a rather quiet, uneventful time. Beyond a few people who lurked and watched. It seemed none of the guards were coming and the people were to frightened to get near the group who was associated with the Renegade. Yet. Slowly Beck would return with a female in high heels, silver short hair, blue glowing eyes, and a white skin tight suit, that was almost silver in color with bright white lines over her body. She glances at the ground, before looking to the Renegade, then to them. "...there is so many of you.. you poor things.." She then steps forward before placing out her hand. "My name is Aurora. Please come with me." Her hand then returns to her side, before she walks past the Renegade and back into the shadows of the alley with only her light lines giving away her location.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Faruja taps his chin after rubbing his arm, now quite satisfied at /not/ getting slapped. See, he's not Ivo! Paulo speaks, and the rat wobbles. "...Stealth hath never been my forte. I prefer charging into the battle of love and beauty!" He leans into Deel. Whisper whisper. "Athletic, stalwart, and a most determined figure!" Pause. Peer. "Graceful, yet warm...Mmm. A Cleyran dancer, were thee a nezumi!" Then, they're off, and Beck comes back with a Lady. All the techno-talk goes over his head. He bows. "M'Lady." Follow the Lady in white!

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird bowed to Aurora but said nothing. She hand't really been paying attention to what was going on, but this lady seemed friendly enough and this is wehre they were headed. Plus if it was a trap assumptions of her harmlessness would be vastly innacurate.. "Uh Deelel, Tron... Miss Aurora, Is there like a data cube or book or something i can sift through?" She smiled softly, "Memory's a bit fuzzy and always good to keep a copy of what's what on hand. Don't want to go blank when something important gets brought up."

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi follows Beck but shares Faru's love of dramatics. "When we get out of here-- we need to train together and come up with a combo. Like-- fiery lancer stab of love and justice. Or something smaller-- like Holy Prism Lance." Chin rub. Then he motions to Maira, "We improv'd one once. That was hot." Literally, hot. Like a supernova. Poor Horned King.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck does return with a Siren, but the Renegade remains quiet. He waits for everyone to go ahead, before he checks their backs to make sure they wont be followed. He already warned her this would become a normal ordeal. People coming in probably now. So the Siren would need to stay clean and help those who would come to her. She seemed ok with this and he was thankful that she still believed in what he was trying to do. So once everyone goes. Beck will follow. CONGRATULATIONS!! You all obtain a identity disc and new light suit cloths! Now you can look like a program and walk around with your identity discs! It even comes with fancy program handles if you so want one. Huzzah!

:'''[[Maira]] has posed:''' Maira laughs softly at Faruja and Paulo, nodding. "Yes, we did. That was pretty great!" she agrees before turning her attention to the approaching program. She curtsies. In jeans. Whatever. "Nice to meet you Aurora, I'm Maira...um, okay," she says, then would follow, shrugging lightly

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Serah Farron notices that the new program, Aurora, is a girl. Well, its not surprising in itself, she knows about Deelel after all. But seeing TRON and Aurora like that makes her wonder if genders really matter in this world, like in her world... Not that she wants to ask... That'd be rude. She sighs at her own curiosity, but follows in stride "Are we really safe here though... I'm worried..."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel she notices the Siren, Beck has found, this is stroke of luck, they get hopefully get legit discs from this. She knows it may cost a good bit but she's willing to pay. Given you can't put a price tag on helping to keep your friends heads intact, right? Faruja's comments get a grin behind her face plate as she's leaned into by Faruja nad he makes her compliment. She seems in a good mood as she shuffles after the groups. The Siren gets a look over for a short moment. "I am in your debt Aurora." She's relaxing now and just looking about the place and the others a she tilts her head. "Even before I got lost? This was not a spot that security liked to go if it didn't have to. It's the bad part of town more or less." her helmet snaps back from where it came as did her cloak, she just kinda flops down. "As for energy I'll see about getting us some tanks of it, it should be easy enough."

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' Arthur spends some time receiving explanations, but sleep and family are calling him away, so with brief parting, and an explanation to the others about the traps laid out - he meanders homeward - there's much to be done tomorrow.

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|Date of Scene=2013/08/07
|Location=Flynn OS - Purgos
|Synopsis=After a heck of a joyride across the Flynn OS the band of basics and their user friends have some time to rest, thanks for a siren named Aurora. She's put the whole party up, got them suits and most importantly ID discs. Beck also requests that Deelel sheepdog the users to keep them out of too much trouble.
|Cast of Characters=Deelel, Blackbird, Beck, Paulo Mysidi, Arthur Drover
|Tinyplot=TRON Train
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel she notices the Siren, Beck has found, this is stroke of luck, they get hopefully get legit discs from this. She knows it may cost a good bit but she's willing to pay. Given you can't put a price tag on helpng to keep your friends heads intact, right? Faruja's comments get a grin behind her faceplate as she's leaned into by Faruja nad he makes her compliment. She seems in a good mood as she shuffles after the groups. The Siren gets a look over for a short moment. "I am in your debt Aurora." She's relaxing now and just looking about the place and the others a she tilts her head. "Even before I got lost? This was not a spot that security liked to go if it didn't have to. It's the bad part of town more or less." her helmet snaps back from where it came as did her cloak, she just kinda flops down. "As for energy I'll see about getting us some tanks of it, it should be easy enough."

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi classes up! Down? He changes classes either way. Surprisingly he gets to keep robes. When he looks at his disc he starts to read it off, "Index Program. Chronical of... oh, thats pretty easy. I do that already." Really-- this kiddo is a scribe? Hard to believe. He shrugs-- checking out the new duds, "So this is your 'native' world, Deelel?"

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird took a deep breath and exhaled. "Miss Deelel. Can you help me test a hypothosis? I need something you would use to gather energy in." Soft voice, Quiet. The only explaination or clue she gave on What she wanted to try was an upraised hand with small smparks playing between her fingers.

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' Then Arthur realises there is no where to go. "Oh, alright." he reaches into his satchels and pulls out a few more lengths of cord, and what looks like a flute. Aloud, he says: "In the world we came from, I can tune a magical core to go off for the right note. Here, I don't know how it will work." He blows on the pipe, and what comes out is a high skinny chiptune wail. "Damn it."

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' The Siren gives those a smile, before she passes by Beck and makes her way down the steps easily. The Renegade however remains in his suit and his helm up. He doesn't seem to be swapping from the TRON look and he is content to just lean against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. He doesn't have much to say, but he is glad everyone made it here in one piece.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel looks at Paulo as she seems to relax a little bit as she seems rather amused and she nods at Paulo's question. "Native world and city actually. I'm from Argon, it's been a very long time since I been home. As for what It think your up to I can process what you fuel on so I assume the latter is possible. Just give me a bit. Even if this is the underbelly of Argon? It's still good to be back." She leans back and seems relaxed, she's home she's in a world where she understands how everything works the endless night of it is oddly comforting to her not that she hates the sun. "Also there is no sun in this world, why do you think we glow? So let me properly introduce myself I'm Deelel I'm a multi media program. I was made to make art and music more or less." She taps the wall near her and smiles it sounded right, the User's world was not a terrible place but there's always be that underlay of alien to her. Even if she's come to love it and still be very wondered eyed at the whole place, she mutters doesn't have any musical tools on her. "I also need to pick up so much replacement hardware. But here look at me you must all have questions."

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi wonders-- rather thoughtfully, "Hey Arthur-- are your wife and kids alright with this? I mean-- won't they be worried?" Yes, Paulo has a sensitive side. A deep, caring-- probably about to be ruined by his next statement-- side to him. "Magic," explains Paulo to Deelel, "Magic is... more than just an unexplainable phenomenom. I saw that in one of your texts, by the way. I find it so odd that a place like this, which is insistent on the enforcement of order, can't accept the 'will of many and of one' into its heart." Does it even have a heart?

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' The older man, now somewhat satisfied with the "safing out" of the area, moves next to Beck and slumps, elbows-first forward. "You're going to be old before your time, lad." The flute is laid across his lap, and Arthur is counting entrances and exits to the square - eyes out for a sign of red. Deelel offers to answer questions, and as Beck seems to have more to ask than answer: "Where can a man get a stiff drink." He holds up his own canteen, which sloshes. "Finest liquor, once, now it glows unpleasantly." The older warrior pauses a moment to inspect the "programs", with his business eye rather than his lazy eye. "A burden on both of ye, yes. I don't mind seeing it through. Neither of ye are seasoned warriors, nor even survivalists, I think. But you're not lazy and you know your home turf, fair." He offers the flask to Beck, figuring whatever digital mixture sloshes within would fit the Renegade's system better than the forgemaster's. "Paulo lad, we're all worried about each other just now. Would I be doing right by her if I ran home? She'd ask who I was with and give me a right hiding if I left you pups alone. Besides, do you really think we're that far away?" Arthur pauses as Paulo gives an explanation of how he feels about magic, and the glance Arthur returns is somewhat pointed. A hand dips into his pocket, the other on the flute that could detonate this whole square with the right note. He yanks out the picture, and opens it up. It has been much folded, washed, sat upon, creased. He unfolds it further to reveal the boy and the girl grasping their mother's skirts. Red hair, a nimble litheness, her mane dishevelled and falling far down her back. "Distance is an illusion lovers use to make themselves feel tragic and misunderstood. Worrying is for people who believe in the illusion of temporal separation." The picture rests on his lap, and he looks down quietly. "How about you all, any family?"

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' "I'll be worried for them then," offers Paulo. Quite noble. Its at least sincere. He did leave recipes for cookies for the misses and the kids. But in a mature stance, the new-index program nods his head. "You're likely right. Thats why you are old." Broad grin on his face now. The young sage paces about-- still getting used to the new environment. No sun. Thats going to irk on Paulo for too long. "Hmm? Me? Yes. Kind of." He /is/ proud of his family. Its rare he doesnt announce himself as 'Paulo Mysidi, of the family Mysidi'. "Im not sure where they are right now."

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' The Forgemaster then hands the flask to the Renegade and he places his hand up. Shaking his head gently. He still as that visor up. "No thanks. I am alright for now." He then crosses his arms over his chest. "Besides, you guys may be here for a day or two." Yes, he learned user terms. ".. though you will need to probably be taught a few terms from our world. But don't worry. I plan to talk with some people and see if I can get a network line out here from the Arcade so most people can avoid trouble." "At least with you guys having discs now, you may be less likely picked on by CLU's forces."

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird looked over at Beck, then Aurora, and finally Deelel. "I don't know what i can learn while we're holed up here but I don't want to have to rely on magifc to be useful. What I need other than a corner to sit down at, is study material. Basics." She shrugged helplessly. "If nothing else I'd love to know how to do a teardown and rebuild on those cycles." She hefted the baton she'd used earlier. "Seems like a useful job skill. I figure I did code for ENCOM for awhile. Maybe some of that would be useful here if i can get a good frame of referrence."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel says "That is the nature of this world, we are born for a purpose, as I said. We know our role and are generally happy with it, still things did used to be more free it's become quite clamped down. Even then we are ruled by our creator, but my information's out of date. TRON would know more." She smirks at the mentioning of old and she laughs, she can?t help but do so so. "Energy, that's the only food here, well it can be mixed in various ways sure but what's what it is when you get down to it. We don't hunt grid bugs for power. As for fighting I had to learn to fight to survive honestly, SARK threw me in the gaming pits when he goons caught me. We don't have ... family in the same sense that you might think of it. I still understand the concept well enough, though. Yes, your going to need the learn the local slang. Now if you excuse me I'm going to get you something." Deelel gets up to what looks like a kitchen and she'll comes back with a platter with glasses full of a glowing liquid of some sort. "It's just straight but hey it will do." She hands out the glasses and keeps one for her self, she looks at it like someone whose not seen proper food and is trying to not just inhale it. the drinks are harmless they will taste really good quite enjoyable really and perhaps feel a bit thicker than water. She looks right at Blackbird and says flat out at her almost sounding slightly hostile. "You want to do what to /us/ Basics?!"

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi takes the drink and downs it slowly at first-- then quickly. Yum! "Relax, Deelel. We've been through a lot today. Im pretty sure she just wants to get the 'basics' of something down. You know, fundamentals." Looking to Blackbird the charismatic (self-proclaimed, of course) sage looks to validate that, "Right?"

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' The Renegade watches Deelel for a bit, before he scuffs his heel across the ground as he just stood there. He then tilted his head as Blackbird speaks up. He doesn't really say much instead just seeming to look at her. Blackbird's own face seeming reflected in his dark visor as he just stares. "..I-- have to agree with Paulo. I doubt Blackbird meant trying to find out how to do what Kevin does. Not that someone could do what Kevin did.." He says softly to himself. "..besides for anyone to do that beyond Kevin would take proper permission sets, which no one has."

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird took a deep breath. She had no knowledge of the history and bad juju going on. "I want to Learn how to do things here. Fix Things, objects, or if my skills go more towards fixing people.. That. I know basic first aid back home but i've seen you get hurt. You getting hurt and me getting hurt do two different things andi want options that anr'et 'hope i can magic up a solution." Her tone never raised and was quite calm. "You people are risking quite a bit to help us. I want to try, in return, being more useful. Outside I could use my magic to heat things, Charge things. I was thinking maybe i could use that to create Energy or... whatever this stuff is. " She swirled the liquid in her glass around. "I'm not talking sudo make me a sandwich jedi voodoo. i"m tlking basic error correction and streamlining. Surely it foesn't take advanced permissions for that. Otherwise hell any system would get bogged down from instructions transposing wrong."

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' "Lass, my curiosity also burns aflame, but I had the good sense not to turn to people of artifice - who by their nature must feel vulnerable to forces outside their control, considerin' the world they're in - and reveal my curiosity and fervent intellectual desire. Have some tact." He sips from his own flask, and coughs. Apparently the liquid maintained its ability to fuel a combustion engine, through the transit. He breathes out deeply. "There is a wholistic, human aspect to machines-as-a-living-thing which I think is lost on ye." He's smiling, but the rebuke has forge-tones of brass and iron amid the smile. He adds: "Paulo, I know you're young, but keep the magic to a minimum. Tonight, you should scout around for a spot to bolt down, unless our hosts can suggest one." Apologetically, Arthur adds to Deelel: "I had the designs for a better weapon for you miss, honestly. It just seems we'll have to wait a bit. I got the harpy wings last week. It bounces, like yours do." He indicates the identity discs, passively soaking in the environment for the moment.

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi points defiantly-- almost comically to Arthur. Challenge accepted! He exclaims proudly, "I can do more than magic, you crazy old man." He can.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' The Renegade goes back to his silence, before he at last kicks off the wall and then decides to stretch his arms above his head. He then starts to walk around the room a bit. Stretching his legs perhaps.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel takes a deep breath and then says "We are easily altered compared to you, and our kind are known as basics. We're people is that not enough my friend? I'm not lying put it this way a few strokes on a keyboard and ... everything could change. " she seems to have calmed a fair bit down at this point, she slumps again cradling her drink just sipping at it, trying to enjoy this first glass of what she sees as proper food. "I am sorry, it's just traveling your world has made me understand just how ... malleable I am." She accepts it but the fear is there she can just over come it right? "Kevin...Flynn." she says the name with about the same level of reverence Faruja might speak of his god, or Deelel speaks of her own user. "Oh so figure out how to make things, is see. I know mechanics but I have no idea if they are alive or the state of the garage right now. That will be scouting for later. Oh you did Arthur? That's good news and perfect it will work well when using my disc isn't the wisest of options." Hell no cybugs eating half her soul, seriously that would be so darn bad.

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird frowned at Deelel explaining things. "I don't want to make you or anyone else here Do Things. I just... You've seen medics, mechanics. Hell i gotta have a job here." She jerked a thumb in Aurora's general direction. "She seems to have been busy and it seems 'strays' are an issue, and if she's taking time out of her day... cycle... whatever then it'd be better if she had at least some part-time help ya?"

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi looks between Deelel and Blackbird. Blackbird and Deelel. "You know what would fix this? Cotton candy. Is there cotton candy in digitalville?"

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' "A certain amount of institutional distrust of us is a given. Had we a kernel that could be modified, we would distrust anyone who wanted to, no matter how benevolent. Think of all the evil mind control and sorcerers of our legends, the fear of othering, of being made other than. Might be wisest to let them do their own help." But Arthur's words of caution are somewhat distracted. In his hands, he is weaving the silvery string together. The resulting braid is a many-layered cross. He sets it down in front of him. A few notes and it sparks to life. "Artifice always has a mind of its own, machines are always alive." Like feathers, wisps of flame and spark rise up from the grid "floor" radiating a hearty warmth as if those standing near enough had imbibed warm soup. "Paulo, give me a little wind here." Arthur takes some digital scrap - offloaded bits of programs, shards of something metallic. He pours it into an energy shake container he'd found. It seems enough like metal. Nearby, he has something a bit squishier - a piece of digital ground? A scrap of clothing? He's woven together a crude mold. "Did you know you can make hot tea in a paper bag without spilling any?"

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird headshake. "I kinda don't think so." She reached into her coat and pulled out a couple power bars and frowned. "Damn. All out of payday." Then mention of tea is made causing her to visibly perk. "Well they had to make tea somehow before self contained filters. God bless the chineese for figuring out that wonderful drink. Pity the british were so.... lopsided in trade agreements. Ah well History." Shrug. She offered Paulo an energy bar. "Usually I'm like a walking candy store but a week fighting cy-bugs has kinda left me running on empty. Sorry dood."

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' "Oh now you want my magic," Paulo smirks-- motioning his hand and generating just enough wind to fit the bill. "Don't you have to line it with oil or some such?" he asks. He takes the candy bar and bites into it without warning. Then as he munches, he opens up some of his robes (no Paulo! dont do it) to show one of his inner vests that are lined with sweet snacks, "No worries. More interested on getting you and D to hug it out."

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird chuckled. "Let's just say foot in mouth and be well with that. I want to help. I'm accidentilly stomping over a bunch of sore history and revelations that suck." She shrugged. "If Miss ?Aurora would like to have me on as an assistant I wouldn't mind. I've a feeling things will pick up here and if she's this sympathetic to everyone I don't want her geting so overworked she's wound down to flat nothing." She offered Paulo a hand. "Elixabeth Crowly, but call me Blackbird, please. Everyone does and has since dad had me scootching through the last of the BBS's way back when."

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' Arthur Drover says, "I'm not making tea, miss, I'm illustrating a principle. If you use care you can coax more out of your materials. If you love something, anyway. And what serves a momentary, fleeting purpose, can yet be beautiful." It perhaps should not be possible, but the data /pours/. It is faintly teal, the color adopted by Arthur since getting his data disk, and it glows. It pours into what seems at first glance to be a random assortment of trash pushed together, but it forms the shape of a blade. "No one around here uses cutting weapons, I can say as I see why. But as I understand it... " Arthur pauses, the digital "heat" radiating over his hands. "I am not doing this, not really. We are not able to understand your world, we're just seeing things. But our actions "make sense" to the overriding logic of this place. It knows what we intend and translates our actions." He plunges his hand downward, grabs the "molten" handle of the data construct. "This is not true, but it is a very good lie. It makes sense. And that means that what I was elsewhere, I still am here..." He pushes the material into the energy shake cup, and through the other side. The metal crackles under his fingers as he applies intention and a bit of understanding - and heat and air like blades. "And there we have it." What he holds up is crude. Its edge has artifacts and digital grist, its handle is a metal drinks cup bent down, and it sheds a look of unsubtle wrongness. "The uncultured blade, laid bare in the dusklight of our glowing hosts." He grabs what looks like a whetstone from his pack. It has odd angles, glows from within, and has a digital readout. "Everyone thinks you sharpen a weapon edge like a kitchen knife, but for the sword or dagger, you whet away the edge first. Shape matters. Contour matters. Context matters. He's this sword, you know." Arthur points a foot at Beck then, but goes on sharpening. He's never comfortable without something in his hand. The fire dies down, and the smith sharpens a metaphor."

:'''[[Paulo Mysidi]] has posed:''' Paulo Mysidi takes Blackbird's hand with a healthy shake, "Paulo Mysidi, of the family Mysidi, sage. A pleasure to get to know you, Blackbird." With it all said and done, he even does a formal bow. Then the man stretches upwards. Yawn. "I think I'm going to go draw for a while." With that he finds a nice spot-- drawing out his book and starts to-- draw. He isnt sure if the tome even works in this place but there is only one way to find out.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel smirkss "Mechanic it is but I'm not one whose is whats' the term a gear head?" She does however start generating some music that's fairly popular from the Grid at least when she awas around last, ah there we go. Program club music away more ot less. "Well there are junkyards, that can be poked later. Might be the best place to get parts or machines we need, they are not watched normally. Candy? Faird not, and I never had this cotton candy, I thought cotton was for clothing." She just can't help but not a bit at Arthur, she thinks she gets what he's saying. At least she hopes so, and now she watches his work for a moments taring. "No I do not I'm afraid." She just sits back and she tilts her head a bit more as the users just talk. We use energy blades here, powered weapons."

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Renegade glances over at the Forgemaster and cants his head slightly. Unsure why he was being pointed at. He had been walking around and not really-- well-- paying attention up until this point. There was allot on his mind right now. The Renegade then walks up to Deelel and tilts his head to the side, before he motions for her to follow him for a moment. He then walks into one of the side rooms, including picking up one of the cups off the table.

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird pulled her pistol out and a few tools to start taking it apart after sitting down crosslegged. "Is my jacket going to be too much of a standout here?" She never looked up from taking the gun apart. "I don't want to ditch it since it's sentimental. Plus I've had it for awhile and it's comfortable. Know what i mean?" She whistled a little as she worked, tested this and that, and frowned. "Pure mechanics here til you get to ignighting the primer in the cartridge. Probably that's where this thing doens't work without me channling through it."

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' "Good, then I will have a model once I see one. But if you're like us, there are all sorts of ways to make a blade. The edge of a sword is infinitely long." He begins working the dagger. "It's traditional on the eve of battle to forge a sword, and to finish it by daylight, if you're not to be among the fighters. A sword finished at dawn and handed to another will know what it is for. This is a poor sword, but I am away from home, so I hope you will not judge me. I'd like to see the blades you mention." He doesn't look up, the edge sends out sparks. "Miss Blackbird, come sit by the fire and warm my old bones with tales of how this place works from your perspective. Maybe you can illuminate things for me." He sighs as Paulo goes off to rest. At least the youngsters can keep watch. "Miss Program, you will understand before long. Take care of yourself." He does beckon Blackbird over, and make room for her as he works. The only sound is the rasp of something like steel on the edge of something like energy. A kind of hiss. He burnt his dagger in the fight, and Arthur is only as good as his tools. Without them, he can just about throw a punch. "Are you like me, thinking of all the things you would have brought if you'd known this would happen? And I may have seemed well armed, even. I was not." A pause. "Renegade. See if you can get me a map. And rest well, when you rest, if you rest." A knowing smile as Beck moves to depart, but it seems kindly enough amid the man's constant movement.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' The Renegade pauses at the door. "..A map?" He turns to look at the Forgewielder. There was probably a hook to this he missed. Happens sometimes. "..what do you need a map for?"

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' "Because the difference between they and I is they know this place, and I do not. All planning begins with terrain level scouting. I survived a catoblepas attack once because I had a map." A pause. "I hid under it and he walked by me."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel says "I shall be right back." She catches Beck's nod as she steps out after him, she knows it's likely imporant, so she gets up anf follow him to see what he's needed. She will answer questions upon her return. She enters off into the room giving Beck a curious look.

:'''[[Blackbird]] has posed:''' Blackbird took a deep breath before picking up and moving to sit by Arthur. "How this place works." Deep breath. Deeeeep breath. "We're getting into a thing i"m trying to avoid since thinking too hard is going to make my brain melt. In my World this place is apparently all housed inside a box that you type things into that does things because people..." Frown. "This is not an accurate analogy but it's close. Think of it like this. People came in and wrote spells to run in a box so other people could do things with the box to make thier lives easier. We did not know that inside the box was another world full of people all it's own and now i"m wondering if that makes me a mass murderur for formatting my laptop's harddrive because I got aggrivated at how the system broke and it'd be faster to wipe and reinstall instead of debug."

:'''[[Arthur Drover]] has posed:''' The sharpening motion is rhythmic and continual, but it somehow conspires to be reflective. "Yes, I can see how you would try to dodge that until you have time to cope with it. Unfortunately, none of us can ever go back. Now we've made friends, and you probably can't use those boxes anymore. That said, I do understand this as some kind of machine. Just one that is in the late birth pangs of a changing world." Scrape, scrape. "We should try to get some sleep, if we can. Under a sunless sky." Scrape. "Arthur Drover, pleasure to meet you." The dagger is dropped into a satchel, and the smith extends a hand. "I run the Heart's Desire synthesis shop in Alexandria."

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' "I'll get you that map, once I get done talking to Deelel then." The Renegade tells Arthur as he goes back into the room and shuts the door. Once the door is closed, the helm retracts back and he brushes his hands through his hair. Before taking the glass in his hand and gulping some of it down. He almost coughs a bit cause of how quickly he was drinking it and then gives Deelel and sheepish smile. "..Look.. can you do me a favor, Deelel?" He then gets a bit more of a serious look on his face. "Try to keep an eye on them, ok? I am going to see if I can get a network setup that leads from here to the Arcade underground. That way people can move freely." He then rolls one of his shoulders and winces a little, before he takes another sip from the glass. "You-- you do really well with them and like this-- I can't really, you know, keep an eye on them or really get to know them." He frowns a little then. "So I need someone to watch over them until the network tunnel is finished."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel enters into the room waits for Beck to pull back his helmet once the door is closed and she nods a little bit at him as he makes his request to her. "I was hoping to do so several of them kept me out of trouble when I was blundering about their world. Sounds like that's actually a really good idea we can bypass a lot of trouble that way." She hangs back for a moment at Beck's words about how well she does with them she's looking kinda sheepish at what he's saying. "I understand you have your part to play and I will do my best, you know they will want to explore though any sort of updates on the state of the city would be useful. I'll do what I can, they are also pretty wonder eyed at things too from the looks of it. I may need some rope though, as seriously it was like herding cats for a bit." she's almost laughing from the sounds of it.

Leon

2013-08-11T16:22:01Z

Foxfirestorm: /* Power Set */

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Dark
|lastname=Knight
|age=???
|image=DarkKnight_eudetenis2.jpg
|imageoptions=300px
|caption=Palamecia's Finest
|species=Human?
|sex=Male
|height=6'4"
|weight=Average
|series=Final Fantasy 2
|styles=DK, Palamecian Knights
|hometown=???
|alignment=Forces of Ruin
|group=Palamecian Empire, Ruin Accord
|occupation=Military Commander
|themesong=Whispers In The Dark - Skillet
|quote="I do as his majesty commands."
|footer=Testing those of light to see there true strength.
}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Character Sheet
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Profile:'''
|style="background-color: #071019;"|[[File:Leon_Vs_Firion.jpg|400px|center]]
|-
|The Dark Knight is one of the most loyal of minions of Emperor Mateus. He does not question the orders of his emperor, nor does he waver from what he has been requested to do. If his majesty wished it, the Dark Knight would even kill himself. The Dark Knight is known to be not only extremely loyal, but ruthlessly focused on the task he is given; but free to make his own decisions, so long as the goal is obtained. He has been given the command of Palamecia's military force, but typically does most requests without the aid of the dark hearted soldiers. The Dark Knight will stand before any who means his Emperor harm and he is not a man to turn your back on unless you are Mateus himself.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Skills:'''
|The Soundwave, The Good Minion, The Trusted Minion, Unlike Someone Else We Know, The Original Dark Knight, Locked By Darkness, No Light Shines Here, The Experiment, Not Squall
|}

= Information =
== History ==
The Dark Knight did not start out originally as Mateus loyal minion, no his starts come from that of the once nation of Fynn before Palamecia took it over there. There he was the older brother to his sister, a good friend of their friends they shared in common, and had a strong devotion to make sure his sister could have the best life an older brother could give her.

His name back then, was Leon. The loving brother, who worked the jobs he could work, did all that he could do, and brought what he could to the table so that his sister would not have to worry much on concerns; beyond perhaps the fear that he may be pushing himself to hard. He loved his sister, he loved her dearly and when things were at there worse, they knew they could depend on one another.

Yet Fynn soon fell to the mighty of Palamecia. Not on its own, but thanks to a man who sold out the nation. Leon quickly met up with their two other friends and all of them, these four brave souls, attempted to escape from the falling Fynn. Yet as they made there way out, they ran into Palamecian forces and were all knocked unconscious. However an unknown party intercepted the Palamecian force and were able to save the other three, but it was to late for Leon. He was already captured and being taken away, where his life's fate would be changed forever.

The brave warrior who fought to protect his sister, to protect his two friends from being captured, yet failed, was brought before the Emperor of Palamecia; Mateus. It was in this very moment of there meeting was fate sealed, as this was the day that Leon's heart was locked away into darkness and with it his memories. Thus the birth of the Dark Knight and Palamecia's rule over Fynn.

Now under the command of Emperor Mateus, the Dark Knight become the loyal servant to do out his master's wishes. Many times he was sent out to run interference against Wild Rose Rebellion, along with act as a barrier to any actions they attempted to take against Palamecia.

The largest project that was given to the Dark Knight was the construction of the airship known as the Dreadnought. This massive ship was to be the very war vessel that Emperor Mateus would use to command his fleet from the air and rain down terror from high above in the skies. Yet near the end of the Project, the Dark Knight was "called away" and Borghen completed what was needed to be done; Though the Dark Knight was still making some calls from behind the scenes.

The second project was making sure that those of the Wild Rose Rebelion would be tricked into arriving at the proper location on the completion of the Dreadnought in hopes that they could sabotage the massive warship. However as Mateus had planned and the Dark Knight stood back to watch along side his Majesty. Not only did the youths fall perfectly for the trap, but there plan was foiled.

From there the Dark Knight watched as the heartless started to consume their world, yet also observed as some fragments remained, not completely taken by the darkness. He observed along side his master as they fragments joined with what was known as World of Ruin. There he was given his orders to call back the troops and for all to return back to Palamecia.

This is where the Dark Knight has resided since the fall. Overseeing the training of the troops and making sure that the Imperial Force is ready for combat when the time comes. Yet the time soon comes where his Majesty will desire to move out, or even send the loyal commander of the Palamecian army to handle matters dealing with the outside world.

For when this time comes, the Dark Knight will be ready.
=== Recent Events ===
After a meeting with his [[Emperor Mateus|Emperor]], the Dark Knight was given his orders at which to follow ([[Imperial Order]]). He was to go out not tied to [[Palamecian Empire]], but as a rogue element seeking his own personal agenda. While playing this game of 'personal agenda' all that he found, fought, and spoken with was to be recorded. This reporting all information back to his majesty.

After gather a small group of men, the Dark Knight set sail across the ocean to Luca, a country that wasn't to far. While the men set camp after the voyage, the Dark Knight went into the city square and decided to make his presence known ([[The Search Is On]]). Here he fought four individuals (including a dog), in order to not only test his own abilities in combat, but to see what the Heroes of Light were able to do for his own.

These results were filed down after the fight and the Dark Knight continues his search. This lead him into the outskirts of Traverse Town, along one of the beaches. On his arrival here he found that this area has a dense population of people, but also Heroes of Light were to be found here as well. It was in this very location did he at last run into someone with such a bright heart, that he dubbed her the Maiden of Light ([[Lets Light The Sky]]). The battle however here was a fearsome one and left his armor is disrepair, forcing him to return home.

Back in Palamecia the armor was repaired and Emperor Mateus performed the ritual to bring out the Dark Knight's own darkness into the very armor he wears ([[Reforging Darkness]]). Imbuing the armor with that very darkness in order to bind it to the Dark Knight himself. Yet there is always a price to pay for when tapping into the Darkness of the heart. A quenchable hunger that battles for control within him.

This lead him to not only steal an airship with passengers on board, but to restock supplies while in Fluorgis. While in the city he ran into two others of light and another of darkness similar to himself ([[Knights of Shadow]]). After the conflict, he escaped onto the stolen airship where he then decided to feed that gnawing hunger that came from the rush after the battle ([[Darkness Cometh]]) and makes his way once more to another location to continue his research.

While moving across one the deserts and allowing his men to stretch their legs, The Dark Knight came across the Archadian forces looking for several of their own, including one he had found alive. In this little encounter he not only met one of the Judge Magisters, but including spotting a young lad that he did not think he would ever see again ([[Search And Rescue]]).

After the short meeting, the group returned to their airship once the Archadian Fleet left the area and decided to dock the ship for the time in Fynn. Where the Dark Knight left to the restocking of supplies to his men. However he ran across two familiar faces, including the one that seems impossible to corrupt. He once again attempts to corrupt her ([[Unlikely Crossing]]), but her bright heart refuses his attempt.

The only piece of information the Dark Knight leaves for them as they part ways is that he will becoming to say hello to her family. A warning he will carry out. However before such a warning can be done. His presence is requested by to Palamecia where he meets a very strange individual. A robed figure who had made a deal with his Emperor. By agreement of this deal, the Dark Knight allowed the individual to test the level of his own Darkness, yet the test was almost to much ([[Initial Findings]]) and though with some rest, along with a secret given task, it may be what set him up for his next hard falling.

The Dark Knight then went to Traverse Town where he went to hunt down the two he gave his warning too. He told them he would find their family and so he did. As such he was met with resistance, but also Maira's own natural light; the very light that refuses to be corrupted; nearly broke him apart ([[Knock Knock]]). He was able to escape; barely; with his own life. Along with due to the extent of how badly he was weakened, he took several days to recover.

Yet during this recovery he met a fascinating guest ([[The Guest of Palamecia]]) within the castle walls, who decided to repay him a visit that same evening in attempt to see if she could get a solid emotional response out of him ([[Cats and Canaries]]), along with maybe solve a bit of a riddle as to why he holds no name.

By the next morning, the Dark Knight was ready for duty once more and set off once again to seek out those to be tested and to hunt down a few individuals. This brought him to not only having conversations with a young boy looking for a Behemoth ([[Darkness In The Woods]]), but later finding himself in Cornelia where he met the most unusual of men in his testing run ([[We Like...]]); Will Sherman.

Will Sherman was able to nearly break the very dark bindings on the Dark Knight, causing him to slowly start to be devoured by the very darkness within his heart. Attempting to slowly break the bindings that Mateus placed over the heart to lock both the man inside and his very memories; The very thing that protected him from the amount of Darkness he wielded.

This lead him to Wutai ([[Hidden Darkness, Crouching Ninja]]) where he indicated he would go next. However due to the weakening binds his hunger for the light was growing even greater and individuals' hearts were taken to feed this deep hunger. Yet the heroes were able to push him away thanks to a brave girls actions with a massive fire work.

Yet the Dark Knight did not stop there. He soon hunted down Maira once more in his falling state. Coming for her very powerful light, almost being drawn to it like a beast he was slowly becoming ([[The Clash Of Balance]]). This lead to an epic battle between Light and Darkness over the Dark Knight's heart between Mateus and Maira. 
In the end, the Dark Knight's seal that protected his heart was restored, but Maira was able to draw out the man behind the 'mask'. She was able to draw out Leon. Yet, Mateus did not seem overly upset by this which has lead to the questions as to why.

Just what is Mateus planning and how much of it is for something far darker in store? Leon plans to find out, no matter how deep he must dig to get those answers. So hunting Leon goes for those answers and finding himself in some of the most unusual places as he looks for the answers. Yet by the end of it. Leon has to submit to the cruel fact of his life. Fynn is no longer the home he sought to protect. None of those he loves remain in the light, but had been swallowed by the darkness, and the very darkness that had been unleashed within him will-- in time-- consume him.

With no sign of hope and no sign of light in his future. Leon resubmits himself as the Dark Knight. Once again become a servant to Mateus and taking his place yet again as the dark force to be reckoned with. This return had come at the perfect time to assist not only with the war effort of Alexandria, but to also once again put himself in a new position to challenge the light yet again. For now the Dark Knight has command of not only an airship he stole, but also command of Palamecia's forces itself.

The World of Ruin is about to get far darker.

== Personality ==
What remains of Leon is nothing but a mere vessel for the darkness that has engulfed around the locked man's heart. As whom ever he was in the past is seemingly impossible to reach or even recover from Mateus dark hold.

Yet as the Dark Knight, he knows only true loyalty to his master. To his Emperor. For the Dark Knight will fight all he stands in the Emperor's way and he will defend his Majesty with his dieing breath. The Dark Knight will risk everything if it means to make Mateus happy and for this, he is known as perhaps the most loyal and trustworthy of Mateus' minions.

Whatever Mateus orders is carried out with the best efficiency that the Dark Knight can provide and he will not stray to far from the order given. Though he will at times side step slightly, only if it means to achieve the goal even quicker then by more straight direction. This makes him resourceful at whatever task he is given and good at observing situations before leaping head long into them.

Yet if the Dark Knight believes he must jump head long into something, there is perhaps good reasons behind sudden hasty actions. Perhaps because someone got to close to the truth or someone is to close to mucking up future plans for his Majesty.

The Dark Knight also doesn't just simply wonder around. If he is seen about, even with no desire for harm. One can figure he is there on the Emperor's order, or even request. As there are times where the Dark Knight acts as the eyes and ears for Mateus. Where he goes where the Emperor does not wish to go, or just does not see the need for his presence to be there personally. As such there are even times the Dark Knight acts as Emperor Mateus messenger.

In Combat the Dark Knight is ruthless and relentless. He will hunt someone down to the ends of the Earth if that is his orders and he will never give up the chase, no matter how many times he is defeated until Emperor Mateus tells him to cease. The only time to Dark Knight will pull back for a time, if the enemy he faces has put grieve enough wounds into him where he could never complete the task until after he rests. So rest he will, before he goes back out once more to find the target yet again.

In regard to others, including outsiders. One could figure that the Dark Knight cares little for anyone beyond Emperor Mateus. If he does show concern for the troops, it is because that is what he must do as there commander. Yet if one of them was to slack off, they would get the wraith of the Dark Knight before someone could snap there finger; Unless the finger belonged to Mateus.

Those not of Palamecia will find the Dark Knight most likely a cold figure to stare upon. As he cares little for the outside world or the people within it. They will all become, after all, servants to his master, or they will perish in the fire of Palamecia's might. Thus if someone can get him to actually hold a conversation, they may find his words cruel, uncaring, and extremely cold.

The Dark Knight is indeed a shadow of Leon and could remain such for all time, so long as Mateus lives.

== Power Set ==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Abilities:
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Portals:'''
|The Dark Knight is nothing but darkness. The man he once was, was locked up tight by Emperor Mateus as his first turned. His heart sealed away, so nothing but darkness may reach his being and no memories of his former self to be free to seek the light. As being so in touch with the darkness. He is able to conjure a dark portal at which he can either enter from or escape into. He can not however conjure a portal under someone else. So if he wishes to transport someone, he must take hold of them, and then portal them both at the same time. It should be noted that the Dark Knight can not use his Dark Portal like the Shadow Lord's can use theirs to jump worlds. His portals only work in the very world he is in. As example: He can jump from Palamecia to Fluorgis, but he can not jump from Palamecia to Traverse Town. He also must explore an area before he can portal hop to that location, so unless he has been there, he can't just magically appear
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Mist:'''
|The Dark Mist is a field that surrounds his feet and follows him as he walks. Though it is rather harmless, but only a display of how deep the darkness is in this Dark Knight of Mateus'. In some of his attacks he draws from this mist in order to conjure some of his dark spells. More details will be explained in that in the actions section.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Blade:'''
|The Soul Blade is a dark weapon forged of darkness and steel. Though it looks like a normal blade, when it falls from the hands of the Dark Knight it vanishes into dark mist and can be summoned also by the Dark Knight's will. As such the blade is tunned to its master and is believe it can not be turned against Emperor Mateus. Yet thanks to the fact no one else can wield the weapon, the knowledge is unknown. The Soul Blade is also able too when given enough dark energy piece into someone's life essence and drain them of it, replenishing the Dark Knight's own. As such, this is covered more in the actions section. This weapon was also given to him by Mateus, further strengthening the concept that the blade could never be used against its creator.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Armor:'''
|The Shadow Armor is the very armor the Dark Knight wears and is never seen out of it. The very armor is powered by his darkness within and by magical properties place on it by Mateus' himself. As such the damage done to it, comes out like dark mist strikes. Blades, magic, and even bullets will cause it to spew out dark mist, before the armor attempts to regenerate itself. A powerful enough attack however can crack, if not break the armor, and get to the flesh of the Dark Knight's skin below. The Armor itself was designed by Emperor Mateus for his Military Commander. The damage is not easy to fix though when the armor is inflicted. As it takes not only the proper smiths, but Mateus to imbue the armor once more with the dark magic. The Armor may also be designed this way, to not only give the Dark Knight extra protection while in combat, but to also give the illusion that he no mere human under the armor. So those who do not understand what is going on, may seem him as a monster or one of the puppets Mateus has summoned out of darkness itself.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Blink:'''
|The Dark Knight can stand in one place, then swiftly move to another location with a poof of dark mist. This ability allows him to quickly close in the distance on someone attempting to escape or to use this ability in order to close the distance quickly in combat situations. However Shadow Blink only works in line of sight situations and he can not move someone using this method, only himself. He also can not blink through walls, as the room beyond the wall is not visible. The only way it may seem he can do this, is by virtue of seeing through a window and thus continuing to stick to the fact it must be line of sight.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Dark Portal Locations:
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''World of Ruin:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Central Isles:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Northern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Eastern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Southern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Western Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|-
|Luca Wutai Port Wutai City
|Castle Palamecia Mountainside Giza Plains Carwen
|Fluorgis Bare Desert Dalmascan Sands
|Targ Woods
|Fynn Tramdine Fens Phantom Forest Cornelia
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Traverse Area:'''
|-
|Outskirts Bodhum Beach District 2 District 3 VALKYRI HQ
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Phantasia:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Manhattan:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Roving Islands:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Land of Dragons:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Old Kingdom:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Arabian Nights:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''New Orleans:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''The Pride Lands:''
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Action Commands:
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Vigor:'''
|Using the dark mist that surrounds him, the Dark Knight can pull on this very darkness and use it to repair the dark armor that he wears, to even using the darkness to burn his skin back to close. Sometimes this is used at the beginning of a battle to ready the armor for combat, giving the armor its almost 'organic' like actions when it is cut into, but then seems to 'heal' back up. When in reality what the weapon hit was the dark mist layered over the armor.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Armor:'''
|The dark mist rises up and aids in enforcing the armor, increases its structure density in order to make it harder to be broken through and giving it added protection from physical strikes.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Aura:'''
|The dark mist rises up and increases the magic shielding that the darkness imbued armor already provides and increasing the defense that the armor provides from magical attacks.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Seeping Darkness:'''
|The Dark Knight uses his own darkness that surrounds him to suddenly lash out at the individual. Attempting to strip away their protective fields and render their attempts of protection near impossible.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulflay:'''
|The Dark Knight uses his Soul Blade to strike through a person with a quick slice of his blade. The edge of the sword becoming almost invisible as it passes through the target. The dark magic then bending into the essence of the individual, attempting to bring a curse upon their being, along with as the blade passes out to give them a ghostly cut.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Sword of Darkness:'''
|Sword of Darkness is a channeling attack, where he empowers the Soul Blade with further dark energy. He then slams the blade into a magical rune under his feet, before a massive dark blade springs forth from the ground under his target, attempting to trap them in the dark crystalline blade, freezing them for a moment, before shattering.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Drain:'''
|The Soul Blade is impaled into the target, where it takes a ghostly image, then as he rips the blade back out, it attempts to tear at there living essence, weakening there ability to cast powerful spells.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Essence Drain:'''
|Essence Drain works much like Soul drain, but instead it attempts to drain the very strength from the person, weakening there physical strength, instead of magical focus.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulreaver:'''
|Soulreaver turns the Soul Blade into a dark blue blazing sword, which he then attempts to jab, if not impale the blade into an individual. The very blade attempts to strike into the persons very being and drain them of there very life force to replenish the Dark Knight's own. This can also be down by passing swipes while the blade is glowing dark blue.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Netherblast:'''
|Netherblast is channeling the very energy of the sword, before slashing at the air itself. These slashes send out a dark wave of energy in the shape of blade slashes that travel across the air before they hit a target. On impact they have the ability to not only cut an individual, but also infect them with darkness, that eats at them over time until the magic effect fades away.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Darkness Inverse:'''
|The Soul Blade goes from being a blade of crimson red to suddenly a blade of sapphire blue. A dark field of mist surrounds the edges of the blade. This technique allows the Dark Knight then to not harm someone physically, but to rather harm their very life essence. Weakening their strength at the very core of their being.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Deep Darkness:'''
|Deep Darkness is where the Dark Knight creates field of darkness by via his mist field that reaches out for his attended target and can send them both down into the very ground below, or can be used to pull a target down to him with tendrils of darkness into watery darkness substance. This substance remains under the person if they can not resist the effect, making them weak to darkness magic until the substance dries up from the ground below turning back into black mist.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Darkness:'''
|The Dark Knight summons the dark mist that follows his every move and then sends it outward across the field for his attended target or targets. The darkness then blinds the target from any movement that the Dark Knight is about to perform, causing them also feel sluggish and slow.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Souleater:'''
|The Dark Knight leaps out of the darkness. The Soulblade glowing bright blue, before he strikes the very ground into a emblem on the ground. Then from the very sky, a massive crystalline of the soul blade emerges and goes to slam down on the attended target, trying to capture them in the crystalline blade. Before flickering brightly with dark electricity, thus draining there life essence to repair the Dark Knight's own. Then on the spell is complete, the giant crystalline sword shatters into dark blue wisps.
|}

= Dark Knight Dossier =
''Here lies a book with a strange crest upon its leather bound surface. Within this book are pages marked by one of two tabs. Upon these tabbed pages are notations of those encountered by the owner of this book...''

''OOC Notice:'' All levels are subject to change during the course of RP. These levels are determined by what your character does, says, and how they handle themselves in a given situation and are cumulative points. Welcome to Bioshock Morality Mini Game - Final Kingdoms style.

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Light:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Light level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Soan Sagittarius|Dragoon Man]]
|4
|A Dragoon who seems to be a 'hero' of sorts and has some sense of honor. It seems <strike>Light 1</strike> Kyra Hyral regards him as a champion by how she acts when he appeared. A very good combatant who likes to go up into the skies and then come downward to strike hard. Also is able to breath a type of steam fire. First sighting in Luca. On Further evaluation, he is able to breath out several forms of elements and seems to be known by several. His reputation is highly known. He could perhaps be much like the Wild Rose leader. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>I will find him again and test him alone to evaluate his true strength. Even if it means capturing Light 1 to do so.</strike> It may be possible to fight him alone without the capture of Kyra Hyral. This will have to be seen.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Kyra Hyral]]
|3
|A White mage who seems to be a fan of Dragoon Man. If she did not shout his name, I would not have caught it. She attempted to stop me with some courage in my address in Luca. As a healer, she is able to conjure holy magic. However she seems to not be of the normal caster group and carries vials on her that are of some alchemy nature. Like typical class mages however, she does not care for combat. Very fragile. I was able to obtain one of her vials for further study. ''Personal Note:'' She has a great deal of magic within her. Untapped magic. Also lack of true control over it. Fascinating. Though while fighting her in Cornelia, she seem to display some signs of learning since our last encounter. Excellent.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Deelel|Light 2]]
|3
|Light 2 was first found in Luca. A female warrior who uses a chakram and does not come across a standard person. She has some manners of heroics, but does not seem comfortable with close combat confrontation. Her body also broke up in appearance of light on high damage and her scream of pain was not really human. There is not enough information to work with yet.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Mutt]]
|4
|A dog that belongs to Light 3. Very annoying. Light 3 seems to use it with there own form of attacks. The two are a tag team and work together to create distraction.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Light 3]]
|2
|A Ninja by the looks of out fitting and forms of attack. They use there Mutt in order to help them in combat. My ideal of where they may be on the light chart could be off, but for now, this seems to be a good assumption based on assassin types. First ran into at Luca.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira|Maira, Maiden of Light]]
|5
|A female fire caster mage who has a very bright heart of light. Her choices during the battle have succeeded others and have shown little ability of corruption at this juncture. She was met in Bodhum Beach on the world of Traverse Town. Met her again several more times. Her light is bright, dangerous, can pierce into darkness. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate her again soon for more testing. Civil testing.</strike> Careful when dealing with this one. Though caring and not wishing to fight. Her light is powerful.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Evja|Light 4]]
|3
|This female viera is a dragoon, with good attentions, but their heart is corrupted by there need of battle or perhaps by there simple lack of understanding. When presented with a chance of mercy, they continued the fight. Meet at Bodhum Beach as well.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Minerva|Light 5]]
|3
|A Monk who fights with some light, some darkness, and some elemental. A strong female fighter, yet I was not able to obtain enough data on them to fully be sure where they stand. Her performance outside of Valkyri spoke more about herself. It is possible that her heart could be growing stronger in the light. Need further evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Ramza Beoulve|Ramza]]
|4
|Ramza was the name Light 6 cried out in his defense. He requested that I spare those in battle and end the madness. On first conversation, he showed manners similar to that of Dragoon Man and what is to be expected from those strong of light. He also has use of some elemental and some holy based attacks. Including the ability to heal. A very well rounded individual in combat.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Artemis Eurus|Light 6]]
|3
|Light 6 seems to be trying to act as Ramza's bodyguard, even though he protected her. Her heart was hard to pick up on as if she has the ability to mask it. This could be my mistake due distraction by Ramza's own heart and there proximity. Yet what I was able to see, she was indeed someone of light.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Zargabaath|Judge Magister Zargabaath]]
|3
|A man of honor who seems to care deeply for his men. Perhaps to the point to even risk his life for them. In our meeting he showed good faith by placing his weapons in the sand. Leaving himself open for attack if I so desired. Though perhaps I could raise him higher on the scale, until I can test him in combat, this is where he will remain. ''Personal Note:'' Find the means to get him alone to be tested. Perhaps even see if he can be broken.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira|Avira, Guardian of Light]]
|4
|Avira is of a group known as VALKYRI and is highly protective of the Maiden of Light. Her actions are those one would find of someone with a great deal of light in their heart. Protective. Caring. A true guardian. Thus the title I have written beside her name. Though I had trouble judging her heart, her actions spoke loud enough. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate the base for Valkyri. Keep an eye on her and the Maiden of Light.</strike> When handling the Maiden of Light, make sure these two are somehow apart or... trick them.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|3
|This Creature; Percival as Avira, Guardian of Light called him; is very noble and just. He has a strong heart, yet there is darkness there. Darkness that can be reached too and could corrupt him. Yet his will is strong enough that only when pushed does his heart seem to grow darker. His sword is also holds darkness in it as well. Possibly could be pushed the other way by the right hands.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Tifa Lockhart|Tifa]]
|3
|Strong Will. Good heart. A fist fighter I meet when assaulting Avira, Guardian of Light's home. Friend to Avira and Maira. Friend to Valkyri. Unknown if associated with or just ally of.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[TRON|Light 7]]
|4
|Much like Avira, Guardian of Light, this one is very protective. He is someone who remains in difference of others and comes across as one who could become relentless if pushed in that direction. May be related to Light 2. They have similar fighting weapons, but he wields two. They also "bleed" the same. If I would even call it blood. It is unknown what they are, though they look human.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Reno|Light 8]]
|2
|Light was in his heart, by what little at the time I could see of it. Light 8 however seem to enjoy hiding and running. Uses orbs to cast spells. Also yelled a great deal. A bit of an ego. Well require further testing, not enough sufficient data.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|4
|This man is a curious one. He calls himself also the King of Hobos. His heart is strange as it seems to be two hearts within one body. His primary heart is bright, the one dwarfed by this brightness is slightly darker. Yet his actions speak for either heart. He considered me to be Garland at first, then realized I was not due to another's correction. He also has the ability to reach for strands within the air. It is an interesting trick of sorcery. ''Personal Note:'' Research into his tricks with the threads. Find a means to defend from it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Serah Farron|Light 9]]
|4
|Light 9's heart is extremely bright and though she seems to enjoy attempting to mock, she is mostly harmless. She is perhaps the weaker of those I have faced so far, yet, perhaps in future time she will need to be re-evaluated to see if this continues to hold true or not. Including looking to see if she is possibly like the Maiden of Light. ''Personal Note:'' Like the Maiden of Light and Kyra. She enjoys using holy magic. She is a heavy magic caster. It seems the magic barrier of the armor can defend against it well enough. Further notes on this one will need to be obtained for proper evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Myla Mason|Light 10]]
|3
|Light 10 uses a form guns to do their attacking and seems to have the ability to conjure magic in the forms of water magic. They did not speak much. Unable to assess heavy data due to Dragoon Man, Kyra, and Will Sherman. ''Personal Note:'' Will need to locate and test further.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Darkness:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Dark level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Katyna|Dark 1]]
|1
|They are very low on the darkness side. She stated she was once corrupted by the darkness and she would never be again. She also hinted to the Shadow Lords. She is blind to the fact darkness is still within her, but she does attempt to play 'hero'.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar|Dark 2]]
|2
|A Dark Knight like myself who wields a powerful mace. He has darkness in his heart, but the light is also bright in it as he moves to defend those around him. Yet he does not care for others. His darkness may be like that of my own, yet there was hints that his darkness taps into another source of energy. I am sure we will meet again.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Robed Figure]]
|4
|Someone of darkness, a great deal of darkness that I have met by the will of his Majesty. This individual seems very interested in studying my own darkness of heart. I do not know the reasons for these tests, nor do I care to know. If it be by his Emperor's will, then it will be done.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Leida|Dark 3]]
|3
|Her heart is of darkness. Was given the chance to run, yet she decided to remain with those of Light. She continued to fight by her side. Though I was going to score her level lower, I do believe she desired my death. ''Personal Note:'' Locate and Punish. If she desired my life dead, she may desire my Emperor's life. That is not an option.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|2
|Lady Laradyne is my Emperor's guest within the Castle of Palamecia. Her heart is clouded with darkness, yet there is still light in it. Her actions are confusing. She is capable of "fake" emotions, which are hard to detect. If she is capable of these, then so could others. It is a trick I will need to study further in spare time. I can not let these "fake" emotions mislead my gathering of information. ''Personal Note:'' She seems to have a desire to push her luck. I believe she hopes to gain an emotional response from me that is equal to her own. She will be disappointed each time.
|}

'''The Number Levels:''' 
0: Neutral 
1: Minimal 
2: Low 
3: Medium 
4: High 
5: Extreme

= Leon Dossier =
''There is a dark brown leather book here. There is nothing special about it on the first page it says simply: Owner is Leonhart. If you find this or are given this. Please keep it safe until I return, as I may have been reclaimed by the devil and I want to make sure I forever remember all those with what time I have.''

''OOC: This works just like the Dark Knight's. HAVE FUN!''

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those To Remember:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Friend Level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|5+
|Rena is <strike>a trusted friend to mine.. maybe..</strike> even more to me then I had thought. She has accepted me, showed me how to live for the moment, and can take away the pain when it hurts the most. Yet sometimes, she isn't enough to stop the memories from coming back. She does have a beautiful voice though. I could listen to it for hours. Is it possible that maybe I.. hmm. I think I could be.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira]]
|4+
|Maira is some girl that, somehow, freed me from Mateus' control. I don't know how, but it has something to do with the Light, the darkness of my heart, and other things. I apparently hunted her down as the Dark Knight rather often. I just-- don't remember doing it. She has continued to stand by my side. Even now is getting ready to go to Palamecia with me. I.. wish.. damn'it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Emperor Mateus]]
|5-
|I am going to kill him. I swear by my sister's name and all those who died in Fynn. I do not care if Fynn is slowly coming to love him. He will DIE. 
<strike>DIEDIEDIEDIEDIE. Give me back my sister you B...</strike>
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|2+
|Some dude that was there on the battlefield when I was freed. Ran into him later in the Wildcat Cafe where I met Rena for the first time. Don't know much about him, he does owe me a drink however... 
Note to self - Find him. Get that drink when you get back to your old self. Unless he is dead. Then pull him out of the grave, get that drink, and stick him back in grave.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira]]
|3+
|Not bad gal. Kinda nice. Very protective of Maira. Can't.. really write much about her. I do love her sword though.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|0-
|This guy.. is a real something. Looks like a devil. That is all. <strike>(and I am going to be stuck with him going to Palamecia!)</strike>
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar]]
|2+
|I don't know much about this guy, but he seems to know his stuff. Apparently hits like a blacksmith forging steel if what he did to Percival is any indication. Also protective of Maira. Seems-- he may know some things too. 
After further conversations I-- have come to really respect this guy. I can.. honestly respect a man who will protect the one he loves and no matter what anyone says, will stand by them. Just wish I could have come to know him better.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Riku]]
|2+
|I apparently, yet again, have history with this kid due to the Dark Knight. I don't know much about him, but it seems we share a similar issue. Though his has changed, while mine still remains the same. <strike>He-- is, no, was right though. In some ways. He was right. Yet. The path is set. I know what I have to do. It will-- just take time to do it.</strike> Maybe-- I should ask him to.. no. No need to get anyone involved in my personal matters.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Morrighan Alazne|Witch]]
|4-
|I may be going back to Palamecia. I may be returning back to the Dark Knight, but if i find out when I return that you harmed Maira in anyway. So help me witch.. Maybe if I am lucky, the Dark Knight will take you out FOR ME.
|}

= Fact Book =
This is more for ooc knowledge, unless RP has brought this out or I have given consent that your character may know specific points already. More will be added in due time.

* He is the Military Commander
* Extremely loyal to Emperor Mateus
* "Second in Command" of the Palamecian Empire (but only as Military Command)
* Is seen as Inhuman
* Believed to maybe be a Golem of Darkness (though some who have seen him as Leon may know the truth)
* Shows no display of pain
* Doesn't show much of any emotion
* May not get along with Borghen (who is the other "Second in Command" and is more a "face" for the public and diplomats)
* The Dark Knight is Leon
* His Heart is locked from all light (but can be pierced by a Dusk Princess or breached by a Princess of Heart)
* His Memory is also locked (beyond what Mateus wanted him to know)
* He comes from Fynn
* Was Mateus first experiment in tapping into darkness of people's hearts
* Can sense the Light in someone.
* Can also sense the Darkness.
* Doesn't really use magic, but darkness itself.
* The only way to 'break' Leon out from his locked state requires three components: A Keyblade, Princes of Heart, and his sister.
* Even if 'freed', there is a very strong possibility he would go back to Mateus or be devoured by the darkness after a time.
* First time 'freed' was because Will weakened the binds and Maira had her opening then to push enough Light into his heart.
* As Leon he has no memories of what the Dark Knight has done.
* As the Dark Knight, he has no memories of what Leon has done.
* He is dominantly left handed.
* Born under the Zodiac Sign of the Capricorn.
* He is Type O. Which means, that he can donate his blood to anyone, but can only take Blood O - He be screwed if he has blood lose issues.
* Leon himself (not as the Dark Knight) believes he is cursed and the only way to break it, is by Mateus death - Though it could mean his own.

= Roleplay Hooks =
== The Dark Knight ==
* '''Wielder of Light'''
** Anyone who has good in there heart and is willing to fight for justice. The Dark Knight is willing to come for you.
* '''Wielder of Darkness'''
** Anyone who has evil in there heart and is willing to fight for injustice. The Dark Knight is curious on a study the level of power of those who, like himself, wield the darkness and by how much.
* '''Conflict'''
** Any form of Conflict be it good or evil, may bring the Dark Knight out to come investigate, if not take part in.
* '''Keyblade'''
** The Keyblade is a summoning force while it is active. The Dark Knight is attracted to it. He may come seek you out.

== Leon ==
For when Leon is out of the box, he is pretty much open to whatever and however. I also have no problems with people wanting to attack him due to what he has done as the Dark Knight. So feel free to make him pay for his transactions -- even if he doesn't remember them!

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Integrated

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Foxfirestorm: /* Things You Should Know And Follow */

{{#set:Information=Theme}}Note that this is not a comprehensive list. These are the opening themes for which a guideline is provided, as they were represented in Kingdom Hearts, or are otherwise on grid. These entries often contain an adjustment to incorporate the Kingdom Hearts theme - leading to the fall of the world into darkness.
= Final Fantasy 1 =
== Final Fantasy 1 ==
The world of balance was a magical realm, governed by the four elemental crystals of dark and the opposing crystals of light. Two-hundred years ago, the four crystals of light were abused by a highly advanced civilization - known as the Lufenians - who lived on a floating continent above the planet.

Their misuse of the crystals led to the sinking of a giant sea shrine, the sudden surge in airship crashes and inexplicable windstorms, uncontrollable wildfires that ripped through the lands, and decaying vegetation seen throughout the world. What started off as an ambitious plan to further advance their civilization left it in near ruins... with the rest of the world soon to follow...

One day, the great Sage Lukahn spoke a prophecy: the legendary Light Warriors would come with their orbs devoid of light to heal the ailing crystals and return the world from darkness. Soon after, the four heroes arrived from nowhere, each carrying an empty darkened orb, drawn together by forces beyond their control. Travelling the world, they battled numerous villians, rescuing princess Sara of Cornelia from the evil Garland, defeating the evil dark elf Astos and liberating the good Elf Prince, restoring his kingdom. They eventually encountered the four fiends: Lich, Marilith, Kraken and Tiamat, recovering the crystals of light and restoring their balance with the crystals of darkness.

Light began to return to the world, and yet evil remained on the brink, threatenning to overturn the warriors as soon as their strength was exhausted. Chaos used his magic to revive Garland and the fiends, sending them 2,000 years into the past so that they could corrupt the crystals before the Light Warriors were even born. The Light Warriors however, discovered a way to travel to the past, to confront Chaos and his minions. They defeated them again... Or so they thought, and returned to the present, to live out their lives in peace (See [[Integrated#tab=Final_Fantasy_3|FF3]]).

Chaos however, would not be so easily defeated. Using the last ounce of his magic, he attempted once more to escape through a time warp, but his magic went awry and sent him and his minions to another time and world, into the sad and dying world of Terra, which Chaos, once again calling himself Garland, sought to control and manipulate, fashioning it into his own world to do with as he pleased (See [[Integrated#tab=Final_Fantasy_9|FF9]]).

'''Key Characters:''' [[Garland]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Cornelia]].

= Final Fantasy 2 =
== Final Fantasy 2 ==
The Imperial World was constantly at war, as the Emperor of Palamecia sought to extend his control beyond his own kingdom. Those countries who refused to submit to his tyrranical rule were quickly wiped out while the rest became mere puppet states for him to do with as he pleased. The kingdom of Fynn was one such kingdom that was attacked. Fynn’s people put up a brave fight against the emperor, but in the end, even Fynn was destroyed, its people scattered. Four youth – Firion, Maria, Guy and Leon were victims of the war, their parents killed during the invasion. They caught in the middle, too young, too weak to defend against the Emperor’s fearsome troops.

They quickly succumbed to their wounds, but before the Palamecian troops could finish them off, they were rescued by survivors of Fynn and taken to the nearby town of Altair to recover. It was here where the survivors of Fynn established a secret rebel group, dubbed the ‘Wild Rose Rebellion’, whom sought to eventually overthrow the Empire. The youths, not much more than teenagers at the time, also sought revenge for the death of their parents. Not only that, but learning that Maria’s brother Leon had vanished during the raid on Fynn, they were determined to find and rescue him if at all possible.

They took on many missions and defeated many enemies in a growing desire to prove their worth to the rebellion, and finally Princess Hilda, leader of the rebellion, placed a very special mission in their hands – find and rescue her husband, prince Scott. Returning to Fynn, they found Prince Scott, badly wounded from the attack on Fynn and hovering near death. With his last breath, he revealed the one who betrayed their kingdom to the enemy – Count Borghen – and gave him his ring to give to Hilda so that she would never forget him.

The party then left for Salamand to search for Mythril to strengthen their defenses. They also searched for Josef, a member who was missing in action, only to learn that he was being blackmailed by the enemy who had his daughter as hostage. The heroes found Nelly and freed her from her captors, returning her to Josef and headed back to the resistance, using their newfound Mythril to create powerful weapons and armour for the resistance. The heroes left home base once again, this time heading to Bafsk in search of the ‘Dreadnought’, a powerful airship being constructed by the Empire, hoping to destroy it before it could be used as a weapon of mass destruction.

However, they were unable to reach Bafsk in time to stop the ship from taking flight and destroying the cities of Poft, Paloom, Gatrea and Altair. After witnessing the destruction of their new home and believing their resistance base and friends were destroyed as well, the heroes rushed back to Altair, discovering to their relief that the base had been spared. They formed a plan to destroy the Dreadnought by using the ‘Sunfire’, a powerful weapon in Kashuan keep. In order to enter Kashuan however, they required the Goddess Bell, which they managed to retrieve with Josef’s help. After a long and dangerous journey through snow caves, they found the goddess bell, but were attacked by Borghen on the way out, who sent a boulder after them.

With his last strength, Josef managed to hold the boulder back, allowing the rest of the party to escape, but in the process he was most likely crushed and killed himself. Sparked by an ever stronger desire to get revenge on the Empire, the heroes headed next to Kashuan keep, using the bell to gain entry. With Gordon, brother of the late Prince Scott’s help, they managed to obtain the Sunfire, and waited for Cid and Hilda to retrieve them in the aiship. However, it was at that moment that the Dreadnought intercepted, and captured the rebels’ airship, along with Cid and Hilda. The heroes watched powerless as they were both taken prisoners, and they returned to homebase with Gordon, who assumed leadership of the rebellion in Hilda’s absence.

They had suffered a great loss, but they still had the sunfire, and they were determined to destroy the airship when it parked to refuel.

However, even with renewed forces, the small party was overwhelmed by a new powerful enemy that had joined forces with Borghen’s armies. These strange creatures of the shadows attacked them in a swarm, and covered their world in darkness, threatening to tear their entire world apart. The party fled through the chaos, retreating back to Altair, or what remained of it and watched in horror as the heartless, now in league with the Empire began to tear their world asunder.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Firion]], [[Maria]], [[Guy]], [[Leon]], [[Minwu]], [[Josef]], [[Gordon]], [[Leila]], [[Ricard Highway]], [[Scott]], [[The Emperor]], [[Borghen]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Mysidia]], [[Fynn]], [[Palamecia]].

= Final Fantasy 3 =
== Final Fantasy 3 ==
In the beginning, the World of Balance was kept in perfect harmony by the four elemental crystals of light, and the four crystals of darkness, which worked together to keep the powers of the others in check. However, over the years, a technologically advanced civilization that lived upon a floating continent above the planet, once discovered and captured the four crystals of light, hoping to control its power for themselves. As they learned more of the power of the light crystals, using them to bend and control the forces of nature to their every whim, they were unaware that their actions were throwing the world off-balance, and threatening to engulf it in overwhelming light.

The planet reacted to this threat by awakening the four legendary Dark warriors who, compelled by forces beyond their control, journeyed the world and eventually recovered the light crystals, using their own dark crystals to contain their powers. The world became balanced once more, but the consequences were severe. The floating continent was destroyed by the surge of energy that flooded their world from the light crystals, and their civilization was lost to the ages.

Many more years passed, and the great civilization was replaced by the Gulgans, blind prophets who warned that the crystals would one day be abused again, and the crystal warriors would be needed once more..The floating continent eventually became the birth place of the four Legendary Warriors of light, who were awakened initially by Luneth when he stumbled upon the wind crystal, before he set out to unite with the other four warriors of light: Arc, Refia and Ingus. Together they journeyed the world, seeking the source of the darkness that was slowly engulfing the world, and searching for the dark crystals to fill with light once more..

The heroes traveled around the world in search of the other four crystals, braving Dragon's peak and rescuing Desch from Bahamut, then to Vikin's cove where they recovered the missing eye of the Nepto Dragon idol, appeasing the angry dragon and obtaining a ship as reward. With the Enterprise, they sailed to the tower of Orwen where they fought Medusa, the first of Xande's many minions, and then recovered the crystal of fire within the Dwarven Hollows.

Their journeys took them next to Tokkul village where they learned that Hein, another of Xande's minions, had captured King Argus and his people, and transformed the Elder tree into his own floating fortress. Discovering the Location of the Light Warriors, Hein's forces attacked Tokkul village and kidnapped the four heroes, holding them as prisoners in Castle Hein.

The heroes fought their way out, but at that moment, their world was engulfed by the heartless who overwhelmed their forces. A fierce battle took place as the heartless seemed drawn towards the darkness of Hein and his minions and repelled by the crystals of the light warriors. In the end, only the heroes themselves were able to escape the cursed tree castle - defeated and wounded, they sought to recuperate and strengthen their forces before seeking to fight Hein and rescue Argus and his people... And to eventually restore light to the world, an increasingly difficult task with the threat of not only Xande's minions, but the heartless themselves seeking to envelope the world in darkness and chaos. And soon... the heartless succeeded in forcing this world to fall to darkness.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Luneth]], [[Arc]], [[Refia]], [[Ingus]], [[Hein]], [[Xande]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Castle Argus]], [[Castle Hein]].

= Final Fantasy 4 =
== Final Fantasy 4 ==
The Kingdom of Baron was once ruled by a benevolent king, protected by the might of their dragoons and the power of their airship fleet, the Red Wings. The king had two sons, both orphans he had taken under his wing. Cecil was trained as a Dark Knight, eventually earning his place as commander of the Red Wings. Kain followed in his deceased father's footsteps, becoming a dragoon. What they and the people of Baron had yet to realize was that their king had been killed and replaced by the Archfiend Cagnazzo. Yet, behind the Archfiend, even darker forces were stirring. A man in dark armor named Golbez pulled the strings of the fiends, oblivious to the fact that he was a puppet himself - whispered to by unseen forces.

Without warning, the Red Wings were sent to seek out the Crystal of Water, protected by the Mages of Mysidia. The people of Mysidia resisted the attack, but many were slain in the onslaught. In one swoop, Golbez aquired the Crystal of Water, but also left behind many fallen victims who would become a beacon for the Heartless. The massacre in Mysidia unsettled Cecil, questioning the reasons for the attack. When he raised his misgivings to the King, he found the man was not the forgiving father he had once known. Infuriated, the King dismissed him from command of the Red Wings and sent on a mission to eliminate the Eidolons in the Valley of the Mist as well as to deliver to the people of the Mist Valley a 'ring'. Kain tried to come to his brother's defense, but only found himself also sent along on the errand.

Along the way, they encounter a Mist Dragon in the caves leading to the valley. Though it warns them to turn back, Kain and Cecil dispatch the creature and find their way into the protected valley. On arriving, the package explodes, revealing fire fiends which set the city ablaze. Cecil, shocked by what he's seen, tries to help, and encounters a young girl grieving over her mother's fallen body. The Mist Dragon had been her Eidolon, and when it died, she died with it. With all of her anger and sadness, the girl summoned up a great monster which tore the ground asunder, separating Kain on one side of the divide, and Cecil on the other.

Kain returned to Baron only to discover that a dark man named Golbez had been placed in command of the Red Wings. It didn't take long for Kain to fall under the spell of Golbez's power, which drew upon the darker parts of his heart. Cecil finds himself with the unconscious girl from before, and with some trust, he manages to convince her to accompany him for now. In Kaipo, they discover that Cecil's beloved, a mage named Rosa, has fallen ill of Desert Fever after leaving Baron in search of him. He and the girl, Rydia, set out to find a cure and pick up some others along the way. There is Tellah, a wizzened old mage who has forgotten more spells than most ever would know and Edward, the ruler of Damcyan who lost his kingdom, the fire crystal, and his beloved in one swoop of Baron's Red Wings. Together, the party kills the Antlion and cures Rosa and then sets out for the Kingdom of Fabul, hoping to warn them in time to protect the Crystal of Air.

Heeding the warning, the King of Fabul martials his troops to stand against the attack, but Baron wields soldiers, fiends, and a new kind of creature that they had never seen before: Heartless. Falling back to the Crystal Chamber, Cecil is surprised to see his brother among those attacking Fabul. Cecil and Kain duel, and the Dark Knight is struck down by the dragoon. Only a Rosa's intervention keeps Kain from making the killing blow. Seeing this, Golbez strikes down the rest of the party, kidnapps Rosa, and departs with the Air Crystal and Kain in tow. In the aftermath, Cecil decides to try to sneak into Baron and aquire an airship in order to stand against Baron. However, things didn't go as planned. The influx of Heartless into the world had angered the Eidolons. As their ship sailed over the ocean, Leviathan struck back, dragging Rydia down with him into a whirlpool and sweeping the others overboard.

This is when the world fell. The Dark Knight Cecil awakens on unfamiliar shores, unsure of the fates of his companions. Baron still holds a great deal of power in this new world. The Heartless take hold in the places where the crystals no longer shine upon the world, but are foiled as the world is unmade, and the crystals are recreated by the World Hearts. Now, with only the Water Crystal left in Baron. What does Golbez plan to do with the remaining crystal? And more importantly, what part do the Heartless have to play in the desire for the remaining crystals? But two things are clear: Someone needs to stand against Baron and someone needs to warn this new World about the threat coming their way.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Cecil Harvey]], [[Kain Highwind]], [[Rydia]], [[Tellah]], [[Edward Chris von Muir]], [[Rosa Joanna Farrell]], [[Yang Fang Leiden]], [[Palom]], [[Porom]], [[Cid Pollendina]], [[Edge Geraldine]], [[Cagnazzo]], [[Barbariccia]], [[Baigan]], [[Golbez]], [[Scarmiglione]], [[Rubicante]], [[Dr. Lugae]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Baron]], [[Mysidia]], [[Red Moon]], [[Tower of Zot]], [[Feymarch]].

= Final Fantasy 5 =
== Final Fantasy 5 ==
The world of Final Fantasy 5, like many others before and after it, was kept in balance by the four elemental crystals: Wind, Earth, Fire and Water. Each of the crystals maintained the balance of nature, but as always, humanity sought to use these crystals for their own purposes. Gradually, each of these sacred artefacts disappeared from their sacred shrines, stolen by various nations which wished to use them to improve their lives, unknowingly draining them slowly of their power.

Gradually, the world began to suffer the ill-effects as the crystals died. The winds stopped blowing, making travel by sea or air quite difficult. Water grew scarce or impure, fires grew out of control, and earthquakes ravaged the land. But that was not all. Unknown to most, the crystals had also been used to create an ancient seal that kept a powerful monster sealed within a barrier. As the crystals grew weaker, so did the barrier.

One day, mysterious meteors rained down upon the world, shattering the crystals. In the midst of one such meteor fall, four heroes suddenly find themselves charged with the recovery of the crystals which have been shattered by the meteors. Gradually, they come across the scattered crystals, now reduced to shards. Each piece contains the memories of previous warriors of light, protectors to the crystals, whose memories and spirits were preserved in the crystals when they sacrificed themselves to seal Exdeath away from the world.

As they learn of the crystals and their delicate balance, they take it upon themselves to travel the world, to restore the crystals and are soon called the 'Light Warriors'. They brought hope to the world, seeking to restore order and balance..But it seemed darker forces were in control, and they were too late to revive the crystals before the seal was broken. Exdeath was freed, unleashing his own hell upon the earth. It was at that moment that the heartless attacked their already weakenned world, throwing everything into chaos.

While Exdeath seeks to forge new alliances, perhaps even hoping to wield the heartless for his own purposes, the heroes were scattered and lost, seeking to forge new alliances to overthrow Exdeath and restore the shattered world. But the crystals are scattered once more, merged with those of other worlds. Can they possibly do this alone?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Tycoon]], [[Carwen]], [[Fluorgis]] (Karnak), [[Tower of Zot]] (Exdeath's Castle). 

= Final Fantasy 6 =
== Final Fantasy 6 ==
During the dawn of time, a world known as 'The World of the Magi' was created and co-ruled by three sister Goddesses. Over time they no longer wished to rule together, and began to fight each other for dominance. Soon known as the 'Warring Triad', they selected and transformed a number of humans and animals into powerful magical creatures by saturating them in magic, and pit them against each other to fight their wars for them. These creatures would later be known as 'Espers', fighting a war dubbed the 'War of the Magi'.

The war lasted for many many years without a clear winner. The goddesses soon realized however, that the war was slowly destroying the world and killing all life. Remorseful of their actions, they turned themselves to stone and gave the Espers free control over themselves, with only one request; To never allow the world to be destroyed by magic again. Magic became forbidden and the Espers fashioned their own secret world, separate from the Magi's world where they could live alone in peace.

One thousand years later, the world learned to live without magic, replacing it with technology. Magic and Espers became but a fairytale, nothing more. Then the Empire of the southern continent led by Emperor Gestahl one day discovered the entrance to the Esper world in a cave. They charged into the strange new world and attacked the Espers, dragging many of them back with them and placing them in their research laboratories to be experimented upon. The Empire soon discovered the truth about magic, and the war of the magi. They used their vast knowledge and technology to drain magic from the Espers and imbue their own soldiers as well as machinery with this immense power, in a process known as Magitek. With this new power, the Empire became unstoppable, pushing further north as they easily engulfed other nations and gradually came to control a great portion of the world.

Within their army was one mysterious girl with incredible powers, a girl with green hair and the ability to control magic. Her name was Terra, and she was one taken from the Esper cave as a baby. From birth she was bred to be the ultimate soldier, her thoughts and actions controlled entirely by the slave crown she was forced to wear. One day, Terra and a small number of soldiers marched into Narshe, determined to take the frozen esper found in the mountains there. But when Terra approached the Esper a strange thing happened; She reacted to the creature, and broke free of her captors, obliterating her fellow soldiers in the powerful blast that accompanied her contact with the Esper.

When she awoke she was greeted by one of the Narshians, Arvis, a secret Returner sympathizer who helped her escape with help from Locke. Together they fled the Empire's forces. But the Empire were hot on their trails as they fled first to Figaro castle which was lit afire by Kefka before it submerged into the desert depths in order to escape. They fled to South Figaro and then through Mount Kolts, and finally made it to the Returner hideout where they fled yet again through the water rapids. But here, they were separated, as Sabin fell overboard and Locke headed back to South Figaro to slow the Empire's progress.

Along the way more allies were gathered as Sabin encountered Gau, the wild boy of the Veldt, and Cyan, the proud soldier of Doma who watched helplessly as the mad general Kefka poisoned his people from the inside out. Before the allies could regroup at the meeting point in Narshe, something else attacked their world, tearing it apart, threatening to destroy everything in their path; The heartless had arrived through a pact between Gestahl and an enigmatic person called a 'Shadow Lord', and they began to devour the world bit by bit, seeking the world's very heart. The promise between Gestahl and the Shadow Lord, was that the Heartless would find him the Espers' home, and bring magic to the world.

And as the world fell thusly, as the heartless spread over the lands, only so little of this world passed on into the new.

While the Returners struggled to find each other amid the chaos and make sense of this new threat, the Empire found that they were reduced to Vector, having lost almost all other nations to the heartless; Gestahl however does not back down, and continues to use this very force to try and obtain power and find the sealed home of the Espers.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Terra Branford]], [[Locke Cole]], [[Edgar Roni Figaro]], [[Sabin René Figaro]], [[Cyan Garamonde]], [[Gau]], [[Celes Chere]], [[Setzer Gabbiani]], [[Shadow]], [[Relm Arrowny]], [[Strago Magus]], [[Mog]], [[Umaro]], [[Gogo]], [[Banon]], [[Emperor Gestahl]], [[Kefka Palazzo]], [[Cid Del Norte Marquez]], [[General Leo Cristophe]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Figaro Castle]] (hidden under the sands of Agrabah), [[Vector]], [[Narshe]].

= Final Fantasy 7 =
== Final Fantasy 7 ==
The organization called AVALANCHE was not always what it is now. Though organized with good intentions, it was soon twisted by the actions of a man named Fuhito. Also known as the Ravens, this organization sought to destroy Shinra. In this, they end up fighting the Turks countless times, until finally the group itself begins to break down during the events surrounding [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Zirconiade Zirconiade]. At the same time, Wutai is beginning to fall to Shinra, which has dedicated a good sum of its forces to overwhelm this nation so it may come to rule them with economic might. However, upon the fall of Fuhito, the group is taken over with great hesitation by [[Shalua Rui]].

Eventually, Wutai's fort Tamblin falls, and all seems lost for the great nation of Wutai. But then, something changes in the balance of the world. Godo Kisaragi, feeling pressured by the forces of Shinra - which were quickly encroaching on his city with the intent of placing a Mako Reactor there - makes a pact with the [[Shadow Lords]]; a fact unknown to anyone, including his own daughter. The Heartless soon find themselves swarming The Planet and infecting the Lifestream, but also bolstering Wutai's defenses. But the invading SOLDIER forces hold strong.

A while later, Genesis' decision to desert from [[Shinra]] causes a good sum of its private force - SOLDIER - to leave the company. These events snowballed upon Angeal, Zack and Sephiroth's investigation into these events. Genesis managed to get a hold of Heartless during his initial assault on Shinra Headquarters - making life that much more difficult on the city of Midgar, still heavily under construction.

Four years later, at the climax of Zack's journey and after the horrible events of the Nibelheim incident, much of The Planet has fallen to darkness. Zack's heroic Last Stand, and the subsequent destruction of Cloud Strife's identity, have already occured; as far as anyone on Planet knows, Zack Fair is dead.

Now, in this new world, Shinra finds itself rebuilding Midgar from the city of Goug, enforcing its will on the Moogle community. The Shinra headquarters is placed upon the entrance to its most favorable cave system, and they begin to promote their own agenda through a call for fear of Wutai's forces and its Heartless - and due to being at least partially justified in this fear, the organization gains popularity.

Wutai remains fairly untouched by the Heartless, as promised by the Shadow Lords when Godo made his pact. Yuffie is searching for a way to 'cure' her father from this darkness he's fallen to, while most of its ninja force continues to desire fight with Shinra, so they may forever snuff out this 'threat' on their traditions and their land.

Nibelheim remains lost to the darkness. Though a single country girl seeks for a young man who she believes might be able to save them all. And within Goug, a flower girl prays for the return of her boyfriend.

Now, amidst the chaos of this new world, Wutai is still pushing Shinra back with its heartless, and the heroes of The Planet find themselves scattered. Though there is one organization that may bring those the Forces of Restoration of this world together... [[AVALANCHE]] - as Shalua Rui lets the boisterous, but kind Barret Wallace take over the role of leadership.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aerith Gainsborough]], [[Cloud Strife]], [[Professor Hojo]], [[Rufus Shinra]], [[Sephiroth]], [[Tifa Lockhart]], [[Vincent Valentine]], [[Zack Fair]], [[Barret Wallace]], [[Reno]], [[Rude]], [[Cid Highwind]], [[Yuffie Kisaragi]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Goug]] (Midgar), [[Wutai]], [[Costa Del Sol]], [[Cosmo Valley]], [[Junon]].

= Final Fantasy 8 =
== Final Fantasy 8 ==
This world was created by Hyne, a powerful being of supreme magic. After Hyne created the world, he grew tired and fell asleep. He sleept for a long time, and when he woke up, the people he'd made, had many children and spread throughout the world. He grew fearful that they would overrun the world, and so he began to kill many of them with his magic. But the people did not like this and they rebelled against him.

Eventually Hyne lost the war due to sheer numbers, and he surrendered, offering half of his body and half his powers in exchange for being left alone. He then fled, never to be seen again. Another war was fought amongst humans for his powers, but these 'powers' were soon found to be mere trickery. The true power that Hyne possessed, he hid within the fairer half of humanity; In women whom he believed would be less corrupted by power. These chosen women would eventually be known as 'sorceresses'.

Through the years, there were many notable sorceresses, although most were corrupted by Hyne's power. Sorceress Adel was ruler of Esthar and she went to war against Vinzer Deling Galbadia, using magic and technology. The war led to many orphans, which were placed under the care of sorceress Edea and her husband, Cid, both who built and overlooked an orphannage on a small and remote island, away from the war. The war eventually ended when Laguna, a Galbadian soldier, teamed up with Estharian rebels and tricked Adel into a trap, then shot her into space where she lay in a comatose state for many years.

In the meantime, numerous military shelters that had been built during the war were converted into gardens to house the war orphans and train them to eventually fight the sorceresses and to avoid another sorceress war. Balamb, Trabia and Galbadia were the three gardens built to house and train mercenaries, few of who knew of the gardens' true purpose. By this time however, Sorceress Edea herself began to succumb to her powers, and she took over Galbadia, posing at first as its ambassador who used her powers to enchant the people of Galbadia who fell instantly in love with her, and barely batted an eye when she murdered president Vinzer Deling.

In the meantime, Galbadia Garden sent a group of SeeD into Deling city to assasinate the sorceress. Led by Squall who was accompanied by Irvine, Selphie, Zell, Quistis, and Timber Rebel Rinoa, they were eventually unsuccessful in assassinating the sorceress. Still, the group doesn't manage to escape - and are soon stuck within D-District Prison. And with the Heartless showing up during this time in mass number, with our heroes locked away, they are powerless as darkness comes to envelop them and their world.

In this new one. The Sorceress Edea has turned her eye upon the heartless who invaded her world. And although it is unclear whether she plans to destroy this potential threat, or perhaps use them to strengthen her own forces in this new, shattered world.

And there is yet another element to the danger and mystery. Though none would know its significance, this world carries no radio-interference...

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Deling City]], [[Balamb Garden]]. 

= Final Fantasy 9 =
== Final Fantasy 9 ==
The peace between [[Alexandria]] and [[Lindblum Alliance|Lindblum]] has always been a bit of a troublesome one. There have been many wars between these great nations, and soon a new war would be sure to flare up due to deeds behind the scenes.

After a dazzling play of the [[Tantalus Theater Troupe]], the princess of Alexandria was kidnapped by this very group. Of course, nobody knew at the time, that it had been the [[Cid Fabool IX|king of Lindblum]] who had requested this deed of [[Baku]], the leader of the kidnappers. However, their departure doesn't go entirely as planned, and the group soon finds itself traveling through the Evil Forest, and in doing so, [[Zidane Tribal]] loses one of his best friends; [[Blank]].

[[Steiner]], knight of Alexandria tries to guide the group back to Alexandria, while [[Garnet]], [[Vivi]] and Zidane have their sights set on Lindblum. In their trek on foot, they are haunted by the three Black Waltzes, but manage to best them and the strange black creatures that seem to follow them. Creatures they would later come to know as Heartless.

Soon enough, they find out the terrible truth of Dali, and manage to take an airship to Lindblum. There, Cid Fabool the ninth hears their plea and explains that he knew that trouble was brewing already. He also explains that more and more dark creatures have been marching out of Alexandria - and that he is certain that the kingdom is preparing for war.

And while our heroes take a moment to enjoy themselves at the Festival of the Hunt, darkness soon begins to set over the land. Freya decides she wishes to check out her home country - worried - and the group agrees to go with her. Garnet, or rather, 'Dagger', since her treck to Dali, sneaks along with them without having to resort to any underhanded methods.

During them leaving the castle, Lindblum comes under attack by Alexandria's Heartless forces. The airships and knights at their disposal hold strong however. The Tantalus Theater Group that remains also comes to the aid of this technologically advanced city, in the form of fighters and moral support.

The heroes manage to make it to Burmecia, only to find themselves defeated by General Beatrix - and watch as Brahne and a man named Kuja leave the area. The group ends up in Treno not long after - and do find the Supersoft. But the Sleepless City soon finds itself falling to darkness. This phenomenon is worldwide, and before Brahne has a chance to extract the Eidolons from Garnet, the world falls.

This leaves our heroes scattered, and Brahne frantically trying to find Dagger so she may have this incredible force to topple cities with! But in this new land, Lindblum is even closer to their borders. Who knows what will happen next... though it is rumored that Blank has been sighted in this new world. Did Zidane manage to get the Supersoft to him within the darkness?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Iifa Tree]], [[Alexandria]], [[Lindblum]], [[Cleyra]], [[Red Moon]], [[Blue Moon]]. 

= Final Fantasy 10 =
== Final Fantasy 10 ==
Much of Spira's story is exactly as it should have been. After [[Tidus]]' arrival to Spira, he soon joined [[Yuna]] and her group on her pilgrimage. The party travels from Besaid to Luca where Auron joins them - and soon after, they observe the devastating result of the doomed-to-fail Operation Mi'ihen. From there, they move to Djose temple, ride a Shoopuf - fend off some Al Bhed - and gain their final member of the Pilgrimage: Rikku.

Seymour, pining for Yuna, soon proposes to the Lady Summoner, and after a small while - and proof in hand of what Seymour has done - refuses him. Soon-after, Sin interferes again, and the party ends up in Home. They proceed to Bevelle, where Yuna is being forced to marry the Unsent Seymour, which results in the death-sentence Via Purifico. The party successfully escapes and flees towards Zanarkand soon after.

There, they fight their way through fiends until they finally find the chamber where Yunalesca is waiting for them. But when she threatens to kill them for not 'going with the plan' that has been set to be repeated for all of eternity, things go bad.

Heartless have been invading the shell of Sin, and have been both corrupting Sin and being corrupted by Sin. The increased irritation, has started to make the beast erratic and attack more frequently and strongly.

By the time they are in the midst of their fight with Yunalesca, Sin has come near Zanarkand and many Heartless have begun to swarm the ruined city. The fight is forced to be abandoned as they turn not only on Yuna and her party, but also Yunalesca. And in that moment, darkness expands in Zanarkand, as a Shadow Lord enters the chamber. The man looks strange, bearing flaming blue hair and claiming something about 'their downstairs' needing a 'reorganization' - followed by him trapping Yuna and her group into the clutches of this oppressive force - and sending them wandering aimlessly... until they find this new world.

A new world, in which some of Spira exists as well; the Yevon religion trying to gain momentum and hunting the Al Bhed. For in the 'small time' they wandered through darkness. Their Spira had fallen to the Heartles. The Al Bhed had resisted with all their might, deploying Machina alongside Crusaders and Warrior Monks alike... but the Heartless and Sin had been too strong.

The eternal question is though...

Has Sin passed on to this world as well!?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Bevelle]], [[Luca]], [[Guadosalam]], [[Farplane]], [[Zanarkand]], [[Other Important Items|Four Cloisters]]. 

= Final Fantasy 12 =
== Final Fantasy 12 ==
The world of Old Ivalice is a world largely at war. The Archadian Empire is a powerful empire that swept across the world, enveloping smaller kingdoms in its wake. They came up against great resistance with the Rozarrian empire, while mostly ignoring Rozarria's smaller neighbor, the neutral kingdom of Dalmasca. However, when Rozarria and Dalmasca became united through the marriage of Prince Rasler of Rozarria and Princess Ashe of Dalmasca, they too, were pulled into the war.

While Archades attacked Nalbina fortress, Prince Rasler, barely wed to Ashe, marched off to war alongside Basch, loyal knight of King Raminas of Dalmasca. At the same time, seeking peace, King Raminas signed a treaty, handing over Imperial rule of Dalmasca to Archades, but he was interrupted by Basch who murdered him for his seeming betrayal, with the knights Reks and Basch as his witnesses.

According to history, A grief-stricken Princess Ashe killed herself and Basch was later executed for treason. With no leader, Dalmasca was handed over to Lord Vayne, Emperor Gramis' son and grand prince of Archades. Two years later, Vayne was coronated in Dalmasca, becoming Lord Consul of Rabanastre. Shortly after, their world began to fall gradually to darkness. The walls between dimensions weakened and an interdimensional gate openned in Archades castle, leading to castle Gaudium. Vayne briefly left Dalmasca to investigate this strange phenomenon. From the gate erupted the mysterious Oscha and his army of heartless which he offered to share with Lord Vayne to aid in his war effort, even as those same creatures began to consume Ivalice, enveloping much of their world into darkness.

Meanwhile, a small resistance began to form, starting with the street rats Vaan, brother of the slain Reks, and Penelo. Initially seeking to reclaim much of Dalmasca's treasure from Vayne, he ended up meeting up with the sky pirates Balthier and Fran, Princess Ashe and her loyal knight Vossler, and Basch himself who was very much alive and with a number of secrets to reveal about the Archades. But seating Ashe back on the throne would prove a long and dangerous task, first requiring proof of her royalty and claim to the throne. And with the heartless to battle against as well, it seems the Princess Ashe's battle has become more than simply restoring her kingdom as their very world's existance is now in danger as well..

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Rabanastre]], [[Archades]], [[Mt. Bur-Omisace]] (Part of Mt. Gagazet). 

= Final Fantasy 13 =
== Final Fantasy 13 ==
Thirteen centuries ago, a floating, utopian world was created in the atmosphere of a planet known as Pulse. The fal'Cie, beings of immense power and authority, willed that the continent be completely isolated from the crude and brutal wilderness known as the Gran Pulse below and commissioned machines to be the guardians of the citizens. Barriers were subsequently set up all around the newly created world, and as such was the metropolis granted its befitting name: Cocoon.

Having been secluded from the outside world for many years, the citizens of Cocoon have become paranoid of what Gran Pulse really holds. Fear has spread across Cocoon, causing the Sanctum, Cocoon's government, led by the Primarch Galenth Dysley, to issue a new edict: Any individuals suspected to be in contact with the world of Pulse or any of its artifacts or items are to be banished from the continent unconditionally and cast into the harsh environment of the planet below.

And so, when a Pulse fal'Cie is discovered in the small town of Bodhum, mass panic breaks out and soon all of Cocoon's citizens are crying out for the expulsion of the entire town to Pulse. The Sanctum's personal army, PSICOM, has no choice but to banish all of the town's inhabitants to the world below, regardless of whether they are citizens or tourists. This event, known as the Purge, marks the beginning of this party's story as the residents of Bodhum are being taken to the Hanging Edge along with the Pulse fal'Cie, Anima, contained within the Pulse Vestige.

The party is brought together by the events of the Purge. Lightning is on board the Purge train in order to reach the Pulse fal'Cie and save her sister, Serah Farron, who became a Pulse l'Cie, a being hated and feared by all on Cocoon who's forced to do the fal'Cie's bidding. Accompanying her is Sazh Katzroy, a civilian airship pilot trying to fulfill his son's Focus in a desperate bid to save him from becoming a Cie'th. Like Lightning, Snow Villiers is trying to rescue Serah as well, as she is his future bride. Hope Estheim and Oerba Dia Vanille become involved when Hope's mother, Nora Estheim, joins Snow's resistance army and dies under his care, prompting the two to pursue him.

Thus, these five characters end up coming together in the Pulse Vestige, where they witness Serah turn to crystal, an event that only happens when a l'Cie fulfills their Focus. In the course of their trek into the heart of the Vestige, they also encounter creatures known as Cie'th; l'Cie that fail to complete their Focus in time. Lightning believes that Serah is dead, while Snow refuses to give up the hope that she will awaken someday. Lightning, seeking vengeance on the fal'Cie, heads into Anima's Throne along with the rest of the party in order to confront Anima, the Pulse fal'Cie responsible for Serah's transformation into a l'Cie.

As the party faces Anima, PSICOM forces begin to blast the Pulse Vestige and everything in it to pieces. Facing certain death, Anima transforms Lightning and her companions into l'Cie, giving them a dream involving the city of Eden and the mysterious Ragnarok in the process. They fall down in what seems to be an eternity - darkness enveloping them. Yet, they survive as the world outside of Cocoon falls to the dark plague of the Heartless. And something else is wrong... as Serah is nowhere to be found.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Claire Farron|Claire Farron]] (Lightning), [[Snow Villiers]], [[Oerba Dia Vanille]], [[Sazh Katzroy]], [[Hope Estheim]], [[Oerba Yun Fang]], [[Serah Farron]], [[Dajh Katzroy]], [[Cid Raines]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Eden]], [[Palumpolum]], [[Blue Moon]] (Cocoon: not attached to the grid), [[Bodhum]].

= Final Fantasy Tactics =
== Final Fantasy Tactics ==
A second Ivalice New Ivalice once existed, and like its sister world, it too, was wracked with great wars. While many records were lost during the wars, some legends say that Ivalice was once a very technologically advanced civilization, although all was lost during a great cataclysm that was lost to the ages. Many years later, Ivalice threatenned to destroy itself again when another great war wracked the land. This one lasted for 50 years and would later be known, simply as the '50 Year War'. In the end, both sides surrendered, but only after they had left a path of destruction behind them.

The majority of the soldiers hired in the war were commoners, promised payment and food for their hard labor in the war, but the nobility were themselves shattered by the war and they turned many commoner down, leaving them to return to their homes penniless. A rebel group rose up against the nobles, calling themselves the Death Corpse Knights, dedicated to returning to the commoners what belonged to them and ultimately seeking to overthrow the nobility. While crime grew rampant, the Lords of the six ruling families struggled to maintain order by uniting together, but this unstable alliance did not last long either. One year after the end of the 50 year war, Princess Ovelia was abducted, followed by the death of Ivalice's ruling king. Ivalice was left in chaos without a ruler and without a chosen successor. Prince Large is the elder brother of Queen Ruvelia - wife of the late king, while Prince Goltana is the younger cousin of the dead king. The king's own children, Princess Ovelia and the younger Prince Orinas are also potential successors.

This triggered the beginning of a new war between the two ruling families - Gallione, ruled by Prince Large of the White Lion crest, and Zeltennia, ruled by Prince Goltana of the Black Lion crest - Known as the 'War of the Lions'. A number of prominent players participated in this war: The church claimed to be a safe haven for Ovelia, seeking to protect her from both sides. The death corpse knights fought both sides of the nobility, hoping to destroy them even as they fought each other..And from seemingly nowhere came the New Zodiac Braves, a group of heretics created not long after Ramza and his group sought to rescue Teta, a commoner taken hostage by the Death Corpse..Only to have her killed by the Hokuten. Ramza and Delita, brother of Teta turned against the Hokuten, seeking revenge for this seeming injustice. However, things only got worse after Delita took off on his own, later kidnapping Ovelia and seeking to hide her from both sides of the war. However Ramza had his own plans and he, along with a number of Hokuten led by the noble Hokuten General Agrias, rescued Ovelia and took her to the church in Mullonde to keep her safe.

Ramza headed to Goug to rescue Mustadio's father before returning to the castle, with a mysterious crystal possessing untold power in tow. However, when they returned to the church, the Cardinal, seeking to obtain the crystal for himself, revealed himself to be a Lucavi Demon and attacked Ramza and his party. After a heated battle, Ramza and his allies defeated the Lucavi Demon and at the same time discovered the truth about the church - that many of its people were in fact demons, seeking to revive the Ultima demon by obtaining the Zodiac Crystals. Not long after this discovery, the heartless attacked Old Ivalice and caused more mayhem in a world already shattered by war. Ramza and his allies were able to flee the church and recuperate, growing in numbers and calling themselves the New Zodiac Braves, seeking to find the Zodiac Crystals and prevent a second cataclysm at the hands of the Lucavi. Meanwhile, the church struggled to maintain control, seeking to comfort and protect the confused and frightenned people, even as the secret society within the church sought to use the heartless to further their own plans.

More importantly, the church clearly intends to use the fact that Spira's Bahamut cloister has appeared within Bevelle Cathedral to their advantage - not needing long to find out its importance through certain channels.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Alma Beoulve]], [[Mustadio Bunansa]], [[Agrias Oaks]], [[Cidolfus Orlandeau]], [[Meliadoul Tengille]], [[Argath Thadalfus]], [[Rapha Galthena]], [[Marach Galthena]], [[Goffard Gaffgarion]], [[Ovelia Atkascha]], [[Zalbaag Beoulve]], [[Alphonse Delacroix]], [[Bestrald Larg]], [[Druksmald Goltanna]], [[Dycedarg Beoulve]], [[Messam Elmdore]], [[Wiegraf Folles]], [[Folmarv Tengille]], [[Beowulf Cadmus]], [[Reis Duelar]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Goug]], [[Mysidia]] (Magic City of Gariland), [[Mullonde]]. 

= Final Fantasy Tactics A2 =
== Final Fantasy Tactics A2 ==
Luso Clemens was not having a good day. He writes his name into a mysterious Grimoire, and the next thing he knows, he's in another world. There, he's taken in by a clan - known as [[Clan Gully]], led by a Rev named Cid. They soon travel to a small town called Wood Village, where Luso soon learns the ropes of being in a clan. Taking up quests and what-not. During these quests, he meets up with people like Adelle and Hurdy, and eventually comes across the old man Lezaford. In taking this journey, Cid gets wounded however - and Luso ends up officially becoming the leader of Clan Gully.

As the story progresses, however, things twist. The world is starting to fall to darkness. More and more quests start having to do with taking care of these strange black creatures never seen before. Unbeknownst to Clan Gully - this is the fault of Illua, who has been watching Luso with jealous eyes from a distance. Another holder of a Grimoire of the Rift, she draws these dark beings from a dark realm and soon floods the world in this menace... until the world finally falls.

Now, in this new world, Khamja is active within Fluorgis.

'''Theme Change: Judges''' 
The Judges are live people, tied to a single Clan each. They serve as protectors of those Clans, as long as the Clan is officially recognized as one. They are tasked with keeping the members alive through magical law, by pulling them off of the battlefield in case they would fall - and can even grant a group with benefits. These benefits are not always expressed in stats.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Luso Clemens]], [[Adelle]], [[Cid_(FFTA2)|Cid]], [[Hurdy]], [[Lezaford]], [[Ewen]], [[Illua]], [[Witch of the Fens]] (Matoya?). '''Grid Locations:''' [[Mysidia]] (Moorabella), [[Fluorgis]].

= Final Fantasy Unlimited =
== Final Fantasy Unlimited ==
Two younglings by the name of Ai and Yu Hayakawa manage to find their way to another world, after their world has been connected by the Gaudium Lords. They find their way into Wonderland, a mysterious collection of worlds, in search of their missing parents. Along the way, they meet the helpful Lisa Pacifist - a member of the mysterious C2 Organization (not yet an ally of [[Gaudium]]). In addition, they meet Kaze, a being of unimaginable power - who seems to carry the ability to summon 'Espers' out through a Demonic looking Gun.

Their travels continue, taking them onto a Magical Train which allows them to travel from World to World - though those with a Barrier of Light in tact remain unreachable to them. During those travels, they find themselves under siege by the Gaudium Lords! The biggest twist in their story comes to be just before having the ability to meet with the Comodeen people. The train is caught into a fantastical whirlwind of magic, just in the moment of a large group of worlds performing the formerly unimagined feat of /merging/ with each other - and crashes down onto this new world.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Ai Hayakawa]], [[Yu Hayakawa]], [[Lisa Pacifist]], [[Kaze]], [[Makenshi]], [[Knave]], [[Miles]], [[Cid_(FF:U)|Cid]], [[Lou Lupus]], [[Fungo]], [[Moogle]], [[Earl Tyrant]], [[Fungus]], [[Herba]], [[Oscha]], [[Pist Shaz XI]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Fruit Village]], [[Gaudium]].

= Kingdom Hearts =
== Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep ==
Kingdom Hearts for Birth By Sleep is completely the same. No alteration to its theme. The story revolves around three youths; Ventus, Terra and Aqua, young keyblade wielders under Master Eraqus

The story begins in the Land of Departure, where the three Keyblade wielders and close friends train to become Keyblade Masters under Master Eraqus. To achieve this rank, Keyblade Apprentices must take the Mark of Mastery exam once they come of age. Terra and Aqua take this test together and in the first round Master Xehanort sabotages the exam, forcing Ventus to intervene. In the second round Terra and Aqua fight each other, but while Aqua passes the test, Terra is deemed unfit to become a Keyblade Master due to the abundant darkness in his heart.

Afterward, a group of mysterious creatures called the Unversed begin to surface in other worlds, and another Keyblade Master, Xehanort, disappears without a trace. Terra is sent to destroy the Unversed and find Master Xehanort, who had earlier encouraged him to embrace the darkness in his heart if he desires the strength to become a Keyblade master. Ven, meanwhile, is goaded into following Terra by Xehanort's mysterious apprentice Vanitas, against Eraqus's wishes. Aqua is dispatched by Eraqus to survey Terra and keep him from falling into darkness, as well as to bring Ventus back to the Land of Departure.

Upon arriving in other worlds, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus encounter various (Disney) characters as found in the Phantasia realm, new and old, fighting off hordes of Unversed along the way. Among the characters they meet is [[Mickey Mouse]], apprentice of the sorcerer [[Yen Sid]], who is also on a mission to destroy the Unversed. Terra ends up attracting the attention of several Disney villains, who offer him the whereabouts of Master Xehanort in exchange of assistance for their own dark agendas. Terra reasons that Master Xehanort is after the seven [[Princesses of Heart]]—maidens who lack darkness in their hearts—and encourages Aqua to help them strengthen the light in their hearts, hoping it will draw Master Xehanort out.

However, Aqua and Ven grow increasingly concerned for Terra when they hear rumors of him committing sinister deeds throughout other worlds. The three briefly reunite at Radiant Garden, where Aqua meets Kairi, a young girl containing a strong and pure light in her heart, and helps strengthen her light. Aqua and Ven also confront Terra, who distances himself from them to keep them out of the way of his increasingly dangerous dark powers. Terra and Aqua try to convince Ven to return to the Land of Departure, but he refuses until he is certain Terra won't fall into darkness.

Terra and Aqua eventually find themselves at Destiny Islands, where they encounter two young boys, Sora and Riku. Terra sees potential within Riku and deems him worthy of one day wielding the Keyblade, while Aqua senses strong ties with Sora and Riku to Ven and Terra, respectively. Ven, meanwhile, comes across Master Xehanort, who reveals his intentions to use Ven's heart to create a final Keyblade known as the χ-blade, something Master Xehanort says Master Eraqus had known all along. Ven returns to the Land of Departure to confront Eraqus, who tries to erase Ven to prevent Master Xehanort's plans from succeeding.

However, Terra, who had been sent there by Xehanort, misinterprets the situation and attacks Eraqus, teleporting Ven to safety. As soon as Terra realizes his error, Master Xehanort arrives and cruelly kills Eraqus and tells Terra to go to the Keyblade Graveyard, leaving the Land of Departure to be consumed by darkness. At Destiny Islands, Ven once again encounters Vanitas and learns of his hazy past: Ventus was once Master Xehanort's apprentice, but his heart was deemed too frail for Master Xehanort to use him as he intended, so he extracted the darkness in Ven's heart and used it to create Vanitas. As with Terra before him, Ven is instructed by Vanitas to go to the Keyblade Graveyard. Aqua, in the meantime, learns of Eraqus's death from Yen Sid, who tells her to go to the Keyblade Graveyard as well.

Terra, Aqua, and Ventus gather at the Keyblade Graveyard, where the remains of the mysterious Keyblade War are found. Master Xehanort appears with Vanitas and reveals his plan to use the χ-blade to unlock Kingdom Hearts and unleash the forbidden secrets of the Keyblade War onto the various worlds, as well as to use Terra's body as a new vessel for his own heart so that he may survive long enough to see his plans come to fruition. An epic battle ensues, with Xehanort freezing Ven, and Vanitas knocking Aqua unconscious. In his rage, Terra unleashes the darkness in his heart, inadvertently allowing Xehanort to unlock his own heart and successfully transfer it into Terra's body, which results in the birth of a new, younger Xehanort.

However, Terra's mind continues to linger in his discarded suit of Armor, which comes to life and defeats Xehanort. Ven, meanwhile, manages to thaw himself before Vanitas can kill Aqua, and discovers his dark counterpart to be the source of all Unversed. Vanitas merges with Ven, possessing him and creating the χ-blade. Aqua awakens under Mickey's care, and the two fight the possessed Ventus while he battles Vanitas from within. Aqua shatters the χ-blade as Ven destroys Vanitas, bringing an end to the Unversed, though Ven's heart is lost in the process. The destroyed χ-blade unleashes a burst of light, which consumes everyone present and scatters them to the corridors of space, save for Terra's Lingering Will, which remains in the Keyblade Graveyard.

Mickey saves Aqua and Ventus and brings them to the Mysterious Tower, where Aqua learns that Ven has fallen into a deep sleep and will not awaken until his heart returns. Aqua brings Ven back to the ruins of the Land of Departure, where she discovers Master Eraqus's Keyblade, and uses it to unlock the Chamber of Waking and recreates the world as [[Castle Oblivion]] from the ruins. After leaving Ven within the chamber, Aqua goes to Radiant Garden where she encounters Master Xehanort still in Terra's body, but having lost some of his memories. Aqua then battles Xehanort who after the fight attempts to unlock his heart, losing his memories completely in the process.

Soon after, Terra's body starts sinking into darkness, but Aqua dives into the darkness and saves Terra from disappearing. Realizing her glider won't be able to make it back through the portal in time, Aqua sacrifices herself by discarding her armor and using it to guide her glider, Terra-Xehanort in tow, back through the portal leaving herself behind and lost in the Realm of Darkness. Xehanort is discovered by Ansem the Wise, ruler of Radiant Garden, and goes on to become his apprentice. Ventus's wandering heart finds its way to young Sora, merging with the young boy's heart.

== Kingdom Hearts 1 ==
The beginning of Kingdom Hearts 1 is where this game will lead off, timewise. The game opens at [[Sora]] just having arrived in [[Traverse Town]] - or, upon no initial applicant, just before he arrives in said town. [[Kairi]] is locked away in his heart, and [[Riku]] is part of the [[Shadow Lords]]. Of course, with a larger quantity of people being able to be in the Shadow Lords, that part of the theme is edited in that capacity.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Sora]], [[Kairi]], [[Ansem]], [[Riku]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Traverse Town]], [[The Crossroads]], [[Hollow Bastion]], [[Castle Oblivion]]. 

= The World Ends With You =
== The World Ends With You ==
It's time for another Reapers' Game. But the game has changed!

[[Neku]] is forced into the [[Reapers]]' Game, paired with three partners, [[Shiki Misaki|Shiki]], [[Joshua]], and [[Beat]]. The confused youth Neku wakes up in the Shibuya Scramble crossing. He lacks knowledge of where he is, what he is doing there, or any of his memories. He is immediately forced into a "Pact" with a stranger called Shiki, as he tries to destroy some enemies called Noise which attacked him.

Throughout the week, he learns of his purpose in the Underground (underworld) as a dead person, and that "The Reapers' Game" is a ploy for dead people, the "[[Players]]", to prove themselves that they can return back to the living after proving themselves throughout a week. He also learns, while accompanying Shiki on the journey, that he should let other people in and to live life to the fullest.

However, during the Reapers' Game, things start going awry. During the second week of the game, Taboo Noise are set loose upon the city. It soon becomes quite apparent to both Reapers and Players just why these Noise are /taboo/, for it creates a portal for the true pure-blooded heartless to pass through. It is not long before both Reapers and Players alike are trying to fend for themselves, whilst the Composer attempts to keep the game running. However, with too many Taboo Noise sigils opened, the wave of heartless is too much for both to handle, and Shibuya finds itself fall into darkness over the course of the 'second week'.

The Angels, unbeknownst to either Reapers or Players, at the last moment rip both of them out of the world and drag them to Traverse Town, restoring Shiki and Rhyme in the progress. However, with this, some of the Reapers' powers are lost. They no longer become able to Erase players outside the rules of the Game, and both lose access to the Underworld. Instead, they are forced to continue their game in the Real World. What's worse, they immediately have drawn the attention of the Shadow Lords, [[Hades]] in particular. And with the portals that lead out of Traverse Town... the game-board just got a /lot bigger/!

'''Key Characters:''' [[Neku Sakuraba]], [[Beat]], [[Joshua]], [[Rhyme]], [[Shiki Misaki]], [[Sota]], [[Nao]], [[777]], [[BJ]], [[Koki Kariya]], [[Megumi Kitaniji]], [[Mitsuki Konishi]], [[Sho Minamimoto]], [[Tenho]], [[Uzuki Yashiro]], [[Yodai Higashizawa]], [[Sanae Hanekoma]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' Shibuya (lost), [[WildKat Cafe]]. 

= Treasure Planet =
== Treasure Planet ==
In the past, when [[Jim Hawkins]] was but a boy, he was always enchanted by stories of the legendary pirate Captain Flint and his ability to appear from nowhere, raid passing ships, and disappear in order to hide the loot on the mysterious "Treasure Planet". Twelve years later, Jim has grown into an aloof and alienated teenager. He begrudgingly helps his mother Sarah run an inn and derives amusement from "solar surfing" (a hybrid of skysurfing and windsurfing atop a board attached to a solar-powered rocket), a pastime that frequently gets him in trouble.

One day, a spaceship crashes near the inn. The dying pilot, Billy Bones, gives Jim a sphere and tells him to "beware the cyborg". Shortly thereafter, a gang of pirates raid and burn the inn. Jim, his mother, and their dog-like friend Dr. Delbert Doppler barely escape. The sphere turns out to be a holographic projector, showing a map that Jim realizes leads to Treasure Planet.

Doppler commissions a ship called RLS Legacy, on a mission to find Treasure Planet. The ship is commanded by the cat-like, sharp-witted Captain Amelia along with her stony-skinned and disciplined First Mate, Mr. Arrow. The crew is a motley bunch, secretly led by cook John Silver, whom Jim suspects is the cyborg of whom he was warned. Jim is sent down to work in the galley; despite his mistrust of Silver, they soon form a tenuous father-son relationship. During an encounter with a supernova, Silver falls overboard but is saved by Jim. The supernova then devolves into a black hole, where Arrow drifts overboard and is lost, for which Jim blames himself for failing to secure the lifelines, while in fact Arrow's line was cut by a ruthless insectoid crew member named Scroop.

However, that's where everything goes even further wrong. From the black hole, a massive army of Heartless arrive. The ship is forced to turn tail. However, mutiny begins at that very moment - as the 'crew' doesn't want to move away from the plotted Treasure Planet. Jim, Amelia and the rest of the crew fight hard against the pirates - led by John Silver, and are forced onto a small life-boat and to flee away from the ship and the oncoming mass of Heartless. The floating mister Arrow is in the meantime swallowed up by a large heartless.

They drift for a long time, until they finally find the lights of Montressor Spaceport again, which has fall down to another world - parts of the city damaged, and nowhere as big as it once was. However, Amelia is quick to take up command and vows to protect the world against both Pirates and the strange menace that threatens them now.

'''Key Characters''' [[Jim Hawkings]], [[Captain Amelia]], [[John Silver]], [[Mr. Arrow]], [[Dr. Delbert Doppler]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Montressor Spaceport]]. 

= Gargoyles =
== Gargoyles ==

''"One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age of Gargoyles!"''

It began in the year 994. Castle Wyvern had been built atop the ancient home of a clan of gargoyles, ancient creatures who turned to stone by day, but were flesh by night. A generation before, they had made an alliance with the humans which lead to the building of the castle and their oath to protect it, but not everyone was pleased with this arrangement. With the threat of a Viking attack looming, a young warrior made a deal with the Captain of the Guard and the Viking leader Hakon to lure the gargoyles away so he could sack the castle, leaving the gargoyles to reclaim their ancestral land.

Things did not go exactly as planned. The gargoyles were betrayed, leaving most of their clan smashed into rubble before the sun set and the people of Castle Wyvern prisoners of the Vikings. Enraged, the few that remained sought out their enemies. Believing his princess dead due to the gargoyle's attack, the Magus - a powerful wizard - cast a spell on them sealing the clan in stone with a seemingly impossible condition to break it: when the castle rises above the clouds.

An impossible feat for some, but not for others. In the modern day, entrepreneur David Xanatos purchased Castle Wyvern lock stock and gargoyle, transporting them to their new home atop his skyscraper in New York City. Here, the spell was broken, and the gargoyles were faced with a a modern reality that is far different than the world they left behind. They claimed names for themselves, found an ally and friend in the police officer Elisa Maza, and were betrayed by not only Xanatos, but the same female gargoyle from their past - who now called herself Demona.

Now, the gargoyles live atop the clock tower that makes up the roof of the 23rd precinct police station. Their pledge to protect their castle has now been extended to protect all of Manhattan and those who live there. The influx of heartless, or the fall of worlds hasn't changed this promise, yet as the citizens of New York come to grips with the danger of monsters, they are also starting to believe the rumors about winged protectors. Xanatos is no less of a threat, although he now faces his own challenges in keeping his family safe, but also making sure there is a Manhattan left for him to control. Goliath, the leader of the gargoyles, as well as Elisa Maza, have vanished with no explanation to their whereabouts, leaving a young Brooklyn, the clan's second-in-command in charge.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Goliath]], [[Demona]], [[Hudson]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Broadway]], [[Lexington]], [[David Xanatos]], [[Elisa Maza]], [[Angela]]. ''' Grid Locations:''' [[Manhattan]].

'''Notes:'''
* '''Timeline''': This theme begins during Season 2's 'World Tour'.
* '''Fae''': Fae characters (Oberon, Titania, Odin, Banshee, etc.) are not app-able on Final Kingdom Mush. They are fundamentally insane creatures of pure magic whose goals and logic system are completely alien to human beings, with laws and rules arcane and extensive enough to make playing them in day-to-day fundamentally impossible. These will be kept as TP/Plot NPCs. (EXCEPTIONS) Owen - the human assistant of Xanatos - is app-able, where as his Fae persona (Puck) is not. These are treated as separate characters for the most part. Characters with Fae backgrounds who have lost their powers and /will never/ regain them may be app-ed in /very rare/ circumstances, please talk to Lionheart before attempting to app any such a character.
* '''Stone Sleep''': As the Darkness of the Heartless seeps into Phantasia, it has begun to effect the Gargoyles natural sleep cycle. They still /must/ stone sleep regularly, and will often acclimate themselves to the day/night cycle of whatever world they spend the majority of their time within. However, for example, if they were to travel from their homeworld to a world where it is currently daytime, they would not immediately turn to stone. This would probably come as a big surprise to Gargoyles who have never before seen sunlight. By moving between worlds they can interrupt their own cycle for a time, but eventually they will grow tired (early warning) and need to stone sleep. (STAFF NOTE: This is done as a way to keep gargoyles from not being able to attend daytime scenes. We allow some time-fudging, but gargoyles in the daytime should react like people not used to daylight. Squinting, sunglasses, and possibly a natural inclination to drowsy eyes.)
* '''Canon edit''': The events of '[http://gargwiki.net/Future_Tense Future Tense]' occur at the start of 'World Tour' instead of at the end. The Phoenix Gate is 'lost' in the timestream.
* '''Other Clans''': Characters from established foreign gargoyle clans ([http://gargwiki.net/Mayan_Clan Mayan], [http://gargwiki.net/London_clan London], [http://gargwiki.net/Ishimura_Clan Ishimura], [http://gargwiki.net/Avalon_clan Avalon]) are appable.
* Questions related to the Gargoyles theme should be thrown towards '''Lionheart'''.

= Atlantis =
== Atlantis ==
In the distant past, the magnificent island of Atlantis found itself within the very same world the strange creatures known as Gargoyles inhabited. However, greed managed to be the destruction of this once magnificent place. After a distant explosion, a large tidal wave threatens to drown the island of Atlantis. In the midst of an evacuation from the capital city, the Queen of Atlantis is caught by a strange, hypnotic blue light and lifted up into the "Heart of Atlantis", a powerful crystal protecting the city. The crystal consumes her and creates a dome barrier that protects the city's innermost district. She leaves behind a young daughter, Princess Kida (Cree Summer), as the island is drawn not only under the ocean, but into a different world!

Several thousand years later, in 1914, Milo Thatch — a cartographer and linguist at the Smithsonian Institution who is marginalized for his research on Atlantis — believes that he has found The Shepherd's Journal, an ancient manuscript allegedly containing directions to the lost island. After his proposal to search for the Journal is rejected by the museum board, a mysterious woman, Helga Sinclair, introduces Milo to Preston B. Whitmore, an eccentric millionaire. Whitmore has already funded a successful effort to retrieve the Journal as repayment of a debt to Milo's grandfather, and recruits Milo to lead an expedition to Atlantis as soon as he deciphers it.

The expedition departs with a team of specialists led by Commander Rourke, who also led the Journal recovery expedition. The crew includes Vinny, a demolitions expert; Mole, a geologist; Dr. Sweet, a medical officer; Audrey, a mechanic; Mrs. Packard, a radio operator; and Cookie, a mess cook. They set out in the Ulysses, a massive submarine, but are soon attacked by the monstrous Leviathan, a robotic lobster-like creature that guards Atlantis' entrance. The Ulysses is destroyed but Milo, Rourke, and part of the crew escape and make their way to an underground cavern, described in the Journal as the entrance to Atlantis.

However, as they travel through a network of caves and a dormant volcano, the team is met with fierce resistance, as dark creatures attack the group. With the force of the armed men they have with them, they begin to resist these little black creatures. They fight until they are greeted by Kida—who, despite her age, resembles a young woman—and discover that the Atlantean language is the basis of many existing languages. She leads the group to Atlantis, through a large portal - and fails to warn them not to stray from the path within the corridor...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Milo Thatch]], [[Kida]], [[Helga Sinclair]], [[Commander Rourke]], [[Vinny]], [[Mole]], [[Dr. Sweet]], [[Audrey]], [[Mrs. Packard]], [[Cookie]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Atlantis]] (in Serpent's Trench).

= Tangled =
== Tangled ==
Once, a drop of pure sunlight fell to earth and grew into a beautiful flower which had amazing restorative powers when unlocked with by a particular song. The flower was coveted by Mother Gothel, an aging woman who discovered it's secrets to heath and seemingly immortal life. However, there were others who had greater needs for the flower and the power it possessed. The Queen of the kingdom of Corona was ill and her husband sent his soldiers out far and wide in search of the flower's legendary power. Finding it, the King used the power to save his wife, but the magic somehow was reborn into her newborn daughter, Rapunzel.

Unwilling to give up the immortality the flower gave her, Mother Gothel tried to cut a lock of the girl's golden hair, only to discover that cutting it destroyed the power within. With no other options, Mother Gothel kidnapped the girl in the dead of night and raised her as her own in an isolated tower. Heartbroken, the King and Queen send up lanterns every year on the princess' birthday, in hopes that their wishes will reach her.

Mother Gothel teaches Rapunzel the healing song, and uses it to keep herself ever young, all the while manipulating her to ensure that she never leaves the tower. However, Rapunzel is a free spirit, and longs to find the source of the strange lanterns that fly in the sky every year. Gothel warns her that the world outside is a dangerous place. In a sense, she is not lying, as strange dark creatures begin to appear in the woods and in the shadows of the city.

Years later, the cocky thief Flynn Rider steals the princess’ tiara on display in the palace and flees with his newfound treasure in hopes this will finally bring him endless riches. It does prove to be fortunate, if only for him. As soon as he leaves, the Kingdom is swallowed up in a wave of darkness brought by the Heartless, drawn to the hearts of the mourning King and Queen. The only survivor is Maximus, a horse that once served the guard and is now intent on following the man who has stolen from his kingdom.

The tower itself survives, as does the valley surrounding it, now a part of a new world. Flynn, Maximus and Mother Gothel all find themselves in an unfamiliar landscape, and the Heartless hunger for the strange power hiding up in that tower. Meanwhile, oblivious to it all, Rapunzel looks out of her tower, waiting for her chance for freedom.

And despite the disappearance of Corona, the lanterns still appear from time to time...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Rapunzel]], [[Flynn Rider]] (aka. Eugene Fitzherbert), [[Mother Gothel]]. '''Grid Locations:''' Forgotten Forest (Rapunzel's Tower).

= Beauty and the Beast =
== Beauty and the Beast ==
Out in the French countryside, a minor prince rules a province in a beautiful castle. The prince, although beautiful of face, is spoiled and unkind. When he rejects a beggar woman who merely asks for food and shelter, she reveals herself to be an enchantress, and turns him into a hideous beast. His servants are transformed into living objects and furniture, and the castle itself falls under a pall of misery, forgotten by the people of the village. If the Beast can love and find someone who loves him in return before the last petal of an enchanted rose falls, he’ll be restored. But when the last petal falls, he will be a beast for all time.

As the years pass, he falls into despair, and the castle itself begins to fall to ruin. The Beast grows bitter and angrier every year. When an old man wanders into the castle by mistake, the Beast orders the intruder thrown into the dungeon, unwilling to show the old man any mercy. Only when the man’s daughter, Belle, comes to his rescue and willingly exchanges her own safety for that of her father does the Beast see a chance for redemption.

Belle, who is intelligent and willful, doesn’t take her imprisonment sitting down, and doesn’t let the Beast push her around. She is forced to remain in the castle, but refuses to let herself fall to despair.

Meanwhile, the dark curse over the castle draws darkness near, and the Heartless begin swarming among the wolves and beasts of the dark forests. The hunters of the village tell stories of strange shadowy creatures, and local town hero Gaston brags of having taken down a large one. While the old inventor Maurice weeps for his imprisoned daughter, and Belle attempts to understand the Beast, shadows overtake the world around the countryside, and the world changes around the town and castle.

The people of the town are frightened by this change, and look to Gaston to provide protection against the frightening new world. The Beast begins finding Heartless even in his own castle, striking them down as they start to threaten his rose. Belle seeks to find out more about the Heartless, hoping her knowledge can save them both. And the rose drops petals faster and faster, as the Beast begins to lose hope.

'''Key Characters:''' [[The Beast]], [[Belle]], [[Gaston]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Bramble Orchard]], [[The Beast's Castle]], French Countryside (Belle's Village).

= Cinderella =
== Cinderella ==
The beloved and beautiful only child of a widowed aristocrat, Cinderella goes from riches to rags when her father marries the Lady Tremaine, a proud and severe woman, who brings with her two awkward and unattractive daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When Cinderella's father passes away, the Lady Tremaine takes over the estate and forces Cinderella into servitude. Though mocked by her jealous step-sisters, Cinderella remains kind and gentle, befriending the animals which live about their chateau.

The King of their country, distressed that his handsome son Prince Charming shows no interest in marriage, elects to hold a ball which all eligible maidens shall attend. Cinderella receives her step-mother's permission to go provided she finishes her chores, and with the help of her animal friends is able to repair one of her mother's old dresses just in time to depart - and is unknowingly assisted by the mini-fied Ventus. Yet the cunning Lady Tremaine, while complimenting Cinderella's dress, subtly points out the beads and sash which Cinderella's mouse companions had appropriated from her step-sisters. In a rage, Drizella and Anastasia ruin the gown, forcing Cinderella to stay behind. Overcome by emotion, Cinderella unknowingly attracts the Unversed - which are soon routed by a sudden appearance of Terra - whom soon there-after leaves again.

At that moment, however, Cinderella's Fairy Godmother appears, bestowing upon her a blue dress with glass slippers and transforming a pumpkin and her animal friends into a carriage with attendants. The happy girl departs for the ball with the warning to leave before the stroke of midnight, whereupon the magic will be undone and all shall return to as it once was. Upon her arrival, Prince Charming, having rejected all the other ladies, is smitten at first sight, and the blissful couple dance the night away. Yet Cinderella, realizing she has tarried overlong, flees in a panic as the clock tolls midnight, leaving behind a single glass slipper in her panic as her carriage begins to disintegrate.

The Grand Duke informs the King of what has occurred and is ordered to search every house until the girl whose foot fits the glass slipper is found. Lady Tremaine tries to keep Cinderella locked in her room - but Aqua assists in letting her out and stalls The Grand Duke long enough for Cinderella to get downstairs and try on her shoe. It's not long-after that the prince realizes his love for her and carries her off... but Aqua knows that a strong darkness only grows stronger within Lady Tremaine.

And years later, as Aqua wanders through the Realm of Darkness, she comes across a castle jutting out of a sea of darkness. Cinderella's castle. But unbeknownst to her, the Fairy Godmother has enough power for one last trick... to take that castle to a different place. A place where other worlds are coming together - trying to protect themselves against the Heartless. A world no longer protected by the Barrier of Light.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Cinderella]], [[Prince Charming]], [[Lady Tremaine]], [[Drizella]], [[Anastasia]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Cinderella Castle]]. 

= Sleeping Beauty =
== Sleeping Beauty ==
Once upon a time, there was an evil fairy named Maleficent, who was quite notorious in the Enchanted Dominion. She was known for playing cruel tricks on people, for lying and deceiving. And most of all, for cursing others, purely out of hatred and spite. Indeed, Maleficent was a cruel fairy who sought ways to destroy and twist her realm to reflect her own dark heart.

One day she learned that good King Stephan and his wife were throwing a party to celebrate the birth of their daughter, princess Aurora. Maleficent naturally, was not invited, as King Stephan feared that she might harm his precious daughter. Naturally Maleficent was furious and she invited herself to the party. As the fairies came one by one to offer the baby their magical gifts, Maleficent plotted of a way to punish King Stephan for smiting her: She cursed the baby to die upon her sixteenth birthday when she was fated to prick her finger on a spinning wheel. She then left in a cackle of evil laughter.

There was one good fairy who had not yet bestowed her gift upon the sleeping baby. She stepped forward at that moment and promised that Aurora would not die, but would rather fall into a deep sleep for 100 years, and not awaken until her true love's kiss would break the curse. As an extra precaution, the king charged the three fairies with taking care of Aurora and keeping her safe from Maleficent. And so they hid her in a cottage in the woods, where she lived for 16 years.

During that time, the heartless came into the world. Maleficent, in her quest for power, met Master Xehanort, who promised her boundless power. He also told her about the existence of many other worlds and he told her of the princesses of heart who held the key to unlocking the way to Kingdom Hearts, the most powerful world from which she could control all worlds. Maleficent, powerful, cunning, determined, made the perfect minion for Xehanort, and she was more determined than ever to find Aurora, believing her to be one of the princesses of heart.

Xehanort warned her of three keyblade wielders, Terra, who might be of use to her, Aqua who might be a threat, and Ventus who was not to be harmed. He warned her not to tell them of him, but to keep it to herself. He then left her to her own devices for a while, telling her to report back to him from time to time.

Some time later, Maleficent's raven, Diablo located Aurora, hiding as a peasant girl named Briar Rose. Maleficent used her sorcery to hypnotise her and draw her to the castle where she lured her to the room with the spinning wheel that would seal her fate. Instead of dying, Aurora fell into a deep sleep that would last many years. In order to keep anyone from interfering, Maleficent captured and imprisoned Philip in a dungeon in the Forbidden Mountains.

Aqua encountered Maleficent, who told Aqua of Terra's role in her plan and dropped her into the dungeon, where she and the fairies helped free Philip. The fairies enchanted Philip's sword, and he defeated Maleficent in her dragon form. Maleficent swore to Aqua that she would return, while Philip woke Aurora with a kiss.

Although the Enchanted Dominion was temporarily at peace, celebrating the wedding of Aurora and Philip, it was not truly free from the power of darkness. Maleficent called on the Heartless to consume it as part of her revenge, and soon all but the castle and surrounding hills collapsed into darkness, the castle itself pulled into another world entirely. Philip has sworn to protect Aurora and her heart.

Since then, Malificent has found a new place to call her home - known as the Hollow Bastion. From there, she has sought out others who have been touched by the threads of fate - those who were touched by the keyblade wielders she so despises now. She created an organization, made up of these damnable people - drenched in the veil of darkness. And with her as their head, she leads them with promise of more power - more worlds...

And to facilitate this, she drew upon the power of the Darkness Corridors and the knowledge she had come to possess - and with Fairy sorcery, she brought portals upon portals to connect world upon world from the heights of Phantasia Mountain.

The gates are open, the Shadowlords are coming.

And even as the worlds try to gather strength and the World Hearts combine some of their bodies to harden against this assault...

They move under her.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aurora]], [[Malificent]], [[Prince Phillip]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' None. Malificent lives in Hollow Bastion. 

= Snow White =
== Snow White ==
In a small kingdom, a beautiful but cold-hearted queen looks into her magic mirror, asking every day:

''Mirror, mirror, on the wall 
Who is the fairest one of all?''

One day, the mirror answers that the queen herself has been surpassed in beauty by her step-daughter, the princess Snow White.

Enraged, the queen, Grimhilde, calls for her huntsman to bring her the heart of the innocent Snow White. The darkness within her own heart begins to call forth the Heartless, which begin to swarm on the edge of the forest.

Meanwhile, Snow White encounters the handsome Prince Ferdinand. The two share their hopes and dreams. Ferdinand has heard of dangers on the edge of his kingdom with strange monsters, and rides off to fight the Heartless, but promises to reunite with Snow White someday.

The huntsman, unable to bring himself to kill Snow White, instead tells her of the danger she is in and tells her to flee into the forest. Terrified, Snow White flees into the woods, eventually finding herself under the protection of the Seven Dwarves who mine for diamonds nearby.

The Queen continues to realize the threat that Snow White poses to her own beauty - and is found speaking to the mirror by Terra. Through this moment, she comes to know Keywielders and turns the Mirror into an unversed through the use of a potion - causing it to become inevitably connected to the Heartless. After a failed attempt in bringing down Terra, and being forced to use the Mirror's ability to show a person's location, she tries to do the work of bringing down Snow White herself.

This is how she meets Ventus, who helps her when she drops an apple. And upon succeeding in poisoning Snow White, but being chased off by the Dwarves - she ends up under attack by Aqua, driving her to gain an absolute /hatred/ towards Keyblade wielders.

Now long after, through her magic mirror, and a force promises to bring about the death of Snow White if they can have the cooperation of the sorcery-using queen.

Grimhilde, twisted by her rage and jealousy, makes a secret pact with the strange force, and the Heartless swarm forth, the land surrounding the castle and the forest plunged into darkness. What remains of the kingdom is now part of a new world, and the Heartless begin to seek out the innocent Snow White, protected by the dwarves. Where is her prince on a white steed now? Where is prince Ferdinand. Or will another Prince save her?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Snow White]], [[Doc]], [[Grumpy]], [[Happy]], [[Sleepy]], [[Bashful]], [[Sneezy]], [[Dopey]], [[Queen Grimhilde]], [[Prince Ferdinant]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' Dwarf Woodlands 

= Mulan =
== Mulan ==
When the Huns, led by the ruthless Shan Yu, invade China, each family is given a conscription notice. Mulan's father, Fa Zhou has to serve in the army, but due to his age and previous war injuries, is is doubtful that he would survive. Fa Mulan disguises herself as a man, then takes her father's conscription notice, armor, and weapons so that he will not have to go. She rides away on her horse, Khan, to join the army, knowing that if she were caught she would be killed.

Mushu, a small chinese dragon, has been awakened by the family's First Ancestor. Mushu had been demoted to gong ringer after a mishap with one of the ancestors when the other ancestors were awakened. After various choices of which guardian to send after Mulan, he is asked to awaken the "Great Stone Dragon". Mushu accidentally destroys the Dragon but realizes that this could be an opportunity to earn his place among the guardians again if he can make Mulan a war hero.

Mulan trains with a group led by Captain Li Shang, including fellow soldiers Ling, Yao, and Chien Po. The troops complete their training, but Chi Fu, the Emperor's meddling and misogynistic advisor, refuses to let them see battle, accusing the troops of being ill prepared. However, they may not get much of a choice - with the incoming hordes of Heartless showing up everywhere upon their lands - clearly sent by Shan Yu.

In the meantime, within the Imperial City, a shard from Spira has come to life on its own, forming Ifrit's Cloister in the basement of the Imperial Castle!

'''Key Characters:''' [[Fa Mulan]], [[Li Shang]], [[Yao]], [[Ling]], [[Chien Po]], [[Shan Yu]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Land of Dragons]]. 

= Aladdin =
== Aladdin ==

A party gathers in the desert at night, as a mercenary delivers to the sorcerer Jafar the treasure he needs to awaken the Cave of Wonders. The guardian of the Cave destroys the minion and declares that only the Diamond in the Rough may enter. Jafar vows to find this Diamond in the Rough to bring him the treasure he seeks.

Meanwhile, Aladdin is a streetwise thief without a home who must steal to keep himself alive, not that the royal guards of Agrabah are very sympathetic. Within the palace of the sultan, the princess Jasmine is urged to find a suitor, but wishes to marry only for love. Wishing to understand the world outside of the palace walls, she sneaks out, soon encountering and making friends with Aladdin.

They develop feelings for one another, but Jasmine is found and brought back, and Aladdin arrested for kidnapping the princess. While he waits to be executed, Aladdin encounters an old man-actually Jafar in disguise-offering him freedom if Aladdin can bring back a treasure from the Cave of Wonders. Jafar knows that Aladdin is the Diamond in the Rough, one whose true value is often overlooked.

The cave opens for Aladdin, with the guardian warning him to “touch nothing but the lamp.” Within the cave is a glittering trove of treasure, but Aladdin remembers the warning and claims only the dusty old lamp he was asked to bring back. Abu, his monkey companion, lets his greed get the best of him, and as he grabs for a diamond, it melts as the gold transforms into a wave of molten lava. Aladdin and Abu are saved only by the sentient magic carpet they befriended within the cave, which seals itself off, trapping them within.

Jafar, enraged that the Cave of Wonders has been sealed off from him once more, enters his chamber above the palace only to find Maleficent waiting for him. She encourages him to work with her, ensuring he will have what he desires, and that the key to their plan is Jasmines heart. Jafar agrees to work with Maleficent, just as Heartless begin to appear in the desert outside of Agrabah. At Maleficent's urging, bolstered by the Heartless' strength, he takes over the Palace and thus the city. Jasmine, overhearing their plotting, escapes at the last moment, Jafar and the Heartless in hot pursuit.

Aladdin, meanwhile, is trapped in the cave. Frustrated, he rubs at the lamp and frees the Genie, a powerful and strange being who claims that as Aladdin is now his master, he will be granted three wishes. Aladdin uses his trickery to free himself, without making a single wish, only to find out that the world has changed around him, and the desert surrounding Agrabah is not as he remembers it. The world has been altered, taken somewhere else, and the people of Agrabah have only the walls of their city protecting them from the new dangers outside. As for Aladdin, he has his wits, and three wishes.

And the Cave of Wonders looms open again, its treasures hidden, its lamp missing, but its mazelike paths possibly leading...somewhere else?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aladdin]], [[Princess Jasmine]], [[Jafar]], [[Sultan]], [[Cassim]], [[Abis Mal]], [[Mechanicles]], [[Mirage]], [[Mozenrath]], [[Phasir]], [[Sadira]], [[The Mukhtar]], [[Aziz]]. 
'''Grid Locations''': [[Cave of Wonders]], [[Agrabah]]. 

= Tron =
== Tron ==
Once, in a world much like our own, the corporation ENCOM was spearheading the growth of new and innovative computer technology, employing the finest engineers and developing everything from laser scanners to video games. A brilliant but lackadaisical software engineer, Kevin Flynn, is fired from ENCOM when his rival Ed Dillinger steals several games Flynn has developed and is promoted to an executive position. Retreating to the popular arcade he owns, Flynn struggles to obtain evidence of Dillinger's wrongdoing, but is blocked by the sinister Master Control Program (MCP), the artificial intelligence which controls the ENCOM mainframe and seeks to expand its dominion over the Dataspace, the cyber-realm within computers.

Within the Dataspace, computer programs exist as individuals, some appearing in the likeness of the Users who created them, and are terrorized by the MCP and its second-in-command, Sark. Sark and his minions seek control over input/output within their mainframe, and those programs which resist him are captured and forced to play dangerous games -- often utilizing the "identity disk" which all programs carry -- in which the losers are "derezzed."

The MCP, aware of Dillinger's misdeeds, manipulates him by threatening him with blackmail and proceeds to begin hacking into computers all over the world. Meanwhile, visited by his friends and fellow scientists Alan Bradley and Lora Baines, Flynn persuades them to help him sneak back into ENCOM's headquarters. There, he upgrades the security clearance of Bradley's program "Tron", so that it might monitor the activities of the MCP. In retaliation, the MCP activates an experimental laser intended to digitize Flynn and transfer him into the ENCOM mainframe.

At that moment, however, Heartless pour forth from the shadows and consume the world, sending the Dataspace into chaos. Eventually, Ansem the Wise encounters the Dataspace during his investigations and tinkers with the various programs, upgrading Tron. Yet once Flynn's Arcade emerges from the darkness, the MCP becomes aware that the worlds have been connected, and is eager to conquer all realms which touch upon Dataspace-- and beyond. At last, the battle between Tron and the MCP begins in earnest.

But what has become of Flynn, ENCOM, and the others lost to the shadows? In the dusty recesses of the Arcade, hidden in Manhattan in a secret private room, a solitary light blinks...

== Since Then ==
''Information Is slightly out of date''

([[Opportunity Knocks]]) During an attempt by [[LEXUS]] to take the Manhattan side Terminal away from Chicago, ShinRa ended up interfering and managed to prevent it from being taken to Hollow Bastion. But as a result, Manhattan's terminal now sits in ShinRa HQ in Goug.

'''Key Characters:''' [[TRON]], [[Sark]], [[MCP]], [[Kevin Flynn]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Flynn's Arcade]]. 

== TRON - Wise OS ==
''Information coming soon.''

== TRON: Uprising - Flynn OS ==
=== The World So Far ===
The Flynn OS is a 32 bit system compared to the Wise OS’s 8 bit status. The programs here are more human like in personality and tend to have more human like tendencies. They are also what many of us are use too from the newer TRON series. Black suits and body lines, versus the silver suits.

The only known program to still have the silver suit with white lines was the system monitor program, TRON; which in this verse, he was killed leaving behind the Renegade as the new system monitor who wears not only TRON’s colors and line patterns, but also the very T. Other programs who may have white suits are those who are Sirens and they have no real combat ability, though they can sometimes be helpful.

CLU’s forces have occupied much of the Grid now in Flynn OS, but they do have some heartless trouble from an unknown source that is slowly corrupting the grid (Cyrus) and only one Program (Beck) is slightly aware of who may be the cause of the heartless corruption. While CLU continues to blame the Renegade for not only the heartless that have no invaded the Grid, but also for the disorder, and needlessly lost lives.

ISOs themselves have been scattered to the four winds thanks to what CLU has done, leaving them homeless and always on the run. Kevin Flynn himself has also vanished and no one knows where their creator has gone off too. Many believe that their creator has abandoned them, leaving only CLU as the now reliable source to turn too. With ISOs on the run, the Black Virus' spawning in random locations, and no sign of Kevin Flynn, the Flynn OS is not a very safe system to travel alone.

=== Where are we at? ===
The Flynn OS takes place pretty much near the end of TRON: Uprising. So you can figure it takes place right before the episode called "Terminal", which was the very last episode. Thus from there it veers off on its own path and kinda does its own thing. Contact Oblivion, Beck, or TRON for details.

So if you have seen most of TRON: Uprising, you know where we are. If you have not seen TRON: Uprising. Go watch the series! Its up on Netflix and also on Youtube. I suggest watching it on Netflix if you can, because we want a season 2!!

=== Things You Should Know And Follow ===
Last Updated: 8/7/2013

While on the Flynn OS it should be advised of the following things to keep in mind: 
* Users who first enter the Grid will have their normal clothing with maybe some parts glowing. They will not have a disk, so they will need to obtain one or they will be seen as a stray. Also you may get funny looks for being in your human-like clothing, so you will need to find a Siren to get a proper look.

* If you are caught as a stray by CLU’s forces you could be caught and sent to the games! You don’t want to go to the games. Its a bad place. Now you can get a disc by being in the games or you may get lucky and get a disc from Purgos or a Siren (who may be feeling generous). Those are your choices! Just remember - Its hard to escape from the games.

* If you are a non-human ‘user’, you will become a human. Its a world change rule here. So if you're an anthro duck or mouse, you will suddenly become human. Have some fun with this!

* The Renegade has wanted posters /everywhere/. He is known as an assassin and is extremely dangerous (or so the posters will say). The talk about him on the street is that some believe that he could be TRON or /is/ TRON returned to them. Others think he is a cruel prankster. Many more even go as far as to believe the very posters after what happened in Argon and in TRON city. Believing he is the one who not only got several programs killed but unleashed the black virus’ (aka the Heartless).

* Nearly all Programs are unaware of users. They don’t even understand the concept of users, let alone a world beyond their own. As most programs on Flynn OS were built by Kevin Flynn and thus he is their god. There are a few exceptions to this rule, but very few and they don’t talk openly about users. Such exceptions are like CLU who knows of users because of what he learned from Kevin Flynn and he also knows the dangers of them as well. Also keep that in mind. You may get used by CLU to a means if he figures you out.

* If you are hurt on the grid and you are a user. You /will/ bleed. You will not voxel like the programs. No. You will actually have blood and programs will, kinda freak out if they see you bleed. They may even think you're a virus! So keep that in mind too. Combat can happen, don’t get me wrong, but if your suit can’t protect you and the impact is deep enough. You may get some programs panicked by that red stuff coming out of you!

* Most programs on Flynn OS have two colors, but the primary color represents who they are. This will probably be the same for you as well. Teal Green is medical. Blue (may appear more like white blue) is most programs. White is security. Green is military. Yellow Green is Viruses (and possibly Shadow Lords). Red is CLU’s forces. Yellow is Administrative program; Which only CLU has (and maybe the MCP if he was to step on there). Purple is Hackers.

* ISOs are another form of Program in the Flynn OS. These programs tend to hold marks on their shoulders that label them as who they are, though they can hide this with the proper cover over. Most ISOs have white, blue, or green circuity lines. Just as most of them also wear the black light suits. Very, very few ISOs help white light suits and those were mostly killed during the first purge done by CLU. As ISOs are being hunted, if you decide to app an ISO be aware that these guys are rare in numbers and nearly all programs will hate you as they believe you are one of the causes for the system crash and the rise of the Heartless in Flynn OS.

* Users typically have no real way to interact or control the environment around them. This locked to CLU and some of his forces with his permission set. However it may be possible to hack some things, but you may get not only CLU’s attention but the current System monitor. If you are unsure about your abilities in the Grid, because you believe you should have some rights to change things, please send in a +request to see what you may be able to do!

* User technology typically will not work on the Grid, though it may be converted into a form of grid tech for the duration you are on the grid. If you are unsure about your stuff or wish to double check, please send in a +request on it.

* Also remember - CLU doesn’t dig imperfection and anything that isn’t part of his system is imperfection. He wants out. You really don’t want to let him get out. Keep that in mind!

* Magic does work on the grid. So you can still cast lightning bolts, snow storms, rain, hale, wind, whatever. Flynn OS supports weather, as it does have weather like rain and blizzards. So such things are indeed possible. This like cure spells also work as well. The only forms of magic that are limited are things like teleportation. Once on the grid, you can teleport to anywhere on the grid, but you can not say teleport off the grid. You still have to get undigitized by the laser(s).
**Things such as transformation is also limited, as you can take the shape of another program (within reason, like do this to NPCs, but actual cast or future cast you want to get permission for), but you can't transform into like an animal or something that isn't human. So were-transformations don't happen here (see why non-human races get turned human).
**Things like summoning is for the most part, banned. As most summon creatures are forces outside the grid, they can't be summoned in. HOWEVER, Shadow Lords can summon Grid style heartless and it may be possible (depending on your skill level), to summon a digital creature. For that though, you should check with a +request.

= The Hunchback of Notre Dame =
== The Hunchback of Notre Dame ==

In the city of Paris, Judge Claude Frollo of the City Guard seeks to eliminate the gypsy people, seeing them as sinful heretics. He traps a group of gypsy refugees and has them arrested, but a woman escapes with her baby. He pursues her until she is killed on the steps of Notre Dame Cathedral. Frollo is prepared to drown the baby, who is deformed, but the archbishop interferes, refusing to allow the judge to shed more innocent blood. He warns that no matter what Frollo tells himself or others, the “eyes of Notre Dame” and the Lord will know the truth. Frollo is convinced instead to raise the child as his own. He gives the child the cruel name of Quasimodo, meaning “half-formed.”

Quasimodo grows to young adulthood living in the bell tower, hidden away from all but Frollo and the gargoyles who awaken when no one else is around. He is hunchbacked and severely deformed, but intelligent, kind and insightful, and spends his time watching the people of Notre Dame he wishes to meet someday. He is told by Frollo that the world is cruel and would reject him, and he should remain in his place as the hidden bell-ringer of Notre Dame.

Lonely Quasimodo sneaks out of the cathedral one day as Paris celebrates the Festival of Fools. A troupe of gypsies entertain the people, notably Esmeralda, a beautiful and kind dancer. Frollo and his men watch, and while Frollo disapproves outwardly, he finds himself fascinated with Esmeralda. Quasimodo’s appearance is discovered, and he is crowned King of the Fools, celebrated until the crowd turns on him and humiliates him at the urging of Frollo’s men. Frollo doesn’t interfere on his behalf, but Esmeralda does, helping him escape into the Cathedral and following him there. She in turn is followed by Captain Phoebus of the guard, who refuses to arrest Esmeralda for witchcraft against Frollo’s orders.

As Esmeralda befriends Quasimodo, who thanks her for helping him and helps her escape the cathedral safely, strange creatures appear in the corners and shadows of the city. The guard track them down and capture one, but are unable to find out what they are. As Frollo contemplates his obsession with Esmeralda, increasingly convinced she is tempting his heart away with wicked powers, the shadowy Maleficent appears to him and offers him a position as a Shadow Lord. He refuses, terrified that a demon has appeared to him, just as news of Esmeralda’s escape and the Heartless attacks reach him. Frollo draws the conclusion that Maleficent and the Heartless were drawn to Notre Dame by gypsy witchcraft, and calls for the arrest of Esmeralda.

As Quasimodo looks out to the sky, having finally made an outside friend and finding himself infatuated with Esmeralda as well, he sees a strange shadow cast over Notre Dame. In moments, the City Island is all that is left of Paris, and the people are in a panic. Frollo calls them to order with his guard, explaining that the changes are punishment for wickedness and sin, and determined to protect the righteous people of Paris from the terrors outside. Quasimodo considers leaving once more, this time to help the people of the city which once rejected him. Maleficent, meanwhile, waits and watches, sure that sooner or later, Judge Frollo will fall into her clutches and she will find the Heart of this world.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Quasimodo]], [[Esmeralda]], [[Frollo]], [[Phoebus]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[La Cité Des Cloches]].

= The Nightmare Before Christmas =
== The Nightmare Before Christmas ==

Halloween Town exists as a ghoulish, but not unfriendly place. Its people create Halloween and bring it to the world at large every year. While Pumpkin King Jack Skellington does an excellent job and is widely loved for his skills at the creepy and macabre, he's started to tire of the same thing year after year.

Little creatures called Heartless begin to appear, but as everyone in Halloween Town is some form of monster, the Heartless don't stand out. Jack notices them, thinking they might be the key to a new Halloween, and tries to learn how to make them obey him to no avail. Their presence is not questioned by anyone but Sally the Rag Doll, whose advice is ignored.

Oogie Boogie, too, hears of the Heartless and decides he wants to control them for his own dark purposes. It is when he sends his minions Lock, Shock, and Barrel to investigate that Halloween Town itself falls to the Heartless, something not too many of the residents notice. The doors to Halloween Town no longer lead to the other Holiday Worlds or the "real world," but to a void of darkness. What will happen when the people of Halloween Town realize their city is now home to strangers, and what they will do with the strange Heartless, remains to be seen.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Jack Skellington]], [[Sally]], [[Oogie Boogie]], [[Doctor Finklestein]], [[Lock, Shock and Barrel]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Halloween Town]]. 

= Kim Possible =
== Kim Possible ==
<<To Be Written>>

'''Key Characters:''' [[Kim Possible]], [[Ron Stoppable]], [[Shego]], [[Doctor Drakken]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' None. 

= Fillmore =
== Fillmore ==

After Parnassus' resigning from the Safety Patrol officer and Ingrid joins Fillmore in the group, several months passed and the two solved several cases together, including a kidnapping of the school mascot, apprehending a serial graffiti artist, protecting the local chess celebrity and many others. The arrival of the Heartless was a shock and far beyond the usual level of violence and crime that they were used to dealing with. Still, they were not helpless and with the aid of the Safety Patrol most of the students were evacuated out of the portal before the world fell to darkness.

It took a few days but with some investigative work, a new suitable home was found for the students of X Middleschool in the facility of Balamb Garden. As it was already a sizable military academy, Headmaster Cid was more than happy to provide some of their extra space for standard schooling operation on the condition that any qualified students be allowed to undertake SeeD training. This agreement was not expected to be permanent and plans were also drafted to build a new school for the regular students should Manhattan be lost to them forever.

Naturally, the members of the Safety Patrol were among the qualified students despite their lack of actual combat training. However, after witnessing the destruction that the Heartless could unleash all of them were more than happy to learn how to prevent such things from happening in the future and signed up to become members of Garden themselves.

After a few weeks of taking some basic courses, it was determined that Ingrid and the other Patrollers were qualified enough to operate with some extra independence thanks to their former roles as student leaders and their crime solving skills were put to work on minor cases within Garden and sometimes beyond.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Fillmore]], [[Ingrid Third]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Balamb Garden]]. 

= Lilo and Stitch =
== Lilo and Stitch ==

Far in the reaches of deep space, a council convenes to sentence the criminal mad scientist Jumba and its newest, most dangerous creation, Experiment 626. 626 is too powerful and wily to keep under containment, however, and escapes the watch of space officer Gantu. During this escapade, it meets the strange twosome that are Ventus and Aqua. During an attack from the Unversed, they show the Council-Woman some of Experiment 626's goodness - as it assists in fending off an attack of the Unversed around the time that so many stars go dark.

With Ventus and Aqua having left, Experiment 626 is left to flee in an escape pod towards a rather obscure, backwater planet called Earth - Earth is under protection as breeding ground for the endangered mosquito, so Agent Pleakley is sent to accompany Jumba and recover 626 before it can wreak havoc on Earth.

Meanwhile, Nani is having difficulties keeping sole guardianship of her little sister Lilo after the death of their parents. A social worker's visit goes poorly, and friction between Lilo and Nani is not helping. The sisters decide to adopt a dog and head to the shelter, where Lilo chooses a strange, ugly-looking dog which happens to be 626 in disguise. She dubs the creature Stitch and convinces Nani to let her adopt him. Once she takes him home, he proves to be a rather destructive and strange "dog," but Lilo decides she's going to train him into being a proper best friend. News reports of strange creatures being spotted in the rainforests go mostly unnoticed by the two sisters, but Lilo wonders if it might me an alien invasion.

Soon after, the island of Hawaii is hit by a powerful hurricane; when the winds and rain subside, Hawaii itself has been pulled from Earth and is in the middle of an unfamiliar ocean, with pirates in sky ships looking to make contact. Although the people of Hawaii are rather alarmed at this bizarre development, the governor nervously agrees to meet with representatives from the new outside world while they try to find out just what has happened.

Nani now finds it even more important that she and Lilo stay together, and hopes that strange dog or the weird monsters don't interfere with this too much. Lilo is excited, however, and wants to take trips with the "space pirates" and hunt down the Heartless "aliens" with Stitch. Jumba and Pleakley, meanwhile, continue their investigation, wondering if they're really stranded on Earth...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Stitch]], [[Lilo Pelekai]], [[Nani Pelekai]], [[Jumba Jookiba]], [[Pleakley]], [[Gantu]], [[Cobra Bubbles]], [[Grand Councilwoman]], [[David Kawena]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Hawaii]]. 

= Pirates of the Carribean =
== Pirates of the Carribean ==
Years before, young Elizabeth meets a boy found in a shipwreck. The boy, Will Turner, gives her a medallion that resembles a gold piece.

Commodore James Norrington proposes to Elizabeth Swann, who falls into the bay before she can give an answer. The medallion falls to the bottom of the sea, sending off a signal to the crew of the ghostly Black Pearl. She is saved by notorious pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, who is promptly arrested.

That night, the pirates of the Black Pearl attack Port Royal, running a raid in an attempt to find the gold piece calling to them. Despite the best efforts of Will Turner, now a blacksmith's apprentice, they succeed in capturing Elizabeth and begin to sail off.

The terror and sorrow brought on by the pirate attack is the final piece needed for the Heartless to overtake the world, as much of the land and see fall into total darkness. Port Royal and its surrounding waters are spared, drawn into a different world. While the Royal British Navy has sworn to protect Port Royal until a solution can be found, the many pirates sailing the seas have been drawn into this world as well, including Captain Barbossa and his Black Pearl.

Captain Barbossa still seeks a manner to cure the curse on his crew, and wonders if the Heartless themselves hold the answer. Meanwhile, Captain Jack has agreed to help Will find Elizabeth, who is still holding her own on the Black Pearl, for now.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Will Turner]], [[Elizabeth Swann]], [[Captain Barbossa]], [[Jack Sparrow]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Port Royal]]. 

= Peter Pan =
== Peter Pan ==
Follow the second star on the right and straight on ‘til morning, and you’ll find your way to Neverland, an island of magic and eternal childhood. Here is the home of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows old, a mischievous youth who can fly. He and other ageless children, the Lost Boys, live without parents as they outsmart Captain Hook and his pirate crew.

One day, Captain Hook tricks a mysterious warrior named Terra into picking a fight with Peter Pan. The two clash, but they clear up their misunderstanding and Pan flies off to fight Hook as he’s often done. He has more friendly encounters with keyblade users Ventus and Aqua. In his mind, they’re just more visitors to Neverland, and while he remembers them, he doesn’t think much of the incident for a while.

Years later, Peter’s shadow flies into the bedroom of Wendy Darling, a young girl living in turn of the century London. Peter and his fairy companion Tinkerbell soon follow. When Wendy sews his shadow back on, Peter tells her and her siblings, John and Michael, about the land of Neverland. He grants them the power to fly using pixie dust and leads them to Neverland. When Wendy is introduced to the Lost Boys, she decides she’ll try to be their mother, as they’ve never had one and don’t know what having one is like.

Meanwhile, as Captain Hook plans to clash with Peter once more, strange shadows overtake the sea around Neverland. The island itself remains unchanged even as it is brought into another ocean, and few of the inhabitants notice what has gone on. Peter sees the appearance of Heartless as another excuse for the Lost Boys to have an adventure, unaware of the seriousness of the situation. Captain Hook, however, soon spots more ships approaching Neverland, and wonders if he has found allies in his eternal battle with Pan.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Peter Pan]], [[Wendy]], [[Captain Hook]], [[Mr. Smee]], [[The Lost Boys]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Neverland]]. 

= Hercules =
== Hercules ==

Once, this world was a land of chaos, ruled over by powerful elemental Titans who cared little for the people of the land below as they swept their destruction across the planet. Then, Zeus came with his thunderbolts and trapped the Titans, beginning the age of both Gods and men. High on Mt. Olympus, Zeus set himself as the king of the Gods, unaware that his brother Hades had begun setting the wheels in motion to steal the throne.

Everything seemed to be going according to plan until the day that Zeus and Hera gave birth to their son, Hercules. Consulting the fates, Hades discovered that in eighteen years, he would have the chance he'd been waiting for - but... if Hercules rose up to fight on the side of the Gods, his attempts for power would fail. So, the God dispatched his two minions, Pain and Panic, to dispose of the little 'sunspot'. The two imps fail in their task to kill Hercules, but they do manage to make him mortal, resulting in his exile from Mt. Olympus.

For years, young Hercules is raised by a human family as their only son, never knowing his true parentage. It isn't until his unusual strength began to show itself in sometimes dangerous ways, that his father revealed the truth, sending him to seek out council from Zeus. At the temple, Hercules learned of the cruel fate that had befallen him as a child, and discovered the one way in which he might be able to once again return to Olympus and rejoin the gods: He must become a True Hero.

So, with the help of his faithful companion Pegasus, Hercules sought out a teacher - one of the best trainers of Heroes: The satyr, Philoctetes ("Phil" for short). While the satyr is reluctant, at first, to take on yet another would-be Hero, he does eventually agree to teach the boy, under threat of lightning bolts from above. Upon discovering that the one person who could foil his plans was still alive, Hades began to throw all sorts of beasts and monsters at Hercules, trying to kill the young Hero before he would have a chance to reclaim his birthright. Through those many trials, Hercules did become a Hero, but earning the love of fans is not the same thing as being a 'True Hero'.

With his failure to kill Hercules, it is only a matter of time before Hades sought out darker means of eliminating his enemies. The God was one of the first to be gathered into the Shadow Lords, and with the Heartless, his power spread over the world of Olympia, eventually dragging it down into darkness. Now, all that remains is the Coliseum, looming at the edge of Traverse Town. Here, heroes can still prove themselves in the games, and Hercules still seeks a way of proving himself a True Hero, but is there even a Mt. Olympus left to return home to?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Hercules]], [[Megara]], [[Phil]], [[Hades]], [[Pain]] and [[Panic]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Coliseum]]

= Other Phantasia =
== Other Phantasia ==
In general, staff would prefer to keep player characters as humanoids (see [[races]]), rather than talking animals or furniture. While there are Disney themes which heavily feature walking/talking animals, they are much harder to integrate.

These include (but are not limited to) themes such as:
* Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers (NPCs)
* Oliver and Company (NPCs)
* Lady and the Tramp (NPCs)
* Bambi (NPCs)
* The Lion King (Adapted)

In general, many of these characters will just be background NPCs. For instance, you might be walking the streets of Manhattan and spot an orange kitten. Or be strolling threw New Orleans and see a particularly scruffy hounddog. Most of these characters simply won't make good player-characters, since adapting them into Final Kingdom would take quite a bit of work and require quite heavy modifications. Others, such as Chip and Dale already appear as bit parts/NPCs throughout Kingdom Hearts. If you have your heart set on one of them, you can always ask staff, but it's likely that characters from themes listed as (NPCs) will be much harder to app.

Themes in which a character is/was human and gets turned into an animal will usually be accepted, although tweaked so they can at least speak.
Examples:
* The Princess and the Frog
* Brother Bear
* The Emperor's New Groove
 

== The Lion King ==

In the case of '''The Lion King''', the staff consensus is that if Sora and the others turn into animals when arriving in '''The Pridelands''', that the same should work vice-versa for the characters /leaving/ that world. It gives people the chance to play characters from this theme, but in a way where they will easily be able to interact with others. They might look humanoid, but they still retain their personality elements, and perhaps some of their more interesting mannerisms. In general, we would like to keep all the characters in this theme to be either fully human in appearance on other worlds, or semi-anthro (Re: Tailspin). Whomever gets an approved FC app into this theme first will get to decide the direction of that for the rest of the cast. We will also possibly allow some IC combat-transformation to a lion form, because everyone knows it would be hilarious to see Mufasa shoot fireballs from his muzzle.

= Rejected =
== Rejected ==
These games or series are not available for integration, due to one reason or another:
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* '''Final Fantasy 11/14''' - Due to the online nature of these games, and their theme still expanding now, they are currently seen as unfit.
* '''Non-Final Fantasy Games''' - With the exception of The World Ends With You - as seen included in KH:3D, other Square Enix games - or any others for that matter - are not available for application.
* '''Non-animated Disney''' - Since we are trying to stick as close to the world that fits with Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, we try to not implement 'real life' Disney movies. Pirates of the Carribean and Tron are the obvious exceptions, as they were featured in Kingdom Hearts games. However, this is not a hard limit, and we might be convinced otherwise on a case-by-case basis.
* '''Phineas and Ferb''' - Originally a pitch that was intended more for places like Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, the Tone of the series does not fit the general Disney kind of universe and tone we try to represent within this game.
* '''No Pixar''' - Sorry, we feel none of their movies truly fit with the tone of the game.
* '''No Marvel''' - It's a completely different thing.

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[[Category:Information Files]]
[[Category:Theme]]

Integrated

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Foxfirestorm: /* The Rules */

{{#set:Information=Theme}}Note that this is not a comprehensive list. These are the opening themes for which a guideline is provided, as they were represented in Kingdom Hearts, or are otherwise on grid. These entries often contain an adjustment to incorporate the Kingdom Hearts theme - leading to the fall of the world into darkness.
= Final Fantasy 1 =
== Final Fantasy 1 ==
The world of balance was a magical realm, governed by the four elemental crystals of dark and the opposing crystals of light. Two-hundred years ago, the four crystals of light were abused by a highly advanced civilization - known as the Lufenians - who lived on a floating continent above the planet.

Their misuse of the crystals led to the sinking of a giant sea shrine, the sudden surge in airship crashes and inexplicable windstorms, uncontrollable wildfires that ripped through the lands, and decaying vegetation seen throughout the world. What started off as an ambitious plan to further advance their civilization left it in near ruins... with the rest of the world soon to follow...

One day, the great Sage Lukahn spoke a prophecy: the legendary Light Warriors would come with their orbs devoid of light to heal the ailing crystals and return the world from darkness. Soon after, the four heroes arrived from nowhere, each carrying an empty darkened orb, drawn together by forces beyond their control. Travelling the world, they battled numerous villians, rescuing princess Sara of Cornelia from the evil Garland, defeating the evil dark elf Astos and liberating the good Elf Prince, restoring his kingdom. They eventually encountered the four fiends: Lich, Marilith, Kraken and Tiamat, recovering the crystals of light and restoring their balance with the crystals of darkness.

Light began to return to the world, and yet evil remained on the brink, threatenning to overturn the warriors as soon as their strength was exhausted. Chaos used his magic to revive Garland and the fiends, sending them 2,000 years into the past so that they could corrupt the crystals before the Light Warriors were even born. The Light Warriors however, discovered a way to travel to the past, to confront Chaos and his minions. They defeated them again... Or so they thought, and returned to the present, to live out their lives in peace (See [[Integrated#tab=Final_Fantasy_3|FF3]]).

Chaos however, would not be so easily defeated. Using the last ounce of his magic, he attempted once more to escape through a time warp, but his magic went awry and sent him and his minions to another time and world, into the sad and dying world of Terra, which Chaos, once again calling himself Garland, sought to control and manipulate, fashioning it into his own world to do with as he pleased (See [[Integrated#tab=Final_Fantasy_9|FF9]]).

'''Key Characters:''' [[Garland]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Cornelia]].

= Final Fantasy 2 =
== Final Fantasy 2 ==
The Imperial World was constantly at war, as the Emperor of Palamecia sought to extend his control beyond his own kingdom. Those countries who refused to submit to his tyrranical rule were quickly wiped out while the rest became mere puppet states for him to do with as he pleased. The kingdom of Fynn was one such kingdom that was attacked. Fynn’s people put up a brave fight against the emperor, but in the end, even Fynn was destroyed, its people scattered. Four youth – Firion, Maria, Guy and Leon were victims of the war, their parents killed during the invasion. They caught in the middle, too young, too weak to defend against the Emperor’s fearsome troops.

They quickly succumbed to their wounds, but before the Palamecian troops could finish them off, they were rescued by survivors of Fynn and taken to the nearby town of Altair to recover. It was here where the survivors of Fynn established a secret rebel group, dubbed the ‘Wild Rose Rebellion’, whom sought to eventually overthrow the Empire. The youths, not much more than teenagers at the time, also sought revenge for the death of their parents. Not only that, but learning that Maria’s brother Leon had vanished during the raid on Fynn, they were determined to find and rescue him if at all possible.

They took on many missions and defeated many enemies in a growing desire to prove their worth to the rebellion, and finally Princess Hilda, leader of the rebellion, placed a very special mission in their hands – find and rescue her husband, prince Scott. Returning to Fynn, they found Prince Scott, badly wounded from the attack on Fynn and hovering near death. With his last breath, he revealed the one who betrayed their kingdom to the enemy – Count Borghen – and gave him his ring to give to Hilda so that she would never forget him.

The party then left for Salamand to search for Mythril to strengthen their defenses. They also searched for Josef, a member who was missing in action, only to learn that he was being blackmailed by the enemy who had his daughter as hostage. The heroes found Nelly and freed her from her captors, returning her to Josef and headed back to the resistance, using their newfound Mythril to create powerful weapons and armour for the resistance. The heroes left home base once again, this time heading to Bafsk in search of the ‘Dreadnought’, a powerful airship being constructed by the Empire, hoping to destroy it before it could be used as a weapon of mass destruction.

However, they were unable to reach Bafsk in time to stop the ship from taking flight and destroying the cities of Poft, Paloom, Gatrea and Altair. After witnessing the destruction of their new home and believing their resistance base and friends were destroyed as well, the heroes rushed back to Altair, discovering to their relief that the base had been spared. They formed a plan to destroy the Dreadnought by using the ‘Sunfire’, a powerful weapon in Kashuan keep. In order to enter Kashuan however, they required the Goddess Bell, which they managed to retrieve with Josef’s help. After a long and dangerous journey through snow caves, they found the goddess bell, but were attacked by Borghen on the way out, who sent a boulder after them.

With his last strength, Josef managed to hold the boulder back, allowing the rest of the party to escape, but in the process he was most likely crushed and killed himself. Sparked by an ever stronger desire to get revenge on the Empire, the heroes headed next to Kashuan keep, using the bell to gain entry. With Gordon, brother of the late Prince Scott’s help, they managed to obtain the Sunfire, and waited for Cid and Hilda to retrieve them in the aiship. However, it was at that moment that the Dreadnought intercepted, and captured the rebels’ airship, along with Cid and Hilda. The heroes watched powerless as they were both taken prisoners, and they returned to homebase with Gordon, who assumed leadership of the rebellion in Hilda’s absence.

They had suffered a great loss, but they still had the sunfire, and they were determined to destroy the airship when it parked to refuel.

However, even with renewed forces, the small party was overwhelmed by a new powerful enemy that had joined forces with Borghen’s armies. These strange creatures of the shadows attacked them in a swarm, and covered their world in darkness, threatening to tear their entire world apart. The party fled through the chaos, retreating back to Altair, or what remained of it and watched in horror as the heartless, now in league with the Empire began to tear their world asunder.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Firion]], [[Maria]], [[Guy]], [[Leon]], [[Minwu]], [[Josef]], [[Gordon]], [[Leila]], [[Ricard Highway]], [[Scott]], [[The Emperor]], [[Borghen]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Mysidia]], [[Fynn]], [[Palamecia]].

= Final Fantasy 3 =
== Final Fantasy 3 ==
In the beginning, the World of Balance was kept in perfect harmony by the four elemental crystals of light, and the four crystals of darkness, which worked together to keep the powers of the others in check. However, over the years, a technologically advanced civilization that lived upon a floating continent above the planet, once discovered and captured the four crystals of light, hoping to control its power for themselves. As they learned more of the power of the light crystals, using them to bend and control the forces of nature to their every whim, they were unaware that their actions were throwing the world off-balance, and threatening to engulf it in overwhelming light.

The planet reacted to this threat by awakening the four legendary Dark warriors who, compelled by forces beyond their control, journeyed the world and eventually recovered the light crystals, using their own dark crystals to contain their powers. The world became balanced once more, but the consequences were severe. The floating continent was destroyed by the surge of energy that flooded their world from the light crystals, and their civilization was lost to the ages.

Many more years passed, and the great civilization was replaced by the Gulgans, blind prophets who warned that the crystals would one day be abused again, and the crystal warriors would be needed once more..The floating continent eventually became the birth place of the four Legendary Warriors of light, who were awakened initially by Luneth when he stumbled upon the wind crystal, before he set out to unite with the other four warriors of light: Arc, Refia and Ingus. Together they journeyed the world, seeking the source of the darkness that was slowly engulfing the world, and searching for the dark crystals to fill with light once more..

The heroes traveled around the world in search of the other four crystals, braving Dragon's peak and rescuing Desch from Bahamut, then to Vikin's cove where they recovered the missing eye of the Nepto Dragon idol, appeasing the angry dragon and obtaining a ship as reward. With the Enterprise, they sailed to the tower of Orwen where they fought Medusa, the first of Xande's many minions, and then recovered the crystal of fire within the Dwarven Hollows.

Their journeys took them next to Tokkul village where they learned that Hein, another of Xande's minions, had captured King Argus and his people, and transformed the Elder tree into his own floating fortress. Discovering the Location of the Light Warriors, Hein's forces attacked Tokkul village and kidnapped the four heroes, holding them as prisoners in Castle Hein.

The heroes fought their way out, but at that moment, their world was engulfed by the heartless who overwhelmed their forces. A fierce battle took place as the heartless seemed drawn towards the darkness of Hein and his minions and repelled by the crystals of the light warriors. In the end, only the heroes themselves were able to escape the cursed tree castle - defeated and wounded, they sought to recuperate and strengthen their forces before seeking to fight Hein and rescue Argus and his people... And to eventually restore light to the world, an increasingly difficult task with the threat of not only Xande's minions, but the heartless themselves seeking to envelope the world in darkness and chaos. And soon... the heartless succeeded in forcing this world to fall to darkness.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Luneth]], [[Arc]], [[Refia]], [[Ingus]], [[Hein]], [[Xande]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Castle Argus]], [[Castle Hein]].

= Final Fantasy 4 =
== Final Fantasy 4 ==
The Kingdom of Baron was once ruled by a benevolent king, protected by the might of their dragoons and the power of their airship fleet, the Red Wings. The king had two sons, both orphans he had taken under his wing. Cecil was trained as a Dark Knight, eventually earning his place as commander of the Red Wings. Kain followed in his deceased father's footsteps, becoming a dragoon. What they and the people of Baron had yet to realize was that their king had been killed and replaced by the Archfiend Cagnazzo. Yet, behind the Archfiend, even darker forces were stirring. A man in dark armor named Golbez pulled the strings of the fiends, oblivious to the fact that he was a puppet himself - whispered to by unseen forces.

Without warning, the Red Wings were sent to seek out the Crystal of Water, protected by the Mages of Mysidia. The people of Mysidia resisted the attack, but many were slain in the onslaught. In one swoop, Golbez aquired the Crystal of Water, but also left behind many fallen victims who would become a beacon for the Heartless. The massacre in Mysidia unsettled Cecil, questioning the reasons for the attack. When he raised his misgivings to the King, he found the man was not the forgiving father he had once known. Infuriated, the King dismissed him from command of the Red Wings and sent on a mission to eliminate the Eidolons in the Valley of the Mist as well as to deliver to the people of the Mist Valley a 'ring'. Kain tried to come to his brother's defense, but only found himself also sent along on the errand.

Along the way, they encounter a Mist Dragon in the caves leading to the valley. Though it warns them to turn back, Kain and Cecil dispatch the creature and find their way into the protected valley. On arriving, the package explodes, revealing fire fiends which set the city ablaze. Cecil, shocked by what he's seen, tries to help, and encounters a young girl grieving over her mother's fallen body. The Mist Dragon had been her Eidolon, and when it died, she died with it. With all of her anger and sadness, the girl summoned up a great monster which tore the ground asunder, separating Kain on one side of the divide, and Cecil on the other.

Kain returned to Baron only to discover that a dark man named Golbez had been placed in command of the Red Wings. It didn't take long for Kain to fall under the spell of Golbez's power, which drew upon the darker parts of his heart. Cecil finds himself with the unconscious girl from before, and with some trust, he manages to convince her to accompany him for now. In Kaipo, they discover that Cecil's beloved, a mage named Rosa, has fallen ill of Desert Fever after leaving Baron in search of him. He and the girl, Rydia, set out to find a cure and pick up some others along the way. There is Tellah, a wizzened old mage who has forgotten more spells than most ever would know and Edward, the ruler of Damcyan who lost his kingdom, the fire crystal, and his beloved in one swoop of Baron's Red Wings. Together, the party kills the Antlion and cures Rosa and then sets out for the Kingdom of Fabul, hoping to warn them in time to protect the Crystal of Air.

Heeding the warning, the King of Fabul martials his troops to stand against the attack, but Baron wields soldiers, fiends, and a new kind of creature that they had never seen before: Heartless. Falling back to the Crystal Chamber, Cecil is surprised to see his brother among those attacking Fabul. Cecil and Kain duel, and the Dark Knight is struck down by the dragoon. Only a Rosa's intervention keeps Kain from making the killing blow. Seeing this, Golbez strikes down the rest of the party, kidnapps Rosa, and departs with the Air Crystal and Kain in tow. In the aftermath, Cecil decides to try to sneak into Baron and aquire an airship in order to stand against Baron. However, things didn't go as planned. The influx of Heartless into the world had angered the Eidolons. As their ship sailed over the ocean, Leviathan struck back, dragging Rydia down with him into a whirlpool and sweeping the others overboard.

This is when the world fell. The Dark Knight Cecil awakens on unfamiliar shores, unsure of the fates of his companions. Baron still holds a great deal of power in this new world. The Heartless take hold in the places where the crystals no longer shine upon the world, but are foiled as the world is unmade, and the crystals are recreated by the World Hearts. Now, with only the Water Crystal left in Baron. What does Golbez plan to do with the remaining crystal? And more importantly, what part do the Heartless have to play in the desire for the remaining crystals? But two things are clear: Someone needs to stand against Baron and someone needs to warn this new World about the threat coming their way.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Cecil Harvey]], [[Kain Highwind]], [[Rydia]], [[Tellah]], [[Edward Chris von Muir]], [[Rosa Joanna Farrell]], [[Yang Fang Leiden]], [[Palom]], [[Porom]], [[Cid Pollendina]], [[Edge Geraldine]], [[Cagnazzo]], [[Barbariccia]], [[Baigan]], [[Golbez]], [[Scarmiglione]], [[Rubicante]], [[Dr. Lugae]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Baron]], [[Mysidia]], [[Red Moon]], [[Tower of Zot]], [[Feymarch]].

= Final Fantasy 5 =
== Final Fantasy 5 ==
The world of Final Fantasy 5, like many others before and after it, was kept in balance by the four elemental crystals: Wind, Earth, Fire and Water. Each of the crystals maintained the balance of nature, but as always, humanity sought to use these crystals for their own purposes. Gradually, each of these sacred artefacts disappeared from their sacred shrines, stolen by various nations which wished to use them to improve their lives, unknowingly draining them slowly of their power.

Gradually, the world began to suffer the ill-effects as the crystals died. The winds stopped blowing, making travel by sea or air quite difficult. Water grew scarce or impure, fires grew out of control, and earthquakes ravaged the land. But that was not all. Unknown to most, the crystals had also been used to create an ancient seal that kept a powerful monster sealed within a barrier. As the crystals grew weaker, so did the barrier.

One day, mysterious meteors rained down upon the world, shattering the crystals. In the midst of one such meteor fall, four heroes suddenly find themselves charged with the recovery of the crystals which have been shattered by the meteors. Gradually, they come across the scattered crystals, now reduced to shards. Each piece contains the memories of previous warriors of light, protectors to the crystals, whose memories and spirits were preserved in the crystals when they sacrificed themselves to seal Exdeath away from the world.

As they learn of the crystals and their delicate balance, they take it upon themselves to travel the world, to restore the crystals and are soon called the 'Light Warriors'. They brought hope to the world, seeking to restore order and balance..But it seemed darker forces were in control, and they were too late to revive the crystals before the seal was broken. Exdeath was freed, unleashing his own hell upon the earth. It was at that moment that the heartless attacked their already weakenned world, throwing everything into chaos.

While Exdeath seeks to forge new alliances, perhaps even hoping to wield the heartless for his own purposes, the heroes were scattered and lost, seeking to forge new alliances to overthrow Exdeath and restore the shattered world. But the crystals are scattered once more, merged with those of other worlds. Can they possibly do this alone?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Tycoon]], [[Carwen]], [[Fluorgis]] (Karnak), [[Tower of Zot]] (Exdeath's Castle). 

= Final Fantasy 6 =
== Final Fantasy 6 ==
During the dawn of time, a world known as 'The World of the Magi' was created and co-ruled by three sister Goddesses. Over time they no longer wished to rule together, and began to fight each other for dominance. Soon known as the 'Warring Triad', they selected and transformed a number of humans and animals into powerful magical creatures by saturating them in magic, and pit them against each other to fight their wars for them. These creatures would later be known as 'Espers', fighting a war dubbed the 'War of the Magi'.

The war lasted for many many years without a clear winner. The goddesses soon realized however, that the war was slowly destroying the world and killing all life. Remorseful of their actions, they turned themselves to stone and gave the Espers free control over themselves, with only one request; To never allow the world to be destroyed by magic again. Magic became forbidden and the Espers fashioned their own secret world, separate from the Magi's world where they could live alone in peace.

One thousand years later, the world learned to live without magic, replacing it with technology. Magic and Espers became but a fairytale, nothing more. Then the Empire of the southern continent led by Emperor Gestahl one day discovered the entrance to the Esper world in a cave. They charged into the strange new world and attacked the Espers, dragging many of them back with them and placing them in their research laboratories to be experimented upon. The Empire soon discovered the truth about magic, and the war of the magi. They used their vast knowledge and technology to drain magic from the Espers and imbue their own soldiers as well as machinery with this immense power, in a process known as Magitek. With this new power, the Empire became unstoppable, pushing further north as they easily engulfed other nations and gradually came to control a great portion of the world.

Within their army was one mysterious girl with incredible powers, a girl with green hair and the ability to control magic. Her name was Terra, and she was one taken from the Esper cave as a baby. From birth she was bred to be the ultimate soldier, her thoughts and actions controlled entirely by the slave crown she was forced to wear. One day, Terra and a small number of soldiers marched into Narshe, determined to take the frozen esper found in the mountains there. But when Terra approached the Esper a strange thing happened; She reacted to the creature, and broke free of her captors, obliterating her fellow soldiers in the powerful blast that accompanied her contact with the Esper.

When she awoke she was greeted by one of the Narshians, Arvis, a secret Returner sympathizer who helped her escape with help from Locke. Together they fled the Empire's forces. But the Empire were hot on their trails as they fled first to Figaro castle which was lit afire by Kefka before it submerged into the desert depths in order to escape. They fled to South Figaro and then through Mount Kolts, and finally made it to the Returner hideout where they fled yet again through the water rapids. But here, they were separated, as Sabin fell overboard and Locke headed back to South Figaro to slow the Empire's progress.

Along the way more allies were gathered as Sabin encountered Gau, the wild boy of the Veldt, and Cyan, the proud soldier of Doma who watched helplessly as the mad general Kefka poisoned his people from the inside out. Before the allies could regroup at the meeting point in Narshe, something else attacked their world, tearing it apart, threatening to destroy everything in their path; The heartless had arrived through a pact between Gestahl and an enigmatic person called a 'Shadow Lord', and they began to devour the world bit by bit, seeking the world's very heart. The promise between Gestahl and the Shadow Lord, was that the Heartless would find him the Espers' home, and bring magic to the world.

And as the world fell thusly, as the heartless spread over the lands, only so little of this world passed on into the new.

While the Returners struggled to find each other amid the chaos and make sense of this new threat, the Empire found that they were reduced to Vector, having lost almost all other nations to the heartless; Gestahl however does not back down, and continues to use this very force to try and obtain power and find the sealed home of the Espers.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Terra Branford]], [[Locke Cole]], [[Edgar Roni Figaro]], [[Sabin René Figaro]], [[Cyan Garamonde]], [[Gau]], [[Celes Chere]], [[Setzer Gabbiani]], [[Shadow]], [[Relm Arrowny]], [[Strago Magus]], [[Mog]], [[Umaro]], [[Gogo]], [[Banon]], [[Emperor Gestahl]], [[Kefka Palazzo]], [[Cid Del Norte Marquez]], [[General Leo Cristophe]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Figaro Castle]] (hidden under the sands of Agrabah), [[Vector]], [[Narshe]].

= Final Fantasy 7 =
== Final Fantasy 7 ==
The organization called AVALANCHE was not always what it is now. Though organized with good intentions, it was soon twisted by the actions of a man named Fuhito. Also known as the Ravens, this organization sought to destroy Shinra. In this, they end up fighting the Turks countless times, until finally the group itself begins to break down during the events surrounding [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Zirconiade Zirconiade]. At the same time, Wutai is beginning to fall to Shinra, which has dedicated a good sum of its forces to overwhelm this nation so it may come to rule them with economic might. However, upon the fall of Fuhito, the group is taken over with great hesitation by [[Shalua Rui]].

Eventually, Wutai's fort Tamblin falls, and all seems lost for the great nation of Wutai. But then, something changes in the balance of the world. Godo Kisaragi, feeling pressured by the forces of Shinra - which were quickly encroaching on his city with the intent of placing a Mako Reactor there - makes a pact with the [[Shadow Lords]]; a fact unknown to anyone, including his own daughter. The Heartless soon find themselves swarming The Planet and infecting the Lifestream, but also bolstering Wutai's defenses. But the invading SOLDIER forces hold strong.

A while later, Genesis' decision to desert from [[Shinra]] causes a good sum of its private force - SOLDIER - to leave the company. These events snowballed upon Angeal, Zack and Sephiroth's investigation into these events. Genesis managed to get a hold of Heartless during his initial assault on Shinra Headquarters - making life that much more difficult on the city of Midgar, still heavily under construction.

Four years later, at the climax of Zack's journey and after the horrible events of the Nibelheim incident, much of The Planet has fallen to darkness. Zack's heroic Last Stand, and the subsequent destruction of Cloud Strife's identity, have already occured; as far as anyone on Planet knows, Zack Fair is dead.

Now, in this new world, Shinra finds itself rebuilding Midgar from the city of Goug, enforcing its will on the Moogle community. The Shinra headquarters is placed upon the entrance to its most favorable cave system, and they begin to promote their own agenda through a call for fear of Wutai's forces and its Heartless - and due to being at least partially justified in this fear, the organization gains popularity.

Wutai remains fairly untouched by the Heartless, as promised by the Shadow Lords when Godo made his pact. Yuffie is searching for a way to 'cure' her father from this darkness he's fallen to, while most of its ninja force continues to desire fight with Shinra, so they may forever snuff out this 'threat' on their traditions and their land.

Nibelheim remains lost to the darkness. Though a single country girl seeks for a young man who she believes might be able to save them all. And within Goug, a flower girl prays for the return of her boyfriend.

Now, amidst the chaos of this new world, Wutai is still pushing Shinra back with its heartless, and the heroes of The Planet find themselves scattered. Though there is one organization that may bring those the Forces of Restoration of this world together... [[AVALANCHE]] - as Shalua Rui lets the boisterous, but kind Barret Wallace take over the role of leadership.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aerith Gainsborough]], [[Cloud Strife]], [[Professor Hojo]], [[Rufus Shinra]], [[Sephiroth]], [[Tifa Lockhart]], [[Vincent Valentine]], [[Zack Fair]], [[Barret Wallace]], [[Reno]], [[Rude]], [[Cid Highwind]], [[Yuffie Kisaragi]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Goug]] (Midgar), [[Wutai]], [[Costa Del Sol]], [[Cosmo Valley]], [[Junon]].

= Final Fantasy 8 =
== Final Fantasy 8 ==
This world was created by Hyne, a powerful being of supreme magic. After Hyne created the world, he grew tired and fell asleep. He sleept for a long time, and when he woke up, the people he'd made, had many children and spread throughout the world. He grew fearful that they would overrun the world, and so he began to kill many of them with his magic. But the people did not like this and they rebelled against him.

Eventually Hyne lost the war due to sheer numbers, and he surrendered, offering half of his body and half his powers in exchange for being left alone. He then fled, never to be seen again. Another war was fought amongst humans for his powers, but these 'powers' were soon found to be mere trickery. The true power that Hyne possessed, he hid within the fairer half of humanity; In women whom he believed would be less corrupted by power. These chosen women would eventually be known as 'sorceresses'.

Through the years, there were many notable sorceresses, although most were corrupted by Hyne's power. Sorceress Adel was ruler of Esthar and she went to war against Vinzer Deling Galbadia, using magic and technology. The war led to many orphans, which were placed under the care of sorceress Edea and her husband, Cid, both who built and overlooked an orphannage on a small and remote island, away from the war. The war eventually ended when Laguna, a Galbadian soldier, teamed up with Estharian rebels and tricked Adel into a trap, then shot her into space where she lay in a comatose state for many years.

In the meantime, numerous military shelters that had been built during the war were converted into gardens to house the war orphans and train them to eventually fight the sorceresses and to avoid another sorceress war. Balamb, Trabia and Galbadia were the three gardens built to house and train mercenaries, few of who knew of the gardens' true purpose. By this time however, Sorceress Edea herself began to succumb to her powers, and she took over Galbadia, posing at first as its ambassador who used her powers to enchant the people of Galbadia who fell instantly in love with her, and barely batted an eye when she murdered president Vinzer Deling.

In the meantime, Galbadia Garden sent a group of SeeD into Deling city to assasinate the sorceress. Led by Squall who was accompanied by Irvine, Selphie, Zell, Quistis, and Timber Rebel Rinoa, they were eventually unsuccessful in assassinating the sorceress. Still, the group doesn't manage to escape - and are soon stuck within D-District Prison. And with the Heartless showing up during this time in mass number, with our heroes locked away, they are powerless as darkness comes to envelop them and their world.

In this new one. The Sorceress Edea has turned her eye upon the heartless who invaded her world. And although it is unclear whether she plans to destroy this potential threat, or perhaps use them to strengthen her own forces in this new, shattered world.

And there is yet another element to the danger and mystery. Though none would know its significance, this world carries no radio-interference...

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Deling City]], [[Balamb Garden]]. 

= Final Fantasy 9 =
== Final Fantasy 9 ==
The peace between [[Alexandria]] and [[Lindblum Alliance|Lindblum]] has always been a bit of a troublesome one. There have been many wars between these great nations, and soon a new war would be sure to flare up due to deeds behind the scenes.

After a dazzling play of the [[Tantalus Theater Troupe]], the princess of Alexandria was kidnapped by this very group. Of course, nobody knew at the time, that it had been the [[Cid Fabool IX|king of Lindblum]] who had requested this deed of [[Baku]], the leader of the kidnappers. However, their departure doesn't go entirely as planned, and the group soon finds itself traveling through the Evil Forest, and in doing so, [[Zidane Tribal]] loses one of his best friends; [[Blank]].

[[Steiner]], knight of Alexandria tries to guide the group back to Alexandria, while [[Garnet]], [[Vivi]] and Zidane have their sights set on Lindblum. In their trek on foot, they are haunted by the three Black Waltzes, but manage to best them and the strange black creatures that seem to follow them. Creatures they would later come to know as Heartless.

Soon enough, they find out the terrible truth of Dali, and manage to take an airship to Lindblum. There, Cid Fabool the ninth hears their plea and explains that he knew that trouble was brewing already. He also explains that more and more dark creatures have been marching out of Alexandria - and that he is certain that the kingdom is preparing for war.

And while our heroes take a moment to enjoy themselves at the Festival of the Hunt, darkness soon begins to set over the land. Freya decides she wishes to check out her home country - worried - and the group agrees to go with her. Garnet, or rather, 'Dagger', since her treck to Dali, sneaks along with them without having to resort to any underhanded methods.

During them leaving the castle, Lindblum comes under attack by Alexandria's Heartless forces. The airships and knights at their disposal hold strong however. The Tantalus Theater Group that remains also comes to the aid of this technologically advanced city, in the form of fighters and moral support.

The heroes manage to make it to Burmecia, only to find themselves defeated by General Beatrix - and watch as Brahne and a man named Kuja leave the area. The group ends up in Treno not long after - and do find the Supersoft. But the Sleepless City soon finds itself falling to darkness. This phenomenon is worldwide, and before Brahne has a chance to extract the Eidolons from Garnet, the world falls.

This leaves our heroes scattered, and Brahne frantically trying to find Dagger so she may have this incredible force to topple cities with! But in this new land, Lindblum is even closer to their borders. Who knows what will happen next... though it is rumored that Blank has been sighted in this new world. Did Zidane manage to get the Supersoft to him within the darkness?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Iifa Tree]], [[Alexandria]], [[Lindblum]], [[Cleyra]], [[Red Moon]], [[Blue Moon]]. 

= Final Fantasy 10 =
== Final Fantasy 10 ==
Much of Spira's story is exactly as it should have been. After [[Tidus]]' arrival to Spira, he soon joined [[Yuna]] and her group on her pilgrimage. The party travels from Besaid to Luca where Auron joins them - and soon after, they observe the devastating result of the doomed-to-fail Operation Mi'ihen. From there, they move to Djose temple, ride a Shoopuf - fend off some Al Bhed - and gain their final member of the Pilgrimage: Rikku.

Seymour, pining for Yuna, soon proposes to the Lady Summoner, and after a small while - and proof in hand of what Seymour has done - refuses him. Soon-after, Sin interferes again, and the party ends up in Home. They proceed to Bevelle, where Yuna is being forced to marry the Unsent Seymour, which results in the death-sentence Via Purifico. The party successfully escapes and flees towards Zanarkand soon after.

There, they fight their way through fiends until they finally find the chamber where Yunalesca is waiting for them. But when she threatens to kill them for not 'going with the plan' that has been set to be repeated for all of eternity, things go bad.

Heartless have been invading the shell of Sin, and have been both corrupting Sin and being corrupted by Sin. The increased irritation, has started to make the beast erratic and attack more frequently and strongly.

By the time they are in the midst of their fight with Yunalesca, Sin has come near Zanarkand and many Heartless have begun to swarm the ruined city. The fight is forced to be abandoned as they turn not only on Yuna and her party, but also Yunalesca. And in that moment, darkness expands in Zanarkand, as a Shadow Lord enters the chamber. The man looks strange, bearing flaming blue hair and claiming something about 'their downstairs' needing a 'reorganization' - followed by him trapping Yuna and her group into the clutches of this oppressive force - and sending them wandering aimlessly... until they find this new world.

A new world, in which some of Spira exists as well; the Yevon religion trying to gain momentum and hunting the Al Bhed. For in the 'small time' they wandered through darkness. Their Spira had fallen to the Heartles. The Al Bhed had resisted with all their might, deploying Machina alongside Crusaders and Warrior Monks alike... but the Heartless and Sin had been too strong.

The eternal question is though...

Has Sin passed on to this world as well!?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Bevelle]], [[Luca]], [[Guadosalam]], [[Farplane]], [[Zanarkand]], [[Other Important Items|Four Cloisters]]. 

= Final Fantasy 12 =
== Final Fantasy 12 ==
The world of Old Ivalice is a world largely at war. The Archadian Empire is a powerful empire that swept across the world, enveloping smaller kingdoms in its wake. They came up against great resistance with the Rozarrian empire, while mostly ignoring Rozarria's smaller neighbor, the neutral kingdom of Dalmasca. However, when Rozarria and Dalmasca became united through the marriage of Prince Rasler of Rozarria and Princess Ashe of Dalmasca, they too, were pulled into the war.

While Archades attacked Nalbina fortress, Prince Rasler, barely wed to Ashe, marched off to war alongside Basch, loyal knight of King Raminas of Dalmasca. At the same time, seeking peace, King Raminas signed a treaty, handing over Imperial rule of Dalmasca to Archades, but he was interrupted by Basch who murdered him for his seeming betrayal, with the knights Reks and Basch as his witnesses.

According to history, A grief-stricken Princess Ashe killed herself and Basch was later executed for treason. With no leader, Dalmasca was handed over to Lord Vayne, Emperor Gramis' son and grand prince of Archades. Two years later, Vayne was coronated in Dalmasca, becoming Lord Consul of Rabanastre. Shortly after, their world began to fall gradually to darkness. The walls between dimensions weakened and an interdimensional gate openned in Archades castle, leading to castle Gaudium. Vayne briefly left Dalmasca to investigate this strange phenomenon. From the gate erupted the mysterious Oscha and his army of heartless which he offered to share with Lord Vayne to aid in his war effort, even as those same creatures began to consume Ivalice, enveloping much of their world into darkness.

Meanwhile, a small resistance began to form, starting with the street rats Vaan, brother of the slain Reks, and Penelo. Initially seeking to reclaim much of Dalmasca's treasure from Vayne, he ended up meeting up with the sky pirates Balthier and Fran, Princess Ashe and her loyal knight Vossler, and Basch himself who was very much alive and with a number of secrets to reveal about the Archades. But seating Ashe back on the throne would prove a long and dangerous task, first requiring proof of her royalty and claim to the throne. And with the heartless to battle against as well, it seems the Princess Ashe's battle has become more than simply restoring her kingdom as their very world's existance is now in danger as well..

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Rabanastre]], [[Archades]], [[Mt. Bur-Omisace]] (Part of Mt. Gagazet). 

= Final Fantasy 13 =
== Final Fantasy 13 ==
Thirteen centuries ago, a floating, utopian world was created in the atmosphere of a planet known as Pulse. The fal'Cie, beings of immense power and authority, willed that the continent be completely isolated from the crude and brutal wilderness known as the Gran Pulse below and commissioned machines to be the guardians of the citizens. Barriers were subsequently set up all around the newly created world, and as such was the metropolis granted its befitting name: Cocoon.

Having been secluded from the outside world for many years, the citizens of Cocoon have become paranoid of what Gran Pulse really holds. Fear has spread across Cocoon, causing the Sanctum, Cocoon's government, led by the Primarch Galenth Dysley, to issue a new edict: Any individuals suspected to be in contact with the world of Pulse or any of its artifacts or items are to be banished from the continent unconditionally and cast into the harsh environment of the planet below.

And so, when a Pulse fal'Cie is discovered in the small town of Bodhum, mass panic breaks out and soon all of Cocoon's citizens are crying out for the expulsion of the entire town to Pulse. The Sanctum's personal army, PSICOM, has no choice but to banish all of the town's inhabitants to the world below, regardless of whether they are citizens or tourists. This event, known as the Purge, marks the beginning of this party's story as the residents of Bodhum are being taken to the Hanging Edge along with the Pulse fal'Cie, Anima, contained within the Pulse Vestige.

The party is brought together by the events of the Purge. Lightning is on board the Purge train in order to reach the Pulse fal'Cie and save her sister, Serah Farron, who became a Pulse l'Cie, a being hated and feared by all on Cocoon who's forced to do the fal'Cie's bidding. Accompanying her is Sazh Katzroy, a civilian airship pilot trying to fulfill his son's Focus in a desperate bid to save him from becoming a Cie'th. Like Lightning, Snow Villiers is trying to rescue Serah as well, as she is his future bride. Hope Estheim and Oerba Dia Vanille become involved when Hope's mother, Nora Estheim, joins Snow's resistance army and dies under his care, prompting the two to pursue him.

Thus, these five characters end up coming together in the Pulse Vestige, where they witness Serah turn to crystal, an event that only happens when a l'Cie fulfills their Focus. In the course of their trek into the heart of the Vestige, they also encounter creatures known as Cie'th; l'Cie that fail to complete their Focus in time. Lightning believes that Serah is dead, while Snow refuses to give up the hope that she will awaken someday. Lightning, seeking vengeance on the fal'Cie, heads into Anima's Throne along with the rest of the party in order to confront Anima, the Pulse fal'Cie responsible for Serah's transformation into a l'Cie.

As the party faces Anima, PSICOM forces begin to blast the Pulse Vestige and everything in it to pieces. Facing certain death, Anima transforms Lightning and her companions into l'Cie, giving them a dream involving the city of Eden and the mysterious Ragnarok in the process. They fall down in what seems to be an eternity - darkness enveloping them. Yet, they survive as the world outside of Cocoon falls to the dark plague of the Heartless. And something else is wrong... as Serah is nowhere to be found.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Claire Farron|Claire Farron]] (Lightning), [[Snow Villiers]], [[Oerba Dia Vanille]], [[Sazh Katzroy]], [[Hope Estheim]], [[Oerba Yun Fang]], [[Serah Farron]], [[Dajh Katzroy]], [[Cid Raines]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Eden]], [[Palumpolum]], [[Blue Moon]] (Cocoon: not attached to the grid), [[Bodhum]].

= Final Fantasy Tactics =
== Final Fantasy Tactics ==
A second Ivalice New Ivalice once existed, and like its sister world, it too, was wracked with great wars. While many records were lost during the wars, some legends say that Ivalice was once a very technologically advanced civilization, although all was lost during a great cataclysm that was lost to the ages. Many years later, Ivalice threatenned to destroy itself again when another great war wracked the land. This one lasted for 50 years and would later be known, simply as the '50 Year War'. In the end, both sides surrendered, but only after they had left a path of destruction behind them.

The majority of the soldiers hired in the war were commoners, promised payment and food for their hard labor in the war, but the nobility were themselves shattered by the war and they turned many commoner down, leaving them to return to their homes penniless. A rebel group rose up against the nobles, calling themselves the Death Corpse Knights, dedicated to returning to the commoners what belonged to them and ultimately seeking to overthrow the nobility. While crime grew rampant, the Lords of the six ruling families struggled to maintain order by uniting together, but this unstable alliance did not last long either. One year after the end of the 50 year war, Princess Ovelia was abducted, followed by the death of Ivalice's ruling king. Ivalice was left in chaos without a ruler and without a chosen successor. Prince Large is the elder brother of Queen Ruvelia - wife of the late king, while Prince Goltana is the younger cousin of the dead king. The king's own children, Princess Ovelia and the younger Prince Orinas are also potential successors.

This triggered the beginning of a new war between the two ruling families - Gallione, ruled by Prince Large of the White Lion crest, and Zeltennia, ruled by Prince Goltana of the Black Lion crest - Known as the 'War of the Lions'. A number of prominent players participated in this war: The church claimed to be a safe haven for Ovelia, seeking to protect her from both sides. The death corpse knights fought both sides of the nobility, hoping to destroy them even as they fought each other..And from seemingly nowhere came the New Zodiac Braves, a group of heretics created not long after Ramza and his group sought to rescue Teta, a commoner taken hostage by the Death Corpse..Only to have her killed by the Hokuten. Ramza and Delita, brother of Teta turned against the Hokuten, seeking revenge for this seeming injustice. However, things only got worse after Delita took off on his own, later kidnapping Ovelia and seeking to hide her from both sides of the war. However Ramza had his own plans and he, along with a number of Hokuten led by the noble Hokuten General Agrias, rescued Ovelia and took her to the church in Mullonde to keep her safe.

Ramza headed to Goug to rescue Mustadio's father before returning to the castle, with a mysterious crystal possessing untold power in tow. However, when they returned to the church, the Cardinal, seeking to obtain the crystal for himself, revealed himself to be a Lucavi Demon and attacked Ramza and his party. After a heated battle, Ramza and his allies defeated the Lucavi Demon and at the same time discovered the truth about the church - that many of its people were in fact demons, seeking to revive the Ultima demon by obtaining the Zodiac Crystals. Not long after this discovery, the heartless attacked Old Ivalice and caused more mayhem in a world already shattered by war. Ramza and his allies were able to flee the church and recuperate, growing in numbers and calling themselves the New Zodiac Braves, seeking to find the Zodiac Crystals and prevent a second cataclysm at the hands of the Lucavi. Meanwhile, the church struggled to maintain control, seeking to comfort and protect the confused and frightenned people, even as the secret society within the church sought to use the heartless to further their own plans.

More importantly, the church clearly intends to use the fact that Spira's Bahamut cloister has appeared within Bevelle Cathedral to their advantage - not needing long to find out its importance through certain channels.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Alma Beoulve]], [[Mustadio Bunansa]], [[Agrias Oaks]], [[Cidolfus Orlandeau]], [[Meliadoul Tengille]], [[Argath Thadalfus]], [[Rapha Galthena]], [[Marach Galthena]], [[Goffard Gaffgarion]], [[Ovelia Atkascha]], [[Zalbaag Beoulve]], [[Alphonse Delacroix]], [[Bestrald Larg]], [[Druksmald Goltanna]], [[Dycedarg Beoulve]], [[Messam Elmdore]], [[Wiegraf Folles]], [[Folmarv Tengille]], [[Beowulf Cadmus]], [[Reis Duelar]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Goug]], [[Mysidia]] (Magic City of Gariland), [[Mullonde]]. 

= Final Fantasy Tactics A2 =
== Final Fantasy Tactics A2 ==
Luso Clemens was not having a good day. He writes his name into a mysterious Grimoire, and the next thing he knows, he's in another world. There, he's taken in by a clan - known as [[Clan Gully]], led by a Rev named Cid. They soon travel to a small town called Wood Village, where Luso soon learns the ropes of being in a clan. Taking up quests and what-not. During these quests, he meets up with people like Adelle and Hurdy, and eventually comes across the old man Lezaford. In taking this journey, Cid gets wounded however - and Luso ends up officially becoming the leader of Clan Gully.

As the story progresses, however, things twist. The world is starting to fall to darkness. More and more quests start having to do with taking care of these strange black creatures never seen before. Unbeknownst to Clan Gully - this is the fault of Illua, who has been watching Luso with jealous eyes from a distance. Another holder of a Grimoire of the Rift, she draws these dark beings from a dark realm and soon floods the world in this menace... until the world finally falls.

Now, in this new world, Khamja is active within Fluorgis.

'''Theme Change: Judges''' 
The Judges are live people, tied to a single Clan each. They serve as protectors of those Clans, as long as the Clan is officially recognized as one. They are tasked with keeping the members alive through magical law, by pulling them off of the battlefield in case they would fall - and can even grant a group with benefits. These benefits are not always expressed in stats.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Luso Clemens]], [[Adelle]], [[Cid_(FFTA2)|Cid]], [[Hurdy]], [[Lezaford]], [[Ewen]], [[Illua]], [[Witch of the Fens]] (Matoya?). '''Grid Locations:''' [[Mysidia]] (Moorabella), [[Fluorgis]].

= Final Fantasy Unlimited =
== Final Fantasy Unlimited ==
Two younglings by the name of Ai and Yu Hayakawa manage to find their way to another world, after their world has been connected by the Gaudium Lords. They find their way into Wonderland, a mysterious collection of worlds, in search of their missing parents. Along the way, they meet the helpful Lisa Pacifist - a member of the mysterious C2 Organization (not yet an ally of [[Gaudium]]). In addition, they meet Kaze, a being of unimaginable power - who seems to carry the ability to summon 'Espers' out through a Demonic looking Gun.

Their travels continue, taking them onto a Magical Train which allows them to travel from World to World - though those with a Barrier of Light in tact remain unreachable to them. During those travels, they find themselves under siege by the Gaudium Lords! The biggest twist in their story comes to be just before having the ability to meet with the Comodeen people. The train is caught into a fantastical whirlwind of magic, just in the moment of a large group of worlds performing the formerly unimagined feat of /merging/ with each other - and crashes down onto this new world.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Ai Hayakawa]], [[Yu Hayakawa]], [[Lisa Pacifist]], [[Kaze]], [[Makenshi]], [[Knave]], [[Miles]], [[Cid_(FF:U)|Cid]], [[Lou Lupus]], [[Fungo]], [[Moogle]], [[Earl Tyrant]], [[Fungus]], [[Herba]], [[Oscha]], [[Pist Shaz XI]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Fruit Village]], [[Gaudium]].

= Kingdom Hearts =
== Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep ==
Kingdom Hearts for Birth By Sleep is completely the same. No alteration to its theme. The story revolves around three youths; Ventus, Terra and Aqua, young keyblade wielders under Master Eraqus

The story begins in the Land of Departure, where the three Keyblade wielders and close friends train to become Keyblade Masters under Master Eraqus. To achieve this rank, Keyblade Apprentices must take the Mark of Mastery exam once they come of age. Terra and Aqua take this test together and in the first round Master Xehanort sabotages the exam, forcing Ventus to intervene. In the second round Terra and Aqua fight each other, but while Aqua passes the test, Terra is deemed unfit to become a Keyblade Master due to the abundant darkness in his heart.

Afterward, a group of mysterious creatures called the Unversed begin to surface in other worlds, and another Keyblade Master, Xehanort, disappears without a trace. Terra is sent to destroy the Unversed and find Master Xehanort, who had earlier encouraged him to embrace the darkness in his heart if he desires the strength to become a Keyblade master. Ven, meanwhile, is goaded into following Terra by Xehanort's mysterious apprentice Vanitas, against Eraqus's wishes. Aqua is dispatched by Eraqus to survey Terra and keep him from falling into darkness, as well as to bring Ventus back to the Land of Departure.

Upon arriving in other worlds, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus encounter various (Disney) characters as found in the Phantasia realm, new and old, fighting off hordes of Unversed along the way. Among the characters they meet is [[Mickey Mouse]], apprentice of the sorcerer [[Yen Sid]], who is also on a mission to destroy the Unversed. Terra ends up attracting the attention of several Disney villains, who offer him the whereabouts of Master Xehanort in exchange of assistance for their own dark agendas. Terra reasons that Master Xehanort is after the seven [[Princesses of Heart]]—maidens who lack darkness in their hearts—and encourages Aqua to help them strengthen the light in their hearts, hoping it will draw Master Xehanort out.

However, Aqua and Ven grow increasingly concerned for Terra when they hear rumors of him committing sinister deeds throughout other worlds. The three briefly reunite at Radiant Garden, where Aqua meets Kairi, a young girl containing a strong and pure light in her heart, and helps strengthen her light. Aqua and Ven also confront Terra, who distances himself from them to keep them out of the way of his increasingly dangerous dark powers. Terra and Aqua try to convince Ven to return to the Land of Departure, but he refuses until he is certain Terra won't fall into darkness.

Terra and Aqua eventually find themselves at Destiny Islands, where they encounter two young boys, Sora and Riku. Terra sees potential within Riku and deems him worthy of one day wielding the Keyblade, while Aqua senses strong ties with Sora and Riku to Ven and Terra, respectively. Ven, meanwhile, comes across Master Xehanort, who reveals his intentions to use Ven's heart to create a final Keyblade known as the χ-blade, something Master Xehanort says Master Eraqus had known all along. Ven returns to the Land of Departure to confront Eraqus, who tries to erase Ven to prevent Master Xehanort's plans from succeeding.

However, Terra, who had been sent there by Xehanort, misinterprets the situation and attacks Eraqus, teleporting Ven to safety. As soon as Terra realizes his error, Master Xehanort arrives and cruelly kills Eraqus and tells Terra to go to the Keyblade Graveyard, leaving the Land of Departure to be consumed by darkness. At Destiny Islands, Ven once again encounters Vanitas and learns of his hazy past: Ventus was once Master Xehanort's apprentice, but his heart was deemed too frail for Master Xehanort to use him as he intended, so he extracted the darkness in Ven's heart and used it to create Vanitas. As with Terra before him, Ven is instructed by Vanitas to go to the Keyblade Graveyard. Aqua, in the meantime, learns of Eraqus's death from Yen Sid, who tells her to go to the Keyblade Graveyard as well.

Terra, Aqua, and Ventus gather at the Keyblade Graveyard, where the remains of the mysterious Keyblade War are found. Master Xehanort appears with Vanitas and reveals his plan to use the χ-blade to unlock Kingdom Hearts and unleash the forbidden secrets of the Keyblade War onto the various worlds, as well as to use Terra's body as a new vessel for his own heart so that he may survive long enough to see his plans come to fruition. An epic battle ensues, with Xehanort freezing Ven, and Vanitas knocking Aqua unconscious. In his rage, Terra unleashes the darkness in his heart, inadvertently allowing Xehanort to unlock his own heart and successfully transfer it into Terra's body, which results in the birth of a new, younger Xehanort.

However, Terra's mind continues to linger in his discarded suit of Armor, which comes to life and defeats Xehanort. Ven, meanwhile, manages to thaw himself before Vanitas can kill Aqua, and discovers his dark counterpart to be the source of all Unversed. Vanitas merges with Ven, possessing him and creating the χ-blade. Aqua awakens under Mickey's care, and the two fight the possessed Ventus while he battles Vanitas from within. Aqua shatters the χ-blade as Ven destroys Vanitas, bringing an end to the Unversed, though Ven's heart is lost in the process. The destroyed χ-blade unleashes a burst of light, which consumes everyone present and scatters them to the corridors of space, save for Terra's Lingering Will, which remains in the Keyblade Graveyard.

Mickey saves Aqua and Ventus and brings them to the Mysterious Tower, where Aqua learns that Ven has fallen into a deep sleep and will not awaken until his heart returns. Aqua brings Ven back to the ruins of the Land of Departure, where she discovers Master Eraqus's Keyblade, and uses it to unlock the Chamber of Waking and recreates the world as [[Castle Oblivion]] from the ruins. After leaving Ven within the chamber, Aqua goes to Radiant Garden where she encounters Master Xehanort still in Terra's body, but having lost some of his memories. Aqua then battles Xehanort who after the fight attempts to unlock his heart, losing his memories completely in the process.

Soon after, Terra's body starts sinking into darkness, but Aqua dives into the darkness and saves Terra from disappearing. Realizing her glider won't be able to make it back through the portal in time, Aqua sacrifices herself by discarding her armor and using it to guide her glider, Terra-Xehanort in tow, back through the portal leaving herself behind and lost in the Realm of Darkness. Xehanort is discovered by Ansem the Wise, ruler of Radiant Garden, and goes on to become his apprentice. Ventus's wandering heart finds its way to young Sora, merging with the young boy's heart.

== Kingdom Hearts 1 ==
The beginning of Kingdom Hearts 1 is where this game will lead off, timewise. The game opens at [[Sora]] just having arrived in [[Traverse Town]] - or, upon no initial applicant, just before he arrives in said town. [[Kairi]] is locked away in his heart, and [[Riku]] is part of the [[Shadow Lords]]. Of course, with a larger quantity of people being able to be in the Shadow Lords, that part of the theme is edited in that capacity.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Sora]], [[Kairi]], [[Ansem]], [[Riku]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Traverse Town]], [[The Crossroads]], [[Hollow Bastion]], [[Castle Oblivion]]. 

= The World Ends With You =
== The World Ends With You ==
It's time for another Reapers' Game. But the game has changed!

[[Neku]] is forced into the [[Reapers]]' Game, paired with three partners, [[Shiki Misaki|Shiki]], [[Joshua]], and [[Beat]]. The confused youth Neku wakes up in the Shibuya Scramble crossing. He lacks knowledge of where he is, what he is doing there, or any of his memories. He is immediately forced into a "Pact" with a stranger called Shiki, as he tries to destroy some enemies called Noise which attacked him.

Throughout the week, he learns of his purpose in the Underground (underworld) as a dead person, and that "The Reapers' Game" is a ploy for dead people, the "[[Players]]", to prove themselves that they can return back to the living after proving themselves throughout a week. He also learns, while accompanying Shiki on the journey, that he should let other people in and to live life to the fullest.

However, during the Reapers' Game, things start going awry. During the second week of the game, Taboo Noise are set loose upon the city. It soon becomes quite apparent to both Reapers and Players just why these Noise are /taboo/, for it creates a portal for the true pure-blooded heartless to pass through. It is not long before both Reapers and Players alike are trying to fend for themselves, whilst the Composer attempts to keep the game running. However, with too many Taboo Noise sigils opened, the wave of heartless is too much for both to handle, and Shibuya finds itself fall into darkness over the course of the 'second week'.

The Angels, unbeknownst to either Reapers or Players, at the last moment rip both of them out of the world and drag them to Traverse Town, restoring Shiki and Rhyme in the progress. However, with this, some of the Reapers' powers are lost. They no longer become able to Erase players outside the rules of the Game, and both lose access to the Underworld. Instead, they are forced to continue their game in the Real World. What's worse, they immediately have drawn the attention of the Shadow Lords, [[Hades]] in particular. And with the portals that lead out of Traverse Town... the game-board just got a /lot bigger/!

'''Key Characters:''' [[Neku Sakuraba]], [[Beat]], [[Joshua]], [[Rhyme]], [[Shiki Misaki]], [[Sota]], [[Nao]], [[777]], [[BJ]], [[Koki Kariya]], [[Megumi Kitaniji]], [[Mitsuki Konishi]], [[Sho Minamimoto]], [[Tenho]], [[Uzuki Yashiro]], [[Yodai Higashizawa]], [[Sanae Hanekoma]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' Shibuya (lost), [[WildKat Cafe]]. 

= Treasure Planet =
== Treasure Planet ==
In the past, when [[Jim Hawkins]] was but a boy, he was always enchanted by stories of the legendary pirate Captain Flint and his ability to appear from nowhere, raid passing ships, and disappear in order to hide the loot on the mysterious "Treasure Planet". Twelve years later, Jim has grown into an aloof and alienated teenager. He begrudgingly helps his mother Sarah run an inn and derives amusement from "solar surfing" (a hybrid of skysurfing and windsurfing atop a board attached to a solar-powered rocket), a pastime that frequently gets him in trouble.

One day, a spaceship crashes near the inn. The dying pilot, Billy Bones, gives Jim a sphere and tells him to "beware the cyborg". Shortly thereafter, a gang of pirates raid and burn the inn. Jim, his mother, and their dog-like friend Dr. Delbert Doppler barely escape. The sphere turns out to be a holographic projector, showing a map that Jim realizes leads to Treasure Planet.

Doppler commissions a ship called RLS Legacy, on a mission to find Treasure Planet. The ship is commanded by the cat-like, sharp-witted Captain Amelia along with her stony-skinned and disciplined First Mate, Mr. Arrow. The crew is a motley bunch, secretly led by cook John Silver, whom Jim suspects is the cyborg of whom he was warned. Jim is sent down to work in the galley; despite his mistrust of Silver, they soon form a tenuous father-son relationship. During an encounter with a supernova, Silver falls overboard but is saved by Jim. The supernova then devolves into a black hole, where Arrow drifts overboard and is lost, for which Jim blames himself for failing to secure the lifelines, while in fact Arrow's line was cut by a ruthless insectoid crew member named Scroop.

However, that's where everything goes even further wrong. From the black hole, a massive army of Heartless arrive. The ship is forced to turn tail. However, mutiny begins at that very moment - as the 'crew' doesn't want to move away from the plotted Treasure Planet. Jim, Amelia and the rest of the crew fight hard against the pirates - led by John Silver, and are forced onto a small life-boat and to flee away from the ship and the oncoming mass of Heartless. The floating mister Arrow is in the meantime swallowed up by a large heartless.

They drift for a long time, until they finally find the lights of Montressor Spaceport again, which has fall down to another world - parts of the city damaged, and nowhere as big as it once was. However, Amelia is quick to take up command and vows to protect the world against both Pirates and the strange menace that threatens them now.

'''Key Characters''' [[Jim Hawkings]], [[Captain Amelia]], [[John Silver]], [[Mr. Arrow]], [[Dr. Delbert Doppler]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Montressor Spaceport]]. 

= Gargoyles =
== Gargoyles ==

''"One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age of Gargoyles!"''

It began in the year 994. Castle Wyvern had been built atop the ancient home of a clan of gargoyles, ancient creatures who turned to stone by day, but were flesh by night. A generation before, they had made an alliance with the humans which lead to the building of the castle and their oath to protect it, but not everyone was pleased with this arrangement. With the threat of a Viking attack looming, a young warrior made a deal with the Captain of the Guard and the Viking leader Hakon to lure the gargoyles away so he could sack the castle, leaving the gargoyles to reclaim their ancestral land.

Things did not go exactly as planned. The gargoyles were betrayed, leaving most of their clan smashed into rubble before the sun set and the people of Castle Wyvern prisoners of the Vikings. Enraged, the few that remained sought out their enemies. Believing his princess dead due to the gargoyle's attack, the Magus - a powerful wizard - cast a spell on them sealing the clan in stone with a seemingly impossible condition to break it: when the castle rises above the clouds.

An impossible feat for some, but not for others. In the modern day, entrepreneur David Xanatos purchased Castle Wyvern lock stock and gargoyle, transporting them to their new home atop his skyscraper in New York City. Here, the spell was broken, and the gargoyles were faced with a a modern reality that is far different than the world they left behind. They claimed names for themselves, found an ally and friend in the police officer Elisa Maza, and were betrayed by not only Xanatos, but the same female gargoyle from their past - who now called herself Demona.

Now, the gargoyles live atop the clock tower that makes up the roof of the 23rd precinct police station. Their pledge to protect their castle has now been extended to protect all of Manhattan and those who live there. The influx of heartless, or the fall of worlds hasn't changed this promise, yet as the citizens of New York come to grips with the danger of monsters, they are also starting to believe the rumors about winged protectors. Xanatos is no less of a threat, although he now faces his own challenges in keeping his family safe, but also making sure there is a Manhattan left for him to control. Goliath, the leader of the gargoyles, as well as Elisa Maza, have vanished with no explanation to their whereabouts, leaving a young Brooklyn, the clan's second-in-command in charge.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Goliath]], [[Demona]], [[Hudson]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Broadway]], [[Lexington]], [[David Xanatos]], [[Elisa Maza]], [[Angela]]. ''' Grid Locations:''' [[Manhattan]].

'''Notes:'''
* '''Timeline''': This theme begins during Season 2's 'World Tour'.
* '''Fae''': Fae characters (Oberon, Titania, Odin, Banshee, etc.) are not app-able on Final Kingdom Mush. They are fundamentally insane creatures of pure magic whose goals and logic system are completely alien to human beings, with laws and rules arcane and extensive enough to make playing them in day-to-day fundamentally impossible. These will be kept as TP/Plot NPCs. (EXCEPTIONS) Owen - the human assistant of Xanatos - is app-able, where as his Fae persona (Puck) is not. These are treated as separate characters for the most part. Characters with Fae backgrounds who have lost their powers and /will never/ regain them may be app-ed in /very rare/ circumstances, please talk to Lionheart before attempting to app any such a character.
* '''Stone Sleep''': As the Darkness of the Heartless seeps into Phantasia, it has begun to effect the Gargoyles natural sleep cycle. They still /must/ stone sleep regularly, and will often acclimate themselves to the day/night cycle of whatever world they spend the majority of their time within. However, for example, if they were to travel from their homeworld to a world where it is currently daytime, they would not immediately turn to stone. This would probably come as a big surprise to Gargoyles who have never before seen sunlight. By moving between worlds they can interrupt their own cycle for a time, but eventually they will grow tired (early warning) and need to stone sleep. (STAFF NOTE: This is done as a way to keep gargoyles from not being able to attend daytime scenes. We allow some time-fudging, but gargoyles in the daytime should react like people not used to daylight. Squinting, sunglasses, and possibly a natural inclination to drowsy eyes.)
* '''Canon edit''': The events of '[http://gargwiki.net/Future_Tense Future Tense]' occur at the start of 'World Tour' instead of at the end. The Phoenix Gate is 'lost' in the timestream.
* '''Other Clans''': Characters from established foreign gargoyle clans ([http://gargwiki.net/Mayan_Clan Mayan], [http://gargwiki.net/London_clan London], [http://gargwiki.net/Ishimura_Clan Ishimura], [http://gargwiki.net/Avalon_clan Avalon]) are appable.
* Questions related to the Gargoyles theme should be thrown towards '''Lionheart'''.

= Atlantis =
== Atlantis ==
In the distant past, the magnificent island of Atlantis found itself within the very same world the strange creatures known as Gargoyles inhabited. However, greed managed to be the destruction of this once magnificent place. After a distant explosion, a large tidal wave threatens to drown the island of Atlantis. In the midst of an evacuation from the capital city, the Queen of Atlantis is caught by a strange, hypnotic blue light and lifted up into the "Heart of Atlantis", a powerful crystal protecting the city. The crystal consumes her and creates a dome barrier that protects the city's innermost district. She leaves behind a young daughter, Princess Kida (Cree Summer), as the island is drawn not only under the ocean, but into a different world!

Several thousand years later, in 1914, Milo Thatch — a cartographer and linguist at the Smithsonian Institution who is marginalized for his research on Atlantis — believes that he has found The Shepherd's Journal, an ancient manuscript allegedly containing directions to the lost island. After his proposal to search for the Journal is rejected by the museum board, a mysterious woman, Helga Sinclair, introduces Milo to Preston B. Whitmore, an eccentric millionaire. Whitmore has already funded a successful effort to retrieve the Journal as repayment of a debt to Milo's grandfather, and recruits Milo to lead an expedition to Atlantis as soon as he deciphers it.

The expedition departs with a team of specialists led by Commander Rourke, who also led the Journal recovery expedition. The crew includes Vinny, a demolitions expert; Mole, a geologist; Dr. Sweet, a medical officer; Audrey, a mechanic; Mrs. Packard, a radio operator; and Cookie, a mess cook. They set out in the Ulysses, a massive submarine, but are soon attacked by the monstrous Leviathan, a robotic lobster-like creature that guards Atlantis' entrance. The Ulysses is destroyed but Milo, Rourke, and part of the crew escape and make their way to an underground cavern, described in the Journal as the entrance to Atlantis.

However, as they travel through a network of caves and a dormant volcano, the team is met with fierce resistance, as dark creatures attack the group. With the force of the armed men they have with them, they begin to resist these little black creatures. They fight until they are greeted by Kida—who, despite her age, resembles a young woman—and discover that the Atlantean language is the basis of many existing languages. She leads the group to Atlantis, through a large portal - and fails to warn them not to stray from the path within the corridor...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Milo Thatch]], [[Kida]], [[Helga Sinclair]], [[Commander Rourke]], [[Vinny]], [[Mole]], [[Dr. Sweet]], [[Audrey]], [[Mrs. Packard]], [[Cookie]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Atlantis]] (in Serpent's Trench).

= Tangled =
== Tangled ==
Once, a drop of pure sunlight fell to earth and grew into a beautiful flower which had amazing restorative powers when unlocked with by a particular song. The flower was coveted by Mother Gothel, an aging woman who discovered it's secrets to heath and seemingly immortal life. However, there were others who had greater needs for the flower and the power it possessed. The Queen of the kingdom of Corona was ill and her husband sent his soldiers out far and wide in search of the flower's legendary power. Finding it, the King used the power to save his wife, but the magic somehow was reborn into her newborn daughter, Rapunzel.

Unwilling to give up the immortality the flower gave her, Mother Gothel tried to cut a lock of the girl's golden hair, only to discover that cutting it destroyed the power within. With no other options, Mother Gothel kidnapped the girl in the dead of night and raised her as her own in an isolated tower. Heartbroken, the King and Queen send up lanterns every year on the princess' birthday, in hopes that their wishes will reach her.

Mother Gothel teaches Rapunzel the healing song, and uses it to keep herself ever young, all the while manipulating her to ensure that she never leaves the tower. However, Rapunzel is a free spirit, and longs to find the source of the strange lanterns that fly in the sky every year. Gothel warns her that the world outside is a dangerous place. In a sense, she is not lying, as strange dark creatures begin to appear in the woods and in the shadows of the city.

Years later, the cocky thief Flynn Rider steals the princess’ tiara on display in the palace and flees with his newfound treasure in hopes this will finally bring him endless riches. It does prove to be fortunate, if only for him. As soon as he leaves, the Kingdom is swallowed up in a wave of darkness brought by the Heartless, drawn to the hearts of the mourning King and Queen. The only survivor is Maximus, a horse that once served the guard and is now intent on following the man who has stolen from his kingdom.

The tower itself survives, as does the valley surrounding it, now a part of a new world. Flynn, Maximus and Mother Gothel all find themselves in an unfamiliar landscape, and the Heartless hunger for the strange power hiding up in that tower. Meanwhile, oblivious to it all, Rapunzel looks out of her tower, waiting for her chance for freedom.

And despite the disappearance of Corona, the lanterns still appear from time to time...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Rapunzel]], [[Flynn Rider]] (aka. Eugene Fitzherbert), [[Mother Gothel]]. '''Grid Locations:''' Forgotten Forest (Rapunzel's Tower).

= Beauty and the Beast =
== Beauty and the Beast ==
Out in the French countryside, a minor prince rules a province in a beautiful castle. The prince, although beautiful of face, is spoiled and unkind. When he rejects a beggar woman who merely asks for food and shelter, she reveals herself to be an enchantress, and turns him into a hideous beast. His servants are transformed into living objects and furniture, and the castle itself falls under a pall of misery, forgotten by the people of the village. If the Beast can love and find someone who loves him in return before the last petal of an enchanted rose falls, he’ll be restored. But when the last petal falls, he will be a beast for all time.

As the years pass, he falls into despair, and the castle itself begins to fall to ruin. The Beast grows bitter and angrier every year. When an old man wanders into the castle by mistake, the Beast orders the intruder thrown into the dungeon, unwilling to show the old man any mercy. Only when the man’s daughter, Belle, comes to his rescue and willingly exchanges her own safety for that of her father does the Beast see a chance for redemption.

Belle, who is intelligent and willful, doesn’t take her imprisonment sitting down, and doesn’t let the Beast push her around. She is forced to remain in the castle, but refuses to let herself fall to despair.

Meanwhile, the dark curse over the castle draws darkness near, and the Heartless begin swarming among the wolves and beasts of the dark forests. The hunters of the village tell stories of strange shadowy creatures, and local town hero Gaston brags of having taken down a large one. While the old inventor Maurice weeps for his imprisoned daughter, and Belle attempts to understand the Beast, shadows overtake the world around the countryside, and the world changes around the town and castle.

The people of the town are frightened by this change, and look to Gaston to provide protection against the frightening new world. The Beast begins finding Heartless even in his own castle, striking them down as they start to threaten his rose. Belle seeks to find out more about the Heartless, hoping her knowledge can save them both. And the rose drops petals faster and faster, as the Beast begins to lose hope.

'''Key Characters:''' [[The Beast]], [[Belle]], [[Gaston]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Bramble Orchard]], [[The Beast's Castle]], French Countryside (Belle's Village).

= Cinderella =
== Cinderella ==
The beloved and beautiful only child of a widowed aristocrat, Cinderella goes from riches to rags when her father marries the Lady Tremaine, a proud and severe woman, who brings with her two awkward and unattractive daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When Cinderella's father passes away, the Lady Tremaine takes over the estate and forces Cinderella into servitude. Though mocked by her jealous step-sisters, Cinderella remains kind and gentle, befriending the animals which live about their chateau.

The King of their country, distressed that his handsome son Prince Charming shows no interest in marriage, elects to hold a ball which all eligible maidens shall attend. Cinderella receives her step-mother's permission to go provided she finishes her chores, and with the help of her animal friends is able to repair one of her mother's old dresses just in time to depart - and is unknowingly assisted by the mini-fied Ventus. Yet the cunning Lady Tremaine, while complimenting Cinderella's dress, subtly points out the beads and sash which Cinderella's mouse companions had appropriated from her step-sisters. In a rage, Drizella and Anastasia ruin the gown, forcing Cinderella to stay behind. Overcome by emotion, Cinderella unknowingly attracts the Unversed - which are soon routed by a sudden appearance of Terra - whom soon there-after leaves again.

At that moment, however, Cinderella's Fairy Godmother appears, bestowing upon her a blue dress with glass slippers and transforming a pumpkin and her animal friends into a carriage with attendants. The happy girl departs for the ball with the warning to leave before the stroke of midnight, whereupon the magic will be undone and all shall return to as it once was. Upon her arrival, Prince Charming, having rejected all the other ladies, is smitten at first sight, and the blissful couple dance the night away. Yet Cinderella, realizing she has tarried overlong, flees in a panic as the clock tolls midnight, leaving behind a single glass slipper in her panic as her carriage begins to disintegrate.

The Grand Duke informs the King of what has occurred and is ordered to search every house until the girl whose foot fits the glass slipper is found. Lady Tremaine tries to keep Cinderella locked in her room - but Aqua assists in letting her out and stalls The Grand Duke long enough for Cinderella to get downstairs and try on her shoe. It's not long-after that the prince realizes his love for her and carries her off... but Aqua knows that a strong darkness only grows stronger within Lady Tremaine.

And years later, as Aqua wanders through the Realm of Darkness, she comes across a castle jutting out of a sea of darkness. Cinderella's castle. But unbeknownst to her, the Fairy Godmother has enough power for one last trick... to take that castle to a different place. A place where other worlds are coming together - trying to protect themselves against the Heartless. A world no longer protected by the Barrier of Light.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Cinderella]], [[Prince Charming]], [[Lady Tremaine]], [[Drizella]], [[Anastasia]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Cinderella Castle]]. 

= Sleeping Beauty =
== Sleeping Beauty ==
Once upon a time, there was an evil fairy named Maleficent, who was quite notorious in the Enchanted Dominion. She was known for playing cruel tricks on people, for lying and deceiving. And most of all, for cursing others, purely out of hatred and spite. Indeed, Maleficent was a cruel fairy who sought ways to destroy and twist her realm to reflect her own dark heart.

One day she learned that good King Stephan and his wife were throwing a party to celebrate the birth of their daughter, princess Aurora. Maleficent naturally, was not invited, as King Stephan feared that she might harm his precious daughter. Naturally Maleficent was furious and she invited herself to the party. As the fairies came one by one to offer the baby their magical gifts, Maleficent plotted of a way to punish King Stephan for smiting her: She cursed the baby to die upon her sixteenth birthday when she was fated to prick her finger on a spinning wheel. She then left in a cackle of evil laughter.

There was one good fairy who had not yet bestowed her gift upon the sleeping baby. She stepped forward at that moment and promised that Aurora would not die, but would rather fall into a deep sleep for 100 years, and not awaken until her true love's kiss would break the curse. As an extra precaution, the king charged the three fairies with taking care of Aurora and keeping her safe from Maleficent. And so they hid her in a cottage in the woods, where she lived for 16 years.

During that time, the heartless came into the world. Maleficent, in her quest for power, met Master Xehanort, who promised her boundless power. He also told her about the existence of many other worlds and he told her of the princesses of heart who held the key to unlocking the way to Kingdom Hearts, the most powerful world from which she could control all worlds. Maleficent, powerful, cunning, determined, made the perfect minion for Xehanort, and she was more determined than ever to find Aurora, believing her to be one of the princesses of heart.

Xehanort warned her of three keyblade wielders, Terra, who might be of use to her, Aqua who might be a threat, and Ventus who was not to be harmed. He warned her not to tell them of him, but to keep it to herself. He then left her to her own devices for a while, telling her to report back to him from time to time.

Some time later, Maleficent's raven, Diablo located Aurora, hiding as a peasant girl named Briar Rose. Maleficent used her sorcery to hypnotise her and draw her to the castle where she lured her to the room with the spinning wheel that would seal her fate. Instead of dying, Aurora fell into a deep sleep that would last many years. In order to keep anyone from interfering, Maleficent captured and imprisoned Philip in a dungeon in the Forbidden Mountains.

Aqua encountered Maleficent, who told Aqua of Terra's role in her plan and dropped her into the dungeon, where she and the fairies helped free Philip. The fairies enchanted Philip's sword, and he defeated Maleficent in her dragon form. Maleficent swore to Aqua that she would return, while Philip woke Aurora with a kiss.

Although the Enchanted Dominion was temporarily at peace, celebrating the wedding of Aurora and Philip, it was not truly free from the power of darkness. Maleficent called on the Heartless to consume it as part of her revenge, and soon all but the castle and surrounding hills collapsed into darkness, the castle itself pulled into another world entirely. Philip has sworn to protect Aurora and her heart.

Since then, Malificent has found a new place to call her home - known as the Hollow Bastion. From there, she has sought out others who have been touched by the threads of fate - those who were touched by the keyblade wielders she so despises now. She created an organization, made up of these damnable people - drenched in the veil of darkness. And with her as their head, she leads them with promise of more power - more worlds...

And to facilitate this, she drew upon the power of the Darkness Corridors and the knowledge she had come to possess - and with Fairy sorcery, she brought portals upon portals to connect world upon world from the heights of Phantasia Mountain.

The gates are open, the Shadowlords are coming.

And even as the worlds try to gather strength and the World Hearts combine some of their bodies to harden against this assault...

They move under her.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aurora]], [[Malificent]], [[Prince Phillip]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' None. Malificent lives in Hollow Bastion. 

= Snow White =
== Snow White ==
In a small kingdom, a beautiful but cold-hearted queen looks into her magic mirror, asking every day:

''Mirror, mirror, on the wall 
Who is the fairest one of all?''

One day, the mirror answers that the queen herself has been surpassed in beauty by her step-daughter, the princess Snow White.

Enraged, the queen, Grimhilde, calls for her huntsman to bring her the heart of the innocent Snow White. The darkness within her own heart begins to call forth the Heartless, which begin to swarm on the edge of the forest.

Meanwhile, Snow White encounters the handsome Prince Ferdinand. The two share their hopes and dreams. Ferdinand has heard of dangers on the edge of his kingdom with strange monsters, and rides off to fight the Heartless, but promises to reunite with Snow White someday.

The huntsman, unable to bring himself to kill Snow White, instead tells her of the danger she is in and tells her to flee into the forest. Terrified, Snow White flees into the woods, eventually finding herself under the protection of the Seven Dwarves who mine for diamonds nearby.

The Queen continues to realize the threat that Snow White poses to her own beauty - and is found speaking to the mirror by Terra. Through this moment, she comes to know Keywielders and turns the Mirror into an unversed through the use of a potion - causing it to become inevitably connected to the Heartless. After a failed attempt in bringing down Terra, and being forced to use the Mirror's ability to show a person's location, she tries to do the work of bringing down Snow White herself.

This is how she meets Ventus, who helps her when she drops an apple. And upon succeeding in poisoning Snow White, but being chased off by the Dwarves - she ends up under attack by Aqua, driving her to gain an absolute /hatred/ towards Keyblade wielders.

Now long after, through her magic mirror, and a force promises to bring about the death of Snow White if they can have the cooperation of the sorcery-using queen.

Grimhilde, twisted by her rage and jealousy, makes a secret pact with the strange force, and the Heartless swarm forth, the land surrounding the castle and the forest plunged into darkness. What remains of the kingdom is now part of a new world, and the Heartless begin to seek out the innocent Snow White, protected by the dwarves. Where is her prince on a white steed now? Where is prince Ferdinand. Or will another Prince save her?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Snow White]], [[Doc]], [[Grumpy]], [[Happy]], [[Sleepy]], [[Bashful]], [[Sneezy]], [[Dopey]], [[Queen Grimhilde]], [[Prince Ferdinant]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' Dwarf Woodlands 

= Mulan =
== Mulan ==
When the Huns, led by the ruthless Shan Yu, invade China, each family is given a conscription notice. Mulan's father, Fa Zhou has to serve in the army, but due to his age and previous war injuries, is is doubtful that he would survive. Fa Mulan disguises herself as a man, then takes her father's conscription notice, armor, and weapons so that he will not have to go. She rides away on her horse, Khan, to join the army, knowing that if she were caught she would be killed.

Mushu, a small chinese dragon, has been awakened by the family's First Ancestor. Mushu had been demoted to gong ringer after a mishap with one of the ancestors when the other ancestors were awakened. After various choices of which guardian to send after Mulan, he is asked to awaken the "Great Stone Dragon". Mushu accidentally destroys the Dragon but realizes that this could be an opportunity to earn his place among the guardians again if he can make Mulan a war hero.

Mulan trains with a group led by Captain Li Shang, including fellow soldiers Ling, Yao, and Chien Po. The troops complete their training, but Chi Fu, the Emperor's meddling and misogynistic advisor, refuses to let them see battle, accusing the troops of being ill prepared. However, they may not get much of a choice - with the incoming hordes of Heartless showing up everywhere upon their lands - clearly sent by Shan Yu.

In the meantime, within the Imperial City, a shard from Spira has come to life on its own, forming Ifrit's Cloister in the basement of the Imperial Castle!

'''Key Characters:''' [[Fa Mulan]], [[Li Shang]], [[Yao]], [[Ling]], [[Chien Po]], [[Shan Yu]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Land of Dragons]]. 

= Aladdin =
== Aladdin ==

A party gathers in the desert at night, as a mercenary delivers to the sorcerer Jafar the treasure he needs to awaken the Cave of Wonders. The guardian of the Cave destroys the minion and declares that only the Diamond in the Rough may enter. Jafar vows to find this Diamond in the Rough to bring him the treasure he seeks.

Meanwhile, Aladdin is a streetwise thief without a home who must steal to keep himself alive, not that the royal guards of Agrabah are very sympathetic. Within the palace of the sultan, the princess Jasmine is urged to find a suitor, but wishes to marry only for love. Wishing to understand the world outside of the palace walls, she sneaks out, soon encountering and making friends with Aladdin.

They develop feelings for one another, but Jasmine is found and brought back, and Aladdin arrested for kidnapping the princess. While he waits to be executed, Aladdin encounters an old man-actually Jafar in disguise-offering him freedom if Aladdin can bring back a treasure from the Cave of Wonders. Jafar knows that Aladdin is the Diamond in the Rough, one whose true value is often overlooked.

The cave opens for Aladdin, with the guardian warning him to “touch nothing but the lamp.” Within the cave is a glittering trove of treasure, but Aladdin remembers the warning and claims only the dusty old lamp he was asked to bring back. Abu, his monkey companion, lets his greed get the best of him, and as he grabs for a diamond, it melts as the gold transforms into a wave of molten lava. Aladdin and Abu are saved only by the sentient magic carpet they befriended within the cave, which seals itself off, trapping them within.

Jafar, enraged that the Cave of Wonders has been sealed off from him once more, enters his chamber above the palace only to find Maleficent waiting for him. She encourages him to work with her, ensuring he will have what he desires, and that the key to their plan is Jasmines heart. Jafar agrees to work with Maleficent, just as Heartless begin to appear in the desert outside of Agrabah. At Maleficent's urging, bolstered by the Heartless' strength, he takes over the Palace and thus the city. Jasmine, overhearing their plotting, escapes at the last moment, Jafar and the Heartless in hot pursuit.

Aladdin, meanwhile, is trapped in the cave. Frustrated, he rubs at the lamp and frees the Genie, a powerful and strange being who claims that as Aladdin is now his master, he will be granted three wishes. Aladdin uses his trickery to free himself, without making a single wish, only to find out that the world has changed around him, and the desert surrounding Agrabah is not as he remembers it. The world has been altered, taken somewhere else, and the people of Agrabah have only the walls of their city protecting them from the new dangers outside. As for Aladdin, he has his wits, and three wishes.

And the Cave of Wonders looms open again, its treasures hidden, its lamp missing, but its mazelike paths possibly leading...somewhere else?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aladdin]], [[Princess Jasmine]], [[Jafar]], [[Sultan]], [[Cassim]], [[Abis Mal]], [[Mechanicles]], [[Mirage]], [[Mozenrath]], [[Phasir]], [[Sadira]], [[The Mukhtar]], [[Aziz]]. 
'''Grid Locations''': [[Cave of Wonders]], [[Agrabah]]. 

= Tron =
== Tron ==
Once, in a world much like our own, the corporation ENCOM was spearheading the growth of new and innovative computer technology, employing the finest engineers and developing everything from laser scanners to video games. A brilliant but lackadaisical software engineer, Kevin Flynn, is fired from ENCOM when his rival Ed Dillinger steals several games Flynn has developed and is promoted to an executive position. Retreating to the popular arcade he owns, Flynn struggles to obtain evidence of Dillinger's wrongdoing, but is blocked by the sinister Master Control Program (MCP), the artificial intelligence which controls the ENCOM mainframe and seeks to expand its dominion over the Dataspace, the cyber-realm within computers.

Within the Dataspace, computer programs exist as individuals, some appearing in the likeness of the Users who created them, and are terrorized by the MCP and its second-in-command, Sark. Sark and his minions seek control over input/output within their mainframe, and those programs which resist him are captured and forced to play dangerous games -- often utilizing the "identity disk" which all programs carry -- in which the losers are "derezzed."

The MCP, aware of Dillinger's misdeeds, manipulates him by threatening him with blackmail and proceeds to begin hacking into computers all over the world. Meanwhile, visited by his friends and fellow scientists Alan Bradley and Lora Baines, Flynn persuades them to help him sneak back into ENCOM's headquarters. There, he upgrades the security clearance of Bradley's program "Tron", so that it might monitor the activities of the MCP. In retaliation, the MCP activates an experimental laser intended to digitize Flynn and transfer him into the ENCOM mainframe.

At that moment, however, Heartless pour forth from the shadows and consume the world, sending the Dataspace into chaos. Eventually, Ansem the Wise encounters the Dataspace during his investigations and tinkers with the various programs, upgrading Tron. Yet once Flynn's Arcade emerges from the darkness, the MCP becomes aware that the worlds have been connected, and is eager to conquer all realms which touch upon Dataspace-- and beyond. At last, the battle between Tron and the MCP begins in earnest.

But what has become of Flynn, ENCOM, and the others lost to the shadows? In the dusty recesses of the Arcade, hidden in Manhattan in a secret private room, a solitary light blinks...

== Since Then ==
''Information Is slightly out of date''

([[Opportunity Knocks]]) During an attempt by [[LEXUS]] to take the Manhattan side Terminal away from Chicago, ShinRa ended up interfering and managed to prevent it from being taken to Hollow Bastion. But as a result, Manhattan's terminal now sits in ShinRa HQ in Goug.

'''Key Characters:''' [[TRON]], [[Sark]], [[MCP]], [[Kevin Flynn]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Flynn's Arcade]]. 

== TRON - Wise OS ==
''Information coming soon.''

== TRON: Uprising - Flynn OS ==
=== The World So Far ===
The Flynn OS is a 32 bit system compared to the Wise OS’s 8 bit status. The programs here are more human like in personality and tend to have more human like tendencies. They are also what many of us are use too from the newer TRON series. Black suits and body lines, versus the silver suits.

The only known program to still have the silver suit with white lines was the system monitor program, TRON; which in this verse, he was killed leaving behind the Renegade as the new system monitor who wears not only TRON’s colors and line patterns, but also the very T. Other programs who may have white suits are those who are Sirens and they have no real combat ability, though they can sometimes be helpful.

CLU’s forces have occupied much of the Grid now in Flynn OS, but they do have some heartless trouble from an unknown source that is slowly corrupting the grid (Cyrus) and only one Program (Beck) is slightly aware of who may be the cause of the heartless corruption. While CLU continues to blame the Renegade for not only the heartless that have no invaded the Grid, but also for the disorder, and needlessly lost lives.

ISOs themselves have been scattered to the four winds thanks to what CLU has done, leaving them homeless and always on the run. Kevin Flynn himself has also vanished and no one knows where their creator has gone off too. Many believe that their creator has abandoned them, leaving only CLU as the now reliable source to turn too. With ISOs on the run, the Black Virus' spawning in random locations, and no sign of Kevin Flynn, the Flynn OS is not a very safe system to travel alone.

=== Where are we at? ===
The Flynn OS takes place pretty much near the end of TRON: Uprising. So you can figure it takes place right before the episode called "Terminal", which was the very last episode. Thus from there it veers off on its own path and kinda does its own thing. Contact Oblivion, Beck, or TRON for details.

So if you have seen most of TRON: Uprising, you know where we are. If you have not seen TRON: Uprising. Go watch the series! Its up on Netflix and also on Youtube. I suggest watching it on Netflix if you can, because we want a season 2!!

=== Things You Should Know And Follow ===
Last Updated: 8/7/2013

While on the Flynn OS it should be advised of the following things to keep in mind: 
* Users who first enter the Grid will have their normal clothing with maybe some parts glowing. They will not have a disk, so they will need to obtain one or they will be seen as a stray. Also you may get funny looks for being in your human-like clothing, so you will need to find a Siren to get a proper look.

* If you are caught as a stray by CLU’s forces you could be caught and sent to the games! You don’t want to go to the games. Its a bad place. Now you can get a disc by being in the games or you may get lucky and get a disc from Purgos or a Siren (who may be feeling generous). Those are your choices! Just remember - Its hard to escape from the games.

* If you are a non-human ‘user’, you will become a human. Its a world change rule here. So if you're an anthro duck or mouse, you will suddenly become human. Have some fun with this!

* The Renegade has wanted posters /everywhere/. He is known as an assassin and is extremely dangerous (or so the posters will say). The talk about him on the street is that some believe that he could be TRON or /is/ TRON returned to them. Others think he is a cruel prankster. Many more even go as far as to believe the very posters after what happened in Argon and in TRON city. Believing he is the one who not only got several programs killed but unleashed the black virus’ (aka the Heartless).

* Nearly all Programs are unaware of users. They don’t even understand the concept of users, let alone a world beyond their own. As most programs on Flynn OS were built by Kevin Flynn and thus he is their god. There are a few exceptions to this rule, but very few and they don’t talk openly about users. Such exceptions are like CLU who knows of users because of what he learned from Kevin Flynn and he also knows the dangers of them as well. Also keep that in mind. You may get used by CLU to a means if he figures you out.

* If you are hurt on the grid and you are a user. You /will/ bleed. You will not voxel like the programs. No. You will actually have blood and programs will, kinda freak out if they see you bleed. They may even think you're a virus! So keep that in mind too. Combat can happen, don’t get me wrong, but if your suit can’t protect you and the impact is deep enough. You may get some programs panicked by that red stuff coming out of you!

* Most programs on Flynn OS have two colors, but the primary color represents who they are. This will probably be the same for you as well. Teal Green is medical. Blue (may appear more like white blue) is most programs. White is security. Green is military. Yellow Green is Viruses (and possibly Shadow Lords). Red is CLU’s forces. Yellow is Administrative program; Which only CLU has (and maybe the MCP if he was to step on there). Purple is Hackers.

* ISOs are another form of Program in the Flynn OS. These programs tend to hold marks on their shoulders that label them as who they are, though they can hide this with the proper cover over. Most ISOs have white, blue, or green circuity lines. Just as most of them also wear the black light suits. Very, very few ISOs help white light suits and those were mostly killed during the first purge done by CLU. As ISOs are being hunted, if you decide to app an ISO be aware that these guys are rare in numbers and nearly all programs will hate you as they believe you are one of the causes for the system crash and the rise of the Heartless in Flynn OS.

* Users typically have no real way to interact or control the environment around them. This locked to CLU and some of his forces with his permission set. However it may be possible to hack some things, but you may get not only CLU’s attention but the current System monitor. If you are unsure about your abilities in the Grid, because you believe you should have some rights to change things, please send in a +request to see what you may be able to do!

* User technology typically will not work on the Grid, though it may be converted into a form of grid tech for the duration you are on the grid. If you are unsure about your stuff or wish to double check, please send in a +request on it.

* Also remember - CLU doesn’t dig imperfection and anything that isn’t part of his system is imperfection. He wants out. You really don’t want to let him get out. Keep that in mind!

= The Hunchback of Notre Dame =
== The Hunchback of Notre Dame ==

In the city of Paris, Judge Claude Frollo of the City Guard seeks to eliminate the gypsy people, seeing them as sinful heretics. He traps a group of gypsy refugees and has them arrested, but a woman escapes with her baby. He pursues her until she is killed on the steps of Notre Dame Cathedral. Frollo is prepared to drown the baby, who is deformed, but the archbishop interferes, refusing to allow the judge to shed more innocent blood. He warns that no matter what Frollo tells himself or others, the “eyes of Notre Dame” and the Lord will know the truth. Frollo is convinced instead to raise the child as his own. He gives the child the cruel name of Quasimodo, meaning “half-formed.”

Quasimodo grows to young adulthood living in the bell tower, hidden away from all but Frollo and the gargoyles who awaken when no one else is around. He is hunchbacked and severely deformed, but intelligent, kind and insightful, and spends his time watching the people of Notre Dame he wishes to meet someday. He is told by Frollo that the world is cruel and would reject him, and he should remain in his place as the hidden bell-ringer of Notre Dame.

Lonely Quasimodo sneaks out of the cathedral one day as Paris celebrates the Festival of Fools. A troupe of gypsies entertain the people, notably Esmeralda, a beautiful and kind dancer. Frollo and his men watch, and while Frollo disapproves outwardly, he finds himself fascinated with Esmeralda. Quasimodo’s appearance is discovered, and he is crowned King of the Fools, celebrated until the crowd turns on him and humiliates him at the urging of Frollo’s men. Frollo doesn’t interfere on his behalf, but Esmeralda does, helping him escape into the Cathedral and following him there. She in turn is followed by Captain Phoebus of the guard, who refuses to arrest Esmeralda for witchcraft against Frollo’s orders.

As Esmeralda befriends Quasimodo, who thanks her for helping him and helps her escape the cathedral safely, strange creatures appear in the corners and shadows of the city. The guard track them down and capture one, but are unable to find out what they are. As Frollo contemplates his obsession with Esmeralda, increasingly convinced she is tempting his heart away with wicked powers, the shadowy Maleficent appears to him and offers him a position as a Shadow Lord. He refuses, terrified that a demon has appeared to him, just as news of Esmeralda’s escape and the Heartless attacks reach him. Frollo draws the conclusion that Maleficent and the Heartless were drawn to Notre Dame by gypsy witchcraft, and calls for the arrest of Esmeralda.

As Quasimodo looks out to the sky, having finally made an outside friend and finding himself infatuated with Esmeralda as well, he sees a strange shadow cast over Notre Dame. In moments, the City Island is all that is left of Paris, and the people are in a panic. Frollo calls them to order with his guard, explaining that the changes are punishment for wickedness and sin, and determined to protect the righteous people of Paris from the terrors outside. Quasimodo considers leaving once more, this time to help the people of the city which once rejected him. Maleficent, meanwhile, waits and watches, sure that sooner or later, Judge Frollo will fall into her clutches and she will find the Heart of this world.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Quasimodo]], [[Esmeralda]], [[Frollo]], [[Phoebus]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[La Cité Des Cloches]].

= The Nightmare Before Christmas =
== The Nightmare Before Christmas ==

Halloween Town exists as a ghoulish, but not unfriendly place. Its people create Halloween and bring it to the world at large every year. While Pumpkin King Jack Skellington does an excellent job and is widely loved for his skills at the creepy and macabre, he's started to tire of the same thing year after year.

Little creatures called Heartless begin to appear, but as everyone in Halloween Town is some form of monster, the Heartless don't stand out. Jack notices them, thinking they might be the key to a new Halloween, and tries to learn how to make them obey him to no avail. Their presence is not questioned by anyone but Sally the Rag Doll, whose advice is ignored.

Oogie Boogie, too, hears of the Heartless and decides he wants to control them for his own dark purposes. It is when he sends his minions Lock, Shock, and Barrel to investigate that Halloween Town itself falls to the Heartless, something not too many of the residents notice. The doors to Halloween Town no longer lead to the other Holiday Worlds or the "real world," but to a void of darkness. What will happen when the people of Halloween Town realize their city is now home to strangers, and what they will do with the strange Heartless, remains to be seen.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Jack Skellington]], [[Sally]], [[Oogie Boogie]], [[Doctor Finklestein]], [[Lock, Shock and Barrel]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Halloween Town]]. 

= Kim Possible =
== Kim Possible ==
<<To Be Written>>

'''Key Characters:''' [[Kim Possible]], [[Ron Stoppable]], [[Shego]], [[Doctor Drakken]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' None. 

= Fillmore =
== Fillmore ==

After Parnassus' resigning from the Safety Patrol officer and Ingrid joins Fillmore in the group, several months passed and the two solved several cases together, including a kidnapping of the school mascot, apprehending a serial graffiti artist, protecting the local chess celebrity and many others. The arrival of the Heartless was a shock and far beyond the usual level of violence and crime that they were used to dealing with. Still, they were not helpless and with the aid of the Safety Patrol most of the students were evacuated out of the portal before the world fell to darkness.

It took a few days but with some investigative work, a new suitable home was found for the students of X Middleschool in the facility of Balamb Garden. As it was already a sizable military academy, Headmaster Cid was more than happy to provide some of their extra space for standard schooling operation on the condition that any qualified students be allowed to undertake SeeD training. This agreement was not expected to be permanent and plans were also drafted to build a new school for the regular students should Manhattan be lost to them forever.

Naturally, the members of the Safety Patrol were among the qualified students despite their lack of actual combat training. However, after witnessing the destruction that the Heartless could unleash all of them were more than happy to learn how to prevent such things from happening in the future and signed up to become members of Garden themselves.

After a few weeks of taking some basic courses, it was determined that Ingrid and the other Patrollers were qualified enough to operate with some extra independence thanks to their former roles as student leaders and their crime solving skills were put to work on minor cases within Garden and sometimes beyond.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Fillmore]], [[Ingrid Third]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Balamb Garden]]. 

= Lilo and Stitch =
== Lilo and Stitch ==

Far in the reaches of deep space, a council convenes to sentence the criminal mad scientist Jumba and its newest, most dangerous creation, Experiment 626. 626 is too powerful and wily to keep under containment, however, and escapes the watch of space officer Gantu. During this escapade, it meets the strange twosome that are Ventus and Aqua. During an attack from the Unversed, they show the Council-Woman some of Experiment 626's goodness - as it assists in fending off an attack of the Unversed around the time that so many stars go dark.

With Ventus and Aqua having left, Experiment 626 is left to flee in an escape pod towards a rather obscure, backwater planet called Earth - Earth is under protection as breeding ground for the endangered mosquito, so Agent Pleakley is sent to accompany Jumba and recover 626 before it can wreak havoc on Earth.

Meanwhile, Nani is having difficulties keeping sole guardianship of her little sister Lilo after the death of their parents. A social worker's visit goes poorly, and friction between Lilo and Nani is not helping. The sisters decide to adopt a dog and head to the shelter, where Lilo chooses a strange, ugly-looking dog which happens to be 626 in disguise. She dubs the creature Stitch and convinces Nani to let her adopt him. Once she takes him home, he proves to be a rather destructive and strange "dog," but Lilo decides she's going to train him into being a proper best friend. News reports of strange creatures being spotted in the rainforests go mostly unnoticed by the two sisters, but Lilo wonders if it might me an alien invasion.

Soon after, the island of Hawaii is hit by a powerful hurricane; when the winds and rain subside, Hawaii itself has been pulled from Earth and is in the middle of an unfamiliar ocean, with pirates in sky ships looking to make contact. Although the people of Hawaii are rather alarmed at this bizarre development, the governor nervously agrees to meet with representatives from the new outside world while they try to find out just what has happened.

Nani now finds it even more important that she and Lilo stay together, and hopes that strange dog or the weird monsters don't interfere with this too much. Lilo is excited, however, and wants to take trips with the "space pirates" and hunt down the Heartless "aliens" with Stitch. Jumba and Pleakley, meanwhile, continue their investigation, wondering if they're really stranded on Earth...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Stitch]], [[Lilo Pelekai]], [[Nani Pelekai]], [[Jumba Jookiba]], [[Pleakley]], [[Gantu]], [[Cobra Bubbles]], [[Grand Councilwoman]], [[David Kawena]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Hawaii]]. 

= Pirates of the Carribean =
== Pirates of the Carribean ==
Years before, young Elizabeth meets a boy found in a shipwreck. The boy, Will Turner, gives her a medallion that resembles a gold piece.

Commodore James Norrington proposes to Elizabeth Swann, who falls into the bay before she can give an answer. The medallion falls to the bottom of the sea, sending off a signal to the crew of the ghostly Black Pearl. She is saved by notorious pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, who is promptly arrested.

That night, the pirates of the Black Pearl attack Port Royal, running a raid in an attempt to find the gold piece calling to them. Despite the best efforts of Will Turner, now a blacksmith's apprentice, they succeed in capturing Elizabeth and begin to sail off.

The terror and sorrow brought on by the pirate attack is the final piece needed for the Heartless to overtake the world, as much of the land and see fall into total darkness. Port Royal and its surrounding waters are spared, drawn into a different world. While the Royal British Navy has sworn to protect Port Royal until a solution can be found, the many pirates sailing the seas have been drawn into this world as well, including Captain Barbossa and his Black Pearl.

Captain Barbossa still seeks a manner to cure the curse on his crew, and wonders if the Heartless themselves hold the answer. Meanwhile, Captain Jack has agreed to help Will find Elizabeth, who is still holding her own on the Black Pearl, for now.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Will Turner]], [[Elizabeth Swann]], [[Captain Barbossa]], [[Jack Sparrow]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Port Royal]]. 

= Peter Pan =
== Peter Pan ==
Follow the second star on the right and straight on ‘til morning, and you’ll find your way to Neverland, an island of magic and eternal childhood. Here is the home of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows old, a mischievous youth who can fly. He and other ageless children, the Lost Boys, live without parents as they outsmart Captain Hook and his pirate crew.

One day, Captain Hook tricks a mysterious warrior named Terra into picking a fight with Peter Pan. The two clash, but they clear up their misunderstanding and Pan flies off to fight Hook as he’s often done. He has more friendly encounters with keyblade users Ventus and Aqua. In his mind, they’re just more visitors to Neverland, and while he remembers them, he doesn’t think much of the incident for a while.

Years later, Peter’s shadow flies into the bedroom of Wendy Darling, a young girl living in turn of the century London. Peter and his fairy companion Tinkerbell soon follow. When Wendy sews his shadow back on, Peter tells her and her siblings, John and Michael, about the land of Neverland. He grants them the power to fly using pixie dust and leads them to Neverland. When Wendy is introduced to the Lost Boys, she decides she’ll try to be their mother, as they’ve never had one and don’t know what having one is like.

Meanwhile, as Captain Hook plans to clash with Peter once more, strange shadows overtake the sea around Neverland. The island itself remains unchanged even as it is brought into another ocean, and few of the inhabitants notice what has gone on. Peter sees the appearance of Heartless as another excuse for the Lost Boys to have an adventure, unaware of the seriousness of the situation. Captain Hook, however, soon spots more ships approaching Neverland, and wonders if he has found allies in his eternal battle with Pan.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Peter Pan]], [[Wendy]], [[Captain Hook]], [[Mr. Smee]], [[The Lost Boys]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Neverland]]. 

= Hercules =
== Hercules ==

Once, this world was a land of chaos, ruled over by powerful elemental Titans who cared little for the people of the land below as they swept their destruction across the planet. Then, Zeus came with his thunderbolts and trapped the Titans, beginning the age of both Gods and men. High on Mt. Olympus, Zeus set himself as the king of the Gods, unaware that his brother Hades had begun setting the wheels in motion to steal the throne.

Everything seemed to be going according to plan until the day that Zeus and Hera gave birth to their son, Hercules. Consulting the fates, Hades discovered that in eighteen years, he would have the chance he'd been waiting for - but... if Hercules rose up to fight on the side of the Gods, his attempts for power would fail. So, the God dispatched his two minions, Pain and Panic, to dispose of the little 'sunspot'. The two imps fail in their task to kill Hercules, but they do manage to make him mortal, resulting in his exile from Mt. Olympus.

For years, young Hercules is raised by a human family as their only son, never knowing his true parentage. It isn't until his unusual strength began to show itself in sometimes dangerous ways, that his father revealed the truth, sending him to seek out council from Zeus. At the temple, Hercules learned of the cruel fate that had befallen him as a child, and discovered the one way in which he might be able to once again return to Olympus and rejoin the gods: He must become a True Hero.

So, with the help of his faithful companion Pegasus, Hercules sought out a teacher - one of the best trainers of Heroes: The satyr, Philoctetes ("Phil" for short). While the satyr is reluctant, at first, to take on yet another would-be Hero, he does eventually agree to teach the boy, under threat of lightning bolts from above. Upon discovering that the one person who could foil his plans was still alive, Hades began to throw all sorts of beasts and monsters at Hercules, trying to kill the young Hero before he would have a chance to reclaim his birthright. Through those many trials, Hercules did become a Hero, but earning the love of fans is not the same thing as being a 'True Hero'.

With his failure to kill Hercules, it is only a matter of time before Hades sought out darker means of eliminating his enemies. The God was one of the first to be gathered into the Shadow Lords, and with the Heartless, his power spread over the world of Olympia, eventually dragging it down into darkness. Now, all that remains is the Coliseum, looming at the edge of Traverse Town. Here, heroes can still prove themselves in the games, and Hercules still seeks a way of proving himself a True Hero, but is there even a Mt. Olympus left to return home to?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Hercules]], [[Megara]], [[Phil]], [[Hades]], [[Pain]] and [[Panic]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Coliseum]]

= Other Phantasia =
== Other Phantasia ==
In general, staff would prefer to keep player characters as humanoids (see [[races]]), rather than talking animals or furniture. While there are Disney themes which heavily feature walking/talking animals, they are much harder to integrate.

These include (but are not limited to) themes such as:
* Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers (NPCs)
* Oliver and Company (NPCs)
* Lady and the Tramp (NPCs)
* Bambi (NPCs)
* The Lion King (Adapted)

In general, many of these characters will just be background NPCs. For instance, you might be walking the streets of Manhattan and spot an orange kitten. Or be strolling threw New Orleans and see a particularly scruffy hounddog. Most of these characters simply won't make good player-characters, since adapting them into Final Kingdom would take quite a bit of work and require quite heavy modifications. Others, such as Chip and Dale already appear as bit parts/NPCs throughout Kingdom Hearts. If you have your heart set on one of them, you can always ask staff, but it's likely that characters from themes listed as (NPCs) will be much harder to app.

Themes in which a character is/was human and gets turned into an animal will usually be accepted, although tweaked so they can at least speak.
Examples:
* The Princess and the Frog
* Brother Bear
* The Emperor's New Groove
 

== The Lion King ==

In the case of '''The Lion King''', the staff consensus is that if Sora and the others turn into animals when arriving in '''The Pridelands''', that the same should work vice-versa for the characters /leaving/ that world. It gives people the chance to play characters from this theme, but in a way where they will easily be able to interact with others. They might look humanoid, but they still retain their personality elements, and perhaps some of their more interesting mannerisms. In general, we would like to keep all the characters in this theme to be either fully human in appearance on other worlds, or semi-anthro (Re: Tailspin). Whomever gets an approved FC app into this theme first will get to decide the direction of that for the rest of the cast. We will also possibly allow some IC combat-transformation to a lion form, because everyone knows it would be hilarious to see Mufasa shoot fireballs from his muzzle.

= Rejected =
== Rejected ==
These games or series are not available for integration, due to one reason or another:
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* '''Final Fantasy 11/14''' - Due to the online nature of these games, and their theme still expanding now, they are currently seen as unfit.
* '''Non-Final Fantasy Games''' - With the exception of The World Ends With You - as seen included in KH:3D, other Square Enix games - or any others for that matter - are not available for application.
* '''Non-animated Disney''' - Since we are trying to stick as close to the world that fits with Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, we try to not implement 'real life' Disney movies. Pirates of the Carribean and Tron are the obvious exceptions, as they were featured in Kingdom Hearts games. However, this is not a hard limit, and we might be convinced otherwise on a case-by-case basis.
* '''Phineas and Ferb''' - Originally a pitch that was intended more for places like Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, the Tone of the series does not fit the general Disney kind of universe and tone we try to represent within this game.
* '''No Pixar''' - Sorry, we feel none of their movies truly fit with the tone of the game.
* '''No Marvel''' - It's a completely different thing.

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Foxfirestorm: /* TRON: Uprising - Flynn OS */

{{#set:Information=Theme}}Note that this is not a comprehensive list. These are the opening themes for which a guideline is provided, as they were represented in Kingdom Hearts, or are otherwise on grid. These entries often contain an adjustment to incorporate the Kingdom Hearts theme - leading to the fall of the world into darkness.
= Final Fantasy 1 =
== Final Fantasy 1 ==
The world of balance was a magical realm, governed by the four elemental crystals of dark and the opposing crystals of light. Two-hundred years ago, the four crystals of light were abused by a highly advanced civilization - known as the Lufenians - who lived on a floating continent above the planet.

Their misuse of the crystals led to the sinking of a giant sea shrine, the sudden surge in airship crashes and inexplicable windstorms, uncontrollable wildfires that ripped through the lands, and decaying vegetation seen throughout the world. What started off as an ambitious plan to further advance their civilization left it in near ruins... with the rest of the world soon to follow...

One day, the great Sage Lukahn spoke a prophecy: the legendary Light Warriors would come with their orbs devoid of light to heal the ailing crystals and return the world from darkness. Soon after, the four heroes arrived from nowhere, each carrying an empty darkened orb, drawn together by forces beyond their control. Travelling the world, they battled numerous villians, rescuing princess Sara of Cornelia from the evil Garland, defeating the evil dark elf Astos and liberating the good Elf Prince, restoring his kingdom. They eventually encountered the four fiends: Lich, Marilith, Kraken and Tiamat, recovering the crystals of light and restoring their balance with the crystals of darkness.

Light began to return to the world, and yet evil remained on the brink, threatenning to overturn the warriors as soon as their strength was exhausted. Chaos used his magic to revive Garland and the fiends, sending them 2,000 years into the past so that they could corrupt the crystals before the Light Warriors were even born. The Light Warriors however, discovered a way to travel to the past, to confront Chaos and his minions. They defeated them again... Or so they thought, and returned to the present, to live out their lives in peace (See [[Integrated#tab=Final_Fantasy_3|FF3]]).

Chaos however, would not be so easily defeated. Using the last ounce of his magic, he attempted once more to escape through a time warp, but his magic went awry and sent him and his minions to another time and world, into the sad and dying world of Terra, which Chaos, once again calling himself Garland, sought to control and manipulate, fashioning it into his own world to do with as he pleased (See [[Integrated#tab=Final_Fantasy_9|FF9]]).

'''Key Characters:''' [[Garland]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Cornelia]].

= Final Fantasy 2 =
== Final Fantasy 2 ==
The Imperial World was constantly at war, as the Emperor of Palamecia sought to extend his control beyond his own kingdom. Those countries who refused to submit to his tyrranical rule were quickly wiped out while the rest became mere puppet states for him to do with as he pleased. The kingdom of Fynn was one such kingdom that was attacked. Fynn’s people put up a brave fight against the emperor, but in the end, even Fynn was destroyed, its people scattered. Four youth – Firion, Maria, Guy and Leon were victims of the war, their parents killed during the invasion. They caught in the middle, too young, too weak to defend against the Emperor’s fearsome troops.

They quickly succumbed to their wounds, but before the Palamecian troops could finish them off, they were rescued by survivors of Fynn and taken to the nearby town of Altair to recover. It was here where the survivors of Fynn established a secret rebel group, dubbed the ‘Wild Rose Rebellion’, whom sought to eventually overthrow the Empire. The youths, not much more than teenagers at the time, also sought revenge for the death of their parents. Not only that, but learning that Maria’s brother Leon had vanished during the raid on Fynn, they were determined to find and rescue him if at all possible.

They took on many missions and defeated many enemies in a growing desire to prove their worth to the rebellion, and finally Princess Hilda, leader of the rebellion, placed a very special mission in their hands – find and rescue her husband, prince Scott. Returning to Fynn, they found Prince Scott, badly wounded from the attack on Fynn and hovering near death. With his last breath, he revealed the one who betrayed their kingdom to the enemy – Count Borghen – and gave him his ring to give to Hilda so that she would never forget him.

The party then left for Salamand to search for Mythril to strengthen their defenses. They also searched for Josef, a member who was missing in action, only to learn that he was being blackmailed by the enemy who had his daughter as hostage. The heroes found Nelly and freed her from her captors, returning her to Josef and headed back to the resistance, using their newfound Mythril to create powerful weapons and armour for the resistance. The heroes left home base once again, this time heading to Bafsk in search of the ‘Dreadnought’, a powerful airship being constructed by the Empire, hoping to destroy it before it could be used as a weapon of mass destruction.

However, they were unable to reach Bafsk in time to stop the ship from taking flight and destroying the cities of Poft, Paloom, Gatrea and Altair. After witnessing the destruction of their new home and believing their resistance base and friends were destroyed as well, the heroes rushed back to Altair, discovering to their relief that the base had been spared. They formed a plan to destroy the Dreadnought by using the ‘Sunfire’, a powerful weapon in Kashuan keep. In order to enter Kashuan however, they required the Goddess Bell, which they managed to retrieve with Josef’s help. After a long and dangerous journey through snow caves, they found the goddess bell, but were attacked by Borghen on the way out, who sent a boulder after them.

With his last strength, Josef managed to hold the boulder back, allowing the rest of the party to escape, but in the process he was most likely crushed and killed himself. Sparked by an ever stronger desire to get revenge on the Empire, the heroes headed next to Kashuan keep, using the bell to gain entry. With Gordon, brother of the late Prince Scott’s help, they managed to obtain the Sunfire, and waited for Cid and Hilda to retrieve them in the aiship. However, it was at that moment that the Dreadnought intercepted, and captured the rebels’ airship, along with Cid and Hilda. The heroes watched powerless as they were both taken prisoners, and they returned to homebase with Gordon, who assumed leadership of the rebellion in Hilda’s absence.

They had suffered a great loss, but they still had the sunfire, and they were determined to destroy the airship when it parked to refuel.

However, even with renewed forces, the small party was overwhelmed by a new powerful enemy that had joined forces with Borghen’s armies. These strange creatures of the shadows attacked them in a swarm, and covered their world in darkness, threatening to tear their entire world apart. The party fled through the chaos, retreating back to Altair, or what remained of it and watched in horror as the heartless, now in league with the Empire began to tear their world asunder.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Firion]], [[Maria]], [[Guy]], [[Leon]], [[Minwu]], [[Josef]], [[Gordon]], [[Leila]], [[Ricard Highway]], [[Scott]], [[The Emperor]], [[Borghen]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Mysidia]], [[Fynn]], [[Palamecia]].

= Final Fantasy 3 =
== Final Fantasy 3 ==
In the beginning, the World of Balance was kept in perfect harmony by the four elemental crystals of light, and the four crystals of darkness, which worked together to keep the powers of the others in check. However, over the years, a technologically advanced civilization that lived upon a floating continent above the planet, once discovered and captured the four crystals of light, hoping to control its power for themselves. As they learned more of the power of the light crystals, using them to bend and control the forces of nature to their every whim, they were unaware that their actions were throwing the world off-balance, and threatening to engulf it in overwhelming light.

The planet reacted to this threat by awakening the four legendary Dark warriors who, compelled by forces beyond their control, journeyed the world and eventually recovered the light crystals, using their own dark crystals to contain their powers. The world became balanced once more, but the consequences were severe. The floating continent was destroyed by the surge of energy that flooded their world from the light crystals, and their civilization was lost to the ages.

Many more years passed, and the great civilization was replaced by the Gulgans, blind prophets who warned that the crystals would one day be abused again, and the crystal warriors would be needed once more..The floating continent eventually became the birth place of the four Legendary Warriors of light, who were awakened initially by Luneth when he stumbled upon the wind crystal, before he set out to unite with the other four warriors of light: Arc, Refia and Ingus. Together they journeyed the world, seeking the source of the darkness that was slowly engulfing the world, and searching for the dark crystals to fill with light once more..

The heroes traveled around the world in search of the other four crystals, braving Dragon's peak and rescuing Desch from Bahamut, then to Vikin's cove where they recovered the missing eye of the Nepto Dragon idol, appeasing the angry dragon and obtaining a ship as reward. With the Enterprise, they sailed to the tower of Orwen where they fought Medusa, the first of Xande's many minions, and then recovered the crystal of fire within the Dwarven Hollows.

Their journeys took them next to Tokkul village where they learned that Hein, another of Xande's minions, had captured King Argus and his people, and transformed the Elder tree into his own floating fortress. Discovering the Location of the Light Warriors, Hein's forces attacked Tokkul village and kidnapped the four heroes, holding them as prisoners in Castle Hein.

The heroes fought their way out, but at that moment, their world was engulfed by the heartless who overwhelmed their forces. A fierce battle took place as the heartless seemed drawn towards the darkness of Hein and his minions and repelled by the crystals of the light warriors. In the end, only the heroes themselves were able to escape the cursed tree castle - defeated and wounded, they sought to recuperate and strengthen their forces before seeking to fight Hein and rescue Argus and his people... And to eventually restore light to the world, an increasingly difficult task with the threat of not only Xande's minions, but the heartless themselves seeking to envelope the world in darkness and chaos. And soon... the heartless succeeded in forcing this world to fall to darkness.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Luneth]], [[Arc]], [[Refia]], [[Ingus]], [[Hein]], [[Xande]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Castle Argus]], [[Castle Hein]].

= Final Fantasy 4 =
== Final Fantasy 4 ==
The Kingdom of Baron was once ruled by a benevolent king, protected by the might of their dragoons and the power of their airship fleet, the Red Wings. The king had two sons, both orphans he had taken under his wing. Cecil was trained as a Dark Knight, eventually earning his place as commander of the Red Wings. Kain followed in his deceased father's footsteps, becoming a dragoon. What they and the people of Baron had yet to realize was that their king had been killed and replaced by the Archfiend Cagnazzo. Yet, behind the Archfiend, even darker forces were stirring. A man in dark armor named Golbez pulled the strings of the fiends, oblivious to the fact that he was a puppet himself - whispered to by unseen forces.

Without warning, the Red Wings were sent to seek out the Crystal of Water, protected by the Mages of Mysidia. The people of Mysidia resisted the attack, but many were slain in the onslaught. In one swoop, Golbez aquired the Crystal of Water, but also left behind many fallen victims who would become a beacon for the Heartless. The massacre in Mysidia unsettled Cecil, questioning the reasons for the attack. When he raised his misgivings to the King, he found the man was not the forgiving father he had once known. Infuriated, the King dismissed him from command of the Red Wings and sent on a mission to eliminate the Eidolons in the Valley of the Mist as well as to deliver to the people of the Mist Valley a 'ring'. Kain tried to come to his brother's defense, but only found himself also sent along on the errand.

Along the way, they encounter a Mist Dragon in the caves leading to the valley. Though it warns them to turn back, Kain and Cecil dispatch the creature and find their way into the protected valley. On arriving, the package explodes, revealing fire fiends which set the city ablaze. Cecil, shocked by what he's seen, tries to help, and encounters a young girl grieving over her mother's fallen body. The Mist Dragon had been her Eidolon, and when it died, she died with it. With all of her anger and sadness, the girl summoned up a great monster which tore the ground asunder, separating Kain on one side of the divide, and Cecil on the other.

Kain returned to Baron only to discover that a dark man named Golbez had been placed in command of the Red Wings. It didn't take long for Kain to fall under the spell of Golbez's power, which drew upon the darker parts of his heart. Cecil finds himself with the unconscious girl from before, and with some trust, he manages to convince her to accompany him for now. In Kaipo, they discover that Cecil's beloved, a mage named Rosa, has fallen ill of Desert Fever after leaving Baron in search of him. He and the girl, Rydia, set out to find a cure and pick up some others along the way. There is Tellah, a wizzened old mage who has forgotten more spells than most ever would know and Edward, the ruler of Damcyan who lost his kingdom, the fire crystal, and his beloved in one swoop of Baron's Red Wings. Together, the party kills the Antlion and cures Rosa and then sets out for the Kingdom of Fabul, hoping to warn them in time to protect the Crystal of Air.

Heeding the warning, the King of Fabul martials his troops to stand against the attack, but Baron wields soldiers, fiends, and a new kind of creature that they had never seen before: Heartless. Falling back to the Crystal Chamber, Cecil is surprised to see his brother among those attacking Fabul. Cecil and Kain duel, and the Dark Knight is struck down by the dragoon. Only a Rosa's intervention keeps Kain from making the killing blow. Seeing this, Golbez strikes down the rest of the party, kidnapps Rosa, and departs with the Air Crystal and Kain in tow. In the aftermath, Cecil decides to try to sneak into Baron and aquire an airship in order to stand against Baron. However, things didn't go as planned. The influx of Heartless into the world had angered the Eidolons. As their ship sailed over the ocean, Leviathan struck back, dragging Rydia down with him into a whirlpool and sweeping the others overboard.

This is when the world fell. The Dark Knight Cecil awakens on unfamiliar shores, unsure of the fates of his companions. Baron still holds a great deal of power in this new world. The Heartless take hold in the places where the crystals no longer shine upon the world, but are foiled as the world is unmade, and the crystals are recreated by the World Hearts. Now, with only the Water Crystal left in Baron. What does Golbez plan to do with the remaining crystal? And more importantly, what part do the Heartless have to play in the desire for the remaining crystals? But two things are clear: Someone needs to stand against Baron and someone needs to warn this new World about the threat coming their way.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Cecil Harvey]], [[Kain Highwind]], [[Rydia]], [[Tellah]], [[Edward Chris von Muir]], [[Rosa Joanna Farrell]], [[Yang Fang Leiden]], [[Palom]], [[Porom]], [[Cid Pollendina]], [[Edge Geraldine]], [[Cagnazzo]], [[Barbariccia]], [[Baigan]], [[Golbez]], [[Scarmiglione]], [[Rubicante]], [[Dr. Lugae]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Baron]], [[Mysidia]], [[Red Moon]], [[Tower of Zot]], [[Feymarch]].

= Final Fantasy 5 =
== Final Fantasy 5 ==
The world of Final Fantasy 5, like many others before and after it, was kept in balance by the four elemental crystals: Wind, Earth, Fire and Water. Each of the crystals maintained the balance of nature, but as always, humanity sought to use these crystals for their own purposes. Gradually, each of these sacred artefacts disappeared from their sacred shrines, stolen by various nations which wished to use them to improve their lives, unknowingly draining them slowly of their power.

Gradually, the world began to suffer the ill-effects as the crystals died. The winds stopped blowing, making travel by sea or air quite difficult. Water grew scarce or impure, fires grew out of control, and earthquakes ravaged the land. But that was not all. Unknown to most, the crystals had also been used to create an ancient seal that kept a powerful monster sealed within a barrier. As the crystals grew weaker, so did the barrier.

One day, mysterious meteors rained down upon the world, shattering the crystals. In the midst of one such meteor fall, four heroes suddenly find themselves charged with the recovery of the crystals which have been shattered by the meteors. Gradually, they come across the scattered crystals, now reduced to shards. Each piece contains the memories of previous warriors of light, protectors to the crystals, whose memories and spirits were preserved in the crystals when they sacrificed themselves to seal Exdeath away from the world.

As they learn of the crystals and their delicate balance, they take it upon themselves to travel the world, to restore the crystals and are soon called the 'Light Warriors'. They brought hope to the world, seeking to restore order and balance..But it seemed darker forces were in control, and they were too late to revive the crystals before the seal was broken. Exdeath was freed, unleashing his own hell upon the earth. It was at that moment that the heartless attacked their already weakenned world, throwing everything into chaos.

While Exdeath seeks to forge new alliances, perhaps even hoping to wield the heartless for his own purposes, the heroes were scattered and lost, seeking to forge new alliances to overthrow Exdeath and restore the shattered world. But the crystals are scattered once more, merged with those of other worlds. Can they possibly do this alone?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Tycoon]], [[Carwen]], [[Fluorgis]] (Karnak), [[Tower of Zot]] (Exdeath's Castle). 

= Final Fantasy 6 =
== Final Fantasy 6 ==
During the dawn of time, a world known as 'The World of the Magi' was created and co-ruled by three sister Goddesses. Over time they no longer wished to rule together, and began to fight each other for dominance. Soon known as the 'Warring Triad', they selected and transformed a number of humans and animals into powerful magical creatures by saturating them in magic, and pit them against each other to fight their wars for them. These creatures would later be known as 'Espers', fighting a war dubbed the 'War of the Magi'.

The war lasted for many many years without a clear winner. The goddesses soon realized however, that the war was slowly destroying the world and killing all life. Remorseful of their actions, they turned themselves to stone and gave the Espers free control over themselves, with only one request; To never allow the world to be destroyed by magic again. Magic became forbidden and the Espers fashioned their own secret world, separate from the Magi's world where they could live alone in peace.

One thousand years later, the world learned to live without magic, replacing it with technology. Magic and Espers became but a fairytale, nothing more. Then the Empire of the southern continent led by Emperor Gestahl one day discovered the entrance to the Esper world in a cave. They charged into the strange new world and attacked the Espers, dragging many of them back with them and placing them in their research laboratories to be experimented upon. The Empire soon discovered the truth about magic, and the war of the magi. They used their vast knowledge and technology to drain magic from the Espers and imbue their own soldiers as well as machinery with this immense power, in a process known as Magitek. With this new power, the Empire became unstoppable, pushing further north as they easily engulfed other nations and gradually came to control a great portion of the world.

Within their army was one mysterious girl with incredible powers, a girl with green hair and the ability to control magic. Her name was Terra, and she was one taken from the Esper cave as a baby. From birth she was bred to be the ultimate soldier, her thoughts and actions controlled entirely by the slave crown she was forced to wear. One day, Terra and a small number of soldiers marched into Narshe, determined to take the frozen esper found in the mountains there. But when Terra approached the Esper a strange thing happened; She reacted to the creature, and broke free of her captors, obliterating her fellow soldiers in the powerful blast that accompanied her contact with the Esper.

When she awoke she was greeted by one of the Narshians, Arvis, a secret Returner sympathizer who helped her escape with help from Locke. Together they fled the Empire's forces. But the Empire were hot on their trails as they fled first to Figaro castle which was lit afire by Kefka before it submerged into the desert depths in order to escape. They fled to South Figaro and then through Mount Kolts, and finally made it to the Returner hideout where they fled yet again through the water rapids. But here, they were separated, as Sabin fell overboard and Locke headed back to South Figaro to slow the Empire's progress.

Along the way more allies were gathered as Sabin encountered Gau, the wild boy of the Veldt, and Cyan, the proud soldier of Doma who watched helplessly as the mad general Kefka poisoned his people from the inside out. Before the allies could regroup at the meeting point in Narshe, something else attacked their world, tearing it apart, threatening to destroy everything in their path; The heartless had arrived through a pact between Gestahl and an enigmatic person called a 'Shadow Lord', and they began to devour the world bit by bit, seeking the world's very heart. The promise between Gestahl and the Shadow Lord, was that the Heartless would find him the Espers' home, and bring magic to the world.

And as the world fell thusly, as the heartless spread over the lands, only so little of this world passed on into the new.

While the Returners struggled to find each other amid the chaos and make sense of this new threat, the Empire found that they were reduced to Vector, having lost almost all other nations to the heartless; Gestahl however does not back down, and continues to use this very force to try and obtain power and find the sealed home of the Espers.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Terra Branford]], [[Locke Cole]], [[Edgar Roni Figaro]], [[Sabin René Figaro]], [[Cyan Garamonde]], [[Gau]], [[Celes Chere]], [[Setzer Gabbiani]], [[Shadow]], [[Relm Arrowny]], [[Strago Magus]], [[Mog]], [[Umaro]], [[Gogo]], [[Banon]], [[Emperor Gestahl]], [[Kefka Palazzo]], [[Cid Del Norte Marquez]], [[General Leo Cristophe]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Figaro Castle]] (hidden under the sands of Agrabah), [[Vector]], [[Narshe]].

= Final Fantasy 7 =
== Final Fantasy 7 ==
The organization called AVALANCHE was not always what it is now. Though organized with good intentions, it was soon twisted by the actions of a man named Fuhito. Also known as the Ravens, this organization sought to destroy Shinra. In this, they end up fighting the Turks countless times, until finally the group itself begins to break down during the events surrounding [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Zirconiade Zirconiade]. At the same time, Wutai is beginning to fall to Shinra, which has dedicated a good sum of its forces to overwhelm this nation so it may come to rule them with economic might. However, upon the fall of Fuhito, the group is taken over with great hesitation by [[Shalua Rui]].

Eventually, Wutai's fort Tamblin falls, and all seems lost for the great nation of Wutai. But then, something changes in the balance of the world. Godo Kisaragi, feeling pressured by the forces of Shinra - which were quickly encroaching on his city with the intent of placing a Mako Reactor there - makes a pact with the [[Shadow Lords]]; a fact unknown to anyone, including his own daughter. The Heartless soon find themselves swarming The Planet and infecting the Lifestream, but also bolstering Wutai's defenses. But the invading SOLDIER forces hold strong.

A while later, Genesis' decision to desert from [[Shinra]] causes a good sum of its private force - SOLDIER - to leave the company. These events snowballed upon Angeal, Zack and Sephiroth's investigation into these events. Genesis managed to get a hold of Heartless during his initial assault on Shinra Headquarters - making life that much more difficult on the city of Midgar, still heavily under construction.

Four years later, at the climax of Zack's journey and after the horrible events of the Nibelheim incident, much of The Planet has fallen to darkness. Zack's heroic Last Stand, and the subsequent destruction of Cloud Strife's identity, have already occured; as far as anyone on Planet knows, Zack Fair is dead.

Now, in this new world, Shinra finds itself rebuilding Midgar from the city of Goug, enforcing its will on the Moogle community. The Shinra headquarters is placed upon the entrance to its most favorable cave system, and they begin to promote their own agenda through a call for fear of Wutai's forces and its Heartless - and due to being at least partially justified in this fear, the organization gains popularity.

Wutai remains fairly untouched by the Heartless, as promised by the Shadow Lords when Godo made his pact. Yuffie is searching for a way to 'cure' her father from this darkness he's fallen to, while most of its ninja force continues to desire fight with Shinra, so they may forever snuff out this 'threat' on their traditions and their land.

Nibelheim remains lost to the darkness. Though a single country girl seeks for a young man who she believes might be able to save them all. And within Goug, a flower girl prays for the return of her boyfriend.

Now, amidst the chaos of this new world, Wutai is still pushing Shinra back with its heartless, and the heroes of The Planet find themselves scattered. Though there is one organization that may bring those the Forces of Restoration of this world together... [[AVALANCHE]] - as Shalua Rui lets the boisterous, but kind Barret Wallace take over the role of leadership.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aerith Gainsborough]], [[Cloud Strife]], [[Professor Hojo]], [[Rufus Shinra]], [[Sephiroth]], [[Tifa Lockhart]], [[Vincent Valentine]], [[Zack Fair]], [[Barret Wallace]], [[Reno]], [[Rude]], [[Cid Highwind]], [[Yuffie Kisaragi]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Goug]] (Midgar), [[Wutai]], [[Costa Del Sol]], [[Cosmo Valley]], [[Junon]].

= Final Fantasy 8 =
== Final Fantasy 8 ==
This world was created by Hyne, a powerful being of supreme magic. After Hyne created the world, he grew tired and fell asleep. He sleept for a long time, and when he woke up, the people he'd made, had many children and spread throughout the world. He grew fearful that they would overrun the world, and so he began to kill many of them with his magic. But the people did not like this and they rebelled against him.

Eventually Hyne lost the war due to sheer numbers, and he surrendered, offering half of his body and half his powers in exchange for being left alone. He then fled, never to be seen again. Another war was fought amongst humans for his powers, but these 'powers' were soon found to be mere trickery. The true power that Hyne possessed, he hid within the fairer half of humanity; In women whom he believed would be less corrupted by power. These chosen women would eventually be known as 'sorceresses'.

Through the years, there were many notable sorceresses, although most were corrupted by Hyne's power. Sorceress Adel was ruler of Esthar and she went to war against Vinzer Deling Galbadia, using magic and technology. The war led to many orphans, which were placed under the care of sorceress Edea and her husband, Cid, both who built and overlooked an orphannage on a small and remote island, away from the war. The war eventually ended when Laguna, a Galbadian soldier, teamed up with Estharian rebels and tricked Adel into a trap, then shot her into space where she lay in a comatose state for many years.

In the meantime, numerous military shelters that had been built during the war were converted into gardens to house the war orphans and train them to eventually fight the sorceresses and to avoid another sorceress war. Balamb, Trabia and Galbadia were the three gardens built to house and train mercenaries, few of who knew of the gardens' true purpose. By this time however, Sorceress Edea herself began to succumb to her powers, and she took over Galbadia, posing at first as its ambassador who used her powers to enchant the people of Galbadia who fell instantly in love with her, and barely batted an eye when she murdered president Vinzer Deling.

In the meantime, Galbadia Garden sent a group of SeeD into Deling city to assasinate the sorceress. Led by Squall who was accompanied by Irvine, Selphie, Zell, Quistis, and Timber Rebel Rinoa, they were eventually unsuccessful in assassinating the sorceress. Still, the group doesn't manage to escape - and are soon stuck within D-District Prison. And with the Heartless showing up during this time in mass number, with our heroes locked away, they are powerless as darkness comes to envelop them and their world.

In this new one. The Sorceress Edea has turned her eye upon the heartless who invaded her world. And although it is unclear whether she plans to destroy this potential threat, or perhaps use them to strengthen her own forces in this new, shattered world.

And there is yet another element to the danger and mystery. Though none would know its significance, this world carries no radio-interference...

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Deling City]], [[Balamb Garden]]. 

= Final Fantasy 9 =
== Final Fantasy 9 ==
The peace between [[Alexandria]] and [[Lindblum Alliance|Lindblum]] has always been a bit of a troublesome one. There have been many wars between these great nations, and soon a new war would be sure to flare up due to deeds behind the scenes.

After a dazzling play of the [[Tantalus Theater Troupe]], the princess of Alexandria was kidnapped by this very group. Of course, nobody knew at the time, that it had been the [[Cid Fabool IX|king of Lindblum]] who had requested this deed of [[Baku]], the leader of the kidnappers. However, their departure doesn't go entirely as planned, and the group soon finds itself traveling through the Evil Forest, and in doing so, [[Zidane Tribal]] loses one of his best friends; [[Blank]].

[[Steiner]], knight of Alexandria tries to guide the group back to Alexandria, while [[Garnet]], [[Vivi]] and Zidane have their sights set on Lindblum. In their trek on foot, they are haunted by the three Black Waltzes, but manage to best them and the strange black creatures that seem to follow them. Creatures they would later come to know as Heartless.

Soon enough, they find out the terrible truth of Dali, and manage to take an airship to Lindblum. There, Cid Fabool the ninth hears their plea and explains that he knew that trouble was brewing already. He also explains that more and more dark creatures have been marching out of Alexandria - and that he is certain that the kingdom is preparing for war.

And while our heroes take a moment to enjoy themselves at the Festival of the Hunt, darkness soon begins to set over the land. Freya decides she wishes to check out her home country - worried - and the group agrees to go with her. Garnet, or rather, 'Dagger', since her treck to Dali, sneaks along with them without having to resort to any underhanded methods.

During them leaving the castle, Lindblum comes under attack by Alexandria's Heartless forces. The airships and knights at their disposal hold strong however. The Tantalus Theater Group that remains also comes to the aid of this technologically advanced city, in the form of fighters and moral support.

The heroes manage to make it to Burmecia, only to find themselves defeated by General Beatrix - and watch as Brahne and a man named Kuja leave the area. The group ends up in Treno not long after - and do find the Supersoft. But the Sleepless City soon finds itself falling to darkness. This phenomenon is worldwide, and before Brahne has a chance to extract the Eidolons from Garnet, the world falls.

This leaves our heroes scattered, and Brahne frantically trying to find Dagger so she may have this incredible force to topple cities with! But in this new land, Lindblum is even closer to their borders. Who knows what will happen next... though it is rumored that Blank has been sighted in this new world. Did Zidane manage to get the Supersoft to him within the darkness?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Iifa Tree]], [[Alexandria]], [[Lindblum]], [[Cleyra]], [[Red Moon]], [[Blue Moon]]. 

= Final Fantasy 10 =
== Final Fantasy 10 ==
Much of Spira's story is exactly as it should have been. After [[Tidus]]' arrival to Spira, he soon joined [[Yuna]] and her group on her pilgrimage. The party travels from Besaid to Luca where Auron joins them - and soon after, they observe the devastating result of the doomed-to-fail Operation Mi'ihen. From there, they move to Djose temple, ride a Shoopuf - fend off some Al Bhed - and gain their final member of the Pilgrimage: Rikku.

Seymour, pining for Yuna, soon proposes to the Lady Summoner, and after a small while - and proof in hand of what Seymour has done - refuses him. Soon-after, Sin interferes again, and the party ends up in Home. They proceed to Bevelle, where Yuna is being forced to marry the Unsent Seymour, which results in the death-sentence Via Purifico. The party successfully escapes and flees towards Zanarkand soon after.

There, they fight their way through fiends until they finally find the chamber where Yunalesca is waiting for them. But when she threatens to kill them for not 'going with the plan' that has been set to be repeated for all of eternity, things go bad.

Heartless have been invading the shell of Sin, and have been both corrupting Sin and being corrupted by Sin. The increased irritation, has started to make the beast erratic and attack more frequently and strongly.

By the time they are in the midst of their fight with Yunalesca, Sin has come near Zanarkand and many Heartless have begun to swarm the ruined city. The fight is forced to be abandoned as they turn not only on Yuna and her party, but also Yunalesca. And in that moment, darkness expands in Zanarkand, as a Shadow Lord enters the chamber. The man looks strange, bearing flaming blue hair and claiming something about 'their downstairs' needing a 'reorganization' - followed by him trapping Yuna and her group into the clutches of this oppressive force - and sending them wandering aimlessly... until they find this new world.

A new world, in which some of Spira exists as well; the Yevon religion trying to gain momentum and hunting the Al Bhed. For in the 'small time' they wandered through darkness. Their Spira had fallen to the Heartles. The Al Bhed had resisted with all their might, deploying Machina alongside Crusaders and Warrior Monks alike... but the Heartless and Sin had been too strong.

The eternal question is though...

Has Sin passed on to this world as well!?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Bevelle]], [[Luca]], [[Guadosalam]], [[Farplane]], [[Zanarkand]], [[Other Important Items|Four Cloisters]]. 

= Final Fantasy 12 =
== Final Fantasy 12 ==
The world of Old Ivalice is a world largely at war. The Archadian Empire is a powerful empire that swept across the world, enveloping smaller kingdoms in its wake. They came up against great resistance with the Rozarrian empire, while mostly ignoring Rozarria's smaller neighbor, the neutral kingdom of Dalmasca. However, when Rozarria and Dalmasca became united through the marriage of Prince Rasler of Rozarria and Princess Ashe of Dalmasca, they too, were pulled into the war.

While Archades attacked Nalbina fortress, Prince Rasler, barely wed to Ashe, marched off to war alongside Basch, loyal knight of King Raminas of Dalmasca. At the same time, seeking peace, King Raminas signed a treaty, handing over Imperial rule of Dalmasca to Archades, but he was interrupted by Basch who murdered him for his seeming betrayal, with the knights Reks and Basch as his witnesses.

According to history, A grief-stricken Princess Ashe killed herself and Basch was later executed for treason. With no leader, Dalmasca was handed over to Lord Vayne, Emperor Gramis' son and grand prince of Archades. Two years later, Vayne was coronated in Dalmasca, becoming Lord Consul of Rabanastre. Shortly after, their world began to fall gradually to darkness. The walls between dimensions weakened and an interdimensional gate openned in Archades castle, leading to castle Gaudium. Vayne briefly left Dalmasca to investigate this strange phenomenon. From the gate erupted the mysterious Oscha and his army of heartless which he offered to share with Lord Vayne to aid in his war effort, even as those same creatures began to consume Ivalice, enveloping much of their world into darkness.

Meanwhile, a small resistance began to form, starting with the street rats Vaan, brother of the slain Reks, and Penelo. Initially seeking to reclaim much of Dalmasca's treasure from Vayne, he ended up meeting up with the sky pirates Balthier and Fran, Princess Ashe and her loyal knight Vossler, and Basch himself who was very much alive and with a number of secrets to reveal about the Archades. But seating Ashe back on the throne would prove a long and dangerous task, first requiring proof of her royalty and claim to the throne. And with the heartless to battle against as well, it seems the Princess Ashe's battle has become more than simply restoring her kingdom as their very world's existance is now in danger as well..

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Rabanastre]], [[Archades]], [[Mt. Bur-Omisace]] (Part of Mt. Gagazet). 

= Final Fantasy 13 =
== Final Fantasy 13 ==
Thirteen centuries ago, a floating, utopian world was created in the atmosphere of a planet known as Pulse. The fal'Cie, beings of immense power and authority, willed that the continent be completely isolated from the crude and brutal wilderness known as the Gran Pulse below and commissioned machines to be the guardians of the citizens. Barriers were subsequently set up all around the newly created world, and as such was the metropolis granted its befitting name: Cocoon.

Having been secluded from the outside world for many years, the citizens of Cocoon have become paranoid of what Gran Pulse really holds. Fear has spread across Cocoon, causing the Sanctum, Cocoon's government, led by the Primarch Galenth Dysley, to issue a new edict: Any individuals suspected to be in contact with the world of Pulse or any of its artifacts or items are to be banished from the continent unconditionally and cast into the harsh environment of the planet below.

And so, when a Pulse fal'Cie is discovered in the small town of Bodhum, mass panic breaks out and soon all of Cocoon's citizens are crying out for the expulsion of the entire town to Pulse. The Sanctum's personal army, PSICOM, has no choice but to banish all of the town's inhabitants to the world below, regardless of whether they are citizens or tourists. This event, known as the Purge, marks the beginning of this party's story as the residents of Bodhum are being taken to the Hanging Edge along with the Pulse fal'Cie, Anima, contained within the Pulse Vestige.

The party is brought together by the events of the Purge. Lightning is on board the Purge train in order to reach the Pulse fal'Cie and save her sister, Serah Farron, who became a Pulse l'Cie, a being hated and feared by all on Cocoon who's forced to do the fal'Cie's bidding. Accompanying her is Sazh Katzroy, a civilian airship pilot trying to fulfill his son's Focus in a desperate bid to save him from becoming a Cie'th. Like Lightning, Snow Villiers is trying to rescue Serah as well, as she is his future bride. Hope Estheim and Oerba Dia Vanille become involved when Hope's mother, Nora Estheim, joins Snow's resistance army and dies under his care, prompting the two to pursue him.

Thus, these five characters end up coming together in the Pulse Vestige, where they witness Serah turn to crystal, an event that only happens when a l'Cie fulfills their Focus. In the course of their trek into the heart of the Vestige, they also encounter creatures known as Cie'th; l'Cie that fail to complete their Focus in time. Lightning believes that Serah is dead, while Snow refuses to give up the hope that she will awaken someday. Lightning, seeking vengeance on the fal'Cie, heads into Anima's Throne along with the rest of the party in order to confront Anima, the Pulse fal'Cie responsible for Serah's transformation into a l'Cie.

As the party faces Anima, PSICOM forces begin to blast the Pulse Vestige and everything in it to pieces. Facing certain death, Anima transforms Lightning and her companions into l'Cie, giving them a dream involving the city of Eden and the mysterious Ragnarok in the process. They fall down in what seems to be an eternity - darkness enveloping them. Yet, they survive as the world outside of Cocoon falls to the dark plague of the Heartless. And something else is wrong... as Serah is nowhere to be found.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Claire Farron|Claire Farron]] (Lightning), [[Snow Villiers]], [[Oerba Dia Vanille]], [[Sazh Katzroy]], [[Hope Estheim]], [[Oerba Yun Fang]], [[Serah Farron]], [[Dajh Katzroy]], [[Cid Raines]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Eden]], [[Palumpolum]], [[Blue Moon]] (Cocoon: not attached to the grid), [[Bodhum]].

= Final Fantasy Tactics =
== Final Fantasy Tactics ==
A second Ivalice New Ivalice once existed, and like its sister world, it too, was wracked with great wars. While many records were lost during the wars, some legends say that Ivalice was once a very technologically advanced civilization, although all was lost during a great cataclysm that was lost to the ages. Many years later, Ivalice threatenned to destroy itself again when another great war wracked the land. This one lasted for 50 years and would later be known, simply as the '50 Year War'. In the end, both sides surrendered, but only after they had left a path of destruction behind them.

The majority of the soldiers hired in the war were commoners, promised payment and food for their hard labor in the war, but the nobility were themselves shattered by the war and they turned many commoner down, leaving them to return to their homes penniless. A rebel group rose up against the nobles, calling themselves the Death Corpse Knights, dedicated to returning to the commoners what belonged to them and ultimately seeking to overthrow the nobility. While crime grew rampant, the Lords of the six ruling families struggled to maintain order by uniting together, but this unstable alliance did not last long either. One year after the end of the 50 year war, Princess Ovelia was abducted, followed by the death of Ivalice's ruling king. Ivalice was left in chaos without a ruler and without a chosen successor. Prince Large is the elder brother of Queen Ruvelia - wife of the late king, while Prince Goltana is the younger cousin of the dead king. The king's own children, Princess Ovelia and the younger Prince Orinas are also potential successors.

This triggered the beginning of a new war between the two ruling families - Gallione, ruled by Prince Large of the White Lion crest, and Zeltennia, ruled by Prince Goltana of the Black Lion crest - Known as the 'War of the Lions'. A number of prominent players participated in this war: The church claimed to be a safe haven for Ovelia, seeking to protect her from both sides. The death corpse knights fought both sides of the nobility, hoping to destroy them even as they fought each other..And from seemingly nowhere came the New Zodiac Braves, a group of heretics created not long after Ramza and his group sought to rescue Teta, a commoner taken hostage by the Death Corpse..Only to have her killed by the Hokuten. Ramza and Delita, brother of Teta turned against the Hokuten, seeking revenge for this seeming injustice. However, things only got worse after Delita took off on his own, later kidnapping Ovelia and seeking to hide her from both sides of the war. However Ramza had his own plans and he, along with a number of Hokuten led by the noble Hokuten General Agrias, rescued Ovelia and took her to the church in Mullonde to keep her safe.

Ramza headed to Goug to rescue Mustadio's father before returning to the castle, with a mysterious crystal possessing untold power in tow. However, when they returned to the church, the Cardinal, seeking to obtain the crystal for himself, revealed himself to be a Lucavi Demon and attacked Ramza and his party. After a heated battle, Ramza and his allies defeated the Lucavi Demon and at the same time discovered the truth about the church - that many of its people were in fact demons, seeking to revive the Ultima demon by obtaining the Zodiac Crystals. Not long after this discovery, the heartless attacked Old Ivalice and caused more mayhem in a world already shattered by war. Ramza and his allies were able to flee the church and recuperate, growing in numbers and calling themselves the New Zodiac Braves, seeking to find the Zodiac Crystals and prevent a second cataclysm at the hands of the Lucavi. Meanwhile, the church struggled to maintain control, seeking to comfort and protect the confused and frightenned people, even as the secret society within the church sought to use the heartless to further their own plans.

More importantly, the church clearly intends to use the fact that Spira's Bahamut cloister has appeared within Bevelle Cathedral to their advantage - not needing long to find out its importance through certain channels.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Alma Beoulve]], [[Mustadio Bunansa]], [[Agrias Oaks]], [[Cidolfus Orlandeau]], [[Meliadoul Tengille]], [[Argath Thadalfus]], [[Rapha Galthena]], [[Marach Galthena]], [[Goffard Gaffgarion]], [[Ovelia Atkascha]], [[Zalbaag Beoulve]], [[Alphonse Delacroix]], [[Bestrald Larg]], [[Druksmald Goltanna]], [[Dycedarg Beoulve]], [[Messam Elmdore]], [[Wiegraf Folles]], [[Folmarv Tengille]], [[Beowulf Cadmus]], [[Reis Duelar]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Goug]], [[Mysidia]] (Magic City of Gariland), [[Mullonde]]. 

= Final Fantasy Tactics A2 =
== Final Fantasy Tactics A2 ==
Luso Clemens was not having a good day. He writes his name into a mysterious Grimoire, and the next thing he knows, he's in another world. There, he's taken in by a clan - known as [[Clan Gully]], led by a Rev named Cid. They soon travel to a small town called Wood Village, where Luso soon learns the ropes of being in a clan. Taking up quests and what-not. During these quests, he meets up with people like Adelle and Hurdy, and eventually comes across the old man Lezaford. In taking this journey, Cid gets wounded however - and Luso ends up officially becoming the leader of Clan Gully.

As the story progresses, however, things twist. The world is starting to fall to darkness. More and more quests start having to do with taking care of these strange black creatures never seen before. Unbeknownst to Clan Gully - this is the fault of Illua, who has been watching Luso with jealous eyes from a distance. Another holder of a Grimoire of the Rift, she draws these dark beings from a dark realm and soon floods the world in this menace... until the world finally falls.

Now, in this new world, Khamja is active within Fluorgis.

'''Theme Change: Judges''' 
The Judges are live people, tied to a single Clan each. They serve as protectors of those Clans, as long as the Clan is officially recognized as one. They are tasked with keeping the members alive through magical law, by pulling them off of the battlefield in case they would fall - and can even grant a group with benefits. These benefits are not always expressed in stats.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Luso Clemens]], [[Adelle]], [[Cid_(FFTA2)|Cid]], [[Hurdy]], [[Lezaford]], [[Ewen]], [[Illua]], [[Witch of the Fens]] (Matoya?). '''Grid Locations:''' [[Mysidia]] (Moorabella), [[Fluorgis]].

= Final Fantasy Unlimited =
== Final Fantasy Unlimited ==
Two younglings by the name of Ai and Yu Hayakawa manage to find their way to another world, after their world has been connected by the Gaudium Lords. They find their way into Wonderland, a mysterious collection of worlds, in search of their missing parents. Along the way, they meet the helpful Lisa Pacifist - a member of the mysterious C2 Organization (not yet an ally of [[Gaudium]]). In addition, they meet Kaze, a being of unimaginable power - who seems to carry the ability to summon 'Espers' out through a Demonic looking Gun.

Their travels continue, taking them onto a Magical Train which allows them to travel from World to World - though those with a Barrier of Light in tact remain unreachable to them. During those travels, they find themselves under siege by the Gaudium Lords! The biggest twist in their story comes to be just before having the ability to meet with the Comodeen people. The train is caught into a fantastical whirlwind of magic, just in the moment of a large group of worlds performing the formerly unimagined feat of /merging/ with each other - and crashes down onto this new world.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Ai Hayakawa]], [[Yu Hayakawa]], [[Lisa Pacifist]], [[Kaze]], [[Makenshi]], [[Knave]], [[Miles]], [[Cid_(FF:U)|Cid]], [[Lou Lupus]], [[Fungo]], [[Moogle]], [[Earl Tyrant]], [[Fungus]], [[Herba]], [[Oscha]], [[Pist Shaz XI]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Fruit Village]], [[Gaudium]].

= Kingdom Hearts =
== Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep ==
Kingdom Hearts for Birth By Sleep is completely the same. No alteration to its theme. The story revolves around three youths; Ventus, Terra and Aqua, young keyblade wielders under Master Eraqus

The story begins in the Land of Departure, where the three Keyblade wielders and close friends train to become Keyblade Masters under Master Eraqus. To achieve this rank, Keyblade Apprentices must take the Mark of Mastery exam once they come of age. Terra and Aqua take this test together and in the first round Master Xehanort sabotages the exam, forcing Ventus to intervene. In the second round Terra and Aqua fight each other, but while Aqua passes the test, Terra is deemed unfit to become a Keyblade Master due to the abundant darkness in his heart.

Afterward, a group of mysterious creatures called the Unversed begin to surface in other worlds, and another Keyblade Master, Xehanort, disappears without a trace. Terra is sent to destroy the Unversed and find Master Xehanort, who had earlier encouraged him to embrace the darkness in his heart if he desires the strength to become a Keyblade master. Ven, meanwhile, is goaded into following Terra by Xehanort's mysterious apprentice Vanitas, against Eraqus's wishes. Aqua is dispatched by Eraqus to survey Terra and keep him from falling into darkness, as well as to bring Ventus back to the Land of Departure.

Upon arriving in other worlds, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus encounter various (Disney) characters as found in the Phantasia realm, new and old, fighting off hordes of Unversed along the way. Among the characters they meet is [[Mickey Mouse]], apprentice of the sorcerer [[Yen Sid]], who is also on a mission to destroy the Unversed. Terra ends up attracting the attention of several Disney villains, who offer him the whereabouts of Master Xehanort in exchange of assistance for their own dark agendas. Terra reasons that Master Xehanort is after the seven [[Princesses of Heart]]—maidens who lack darkness in their hearts—and encourages Aqua to help them strengthen the light in their hearts, hoping it will draw Master Xehanort out.

However, Aqua and Ven grow increasingly concerned for Terra when they hear rumors of him committing sinister deeds throughout other worlds. The three briefly reunite at Radiant Garden, where Aqua meets Kairi, a young girl containing a strong and pure light in her heart, and helps strengthen her light. Aqua and Ven also confront Terra, who distances himself from them to keep them out of the way of his increasingly dangerous dark powers. Terra and Aqua try to convince Ven to return to the Land of Departure, but he refuses until he is certain Terra won't fall into darkness.

Terra and Aqua eventually find themselves at Destiny Islands, where they encounter two young boys, Sora and Riku. Terra sees potential within Riku and deems him worthy of one day wielding the Keyblade, while Aqua senses strong ties with Sora and Riku to Ven and Terra, respectively. Ven, meanwhile, comes across Master Xehanort, who reveals his intentions to use Ven's heart to create a final Keyblade known as the χ-blade, something Master Xehanort says Master Eraqus had known all along. Ven returns to the Land of Departure to confront Eraqus, who tries to erase Ven to prevent Master Xehanort's plans from succeeding.

However, Terra, who had been sent there by Xehanort, misinterprets the situation and attacks Eraqus, teleporting Ven to safety. As soon as Terra realizes his error, Master Xehanort arrives and cruelly kills Eraqus and tells Terra to go to the Keyblade Graveyard, leaving the Land of Departure to be consumed by darkness. At Destiny Islands, Ven once again encounters Vanitas and learns of his hazy past: Ventus was once Master Xehanort's apprentice, but his heart was deemed too frail for Master Xehanort to use him as he intended, so he extracted the darkness in Ven's heart and used it to create Vanitas. As with Terra before him, Ven is instructed by Vanitas to go to the Keyblade Graveyard. Aqua, in the meantime, learns of Eraqus's death from Yen Sid, who tells her to go to the Keyblade Graveyard as well.

Terra, Aqua, and Ventus gather at the Keyblade Graveyard, where the remains of the mysterious Keyblade War are found. Master Xehanort appears with Vanitas and reveals his plan to use the χ-blade to unlock Kingdom Hearts and unleash the forbidden secrets of the Keyblade War onto the various worlds, as well as to use Terra's body as a new vessel for his own heart so that he may survive long enough to see his plans come to fruition. An epic battle ensues, with Xehanort freezing Ven, and Vanitas knocking Aqua unconscious. In his rage, Terra unleashes the darkness in his heart, inadvertently allowing Xehanort to unlock his own heart and successfully transfer it into Terra's body, which results in the birth of a new, younger Xehanort.

However, Terra's mind continues to linger in his discarded suit of Armor, which comes to life and defeats Xehanort. Ven, meanwhile, manages to thaw himself before Vanitas can kill Aqua, and discovers his dark counterpart to be the source of all Unversed. Vanitas merges with Ven, possessing him and creating the χ-blade. Aqua awakens under Mickey's care, and the two fight the possessed Ventus while he battles Vanitas from within. Aqua shatters the χ-blade as Ven destroys Vanitas, bringing an end to the Unversed, though Ven's heart is lost in the process. The destroyed χ-blade unleashes a burst of light, which consumes everyone present and scatters them to the corridors of space, save for Terra's Lingering Will, which remains in the Keyblade Graveyard.

Mickey saves Aqua and Ventus and brings them to the Mysterious Tower, where Aqua learns that Ven has fallen into a deep sleep and will not awaken until his heart returns. Aqua brings Ven back to the ruins of the Land of Departure, where she discovers Master Eraqus's Keyblade, and uses it to unlock the Chamber of Waking and recreates the world as [[Castle Oblivion]] from the ruins. After leaving Ven within the chamber, Aqua goes to Radiant Garden where she encounters Master Xehanort still in Terra's body, but having lost some of his memories. Aqua then battles Xehanort who after the fight attempts to unlock his heart, losing his memories completely in the process.

Soon after, Terra's body starts sinking into darkness, but Aqua dives into the darkness and saves Terra from disappearing. Realizing her glider won't be able to make it back through the portal in time, Aqua sacrifices herself by discarding her armor and using it to guide her glider, Terra-Xehanort in tow, back through the portal leaving herself behind and lost in the Realm of Darkness. Xehanort is discovered by Ansem the Wise, ruler of Radiant Garden, and goes on to become his apprentice. Ventus's wandering heart finds its way to young Sora, merging with the young boy's heart.

== Kingdom Hearts 1 ==
The beginning of Kingdom Hearts 1 is where this game will lead off, timewise. The game opens at [[Sora]] just having arrived in [[Traverse Town]] - or, upon no initial applicant, just before he arrives in said town. [[Kairi]] is locked away in his heart, and [[Riku]] is part of the [[Shadow Lords]]. Of course, with a larger quantity of people being able to be in the Shadow Lords, that part of the theme is edited in that capacity.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Sora]], [[Kairi]], [[Ansem]], [[Riku]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Traverse Town]], [[The Crossroads]], [[Hollow Bastion]], [[Castle Oblivion]]. 

= The World Ends With You =
== The World Ends With You ==
It's time for another Reapers' Game. But the game has changed!

[[Neku]] is forced into the [[Reapers]]' Game, paired with three partners, [[Shiki Misaki|Shiki]], [[Joshua]], and [[Beat]]. The confused youth Neku wakes up in the Shibuya Scramble crossing. He lacks knowledge of where he is, what he is doing there, or any of his memories. He is immediately forced into a "Pact" with a stranger called Shiki, as he tries to destroy some enemies called Noise which attacked him.

Throughout the week, he learns of his purpose in the Underground (underworld) as a dead person, and that "The Reapers' Game" is a ploy for dead people, the "[[Players]]", to prove themselves that they can return back to the living after proving themselves throughout a week. He also learns, while accompanying Shiki on the journey, that he should let other people in and to live life to the fullest.

However, during the Reapers' Game, things start going awry. During the second week of the game, Taboo Noise are set loose upon the city. It soon becomes quite apparent to both Reapers and Players just why these Noise are /taboo/, for it creates a portal for the true pure-blooded heartless to pass through. It is not long before both Reapers and Players alike are trying to fend for themselves, whilst the Composer attempts to keep the game running. However, with too many Taboo Noise sigils opened, the wave of heartless is too much for both to handle, and Shibuya finds itself fall into darkness over the course of the 'second week'.

The Angels, unbeknownst to either Reapers or Players, at the last moment rip both of them out of the world and drag them to Traverse Town, restoring Shiki and Rhyme in the progress. However, with this, some of the Reapers' powers are lost. They no longer become able to Erase players outside the rules of the Game, and both lose access to the Underworld. Instead, they are forced to continue their game in the Real World. What's worse, they immediately have drawn the attention of the Shadow Lords, [[Hades]] in particular. And with the portals that lead out of Traverse Town... the game-board just got a /lot bigger/!

'''Key Characters:''' [[Neku Sakuraba]], [[Beat]], [[Joshua]], [[Rhyme]], [[Shiki Misaki]], [[Sota]], [[Nao]], [[777]], [[BJ]], [[Koki Kariya]], [[Megumi Kitaniji]], [[Mitsuki Konishi]], [[Sho Minamimoto]], [[Tenho]], [[Uzuki Yashiro]], [[Yodai Higashizawa]], [[Sanae Hanekoma]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' Shibuya (lost), [[WildKat Cafe]]. 

= Treasure Planet =
== Treasure Planet ==
In the past, when [[Jim Hawkins]] was but a boy, he was always enchanted by stories of the legendary pirate Captain Flint and his ability to appear from nowhere, raid passing ships, and disappear in order to hide the loot on the mysterious "Treasure Planet". Twelve years later, Jim has grown into an aloof and alienated teenager. He begrudgingly helps his mother Sarah run an inn and derives amusement from "solar surfing" (a hybrid of skysurfing and windsurfing atop a board attached to a solar-powered rocket), a pastime that frequently gets him in trouble.

One day, a spaceship crashes near the inn. The dying pilot, Billy Bones, gives Jim a sphere and tells him to "beware the cyborg". Shortly thereafter, a gang of pirates raid and burn the inn. Jim, his mother, and their dog-like friend Dr. Delbert Doppler barely escape. The sphere turns out to be a holographic projector, showing a map that Jim realizes leads to Treasure Planet.

Doppler commissions a ship called RLS Legacy, on a mission to find Treasure Planet. The ship is commanded by the cat-like, sharp-witted Captain Amelia along with her stony-skinned and disciplined First Mate, Mr. Arrow. The crew is a motley bunch, secretly led by cook John Silver, whom Jim suspects is the cyborg of whom he was warned. Jim is sent down to work in the galley; despite his mistrust of Silver, they soon form a tenuous father-son relationship. During an encounter with a supernova, Silver falls overboard but is saved by Jim. The supernova then devolves into a black hole, where Arrow drifts overboard and is lost, for which Jim blames himself for failing to secure the lifelines, while in fact Arrow's line was cut by a ruthless insectoid crew member named Scroop.

However, that's where everything goes even further wrong. From the black hole, a massive army of Heartless arrive. The ship is forced to turn tail. However, mutiny begins at that very moment - as the 'crew' doesn't want to move away from the plotted Treasure Planet. Jim, Amelia and the rest of the crew fight hard against the pirates - led by John Silver, and are forced onto a small life-boat and to flee away from the ship and the oncoming mass of Heartless. The floating mister Arrow is in the meantime swallowed up by a large heartless.

They drift for a long time, until they finally find the lights of Montressor Spaceport again, which has fall down to another world - parts of the city damaged, and nowhere as big as it once was. However, Amelia is quick to take up command and vows to protect the world against both Pirates and the strange menace that threatens them now.

'''Key Characters''' [[Jim Hawkings]], [[Captain Amelia]], [[John Silver]], [[Mr. Arrow]], [[Dr. Delbert Doppler]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Montressor Spaceport]]. 

= Gargoyles =
== Gargoyles ==

''"One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age of Gargoyles!"''

It began in the year 994. Castle Wyvern had been built atop the ancient home of a clan of gargoyles, ancient creatures who turned to stone by day, but were flesh by night. A generation before, they had made an alliance with the humans which lead to the building of the castle and their oath to protect it, but not everyone was pleased with this arrangement. With the threat of a Viking attack looming, a young warrior made a deal with the Captain of the Guard and the Viking leader Hakon to lure the gargoyles away so he could sack the castle, leaving the gargoyles to reclaim their ancestral land.

Things did not go exactly as planned. The gargoyles were betrayed, leaving most of their clan smashed into rubble before the sun set and the people of Castle Wyvern prisoners of the Vikings. Enraged, the few that remained sought out their enemies. Believing his princess dead due to the gargoyle's attack, the Magus - a powerful wizard - cast a spell on them sealing the clan in stone with a seemingly impossible condition to break it: when the castle rises above the clouds.

An impossible feat for some, but not for others. In the modern day, entrepreneur David Xanatos purchased Castle Wyvern lock stock and gargoyle, transporting them to their new home atop his skyscraper in New York City. Here, the spell was broken, and the gargoyles were faced with a a modern reality that is far different than the world they left behind. They claimed names for themselves, found an ally and friend in the police officer Elisa Maza, and were betrayed by not only Xanatos, but the same female gargoyle from their past - who now called herself Demona.

Now, the gargoyles live atop the clock tower that makes up the roof of the 23rd precinct police station. Their pledge to protect their castle has now been extended to protect all of Manhattan and those who live there. The influx of heartless, or the fall of worlds hasn't changed this promise, yet as the citizens of New York come to grips with the danger of monsters, they are also starting to believe the rumors about winged protectors. Xanatos is no less of a threat, although he now faces his own challenges in keeping his family safe, but also making sure there is a Manhattan left for him to control. Goliath, the leader of the gargoyles, as well as Elisa Maza, have vanished with no explanation to their whereabouts, leaving a young Brooklyn, the clan's second-in-command in charge.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Goliath]], [[Demona]], [[Hudson]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Broadway]], [[Lexington]], [[David Xanatos]], [[Elisa Maza]], [[Angela]]. ''' Grid Locations:''' [[Manhattan]].

'''Notes:'''
* '''Timeline''': This theme begins during Season 2's 'World Tour'.
* '''Fae''': Fae characters (Oberon, Titania, Odin, Banshee, etc.) are not app-able on Final Kingdom Mush. They are fundamentally insane creatures of pure magic whose goals and logic system are completely alien to human beings, with laws and rules arcane and extensive enough to make playing them in day-to-day fundamentally impossible. These will be kept as TP/Plot NPCs. (EXCEPTIONS) Owen - the human assistant of Xanatos - is app-able, where as his Fae persona (Puck) is not. These are treated as separate characters for the most part. Characters with Fae backgrounds who have lost their powers and /will never/ regain them may be app-ed in /very rare/ circumstances, please talk to Lionheart before attempting to app any such a character.
* '''Stone Sleep''': As the Darkness of the Heartless seeps into Phantasia, it has begun to effect the Gargoyles natural sleep cycle. They still /must/ stone sleep regularly, and will often acclimate themselves to the day/night cycle of whatever world they spend the majority of their time within. However, for example, if they were to travel from their homeworld to a world where it is currently daytime, they would not immediately turn to stone. This would probably come as a big surprise to Gargoyles who have never before seen sunlight. By moving between worlds they can interrupt their own cycle for a time, but eventually they will grow tired (early warning) and need to stone sleep. (STAFF NOTE: This is done as a way to keep gargoyles from not being able to attend daytime scenes. We allow some time-fudging, but gargoyles in the daytime should react like people not used to daylight. Squinting, sunglasses, and possibly a natural inclination to drowsy eyes.)
* '''Canon edit''': The events of '[http://gargwiki.net/Future_Tense Future Tense]' occur at the start of 'World Tour' instead of at the end. The Phoenix Gate is 'lost' in the timestream.
* '''Other Clans''': Characters from established foreign gargoyle clans ([http://gargwiki.net/Mayan_Clan Mayan], [http://gargwiki.net/London_clan London], [http://gargwiki.net/Ishimura_Clan Ishimura], [http://gargwiki.net/Avalon_clan Avalon]) are appable.
* Questions related to the Gargoyles theme should be thrown towards '''Lionheart'''.

= Atlantis =
== Atlantis ==
In the distant past, the magnificent island of Atlantis found itself within the very same world the strange creatures known as Gargoyles inhabited. However, greed managed to be the destruction of this once magnificent place. After a distant explosion, a large tidal wave threatens to drown the island of Atlantis. In the midst of an evacuation from the capital city, the Queen of Atlantis is caught by a strange, hypnotic blue light and lifted up into the "Heart of Atlantis", a powerful crystal protecting the city. The crystal consumes her and creates a dome barrier that protects the city's innermost district. She leaves behind a young daughter, Princess Kida (Cree Summer), as the island is drawn not only under the ocean, but into a different world!

Several thousand years later, in 1914, Milo Thatch — a cartographer and linguist at the Smithsonian Institution who is marginalized for his research on Atlantis — believes that he has found The Shepherd's Journal, an ancient manuscript allegedly containing directions to the lost island. After his proposal to search for the Journal is rejected by the museum board, a mysterious woman, Helga Sinclair, introduces Milo to Preston B. Whitmore, an eccentric millionaire. Whitmore has already funded a successful effort to retrieve the Journal as repayment of a debt to Milo's grandfather, and recruits Milo to lead an expedition to Atlantis as soon as he deciphers it.

The expedition departs with a team of specialists led by Commander Rourke, who also led the Journal recovery expedition. The crew includes Vinny, a demolitions expert; Mole, a geologist; Dr. Sweet, a medical officer; Audrey, a mechanic; Mrs. Packard, a radio operator; and Cookie, a mess cook. They set out in the Ulysses, a massive submarine, but are soon attacked by the monstrous Leviathan, a robotic lobster-like creature that guards Atlantis' entrance. The Ulysses is destroyed but Milo, Rourke, and part of the crew escape and make their way to an underground cavern, described in the Journal as the entrance to Atlantis.

However, as they travel through a network of caves and a dormant volcano, the team is met with fierce resistance, as dark creatures attack the group. With the force of the armed men they have with them, they begin to resist these little black creatures. They fight until they are greeted by Kida—who, despite her age, resembles a young woman—and discover that the Atlantean language is the basis of many existing languages. She leads the group to Atlantis, through a large portal - and fails to warn them not to stray from the path within the corridor...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Milo Thatch]], [[Kida]], [[Helga Sinclair]], [[Commander Rourke]], [[Vinny]], [[Mole]], [[Dr. Sweet]], [[Audrey]], [[Mrs. Packard]], [[Cookie]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Atlantis]] (in Serpent's Trench).

= Tangled =
== Tangled ==
Once, a drop of pure sunlight fell to earth and grew into a beautiful flower which had amazing restorative powers when unlocked with by a particular song. The flower was coveted by Mother Gothel, an aging woman who discovered it's secrets to heath and seemingly immortal life. However, there were others who had greater needs for the flower and the power it possessed. The Queen of the kingdom of Corona was ill and her husband sent his soldiers out far and wide in search of the flower's legendary power. Finding it, the King used the power to save his wife, but the magic somehow was reborn into her newborn daughter, Rapunzel.

Unwilling to give up the immortality the flower gave her, Mother Gothel tried to cut a lock of the girl's golden hair, only to discover that cutting it destroyed the power within. With no other options, Mother Gothel kidnapped the girl in the dead of night and raised her as her own in an isolated tower. Heartbroken, the King and Queen send up lanterns every year on the princess' birthday, in hopes that their wishes will reach her.

Mother Gothel teaches Rapunzel the healing song, and uses it to keep herself ever young, all the while manipulating her to ensure that she never leaves the tower. However, Rapunzel is a free spirit, and longs to find the source of the strange lanterns that fly in the sky every year. Gothel warns her that the world outside is a dangerous place. In a sense, she is not lying, as strange dark creatures begin to appear in the woods and in the shadows of the city.

Years later, the cocky thief Flynn Rider steals the princess’ tiara on display in the palace and flees with his newfound treasure in hopes this will finally bring him endless riches. It does prove to be fortunate, if only for him. As soon as he leaves, the Kingdom is swallowed up in a wave of darkness brought by the Heartless, drawn to the hearts of the mourning King and Queen. The only survivor is Maximus, a horse that once served the guard and is now intent on following the man who has stolen from his kingdom.

The tower itself survives, as does the valley surrounding it, now a part of a new world. Flynn, Maximus and Mother Gothel all find themselves in an unfamiliar landscape, and the Heartless hunger for the strange power hiding up in that tower. Meanwhile, oblivious to it all, Rapunzel looks out of her tower, waiting for her chance for freedom.

And despite the disappearance of Corona, the lanterns still appear from time to time...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Rapunzel]], [[Flynn Rider]] (aka. Eugene Fitzherbert), [[Mother Gothel]]. '''Grid Locations:''' Forgotten Forest (Rapunzel's Tower).

= Beauty and the Beast =
== Beauty and the Beast ==
Out in the French countryside, a minor prince rules a province in a beautiful castle. The prince, although beautiful of face, is spoiled and unkind. When he rejects a beggar woman who merely asks for food and shelter, she reveals herself to be an enchantress, and turns him into a hideous beast. His servants are transformed into living objects and furniture, and the castle itself falls under a pall of misery, forgotten by the people of the village. If the Beast can love and find someone who loves him in return before the last petal of an enchanted rose falls, he’ll be restored. But when the last petal falls, he will be a beast for all time.

As the years pass, he falls into despair, and the castle itself begins to fall to ruin. The Beast grows bitter and angrier every year. When an old man wanders into the castle by mistake, the Beast orders the intruder thrown into the dungeon, unwilling to show the old man any mercy. Only when the man’s daughter, Belle, comes to his rescue and willingly exchanges her own safety for that of her father does the Beast see a chance for redemption.

Belle, who is intelligent and willful, doesn’t take her imprisonment sitting down, and doesn’t let the Beast push her around. She is forced to remain in the castle, but refuses to let herself fall to despair.

Meanwhile, the dark curse over the castle draws darkness near, and the Heartless begin swarming among the wolves and beasts of the dark forests. The hunters of the village tell stories of strange shadowy creatures, and local town hero Gaston brags of having taken down a large one. While the old inventor Maurice weeps for his imprisoned daughter, and Belle attempts to understand the Beast, shadows overtake the world around the countryside, and the world changes around the town and castle.

The people of the town are frightened by this change, and look to Gaston to provide protection against the frightening new world. The Beast begins finding Heartless even in his own castle, striking them down as they start to threaten his rose. Belle seeks to find out more about the Heartless, hoping her knowledge can save them both. And the rose drops petals faster and faster, as the Beast begins to lose hope.

'''Key Characters:''' [[The Beast]], [[Belle]], [[Gaston]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Bramble Orchard]], [[The Beast's Castle]], French Countryside (Belle's Village).

= Cinderella =
== Cinderella ==
The beloved and beautiful only child of a widowed aristocrat, Cinderella goes from riches to rags when her father marries the Lady Tremaine, a proud and severe woman, who brings with her two awkward and unattractive daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When Cinderella's father passes away, the Lady Tremaine takes over the estate and forces Cinderella into servitude. Though mocked by her jealous step-sisters, Cinderella remains kind and gentle, befriending the animals which live about their chateau.

The King of their country, distressed that his handsome son Prince Charming shows no interest in marriage, elects to hold a ball which all eligible maidens shall attend. Cinderella receives her step-mother's permission to go provided she finishes her chores, and with the help of her animal friends is able to repair one of her mother's old dresses just in time to depart - and is unknowingly assisted by the mini-fied Ventus. Yet the cunning Lady Tremaine, while complimenting Cinderella's dress, subtly points out the beads and sash which Cinderella's mouse companions had appropriated from her step-sisters. In a rage, Drizella and Anastasia ruin the gown, forcing Cinderella to stay behind. Overcome by emotion, Cinderella unknowingly attracts the Unversed - which are soon routed by a sudden appearance of Terra - whom soon there-after leaves again.

At that moment, however, Cinderella's Fairy Godmother appears, bestowing upon her a blue dress with glass slippers and transforming a pumpkin and her animal friends into a carriage with attendants. The happy girl departs for the ball with the warning to leave before the stroke of midnight, whereupon the magic will be undone and all shall return to as it once was. Upon her arrival, Prince Charming, having rejected all the other ladies, is smitten at first sight, and the blissful couple dance the night away. Yet Cinderella, realizing she has tarried overlong, flees in a panic as the clock tolls midnight, leaving behind a single glass slipper in her panic as her carriage begins to disintegrate.

The Grand Duke informs the King of what has occurred and is ordered to search every house until the girl whose foot fits the glass slipper is found. Lady Tremaine tries to keep Cinderella locked in her room - but Aqua assists in letting her out and stalls The Grand Duke long enough for Cinderella to get downstairs and try on her shoe. It's not long-after that the prince realizes his love for her and carries her off... but Aqua knows that a strong darkness only grows stronger within Lady Tremaine.

And years later, as Aqua wanders through the Realm of Darkness, she comes across a castle jutting out of a sea of darkness. Cinderella's castle. But unbeknownst to her, the Fairy Godmother has enough power for one last trick... to take that castle to a different place. A place where other worlds are coming together - trying to protect themselves against the Heartless. A world no longer protected by the Barrier of Light.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Cinderella]], [[Prince Charming]], [[Lady Tremaine]], [[Drizella]], [[Anastasia]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Cinderella Castle]]. 

= Sleeping Beauty =
== Sleeping Beauty ==
Once upon a time, there was an evil fairy named Maleficent, who was quite notorious in the Enchanted Dominion. She was known for playing cruel tricks on people, for lying and deceiving. And most of all, for cursing others, purely out of hatred and spite. Indeed, Maleficent was a cruel fairy who sought ways to destroy and twist her realm to reflect her own dark heart.

One day she learned that good King Stephan and his wife were throwing a party to celebrate the birth of their daughter, princess Aurora. Maleficent naturally, was not invited, as King Stephan feared that she might harm his precious daughter. Naturally Maleficent was furious and she invited herself to the party. As the fairies came one by one to offer the baby their magical gifts, Maleficent plotted of a way to punish King Stephan for smiting her: She cursed the baby to die upon her sixteenth birthday when she was fated to prick her finger on a spinning wheel. She then left in a cackle of evil laughter.

There was one good fairy who had not yet bestowed her gift upon the sleeping baby. She stepped forward at that moment and promised that Aurora would not die, but would rather fall into a deep sleep for 100 years, and not awaken until her true love's kiss would break the curse. As an extra precaution, the king charged the three fairies with taking care of Aurora and keeping her safe from Maleficent. And so they hid her in a cottage in the woods, where she lived for 16 years.

During that time, the heartless came into the world. Maleficent, in her quest for power, met Master Xehanort, who promised her boundless power. He also told her about the existence of many other worlds and he told her of the princesses of heart who held the key to unlocking the way to Kingdom Hearts, the most powerful world from which she could control all worlds. Maleficent, powerful, cunning, determined, made the perfect minion for Xehanort, and she was more determined than ever to find Aurora, believing her to be one of the princesses of heart.

Xehanort warned her of three keyblade wielders, Terra, who might be of use to her, Aqua who might be a threat, and Ventus who was not to be harmed. He warned her not to tell them of him, but to keep it to herself. He then left her to her own devices for a while, telling her to report back to him from time to time.

Some time later, Maleficent's raven, Diablo located Aurora, hiding as a peasant girl named Briar Rose. Maleficent used her sorcery to hypnotise her and draw her to the castle where she lured her to the room with the spinning wheel that would seal her fate. Instead of dying, Aurora fell into a deep sleep that would last many years. In order to keep anyone from interfering, Maleficent captured and imprisoned Philip in a dungeon in the Forbidden Mountains.

Aqua encountered Maleficent, who told Aqua of Terra's role in her plan and dropped her into the dungeon, where she and the fairies helped free Philip. The fairies enchanted Philip's sword, and he defeated Maleficent in her dragon form. Maleficent swore to Aqua that she would return, while Philip woke Aurora with a kiss.

Although the Enchanted Dominion was temporarily at peace, celebrating the wedding of Aurora and Philip, it was not truly free from the power of darkness. Maleficent called on the Heartless to consume it as part of her revenge, and soon all but the castle and surrounding hills collapsed into darkness, the castle itself pulled into another world entirely. Philip has sworn to protect Aurora and her heart.

Since then, Malificent has found a new place to call her home - known as the Hollow Bastion. From there, she has sought out others who have been touched by the threads of fate - those who were touched by the keyblade wielders she so despises now. She created an organization, made up of these damnable people - drenched in the veil of darkness. And with her as their head, she leads them with promise of more power - more worlds...

And to facilitate this, she drew upon the power of the Darkness Corridors and the knowledge she had come to possess - and with Fairy sorcery, she brought portals upon portals to connect world upon world from the heights of Phantasia Mountain.

The gates are open, the Shadowlords are coming.

And even as the worlds try to gather strength and the World Hearts combine some of their bodies to harden against this assault...

They move under her.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aurora]], [[Malificent]], [[Prince Phillip]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' None. Malificent lives in Hollow Bastion. 

= Snow White =
== Snow White ==
In a small kingdom, a beautiful but cold-hearted queen looks into her magic mirror, asking every day:

''Mirror, mirror, on the wall 
Who is the fairest one of all?''

One day, the mirror answers that the queen herself has been surpassed in beauty by her step-daughter, the princess Snow White.

Enraged, the queen, Grimhilde, calls for her huntsman to bring her the heart of the innocent Snow White. The darkness within her own heart begins to call forth the Heartless, which begin to swarm on the edge of the forest.

Meanwhile, Snow White encounters the handsome Prince Ferdinand. The two share their hopes and dreams. Ferdinand has heard of dangers on the edge of his kingdom with strange monsters, and rides off to fight the Heartless, but promises to reunite with Snow White someday.

The huntsman, unable to bring himself to kill Snow White, instead tells her of the danger she is in and tells her to flee into the forest. Terrified, Snow White flees into the woods, eventually finding herself under the protection of the Seven Dwarves who mine for diamonds nearby.

The Queen continues to realize the threat that Snow White poses to her own beauty - and is found speaking to the mirror by Terra. Through this moment, she comes to know Keywielders and turns the Mirror into an unversed through the use of a potion - causing it to become inevitably connected to the Heartless. After a failed attempt in bringing down Terra, and being forced to use the Mirror's ability to show a person's location, she tries to do the work of bringing down Snow White herself.

This is how she meets Ventus, who helps her when she drops an apple. And upon succeeding in poisoning Snow White, but being chased off by the Dwarves - she ends up under attack by Aqua, driving her to gain an absolute /hatred/ towards Keyblade wielders.

Now long after, through her magic mirror, and a force promises to bring about the death of Snow White if they can have the cooperation of the sorcery-using queen.

Grimhilde, twisted by her rage and jealousy, makes a secret pact with the strange force, and the Heartless swarm forth, the land surrounding the castle and the forest plunged into darkness. What remains of the kingdom is now part of a new world, and the Heartless begin to seek out the innocent Snow White, protected by the dwarves. Where is her prince on a white steed now? Where is prince Ferdinand. Or will another Prince save her?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Snow White]], [[Doc]], [[Grumpy]], [[Happy]], [[Sleepy]], [[Bashful]], [[Sneezy]], [[Dopey]], [[Queen Grimhilde]], [[Prince Ferdinant]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' Dwarf Woodlands 

= Mulan =
== Mulan ==
When the Huns, led by the ruthless Shan Yu, invade China, each family is given a conscription notice. Mulan's father, Fa Zhou has to serve in the army, but due to his age and previous war injuries, is is doubtful that he would survive. Fa Mulan disguises herself as a man, then takes her father's conscription notice, armor, and weapons so that he will not have to go. She rides away on her horse, Khan, to join the army, knowing that if she were caught she would be killed.

Mushu, a small chinese dragon, has been awakened by the family's First Ancestor. Mushu had been demoted to gong ringer after a mishap with one of the ancestors when the other ancestors were awakened. After various choices of which guardian to send after Mulan, he is asked to awaken the "Great Stone Dragon". Mushu accidentally destroys the Dragon but realizes that this could be an opportunity to earn his place among the guardians again if he can make Mulan a war hero.

Mulan trains with a group led by Captain Li Shang, including fellow soldiers Ling, Yao, and Chien Po. The troops complete their training, but Chi Fu, the Emperor's meddling and misogynistic advisor, refuses to let them see battle, accusing the troops of being ill prepared. However, they may not get much of a choice - with the incoming hordes of Heartless showing up everywhere upon their lands - clearly sent by Shan Yu.

In the meantime, within the Imperial City, a shard from Spira has come to life on its own, forming Ifrit's Cloister in the basement of the Imperial Castle!

'''Key Characters:''' [[Fa Mulan]], [[Li Shang]], [[Yao]], [[Ling]], [[Chien Po]], [[Shan Yu]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Land of Dragons]]. 

= Aladdin =
== Aladdin ==

A party gathers in the desert at night, as a mercenary delivers to the sorcerer Jafar the treasure he needs to awaken the Cave of Wonders. The guardian of the Cave destroys the minion and declares that only the Diamond in the Rough may enter. Jafar vows to find this Diamond in the Rough to bring him the treasure he seeks.

Meanwhile, Aladdin is a streetwise thief without a home who must steal to keep himself alive, not that the royal guards of Agrabah are very sympathetic. Within the palace of the sultan, the princess Jasmine is urged to find a suitor, but wishes to marry only for love. Wishing to understand the world outside of the palace walls, she sneaks out, soon encountering and making friends with Aladdin.

They develop feelings for one another, but Jasmine is found and brought back, and Aladdin arrested for kidnapping the princess. While he waits to be executed, Aladdin encounters an old man-actually Jafar in disguise-offering him freedom if Aladdin can bring back a treasure from the Cave of Wonders. Jafar knows that Aladdin is the Diamond in the Rough, one whose true value is often overlooked.

The cave opens for Aladdin, with the guardian warning him to “touch nothing but the lamp.” Within the cave is a glittering trove of treasure, but Aladdin remembers the warning and claims only the dusty old lamp he was asked to bring back. Abu, his monkey companion, lets his greed get the best of him, and as he grabs for a diamond, it melts as the gold transforms into a wave of molten lava. Aladdin and Abu are saved only by the sentient magic carpet they befriended within the cave, which seals itself off, trapping them within.

Jafar, enraged that the Cave of Wonders has been sealed off from him once more, enters his chamber above the palace only to find Maleficent waiting for him. She encourages him to work with her, ensuring he will have what he desires, and that the key to their plan is Jasmines heart. Jafar agrees to work with Maleficent, just as Heartless begin to appear in the desert outside of Agrabah. At Maleficent's urging, bolstered by the Heartless' strength, he takes over the Palace and thus the city. Jasmine, overhearing their plotting, escapes at the last moment, Jafar and the Heartless in hot pursuit.

Aladdin, meanwhile, is trapped in the cave. Frustrated, he rubs at the lamp and frees the Genie, a powerful and strange being who claims that as Aladdin is now his master, he will be granted three wishes. Aladdin uses his trickery to free himself, without making a single wish, only to find out that the world has changed around him, and the desert surrounding Agrabah is not as he remembers it. The world has been altered, taken somewhere else, and the people of Agrabah have only the walls of their city protecting them from the new dangers outside. As for Aladdin, he has his wits, and three wishes.

And the Cave of Wonders looms open again, its treasures hidden, its lamp missing, but its mazelike paths possibly leading...somewhere else?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aladdin]], [[Princess Jasmine]], [[Jafar]], [[Sultan]], [[Cassim]], [[Abis Mal]], [[Mechanicles]], [[Mirage]], [[Mozenrath]], [[Phasir]], [[Sadira]], [[The Mukhtar]], [[Aziz]]. 
'''Grid Locations''': [[Cave of Wonders]], [[Agrabah]]. 

= Tron =
== Tron ==
Once, in a world much like our own, the corporation ENCOM was spearheading the growth of new and innovative computer technology, employing the finest engineers and developing everything from laser scanners to video games. A brilliant but lackadaisical software engineer, Kevin Flynn, is fired from ENCOM when his rival Ed Dillinger steals several games Flynn has developed and is promoted to an executive position. Retreating to the popular arcade he owns, Flynn struggles to obtain evidence of Dillinger's wrongdoing, but is blocked by the sinister Master Control Program (MCP), the artificial intelligence which controls the ENCOM mainframe and seeks to expand its dominion over the Dataspace, the cyber-realm within computers.

Within the Dataspace, computer programs exist as individuals, some appearing in the likeness of the Users who created them, and are terrorized by the MCP and its second-in-command, Sark. Sark and his minions seek control over input/output within their mainframe, and those programs which resist him are captured and forced to play dangerous games -- often utilizing the "identity disk" which all programs carry -- in which the losers are "derezzed."

The MCP, aware of Dillinger's misdeeds, manipulates him by threatening him with blackmail and proceeds to begin hacking into computers all over the world. Meanwhile, visited by his friends and fellow scientists Alan Bradley and Lora Baines, Flynn persuades them to help him sneak back into ENCOM's headquarters. There, he upgrades the security clearance of Bradley's program "Tron", so that it might monitor the activities of the MCP. In retaliation, the MCP activates an experimental laser intended to digitize Flynn and transfer him into the ENCOM mainframe.

At that moment, however, Heartless pour forth from the shadows and consume the world, sending the Dataspace into chaos. Eventually, Ansem the Wise encounters the Dataspace during his investigations and tinkers with the various programs, upgrading Tron. Yet once Flynn's Arcade emerges from the darkness, the MCP becomes aware that the worlds have been connected, and is eager to conquer all realms which touch upon Dataspace-- and beyond. At last, the battle between Tron and the MCP begins in earnest.

But what has become of Flynn, ENCOM, and the others lost to the shadows? In the dusty recesses of the Arcade, hidden in Manhattan in a secret private room, a solitary light blinks...

== Since Then ==
''Information Is slightly out of date''

([[Opportunity Knocks]]) During an attempt by [[LEXUS]] to take the Manhattan side Terminal away from Chicago, ShinRa ended up interfering and managed to prevent it from being taken to Hollow Bastion. But as a result, Manhattan's terminal now sits in ShinRa HQ in Goug.

'''Key Characters:''' [[TRON]], [[Sark]], [[MCP]], [[Kevin Flynn]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Flynn's Arcade]]. 

== TRON - Wise OS ==
''Information coming soon.''

== TRON: Uprising - Flynn OS ==
=== The World So Far ===
The Flynn OS is a 32 bit system compared to the Wise OS’s 8 bit status. The programs here are more human like in personality and tend to have more human like tendencies. They are also what many of us are use too from the newer TRON series. Black suits and body lines, versus the silver suits.

The only known program to still have the silver suit with white lines was the system monitor program, TRON; which in this verse, he was killed leaving behind the Renegade as the new system monitor who wears not only TRON’s colors and line patterns, but also the very T. Other programs who may have white suits are those who are Sirens and they have no real combat ability, though they can sometimes be helpful.

CLU’s forces have occupied much of the Grid now in Flynn OS, but they do have some heartless trouble from an unknown source that is slowly corrupting the grid (Cyrus) and only one Program (Beck) is slightly aware of who may be the cause of the heartless corruption. While CLU continues to blame the Renegade for not only the heartless that have no invaded the Grid, but also for the disorder, and needlessly lost lives.

ISOs themselves have been scattered to the four winds thanks to what CLU has done, leaving them homeless and always on the run. Kevin Flynn himself has also vanished and no one knows where their creator has gone off too. Many believe that their creator has abandoned them, leaving only CLU as the now reliable source to turn too. With ISOs on the run, the Black Virus' spawning in random locations, and no sign of Kevin Flynn, the Flynn OS is not a very safe system to travel alone.

=== Where are we at? ===
The Flynn OS takes place pretty much near the end of TRON: Uprising. So you can figure it takes place right before the episode called "Terminal", which was the very last episode. Thus from there it veers off on its own path and kinda does its own thing. Contact Oblivion, Beck, or TRON for details.

So if you have seen most of TRON: Uprising, you know where we are. If you have not seen TRON: Uprising. Go watch the series! Its up on Netflix and also on Youtube. I suggest watching it on Netflix if you can, because we want a season 2!!

=== The Rules ===
Last Updated: 8/7/2013

While on the Flynn OS it should be advised of the following things to keep in mind: 
* Users who first enter the Grid will have their normal clothing with maybe some parts glowing. They will not have a disk, so they will need to obtain one or they will be seen as a stray. Also you may get funny looks for being in your human-like clothing, so you will need to find a Siren to get a proper look.

* If you are caught as a stray by CLU’s forces you could be caught and sent to the games! You don’t want to go to the games. Its a bad place. Now you can get a disc by being in the games or you may get lucky and get a disc from Pergos or a Siren (who may be feeling generous). Those are your choices! Just remember - Its hard to escape from the games.

* If you are a non-human ‘user’, you will become a human. Its a world change rule here. So if you're an anthro duck or mouse, you will suddenly become human. Have some fun with this!

* The Renegade has wanted posters /everywhere/. He is known as an assassin and is extremely dangerous (or so the posters will say). The talk about him on the street is that some believe that he could be TRON or /is/ TRON returned to them. Others think he is a cruel prankster. Many more even go as far as to believe the very posters after what happened in Argon and in TRON city. Believing he is the one who not only got several programs killed but unleashed the black virus’ (aka the Heartless).

* Nearly all Programs are unaware of users. They don’t even understand the concept of users, let alone a world beyond their own. As most programs on Flynn OS were built by Kevin Flynn and thus he is their god. There are a few exceptions to this rule, but very few and they don’t talk openly about users. Such exceptions are like CLU who knows of users because of what he learned from Kevin Flynn and he also knows the dangers of them as well. Also keep that in mind. You may get used by CLU to a means if he figures you out.

* If you are hurt on the grid and you are a user. You /will/ bleed. You will not voxel like the programs. No. You will actually have blood and programs will, kinda freak out if they see you bleed. They may even think you're a virus! So keep that in mind too. Combat can happen, don’t get me wrong, but if your suit can’t protect you and the impact is deep enough. You may get some programs panicked by that red stuff coming out of you!

* Most programs on Flynn OS have two colors, but the primary color represents who they are. This will probably be the same for you as well. Teal Green is medical. Blue (may appear more like white blue) is most programs. White is security. Green is military. Yellow Green is Viruses (and possibly Shadow Lords). Red is CLU’s forces. Yellow is Administrative program; Which only CLU has (and maybe the MCP if he was to step on there). Purple is Hackers.

* ISOs are another form of Program in the Flynn OS. These programs tend to hold marks on their shoulders that label them as who they are, though they can hide this with the proper cover over. Most ISOs have white, blue, or green circuity lines. Just as most of them also wear the black light suits. Very, very few ISOs help white light suits and those were mostly killed during the first purge done by CLU. As ISOs are being hunted, if you decide to app an ISO be aware that these guys are rare in numbers and nearly all programs will hate you as they believe you are one of the causes for the system crash and the rise of the Heartless in Flynn OS.

* Users typically have no real way to interact or control the environment around them. This locked to CLU and some of his forces with his permission set. However it may be possible to hack some things, but you may get not only CLU’s attention but the current System monitor. If you are unsure about your abilities in the Grid, because you believe you should have some rights to change things, please send in a +request to see what you may be able to do!

* User technology typically will not work on the Grid, though it may be converted into a form of grid tech for the duration you are on the grid. If you are unsure about your stuff or wish to double check, please send in a +request on it.

* Also remember - CLU doesn’t dig imperfection and anything that isn’t part of his system is imperfection. He wants out. You really don’t want to let him get out. Keep that in mind!

= The Hunchback of Notre Dame =
== The Hunchback of Notre Dame ==

In the city of Paris, Judge Claude Frollo of the City Guard seeks to eliminate the gypsy people, seeing them as sinful heretics. He traps a group of gypsy refugees and has them arrested, but a woman escapes with her baby. He pursues her until she is killed on the steps of Notre Dame Cathedral. Frollo is prepared to drown the baby, who is deformed, but the archbishop interferes, refusing to allow the judge to shed more innocent blood. He warns that no matter what Frollo tells himself or others, the “eyes of Notre Dame” and the Lord will know the truth. Frollo is convinced instead to raise the child as his own. He gives the child the cruel name of Quasimodo, meaning “half-formed.”

Quasimodo grows to young adulthood living in the bell tower, hidden away from all but Frollo and the gargoyles who awaken when no one else is around. He is hunchbacked and severely deformed, but intelligent, kind and insightful, and spends his time watching the people of Notre Dame he wishes to meet someday. He is told by Frollo that the world is cruel and would reject him, and he should remain in his place as the hidden bell-ringer of Notre Dame.

Lonely Quasimodo sneaks out of the cathedral one day as Paris celebrates the Festival of Fools. A troupe of gypsies entertain the people, notably Esmeralda, a beautiful and kind dancer. Frollo and his men watch, and while Frollo disapproves outwardly, he finds himself fascinated with Esmeralda. Quasimodo’s appearance is discovered, and he is crowned King of the Fools, celebrated until the crowd turns on him and humiliates him at the urging of Frollo’s men. Frollo doesn’t interfere on his behalf, but Esmeralda does, helping him escape into the Cathedral and following him there. She in turn is followed by Captain Phoebus of the guard, who refuses to arrest Esmeralda for witchcraft against Frollo’s orders.

As Esmeralda befriends Quasimodo, who thanks her for helping him and helps her escape the cathedral safely, strange creatures appear in the corners and shadows of the city. The guard track them down and capture one, but are unable to find out what they are. As Frollo contemplates his obsession with Esmeralda, increasingly convinced she is tempting his heart away with wicked powers, the shadowy Maleficent appears to him and offers him a position as a Shadow Lord. He refuses, terrified that a demon has appeared to him, just as news of Esmeralda’s escape and the Heartless attacks reach him. Frollo draws the conclusion that Maleficent and the Heartless were drawn to Notre Dame by gypsy witchcraft, and calls for the arrest of Esmeralda.

As Quasimodo looks out to the sky, having finally made an outside friend and finding himself infatuated with Esmeralda as well, he sees a strange shadow cast over Notre Dame. In moments, the City Island is all that is left of Paris, and the people are in a panic. Frollo calls them to order with his guard, explaining that the changes are punishment for wickedness and sin, and determined to protect the righteous people of Paris from the terrors outside. Quasimodo considers leaving once more, this time to help the people of the city which once rejected him. Maleficent, meanwhile, waits and watches, sure that sooner or later, Judge Frollo will fall into her clutches and she will find the Heart of this world.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Quasimodo]], [[Esmeralda]], [[Frollo]], [[Phoebus]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[La Cité Des Cloches]].

= The Nightmare Before Christmas =
== The Nightmare Before Christmas ==

Halloween Town exists as a ghoulish, but not unfriendly place. Its people create Halloween and bring it to the world at large every year. While Pumpkin King Jack Skellington does an excellent job and is widely loved for his skills at the creepy and macabre, he's started to tire of the same thing year after year.

Little creatures called Heartless begin to appear, but as everyone in Halloween Town is some form of monster, the Heartless don't stand out. Jack notices them, thinking they might be the key to a new Halloween, and tries to learn how to make them obey him to no avail. Their presence is not questioned by anyone but Sally the Rag Doll, whose advice is ignored.

Oogie Boogie, too, hears of the Heartless and decides he wants to control them for his own dark purposes. It is when he sends his minions Lock, Shock, and Barrel to investigate that Halloween Town itself falls to the Heartless, something not too many of the residents notice. The doors to Halloween Town no longer lead to the other Holiday Worlds or the "real world," but to a void of darkness. What will happen when the people of Halloween Town realize their city is now home to strangers, and what they will do with the strange Heartless, remains to be seen.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Jack Skellington]], [[Sally]], [[Oogie Boogie]], [[Doctor Finklestein]], [[Lock, Shock and Barrel]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Halloween Town]]. 

= Kim Possible =
== Kim Possible ==
<<To Be Written>>

'''Key Characters:''' [[Kim Possible]], [[Ron Stoppable]], [[Shego]], [[Doctor Drakken]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' None. 

= Fillmore =
== Fillmore ==

After Parnassus' resigning from the Safety Patrol officer and Ingrid joins Fillmore in the group, several months passed and the two solved several cases together, including a kidnapping of the school mascot, apprehending a serial graffiti artist, protecting the local chess celebrity and many others. The arrival of the Heartless was a shock and far beyond the usual level of violence and crime that they were used to dealing with. Still, they were not helpless and with the aid of the Safety Patrol most of the students were evacuated out of the portal before the world fell to darkness.

It took a few days but with some investigative work, a new suitable home was found for the students of X Middleschool in the facility of Balamb Garden. As it was already a sizable military academy, Headmaster Cid was more than happy to provide some of their extra space for standard schooling operation on the condition that any qualified students be allowed to undertake SeeD training. This agreement was not expected to be permanent and plans were also drafted to build a new school for the regular students should Manhattan be lost to them forever.

Naturally, the members of the Safety Patrol were among the qualified students despite their lack of actual combat training. However, after witnessing the destruction that the Heartless could unleash all of them were more than happy to learn how to prevent such things from happening in the future and signed up to become members of Garden themselves.

After a few weeks of taking some basic courses, it was determined that Ingrid and the other Patrollers were qualified enough to operate with some extra independence thanks to their former roles as student leaders and their crime solving skills were put to work on minor cases within Garden and sometimes beyond.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Fillmore]], [[Ingrid Third]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Balamb Garden]]. 

= Lilo and Stitch =
== Lilo and Stitch ==

Far in the reaches of deep space, a council convenes to sentence the criminal mad scientist Jumba and its newest, most dangerous creation, Experiment 626. 626 is too powerful and wily to keep under containment, however, and escapes the watch of space officer Gantu. During this escapade, it meets the strange twosome that are Ventus and Aqua. During an attack from the Unversed, they show the Council-Woman some of Experiment 626's goodness - as it assists in fending off an attack of the Unversed around the time that so many stars go dark.

With Ventus and Aqua having left, Experiment 626 is left to flee in an escape pod towards a rather obscure, backwater planet called Earth - Earth is under protection as breeding ground for the endangered mosquito, so Agent Pleakley is sent to accompany Jumba and recover 626 before it can wreak havoc on Earth.

Meanwhile, Nani is having difficulties keeping sole guardianship of her little sister Lilo after the death of their parents. A social worker's visit goes poorly, and friction between Lilo and Nani is not helping. The sisters decide to adopt a dog and head to the shelter, where Lilo chooses a strange, ugly-looking dog which happens to be 626 in disguise. She dubs the creature Stitch and convinces Nani to let her adopt him. Once she takes him home, he proves to be a rather destructive and strange "dog," but Lilo decides she's going to train him into being a proper best friend. News reports of strange creatures being spotted in the rainforests go mostly unnoticed by the two sisters, but Lilo wonders if it might me an alien invasion.

Soon after, the island of Hawaii is hit by a powerful hurricane; when the winds and rain subside, Hawaii itself has been pulled from Earth and is in the middle of an unfamiliar ocean, with pirates in sky ships looking to make contact. Although the people of Hawaii are rather alarmed at this bizarre development, the governor nervously agrees to meet with representatives from the new outside world while they try to find out just what has happened.

Nani now finds it even more important that she and Lilo stay together, and hopes that strange dog or the weird monsters don't interfere with this too much. Lilo is excited, however, and wants to take trips with the "space pirates" and hunt down the Heartless "aliens" with Stitch. Jumba and Pleakley, meanwhile, continue their investigation, wondering if they're really stranded on Earth...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Stitch]], [[Lilo Pelekai]], [[Nani Pelekai]], [[Jumba Jookiba]], [[Pleakley]], [[Gantu]], [[Cobra Bubbles]], [[Grand Councilwoman]], [[David Kawena]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Hawaii]]. 

= Pirates of the Carribean =
== Pirates of the Carribean ==
Years before, young Elizabeth meets a boy found in a shipwreck. The boy, Will Turner, gives her a medallion that resembles a gold piece.

Commodore James Norrington proposes to Elizabeth Swann, who falls into the bay before she can give an answer. The medallion falls to the bottom of the sea, sending off a signal to the crew of the ghostly Black Pearl. She is saved by notorious pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, who is promptly arrested.

That night, the pirates of the Black Pearl attack Port Royal, running a raid in an attempt to find the gold piece calling to them. Despite the best efforts of Will Turner, now a blacksmith's apprentice, they succeed in capturing Elizabeth and begin to sail off.

The terror and sorrow brought on by the pirate attack is the final piece needed for the Heartless to overtake the world, as much of the land and see fall into total darkness. Port Royal and its surrounding waters are spared, drawn into a different world. While the Royal British Navy has sworn to protect Port Royal until a solution can be found, the many pirates sailing the seas have been drawn into this world as well, including Captain Barbossa and his Black Pearl.

Captain Barbossa still seeks a manner to cure the curse on his crew, and wonders if the Heartless themselves hold the answer. Meanwhile, Captain Jack has agreed to help Will find Elizabeth, who is still holding her own on the Black Pearl, for now.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Will Turner]], [[Elizabeth Swann]], [[Captain Barbossa]], [[Jack Sparrow]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Port Royal]]. 

= Peter Pan =
== Peter Pan ==
Follow the second star on the right and straight on ‘til morning, and you’ll find your way to Neverland, an island of magic and eternal childhood. Here is the home of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows old, a mischievous youth who can fly. He and other ageless children, the Lost Boys, live without parents as they outsmart Captain Hook and his pirate crew.

One day, Captain Hook tricks a mysterious warrior named Terra into picking a fight with Peter Pan. The two clash, but they clear up their misunderstanding and Pan flies off to fight Hook as he’s often done. He has more friendly encounters with keyblade users Ventus and Aqua. In his mind, they’re just more visitors to Neverland, and while he remembers them, he doesn’t think much of the incident for a while.

Years later, Peter’s shadow flies into the bedroom of Wendy Darling, a young girl living in turn of the century London. Peter and his fairy companion Tinkerbell soon follow. When Wendy sews his shadow back on, Peter tells her and her siblings, John and Michael, about the land of Neverland. He grants them the power to fly using pixie dust and leads them to Neverland. When Wendy is introduced to the Lost Boys, she decides she’ll try to be their mother, as they’ve never had one and don’t know what having one is like.

Meanwhile, as Captain Hook plans to clash with Peter once more, strange shadows overtake the sea around Neverland. The island itself remains unchanged even as it is brought into another ocean, and few of the inhabitants notice what has gone on. Peter sees the appearance of Heartless as another excuse for the Lost Boys to have an adventure, unaware of the seriousness of the situation. Captain Hook, however, soon spots more ships approaching Neverland, and wonders if he has found allies in his eternal battle with Pan.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Peter Pan]], [[Wendy]], [[Captain Hook]], [[Mr. Smee]], [[The Lost Boys]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Neverland]]. 

= Hercules =
== Hercules ==

Once, this world was a land of chaos, ruled over by powerful elemental Titans who cared little for the people of the land below as they swept their destruction across the planet. Then, Zeus came with his thunderbolts and trapped the Titans, beginning the age of both Gods and men. High on Mt. Olympus, Zeus set himself as the king of the Gods, unaware that his brother Hades had begun setting the wheels in motion to steal the throne.

Everything seemed to be going according to plan until the day that Zeus and Hera gave birth to their son, Hercules. Consulting the fates, Hades discovered that in eighteen years, he would have the chance he'd been waiting for - but... if Hercules rose up to fight on the side of the Gods, his attempts for power would fail. So, the God dispatched his two minions, Pain and Panic, to dispose of the little 'sunspot'. The two imps fail in their task to kill Hercules, but they do manage to make him mortal, resulting in his exile from Mt. Olympus.

For years, young Hercules is raised by a human family as their only son, never knowing his true parentage. It isn't until his unusual strength began to show itself in sometimes dangerous ways, that his father revealed the truth, sending him to seek out council from Zeus. At the temple, Hercules learned of the cruel fate that had befallen him as a child, and discovered the one way in which he might be able to once again return to Olympus and rejoin the gods: He must become a True Hero.

So, with the help of his faithful companion Pegasus, Hercules sought out a teacher - one of the best trainers of Heroes: The satyr, Philoctetes ("Phil" for short). While the satyr is reluctant, at first, to take on yet another would-be Hero, he does eventually agree to teach the boy, under threat of lightning bolts from above. Upon discovering that the one person who could foil his plans was still alive, Hades began to throw all sorts of beasts and monsters at Hercules, trying to kill the young Hero before he would have a chance to reclaim his birthright. Through those many trials, Hercules did become a Hero, but earning the love of fans is not the same thing as being a 'True Hero'.

With his failure to kill Hercules, it is only a matter of time before Hades sought out darker means of eliminating his enemies. The God was one of the first to be gathered into the Shadow Lords, and with the Heartless, his power spread over the world of Olympia, eventually dragging it down into darkness. Now, all that remains is the Coliseum, looming at the edge of Traverse Town. Here, heroes can still prove themselves in the games, and Hercules still seeks a way of proving himself a True Hero, but is there even a Mt. Olympus left to return home to?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Hercules]], [[Megara]], [[Phil]], [[Hades]], [[Pain]] and [[Panic]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Coliseum]]

= Other Phantasia =
== Other Phantasia ==
In general, staff would prefer to keep player characters as humanoids (see [[races]]), rather than talking animals or furniture. While there are Disney themes which heavily feature walking/talking animals, they are much harder to integrate.

These include (but are not limited to) themes such as:
* Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers (NPCs)
* Oliver and Company (NPCs)
* Lady and the Tramp (NPCs)
* Bambi (NPCs)
* The Lion King (Adapted)

In general, many of these characters will just be background NPCs. For instance, you might be walking the streets of Manhattan and spot an orange kitten. Or be strolling threw New Orleans and see a particularly scruffy hounddog. Most of these characters simply won't make good player-characters, since adapting them into Final Kingdom would take quite a bit of work and require quite heavy modifications. Others, such as Chip and Dale already appear as bit parts/NPCs throughout Kingdom Hearts. If you have your heart set on one of them, you can always ask staff, but it's likely that characters from themes listed as (NPCs) will be much harder to app.

Themes in which a character is/was human and gets turned into an animal will usually be accepted, although tweaked so they can at least speak.
Examples:
* The Princess and the Frog
* Brother Bear
* The Emperor's New Groove
 

== The Lion King ==

In the case of '''The Lion King''', the staff consensus is that if Sora and the others turn into animals when arriving in '''The Pridelands''', that the same should work vice-versa for the characters /leaving/ that world. It gives people the chance to play characters from this theme, but in a way where they will easily be able to interact with others. They might look humanoid, but they still retain their personality elements, and perhaps some of their more interesting mannerisms. In general, we would like to keep all the characters in this theme to be either fully human in appearance on other worlds, or semi-anthro (Re: Tailspin). Whomever gets an approved FC app into this theme first will get to decide the direction of that for the rest of the cast. We will also possibly allow some IC combat-transformation to a lion form, because everyone knows it would be hilarious to see Mufasa shoot fireballs from his muzzle.

= Rejected =
== Rejected ==
These games or series are not available for integration, due to one reason or another:
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* '''Final Fantasy 11/14''' - Due to the online nature of these games, and their theme still expanding now, they are currently seen as unfit.
* '''Non-Final Fantasy Games''' - With the exception of The World Ends With You - as seen included in KH:3D, other Square Enix games - or any others for that matter - are not available for application.
* '''Non-animated Disney''' - Since we are trying to stick as close to the world that fits with Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, we try to not implement 'real life' Disney movies. Pirates of the Carribean and Tron are the obvious exceptions, as they were featured in Kingdom Hearts games. However, this is not a hard limit, and we might be convinced otherwise on a case-by-case basis.
* '''Phineas and Ferb''' - Originally a pitch that was intended more for places like Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, the Tone of the series does not fit the general Disney kind of universe and tone we try to represent within this game.
* '''No Pixar''' - Sorry, we feel none of their movies truly fit with the tone of the game.
* '''No Marvel''' - It's a completely different thing.

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To The Mist And Back

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|Location=Mist Plains
|Synopsis=Alexandria is setting up a fort in the Mist Plains. Rebellion forces have something to say about this...
|Cast of Characters=Faruja Senra, Avira, Minerva, Souji Murasame, Serah Farron, Shadow, Leon, Kuja, Karth Mason
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:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Palamecia has joined force with Alexandria and has been so for some time. Yet they have been quiet until recently in their alliance and in some ways, they still are. The Soldiers are unmarked as they move across the Mist Plains with the materials needed to build the Garrison Fort, which is already under construction. The fact that the Garrison is being built near the roads that head for Lindblum is perhaps the most concerning factors. Hammers hit the nails. Strong chains raise up the massive stones and lumber. Construction equals through the plains and men walk the area keeping an eye on the activity. Yet perhaps the most noticeable figure among them, almost tainting; or seems to be tainting; the very mist is the Dark Knight himself. The dark armored figure walks among all the Palamecians and Alexandrians working. His red glowing eyes scanning over the area in his precise, calm steps. He was waiting for resistance, he knew it would come and he wanted to see to it personally that it would not halt their progress

:'''[[Kuja]] has posed:''' Alexandria had joined forces with Palamecia. Why? Now that would be telling. Kuja hated spoilers. Today, he was visiting the construction of the Garrison with a detail of black mages. Floating beside them were three models that hadn't been seen before. Winged ones, which not only spoke, but commented with a sentience which bespoke of an artistry beyond any of the other dolls that were with him. Each of them hovered off the ground, behind the flamboyant Alexandrian Ambassador, while the Black Mage dolls marched in a line. He'd considered having them carry a palanquin, but they weren't known for their strength. Upon sighting the Dark Knight general, Kuja actually bade his detail to remain behind within the depths of the construction site. He wanted the appearance of strength, not weakness, and so he went to stand alone alongside the Palamecian General. He twisted the wrist of his right hand, opening his palm to gesture out to the foggy atmosphere of the Mist Plains. "Worry not, General, if any drama is to occur, they will be abiding by our script. The Mist is our strength, here."

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' A figure stands near Leon, waiting at attention. He listens to the talk from Kuja...it was all a little new to him, having just been enlisted, and now he's here witht the general of the entire forces of Palamecia... He's not sure rather to be terrified or honored. He's still debating that, probably a little both, but the figure isn't one to complain about his lot in life. Oddly, he is holding a shovel. He doesn't speak up, he doesn't look funny at the man...well that Kuja could tell. He is staring at the effeminite man, holding back saying something...funny. Still, he'd be making a fool of himself infront of someone important so right now he's just...holding a shovel. Though he does have a blade on his side, in a scalbard, and a strange pinion hanging on the outside of his armor.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' With Alexandria's recent actions, it didn't take long for Faruja Senra to gather a few volunteers. Angry, war-like nezumi are nothing to be trifled with, and the small squad of newly-re-trained soldiers fully intend to show that much; courtesy of the help of Murasame Zaibatsu. Within the concealing fog of the mist, small clusters of Burmecians huddle, rifles and modern body armor clad forms sticking low to the ground in what little natural cover aside from the mist actually exists. Faruja is there as well, beside the white form of his wyvern. Atop her body is a strange contraption, the gun strapped to her nothing less than a Magitek Laser! The group stays quiet for the moment, as forward scouts scan the battlefield, several others loading rocket launchers as they await the perfect time to strike.

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' There's an expression that says 'wrong place wrong time'. This might be one of those cases here. Serah, in her wanderings around the world, and away from heartless pursuers, ended up here while checking out more of the wide open areas for those pieces of gummy that fell from the sky a while back. She apparently has found a good amount too, as she has a bag full of them in her back. The bag at her arm only started to fill up. But Mist Plains was probably not a good place to get into, given the situation. She just innocently ended up there though. Led there gummy to gummy, like Hansel's breadcrumbs. She wasn't even looking up all that much, just looking at the ground. Its then she realized that 1- there's mist all over the place. She heard bad things about the mist. 2- There's some army constructions nearby. 3- There's also some army guards around it. She's probably going to look very suspicious there...

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' Thunder rolls across the Mist Plains. Alexandria and Palamecia are not the only ones setting up on the Mist Plains. Elsewhere, signs have been erected upon the plains, proclaiming the area to be the property of the Murasame Zaibatsu (tresspassers will be prosecuted), and machines are being inset into the ground. Strange machines. New machines. Better than those on Richese. Their presence on the plains themselves gives reason why Souji Murasame observes the military construction in the distance through his Moogle Glasses. He frowns for a moment, tapping the side of the glasses and considering the ramifications of what is about to occur. His gaze moves over the flamboyant Kuja, and his frown grows deeper. The situation has become... complicated.

:'''[[Minerva]] has posed:''' Minerva had been talked into this job by Faruja fairly easily all things considered. Also given the problem with expanding powers was coming towards a city that was partially populated by people from her world. Or perhaps she was just seeking a good fight it can be hard to tell at this point. She had no modern weapons she had not need as far as she saw it as she formed up with Faruja and those other he's talked into coming the mist is still something that's new to her,. She's go the general idea of what they are her to do, she really intend to engage any enemy elites or commanders. Alternatively she could just rampage through whatever passed for these people's rank and file. Her inexperience may cost her however, but for now she makes ready.

:'''[[Shadow]] has posed:''' The mists are a great place for a ninja-- you can hide in plain sight most of the time. Shadow has been skulking about the area-- a wanderer with questionable intentions at the best of times. He keeps quiet for the most part-- until he runs into Serah on his way out of the construction area. "You should leave this place," says a shadowy figure as it approaches Serah. For once-- Shadow's dog interceptor is not with him. It would have eased the tension just slightly. "It is not safe," he follows up to the young woman-- nodding faintly as he continues onward to let her decide her own path in this crossroad of fate.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Avira is here, but she has come seperately of the Burmecian army and her fellow VALKYRI. While she is vaguely aware that a meeting was going down on these plains, it's less the exchange she was interested in and moreso in an individual that might be present. She's done her research about this particular area, in fact. It is not easy to spot Avira. She has elected to come in darker, more disrete clothing that covered her arms and legs. She has masked the presence of her unique-looking weapon. Her hair has been bound up into a tightly coiled bun. Her goggles are drawn over her eyes and heavy stage makeup has been applied to her face to minimize the appearance of her scars. Avira is not an easy woman to spot as she slips between lumber or blends into crowds of migrating construction workers. She's clearly been trained in these evasive techniques and concealment methods, right up to being able to pull off some impressively acrobatic manuvers to get out of the line of sight. All the while as she moves, she seems to be seeking someone. One man. She's sure he's here by the way the hair on the back of her neck stands.

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The Dark Knight glances over to Kuja as he walks up. "I have no concerns, Ambassador. If they do attack. It will make a perfect time to see what we may be facing when time comes." The Palamecian General then looks over to the new recruit with a shovel. He then speaks to him with a crisp, precise words. "Go on patrol with the others. Report if you find anything amiss." The Dark Knight then slowly looks away, before he starts to walk himself. "Construction of the Garrison should be done within five days. So long as we are not hit with interruptions to the construction." As for the soldiers who are also on Patrol. So far they do not notice the gathering in the Mist, as it is hides them, as well as it hides the Patrol. However the officers are the hard ones to avoid, as they, like Leon, can see the hearts of men and women and their own red eyes peer around, scanning the area. Thankfully the officers stay in close, versus the soldiers who are more further out.

:'''[[Kuja]] has posed:''' Kuja might have made an idle remark about Karth's shovel. Perhaps even offered him some sort of terrible nickname. Hayseed with a Trowel sprang to mind, as a parody of a movie he'd heard about in Manhatten. Except for two things. One, he was actually trying to make an /effort/ in front of his Palamecian allies to keep himself restrained, and less insulting. It was difficult for one of his supremely egotistical nature. He did no such thing in front of the delegations from Baron. And two, he sensed some measure of power in the young man's sheathed weapon. And he knew there was more to him than met the eye. Kuja scans the mist-covered plains then raises a hand. A swirling globe of darkness, crackling with small bolts of energy playing over the surface appears within it. A moment later, it implodes upon itself, becoming a purple pulse of energy, which travels throughout the Mist, giving it a sickly color as it continues outward like a dark halo. It gives those advancing a singular feeling of dread, but nothing else. But to Kuja, it offered him information. Like a radar, it located those advancing upon them, as he offered a wide smile, complete with teeth to the Palamecian General. "You should belay that order, and return the patrols, General. They advance from the West by Southwest. I imagine that the Sand Rats will be here to play their bit part in this drama and spout off their righteous indignation. Expect war machines.. they've been well supplied as of late by my.. competitor." In this case, he means someone other than Souji, entirely unaware of what the Murasame corp has been selling to the Cleyran forces. Kuja snapped his fingers, and suddenly all three of the Black Waltzes appeared atop the half-constructed battlements of the Garrison via corridors of darkness that each had created on their own. The column of black mages started to situate themselves around the half-constructed Garrison.

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Serah Farron jumps a bit as the ninja just comes out of the mist like that, and talks to her. Ooookay. Yeah, she already had the feeling she wasn't in the right place... so she scurries after Shadow. No, the giant ramparts and machines are not attracting her at all. She doesn't want to get close to those. The other side looks intimidating too, but she hopes she won't be taken for some kind of spy or anything... Moments later she gets into the 'rebel camp', blinking as she recognize a few of the faces. The humanoid rat templar is easy to recognize at least. "Mister Faruja, what's going on here?"

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' The normal looking recruit salutes the general, and moves to go patrol. He shivers once he gets far enough away...these guys, seriously...there was something up, but...maybe he was just being crazy. Holding the shovel over one shoulder, he starts to fan out, deciding to make some rounds on foot while trying to get the lay of the land...he doesn't wana get lost, but he also wants to know just where things are...the Mist makes things weird. He wonders if this ever goes away? He doesn't take his helmet off, as h-a voice. He frowns, slowly walking towards the sounds of a lady's voice...

:'''[[Shadow]] has posed:''' The ninja has to do a dozen mysterious things every week or they revoke his ninja card. Shadow's message to Serah counts and he expects to have the deed validated on his ninja card later. The shrouded one navigates as far as the giant ramparts and war machines. By the time Serah sees some familiar faces-- he is gone. This time around he is taking his dog with him. There is a scouting report to be delivered. The nearest officer for that works-- and he is off to go back into the mists. It is oddly more appealing for him to be in a place that obstructs vision. Sure, its not good for his health, but what is?

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' An update comes in over Souji's Moogle Glasses. He reads the information feed, and smiles. Business is good. Infrastructure is in place and rapidly growing. Business is good. While he is not taking action to enter the compound, he is observing the goings-on there. He will have to make a note to get in touch with his Palamecian contacts in order to get an update on what's going on there. He pauses. Wait. Why /didn't/ he have an update already? His eyes narrow. Someone is playing a treacherous game, here. Souji's gaze moves upwards, and he seems to be distracted for the moment, caught up in revelations. Those who might mean the heir harm won't get a better time to strike than now if they are going to...

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' The Burmecians, and others, gathered here today are hardly a massive, marching army. They've opted towards stealth and a good, core group of competents who know a thing or two about picking apart buildings, that nevertheless aren't the utter veterans that the ragged country can't afford to spend in this relatively small effort. They're here to do damage, not act like conquering warlords. Even for a group this size, it needs officers; Faruja glances to Minerva, having placed her into his own squad for both protection, and to assist in relaying orders throughout the small linkshell that's been set up for the operation. Besides, he knows how useful a monk's powers can be! He crosses himself, nodding to the woman, before quietly relaying orders as Shadow's company of scouts make their report. Faruja's head pops up from the grand, peering at Serah. One can almost see the '<GOOSEHONK>ing civvies' written all over his face. Grabbing her, he pulls her to the ground to her belly. "Down! /Stay/, M'Lady Farron. This is about to become a warzone. These Palamecians and Alexandrians seek to claim a stronghold upon these plains, no doubt to threaten the nearby nations, and bring others under their dark whims. This is no place for a civilian! And no time to flee...just...stay with me, and stay out of harm's way. I shall do what I can to protect thee." Faruja shivers, scouts calling attention to the mages in the battlements, and the change in the Mist being more than obvious. Yet, the Mist's normal effects linger upon a people filled with rage, none of those present breaking despite the wave of dread floating through the ranks. Have they been spotted? No more time! Faruja keys up his linkshell, all those present in his small force able to hear it. "Lord guide thy weapons. Unleash thy cleansing fury upon these Witches, whom stole home, family, friends, and enemies alike! For King, Faram, and country, strike down these wretches and fill these plains with their BLOOD!" Arista grins, lowering her back, teeth clenching upon what looks like a bit. The Magitek cannon glows, before spitting out a ray of hot death, aimed primarily for the building; but also aimed to cut through any soldiers in the way. In perfect unison, those wielding rockets aim their weapons at the support structures of the building, hoping to tear it down to its foundations, or at least start on the job. Rifles, and the occasional sniper's bullet, soon volley towards vulnerable soldiers, attempting to induce as much panick as possible. So too does Faruja flick his weapon, ice swords lashing out at several Alexandrians.

:'''[[Minerva]] has posed:''' Minerva she eyes the troops those will be her targets she thinks. There are others who can take the more important people and she's not had a large brawl against non heartless in a long time then as she moves to get ready to strike she knows what she's going to do. Faruja is doing his thing. She?s going to move upon troops from either nation bellowing out a war cry as she moves to close with them. "COME HOW AND FACE ME! WHELPS!" Minerva then continues with her run and her fists are already charging with elemental power as she does so.

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Serah Farron follows along with Faruja. She doesn't really like fighting, but she doesn't like letting people in trouble either... "Why would they want to invade? There's no reason to disturb the peace..." She sighs, pulling out the dagger that she was given a while ago. If only for protection if need is, because she can use her magic to help protect her teammates right now. She extends a hand, blanketing Faruja in several layers of benefic spell effects.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' One of the most important aspects of evasion is awareness. 'Pay attention to your surroundings.' her teacher had epoused. Everyone of note, every person that is definitely of importance, is taken notice of. She knows Kuja is here. She can practically feel the Dark Knight's familiar darkness. Klarth is a familiar face. A Burmecian army is approaching. Souji Murasame observes the half-built compound. Avira's detour through the construction site is a swift one. Just as soon as she had entered, she leaves, leaving nothing disturbed in her wake, nothing stolen except for snatches of conversation she picked up in her passing. Though in all likeliness, Kuja's magical means picked up on her. Avira has yet to learn anything about /magical/ concealment. From a new vantage point, Avira watches the Murasame heir, noting the distant look in his body language. He seems deep in thought. Perfect. Ice crawls over her right hand, which she curls into a fist. From her knuckles, a single, katar-like spire of ice extends with a faint crackle. Wordlessly, she moves in, jabbing her makeshift ice blade into Souji's back.

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Karth is waiting... He starts to report ba-THEN SUDDENLY EVERYTHING GOES TO HELL! Karth stands up, suddenly swinging at a Burmeccian that is shooting a rifle. BAM! The Masked Soldier who is not Karth despite me calling him Karth stands over the dazed Nazumi and moves to disarm him by SMASHING HIS ADVANCED WEAPON IN WITH A SHOVEL. Repeatedly. The Shovel is the superior weapon.

:'''[[Shadow]] has posed:''' The ninja leaves quite a trail for Karth to follow. He seems just out of sight-- but can barely be heard. Then things go to hell. Shadow ends up close to Minerva-- and identifies himself as an ally in a very simple fashion. Holding out what looks like a small paper talisman, the ninja evokes an old technique. As Minerva is running, her physical body would blur. As does Shadow's. Then a cold aura comes around both of them. It has been some time since he tried the technique with a partner outside of Interceptor. Finally, the shrouded one points towards where Karth is fighting off the minions. Shadow breaks off-- disappearing into the mist to flank. He'll leave front line fighting to front line people.

:'''[[Kuja]] has posed:''' "Act II, scene two: Base Retribution." A corridor of darkness opens up and Kuja takes the field, striding towards the Burmecian lines with a nonchalance which might have been surprising. This is what was he was bred for in endless iterations of genomes through Garland's twisted arcane science. This is what he was /made/ for. The Angel of Death may look effeminate, but he did not shirk combat. He revelled in it. He raised both his hands, in each came a globe of darkness, crackling with sickening chaotic energy. And then he crushes it with a gesture. This time, when both orbs pulse, the Burmecian forces certainly feel something. A sickness within the Mists, a lethargy which threatens to overtake their bodies. A fog, which threatens to dull their minds. A corridor of darkness appears, and Mistodons barrel out of them, twisted, misshapen Heartless with squat, angular heads. They barrel into the Burmecian forces, sucking in the Mist... and then exhaling. It spreads over them, with an alluring call to madness.. to give in to the Mist, to it's seductive call. Wait, what was a Magitek laser doing here? Even in the middle of the battlefield, he puts a hand to his chin. His partner in this little con game hadn't supplied them with that so whom... It could be Archades but he would have likely picked up on an alliance with them earlier, so whom...? Ah, he actually smiles. Murasame was actually becoming a player in this worldwide war. This actually amused him. Good. He was worried the Murasame heir was going to disappoint him.

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' Souji fails his perception check. Avira gains sneak attack bonus damage as she shanks him in the back, and he emits an unpleasant 'gurk' as she strikes straight and true. Except he doesn't fall down. The Mist churns around Souji as with a yell of anger, the air explodes outwards, hurling Avira away from him. He turns, staggering for a moment as he feels the wound in his back, and he clenches his jaw. "Well then." He says, looking upon Avira. "I see that you've learned your lessons well. Good." He brings his hand to the hilt of the Murasame Blade. "Since you seem to desire pain so much, I will oblige. Murasame Blade, it is time to feed." With a swift motion, he draws the dark blade, the crimson runes of hunger glowing with anticipation. The Mist boils away from him, the air around him swirling in a blast of controlled air as he focuses his power. A moment later, he cleaves upwards, a crackling surge of lightning washing out to vault Avira further into the air, attempting to air juggle her as he lashes out repeatedly with his blade. He slashes with incredible speed, unleashing crackling bursts of lightning with each strike that cling to her in spheres of St. Elmos' Fire.

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Several of the Palamecian knights suddenly hit the deck as The Dark Knight states the warning. However as the cannon smacks some of their hard work. The Dark Knight looks at the damage and his head slowly turns to look at the one who created such damage. There was a low rumble for the Dark Knight before he starts to walk toward the Balmecian. Their rifle shots impact his armor, but he only flinches under the impacts, but he keeps walks. The Darkness under his feet extends out as the bullets now start to tear off dark mists shreds from his armor. Then suddenly tentacles of darkness latch out for Faruja and go to toss him aside, before his red eyes focus over on the healer in the area of this little group. So many bright hearts here. He places out his hand as the sword suddenly appears from darkness itself. Then suddenly he charges at them both. He moves toward Serah first. His swords tip takes on a ghostly essence to it, as he slashes it for her, then as he finishes the swing, he suddenly 'blinks' and appears next to Faruja, then brings the ghostly image of the sword down to do the same to him. As for the Palamecian Forces, they quickly move out to take on the rest of the Balmecian rebels. The normals far more easier to take down, while the officers with their red eyes almost seem just about as tough as their very General. Go Go NPC battle.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Though it doesn't hurt her physically, Avira can feel the wind magic suddenly lift her from the ground. This is actually a little disconcerting since she found it pretty hard to manuver with nothing to gain traction against. Most of her parkour practice had relied upon that fact. "Hello again /Murasame/. I want to finish what we started. I hope this isn't /too/ much of an inconvenience!" Avira grins at him a little too cheerfully, starting to twist downwards, eager to get in control of her own motions again. Her plans change suddenly as Souji makes that crackling cleave. Eyes widening, she twists sideways with the help of her own limited air magic. While she's dodged the initial strike, the follow-up flurry is not, forcing Avira to parry each one away with her ice-encumbered fist. With each crackling blow deflected, ice chips away until she is left with bloodied knuckles. With one final grunt, she pushes herself sideways, unleashing an arrow-like shard of ice at Souji as soon as she lands. It is only a second spent landing. She pushes off soon afterwards, artfully airborne again as she closes the distance between her and the Murasame heir. The slight spin of her body is the only hint Souji receives before he finds Avira's foot launched at his head in a roundhouse kick.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Several Burmecians are taken by the effects of the Mist, rage and fogged minds mingling, even as lethargy slows their thoughts slightly. Kill, destroy, blood! It's what their commander had asked for, and even as those twisted beasts arise, a few more effected Burmecians are already either firing upon them, or quite simply taking sword or bayonet to the great creatures with all of the ferocity the Mist has been known to give to mortals. The one fighting Karth has their weapon busted, earning the man a scowl! "Filthy Palamecian, you're no better than the Alexandrians! You'll die with them too!" Like all good officers, this one carries a side arm, raising it and falling back, a few shots fired that veer wildly amidst the sudden chaos; more warning shots as she makes off to better ground from where she can try to calm her fellows. "Stand /FAST/! Slay these beasts, and kill the mage, they are his doing! Do /NOT/ retreat now, lest we shame our fallen bretheren!" Yells Faruja into his linkshell, stealth abandoned now that they've been discovered. "They are imperialists, Lady Farron. They seek the lands of others for their own greed...and worse in this case, to devote to the debased creatures that consume worlds, the Heartless. Peace shall be a fleeting thing, so long as those whom act as they yet stand." The protection will be needed. Then, the General himself engages them. Some part of the knight inwardly salutes the man, especially knowing something of his past. Still, he's an enemy right now, and if he has to kill Leon, so be it. Tentacles of darkness flick him aside, the Burmecian at least managing to land on his feet. He can hardly help the healer, as the General blinks his way to the rat, the Templar reacting with all of the speed and grace his kind are known for. Raising the butt of his weapon, he catches Leon's pommel, letting the larger man's greater strength shove him aside even as he redirects it. Spinning, he plants his foot, halting his body as he levels his tri-pointed weapon, only to charge in once more as his burning, Light-filled zealous soul and weapon like shines in the Mist. "My apologies, but I cannot spare thee this day! May the Lord forgive us both!" Between the opposing soldiers, and Mistodons, the attacks upon the building proper lessen. One or two smart sappers have started to move their way towards less occupied parts of the building, though for now they wait for covering fire from their comrades. One or two rpg's are shot, with varying degrees of accuracy. For now, it's mostly a battle of infantry, rifles, and swords; a few light losses taken, the Burmecians yelling bloody murder at their foes. There's no mercy for the Alexandrians amongst them, and little for the Palamecians.

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Serah Farron listens to Faruja's explanations, even as she follows him through the mist-filled battlefield. What a bad place to be at... She doesn't like it at all. "Imperialists... I don't want that kind of thing to happen, why aren't things good enough as they are for them..." She sighs. Its like the wars between Cocoon and Pulse, only seeking to eliminate the other without rhyme or reason. Well from Cocoon's point of view, Pulse was seeking to destroy them constantly, so they were defending themselves. But she saw other things in her dreams that made her doubt even that. Then, suddenly, its like a dark whip appears through the mist, lashing at her. She eeps, and ducks it, luckily avoiding the blow somehow. She recognizes the general though. She fought him before, but she can't remember what was the name of the village. Kuja though is also very familiar, once she spots him on the field nearby. He tried to capture that girl before. He had really strong magic, they had to escape him. "I don't like these odds..." She offers mroe magical coverage for Faruja, a red clock appearing under his feet, and then a white veil covering him like a cloak.

:'''[[Minerva]] has posed:''' Minerva is fighting along side Shadow at this point she does not know the ninja but she knows what a ninja can actually do. The aura does not fully surprise her but it seems to help well enough giving her some chance to better evade Karth as he attacks the unknown solider who is armed with a shove she just evades his strike. In a shocking twist this soldier proves is quite adept at fighting, as her punches do not even connect with him. He's clearly not a normal grunt at all if he's that quick. She launches herself her fists becoming covered over with ice and she strikes him, then the element shifts to lighting as she starts to continue her assault.

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' "Such venom for someone who saved your life." Souji replies. "You were not prepared to fight the Iron Nightmare." Souji is not cheerful. "But if you wish to die so quickly, I will be happy to serve." Ice magic clashes with thunder, the gleaming ice arrow skidding past him and glancing him with another thin wound. "It's a pity, you're actually reasonably competent." Souji replies, moments before she comes sweeping in to try to roundhouse kick him in the head. Souji responds with an explosion of light as a coruscating rainbow sends her flying backwards. It's almost like he has a basic tactic. Crescent waves of gleaming light and thunder continue to arc outwards, Souji's reach proving to be far, far greater than the length of his weapon as he sends blasts flying outwards with each crimson-accented swing. The clinging spheres return, attempting to strike out around Avira with shocking arcs of electricity, moments before he simply hurls his weapon, sending it spinning towards her!

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The Dark Knight is tripped up by the nimble rat man and is impacted rather well by his weapon expertise with the very weapon he wields. Something that was curious for the Dark Knight that he will need to jot down about this individual. Ah. Even while fighting in a war. He is forever evaluating. The Dark Knight suddenly 'blinks' from where he was trapped to standing once more, only thing Faruja will find himself surrounded by his the after image of dark mist before that too fades away. The Dark Knight stands there, looking at Faruja calmly. Though his red eyes peer over to Serah. "Ambassador, if you do not mind. Dispatch of her. She is a nuisance to this battle. The general of the rebel army is mine and mine alone." His darkness seems to further gather around him as he narrows his eyes at Faruja. Seeming to now be waiting to see what the rat does.

:'''[[Shadow]] has posed:''' Shadow stays in the 'shadows' only long enough to line up his advance without slicing into Minvera. His body crouches low to the ground-- and when the oppertunity presents itself he launches a small grey orb at the great shovel wielder's face. A small vial of thick smoke is contained in the fragile shell-- aiming to sting his senses further than this fog is already doing. His position is revealed by an enemy soldier. 'Over he--' he gets out before the assassin's blade slits his throat (that'll be one nickle, please). With a sharp whistle, Interceptor launches into the fray. Woof woof! Much like Minerva, the beastly dog aims to do a drive by gnawing-- giving enough time for Shadow to step up and face the man he is attacking. Not so much 'face to face' so much as attempt to garrote with some steel wire. Similar, right?

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Minerva's fist comes out him like something fierce. It even IGNITES, but the SHOVEL deflects the blow, aiming to try and manuver around her before rolling back. He grabs a rock, aiming to throw it right at her...but she manages to defect it or roll out of the way herself. he grabs the Shovel again, only before a wire is found around his neck. Thank god for the metal helmet, as he struggles against the attempt to cut his throat as Interceptor takes a bite out of his leg. This is becoming inconvient, as he uses the handle of the shovel to slide underneath the wire just long enough to duck out of the fatal blow. Karth launches a rock out of instinct towards Shadow, more to keep him away than actually hurt him. Karth rolls, picking up another pair of Rocks and Launches them BOTH towards Minerva and Shadow, before rolling to engage them both at the same time. He swings the shovel, aiming to try and brain Minerval while taking the butt of the sword into the chest of the Ninja, before rolling underneath them, aiming to drive the shovel into the ground and give them both a FACE full of dirt. That Shovel man..

:'''[[Kuja]] has posed:''' As Faruja makes his voice known, by rallying his soldiers, Kuja advances menacingly towards him. "Ah, so the Gilded Rodent takes the head of the column. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised..." A corridor of darkness, before he appears at the Palamecian General's side. He sweeps an arm around towards Faruja. "Out of two entire nations of you filthy creatures, you are the /only/ one I've deemed worthy of survival... depending on your performance today. Show me your heart. Show me your power! Show me you're worthy of surviving in my world, as I cull the chaff away!" He sweeps a hand through his hair, using his own magic to bring inspiration to himself... and regrettably also the Palamecian General.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "You misunderstand. Garland was not there to kill me. He was there to play his game." Maddeningly, Avira seems to keep that cheer, contrasting strangely with Souji's serious tone. "He's not going to kill me anytime soon." Though Souji may get the distinct feeling that such a suriety was not a /good/ thing. For now, Avira appears to find it beneficial. "Pain goes away. Eventually." Her kick goes bouncing off that wave of force that prevents her from making the full rotation in the air. In a way, it's beneficial since it gives her full view of the attack that follows afterwards. She slams her hands together, ice magic pulled between the two, and with each blast of thunder, she hurls a glob of ice magic that immediately turns into crescent-shaped shields in the air that collide with each blast. The clinging spheres meet the same fate, in a sense, as Avira first manipulates a burst of air to evade them, then shoots them down with several rapid-fire freeze arrows. But as far as actual steel goes... The hurled blade finally forces Avira to draw her own, which she swings in such a way to deflect the Murasame away from both of them. Recognizing the teenager's tactics, Avira forcefully puts herself on the ground, but before charging, she jabs the Spine into the earth and channels ice magic through it. All around Souji, massive icicles erupt from the ground and curl inwards, attempting to cage him. With the hope that this would buy her time, Avira tries to close in again. Once close enough, she strikes with several rapid-fire blows of her own.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' "Their forces are greater than anticipated...yet, even if 'tis but a delay, we shall score them and show that we shan't lay about while they take the homes and land of others!" A brow rises. "Mmm. Do you even recognize me, 'General'? No, mayhap not. A pity." Mutters the rat. This isn't Leon at all. At least that man seemed interesting, and not ice-cold neutral. Faruja's eye narrows as the mage appears before him. The wretch who almost killed his king. That's /his/ job, you blue-blooded jerk! "Whom be thee to decide wo shall live, and who shall die. This worlds belongs to the righteous and pure, not tainted Witches whom think of naught but death, and the stealing of others homes! By all means, foul heathen, I shall give of myself gladly to see thee writhe in AGONY!" Faruja simply thrusts his blade, amidst the sounds of clashing armies. White light forms above the heads of the pair, crashing down upon mage and General alike. ~Holy Explosion~

:'''[[Minerva]] has posed:''' Minerva has the thing Shovels are seemingly becoming a common weapon in the world of Ruin. Whoever this guy is he's really doing she also caught with the rock. Also it seems throw stone is spreading then again that guy threw it like a pro. She's staggered and trying to recover from that hit, she starts to focus inwardly as she attempts to shake things lose. Damn it that guy hits hard as her master!

:'''[[Shadow]] has posed:''' Dirt. What does it always have to be dirt? Shadow raises a hand to deflect some of it-- but with the mist and all-- he gets caught up in the torrent of unhappiness. Interceptor barks as the ninja shakes it off. When his hand descends down, a shuriken is produced that rips through the air towards ShovelMan(tm). Shadow takes the offensive while Minerva takes her pause. A blade whips out quickly-- a seeking strike of some degree. The real danger comes from the follow-through-- which is a much more precise slash towards vitals.

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Serah Farron hides just a bit behind Faruja as she keeps layering protections and others beneficial effects on him. He is facing two of their generals all alone after all. Well, at least physically, since she's unable to attack very well in this attack pattern. Its weird, its like she can't use her offensive magic when she's healing, and can't heal when she's in offensive mode. She has troubles controlling the changes too. She can use some attacks like this, but it lacks the power and precision. Since Faruja is faring well, she decides to attempt to attack as well. Aimed at Kuaj, who she knows from before, she holds her hands together, sending a salvo of magical energies, small balls of holy power in his direction. It doesn't have much precision or power, but it allows her to discharge some of the magical energies she seems to accumulate.

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The Holy magic suddenly comes slamming down and The Dark Knight's darkness is for a moment missing. When the brilliant light vanishes, he is down on his knee. However soon the Darkness reforms around him as he slowly rises up as smoke slowly starts to evaporate off his armor and then starts to vanish. Those red eyes are missing within the darkness of the helm as he fully stands up to his height once more. Then the darkness explodes out from around him as his eyes snap open. He stares at the Church Rat before he points his Blade at Faruja. Then suddenly its blazes in blue dark flames. He then swings his blade around in the air before he slams it into the ground. Suddenly a Blue massive crystal blade slams out from under the ground under Faruja. If the rat doesn't act fast enough the ghostly blue blade will encase the him and then start to drain him off his life essence to replenish Leon's own. Then Leon will swing his blade around and unleash two dark waves to not only shatter the crystal, but to infect the Paladin with poison of darkness.

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' "If that makes you feel better." Is all Souji's response to that. He grimaces as Avira manages to counter his attacks once more. Could this be the effects of Garland's 'training'? He considers this for a moment, moments before he lashes his hand into the air, using a Thunder spell to shatter the incoming ice arrows in a single blade. Avira parries the Murasame Blade. Even on contact with it, Avira feels the unearthly weight of the weapon... It has a much greater mass than it looks. The blade spins back through the air, magically returning to his hand. He spins it acround, stepping foward... But he gets caught by the incoming ice wave, pierced by the spikes. He twists, breaking out of them with another blade of air moments before Avira is upon him, and the battle is joined. The Spine and the Blade move quickly, clashing against each other and sending hissing gouts of sparks into the air. However, the frigid blasts have slowed him, and Avira manages to put several cuts into his body with her serrated weapon. "Tch..." He hisses, as he falls back into a defensive position. He stares there at Avira, his eyes intense he inhales... And then resets himself, bringing his weapon into a combat posture once more with a short yell. His motions smooth out as he seems to simply power through the debilitating effects on sheer willpower.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "Tch!" Avira scowls for a brief second as her honesty about the situation is dismissed. Clearly, she would have to continue to /show/ him the effects of Garland's ministrations. The strange 'weight' of the Murasame Blade is not unnoticed. In fact, it almost causes her to fail in her parry as she's suddenly forced to put that much more weight behind deflecting it. Though she attempts to part him from her weapon, to her further dismay, she sees that it boomerangs itself right back to Souji's hand. Meeting his intense gaze with one of her own, she stares him down with eyes that betray the fact that she's /seen/ things through Chaos that nobody ever should. "...haste." she murmurs, a red sheen suddenly permeating her skin, the word spoke in direct challenge of Souji's demonstrated considerable skill thus far.

:'''[[Kuja]] has posed:''' Faruja spouts off his usual self-righteous tripe at Kuja, and he gives him a dismissing look, even as the holy sword technique staggers him, bringing him back a step, "Obviously you have none of the qualities I thought you had. Cower in fear rodent, as the greatest champion of Palamecia dispatches you." He then turns towards Serah, at Leon's request, and the girl fires off her holy spells in quick succession. Small shields of dark energy appear, absorbing the impact, but some of them bring him to his knees. Growling in frustration, he opens a corridor of darkness, and one of his Black Mages enters into the fray, stating a single word, "DESTROY!" Before lifting her into the air with a sphere of gravity magic, offering him a reprieve. He grins with a predatory smile, "I remember you. You tried to aid the Canary in escaping. Good, good. This will be..." Waves of dark energy exude off him, becoming palpable to all the Burmecians in the area... "...invigorating." Clapping his hands together, he makes a gesture, which causes a plume of Mist to rise upwards, before diving straight into her lungs, in an attempt to suffocate her. A moment later as part of the Plume of Mist enters into her body, it reaches into her mind, picking out her worst fears... and shapes the remainder of the Mist into a representation of that. Which moves forward, and lashes out at her soul, attempting to drain her of her life's blood. And then he snaps his fingers, and a small pinpoint star appears right beside her, which he then brings to critical mass, exploding outward into a giant mass of flare energy.

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Karth grunts as Minerva focues on herself...but Shadow takes the fight to him. He grunts... The blade cuts through his body, the thrown blades strike their target, while the real strike...the dreaded assassination hits it's mark. Karth goes down, hurting serverely, but he grabs something...a bottle of liquid and downs it quickly. The nearly fatal wound closes up, and Karth stands again, and throws the Shovel down. Apparently, it was time to be serious. Karth draws his blade, the wavey sword ignites into flames as he runs right towards Shadow first. He rises up, suddenly and then DIVES back down towards him, aiming to catch him in a quick serious of kicks and weapon strikes before aiming to toss him right down towards Minerva... And then he dives at them both, aiming to strike them both with the sword before he hits the ground... "SURRENDER!" he demands as he comes back across, another slash...and a trail of fire burns behind him, as explosions of flame flare up aiming to ignite them both on fire!

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Faruja leaps back from the spike of darkness about Leon, the Templar leaping nicely into that shard of crystal. The Templar /glares/ at Kuja, incensed at his taunts. "Fah! You know nothing of my people, and know nothing of myse..." Cue encasement. Go team Alex-Pal-mecia. The rat's hand is even frozen in a vaguely rude gesture towards Kuja. Down the blade comes, seeking out flesh and life alike. It strikes, digging through crystal and into his body. Where flaming darkness touches, burning light erupts, the two powers playing over the Burmecian's body. The smell of cauterizing flesh fills the air as the very stuff of Faruja's soul burns him, keeping out the darkness that would infect him so. Unfortunately, it seems to hurt the zealot as much as it saves him, flesh smoldering and the rat staggering back. Within, the power that Faruja had barely grasped while fighting for his King eludes him. Despite the foe he faces, he doesn't yet have enough command, enough strength to reach through the blazing flames of his own soul to touch the power hidden within. For now, it remains dorment, not yet roused out of its sleep. "Are you alright, Lady Farron?" Calls out the Burmecian as she's slammed by Kuja's powers. Yet, he can't heal her at the moment, too busy dealing with Palamecia's general. Faruja's blade again thrusts, blades of lightning striking at Leon even as the Templar attempts to regain his breath.

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Serah Farron seems glad that her salvo did have some effect. But the following attack comes as a surprise, striking at her hard, as if she was exploding from the inside for a brief moment. She lets out a painful cry too, slumping to her knees for a moment. She has a moment that she wonders why she's here, fighting. But its only a moment. She remembers that this pain is the reason why she's fighting after all. Because too many people feel it, and she doesn't want that. She stands up slowly, a bit shakily, but not giving up either "I don't know who you're talking your 'canary', but you're noone's owner, noone's your possession, you don't deserve any of those!" She lets out toward Kuja in reply, and lays out recuperative spells over herself and Faruja, keeping up the fight. Dispelling the poison primarly, but helping with their wounds from the combined attacks.

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' Souji simply smiles as Avira begins to apply healing and augmentation magics to herself. "If you think that's going to help you, you're going to be disappointed." Souji says. He brings up his hand, running it along the side of the blade. "Murasame Sword Art..." He says, as a ghostly aura surrounds the weapon. The ephemeral force is brought around, and he pulls his blade back. "Consume and shatter!" He calls, as he strikes with a terrible single blow. There is an explosion of light as Souji strikes outwards, hurling Avira back with another thunderous blast.

:'''[[Kuja]] has posed:''' From her suspended state in the air, Kuja laughed, he laughed maniacally, there was even a hint of insanity in his laughter. He acted as if he were just toying with her. Allowing her to savor every moment of suffering, and sadistically enjoying it. "On the contrary my dear. You. You are mine. And if you /sing/ just sweetly enough I may offer you life just long enough..." He steeples his fingers upon his chin, "...maybe I'll send you to the capricious kitten, or the Black Lily. I would /love/ to see what they have in mind. It could be a cooperative effort. Breaking you. Seeing if they're worthy of my attentions. That reminds me. I need to check in on the latter. See if the Fetid Breeze hasn't thoroughly bored her yet. He is such a dull, lifeless individual." He idly causes another sphere of dark energy to appear crushing it and allowing that sickening lethargy, that twisted dulling of the mind to spread through the Mists through her once again. One of the Mistodons begins to spray darkened Mist upwards at Serah. "...it wouldn't surprise me if she needed to find other means of entertainment."

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "Oh yeah?" Avira shifts her own stance, adopting a two-handed grip on the Spine. Is she mocking him? It could be taken that way but it's not quite the truth. Adjusting the grip on her weapon was pretty commonplace for Avira. The blade is lifted, prepared for defense. But this time, the strength of Souji's blow simply plows through the defense, sending the short-statured huntress flying backwards. She flies /so/ far backwards that she plows through a pile of wooden beams and finally stops when she slams against a partially finished wall. A set of scaffolding is broken in the process. Groaning, she pushes herself out of the mess of mortar and shattered wood, quickly regaining her footing, a look of annoyance on her face as she can tell her magic had been dispelled. "Let's see you try that a second time. Secret Kickassian technique!!" Yeah, she just said that. She brings her blade down, not closing, but striking from afar as her ice magic fills the air, dispatched at Souji with her swing. The blast is enourmous and, if looked at the right angle, appears shaped as a massive, charing wolf. "ICEWOLF BITE!!!"

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Faruja's strikes down Blades of Lightning which attempts to throw the Dark Knight into the air, however the Dark Knight corrects himself and uses his darkness to blast him right back down to the ground, avoiding making impact with Faruja. Once more the tip becomes ghostly with the blade as he attempts to make rapid strikes at the Rat-man. Hoping to catch him and taint part of his soul with infliction of a curse.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Serah's spells settle over Faruja, renewing his protections and finally ending the fire his own soul had laid upon him in response to Leon's skills. Down goes the ghastly blade once more, Faruja shoved back by the mere impact, landing on his back. The man's strength is great even with those light strikes, his breastplate now missing a section as the Templar's parries fail, blood spilled on the rat's chest. Only Serah's magics have it sealing up, the Regen spell sapping much of the poison. It /does/ however feel remarkably breezy to the Templar. Faruja glances to his ally, as a Mistodon rises up. The Burmecian leaps back, practically floating in the air, spear sheathed upon his back once more. Swirls of white magic have javelins in his hands now as he warps the weapons in, only to start throwing a barrage of them at both Leon and the beast threatening Serah; hoping to buy her some space.

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Even under the flay of Kuja's words and attacks, Serah this time doesn't flynch. Even with the poison spread around her, she's standing. "Your words are hollow. They are pretty, but they mean nothing. You think you have power, but you're just in an illusion of your own making." She decided that she wouldn't buckle down to someone like Kuja. Faruja gave her encouraging words too. She's not a simple civilian though she's a l'Cie with a mission, even if she's not entirely sure of it yet. She expands more of her magic, protective measures wrapping around herself and Faruja, two layers of magical shielding, one pale blue, formed of hexagons, the other light green, glowing faintly.

:'''[[Minerva]] has posed:''' Minerva is powerful but whoever this guy is pretty damn strong. He has the advantage of knowing whom she is, she has no clue as to who Karth is at this moment. This is the strange way fate goes sometimes. She's assaulted but she does not go down the powerful strike she parries them with her arm guards but the force of the impact. The sounds of the impact is brutal the shock from the impact hurts her anyway and Minerva just says in reply to his demand. "Ser, I will not, behold..." "SEARING LIGHT!" Her hand starts glow bright holy energies an then she slams her fists into the ground sending a shock wave at Karth before she lunges in at him to just whomp with with it and on the last strike there?s an explosion.

:'''[[Shadow]] has posed:''' Shadow is a still figure in the fog. The lack of motion until necessary makes him a fuzzy target for Karth. The sword is out. Oh shaz, its about to get real. Shadow squints his squinty ninja eyes. He is ready. In true epic fashion, the ninja waits as the Shovel-Man goes up into the air. The tension is enough to cut through with a flaming sword. When the descent occurs, he moves quickly out of every blow. Some come close-- singing his clothing along his torso and thighs. The grip for the toss works, however, causing the man to go towards Minerva as a human projectile. Although Shadow is able to react by getting onto his feet and evading the final blow-- his partner suffers for it. To balance the scales a touch more, he stands slowly-- taking out another paper talisman that blurs both the ninja and the icy monk. Shadow replies with a fierce, "..." to Karth's request to surrender. The two swap offense and defense again.

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Karth cuts through the shadow...of Shadow... Yeah. He, however, sears right through to Minerva who he hurts deeply. The blade comes back around again, and he holds it level as he stares at the two...this is becoming increasingly a difficult position for him, but he does not run. Once more, he goes on the offensive, refusing to back down...and if they will not... Also he has no idea who Minerva is, he has only seen her once and only in passing. With the light being what it is... The punch from Minerva, and the searing light that follows causing the recruit to be thrown from the strike and grunting in pain... "Nnng.." he mutters...and then he comes back in, the blade burning as he aims a series of quick strikes towards Shadow first, trying to find the man beneath it instead of the mist that he keeps hitting... And then he spins, aiming to try and drive the blade right towards Minerva, trying to put her down quickly. "I dun wana hurt a lady-folk, but yer leavin' me little choice."

:'''[[Kuja]] has posed:''' Faruja throws javelins at him. One impales him in the shoulder. Kuja briefly looks abstracted, as he pulls it out. He makes a slapping gesture in the air, and it's like Faruja just got backhanded, by the Darkness. "REALLY? Rodent. Really? Where is the power I saw you call upon in Alexandria Castle? This is a meaningless struggle." Kuja looks at Serah. He gives her a predatory grin. "You don't believe I have power, girl? Would you like to see, power?" He snaps his fingers, and the three Black Waltz all appear around him, through corridors of darkness. Tethers of purplish energy lash out, joining against him. And Kuja's smile fades, becoming instead, a flat look, "Be careful what you wish for!" A moment later, the Waltzes begin to dance around him, each in chaotically, in no discernible pattern. Kuja focuses... And the world around Serah Farron /shatters/. She enters into a dimension of Chaos. One in which the laws of physical reality have no meaning. Kuja laughs maniacally in the center of it all, the piece of ground that he stands upon, the black waltzs, and himself the only thing that remains intact within this dimension. First her body expands a hundred fold, to become so gigantic that she feels her heart might burst. Then contracts, crushing her into smaller dimensions of herself. Then her atoms literally scatter, with each retaining a piece of her mind, of her sentience. It wasn't the soul of Chaos. The sort where he could scour her mind, her soul, her body permanently. It was just a realm where Chaos could warp her physical reality. But it was enough. Reaching up with a hand, he continues to laugh, as he causes the minute speck of darkness within her to expand so abruptly it threatened to overwhelm her, and transform her into a heartless... but that was not the intent of the spell. It was over in a fraction of a second, as he feeds off the darkness within her heart.. Then it contracts all of a sudden. Her body conjoins all of a sudden, then the dimension of Chaos just implodes upon itself, leaving Serah back in this physical reality. And soon the memories of this dread realm would fade within her, becoming the memories of a memory, then the echoes of an echo.. Then nothing. Kuja offers a dismissing gesture, and another pinpoint star bursts into a cascade of flare energy beside her. Kuja looks, diminished.. somehow. He looks.. momentarily weak, as his shoulders sink down, and his breathing becomes ragged. The Black Waltzes all bow as one, then vanish through corridors of darkness.

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' There's no words to describe it. But yet, its like it happened before. Maybe it was when she was in the crystal sleep. Like when your entire conciousness leaves you, and you can see from outside your body, even for an instant. Her body trapped in a dark void, crushed, burned, and then spit back round. When the bubble of darkness releases her, leaving her body there, its inert, unmoving. That's because her spirit hadn't returned yet. As if she could avoid most of the physical pain, a defensive measure, her brain and soul shut out entirely. For the people watching, she'd be like dead. But yet, a small light grows over her, spreading over her skin... and then she moves, peeling herself off the ground painfully, grunting as the pain she had managed to escape comes back to her senses. Not as strong as it would have been during it, but still there. She's concious at least. "... But your power is lonely. Its dark, solitary..." She felt it through the attack too. "... longing. Trying to fill a void you have with any means... taking the wrong path because it seems like the shortest..." Where is she getting that from? Kuja will have to analyze it maybe. But she stands up nonetheless... and channeling the healing back, she preps herself back up, staring directly at Kuja.

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The Dark Knight raises up his sword trying to create a dark field in front of him. The lances slam across the darkness, their light trying to tear it away, until the last one tears through and slashes across the darkness that protects the Dark Knight's own armor. Now a gash is in the darkness. His eyes glance over as he notices Serah getting back up and he peers at Faruja once more. "Call off your battle. Leave this place or you will perish." There was no hint of how tired he was in his voice. No sound of pain. Not much of any emotion in those words at all. Instead of just the hint of cold, precision of his own thoughts. He then summons a rune that appears under his feet. Like the very blade that gets summoned from before, this too is another crystalline ghostly blade seeking to imprison and weaken the will however of whom it contains. Before it then shatters under its own power, jabbing those who fall victim with shards of dark magic. Yet instead of just Faruja, he also attempts to capture Serah in it as well.

:'''[[Minerva]] has posed:''' Shadow support is quick and ther's no denying what he can do. He has proven himself to be a powerful, ally. Minerva is wounded but there's still quite a lot of fight left in her.. She prepare her fists again but this time the darkness and there's a screech as she channels it once more. Again she throws herself at Karth aiming to strike him down with everything she has. She just punches over and over again. "WAILING DARKNESS!"

:'''[[Shadow]] has posed:''' The ninja nods his head as Minerva goes off into Wailing Darkness mode. Shadow launches into his own attack-- but it is more direct brief in comparison. The shrouded ninja launches out another grey orb-- aiming to distort and disturb the man's vision even further. The setup is quite familiar. Only this time the strikes are revsersed-- the heavy slash comes out first to rip into the vitals. The followup-- that one is the distraction.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' The Backhand of Darkness is nothing, even the mage's taunts bouncing off of Faruja as nothing. It's the sight of the wonderful, caring, so very /naieve/ Serah Farron being engulfed in the realm of Chaos that truly touches Faruja. He'd seen that realm, laden in Garland's eyes, and it had brought him to his knees. Staring as the woman's body is twisted, broken apart, and reformed, there is no horror this time. Only rage. Pure, unending, unquenchable rage. Slowly, it builds. Faruja glows brighter, fueled by his own feelings of hate, self-righteous anger, and fury at the debasement of the poor, brave girl. The Templar's soul is a curious thing; a Cathedral of Light all its own. Little darkness dwells in him. Or more accurately, something just as terrifying, the power of men, good and evil, who believe themselves right despite all other evidence. Truly, Faruja Senra possesses the soul of a true zealot, mirroring the darkness in everything but midnight, just as hungry and destructive. A hand clenches. Faruja gazes upon Kuja, upon the man who caused Serah so much pain...the girl still standing. If only he were stronger, if he could but grasp the power within...maybe he could keep people like her from harm. Power. He needed it. For a moment, clarity unending fills his gaze. He was weak. Only by grasping power, his own power, could he truly stand against such evils. The Templar doesn't even feel the ghostly blade striking though his side, blood falling to the ground. The other General's advice is sound. They don't have the forces to take the place. But they've struck a blow. Stepping back, just as crystal engulfs where he stood, the Burmecian's eye takes in the building and Leon. That strength, the same that he felt while fighting for is King, is grasped. Barely, for but a moment, but it's enough. Even as he feels the agony of what lies within, the rat glares at the man before him. There are no words. Letting go, glorious white flames erupt around man and building both, white phosphorous filling the air. Unquenchable and hungry, as greedy as any dark-infused pyre, the merest touch of the inner most power of Trance sets the all-consuming flames grasping for the living and inanimate alike in their desire to purge, destroy, and /cleanse/ all that offends its owners gaze. "All units, fire and retreat. Take the dead and wounded. We finish these knaves another day, this is enough for now." The Magitek laser roars, rockets fire against the building, and the Burmecian units take their dead and wounded. Breathing heavily, Faruja leaps towards Serah, ushering her away from the sight of battle. "Until we meet again, Leon, Alexandrian Witch."

:'''[[Kuja]] has posed:''' Kuja growls at her dialogue, "I've had enough of you and your moralizing tripe, girl. You are nothing. You are not even a bit player in this drama. You are an /extra/. You are an /understudy/ of an extra. Someone who is here only because there is /nobody else/. How /dare/ you speak to me in this manner! Lonely? I am /KUJA/ and I need /NOONE/!" He raises a hand her way, the waves of darkness and anger radiating off him... "If you won't read from my script, then I'll bring down the curtains..." The Mist shapes once again, manifesting before her as her greatest fear, before lashing out at her soul and draining her. Then another pinpoint of flare energy cascades her way, imploding beside her. "DIE! You are garbage not even worth allowing the Black Lily to animate. Noone will mourn your passing!" The Genome growls at Faruja as he threatens to take the girl away from him. "We are not finished rodent. I will /hunt you/ I will /bleed/ you. If you will not show me your strength, then I will /break/ you and your people in your weakness until I find even an iota of that which I saw on that day!" He takes several menacing steps towards Faruja as the Magitek laser fires, and Kuja is forced to momentarily take cover as the siege weapons rain down fire on the structures behind him.

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' Souji doesn't consider Avira shifting stances to be a mockery. She doesn't appear to be making it obvious, and he has bigger things to worry about. Like winning. Winning is important. He does, however, smirk again as she prepares her assault. "I don't normally do requests, but if you insist." With a smooth motion, Souji brings his blade up and hammers into the ice blast, cleaving into and through it, sending the ice exploding to both sides in twin shearing columns that tear up the ground to both side. Frigid, Misty air swirls around him as he sweeps the blade to one side, turning it slowly. "So what is a Kickassian? Is it your race? You appear to be Hume to me. Or is it your homeland?" It's hard to tell if he's taking her seriously or not, his tone is rather dry at the moment. With a swift series of motions, Souji traces something in the air, and then flicks a hand. There is a red, runic flash. "Murasame hungers, woman. You are running out of time." There is a sudden pooling of blackness around Avira as crimson streaks slash upwards, sweeping around Avira and attempting to bind her to invisible points in the air.

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Karth is barely on his feet... The Fist strikes him, tearing into him as he goes flying. He manages to catch himself, dragging along the ground as he digs the sword into the earth, his eyes narrowing as he starts breathing heavily. He can not lose...he /will not lose/ he thinks to himself. He swings blindly, feeling the darkness creep through his body, and then feels the pain of the slash, trying to swing at the already disappearing Shadow. Blood starts trickling down his arms and legs...he's feeling it... However, he smashes another potion, feeling the healing energies revitalize him. The sword flares again, fire rolls across his form as he runs right towards Shadow, aiming to catch him in the blade's arch...and then cut and slice repeatedly, aiming to end the dash with a kick to the side, aiming to launch him towards Minerva... He comes in, viciously, aiming to drive the sword through them both, and then swings down in a massive strike... Fire errupts all around him, aiming to consume the pair in their all consuming reach, aiming to steal victory from the jaws of defeat. "GO DOWN!"

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The Dark Knight has to duck down as suddenly another explosion rocks the building. He then glances up as suddenly one of the lines lets go. One of the structures of the building starts to crumble down and he gets caught in the crash of the structure. There was a long moment of Silence as Faruja and his forces start to pull back. The Palamecian army was crippled, many were pulling back. Some even casting magic in trying ti complete, others using potions in attempt to help their fallen brethren. Some of Palamecians own try to help pull back those of Alexandria that had fallen. However soon the rubble starts to rumble as the Dark Knight breaks out with an explosion of darkness. The Black mist blasts across the ground and attempts to surround Faruja and some of his forces. Then the Dark Knight's voice echoes in the black mist. "You faught bravely. I commend you for this, but I give you something to remember this battle by. As you have stained our blood on this ground, I now stain yours with ours." "You will remember our name." Then suddenly the sky turns crimson red, as the Dark Knight drops from the sky and slams his blade into the ground. It erupts with blood light which blasts into the sky. Then blood red crystal blades starts to fall from the sky, attempting to impale the retreating troops and capture them in red crystals, one by one. Even for Faruja himself. Then the Dark Knight raises up his blade as dark electricity starts to circulate around the red crystal blades, before it all fires for the Dark Knight's Soulblade. Healing his wounds and replenishing his darkness a bit. He then snaps his sword out of the connection and some of the blades shatter. While some red crystal blades remain as a reminder of this battle.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "..well /that/ was disappointing.." Avira mutters, suddenly moving once her strike is turned aside. She's not the biggest fan of hitting from afar like that since it seemed to be easily dodged. Case in point, this right instance. "Yeah! It's a race!" she calls back. No idea if he's mocking her or not. He hasn't seemed to change his tone this entire fight. Very confusing. "And a philosophy! Those that aspire to be awesome, to break through all limitations, and keep growing, are Kickassian!" While she speaks and he carves runes into the air, Avira charges. One fist is pulled back, ready to lay into him when Souji's magic strikes. She is halted, mere inches from him, stuck in a strange transition from what was to be airborne to the ground. Confusion remains upon her face as she struggles against the unusual magic. "W..what the hell is this..?!" Seconds pass and, without warning, a corona of silvery energy lashes across Avira with a faint chiming noise, dispelling the binding magic. Not another word escapes her as she quite suddenly bares down on him in a flurry of precise and numerous blows from the Spine. They aren't just head-on strikes either and all too soon she weaves around him. In the final strike, she manages to drop from the air without warning, a localized burst of the silvery energy following that leaves a small blast crater in the ground around the pair.

:'''[[Kuja]] has posed:''' Kuja looks at the retreating Burmecians with a dismissive look. "Miserable rodents..." He mutters. Lost in thought, he brings up another hand, and a globe of darkness appears, which he then proceeds to crush, allowing it to spread over the battlefield like the radar it was before. Two lone figures.. Interesting. It may be worth investigating. A corridor of darkness appears.. "I leave the rest to you General. A resounding victory. As expected." He steps through the corridor, and reappears to see.. "Oh this is too rich. The Murasame Scion fighting the Barren Princess." He opens a corridor of darkness, and suddenly four black mage dolls all appear, toddling out of the portal. One gets down on it's hands and knees, the others bend over slightly, and the last stands up straight with it's back to the others. Kuja then actually sits down upon them like a throne. "Do you mind terribly if I record this? I didn't think so." A swirling tear of darkness that represents a scrying portal appears in front of him, and Kuja literally starts to magically DVR the fight. "Now don't disappoint me, you two. I have high hopes for you both."

:'''[[Serah Farron]] has posed:''' Serah Farron was already on the way to retreat, but it looks like her word hit Kuja harder than even he expected. His lash back was rather severe too, proof of that. But she's in no state to think about that, as the last explosive attack drains the last of her resistance away, and she falls down in the grass of the mist plains, passing out. Let's out Faruja picks her up, because she's done for.

:'''[[Faruja Senra]] has posed:''' Faruja /smirks/, glancing back at Kuja as he takes cover. "By all means, come for me, Witch. I invite thy trials, thy very worst! However, harm my people and I promise thee a death most agonizing and cruel! I have had quite enough of humes making mockery of my kind. It shall be a pleasant day when I see all of Alexandria's armies upon the gallows, their Heretical corpses picked clean by carrion birds!" The sky grows red, and crystal rains. Soldiers fall, impaled, bleeding and dying. Many small acts of valor by the retreating Burmecians save lives, but not all return. Faruja himself is lanced in the shoulder, the ratling spitting up blood. "Remember thee I shall, and break thee from this horrid curse. Faram preserve thy soul, Leon." With that, he'll grab Serah, and make off with the poor woman.

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The Dark Knight then moves away after his attack, allowing his Soulblade to vanish as he then whispers soft words. Though the statement of his 'true' name causes him to pause in his steps. His red eyes narrow before he continues to walk on. Evaluating the damage that he can see and how much time they have lost. Soon out in the distance a horn could be heard being blown, before another reply with the same sound. Soon the sounds of marching could be heard, but something was off about the sound. However when it comes over the heal it could be seen what it is. A replenishing of some of the men and women lost over the battlefield, but these individuals were up on horseback. Steeds of war, with black to dark brown fur, with tufts of fur over their hooves, and black manes kept well groomed. Soon many of them ready their lances, as a female voice Karth would know yells loudly, "Take down the stragglers! For the might of our Emperor!!" Soon the horses going roaring down the hillside and racing for the battlefield. They would be upon those who remain behind soon enough.

:'''[[Minerva]] has posed:''' Minerva has to admit Karth is a worthy foe, but the call for Faruja's people to pull back. She looks to Karth for a moment as she braces from his latest attack the Monk however seems to be finished now. She calls to Shadow as she starts to fall back. "TIS TIME TO withdraw." She looks to Karth for a moment as she's pulling back. "You were a worthy foe." With that she flees.

:'''[[Shadow]] has posed:''' Shadow hears the call of general retreat. If it were just him and Interceptor-- it would be simple. However, it is not the case when they are already engaged in combat-- with a partner as well. Given how honorably received the fall back has been given so far-- the assassin gives those that would strike their backs something to think about. Every few steps is graced with a salvo of shurikens back-- until the two (plus the megamutt) have enough distance to not worry about a backstabbing blow.

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' "Interesting. Will this 'Kickassian' creed serve you so well in the times to come, I wonder?" Souji replies. "Because your limitations appear to be quite strict to me." The flash of silver, however, catches him off guard. What force is this? Souji brings up his blade and engages in an epic sword duel with Avira. The pair strike back and forth, blades clashing high and low. It takes a fractional mistake, leaving himself slightly open, which allows Avira to lunge, diving to the ground and sending Souji flying with her detonation of energy. The smoke clears in the crater, and Souji is left staggered, wavering on his feet as his suit is burned and scorched. Tendrils of energy waft off of him, dissipating... The voice of Kuja startles him, and he grits his teeth, forcing himself steady once more. Never let them see you bleed. "I don't think you intend to stop even if we objected, Kuja." Souji replies without looking towards him, before he focuses upon Avira. This is going on far too long. He needs to end this. He brings up his weapon, focusing his will upon the blade and drawing it against his palm. The crimson runes flare as the dark spirit of the blade awakens. The sky swirls, and thunder rolls across the plains as the Mist is caught up in a localized tornado, a column connecting ground to sky as it sweeps out towards Avira to suspend her between heaven and earth. Amidst the howling, Souji's voice cracks. "Blade of eternal hunger, awaken and consume! MURASAME, COME FORTH!" And then the tornado becomes crimson, howling spirits screaming as blackness splits the air, claws reaching out to shred and tear, seeking Avira's powerful life force and drawing it away in a cascade of bloody light.

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Karth holds the line... he is breathing heavily, bloodied, and forced to fight harder than he ever has before. The flameberage flares, continuing to light the battlefield... Then the sounds of reenforcements, the familar sound of a certain warrior, and he smiles. He might just hold it...he just has to hold out a little longer... But the retreat order comes for the mysterious attackers, they start to fall back and he sighs, he refuses to collapse, but...he's hurt pretty bad, the blade slides into the sheath and he picks up the shovel, leaning on it heavily. He looks up at the reenforcements as they come... "Don't worry about me...is the General alright?"

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The Horses charge only for a bit. They don't pursue past the line that they have mentally darked down upon themselves. A few of the horses rear up in protest, before a few of the riders make soft clicking sounds and a few whistles. A few Knights have to duck on their steeds to avoid a few tossed weapons of ninja love. The Riders then move around the area looking for any stragglers that may be trying to hide out in the area to wreck more stuff. As for Karth, a female knight in mostly studded leather and light plate mail, comes riding up to him, before tossing him a vial to drink from. "I am. Now drink it and Need a ride?" The female says, before giving him, her hand. "And he is fine. He may be-- angery.. or upset.. or.. I am not sure really." It was hard to tell she was kinda frowning due to her helm. "...he doesn't really display much emotion."

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Karth takes the potion, and takes a drink...he looks MUCH better from that, taking the hand of the female knight. He isn't too proud to take a ride. "Thanks, ma'am." he says, hoisting the shovel to his back because he seriously uses it as a real weapon...to scary effectivness. "I don't reckon I really understand it myself, but I git what yer sayin' ma'am...it's intense but not...emotional?" He says, shrugging. "Thanks." he says.

:'''[[Kuja]] has posed:''' "No, I don't intend to stop. And that battle against the refuse and the rodent was hardly even a challenge." He states in a distracted manner. "...so I don't think you intend to make me either, Murasame." He tsks, as the Blade calls forth it's hunger, and Murasame creates a localized Tornado. Kuja's hair certainly looks mussed up from the experience as it billows in the winds, and one of his black mage dolls, the back rest, flies away, dragged within it, before it's flung at high speeds in a way that certainly spelled its doom. Kuja creates two small anchors of gravity spheres at his feet. "Admittedly that was rather impressive. But you still have a long way to go before you're on my level." He then looks to Avira, giving her a predatory grin, "Surely you will offer some worthy riposte?"

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' When the smoke clears, Avira has her back facing Souji and her breathing is heavy. It takes her a moment before she starts speaking again, "With each trial by fire I grow stronger." she breathes, "I will never accept a time when I've stopped growing." Looking over her shoulder, she spies Kuja seated upon a throne of Black Mages, watching on in amusement. She fights back a scowl and instead whips around to face Souji, weapon in one hand, the second curling into a fist. She takes a step, ready to attack, only to be violently pulled upwards. Squirming, Avira tries to free herself from the tornado, even calling upon her own magic to do so, but the gale force winds are far too strong to break free. There is also a bit of a 'holy <goosehonk> i am in a tornado' factor going on right now. This is the first time that Avira has been inside a soul-eating tornado. A soulnado, if you would. As spirits tear into her, peeling away the considerable life force they find bound up in this tiny woman, Avira screams-but even then, her screams are lost to the tornado's howl. After what may be an eternity for Avira, she crashes to the ground, limp. Yet after a few moments, that body begins to move, pushing herself back up to her feet. "Go on..." she drawls, lifting her blade high. When she brings it down, her strike extends far beyond the physical reach of her weapon, flashing, for a second, into a mammoth-sized ice blade that seems a little too much like the same size as that gigantic sword that Garland carries. When it crashes down, shards of ice fly everywhere. "TRY THAT AGAIN!"

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' The massive ice blade comes down upon Souji, exploding into a thousand shards. He staggers under the hit, but he seems to be running on pure willpower by now. Despite his wounds, he just isn't falling over. He responds, however, by suddenly moving past Avira in a blur, ending with his blade outstretched. "I don't need to." is his response to Avira. A moment later, there is a whipping noise through the air as the cuts made suddenly manifest in flashes of black and crimson.

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' %r The female knight drops Karth off at a safe location, or well, at least a better place then where they were. Though her plan is to regroup with the others. Several of the Knights come around where their hear combat going on, they pull up on the reigns, before they stare in the direction of the fight. There was some glances between one another, as if they were unsure what to do. However one of them readies up one of their lances, before having his steed run up a ramp. Then he throws the lance right at Avira, before continuing up the ramp to get a bit higher up. Soon another knight then charges around before suddenly their horse runs at full speed and attempt to strike Avira on passing. She may be after Souji, but Palamecia was getting a bit annoyed by the straggler when they were already denied their blood.

:'''[[Kuja]] has posed:''' Kuja holds up a hand as the Female Knight and the other Knights come from the distance, his voice magically amplified, "Hold. I want to see this to it's denouement. If the woman intends to kill the Murasame Scion.. then you may stop her. He's of use to me. And.. her.. if the Murasame Scion tries to cut her down, then I'll weather the fallout by bringing her out of the fray." After all Garland wouldn't want his current favorite chewtoy killed. But he'd offer an explanation for that later. Perhaps say she's a former lover or something that'd wouldn't annoy the Palamecians too terribly.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Pure willpower. This is a state that Avira has reached many times before where her skill and endurance meant she didn't last as long as regular opponents that had years of training and experience. She can see him attaining the same status right now and, in a way, it's admirable. "You're getting worn down, I can tell." Avira notes between breaths. In a blink of an eye he seems to move. Reflexes take over and she strikes out with her own blade, again hitting beyond its reach, chasing him down with the magic. For a moment she thinks that he didn't hit her until she feels sharp pains all over her body, blood seeping through ultrafine cuts in her clothing and skin. "Gghhh.." She turns on Souji and charges at him, the silvery sheen from before taking over, though in this case her strikes are interspersed with the last few bits of her ice magic. The momentum builds until she's struck in the back with a lance. A surprised expression of pain flashes across her face and she turns to see a knight on horseback charging at her. Barely, she parries the second blow. "<GOOSEHONK!> I'm not getting stuck here!" Though it pains her to do so, Avira bolts for the treeline.

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The Knights peer at Kuja's announcement, "But--" The female Knight joins them and shakes her head. A few them snarl, before they pull back. So much for their fun. Oh well, time to go find the living fallen, bring them back to camp, and patch things up.

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' What is that power? Souji cannot identify it immediately, which makes it difficult for him to counter it. He does not interfere with the assault from the Palamecian Dark Knights, letting them do their thing. Souji shakes his head, falling back and grimacing at his wounds... But he can keep going. He will /not/ allow this to end here. Avira begins retreating, but... "You waited too long, Avira. Now you will pay the price for your insolence." Souji rises into the air, borne upwards by his power over air magic. "Murasame! Come forth!" He blurs downwards, that strange red light lashing upwards to grapple for Avira for a critical moment once more as he slashes through and past Avira, coming to a stop on the opposite side. This time, there is another explosion of red light as the sword's spirit tries to rend Avira once more. "This is over." Souji declares.

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Karth is dropped off. He gets some time at the MEDICAL tent tonight. Yaaaay?

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Well, Ryven will probably check on him and give him some ham. Cause everyone loves ham! Don't you like Ham too, Karth?

:'''[[Kuja]] has posed:''' Kuja slow claps for Souji. And then he corridors of Darkness over to Avira. He very nearly contemplates kissing her, mostly as a troll, but he knows better. You don't touch Garland's things, unless you want to fight a near-death battle atop a Sky Fortress. Oh wait, only he did that. The rest of them fought him in a tower. Or upon a city street.. Either way, he opens up a corridor to Traverse Town underneath her, which unceremoniously deposits her in front of the TDA building. How does he know where the TDA building is? That's a story for another time.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Normally she'd make some comment towards the effect of 'I don't get it, what's he mean waited too long?' but at this point, between her wounds and her own exhaustion, the time for talking and asking questions while fighting is over. For now she tries to flee, keeping an eye out on the mounted knights. She couldn't outrun a horse but she could command it to halt unnaturally with the Voice. But Souji pursues and her forward motion is suddenly arrested by that strange binding spirit energy he's capable of summoning. The spirit of the Murasame Blade maybe? He strikes her again and normally, she'd pitch forward from that blow, her back and flank torn open. Still held still, the red light gripping her splits those wounds open even further and Avira collapses to the ground in a splatter of her own blood. She still seems vaguely conscious before she disappears into a corridor of darkness.

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' It should be obvious at this point what he meant. If Avira had begun running earlier, she would have gotten away. Now, she is going to have to deal with... Wherever she went. Murasame sheathes his blade. It has fed well this day. It will be satiated for some time. He gives Kuja a leery eye. He knows who was responsible for that corridor... But he chooses not to press the issue at this point. He turns and makes his way from the camp. He has no reason to stay, the issue is complicated enough. One thing is clear though: He will have to speak with the Emperor. Soon.

Leon

2013-08-07T16:39:18Z

Foxfirestorm: /* Recent Events */

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Dark
|lastname=Knight
|age=???
|image=DarkKnight_eudetenis2.jpg
|imageoptions=300px
|caption=Palamecia's Finest
|species=Human?
|sex=Male
|height=6'4"
|weight=Average
|series=Final Fantasy 2
|styles=DK, Palamecian Knights
|hometown=???
|alignment=Forces of Ruin
|group=Palamecian Empire, Ruin Accord
|occupation=Military Commander
|themesong=Whispers In The Dark - Skillet
|quote="I do as his majesty commands."
|footer=Testing those of light to see there true strength.
}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Character Sheet
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Profile:'''
|style="background-color: #071019;"|[[File:Leon_Vs_Firion.jpg|400px|center]]
|-
|The Dark Knight is one of the most loyal of minions of Emperor Mateus. He does not question the orders of his emperor, nor does he waver from what he has been requested to do. If his majesty wished it, the Dark Knight would even kill himself. The Dark Knight is known to be not only extremely loyal, but ruthlessly focused on the task he is given; but free to make his own decisions, so long as the goal is obtained. He has been given the command of Palamecia's military force, but typically does most requests without the aid of the dark hearted soldiers. The Dark Knight will stand before any who means his Emperor harm and he is not a man to turn your back on unless you are Mateus himself.
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|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Skills:'''
|The Soundwave, The Good Minion, The Trusted Minion, Unlike Someone Else We Know, The Original Dark Knight, Locked By Darkness, No Light Shines Here, The Experiment, Not Squall
|}

= Information =
== History ==
The Dark Knight did not start out originally as Mateus loyal minion, no his starts come from that of the once nation of Fynn before Palamecia took it over there. There he was the older brother to his sister, a good friend of their friends they shared in common, and had a strong devotion to make sure his sister could have the best life an older brother could give her.

His name back then, was Leon. The loving brother, who worked the jobs he could work, did all that he could do, and brought what he could to the table so that his sister would not have to worry much on concerns; beyond perhaps the fear that he may be pushing himself to hard. He loved his sister, he loved her dearly and when things were at there worse, they knew they could depend on one another.

Yet Fynn soon fell to the mighty of Palamecia. Not on its own, but thanks to a man who sold out the nation. Leon quickly met up with their two other friends and all of them, these four brave souls, attempted to escape from the falling Fynn. Yet as they made there way out, they ran into Palamecian forces and were all knocked unconscious. However an unknown party intercepted the Palamecian force and were able to save the other three, but it was to late for Leon. He was already captured and being taken away, where his life's fate would be changed forever.

The brave warrior who fought to protect his sister, to protect his two friends from being captured, yet failed, was brought before the Emperor of Palamecia; Mateus. It was in this very moment of there meeting was fate sealed, as this was the day that Leon's heart was locked away into darkness and with it his memories. Thus the birth of the Dark Knight and Palamecia's rule over Fynn.

Now under the command of Emperor Mateus, the Dark Knight become the loyal servant to do out his master's wishes. Many times he was sent out to run interference against Wild Rose Rebellion, along with act as a barrier to any actions they attempted to take against Palamecia.

The largest project that was given to the Dark Knight was the construction of the airship known as the Dreadnought. This massive ship was to be the very war vessel that Emperor Mateus would use to command his fleet from the air and rain down terror from high above in the skies. Yet near the end of the Project, the Dark Knight was "called away" and Borghen completed what was needed to be done; Though the Dark Knight was still making some calls from behind the scenes.

The second project was making sure that those of the Wild Rose Rebelion would be tricked into arriving at the proper location on the completion of the Dreadnought in hopes that they could sabotage the massive warship. However as Mateus had planned and the Dark Knight stood back to watch along side his Majesty. Not only did the youths fall perfectly for the trap, but there plan was foiled.

From there the Dark Knight watched as the heartless started to consume their world, yet also observed as some fragments remained, not completely taken by the darkness. He observed along side his master as they fragments joined with what was known as World of Ruin. There he was given his orders to call back the troops and for all to return back to Palamecia.

This is where the Dark Knight has resided since the fall. Overseeing the training of the troops and making sure that the Imperial Force is ready for combat when the time comes. Yet the time soon comes where his Majesty will desire to move out, or even send the loyal commander of the Palamecian army to handle matters dealing with the outside world.

For when this time comes, the Dark Knight will be ready.
=== Recent Events ===
After a meeting with his [[Emperor Mateus|Emperor]], the Dark Knight was given his orders at which to follow ([[Imperial Order]]). He was to go out not tied to [[Palamecian Empire]], but as a rogue element seeking his own personal agenda. While playing this game of 'personal agenda' all that he found, fought, and spoken with was to be recorded. This reporting all information back to his majesty.

After gather a small group of men, the Dark Knight set sail across the ocean to Luca, a country that wasn't to far. While the men set camp after the voyage, the Dark Knight went into the city square and decided to make his presence known ([[The Search Is On]]). Here he fought four individuals (including a dog), in order to not only test his own abilities in combat, but to see what the Heroes of Light were able to do for his own.

These results were filed down after the fight and the Dark Knight continues his search. This lead him into the outskirts of Traverse Town, along one of the beaches. On his arrival here he found that this area has a dense population of people, but also Heroes of Light were to be found here as well. It was in this very location did he at last run into someone with such a bright heart, that he dubbed her the Maiden of Light ([[Lets Light The Sky]]). The battle however here was a fearsome one and left his armor is disrepair, forcing him to return home.

Back in Palamecia the armor was repaired and Emperor Mateus performed the ritual to bring out the Dark Knight's own darkness into the very armor he wears ([[Reforging Darkness]]). Imbuing the armor with that very darkness in order to bind it to the Dark Knight himself. Yet there is always a price to pay for when tapping into the Darkness of the heart. A quenchable hunger that battles for control within him.

This lead him to not only steal an airship with passengers on board, but to restock supplies while in Fluorgis. While in the city he ran into two others of light and another of darkness similar to himself ([[Knights of Shadow]]). After the conflict, he escaped onto the stolen airship where he then decided to feed that gnawing hunger that came from the rush after the battle ([[Darkness Cometh]]) and makes his way once more to another location to continue his research.

While moving across one the deserts and allowing his men to stretch their legs, The Dark Knight came across the Archadian forces looking for several of their own, including one he had found alive. In this little encounter he not only met one of the Judge Magisters, but including spotting a young lad that he did not think he would ever see again ([[Search And Rescue]]).

After the short meeting, the group returned to their airship once the Archadian Fleet left the area and decided to dock the ship for the time in Fynn. Where the Dark Knight left to the restocking of supplies to his men. However he ran across two familiar faces, including the one that seems impossible to corrupt. He once again attempts to corrupt her ([[Unlikely Crossing]]), but her bright heart refuses his attempt.

The only piece of information the Dark Knight leaves for them as they part ways is that he will becoming to say hello to her family. A warning he will carry out. However before such a warning can be done. His presence is requested by to Palamecia where he meets a very strange individual. A robed figure who had made a deal with his Emperor. By agreement of this deal, the Dark Knight allowed the individual to test the level of his own Darkness, yet the test was almost to much ([[Initial Findings]]) and though with some rest, along with a secret given task, it may be what set him up for his next hard falling.

The Dark Knight then went to Traverse Town where he went to hunt down the two he gave his warning too. He told them he would find their family and so he did. As such he was met with resistance, but also Maira's own natural light; the very light that refuses to be corrupted; nearly broke him apart ([[Knock Knock]]). He was able to escape; barely; with his own life. Along with due to the extent of how badly he was weakened, he took several days to recover.

Yet during this recovery he met a fascinating guest ([[The Guest of Palamecia]]) within the castle walls, who decided to repay him a visit that same evening in attempt to see if she could get a solid emotional response out of him ([[Cats and Canaries]]), along with maybe solve a bit of a riddle as to why he holds no name.

By the next morning, the Dark Knight was ready for duty once more and set off once again to seek out those to be tested and to hunt down a few individuals. This brought him to not only having conversations with a young boy looking for a Behemoth ([[Darkness In The Woods]]), but later finding himself in Cornelia where he met the most unusual of men in his testing run ([[We Like...]]); Will Sherman.

Will Sherman was able to nearly break the very dark bindings on the Dark Knight, causing him to slowly start to be devoured by the very darkness within his heart. Attempting to slowly break the bindings that Mateus placed over the heart to lock both the man inside and his very memories; The very thing that protected him from the amount of Darkness he wielded.

This lead him to Wutai ([[Hidden Darkness, Crouching Ninja]]) where he indicated he would go next. However due to the weakening binds his hunger for the light was growing even greater and individuals' hearts were taken to feed this deep hunger. Yet the heroes were able to push him away thanks to a brave girls actions with a massive fire work.

Yet the Dark Knight did not stop there. He soon hunted down Maira once more in his falling state. Coming for her very powerful light, almost being drawn to it like a beast he was slowly becoming ([[The Clash Of Balance]]). This lead to an epic battle between Light and Darkness over the Dark Knight's heart between Mateus and Maira. 
In the end, the Dark Knight's seal that protected his heart was restored, but Maira was able to draw out the man behind the 'mask'. She was able to draw out Leon. Yet, Mateus did not seem overly upset by this which has lead to the questions as to why.

Just what is Mateus planning and how much of it is for something far darker in store? Leon plans to find out, no matter how deep he must dig to get those answers. So hunting Leon goes for those answers and finding himself in some of the most unusual places as he looks for the answers. Yet by the end of it. Leon has to submit to the cruel fact of his life. Fynn is no longer the home he sought to protect. None of those he loves remain in the light, but had been swallowed by the darkness, and the very darkness that had been unleashed within him will-- in time-- consume him.

With no sign of hope and no sign of light in his future. Leon resubmits himself as the Dark Knight. Once again become a servant to Mateus and taking his place yet again as the dark force to be reckoned with. This return had come at the perfect time to assist not only with the war effort of Alexandria, but to also once again put himself in a new position to challenge the light yet again. For now the Dark Knight has command of not only an airship he stole, but also command of Palamecia's forces itself.

The World of Ruin is about to get far darker.

== Personality ==
What remains of Leon is nothing but a mere vessel for the darkness that has engulfed around the locked man's heart. As whom ever he was in the past is seemingly impossible to reach or even recover from Mateus dark hold.

Yet as the Dark Knight, he knows only true loyalty to his master. To his Emperor. For the Dark Knight will fight all he stands in the Emperor's way and he will defend his Majesty with his dieing breath. The Dark Knight will risk everything if it means to make Mateus happy and for this, he is known as perhaps the most loyal and trustworthy of Mateus' minions.

Whatever Mateus orders is carried out with the best efficiency that the Dark Knight can provide and he will not stray to far from the order given. Though he will at times side step slightly, only if it means to achieve the goal even quicker then by more straight direction. This makes him resourceful at whatever task he is given and good at observing situations before leaping head long into them.

Yet if the Dark Knight believes he must jump head long into something, there is perhaps good reasons behind sudden hasty actions. Perhaps because someone got to close to the truth or someone is to close to mucking up future plans for his Majesty.

The Dark Knight also doesn't just simply wonder around. If he is seen about, even with no desire for harm. One can figure he is there on the Emperor's order, or even request. As there are times where the Dark Knight acts as the eyes and ears for Mateus. Where he goes where the Emperor does not wish to go, or just does not see the need for his presence to be there personally. As such there are even times the Dark Knight acts as Emperor Mateus messenger.

In Combat the Dark Knight is ruthless and relentless. He will hunt someone down to the ends of the Earth if that is his orders and he will never give up the chase, no matter how many times he is defeated until Emperor Mateus tells him to cease. The only time to Dark Knight will pull back for a time, if the enemy he faces has put grieve enough wounds into him where he could never complete the task until after he rests. So rest he will, before he goes back out once more to find the target yet again.

In regard to others, including outsiders. One could figure that the Dark Knight cares little for anyone beyond Emperor Mateus. If he does show concern for the troops, it is because that is what he must do as there commander. Yet if one of them was to slack off, they would get the wraith of the Dark Knight before someone could snap there finger; Unless the finger belonged to Mateus.

Those not of Palamecia will find the Dark Knight most likely a cold figure to stare upon. As he cares little for the outside world or the people within it. They will all become, after all, servants to his master, or they will perish in the fire of Palamecia's might. Thus if someone can get him to actually hold a conversation, they may find his words cruel, uncaring, and extremely cold.

The Dark Knight is indeed a shadow of Leon and could remain such for all time, so long as Mateus lives.

== Power Set ==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Abilities:
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|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Portals:'''
|The Dark Knight is nothing but darkness. The man he once was, was locked up tight by Emperor Mateus as his first turned. His heart sealed away, so nothing but darkness may reach his being and no memories of his former self to be free to seek the light. As being so in touch with the darkness. He is able to conjure a dark portal at which he can either enter from or escape into. He can not however conjure a portal under someone else. So if he wishes to transport someone, he must take hold of them, and then portal them both at the same time. It should be noted that the Dark Knight can not use his Dark Portal like the Shadow Lord's can use theirs to jump worlds. His portals only work in the very world he is in. As example: He can jump from Palamecia to Fluorgis, but he can not jump from Palamecia to Traverse Town. He also must explore an area before he can portal hop to that location, so unless he has been there, he can't just magically appear
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|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Mist:'''
|The Dark Mist is a field that surrounds his feet and follows him as he walks. Though it is rather harmless, but only a display of how deep the darkness is in this Dark Knight of Mateus'. In some of his attacks he draws from this mist in order to conjure some of his dark spells. More details will be explained in that in the actions section.
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|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Blade:'''
|The Soul Blade is a dark weapon forged of darkness and steel. Though it looks like a normal blade, when it falls from the hands of the Dark Knight it vanishes into dark mist and can be summoned also by the Dark Knight's will. As such the blade is tunned to its master and is believe it can not be turned against Emperor Mateus. Yet thanks to the fact no one else can wield the weapon, the knowledge is unknown. The Soul Blade is also able too when given enough dark energy piece into someone's life essence and drain them of it, replenishing the Dark Knight's own. As such, this is covered more in the actions section. This weapon was also given to him by Mateus, further strengthening the concept that the blade could never be used against its creator.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Armor:'''
|The Shadow Armor is the very armor the Dark Knight wears and is never seen out of it. The very armor is powered by his darkness within and by magical properties place on it by Mateus' himself. As such the damage done to it, comes out like dark mist strikes. Blades, magic, and even bullets will cause it to spew out dark mist, before the armor attempts to regenerate itself. A powerful enough attack however can crack, if not break the armor, and get to the flesh of the Dark Knight's skin below. The Armor itself was designed by Emperor Mateus for his Military Commander. The damage is not easy to fix though when the armor is inflicted. As it takes not only the proper smiths, but Mateus to imbue the armor once more with the dark magic. The Armor may also be designed this way, to not only give the Dark Knight extra protection while in combat, but to also give the illusion that he no mere human under the armor. So those who do not understand what is going on, may seem him as a monster or one of the puppets Mateus has summoned out of darkness itself.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Blink:'''
|The Dark Knight can stand in one place, then swiftly move to another location with a poof of dark mist. This ability allows him to quickly close in the distance on someone attempting to escape or to use this ability in order to close the distance quickly in combat situations. However Shadow Blink only works in line of sight situations and he can not move someone using this method, only himself. He also can not blink through walls, as the room beyond the wall is not visible. The only way it may seem he can do this, is by virtue of seeing through a window and thus continuing to stick to the fact it must be line of sight.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Dark Portal Locations:
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''World of Ruin:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Central Isles:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Northern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Eastern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Southern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Western Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|-
|Luca Wutai Port Wutai City
|Castle Palamecia Mountainside Giza Plains Carwen
|Fluorgis Bare Desert Dalmascan Sands
|Targ Woods
|Fynn Tramdine Fens Phantom Forest Cornelia
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Traverse Area:'''
|-
|Outskirts Bodhum Beach District 2 District 3 VALKYRI HQ
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Phantasia:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Manhattan:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Roving Islands:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Land of Dragons:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Old Kingdom:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Arabian Nights:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''New Orleans:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''The Pride Lands:''
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Action Commands:
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Vigor:'''
|Using the dark mist that surrounds him, the Dark Knight can pull on this very darkness and use it to repair the dark armor that he wears, to even using the darkness to burn his skin back to close. Sometimes this is used at the beginning of a battle to ready the armor for combat, giving the armor its almost 'organic' like actions when it is cut into, but then seems to 'heal' back up. When in reality what the weapon hit was the dark mist layered over the armor.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Armor:'''
|The dark mist rises up and aids in enforcing the armor, increases its structure density in order to make it harder to be broken through and giving it added protection from physical strikes.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Aura:'''
|The dark mist rises up and increases the magic shielding that the darkness imbued armor already provides and increasing the defense that the armor provides from magical attacks.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulflay:'''
|The Dark Knight uses his Soul Blade to strike through a person with a quick slice of his blade. The edge of the sword becoming almost invisible as it passes through the target. The dark magic then bending into the essence of the individual, attempting to bring a curse upon their being, along with as the blade passes out to give them a ghostly cut.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Sword of Darkness:'''
|Sword of Darkness is a channeling attack, where he empowers the Soul Blade with further dark energy. He then slams the blade into a magical rune under his feet, before a massive dark blade springs forth from the ground under his target, attempting to trap them in the dark crystalline blade, freezing them for a moment, before shattering.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Drain:'''
|The Soul Blade is impaled into the target, where it takes a ghostly image, then as he rips the blade back out, it attempts to tear at there living essence, weakening there ability to cast powerful spells.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Essence Drain:'''
|Essence Drain works much like Soul drain, but instead it attempts to drain the very strength from the person, weakening there physical strength, instead of magical focus.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulreaver:'''
|Soulreaver turns the Soul Blade into a dark blue blazing sword, which he then attempts to jab, if not impale the blade into an individual. The very blade attempts to strike into the persons very being and drain them of there very life force to replenish the Dark Knight's own. This can also be down by passing swipes while the blade is glowing dark blue.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Netherblast:'''
|Netherblast is channeling the very energy of the sword, before slashing at the air itself. These slashes send out a dark wave of energy in the shape of blade slashes that travel across the air before they hit a target. On impact they have the ability to not only cut an individual, but also infect them with darkness, that eats at them over time until the magic effect fades away.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Deep Darkness:'''
|Deep Darkness is where the Dark Knight creates field of darkness by via his mist field that reaches out for his attended target and can send them both down into the very ground below, or can be used to pull a target down to him with tendrils of darkness into watery darkness substance. This substance remains under the person if they can not resist the effect, making them weak to darkness magic until the substance dries up from the ground below turning back into black mist.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Darkness:'''
|The Dark Knight summons the dark mist that follows his every move and then sends it outward across the field for his attended target or targets. The darkness then blinds the target from any movement that the Dark Knight is about to perform, causing them also feel sluggish and slow.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Souleater:'''
|The Dark Knight leaps out of the darkness. The Soulblade glowing bright blue, before he strikes the very ground into a emblem on the ground. Then from the very sky, a massive crystalline of the soul blade emerges and goes to slam down on the attended target, trying to capture them in the crystalline blade. Before flickering brightly with dark electricity, thus draining there life essence to repair the Dark Knight's own. Then on the spell is complete, the giant crystalline sword shatters into dark blue wisps.
|}

= Dark Knight Dossier =
''Here lies a book with a strange crest upon its leather bound surface. Within this book are pages marked by one of two tabs. Upon these tabbed pages are notations of those encountered by the owner of this book...''

''OOC Notice:'' All levels are subject to change during the course of RP. These levels are determined by what your character does, says, and how they handle themselves in a given situation and are cumulative points. Welcome to Bioshock Morality Mini Game - Final Kingdoms style.

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Light:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Light level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Soan Sagittarius|Dragoon Man]]
|4
|A Dragoon who seems to be a 'hero' of sorts and has some sense of honor. It seems <strike>Light 1</strike> Kyra Hyral regards him as a champion by how she acts when he appeared. A very good combatant who likes to go up into the skies and then come downward to strike hard. Also is able to breath a type of steam fire. First sighting in Luca. On Further evaluation, he is able to breath out several forms of elements and seems to be known by several. His reputation is highly known. He could perhaps be much like the Wild Rose leader. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>I will find him again and test him alone to evaluate his true strength. Even if it means capturing Light 1 to do so.</strike> It may be possible to fight him alone without the capture of Kyra Hyral. This will have to be seen.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Kyra Hyral]]
|3
|A White mage who seems to be a fan of Dragoon Man. If she did not shout his name, I would not have caught it. She attempted to stop me with some courage in my address in Luca. As a healer, she is able to conjure holy magic. However she seems to not be of the normal caster group and carries vials on her that are of some alchemy nature. Like typical class mages however, she does not care for combat. Very fragile. I was able to obtain one of her vials for further study. ''Personal Note:'' She has a great deal of magic within her. Untapped magic. Also lack of true control over it. Fascinating. Though while fighting her in Cornelia, she seem to display some signs of learning since our last encounter. Excellent.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Deelel|Light 2]]
|3
|Light 2 was first found in Luca. A female warrior who uses a chakram and does not come across a standard person. She has some manners of heroics, but does not seem comfortable with close combat confrontation. Her body also broke up in appearance of light on high damage and her scream of pain was not really human. There is not enough information to work with yet.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Mutt]]
|4
|A dog that belongs to Light 3. Very annoying. Light 3 seems to use it with there own form of attacks. The two are a tag team and work together to create distraction.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Light 3]]
|2
|A Ninja by the looks of out fitting and forms of attack. They use there Mutt in order to help them in combat. My ideal of where they may be on the light chart could be off, but for now, this seems to be a good assumption based on assassin types. First ran into at Luca.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira|Maira, Maiden of Light]]
|5
|A female fire caster mage who has a very bright heart of light. Her choices during the battle have succeeded others and have shown little ability of corruption at this juncture. She was met in Bodhum Beach on the world of Traverse Town. Met her again several more times. Her light is bright, dangerous, can pierce into darkness. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate her again soon for more testing. Civil testing.</strike> Careful when dealing with this one. Though caring and not wishing to fight. Her light is powerful.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Evja|Light 4]]
|3
|This female viera is a dragoon, with good attentions, but their heart is corrupted by there need of battle or perhaps by there simple lack of understanding. When presented with a chance of mercy, they continued the fight. Meet at Bodhum Beach as well.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Minerva|Light 5]]
|3
|A Monk who fights with some light, some darkness, and some elemental. A strong female fighter, yet I was not able to obtain enough data on them to fully be sure where they stand. Her performance outside of Valkyri spoke more about herself. It is possible that her heart could be growing stronger in the light. Need further evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Ramza Beoulve|Ramza]]
|4
|Ramza was the name Light 6 cried out in his defense. He requested that I spare those in battle and end the madness. On first conversation, he showed manners similar to that of Dragoon Man and what is to be expected from those strong of light. He also has use of some elemental and some holy based attacks. Including the ability to heal. A very well rounded individual in combat.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Artemis Eurus|Light 6]]
|3
|Light 6 seems to be trying to act as Ramza's bodyguard, even though he protected her. Her heart was hard to pick up on as if she has the ability to mask it. This could be my mistake due distraction by Ramza's own heart and there proximity. Yet what I was able to see, she was indeed someone of light.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Zargabaath|Judge Magister Zargabaath]]
|3
|A man of honor who seems to care deeply for his men. Perhaps to the point to even risk his life for them. In our meeting he showed good faith by placing his weapons in the sand. Leaving himself open for attack if I so desired. Though perhaps I could raise him higher on the scale, until I can test him in combat, this is where he will remain. ''Personal Note:'' Find the means to get him alone to be tested. Perhaps even see if he can be broken.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira|Avira, Guardian of Light]]
|4
|Avira is of a group known as VALKYRI and is highly protective of the Maiden of Light. Her actions are those one would find of someone with a great deal of light in their heart. Protective. Caring. A true guardian. Thus the title I have written beside her name. Though I had trouble judging her heart, her actions spoke loud enough. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate the base for Valkyri. Keep an eye on her and the Maiden of Light.</strike> When handling the Maiden of Light, make sure these two are somehow apart or... trick them.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|3
|This Creature; Percival as Avira, Guardian of Light called him; is very noble and just. He has a strong heart, yet there is darkness there. Darkness that can be reached too and could corrupt him. Yet his will is strong enough that only when pushed does his heart seem to grow darker. His sword is also holds darkness in it as well. Possibly could be pushed the other way by the right hands.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Tifa Lockhart|Tifa]]
|3
|Strong Will. Good heart. A fist fighter I meet when assaulting Avira, Guardian of Light's home. Friend to Avira and Maira. Friend to Valkyri. Unknown if associated with or just ally of.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[TRON|Light 7]]
|4
|Much like Avira, Guardian of Light, this one is very protective. He is someone who remains in difference of others and comes across as one who could become relentless if pushed in that direction. May be related to Light 2. They have similar fighting weapons, but he wields two. They also "bleed" the same. If I would even call it blood. It is unknown what they are, though they look human.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Reno|Light 8]]
|2
|Light was in his heart, by what little at the time I could see of it. Light 8 however seem to enjoy hiding and running. Uses orbs to cast spells. Also yelled a great deal. A bit of an ego. Well require further testing, not enough sufficient data.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|4
|This man is a curious one. He calls himself also the King of Hobos. His heart is strange as it seems to be two hearts within one body. His primary heart is bright, the one dwarfed by this brightness is slightly darker. Yet his actions speak for either heart. He considered me to be Garland at first, then realized I was not due to another's correction. He also has the ability to reach for strands within the air. It is an interesting trick of sorcery. ''Personal Note:'' Research into his tricks with the threads. Find a means to defend from it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Serah Farron|Light 9]]
|4
|Light 9's heart is extremely bright and though she seems to enjoy attempting to mock, she is mostly harmless. She is perhaps the weaker of those I have faced so far, yet, perhaps in future time she will need to be re-evaluated to see if this continues to hold true or not. Including looking to see if she is possibly like the Maiden of Light. ''Personal Note:'' Like the Maiden of Light and Kyra. She enjoys using holy magic. She is a heavy magic caster. It seems the magic barrier of the armor can defend against it well enough. Further notes on this one will need to be obtained for proper evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Myla Mason|Light 10]]
|3
|Light 10 uses a form guns to do their attacking and seems to have the ability to conjure magic in the forms of water magic. They did not speak much. Unable to assess heavy data due to Dragoon Man, Kyra, and Will Sherman. ''Personal Note:'' Will need to locate and test further.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Darkness:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Dark level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Katyna|Dark 1]]
|1
|They are very low on the darkness side. She stated she was once corrupted by the darkness and she would never be again. She also hinted to the Shadow Lords. She is blind to the fact darkness is still within her, but she does attempt to play 'hero'.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar|Dark 2]]
|2
|A Dark Knight like myself who wields a powerful mace. He has darkness in his heart, but the light is also bright in it as he moves to defend those around him. Yet he does not care for others. His darkness may be like that of my own, yet there was hints that his darkness taps into another source of energy. I am sure we will meet again.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Robed Figure]]
|4
|Someone of darkness, a great deal of darkness that I have met by the will of his Majesty. This individual seems very interested in studying my own darkness of heart. I do not know the reasons for these tests, nor do I care to know. If it be by his Emperor's will, then it will be done.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Leida|Dark 3]]
|3
|Her heart is of darkness. Was given the chance to run, yet she decided to remain with those of Light. She continued to fight by her side. Though I was going to score her level lower, I do believe she desired my death. ''Personal Note:'' Locate and Punish. If she desired my life dead, she may desire my Emperor's life. That is not an option.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|2
|Lady Laradyne is my Emperor's guest within the Castle of Palamecia. Her heart is clouded with darkness, yet there is still light in it. Her actions are confusing. She is capable of "fake" emotions, which are hard to detect. If she is capable of these, then so could others. It is a trick I will need to study further in spare time. I can not let these "fake" emotions mislead my gathering of information. ''Personal Note:'' She seems to have a desire to push her luck. I believe she hopes to gain an emotional response from me that is equal to her own. She will be disappointed each time.
|}

'''The Number Levels:''' 
0: Neutral 
1: Minimal 
2: Low 
3: Medium 
4: High 
5: Extreme

= Leon Dossier =
''There is a dark brown leather book here. There is nothing special about it on the first page it says simply: Owner is Leonhart. If you find this or are given this. Please keep it safe until I return, as I may have been reclaimed by the devil and I want to make sure I forever remember all those with what time I have.''

''OOC: This works just like the Dark Knight's. HAVE FUN!''

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those To Remember:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Friend Level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|5+
|Rena is <strike>a trusted friend to mine.. maybe..</strike> even more to me then I had thought. She has accepted me, showed me how to live for the moment, and can take away the pain when it hurts the most. Yet sometimes, she isn't enough to stop the memories from coming back. She does have a beautiful voice though. I could listen to it for hours. Is it possible that maybe I.. hmm. I think I could be.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira]]
|4+
|Maira is some girl that, somehow, freed me from Mateus' control. I don't know how, but it has something to do with the Light, the darkness of my heart, and other things. I apparently hunted her down as the Dark Knight rather often. I just-- don't remember doing it. She has continued to stand by my side. Even now is getting ready to go to Palamecia with me. I.. wish.. damn'it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Emperor Mateus]]
|5-
|I am going to kill him. I swear by my sister's name and all those who died in Fynn. I do not care if Fynn is slowly coming to love him. He will DIE. 
<strike>DIEDIEDIEDIEDIE. Give me back my sister you B...</strike>
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|2+
|Some dude that was there on the battlefield when I was freed. Ran into him later in the Wildcat Cafe where I met Rena for the first time. Don't know much about him, he does owe me a drink however... 
Note to self - Find him. Get that drink when you get back to your old self. Unless he is dead. Then pull him out of the grave, get that drink, and stick him back in grave.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira]]
|3+
|Not bad gal. Kinda nice. Very protective of Maira. Can't.. really write much about her. I do love her sword though.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|0-
|This guy.. is a real something. Looks like a devil. That is all. <strike>(and I am going to be stuck with him going to Palamecia!)</strike>
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar]]
|2+
|I don't know much about this guy, but he seems to know his stuff. Apparently hits like a blacksmith forging steel if what he did to Percival is any indication. Also protective of Maira. Seems-- he may know some things too. 
After further conversations I-- have come to really respect this guy. I can.. honestly respect a man who will protect the one he loves and no matter what anyone says, will stand by them. Just wish I could have come to know him better.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Riku]]
|2+
|I apparently, yet again, have history with this kid due to the Dark Knight. I don't know much about him, but it seems we share a similar issue. Though his has changed, while mine still remains the same. <strike>He-- is, no, was right though. In some ways. He was right. Yet. The path is set. I know what I have to do. It will-- just take time to do it.</strike> Maybe-- I should ask him to.. no. No need to get anyone involved in my personal matters.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Morrighan Alazne|Witch]]
|4-
|I may be going back to Palamecia. I may be returning back to the Dark Knight, but if i find out when I return that you harmed Maira in anyway. So help me witch.. Maybe if I am lucky, the Dark Knight will take you out FOR ME.
|}

= Fact Book =
This is more for ooc knowledge, unless RP has brought this out or I have given consent that your character may know specific points already. More will be added in due time.

* He is the Military Commander
* Extremely loyal to Emperor Mateus
* "Second in Command" of the Palamecian Empire (but only as Military Command)
* Is seen as Inhuman
* Believed to maybe be a Golem of Darkness (though some who have seen him as Leon may know the truth)
* Shows no display of pain
* Doesn't show much of any emotion
* May not get along with Borghen (who is the other "Second in Command" and is more a "face" for the public and diplomats)
* The Dark Knight is Leon
* His Heart is locked from all light (but can be pierced by a Dusk Princess or breached by a Princess of Heart)
* His Memory is also locked (beyond what Mateus wanted him to know)
* He comes from Fynn
* Was Mateus first experiment in tapping into darkness of people's hearts
* Can sense the Light in someone.
* Can also sense the Darkness.
* Doesn't really use magic, but darkness itself.
* The only way to 'break' Leon out from his locked state requires three components: A Keyblade, Princes of Heart, and his sister.
* Even if 'freed', there is a very strong possibility he would go back to Mateus or be devoured by the darkness after a time.
* First time 'freed' was because Will weakened the binds and Maira had her opening then to push enough Light into his heart.
* As Leon he has no memories of what the Dark Knight has done.
* As the Dark Knight, he has no memories of what Leon has done.
* He is dominantly left handed.
* Born under the Zodiac Sign of the Capricorn.
* He is Type O. Which means, that he can donate his blood to anyone, but can only take Blood O - He be screwed if he has blood lose issues.
* Leon himself (not as the Dark Knight) believes he is cursed and the only way to break it, is by Mateus death - Though it could mean his own.

= Roleplay Hooks =
== The Dark Knight ==
* '''Wielder of Light'''
** Anyone who has good in there heart and is willing to fight for justice. The Dark Knight is willing to come for you.
* '''Wielder of Darkness'''
** Anyone who has evil in there heart and is willing to fight for injustice. The Dark Knight is curious on a study the level of power of those who, like himself, wield the darkness and by how much.
* '''Conflict'''
** Any form of Conflict be it good or evil, may bring the Dark Knight out to come investigate, if not take part in.
* '''Keyblade'''
** The Keyblade is a summoning force while it is active. The Dark Knight is attracted to it. He may come seek you out.

== Leon ==
For when Leon is out of the box, he is pretty much open to whatever and however. I also have no problems with people wanting to attack him due to what he has done as the Dark Knight. So feel free to make him pay for his transactions -- even if he doesn't remember them!

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Integrated

2013-08-05T16:40:45Z

Foxfirestorm: /* TRON: Uprising - Flynn OS */

{{#set:Information=Theme}}Note that this is not a comprehensive list. These are the opening themes for which a guideline is provided, as they were represented in Kingdom Hearts, or are otherwise on grid. These entries often contain an adjustment to incorporate the Kingdom Hearts theme - leading to the fall of the world into darkness.
= Final Fantasy 1 =
== Final Fantasy 1 ==
The world of balance was a magical realm, governed by the four elemental crystals of dark and the opposing crystals of light. Two-hundred years ago, the four crystals of light were abused by a highly advanced civilization - known as the Lufenians - who lived on a floating continent above the planet.

Their misuse of the crystals led to the sinking of a giant sea shrine, the sudden surge in airship crashes and inexplicable windstorms, uncontrollable wildfires that ripped through the lands, and decaying vegetation seen throughout the world. What started off as an ambitious plan to further advance their civilization left it in near ruins... with the rest of the world soon to follow...

One day, the great Sage Lukahn spoke a prophecy: the legendary Light Warriors would come with their orbs devoid of light to heal the ailing crystals and return the world from darkness. Soon after, the four heroes arrived from nowhere, each carrying an empty darkened orb, drawn together by forces beyond their control. Travelling the world, they battled numerous villians, rescuing princess Sara of Cornelia from the evil Garland, defeating the evil dark elf Astos and liberating the good Elf Prince, restoring his kingdom. They eventually encountered the four fiends: Lich, Marilith, Kraken and Tiamat, recovering the crystals of light and restoring their balance with the crystals of darkness.

Light began to return to the world, and yet evil remained on the brink, threatenning to overturn the warriors as soon as their strength was exhausted. Chaos used his magic to revive Garland and the fiends, sending them 2,000 years into the past so that they could corrupt the crystals before the Light Warriors were even born. The Light Warriors however, discovered a way to travel to the past, to confront Chaos and his minions. They defeated them again... Or so they thought, and returned to the present, to live out their lives in peace (See [[Integrated#tab=Final_Fantasy_3|FF3]]).

Chaos however, would not be so easily defeated. Using the last ounce of his magic, he attempted once more to escape through a time warp, but his magic went awry and sent him and his minions to another time and world, into the sad and dying world of Terra, which Chaos, once again calling himself Garland, sought to control and manipulate, fashioning it into his own world to do with as he pleased (See [[Integrated#tab=Final_Fantasy_9|FF9]]).

'''Key Characters:''' [[Garland]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Cornelia]].

= Final Fantasy 2 =
== Final Fantasy 2 ==
The Imperial World was constantly at war, as the Emperor of Palamecia sought to extend his control beyond his own kingdom. Those countries who refused to submit to his tyrranical rule were quickly wiped out while the rest became mere puppet states for him to do with as he pleased. The kingdom of Fynn was one such kingdom that was attacked. Fynn’s people put up a brave fight against the emperor, but in the end, even Fynn was destroyed, its people scattered. Four youth – Firion, Maria, Guy and Leon were victims of the war, their parents killed during the invasion. They caught in the middle, too young, too weak to defend against the Emperor’s fearsome troops.

They quickly succumbed to their wounds, but before the Palamecian troops could finish them off, they were rescued by survivors of Fynn and taken to the nearby town of Altair to recover. It was here where the survivors of Fynn established a secret rebel group, dubbed the ‘Wild Rose Rebellion’, whom sought to eventually overthrow the Empire. The youths, not much more than teenagers at the time, also sought revenge for the death of their parents. Not only that, but learning that Maria’s brother Leon had vanished during the raid on Fynn, they were determined to find and rescue him if at all possible.

They took on many missions and defeated many enemies in a growing desire to prove their worth to the rebellion, and finally Princess Hilda, leader of the rebellion, placed a very special mission in their hands – find and rescue her husband, prince Scott. Returning to Fynn, they found Prince Scott, badly wounded from the attack on Fynn and hovering near death. With his last breath, he revealed the one who betrayed their kingdom to the enemy – Count Borghen – and gave him his ring to give to Hilda so that she would never forget him.

The party then left for Salamand to search for Mythril to strengthen their defenses. They also searched for Josef, a member who was missing in action, only to learn that he was being blackmailed by the enemy who had his daughter as hostage. The heroes found Nelly and freed her from her captors, returning her to Josef and headed back to the resistance, using their newfound Mythril to create powerful weapons and armour for the resistance. The heroes left home base once again, this time heading to Bafsk in search of the ‘Dreadnought’, a powerful airship being constructed by the Empire, hoping to destroy it before it could be used as a weapon of mass destruction.

However, they were unable to reach Bafsk in time to stop the ship from taking flight and destroying the cities of Poft, Paloom, Gatrea and Altair. After witnessing the destruction of their new home and believing their resistance base and friends were destroyed as well, the heroes rushed back to Altair, discovering to their relief that the base had been spared. They formed a plan to destroy the Dreadnought by using the ‘Sunfire’, a powerful weapon in Kashuan keep. In order to enter Kashuan however, they required the Goddess Bell, which they managed to retrieve with Josef’s help. After a long and dangerous journey through snow caves, they found the goddess bell, but were attacked by Borghen on the way out, who sent a boulder after them.

With his last strength, Josef managed to hold the boulder back, allowing the rest of the party to escape, but in the process he was most likely crushed and killed himself. Sparked by an ever stronger desire to get revenge on the Empire, the heroes headed next to Kashuan keep, using the bell to gain entry. With Gordon, brother of the late Prince Scott’s help, they managed to obtain the Sunfire, and waited for Cid and Hilda to retrieve them in the aiship. However, it was at that moment that the Dreadnought intercepted, and captured the rebels’ airship, along with Cid and Hilda. The heroes watched powerless as they were both taken prisoners, and they returned to homebase with Gordon, who assumed leadership of the rebellion in Hilda’s absence.

They had suffered a great loss, but they still had the sunfire, and they were determined to destroy the airship when it parked to refuel.

However, even with renewed forces, the small party was overwhelmed by a new powerful enemy that had joined forces with Borghen’s armies. These strange creatures of the shadows attacked them in a swarm, and covered their world in darkness, threatening to tear their entire world apart. The party fled through the chaos, retreating back to Altair, or what remained of it and watched in horror as the heartless, now in league with the Empire began to tear their world asunder.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Firion]], [[Maria]], [[Guy]], [[Leon]], [[Minwu]], [[Josef]], [[Gordon]], [[Leila]], [[Ricard Highway]], [[Scott]], [[The Emperor]], [[Borghen]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Mysidia]], [[Fynn]], [[Palamecia]].

= Final Fantasy 3 =
== Final Fantasy 3 ==
In the beginning, the World of Balance was kept in perfect harmony by the four elemental crystals of light, and the four crystals of darkness, which worked together to keep the powers of the others in check. However, over the years, a technologically advanced civilization that lived upon a floating continent above the planet, once discovered and captured the four crystals of light, hoping to control its power for themselves. As they learned more of the power of the light crystals, using them to bend and control the forces of nature to their every whim, they were unaware that their actions were throwing the world off-balance, and threatening to engulf it in overwhelming light.

The planet reacted to this threat by awakening the four legendary Dark warriors who, compelled by forces beyond their control, journeyed the world and eventually recovered the light crystals, using their own dark crystals to contain their powers. The world became balanced once more, but the consequences were severe. The floating continent was destroyed by the surge of energy that flooded their world from the light crystals, and their civilization was lost to the ages.

Many more years passed, and the great civilization was replaced by the Gulgans, blind prophets who warned that the crystals would one day be abused again, and the crystal warriors would be needed once more..The floating continent eventually became the birth place of the four Legendary Warriors of light, who were awakened initially by Luneth when he stumbled upon the wind crystal, before he set out to unite with the other four warriors of light: Arc, Refia and Ingus. Together they journeyed the world, seeking the source of the darkness that was slowly engulfing the world, and searching for the dark crystals to fill with light once more..

The heroes traveled around the world in search of the other four crystals, braving Dragon's peak and rescuing Desch from Bahamut, then to Vikin's cove where they recovered the missing eye of the Nepto Dragon idol, appeasing the angry dragon and obtaining a ship as reward. With the Enterprise, they sailed to the tower of Orwen where they fought Medusa, the first of Xande's many minions, and then recovered the crystal of fire within the Dwarven Hollows.

Their journeys took them next to Tokkul village where they learned that Hein, another of Xande's minions, had captured King Argus and his people, and transformed the Elder tree into his own floating fortress. Discovering the Location of the Light Warriors, Hein's forces attacked Tokkul village and kidnapped the four heroes, holding them as prisoners in Castle Hein.

The heroes fought their way out, but at that moment, their world was engulfed by the heartless who overwhelmed their forces. A fierce battle took place as the heartless seemed drawn towards the darkness of Hein and his minions and repelled by the crystals of the light warriors. In the end, only the heroes themselves were able to escape the cursed tree castle - defeated and wounded, they sought to recuperate and strengthen their forces before seeking to fight Hein and rescue Argus and his people... And to eventually restore light to the world, an increasingly difficult task with the threat of not only Xande's minions, but the heartless themselves seeking to envelope the world in darkness and chaos. And soon... the heartless succeeded in forcing this world to fall to darkness.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Luneth]], [[Arc]], [[Refia]], [[Ingus]], [[Hein]], [[Xande]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Castle Argus]], [[Castle Hein]].

= Final Fantasy 4 =
== Final Fantasy 4 ==
The Kingdom of Baron was once ruled by a benevolent king, protected by the might of their dragoons and the power of their airship fleet, the Red Wings. The king had two sons, both orphans he had taken under his wing. Cecil was trained as a Dark Knight, eventually earning his place as commander of the Red Wings. Kain followed in his deceased father's footsteps, becoming a dragoon. What they and the people of Baron had yet to realize was that their king had been killed and replaced by the Archfiend Cagnazzo. Yet, behind the Archfiend, even darker forces were stirring. A man in dark armor named Golbez pulled the strings of the fiends, oblivious to the fact that he was a puppet himself - whispered to by unseen forces.

Without warning, the Red Wings were sent to seek out the Crystal of Water, protected by the Mages of Mysidia. The people of Mysidia resisted the attack, but many were slain in the onslaught. In one swoop, Golbez aquired the Crystal of Water, but also left behind many fallen victims who would become a beacon for the Heartless. The massacre in Mysidia unsettled Cecil, questioning the reasons for the attack. When he raised his misgivings to the King, he found the man was not the forgiving father he had once known. Infuriated, the King dismissed him from command of the Red Wings and sent on a mission to eliminate the Eidolons in the Valley of the Mist as well as to deliver to the people of the Mist Valley a 'ring'. Kain tried to come to his brother's defense, but only found himself also sent along on the errand.

Along the way, they encounter a Mist Dragon in the caves leading to the valley. Though it warns them to turn back, Kain and Cecil dispatch the creature and find their way into the protected valley. On arriving, the package explodes, revealing fire fiends which set the city ablaze. Cecil, shocked by what he's seen, tries to help, and encounters a young girl grieving over her mother's fallen body. The Mist Dragon had been her Eidolon, and when it died, she died with it. With all of her anger and sadness, the girl summoned up a great monster which tore the ground asunder, separating Kain on one side of the divide, and Cecil on the other.

Kain returned to Baron only to discover that a dark man named Golbez had been placed in command of the Red Wings. It didn't take long for Kain to fall under the spell of Golbez's power, which drew upon the darker parts of his heart. Cecil finds himself with the unconscious girl from before, and with some trust, he manages to convince her to accompany him for now. In Kaipo, they discover that Cecil's beloved, a mage named Rosa, has fallen ill of Desert Fever after leaving Baron in search of him. He and the girl, Rydia, set out to find a cure and pick up some others along the way. There is Tellah, a wizzened old mage who has forgotten more spells than most ever would know and Edward, the ruler of Damcyan who lost his kingdom, the fire crystal, and his beloved in one swoop of Baron's Red Wings. Together, the party kills the Antlion and cures Rosa and then sets out for the Kingdom of Fabul, hoping to warn them in time to protect the Crystal of Air.

Heeding the warning, the King of Fabul martials his troops to stand against the attack, but Baron wields soldiers, fiends, and a new kind of creature that they had never seen before: Heartless. Falling back to the Crystal Chamber, Cecil is surprised to see his brother among those attacking Fabul. Cecil and Kain duel, and the Dark Knight is struck down by the dragoon. Only a Rosa's intervention keeps Kain from making the killing blow. Seeing this, Golbez strikes down the rest of the party, kidnapps Rosa, and departs with the Air Crystal and Kain in tow. In the aftermath, Cecil decides to try to sneak into Baron and aquire an airship in order to stand against Baron. However, things didn't go as planned. The influx of Heartless into the world had angered the Eidolons. As their ship sailed over the ocean, Leviathan struck back, dragging Rydia down with him into a whirlpool and sweeping the others overboard.

This is when the world fell. The Dark Knight Cecil awakens on unfamiliar shores, unsure of the fates of his companions. Baron still holds a great deal of power in this new world. The Heartless take hold in the places where the crystals no longer shine upon the world, but are foiled as the world is unmade, and the crystals are recreated by the World Hearts. Now, with only the Water Crystal left in Baron. What does Golbez plan to do with the remaining crystal? And more importantly, what part do the Heartless have to play in the desire for the remaining crystals? But two things are clear: Someone needs to stand against Baron and someone needs to warn this new World about the threat coming their way.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Cecil Harvey]], [[Kain Highwind]], [[Rydia]], [[Tellah]], [[Edward Chris von Muir]], [[Rosa Joanna Farrell]], [[Yang Fang Leiden]], [[Palom]], [[Porom]], [[Cid Pollendina]], [[Edge Geraldine]], [[Cagnazzo]], [[Barbariccia]], [[Baigan]], [[Golbez]], [[Scarmiglione]], [[Rubicante]], [[Dr. Lugae]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Baron]], [[Mysidia]], [[Red Moon]], [[Tower of Zot]], [[Feymarch]].

= Final Fantasy 5 =
== Final Fantasy 5 ==
The world of Final Fantasy 5, like many others before and after it, was kept in balance by the four elemental crystals: Wind, Earth, Fire and Water. Each of the crystals maintained the balance of nature, but as always, humanity sought to use these crystals for their own purposes. Gradually, each of these sacred artefacts disappeared from their sacred shrines, stolen by various nations which wished to use them to improve their lives, unknowingly draining them slowly of their power.

Gradually, the world began to suffer the ill-effects as the crystals died. The winds stopped blowing, making travel by sea or air quite difficult. Water grew scarce or impure, fires grew out of control, and earthquakes ravaged the land. But that was not all. Unknown to most, the crystals had also been used to create an ancient seal that kept a powerful monster sealed within a barrier. As the crystals grew weaker, so did the barrier.

One day, mysterious meteors rained down upon the world, shattering the crystals. In the midst of one such meteor fall, four heroes suddenly find themselves charged with the recovery of the crystals which have been shattered by the meteors. Gradually, they come across the scattered crystals, now reduced to shards. Each piece contains the memories of previous warriors of light, protectors to the crystals, whose memories and spirits were preserved in the crystals when they sacrificed themselves to seal Exdeath away from the world.

As they learn of the crystals and their delicate balance, they take it upon themselves to travel the world, to restore the crystals and are soon called the 'Light Warriors'. They brought hope to the world, seeking to restore order and balance..But it seemed darker forces were in control, and they were too late to revive the crystals before the seal was broken. Exdeath was freed, unleashing his own hell upon the earth. It was at that moment that the heartless attacked their already weakenned world, throwing everything into chaos.

While Exdeath seeks to forge new alliances, perhaps even hoping to wield the heartless for his own purposes, the heroes were scattered and lost, seeking to forge new alliances to overthrow Exdeath and restore the shattered world. But the crystals are scattered once more, merged with those of other worlds. Can they possibly do this alone?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Tycoon]], [[Carwen]], [[Fluorgis]] (Karnak), [[Tower of Zot]] (Exdeath's Castle). 

= Final Fantasy 6 =
== Final Fantasy 6 ==
During the dawn of time, a world known as 'The World of the Magi' was created and co-ruled by three sister Goddesses. Over time they no longer wished to rule together, and began to fight each other for dominance. Soon known as the 'Warring Triad', they selected and transformed a number of humans and animals into powerful magical creatures by saturating them in magic, and pit them against each other to fight their wars for them. These creatures would later be known as 'Espers', fighting a war dubbed the 'War of the Magi'.

The war lasted for many many years without a clear winner. The goddesses soon realized however, that the war was slowly destroying the world and killing all life. Remorseful of their actions, they turned themselves to stone and gave the Espers free control over themselves, with only one request; To never allow the world to be destroyed by magic again. Magic became forbidden and the Espers fashioned their own secret world, separate from the Magi's world where they could live alone in peace.

One thousand years later, the world learned to live without magic, replacing it with technology. Magic and Espers became but a fairytale, nothing more. Then the Empire of the southern continent led by Emperor Gestahl one day discovered the entrance to the Esper world in a cave. They charged into the strange new world and attacked the Espers, dragging many of them back with them and placing them in their research laboratories to be experimented upon. The Empire soon discovered the truth about magic, and the war of the magi. They used their vast knowledge and technology to drain magic from the Espers and imbue their own soldiers as well as machinery with this immense power, in a process known as Magitek. With this new power, the Empire became unstoppable, pushing further north as they easily engulfed other nations and gradually came to control a great portion of the world.

Within their army was one mysterious girl with incredible powers, a girl with green hair and the ability to control magic. Her name was Terra, and she was one taken from the Esper cave as a baby. From birth she was bred to be the ultimate soldier, her thoughts and actions controlled entirely by the slave crown she was forced to wear. One day, Terra and a small number of soldiers marched into Narshe, determined to take the frozen esper found in the mountains there. But when Terra approached the Esper a strange thing happened; She reacted to the creature, and broke free of her captors, obliterating her fellow soldiers in the powerful blast that accompanied her contact with the Esper.

When she awoke she was greeted by one of the Narshians, Arvis, a secret Returner sympathizer who helped her escape with help from Locke. Together they fled the Empire's forces. But the Empire were hot on their trails as they fled first to Figaro castle which was lit afire by Kefka before it submerged into the desert depths in order to escape. They fled to South Figaro and then through Mount Kolts, and finally made it to the Returner hideout where they fled yet again through the water rapids. But here, they were separated, as Sabin fell overboard and Locke headed back to South Figaro to slow the Empire's progress.

Along the way more allies were gathered as Sabin encountered Gau, the wild boy of the Veldt, and Cyan, the proud soldier of Doma who watched helplessly as the mad general Kefka poisoned his people from the inside out. Before the allies could regroup at the meeting point in Narshe, something else attacked their world, tearing it apart, threatening to destroy everything in their path; The heartless had arrived through a pact between Gestahl and an enigmatic person called a 'Shadow Lord', and they began to devour the world bit by bit, seeking the world's very heart. The promise between Gestahl and the Shadow Lord, was that the Heartless would find him the Espers' home, and bring magic to the world.

And as the world fell thusly, as the heartless spread over the lands, only so little of this world passed on into the new.

While the Returners struggled to find each other amid the chaos and make sense of this new threat, the Empire found that they were reduced to Vector, having lost almost all other nations to the heartless; Gestahl however does not back down, and continues to use this very force to try and obtain power and find the sealed home of the Espers.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Terra Branford]], [[Locke Cole]], [[Edgar Roni Figaro]], [[Sabin René Figaro]], [[Cyan Garamonde]], [[Gau]], [[Celes Chere]], [[Setzer Gabbiani]], [[Shadow]], [[Relm Arrowny]], [[Strago Magus]], [[Mog]], [[Umaro]], [[Gogo]], [[Banon]], [[Emperor Gestahl]], [[Kefka Palazzo]], [[Cid Del Norte Marquez]], [[General Leo Cristophe]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Figaro Castle]] (hidden under the sands of Agrabah), [[Vector]], [[Narshe]].

= Final Fantasy 7 =
== Final Fantasy 7 ==
The organization called AVALANCHE was not always what it is now. Though organized with good intentions, it was soon twisted by the actions of a man named Fuhito. Also known as the Ravens, this organization sought to destroy Shinra. In this, they end up fighting the Turks countless times, until finally the group itself begins to break down during the events surrounding [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Zirconiade Zirconiade]. At the same time, Wutai is beginning to fall to Shinra, which has dedicated a good sum of its forces to overwhelm this nation so it may come to rule them with economic might. However, upon the fall of Fuhito, the group is taken over with great hesitation by [[Shalua Rui]].

Eventually, Wutai's fort Tamblin falls, and all seems lost for the great nation of Wutai. But then, something changes in the balance of the world. Godo Kisaragi, feeling pressured by the forces of Shinra - which were quickly encroaching on his city with the intent of placing a Mako Reactor there - makes a pact with the [[Shadow Lords]]; a fact unknown to anyone, including his own daughter. The Heartless soon find themselves swarming The Planet and infecting the Lifestream, but also bolstering Wutai's defenses. But the invading SOLDIER forces hold strong.

A while later, Genesis' decision to desert from [[Shinra]] causes a good sum of its private force - SOLDIER - to leave the company. These events snowballed upon Angeal, Zack and Sephiroth's investigation into these events. Genesis managed to get a hold of Heartless during his initial assault on Shinra Headquarters - making life that much more difficult on the city of Midgar, still heavily under construction.

Four years later, at the climax of Zack's journey and after the horrible events of the Nibelheim incident, much of The Planet has fallen to darkness. Zack's heroic Last Stand, and the subsequent destruction of Cloud Strife's identity, have already occured; as far as anyone on Planet knows, Zack Fair is dead.

Now, in this new world, Shinra finds itself rebuilding Midgar from the city of Goug, enforcing its will on the Moogle community. The Shinra headquarters is placed upon the entrance to its most favorable cave system, and they begin to promote their own agenda through a call for fear of Wutai's forces and its Heartless - and due to being at least partially justified in this fear, the organization gains popularity.

Wutai remains fairly untouched by the Heartless, as promised by the Shadow Lords when Godo made his pact. Yuffie is searching for a way to 'cure' her father from this darkness he's fallen to, while most of its ninja force continues to desire fight with Shinra, so they may forever snuff out this 'threat' on their traditions and their land.

Nibelheim remains lost to the darkness. Though a single country girl seeks for a young man who she believes might be able to save them all. And within Goug, a flower girl prays for the return of her boyfriend.

Now, amidst the chaos of this new world, Wutai is still pushing Shinra back with its heartless, and the heroes of The Planet find themselves scattered. Though there is one organization that may bring those the Forces of Restoration of this world together... [[AVALANCHE]] - as Shalua Rui lets the boisterous, but kind Barret Wallace take over the role of leadership.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aerith Gainsborough]], [[Cloud Strife]], [[Professor Hojo]], [[Rufus Shinra]], [[Sephiroth]], [[Tifa Lockhart]], [[Vincent Valentine]], [[Zack Fair]], [[Barret Wallace]], [[Reno]], [[Rude]], [[Cid Highwind]], [[Yuffie Kisaragi]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Goug]] (Midgar), [[Wutai]], [[Costa Del Sol]], [[Cosmo Valley]], [[Junon]].

= Final Fantasy 8 =
== Final Fantasy 8 ==
This world was created by Hyne, a powerful being of supreme magic. After Hyne created the world, he grew tired and fell asleep. He sleept for a long time, and when he woke up, the people he'd made, had many children and spread throughout the world. He grew fearful that they would overrun the world, and so he began to kill many of them with his magic. But the people did not like this and they rebelled against him.

Eventually Hyne lost the war due to sheer numbers, and he surrendered, offering half of his body and half his powers in exchange for being left alone. He then fled, never to be seen again. Another war was fought amongst humans for his powers, but these 'powers' were soon found to be mere trickery. The true power that Hyne possessed, he hid within the fairer half of humanity; In women whom he believed would be less corrupted by power. These chosen women would eventually be known as 'sorceresses'.

Through the years, there were many notable sorceresses, although most were corrupted by Hyne's power. Sorceress Adel was ruler of Esthar and she went to war against Vinzer Deling Galbadia, using magic and technology. The war led to many orphans, which were placed under the care of sorceress Edea and her husband, Cid, both who built and overlooked an orphannage on a small and remote island, away from the war. The war eventually ended when Laguna, a Galbadian soldier, teamed up with Estharian rebels and tricked Adel into a trap, then shot her into space where she lay in a comatose state for many years.

In the meantime, numerous military shelters that had been built during the war were converted into gardens to house the war orphans and train them to eventually fight the sorceresses and to avoid another sorceress war. Balamb, Trabia and Galbadia were the three gardens built to house and train mercenaries, few of who knew of the gardens' true purpose. By this time however, Sorceress Edea herself began to succumb to her powers, and she took over Galbadia, posing at first as its ambassador who used her powers to enchant the people of Galbadia who fell instantly in love with her, and barely batted an eye when she murdered president Vinzer Deling.

In the meantime, Galbadia Garden sent a group of SeeD into Deling city to assasinate the sorceress. Led by Squall who was accompanied by Irvine, Selphie, Zell, Quistis, and Timber Rebel Rinoa, they were eventually unsuccessful in assassinating the sorceress. Still, the group doesn't manage to escape - and are soon stuck within D-District Prison. And with the Heartless showing up during this time in mass number, with our heroes locked away, they are powerless as darkness comes to envelop them and their world.

In this new one. The Sorceress Edea has turned her eye upon the heartless who invaded her world. And although it is unclear whether she plans to destroy this potential threat, or perhaps use them to strengthen her own forces in this new, shattered world.

And there is yet another element to the danger and mystery. Though none would know its significance, this world carries no radio-interference...

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Deling City]], [[Balamb Garden]]. 

= Final Fantasy 9 =
== Final Fantasy 9 ==
The peace between [[Alexandria]] and [[Lindblum Alliance|Lindblum]] has always been a bit of a troublesome one. There have been many wars between these great nations, and soon a new war would be sure to flare up due to deeds behind the scenes.

After a dazzling play of the [[Tantalus Theater Troupe]], the princess of Alexandria was kidnapped by this very group. Of course, nobody knew at the time, that it had been the [[Cid Fabool IX|king of Lindblum]] who had requested this deed of [[Baku]], the leader of the kidnappers. However, their departure doesn't go entirely as planned, and the group soon finds itself traveling through the Evil Forest, and in doing so, [[Zidane Tribal]] loses one of his best friends; [[Blank]].

[[Steiner]], knight of Alexandria tries to guide the group back to Alexandria, while [[Garnet]], [[Vivi]] and Zidane have their sights set on Lindblum. In their trek on foot, they are haunted by the three Black Waltzes, but manage to best them and the strange black creatures that seem to follow them. Creatures they would later come to know as Heartless.

Soon enough, they find out the terrible truth of Dali, and manage to take an airship to Lindblum. There, Cid Fabool the ninth hears their plea and explains that he knew that trouble was brewing already. He also explains that more and more dark creatures have been marching out of Alexandria - and that he is certain that the kingdom is preparing for war.

And while our heroes take a moment to enjoy themselves at the Festival of the Hunt, darkness soon begins to set over the land. Freya decides she wishes to check out her home country - worried - and the group agrees to go with her. Garnet, or rather, 'Dagger', since her treck to Dali, sneaks along with them without having to resort to any underhanded methods.

During them leaving the castle, Lindblum comes under attack by Alexandria's Heartless forces. The airships and knights at their disposal hold strong however. The Tantalus Theater Group that remains also comes to the aid of this technologically advanced city, in the form of fighters and moral support.

The heroes manage to make it to Burmecia, only to find themselves defeated by General Beatrix - and watch as Brahne and a man named Kuja leave the area. The group ends up in Treno not long after - and do find the Supersoft. But the Sleepless City soon finds itself falling to darkness. This phenomenon is worldwide, and before Brahne has a chance to extract the Eidolons from Garnet, the world falls.

This leaves our heroes scattered, and Brahne frantically trying to find Dagger so she may have this incredible force to topple cities with! But in this new land, Lindblum is even closer to their borders. Who knows what will happen next... though it is rumored that Blank has been sighted in this new world. Did Zidane manage to get the Supersoft to him within the darkness?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Iifa Tree]], [[Alexandria]], [[Lindblum]], [[Cleyra]], [[Red Moon]], [[Blue Moon]]. 

= Final Fantasy 10 =
== Final Fantasy 10 ==
Much of Spira's story is exactly as it should have been. After [[Tidus]]' arrival to Spira, he soon joined [[Yuna]] and her group on her pilgrimage. The party travels from Besaid to Luca where Auron joins them - and soon after, they observe the devastating result of the doomed-to-fail Operation Mi'ihen. From there, they move to Djose temple, ride a Shoopuf - fend off some Al Bhed - and gain their final member of the Pilgrimage: Rikku.

Seymour, pining for Yuna, soon proposes to the Lady Summoner, and after a small while - and proof in hand of what Seymour has done - refuses him. Soon-after, Sin interferes again, and the party ends up in Home. They proceed to Bevelle, where Yuna is being forced to marry the Unsent Seymour, which results in the death-sentence Via Purifico. The party successfully escapes and flees towards Zanarkand soon after.

There, they fight their way through fiends until they finally find the chamber where Yunalesca is waiting for them. But when she threatens to kill them for not 'going with the plan' that has been set to be repeated for all of eternity, things go bad.

Heartless have been invading the shell of Sin, and have been both corrupting Sin and being corrupted by Sin. The increased irritation, has started to make the beast erratic and attack more frequently and strongly.

By the time they are in the midst of their fight with Yunalesca, Sin has come near Zanarkand and many Heartless have begun to swarm the ruined city. The fight is forced to be abandoned as they turn not only on Yuna and her party, but also Yunalesca. And in that moment, darkness expands in Zanarkand, as a Shadow Lord enters the chamber. The man looks strange, bearing flaming blue hair and claiming something about 'their downstairs' needing a 'reorganization' - followed by him trapping Yuna and her group into the clutches of this oppressive force - and sending them wandering aimlessly... until they find this new world.

A new world, in which some of Spira exists as well; the Yevon religion trying to gain momentum and hunting the Al Bhed. For in the 'small time' they wandered through darkness. Their Spira had fallen to the Heartles. The Al Bhed had resisted with all their might, deploying Machina alongside Crusaders and Warrior Monks alike... but the Heartless and Sin had been too strong.

The eternal question is though...

Has Sin passed on to this world as well!?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Bevelle]], [[Luca]], [[Guadosalam]], [[Farplane]], [[Zanarkand]], [[Other Important Items|Four Cloisters]]. 

= Final Fantasy 12 =
== Final Fantasy 12 ==
The world of Old Ivalice is a world largely at war. The Archadian Empire is a powerful empire that swept across the world, enveloping smaller kingdoms in its wake. They came up against great resistance with the Rozarrian empire, while mostly ignoring Rozarria's smaller neighbor, the neutral kingdom of Dalmasca. However, when Rozarria and Dalmasca became united through the marriage of Prince Rasler of Rozarria and Princess Ashe of Dalmasca, they too, were pulled into the war.

While Archades attacked Nalbina fortress, Prince Rasler, barely wed to Ashe, marched off to war alongside Basch, loyal knight of King Raminas of Dalmasca. At the same time, seeking peace, King Raminas signed a treaty, handing over Imperial rule of Dalmasca to Archades, but he was interrupted by Basch who murdered him for his seeming betrayal, with the knights Reks and Basch as his witnesses.

According to history, A grief-stricken Princess Ashe killed herself and Basch was later executed for treason. With no leader, Dalmasca was handed over to Lord Vayne, Emperor Gramis' son and grand prince of Archades. Two years later, Vayne was coronated in Dalmasca, becoming Lord Consul of Rabanastre. Shortly after, their world began to fall gradually to darkness. The walls between dimensions weakened and an interdimensional gate openned in Archades castle, leading to castle Gaudium. Vayne briefly left Dalmasca to investigate this strange phenomenon. From the gate erupted the mysterious Oscha and his army of heartless which he offered to share with Lord Vayne to aid in his war effort, even as those same creatures began to consume Ivalice, enveloping much of their world into darkness.

Meanwhile, a small resistance began to form, starting with the street rats Vaan, brother of the slain Reks, and Penelo. Initially seeking to reclaim much of Dalmasca's treasure from Vayne, he ended up meeting up with the sky pirates Balthier and Fran, Princess Ashe and her loyal knight Vossler, and Basch himself who was very much alive and with a number of secrets to reveal about the Archades. But seating Ashe back on the throne would prove a long and dangerous task, first requiring proof of her royalty and claim to the throne. And with the heartless to battle against as well, it seems the Princess Ashe's battle has become more than simply restoring her kingdom as their very world's existance is now in danger as well..

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Rabanastre]], [[Archades]], [[Mt. Bur-Omisace]] (Part of Mt. Gagazet). 

= Final Fantasy 13 =
== Final Fantasy 13 ==
Thirteen centuries ago, a floating, utopian world was created in the atmosphere of a planet known as Pulse. The fal'Cie, beings of immense power and authority, willed that the continent be completely isolated from the crude and brutal wilderness known as the Gran Pulse below and commissioned machines to be the guardians of the citizens. Barriers were subsequently set up all around the newly created world, and as such was the metropolis granted its befitting name: Cocoon.

Having been secluded from the outside world for many years, the citizens of Cocoon have become paranoid of what Gran Pulse really holds. Fear has spread across Cocoon, causing the Sanctum, Cocoon's government, led by the Primarch Galenth Dysley, to issue a new edict: Any individuals suspected to be in contact with the world of Pulse or any of its artifacts or items are to be banished from the continent unconditionally and cast into the harsh environment of the planet below.

And so, when a Pulse fal'Cie is discovered in the small town of Bodhum, mass panic breaks out and soon all of Cocoon's citizens are crying out for the expulsion of the entire town to Pulse. The Sanctum's personal army, PSICOM, has no choice but to banish all of the town's inhabitants to the world below, regardless of whether they are citizens or tourists. This event, known as the Purge, marks the beginning of this party's story as the residents of Bodhum are being taken to the Hanging Edge along with the Pulse fal'Cie, Anima, contained within the Pulse Vestige.

The party is brought together by the events of the Purge. Lightning is on board the Purge train in order to reach the Pulse fal'Cie and save her sister, Serah Farron, who became a Pulse l'Cie, a being hated and feared by all on Cocoon who's forced to do the fal'Cie's bidding. Accompanying her is Sazh Katzroy, a civilian airship pilot trying to fulfill his son's Focus in a desperate bid to save him from becoming a Cie'th. Like Lightning, Snow Villiers is trying to rescue Serah as well, as she is his future bride. Hope Estheim and Oerba Dia Vanille become involved when Hope's mother, Nora Estheim, joins Snow's resistance army and dies under his care, prompting the two to pursue him.

Thus, these five characters end up coming together in the Pulse Vestige, where they witness Serah turn to crystal, an event that only happens when a l'Cie fulfills their Focus. In the course of their trek into the heart of the Vestige, they also encounter creatures known as Cie'th; l'Cie that fail to complete their Focus in time. Lightning believes that Serah is dead, while Snow refuses to give up the hope that she will awaken someday. Lightning, seeking vengeance on the fal'Cie, heads into Anima's Throne along with the rest of the party in order to confront Anima, the Pulse fal'Cie responsible for Serah's transformation into a l'Cie.

As the party faces Anima, PSICOM forces begin to blast the Pulse Vestige and everything in it to pieces. Facing certain death, Anima transforms Lightning and her companions into l'Cie, giving them a dream involving the city of Eden and the mysterious Ragnarok in the process. They fall down in what seems to be an eternity - darkness enveloping them. Yet, they survive as the world outside of Cocoon falls to the dark plague of the Heartless. And something else is wrong... as Serah is nowhere to be found.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Claire Farron|Claire Farron]] (Lightning), [[Snow Villiers]], [[Oerba Dia Vanille]], [[Sazh Katzroy]], [[Hope Estheim]], [[Oerba Yun Fang]], [[Serah Farron]], [[Dajh Katzroy]], [[Cid Raines]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Eden]], [[Palumpolum]], [[Blue Moon]] (Cocoon: not attached to the grid), [[Bodhum]].

= Final Fantasy Tactics =
== Final Fantasy Tactics ==
A second Ivalice New Ivalice once existed, and like its sister world, it too, was wracked with great wars. While many records were lost during the wars, some legends say that Ivalice was once a very technologically advanced civilization, although all was lost during a great cataclysm that was lost to the ages. Many years later, Ivalice threatenned to destroy itself again when another great war wracked the land. This one lasted for 50 years and would later be known, simply as the '50 Year War'. In the end, both sides surrendered, but only after they had left a path of destruction behind them.

The majority of the soldiers hired in the war were commoners, promised payment and food for their hard labor in the war, but the nobility were themselves shattered by the war and they turned many commoner down, leaving them to return to their homes penniless. A rebel group rose up against the nobles, calling themselves the Death Corpse Knights, dedicated to returning to the commoners what belonged to them and ultimately seeking to overthrow the nobility. While crime grew rampant, the Lords of the six ruling families struggled to maintain order by uniting together, but this unstable alliance did not last long either. One year after the end of the 50 year war, Princess Ovelia was abducted, followed by the death of Ivalice's ruling king. Ivalice was left in chaos without a ruler and without a chosen successor. Prince Large is the elder brother of Queen Ruvelia - wife of the late king, while Prince Goltana is the younger cousin of the dead king. The king's own children, Princess Ovelia and the younger Prince Orinas are also potential successors.

This triggered the beginning of a new war between the two ruling families - Gallione, ruled by Prince Large of the White Lion crest, and Zeltennia, ruled by Prince Goltana of the Black Lion crest - Known as the 'War of the Lions'. A number of prominent players participated in this war: The church claimed to be a safe haven for Ovelia, seeking to protect her from both sides. The death corpse knights fought both sides of the nobility, hoping to destroy them even as they fought each other..And from seemingly nowhere came the New Zodiac Braves, a group of heretics created not long after Ramza and his group sought to rescue Teta, a commoner taken hostage by the Death Corpse..Only to have her killed by the Hokuten. Ramza and Delita, brother of Teta turned against the Hokuten, seeking revenge for this seeming injustice. However, things only got worse after Delita took off on his own, later kidnapping Ovelia and seeking to hide her from both sides of the war. However Ramza had his own plans and he, along with a number of Hokuten led by the noble Hokuten General Agrias, rescued Ovelia and took her to the church in Mullonde to keep her safe.

Ramza headed to Goug to rescue Mustadio's father before returning to the castle, with a mysterious crystal possessing untold power in tow. However, when they returned to the church, the Cardinal, seeking to obtain the crystal for himself, revealed himself to be a Lucavi Demon and attacked Ramza and his party. After a heated battle, Ramza and his allies defeated the Lucavi Demon and at the same time discovered the truth about the church - that many of its people were in fact demons, seeking to revive the Ultima demon by obtaining the Zodiac Crystals. Not long after this discovery, the heartless attacked Old Ivalice and caused more mayhem in a world already shattered by war. Ramza and his allies were able to flee the church and recuperate, growing in numbers and calling themselves the New Zodiac Braves, seeking to find the Zodiac Crystals and prevent a second cataclysm at the hands of the Lucavi. Meanwhile, the church struggled to maintain control, seeking to comfort and protect the confused and frightenned people, even as the secret society within the church sought to use the heartless to further their own plans.

More importantly, the church clearly intends to use the fact that Spira's Bahamut cloister has appeared within Bevelle Cathedral to their advantage - not needing long to find out its importance through certain channels.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Alma Beoulve]], [[Mustadio Bunansa]], [[Agrias Oaks]], [[Cidolfus Orlandeau]], [[Meliadoul Tengille]], [[Argath Thadalfus]], [[Rapha Galthena]], [[Marach Galthena]], [[Goffard Gaffgarion]], [[Ovelia Atkascha]], [[Zalbaag Beoulve]], [[Alphonse Delacroix]], [[Bestrald Larg]], [[Druksmald Goltanna]], [[Dycedarg Beoulve]], [[Messam Elmdore]], [[Wiegraf Folles]], [[Folmarv Tengille]], [[Beowulf Cadmus]], [[Reis Duelar]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Goug]], [[Mysidia]] (Magic City of Gariland), [[Mullonde]]. 

= Final Fantasy Tactics A2 =
== Final Fantasy Tactics A2 ==
Luso Clemens was not having a good day. He writes his name into a mysterious Grimoire, and the next thing he knows, he's in another world. There, he's taken in by a clan - known as [[Clan Gully]], led by a Rev named Cid. They soon travel to a small town called Wood Village, where Luso soon learns the ropes of being in a clan. Taking up quests and what-not. During these quests, he meets up with people like Adelle and Hurdy, and eventually comes across the old man Lezaford. In taking this journey, Cid gets wounded however - and Luso ends up officially becoming the leader of Clan Gully.

As the story progresses, however, things twist. The world is starting to fall to darkness. More and more quests start having to do with taking care of these strange black creatures never seen before. Unbeknownst to Clan Gully - this is the fault of Illua, who has been watching Luso with jealous eyes from a distance. Another holder of a Grimoire of the Rift, she draws these dark beings from a dark realm and soon floods the world in this menace... until the world finally falls.

Now, in this new world, Khamja is active within Fluorgis.

'''Theme Change: Judges''' 
The Judges are live people, tied to a single Clan each. They serve as protectors of those Clans, as long as the Clan is officially recognized as one. They are tasked with keeping the members alive through magical law, by pulling them off of the battlefield in case they would fall - and can even grant a group with benefits. These benefits are not always expressed in stats.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Luso Clemens]], [[Adelle]], [[Cid_(FFTA2)|Cid]], [[Hurdy]], [[Lezaford]], [[Ewen]], [[Illua]], [[Witch of the Fens]] (Matoya?). '''Grid Locations:''' [[Mysidia]] (Moorabella), [[Fluorgis]].

= Final Fantasy Unlimited =
== Final Fantasy Unlimited ==
Two younglings by the name of Ai and Yu Hayakawa manage to find their way to another world, after their world has been connected by the Gaudium Lords. They find their way into Wonderland, a mysterious collection of worlds, in search of their missing parents. Along the way, they meet the helpful Lisa Pacifist - a member of the mysterious C2 Organization (not yet an ally of [[Gaudium]]). In addition, they meet Kaze, a being of unimaginable power - who seems to carry the ability to summon 'Espers' out through a Demonic looking Gun.

Their travels continue, taking them onto a Magical Train which allows them to travel from World to World - though those with a Barrier of Light in tact remain unreachable to them. During those travels, they find themselves under siege by the Gaudium Lords! The biggest twist in their story comes to be just before having the ability to meet with the Comodeen people. The train is caught into a fantastical whirlwind of magic, just in the moment of a large group of worlds performing the formerly unimagined feat of /merging/ with each other - and crashes down onto this new world.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Ai Hayakawa]], [[Yu Hayakawa]], [[Lisa Pacifist]], [[Kaze]], [[Makenshi]], [[Knave]], [[Miles]], [[Cid_(FF:U)|Cid]], [[Lou Lupus]], [[Fungo]], [[Moogle]], [[Earl Tyrant]], [[Fungus]], [[Herba]], [[Oscha]], [[Pist Shaz XI]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Fruit Village]], [[Gaudium]].

= Kingdom Hearts =
== Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep ==
Kingdom Hearts for Birth By Sleep is completely the same. No alteration to its theme. The story revolves around three youths; Ventus, Terra and Aqua, young keyblade wielders under Master Eraqus

The story begins in the Land of Departure, where the three Keyblade wielders and close friends train to become Keyblade Masters under Master Eraqus. To achieve this rank, Keyblade Apprentices must take the Mark of Mastery exam once they come of age. Terra and Aqua take this test together and in the first round Master Xehanort sabotages the exam, forcing Ventus to intervene. In the second round Terra and Aqua fight each other, but while Aqua passes the test, Terra is deemed unfit to become a Keyblade Master due to the abundant darkness in his heart.

Afterward, a group of mysterious creatures called the Unversed begin to surface in other worlds, and another Keyblade Master, Xehanort, disappears without a trace. Terra is sent to destroy the Unversed and find Master Xehanort, who had earlier encouraged him to embrace the darkness in his heart if he desires the strength to become a Keyblade master. Ven, meanwhile, is goaded into following Terra by Xehanort's mysterious apprentice Vanitas, against Eraqus's wishes. Aqua is dispatched by Eraqus to survey Terra and keep him from falling into darkness, as well as to bring Ventus back to the Land of Departure.

Upon arriving in other worlds, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus encounter various (Disney) characters as found in the Phantasia realm, new and old, fighting off hordes of Unversed along the way. Among the characters they meet is [[Mickey Mouse]], apprentice of the sorcerer [[Yen Sid]], who is also on a mission to destroy the Unversed. Terra ends up attracting the attention of several Disney villains, who offer him the whereabouts of Master Xehanort in exchange of assistance for their own dark agendas. Terra reasons that Master Xehanort is after the seven [[Princesses of Heart]]—maidens who lack darkness in their hearts—and encourages Aqua to help them strengthen the light in their hearts, hoping it will draw Master Xehanort out.

However, Aqua and Ven grow increasingly concerned for Terra when they hear rumors of him committing sinister deeds throughout other worlds. The three briefly reunite at Radiant Garden, where Aqua meets Kairi, a young girl containing a strong and pure light in her heart, and helps strengthen her light. Aqua and Ven also confront Terra, who distances himself from them to keep them out of the way of his increasingly dangerous dark powers. Terra and Aqua try to convince Ven to return to the Land of Departure, but he refuses until he is certain Terra won't fall into darkness.

Terra and Aqua eventually find themselves at Destiny Islands, where they encounter two young boys, Sora and Riku. Terra sees potential within Riku and deems him worthy of one day wielding the Keyblade, while Aqua senses strong ties with Sora and Riku to Ven and Terra, respectively. Ven, meanwhile, comes across Master Xehanort, who reveals his intentions to use Ven's heart to create a final Keyblade known as the χ-blade, something Master Xehanort says Master Eraqus had known all along. Ven returns to the Land of Departure to confront Eraqus, who tries to erase Ven to prevent Master Xehanort's plans from succeeding.

However, Terra, who had been sent there by Xehanort, misinterprets the situation and attacks Eraqus, teleporting Ven to safety. As soon as Terra realizes his error, Master Xehanort arrives and cruelly kills Eraqus and tells Terra to go to the Keyblade Graveyard, leaving the Land of Departure to be consumed by darkness. At Destiny Islands, Ven once again encounters Vanitas and learns of his hazy past: Ventus was once Master Xehanort's apprentice, but his heart was deemed too frail for Master Xehanort to use him as he intended, so he extracted the darkness in Ven's heart and used it to create Vanitas. As with Terra before him, Ven is instructed by Vanitas to go to the Keyblade Graveyard. Aqua, in the meantime, learns of Eraqus's death from Yen Sid, who tells her to go to the Keyblade Graveyard as well.

Terra, Aqua, and Ventus gather at the Keyblade Graveyard, where the remains of the mysterious Keyblade War are found. Master Xehanort appears with Vanitas and reveals his plan to use the χ-blade to unlock Kingdom Hearts and unleash the forbidden secrets of the Keyblade War onto the various worlds, as well as to use Terra's body as a new vessel for his own heart so that he may survive long enough to see his plans come to fruition. An epic battle ensues, with Xehanort freezing Ven, and Vanitas knocking Aqua unconscious. In his rage, Terra unleashes the darkness in his heart, inadvertently allowing Xehanort to unlock his own heart and successfully transfer it into Terra's body, which results in the birth of a new, younger Xehanort.

However, Terra's mind continues to linger in his discarded suit of Armor, which comes to life and defeats Xehanort. Ven, meanwhile, manages to thaw himself before Vanitas can kill Aqua, and discovers his dark counterpart to be the source of all Unversed. Vanitas merges with Ven, possessing him and creating the χ-blade. Aqua awakens under Mickey's care, and the two fight the possessed Ventus while he battles Vanitas from within. Aqua shatters the χ-blade as Ven destroys Vanitas, bringing an end to the Unversed, though Ven's heart is lost in the process. The destroyed χ-blade unleashes a burst of light, which consumes everyone present and scatters them to the corridors of space, save for Terra's Lingering Will, which remains in the Keyblade Graveyard.

Mickey saves Aqua and Ventus and brings them to the Mysterious Tower, where Aqua learns that Ven has fallen into a deep sleep and will not awaken until his heart returns. Aqua brings Ven back to the ruins of the Land of Departure, where she discovers Master Eraqus's Keyblade, and uses it to unlock the Chamber of Waking and recreates the world as [[Castle Oblivion]] from the ruins. After leaving Ven within the chamber, Aqua goes to Radiant Garden where she encounters Master Xehanort still in Terra's body, but having lost some of his memories. Aqua then battles Xehanort who after the fight attempts to unlock his heart, losing his memories completely in the process.

Soon after, Terra's body starts sinking into darkness, but Aqua dives into the darkness and saves Terra from disappearing. Realizing her glider won't be able to make it back through the portal in time, Aqua sacrifices herself by discarding her armor and using it to guide her glider, Terra-Xehanort in tow, back through the portal leaving herself behind and lost in the Realm of Darkness. Xehanort is discovered by Ansem the Wise, ruler of Radiant Garden, and goes on to become his apprentice. Ventus's wandering heart finds its way to young Sora, merging with the young boy's heart.

== Kingdom Hearts 1 ==
The beginning of Kingdom Hearts 1 is where this game will lead off, timewise. The game opens at [[Sora]] just having arrived in [[Traverse Town]] - or, upon no initial applicant, just before he arrives in said town. [[Kairi]] is locked away in his heart, and [[Riku]] is part of the [[Shadow Lords]]. Of course, with a larger quantity of people being able to be in the Shadow Lords, that part of the theme is edited in that capacity.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Sora]], [[Kairi]], [[Ansem]], [[Riku]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Traverse Town]], [[The Crossroads]], [[Hollow Bastion]], [[Castle Oblivion]]. 

= The World Ends With You =
== The World Ends With You ==
It's time for another Reapers' Game. But the game has changed!

[[Neku]] is forced into the [[Reapers]]' Game, paired with three partners, [[Shiki Misaki|Shiki]], [[Joshua]], and [[Beat]]. The confused youth Neku wakes up in the Shibuya Scramble crossing. He lacks knowledge of where he is, what he is doing there, or any of his memories. He is immediately forced into a "Pact" with a stranger called Shiki, as he tries to destroy some enemies called Noise which attacked him.

Throughout the week, he learns of his purpose in the Underground (underworld) as a dead person, and that "The Reapers' Game" is a ploy for dead people, the "[[Players]]", to prove themselves that they can return back to the living after proving themselves throughout a week. He also learns, while accompanying Shiki on the journey, that he should let other people in and to live life to the fullest.

However, during the Reapers' Game, things start going awry. During the second week of the game, Taboo Noise are set loose upon the city. It soon becomes quite apparent to both Reapers and Players just why these Noise are /taboo/, for it creates a portal for the true pure-blooded heartless to pass through. It is not long before both Reapers and Players alike are trying to fend for themselves, whilst the Composer attempts to keep the game running. However, with too many Taboo Noise sigils opened, the wave of heartless is too much for both to handle, and Shibuya finds itself fall into darkness over the course of the 'second week'.

The Angels, unbeknownst to either Reapers or Players, at the last moment rip both of them out of the world and drag them to Traverse Town, restoring Shiki and Rhyme in the progress. However, with this, some of the Reapers' powers are lost. They no longer become able to Erase players outside the rules of the Game, and both lose access to the Underworld. Instead, they are forced to continue their game in the Real World. What's worse, they immediately have drawn the attention of the Shadow Lords, [[Hades]] in particular. And with the portals that lead out of Traverse Town... the game-board just got a /lot bigger/!

'''Key Characters:''' [[Neku Sakuraba]], [[Beat]], [[Joshua]], [[Rhyme]], [[Shiki Misaki]], [[Sota]], [[Nao]], [[777]], [[BJ]], [[Koki Kariya]], [[Megumi Kitaniji]], [[Mitsuki Konishi]], [[Sho Minamimoto]], [[Tenho]], [[Uzuki Yashiro]], [[Yodai Higashizawa]], [[Sanae Hanekoma]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' Shibuya (lost), [[WildKat Cafe]]. 

= Treasure Planet =
== Treasure Planet ==
In the past, when [[Jim Hawkins]] was but a boy, he was always enchanted by stories of the legendary pirate Captain Flint and his ability to appear from nowhere, raid passing ships, and disappear in order to hide the loot on the mysterious "Treasure Planet". Twelve years later, Jim has grown into an aloof and alienated teenager. He begrudgingly helps his mother Sarah run an inn and derives amusement from "solar surfing" (a hybrid of skysurfing and windsurfing atop a board attached to a solar-powered rocket), a pastime that frequently gets him in trouble.

One day, a spaceship crashes near the inn. The dying pilot, Billy Bones, gives Jim a sphere and tells him to "beware the cyborg". Shortly thereafter, a gang of pirates raid and burn the inn. Jim, his mother, and their dog-like friend Dr. Delbert Doppler barely escape. The sphere turns out to be a holographic projector, showing a map that Jim realizes leads to Treasure Planet.

Doppler commissions a ship called RLS Legacy, on a mission to find Treasure Planet. The ship is commanded by the cat-like, sharp-witted Captain Amelia along with her stony-skinned and disciplined First Mate, Mr. Arrow. The crew is a motley bunch, secretly led by cook John Silver, whom Jim suspects is the cyborg of whom he was warned. Jim is sent down to work in the galley; despite his mistrust of Silver, they soon form a tenuous father-son relationship. During an encounter with a supernova, Silver falls overboard but is saved by Jim. The supernova then devolves into a black hole, where Arrow drifts overboard and is lost, for which Jim blames himself for failing to secure the lifelines, while in fact Arrow's line was cut by a ruthless insectoid crew member named Scroop.

However, that's where everything goes even further wrong. From the black hole, a massive army of Heartless arrive. The ship is forced to turn tail. However, mutiny begins at that very moment - as the 'crew' doesn't want to move away from the plotted Treasure Planet. Jim, Amelia and the rest of the crew fight hard against the pirates - led by John Silver, and are forced onto a small life-boat and to flee away from the ship and the oncoming mass of Heartless. The floating mister Arrow is in the meantime swallowed up by a large heartless.

They drift for a long time, until they finally find the lights of Montressor Spaceport again, which has fall down to another world - parts of the city damaged, and nowhere as big as it once was. However, Amelia is quick to take up command and vows to protect the world against both Pirates and the strange menace that threatens them now.

'''Key Characters''' [[Jim Hawkings]], [[Captain Amelia]], [[John Silver]], [[Mr. Arrow]], [[Dr. Delbert Doppler]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Montressor Spaceport]]. 

= Gargoyles =
== Gargoyles ==

''"One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age of Gargoyles!"''

It began in the year 994. Castle Wyvern had been built atop the ancient home of a clan of gargoyles, ancient creatures who turned to stone by day, but were flesh by night. A generation before, they had made an alliance with the humans which lead to the building of the castle and their oath to protect it, but not everyone was pleased with this arrangement. With the threat of a Viking attack looming, a young warrior made a deal with the Captain of the Guard and the Viking leader Hakon to lure the gargoyles away so he could sack the castle, leaving the gargoyles to reclaim their ancestral land.

Things did not go exactly as planned. The gargoyles were betrayed, leaving most of their clan smashed into rubble before the sun set and the people of Castle Wyvern prisoners of the Vikings. Enraged, the few that remained sought out their enemies. Believing his princess dead due to the gargoyle's attack, the Magus - a powerful wizard - cast a spell on them sealing the clan in stone with a seemingly impossible condition to break it: when the castle rises above the clouds.

An impossible feat for some, but not for others. In the modern day, entrepreneur David Xanatos purchased Castle Wyvern lock stock and gargoyle, transporting them to their new home atop his skyscraper in New York City. Here, the spell was broken, and the gargoyles were faced with a a modern reality that is far different than the world they left behind. They claimed names for themselves, found an ally and friend in the police officer Elisa Maza, and were betrayed by not only Xanatos, but the same female gargoyle from their past - who now called herself Demona.

Now, the gargoyles live atop the clock tower that makes up the roof of the 23rd precinct police station. Their pledge to protect their castle has now been extended to protect all of Manhattan and those who live there. The influx of heartless, or the fall of worlds hasn't changed this promise, yet as the citizens of New York come to grips with the danger of monsters, they are also starting to believe the rumors about winged protectors. Xanatos is no less of a threat, although he now faces his own challenges in keeping his family safe, but also making sure there is a Manhattan left for him to control. Goliath, the leader of the gargoyles, as well as Elisa Maza, have vanished with no explanation to their whereabouts, leaving a young Brooklyn, the clan's second-in-command in charge.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Goliath]], [[Demona]], [[Hudson]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Broadway]], [[Lexington]], [[David Xanatos]], [[Elisa Maza]], [[Angela]]. ''' Grid Locations:''' [[Manhattan]].

'''Notes:'''
* '''Timeline''': This theme begins during Season 2's 'World Tour'.
* '''Fae''': Fae characters (Oberon, Titania, Odin, Banshee, etc.) are not app-able on Final Kingdom Mush. They are fundamentally insane creatures of pure magic whose goals and logic system are completely alien to human beings, with laws and rules arcane and extensive enough to make playing them in day-to-day fundamentally impossible. These will be kept as TP/Plot NPCs. (EXCEPTIONS) Owen - the human assistant of Xanatos - is app-able, where as his Fae persona (Puck) is not. These are treated as separate characters for the most part. Characters with Fae backgrounds who have lost their powers and /will never/ regain them may be app-ed in /very rare/ circumstances, please talk to Lionheart before attempting to app any such a character.
* '''Stone Sleep''': As the Darkness of the Heartless seeps into Phantasia, it has begun to effect the Gargoyles natural sleep cycle. They still /must/ stone sleep regularly, and will often acclimate themselves to the day/night cycle of whatever world they spend the majority of their time within. However, for example, if they were to travel from their homeworld to a world where it is currently daytime, they would not immediately turn to stone. This would probably come as a big surprise to Gargoyles who have never before seen sunlight. By moving between worlds they can interrupt their own cycle for a time, but eventually they will grow tired (early warning) and need to stone sleep. (STAFF NOTE: This is done as a way to keep gargoyles from not being able to attend daytime scenes. We allow some time-fudging, but gargoyles in the daytime should react like people not used to daylight. Squinting, sunglasses, and possibly a natural inclination to drowsy eyes.)
* '''Canon edit''': The events of '[http://gargwiki.net/Future_Tense Future Tense]' occur at the start of 'World Tour' instead of at the end. The Phoenix Gate is 'lost' in the timestream.
* '''Other Clans''': Characters from established foreign gargoyle clans ([http://gargwiki.net/Mayan_Clan Mayan], [http://gargwiki.net/London_clan London], [http://gargwiki.net/Ishimura_Clan Ishimura], [http://gargwiki.net/Avalon_clan Avalon]) are appable.
* Questions related to the Gargoyles theme should be thrown towards '''Lionheart'''.

= Atlantis =
== Atlantis ==
In the distant past, the magnificent island of Atlantis found itself within the very same world the strange creatures known as Gargoyles inhabited. However, greed managed to be the destruction of this once magnificent place. After a distant explosion, a large tidal wave threatens to drown the island of Atlantis. In the midst of an evacuation from the capital city, the Queen of Atlantis is caught by a strange, hypnotic blue light and lifted up into the "Heart of Atlantis", a powerful crystal protecting the city. The crystal consumes her and creates a dome barrier that protects the city's innermost district. She leaves behind a young daughter, Princess Kida (Cree Summer), as the island is drawn not only under the ocean, but into a different world!

Several thousand years later, in 1914, Milo Thatch — a cartographer and linguist at the Smithsonian Institution who is marginalized for his research on Atlantis — believes that he has found The Shepherd's Journal, an ancient manuscript allegedly containing directions to the lost island. After his proposal to search for the Journal is rejected by the museum board, a mysterious woman, Helga Sinclair, introduces Milo to Preston B. Whitmore, an eccentric millionaire. Whitmore has already funded a successful effort to retrieve the Journal as repayment of a debt to Milo's grandfather, and recruits Milo to lead an expedition to Atlantis as soon as he deciphers it.

The expedition departs with a team of specialists led by Commander Rourke, who also led the Journal recovery expedition. The crew includes Vinny, a demolitions expert; Mole, a geologist; Dr. Sweet, a medical officer; Audrey, a mechanic; Mrs. Packard, a radio operator; and Cookie, a mess cook. They set out in the Ulysses, a massive submarine, but are soon attacked by the monstrous Leviathan, a robotic lobster-like creature that guards Atlantis' entrance. The Ulysses is destroyed but Milo, Rourke, and part of the crew escape and make their way to an underground cavern, described in the Journal as the entrance to Atlantis.

However, as they travel through a network of caves and a dormant volcano, the team is met with fierce resistance, as dark creatures attack the group. With the force of the armed men they have with them, they begin to resist these little black creatures. They fight until they are greeted by Kida—who, despite her age, resembles a young woman—and discover that the Atlantean language is the basis of many existing languages. She leads the group to Atlantis, through a large portal - and fails to warn them not to stray from the path within the corridor...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Milo Thatch]], [[Kida]], [[Helga Sinclair]], [[Commander Rourke]], [[Vinny]], [[Mole]], [[Dr. Sweet]], [[Audrey]], [[Mrs. Packard]], [[Cookie]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Atlantis]] (in Serpent's Trench).

= Tangled =
== Tangled ==
Once, a drop of pure sunlight fell to earth and grew into a beautiful flower which had amazing restorative powers when unlocked with by a particular song. The flower was coveted by Mother Gothel, an aging woman who discovered it's secrets to heath and seemingly immortal life. However, there were others who had greater needs for the flower and the power it possessed. The Queen of the kingdom of Corona was ill and her husband sent his soldiers out far and wide in search of the flower's legendary power. Finding it, the King used the power to save his wife, but the magic somehow was reborn into her newborn daughter, Rapunzel.

Unwilling to give up the immortality the flower gave her, Mother Gothel tried to cut a lock of the girl's golden hair, only to discover that cutting it destroyed the power within. With no other options, Mother Gothel kidnapped the girl in the dead of night and raised her as her own in an isolated tower. Heartbroken, the King and Queen send up lanterns every year on the princess' birthday, in hopes that their wishes will reach her.

Mother Gothel teaches Rapunzel the healing song, and uses it to keep herself ever young, all the while manipulating her to ensure that she never leaves the tower. However, Rapunzel is a free spirit, and longs to find the source of the strange lanterns that fly in the sky every year. Gothel warns her that the world outside is a dangerous place. In a sense, she is not lying, as strange dark creatures begin to appear in the woods and in the shadows of the city.

Years later, the cocky thief Flynn Rider steals the princess’ tiara on display in the palace and flees with his newfound treasure in hopes this will finally bring him endless riches. It does prove to be fortunate, if only for him. As soon as he leaves, the Kingdom is swallowed up in a wave of darkness brought by the Heartless, drawn to the hearts of the mourning King and Queen. The only survivor is Maximus, a horse that once served the guard and is now intent on following the man who has stolen from his kingdom.

The tower itself survives, as does the valley surrounding it, now a part of a new world. Flynn, Maximus and Mother Gothel all find themselves in an unfamiliar landscape, and the Heartless hunger for the strange power hiding up in that tower. Meanwhile, oblivious to it all, Rapunzel looks out of her tower, waiting for her chance for freedom.

And despite the disappearance of Corona, the lanterns still appear from time to time...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Rapunzel]], [[Flynn Rider]] (aka. Eugene Fitzherbert), [[Mother Gothel]]. '''Grid Locations:''' Forgotten Forest (Rapunzel's Tower).

= Beauty and the Beast =
== Beauty and the Beast ==
Out in the French countryside, a minor prince rules a province in a beautiful castle. The prince, although beautiful of face, is spoiled and unkind. When he rejects a beggar woman who merely asks for food and shelter, she reveals herself to be an enchantress, and turns him into a hideous beast. His servants are transformed into living objects and furniture, and the castle itself falls under a pall of misery, forgotten by the people of the village. If the Beast can love and find someone who loves him in return before the last petal of an enchanted rose falls, he’ll be restored. But when the last petal falls, he will be a beast for all time.

As the years pass, he falls into despair, and the castle itself begins to fall to ruin. The Beast grows bitter and angrier every year. When an old man wanders into the castle by mistake, the Beast orders the intruder thrown into the dungeon, unwilling to show the old man any mercy. Only when the man’s daughter, Belle, comes to his rescue and willingly exchanges her own safety for that of her father does the Beast see a chance for redemption.

Belle, who is intelligent and willful, doesn’t take her imprisonment sitting down, and doesn’t let the Beast push her around. She is forced to remain in the castle, but refuses to let herself fall to despair.

Meanwhile, the dark curse over the castle draws darkness near, and the Heartless begin swarming among the wolves and beasts of the dark forests. The hunters of the village tell stories of strange shadowy creatures, and local town hero Gaston brags of having taken down a large one. While the old inventor Maurice weeps for his imprisoned daughter, and Belle attempts to understand the Beast, shadows overtake the world around the countryside, and the world changes around the town and castle.

The people of the town are frightened by this change, and look to Gaston to provide protection against the frightening new world. The Beast begins finding Heartless even in his own castle, striking them down as they start to threaten his rose. Belle seeks to find out more about the Heartless, hoping her knowledge can save them both. And the rose drops petals faster and faster, as the Beast begins to lose hope.

'''Key Characters:''' [[The Beast]], [[Belle]], [[Gaston]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Bramble Orchard]], [[The Beast's Castle]], French Countryside (Belle's Village).

= Cinderella =
== Cinderella ==
The beloved and beautiful only child of a widowed aristocrat, Cinderella goes from riches to rags when her father marries the Lady Tremaine, a proud and severe woman, who brings with her two awkward and unattractive daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When Cinderella's father passes away, the Lady Tremaine takes over the estate and forces Cinderella into servitude. Though mocked by her jealous step-sisters, Cinderella remains kind and gentle, befriending the animals which live about their chateau.

The King of their country, distressed that his handsome son Prince Charming shows no interest in marriage, elects to hold a ball which all eligible maidens shall attend. Cinderella receives her step-mother's permission to go provided she finishes her chores, and with the help of her animal friends is able to repair one of her mother's old dresses just in time to depart - and is unknowingly assisted by the mini-fied Ventus. Yet the cunning Lady Tremaine, while complimenting Cinderella's dress, subtly points out the beads and sash which Cinderella's mouse companions had appropriated from her step-sisters. In a rage, Drizella and Anastasia ruin the gown, forcing Cinderella to stay behind. Overcome by emotion, Cinderella unknowingly attracts the Unversed - which are soon routed by a sudden appearance of Terra - whom soon there-after leaves again.

At that moment, however, Cinderella's Fairy Godmother appears, bestowing upon her a blue dress with glass slippers and transforming a pumpkin and her animal friends into a carriage with attendants. The happy girl departs for the ball with the warning to leave before the stroke of midnight, whereupon the magic will be undone and all shall return to as it once was. Upon her arrival, Prince Charming, having rejected all the other ladies, is smitten at first sight, and the blissful couple dance the night away. Yet Cinderella, realizing she has tarried overlong, flees in a panic as the clock tolls midnight, leaving behind a single glass slipper in her panic as her carriage begins to disintegrate.

The Grand Duke informs the King of what has occurred and is ordered to search every house until the girl whose foot fits the glass slipper is found. Lady Tremaine tries to keep Cinderella locked in her room - but Aqua assists in letting her out and stalls The Grand Duke long enough for Cinderella to get downstairs and try on her shoe. It's not long-after that the prince realizes his love for her and carries her off... but Aqua knows that a strong darkness only grows stronger within Lady Tremaine.

And years later, as Aqua wanders through the Realm of Darkness, she comes across a castle jutting out of a sea of darkness. Cinderella's castle. But unbeknownst to her, the Fairy Godmother has enough power for one last trick... to take that castle to a different place. A place where other worlds are coming together - trying to protect themselves against the Heartless. A world no longer protected by the Barrier of Light.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Cinderella]], [[Prince Charming]], [[Lady Tremaine]], [[Drizella]], [[Anastasia]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Cinderella Castle]]. 

= Sleeping Beauty =
== Sleeping Beauty ==
Once upon a time, there was an evil fairy named Maleficent, who was quite notorious in the Enchanted Dominion. She was known for playing cruel tricks on people, for lying and deceiving. And most of all, for cursing others, purely out of hatred and spite. Indeed, Maleficent was a cruel fairy who sought ways to destroy and twist her realm to reflect her own dark heart.

One day she learned that good King Stephan and his wife were throwing a party to celebrate the birth of their daughter, princess Aurora. Maleficent naturally, was not invited, as King Stephan feared that she might harm his precious daughter. Naturally Maleficent was furious and she invited herself to the party. As the fairies came one by one to offer the baby their magical gifts, Maleficent plotted of a way to punish King Stephan for smiting her: She cursed the baby to die upon her sixteenth birthday when she was fated to prick her finger on a spinning wheel. She then left in a cackle of evil laughter.

There was one good fairy who had not yet bestowed her gift upon the sleeping baby. She stepped forward at that moment and promised that Aurora would not die, but would rather fall into a deep sleep for 100 years, and not awaken until her true love's kiss would break the curse. As an extra precaution, the king charged the three fairies with taking care of Aurora and keeping her safe from Maleficent. And so they hid her in a cottage in the woods, where she lived for 16 years.

During that time, the heartless came into the world. Maleficent, in her quest for power, met Master Xehanort, who promised her boundless power. He also told her about the existence of many other worlds and he told her of the princesses of heart who held the key to unlocking the way to Kingdom Hearts, the most powerful world from which she could control all worlds. Maleficent, powerful, cunning, determined, made the perfect minion for Xehanort, and she was more determined than ever to find Aurora, believing her to be one of the princesses of heart.

Xehanort warned her of three keyblade wielders, Terra, who might be of use to her, Aqua who might be a threat, and Ventus who was not to be harmed. He warned her not to tell them of him, but to keep it to herself. He then left her to her own devices for a while, telling her to report back to him from time to time.

Some time later, Maleficent's raven, Diablo located Aurora, hiding as a peasant girl named Briar Rose. Maleficent used her sorcery to hypnotise her and draw her to the castle where she lured her to the room with the spinning wheel that would seal her fate. Instead of dying, Aurora fell into a deep sleep that would last many years. In order to keep anyone from interfering, Maleficent captured and imprisoned Philip in a dungeon in the Forbidden Mountains.

Aqua encountered Maleficent, who told Aqua of Terra's role in her plan and dropped her into the dungeon, where she and the fairies helped free Philip. The fairies enchanted Philip's sword, and he defeated Maleficent in her dragon form. Maleficent swore to Aqua that she would return, while Philip woke Aurora with a kiss.

Although the Enchanted Dominion was temporarily at peace, celebrating the wedding of Aurora and Philip, it was not truly free from the power of darkness. Maleficent called on the Heartless to consume it as part of her revenge, and soon all but the castle and surrounding hills collapsed into darkness, the castle itself pulled into another world entirely. Philip has sworn to protect Aurora and her heart.

Since then, Malificent has found a new place to call her home - known as the Hollow Bastion. From there, she has sought out others who have been touched by the threads of fate - those who were touched by the keyblade wielders she so despises now. She created an organization, made up of these damnable people - drenched in the veil of darkness. And with her as their head, she leads them with promise of more power - more worlds...

And to facilitate this, she drew upon the power of the Darkness Corridors and the knowledge she had come to possess - and with Fairy sorcery, she brought portals upon portals to connect world upon world from the heights of Phantasia Mountain.

The gates are open, the Shadowlords are coming.

And even as the worlds try to gather strength and the World Hearts combine some of their bodies to harden against this assault...

They move under her.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aurora]], [[Malificent]], [[Prince Phillip]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' None. Malificent lives in Hollow Bastion. 

= Snow White =
== Snow White ==
In a small kingdom, a beautiful but cold-hearted queen looks into her magic mirror, asking every day:

''Mirror, mirror, on the wall 
Who is the fairest one of all?''

One day, the mirror answers that the queen herself has been surpassed in beauty by her step-daughter, the princess Snow White.

Enraged, the queen, Grimhilde, calls for her huntsman to bring her the heart of the innocent Snow White. The darkness within her own heart begins to call forth the Heartless, which begin to swarm on the edge of the forest.

Meanwhile, Snow White encounters the handsome Prince Ferdinand. The two share their hopes and dreams. Ferdinand has heard of dangers on the edge of his kingdom with strange monsters, and rides off to fight the Heartless, but promises to reunite with Snow White someday.

The huntsman, unable to bring himself to kill Snow White, instead tells her of the danger she is in and tells her to flee into the forest. Terrified, Snow White flees into the woods, eventually finding herself under the protection of the Seven Dwarves who mine for diamonds nearby.

The Queen continues to realize the threat that Snow White poses to her own beauty - and is found speaking to the mirror by Terra. Through this moment, she comes to know Keywielders and turns the Mirror into an unversed through the use of a potion - causing it to become inevitably connected to the Heartless. After a failed attempt in bringing down Terra, and being forced to use the Mirror's ability to show a person's location, she tries to do the work of bringing down Snow White herself.

This is how she meets Ventus, who helps her when she drops an apple. And upon succeeding in poisoning Snow White, but being chased off by the Dwarves - she ends up under attack by Aqua, driving her to gain an absolute /hatred/ towards Keyblade wielders.

Now long after, through her magic mirror, and a force promises to bring about the death of Snow White if they can have the cooperation of the sorcery-using queen.

Grimhilde, twisted by her rage and jealousy, makes a secret pact with the strange force, and the Heartless swarm forth, the land surrounding the castle and the forest plunged into darkness. What remains of the kingdom is now part of a new world, and the Heartless begin to seek out the innocent Snow White, protected by the dwarves. Where is her prince on a white steed now? Where is prince Ferdinand. Or will another Prince save her?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Snow White]], [[Doc]], [[Grumpy]], [[Happy]], [[Sleepy]], [[Bashful]], [[Sneezy]], [[Dopey]], [[Queen Grimhilde]], [[Prince Ferdinant]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' Dwarf Woodlands 

= Mulan =
== Mulan ==
When the Huns, led by the ruthless Shan Yu, invade China, each family is given a conscription notice. Mulan's father, Fa Zhou has to serve in the army, but due to his age and previous war injuries, is is doubtful that he would survive. Fa Mulan disguises herself as a man, then takes her father's conscription notice, armor, and weapons so that he will not have to go. She rides away on her horse, Khan, to join the army, knowing that if she were caught she would be killed.

Mushu, a small chinese dragon, has been awakened by the family's First Ancestor. Mushu had been demoted to gong ringer after a mishap with one of the ancestors when the other ancestors were awakened. After various choices of which guardian to send after Mulan, he is asked to awaken the "Great Stone Dragon". Mushu accidentally destroys the Dragon but realizes that this could be an opportunity to earn his place among the guardians again if he can make Mulan a war hero.

Mulan trains with a group led by Captain Li Shang, including fellow soldiers Ling, Yao, and Chien Po. The troops complete their training, but Chi Fu, the Emperor's meddling and misogynistic advisor, refuses to let them see battle, accusing the troops of being ill prepared. However, they may not get much of a choice - with the incoming hordes of Heartless showing up everywhere upon their lands - clearly sent by Shan Yu.

In the meantime, within the Imperial City, a shard from Spira has come to life on its own, forming Ifrit's Cloister in the basement of the Imperial Castle!

'''Key Characters:''' [[Fa Mulan]], [[Li Shang]], [[Yao]], [[Ling]], [[Chien Po]], [[Shan Yu]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Land of Dragons]]. 

= Aladdin =
== Aladdin ==

A party gathers in the desert at night, as a mercenary delivers to the sorcerer Jafar the treasure he needs to awaken the Cave of Wonders. The guardian of the Cave destroys the minion and declares that only the Diamond in the Rough may enter. Jafar vows to find this Diamond in the Rough to bring him the treasure he seeks.

Meanwhile, Aladdin is a streetwise thief without a home who must steal to keep himself alive, not that the royal guards of Agrabah are very sympathetic. Within the palace of the sultan, the princess Jasmine is urged to find a suitor, but wishes to marry only for love. Wishing to understand the world outside of the palace walls, she sneaks out, soon encountering and making friends with Aladdin.

They develop feelings for one another, but Jasmine is found and brought back, and Aladdin arrested for kidnapping the princess. While he waits to be executed, Aladdin encounters an old man-actually Jafar in disguise-offering him freedom if Aladdin can bring back a treasure from the Cave of Wonders. Jafar knows that Aladdin is the Diamond in the Rough, one whose true value is often overlooked.

The cave opens for Aladdin, with the guardian warning him to “touch nothing but the lamp.” Within the cave is a glittering trove of treasure, but Aladdin remembers the warning and claims only the dusty old lamp he was asked to bring back. Abu, his monkey companion, lets his greed get the best of him, and as he grabs for a diamond, it melts as the gold transforms into a wave of molten lava. Aladdin and Abu are saved only by the sentient magic carpet they befriended within the cave, which seals itself off, trapping them within.

Jafar, enraged that the Cave of Wonders has been sealed off from him once more, enters his chamber above the palace only to find Maleficent waiting for him. She encourages him to work with her, ensuring he will have what he desires, and that the key to their plan is Jasmines heart. Jafar agrees to work with Maleficent, just as Heartless begin to appear in the desert outside of Agrabah. At Maleficent's urging, bolstered by the Heartless' strength, he takes over the Palace and thus the city. Jasmine, overhearing their plotting, escapes at the last moment, Jafar and the Heartless in hot pursuit.

Aladdin, meanwhile, is trapped in the cave. Frustrated, he rubs at the lamp and frees the Genie, a powerful and strange being who claims that as Aladdin is now his master, he will be granted three wishes. Aladdin uses his trickery to free himself, without making a single wish, only to find out that the world has changed around him, and the desert surrounding Agrabah is not as he remembers it. The world has been altered, taken somewhere else, and the people of Agrabah have only the walls of their city protecting them from the new dangers outside. As for Aladdin, he has his wits, and three wishes.

And the Cave of Wonders looms open again, its treasures hidden, its lamp missing, but its mazelike paths possibly leading...somewhere else?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aladdin]], [[Princess Jasmine]], [[Jafar]], [[Sultan]], [[Cassim]], [[Abis Mal]], [[Mechanicles]], [[Mirage]], [[Mozenrath]], [[Phasir]], [[Sadira]], [[The Mukhtar]], [[Aziz]]. 
'''Grid Locations''': [[Cave of Wonders]], [[Agrabah]]. 

= Tron =
== Tron ==
Once, in a world much like our own, the corporation ENCOM was spearheading the growth of new and innovative computer technology, employing the finest engineers and developing everything from laser scanners to video games. A brilliant but lackadaisical software engineer, Kevin Flynn, is fired from ENCOM when his rival Ed Dillinger steals several games Flynn has developed and is promoted to an executive position. Retreating to the popular arcade he owns, Flynn struggles to obtain evidence of Dillinger's wrongdoing, but is blocked by the sinister Master Control Program (MCP), the artificial intelligence which controls the ENCOM mainframe and seeks to expand its dominion over the Dataspace, the cyber-realm within computers.

Within the Dataspace, computer programs exist as individuals, some appearing in the likeness of the Users who created them, and are terrorized by the MCP and its second-in-command, Sark. Sark and his minions seek control over input/output within their mainframe, and those programs which resist him are captured and forced to play dangerous games -- often utilizing the "identity disk" which all programs carry -- in which the losers are "derezzed."

The MCP, aware of Dillinger's misdeeds, manipulates him by threatening him with blackmail and proceeds to begin hacking into computers all over the world. Meanwhile, visited by his friends and fellow scientists Alan Bradley and Lora Baines, Flynn persuades them to help him sneak back into ENCOM's headquarters. There, he upgrades the security clearance of Bradley's program "Tron", so that it might monitor the activities of the MCP. In retaliation, the MCP activates an experimental laser intended to digitize Flynn and transfer him into the ENCOM mainframe.

At that moment, however, Heartless pour forth from the shadows and consume the world, sending the Dataspace into chaos. Eventually, Ansem the Wise encounters the Dataspace during his investigations and tinkers with the various programs, upgrading Tron. Yet once Flynn's Arcade emerges from the darkness, the MCP becomes aware that the worlds have been connected, and is eager to conquer all realms which touch upon Dataspace-- and beyond. At last, the battle between Tron and the MCP begins in earnest.

But what has become of Flynn, ENCOM, and the others lost to the shadows? In the dusty recesses of the Arcade, hidden in Manhattan in a secret private room, a solitary light blinks...

== Since Then ==
''Information Is slightly out of date''

([[Opportunity Knocks]]) During an attempt by [[LEXUS]] to take the Manhattan side Terminal away from Chicago, ShinRa ended up interfering and managed to prevent it from being taken to Hollow Bastion. But as a result, Manhattan's terminal now sits in ShinRa HQ in Goug.

'''Key Characters:''' [[TRON]], [[Sark]], [[MCP]], [[Kevin Flynn]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Flynn's Arcade]]. 

== TRON - Wise OS ==
''Information coming soon.''

== TRON: Uprising - Flynn OS ==
=== The World So Far ===
The Flynn OS is a 32 bit system compared to the Wise OS’s 8 bit status. The programs here are more human like in personality and tend to have more human like tendencies. They are also what many of us are use too from the newer TRON series. Black suits and body lines, versus the silver suits.

The only known program to still have the silver suit with white lines was the system monitor program, TRON; which in this verse, he was killed leaving behind the Renegade as the new system monitor who wears not only TRON’s colors and line patterns, but also the very T. Other programs who may have white suits are those who are Sirens and they have no real combat ability, though they can sometimes be helpful.

CLU’s forces have occupied much of the Grid now in Flynn OS, but they do have some heartless trouble from an unknown source that is slowly corrupting the grid (Cyrus) and only one Program (Beck) is slightly aware of who may be the cause of the heartless corruption. While CLU continues to blame the Renegade for not only the heartless that have no invaded the Grid, but also for the disorder, and needlessly lost lives.

ISOs themselves have been scattered to the four winds thanks to what CLU has done, leaving them homeless and always on the run. Kevin Flynn himself has also vanished and no one knows where their creator has gone off too. Many believe that their creator has abandoned them, leaving only CLU as the now reliable source to turn too. With ISOs on the run, the Black Virus' spawning in random locations, and no sign of Kevin Flynn, the Flynn OS is not a very safe system to travel alone.

=== The Rules ===
While on the Flynn OS it should be advised of the following things to keep in mind: 
* Users who first enter the Grid will have their normal clothing with maybe some parts glowing. They will not have a disk, so they will need to obtain one or they will be seen as a stray. Also you may get funny looks for being in your human-like clothing, so you will need to find a Siren to get a proper look.

* If you are caught as a stray by CLU’s forces you could be caught and sent to the games! You don’t want to go to the games. Its a bad place. Now you can get a disc by being in the games or you may get lucky and get a disc from Pergos or a Siren (who may be feeling generous). Those are your choices! Just remember - Its hard to escape from the games.

* If you are a non-human ‘user’, you will become a human. Its a world change rule here. So if you're an anthro duck or mouse, you will suddenly become human. Have some fun with this!

* The Renegade has wanted posters /everywhere/. He is known as an assassin and is extremely dangerous (or so the posters will say). The talk about him on the street is that some believe that he could be TRON or /is/ TRON returned to them. Others think he is a cruel prankster. Many more even go as far as to believe the very posters after what happened in Argon and in TRON city. Believing he is the one who not only got several programs killed but unleashed the black virus’ (aka the Heartless).

* Nearly all Programs are unaware of users. They don’t even understand the concept of users, let alone a world beyond their own. As most programs on Flynn OS were built by Kevin Flynn and thus he is their god. There are a few exceptions to this rule, but very few and they don’t talk openly about users. Such exceptions are like CLU who knows of users because of what he learned from Kevin Flynn and he also knows the dangers of them as well. Also keep that in mind. You may get used by CLU to a means if he figures you out.

* If you are hurt on the grid and you are a user. You /will/ bleed. You will not voxel like the programs. No. You will actually have blood and programs will, kinda freak out if they see you bleed. They may even think you're a virus! So keep that in mind too. Combat can happen, don’t get me wrong, but if your suit can’t protect you and the impact is deep enough. You may get some programs panicked by that red stuff coming out of you!

* Most programs on Flynn OS have two colors, but the primary color represents who they are. This will probably be the same for you as well. Teal Green is medical. Blue (may appear more like white blue) is most programs. White is security. Green is military. Yellow Green is Viruses (and possibly Shadow Lords). Red is CLU’s forces. Yellow is Administrative program; Which only CLU has (and maybe the MCP if he was to step on there). Purple is Hackers.

* ISOs are another form of Program in the Flynn OS. These programs tend to hold marks on their shoulders that label them as who they are, though they can hide this with the proper cover over. Most ISOs have white, blue, or green circuity lines. Just as most of them also wear the black light suits. Very, very few ISOs help white light suits and those were mostly killed during the first purge done by CLU. As ISOs are being hunted, if you decide to app an ISO be aware that these guys are rare in numbers and nearly all programs will hate you as they believe you are one of the causes for the system crash and the rise of the Heartless in Flynn OS.

* Users typically have no real way to interact or control the environment around them. This locked to CLU and some of his forces with his permission set. However it may be possible to hack some things, but you may get not only CLU’s attention but the current System monitor. If you are unsure about your abilities in the Grid, because you believe you should have some rights to change things, please send in a +request to see what you may be able to do!

* User technology typically will not work on the Grid, though it may be converted into a form of grid tech for the duration you are on the grid. If you are unsure about your stuff or wish to double check, please send in a +request on it.

* Also remember - CLU doesn’t dig imperfection and anything that isn’t part of his system is imperfection. He wants out. You really don’t want to let him get out. Keep that in mind!

= The Hunchback of Notre Dame =
== The Hunchback of Notre Dame ==

In the city of Paris, Judge Claude Frollo of the City Guard seeks to eliminate the gypsy people, seeing them as sinful heretics. He traps a group of gypsy refugees and has them arrested, but a woman escapes with her baby. He pursues her until she is killed on the steps of Notre Dame Cathedral. Frollo is prepared to drown the baby, who is deformed, but the archbishop interferes, refusing to allow the judge to shed more innocent blood. He warns that no matter what Frollo tells himself or others, the “eyes of Notre Dame” and the Lord will know the truth. Frollo is convinced instead to raise the child as his own. He gives the child the cruel name of Quasimodo, meaning “half-formed.”

Quasimodo grows to young adulthood living in the bell tower, hidden away from all but Frollo and the gargoyles who awaken when no one else is around. He is hunchbacked and severely deformed, but intelligent, kind and insightful, and spends his time watching the people of Notre Dame he wishes to meet someday. He is told by Frollo that the world is cruel and would reject him, and he should remain in his place as the hidden bell-ringer of Notre Dame.

Lonely Quasimodo sneaks out of the cathedral one day as Paris celebrates the Festival of Fools. A troupe of gypsies entertain the people, notably Esmeralda, a beautiful and kind dancer. Frollo and his men watch, and while Frollo disapproves outwardly, he finds himself fascinated with Esmeralda. Quasimodo’s appearance is discovered, and he is crowned King of the Fools, celebrated until the crowd turns on him and humiliates him at the urging of Frollo’s men. Frollo doesn’t interfere on his behalf, but Esmeralda does, helping him escape into the Cathedral and following him there. She in turn is followed by Captain Phoebus of the guard, who refuses to arrest Esmeralda for witchcraft against Frollo’s orders.

As Esmeralda befriends Quasimodo, who thanks her for helping him and helps her escape the cathedral safely, strange creatures appear in the corners and shadows of the city. The guard track them down and capture one, but are unable to find out what they are. As Frollo contemplates his obsession with Esmeralda, increasingly convinced she is tempting his heart away with wicked powers, the shadowy Maleficent appears to him and offers him a position as a Shadow Lord. He refuses, terrified that a demon has appeared to him, just as news of Esmeralda’s escape and the Heartless attacks reach him. Frollo draws the conclusion that Maleficent and the Heartless were drawn to Notre Dame by gypsy witchcraft, and calls for the arrest of Esmeralda.

As Quasimodo looks out to the sky, having finally made an outside friend and finding himself infatuated with Esmeralda as well, he sees a strange shadow cast over Notre Dame. In moments, the City Island is all that is left of Paris, and the people are in a panic. Frollo calls them to order with his guard, explaining that the changes are punishment for wickedness and sin, and determined to protect the righteous people of Paris from the terrors outside. Quasimodo considers leaving once more, this time to help the people of the city which once rejected him. Maleficent, meanwhile, waits and watches, sure that sooner or later, Judge Frollo will fall into her clutches and she will find the Heart of this world.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Quasimodo]], [[Esmeralda]], [[Frollo]], [[Phoebus]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[La Cité Des Cloches]].

= The Nightmare Before Christmas =
== The Nightmare Before Christmas ==

Halloween Town exists as a ghoulish, but not unfriendly place. Its people create Halloween and bring it to the world at large every year. While Pumpkin King Jack Skellington does an excellent job and is widely loved for his skills at the creepy and macabre, he's started to tire of the same thing year after year.

Little creatures called Heartless begin to appear, but as everyone in Halloween Town is some form of monster, the Heartless don't stand out. Jack notices them, thinking they might be the key to a new Halloween, and tries to learn how to make them obey him to no avail. Their presence is not questioned by anyone but Sally the Rag Doll, whose advice is ignored.

Oogie Boogie, too, hears of the Heartless and decides he wants to control them for his own dark purposes. It is when he sends his minions Lock, Shock, and Barrel to investigate that Halloween Town itself falls to the Heartless, something not too many of the residents notice. The doors to Halloween Town no longer lead to the other Holiday Worlds or the "real world," but to a void of darkness. What will happen when the people of Halloween Town realize their city is now home to strangers, and what they will do with the strange Heartless, remains to be seen.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Jack Skellington]], [[Sally]], [[Oogie Boogie]], [[Doctor Finklestein]], [[Lock, Shock and Barrel]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Halloween Town]]. 

= Kim Possible =
== Kim Possible ==
<<To Be Written>>

'''Key Characters:''' [[Kim Possible]], [[Ron Stoppable]], [[Shego]], [[Doctor Drakken]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' None. 

= Fillmore =
== Fillmore ==

After Parnassus' resigning from the Safety Patrol officer and Ingrid joins Fillmore in the group, several months passed and the two solved several cases together, including a kidnapping of the school mascot, apprehending a serial graffiti artist, protecting the local chess celebrity and many others. The arrival of the Heartless was a shock and far beyond the usual level of violence and crime that they were used to dealing with. Still, they were not helpless and with the aid of the Safety Patrol most of the students were evacuated out of the portal before the world fell to darkness.

It took a few days but with some investigative work, a new suitable home was found for the students of X Middleschool in the facility of Balamb Garden. As it was already a sizable military academy, Headmaster Cid was more than happy to provide some of their extra space for standard schooling operation on the condition that any qualified students be allowed to undertake SeeD training. This agreement was not expected to be permanent and plans were also drafted to build a new school for the regular students should Manhattan be lost to them forever.

Naturally, the members of the Safety Patrol were among the qualified students despite their lack of actual combat training. However, after witnessing the destruction that the Heartless could unleash all of them were more than happy to learn how to prevent such things from happening in the future and signed up to become members of Garden themselves.

After a few weeks of taking some basic courses, it was determined that Ingrid and the other Patrollers were qualified enough to operate with some extra independence thanks to their former roles as student leaders and their crime solving skills were put to work on minor cases within Garden and sometimes beyond.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Fillmore]], [[Ingrid Third]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Balamb Garden]]. 

= Lilo and Stitch =
== Lilo and Stitch ==

Far in the reaches of deep space, a council convenes to sentence the criminal mad scientist Jumba and its newest, most dangerous creation, Experiment 626. 626 is too powerful and wily to keep under containment, however, and escapes the watch of space officer Gantu. During this escapade, it meets the strange twosome that are Ventus and Aqua. During an attack from the Unversed, they show the Council-Woman some of Experiment 626's goodness - as it assists in fending off an attack of the Unversed around the time that so many stars go dark.

With Ventus and Aqua having left, Experiment 626 is left to flee in an escape pod towards a rather obscure, backwater planet called Earth - Earth is under protection as breeding ground for the endangered mosquito, so Agent Pleakley is sent to accompany Jumba and recover 626 before it can wreak havoc on Earth.

Meanwhile, Nani is having difficulties keeping sole guardianship of her little sister Lilo after the death of their parents. A social worker's visit goes poorly, and friction between Lilo and Nani is not helping. The sisters decide to adopt a dog and head to the shelter, where Lilo chooses a strange, ugly-looking dog which happens to be 626 in disguise. She dubs the creature Stitch and convinces Nani to let her adopt him. Once she takes him home, he proves to be a rather destructive and strange "dog," but Lilo decides she's going to train him into being a proper best friend. News reports of strange creatures being spotted in the rainforests go mostly unnoticed by the two sisters, but Lilo wonders if it might me an alien invasion.

Soon after, the island of Hawaii is hit by a powerful hurricane; when the winds and rain subside, Hawaii itself has been pulled from Earth and is in the middle of an unfamiliar ocean, with pirates in sky ships looking to make contact. Although the people of Hawaii are rather alarmed at this bizarre development, the governor nervously agrees to meet with representatives from the new outside world while they try to find out just what has happened.

Nani now finds it even more important that she and Lilo stay together, and hopes that strange dog or the weird monsters don't interfere with this too much. Lilo is excited, however, and wants to take trips with the "space pirates" and hunt down the Heartless "aliens" with Stitch. Jumba and Pleakley, meanwhile, continue their investigation, wondering if they're really stranded on Earth...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Stitch]], [[Lilo Pelekai]], [[Nani Pelekai]], [[Jumba Jookiba]], [[Pleakley]], [[Gantu]], [[Cobra Bubbles]], [[Grand Councilwoman]], [[David Kawena]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Hawaii]]. 

= Pirates of the Carribean =
== Pirates of the Carribean ==
Years before, young Elizabeth meets a boy found in a shipwreck. The boy, Will Turner, gives her a medallion that resembles a gold piece.

Commodore James Norrington proposes to Elizabeth Swann, who falls into the bay before she can give an answer. The medallion falls to the bottom of the sea, sending off a signal to the crew of the ghostly Black Pearl. She is saved by notorious pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, who is promptly arrested.

That night, the pirates of the Black Pearl attack Port Royal, running a raid in an attempt to find the gold piece calling to them. Despite the best efforts of Will Turner, now a blacksmith's apprentice, they succeed in capturing Elizabeth and begin to sail off.

The terror and sorrow brought on by the pirate attack is the final piece needed for the Heartless to overtake the world, as much of the land and see fall into total darkness. Port Royal and its surrounding waters are spared, drawn into a different world. While the Royal British Navy has sworn to protect Port Royal until a solution can be found, the many pirates sailing the seas have been drawn into this world as well, including Captain Barbossa and his Black Pearl.

Captain Barbossa still seeks a manner to cure the curse on his crew, and wonders if the Heartless themselves hold the answer. Meanwhile, Captain Jack has agreed to help Will find Elizabeth, who is still holding her own on the Black Pearl, for now.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Will Turner]], [[Elizabeth Swann]], [[Captain Barbossa]], [[Jack Sparrow]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Port Royal]]. 

= Peter Pan =
== Peter Pan ==
Follow the second star on the right and straight on ‘til morning, and you’ll find your way to Neverland, an island of magic and eternal childhood. Here is the home of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows old, a mischievous youth who can fly. He and other ageless children, the Lost Boys, live without parents as they outsmart Captain Hook and his pirate crew.

One day, Captain Hook tricks a mysterious warrior named Terra into picking a fight with Peter Pan. The two clash, but they clear up their misunderstanding and Pan flies off to fight Hook as he’s often done. He has more friendly encounters with keyblade users Ventus and Aqua. In his mind, they’re just more visitors to Neverland, and while he remembers them, he doesn’t think much of the incident for a while.

Years later, Peter’s shadow flies into the bedroom of Wendy Darling, a young girl living in turn of the century London. Peter and his fairy companion Tinkerbell soon follow. When Wendy sews his shadow back on, Peter tells her and her siblings, John and Michael, about the land of Neverland. He grants them the power to fly using pixie dust and leads them to Neverland. When Wendy is introduced to the Lost Boys, she decides she’ll try to be their mother, as they’ve never had one and don’t know what having one is like.

Meanwhile, as Captain Hook plans to clash with Peter once more, strange shadows overtake the sea around Neverland. The island itself remains unchanged even as it is brought into another ocean, and few of the inhabitants notice what has gone on. Peter sees the appearance of Heartless as another excuse for the Lost Boys to have an adventure, unaware of the seriousness of the situation. Captain Hook, however, soon spots more ships approaching Neverland, and wonders if he has found allies in his eternal battle with Pan.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Peter Pan]], [[Wendy]], [[Captain Hook]], [[Mr. Smee]], [[The Lost Boys]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Neverland]]. 

= Hercules =
== Hercules ==

Once, this world was a land of chaos, ruled over by powerful elemental Titans who cared little for the people of the land below as they swept their destruction across the planet. Then, Zeus came with his thunderbolts and trapped the Titans, beginning the age of both Gods and men. High on Mt. Olympus, Zeus set himself as the king of the Gods, unaware that his brother Hades had begun setting the wheels in motion to steal the throne.

Everything seemed to be going according to plan until the day that Zeus and Hera gave birth to their son, Hercules. Consulting the fates, Hades discovered that in eighteen years, he would have the chance he'd been waiting for - but... if Hercules rose up to fight on the side of the Gods, his attempts for power would fail. So, the God dispatched his two minions, Pain and Panic, to dispose of the little 'sunspot'. The two imps fail in their task to kill Hercules, but they do manage to make him mortal, resulting in his exile from Mt. Olympus.

For years, young Hercules is raised by a human family as their only son, never knowing his true parentage. It isn't until his unusual strength began to show itself in sometimes dangerous ways, that his father revealed the truth, sending him to seek out council from Zeus. At the temple, Hercules learned of the cruel fate that had befallen him as a child, and discovered the one way in which he might be able to once again return to Olympus and rejoin the gods: He must become a True Hero.

So, with the help of his faithful companion Pegasus, Hercules sought out a teacher - one of the best trainers of Heroes: The satyr, Philoctetes ("Phil" for short). While the satyr is reluctant, at first, to take on yet another would-be Hero, he does eventually agree to teach the boy, under threat of lightning bolts from above. Upon discovering that the one person who could foil his plans was still alive, Hades began to throw all sorts of beasts and monsters at Hercules, trying to kill the young Hero before he would have a chance to reclaim his birthright. Through those many trials, Hercules did become a Hero, but earning the love of fans is not the same thing as being a 'True Hero'.

With his failure to kill Hercules, it is only a matter of time before Hades sought out darker means of eliminating his enemies. The God was one of the first to be gathered into the Shadow Lords, and with the Heartless, his power spread over the world of Olympia, eventually dragging it down into darkness. Now, all that remains is the Coliseum, looming at the edge of Traverse Town. Here, heroes can still prove themselves in the games, and Hercules still seeks a way of proving himself a True Hero, but is there even a Mt. Olympus left to return home to?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Hercules]], [[Megara]], [[Phil]], [[Hades]], [[Pain]] and [[Panic]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Coliseum]]

= Other Phantasia =
== Other Phantasia ==
In general, staff would prefer to keep player characters as humanoids (see [[races]]), rather than talking animals or furniture. While there are Disney themes which heavily feature walking/talking animals, they are much harder to integrate.

These include (but are not limited to) themes such as:
* Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers (NPCs)
* Oliver and Company (NPCs)
* Lady and the Tramp (NPCs)
* Bambi (NPCs)
* The Lion King (Adapted)

In general, many of these characters will just be background NPCs. For instance, you might be walking the streets of Manhattan and spot an orange kitten. Or be strolling threw New Orleans and see a particularly scruffy hounddog. Most of these characters simply won't make good player-characters, since adapting them into Final Kingdom would take quite a bit of work and require quite heavy modifications. Others, such as Chip and Dale already appear as bit parts/NPCs throughout Kingdom Hearts. If you have your heart set on one of them, you can always ask staff, but it's likely that characters from themes listed as (NPCs) will be much harder to app.

Themes in which a character is/was human and gets turned into an animal will usually be accepted, although tweaked so they can at least speak.
Examples:
* The Princess and the Frog
* Brother Bear
* The Emperor's New Groove
 

== The Lion King ==

In the case of '''The Lion King''', the staff consensus is that if Sora and the others turn into animals when arriving in '''The Pridelands''', that the same should work vice-versa for the characters /leaving/ that world. It gives people the chance to play characters from this theme, but in a way where they will easily be able to interact with others. They might look humanoid, but they still retain their personality elements, and perhaps some of their more interesting mannerisms. In general, we would like to keep all the characters in this theme to be either fully human in appearance on other worlds, or semi-anthro (Re: Tailspin). Whomever gets an approved FC app into this theme first will get to decide the direction of that for the rest of the cast. We will also possibly allow some IC combat-transformation to a lion form, because everyone knows it would be hilarious to see Mufasa shoot fireballs from his muzzle.

= Rejected =
== Rejected ==
These games or series are not available for integration, due to one reason or another:
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* '''Final Fantasy 11/14''' - Due to the online nature of these games, and their theme still expanding now, they are currently seen as unfit.
* '''Non-Final Fantasy Games''' - With the exception of The World Ends With You - as seen included in KH:3D, other Square Enix games - or any others for that matter - are not available for application.
* '''Non-animated Disney''' - Since we are trying to stick as close to the world that fits with Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, we try to not implement 'real life' Disney movies. Pirates of the Carribean and Tron are the obvious exceptions, as they were featured in Kingdom Hearts games. However, this is not a hard limit, and we might be convinced otherwise on a case-by-case basis.
* '''Phineas and Ferb''' - Originally a pitch that was intended more for places like Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, the Tone of the series does not fit the general Disney kind of universe and tone we try to represent within this game.
* '''No Pixar''' - Sorry, we feel none of their movies truly fit with the tone of the game.
* '''No Marvel''' - It's a completely different thing.

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Rise From Your Grave

2013-08-04T22:56:04Z

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In the shadows down in a low area of sanctum. The green mist is heavy here, covering the floor in a thick mess, as bits of electricity flicker through the mist, as it travels up chains along the stone walls. From the stairs coming down into the mist is a walkway that seems to safe to traverse, just slightly higher then the mist itself.

The pathway binds around and connects to a higher platform with a dark, black cauldron that sits upon it. The dark, green mist streams down from the cauldron. Near the Cauldron and pacing around is a green goblin like creature who perhaps only comes up to a grown man's calf. He paces around.

As he paces he keeps looking down into the thick mist and a few times adjusts his collar as if waiting for something. However he quickly skitters back as the mist starts to rise up at a point. His one good eye goes wide, before he grimaces to the side and then tries to smile. "S-Sire! I was worried that I may have messed up.. or.. was to late!" The goblin continues to move backwards until he realizes there is nothing left behind him beyond more of the green mist.

He grimaces at the fact he has run out of room, until he notices the shadow of the figure of the Horned King over him. Which he gulps gently, before he slowly looks up at his master. "You are-- looking well as ever Sire!"

When the Horned King moves closer he almost curls into a ball, until the shadowy figure moves past him and the creak of a door is heard opening. Then he winces again at the flicker of electric magic, as if trying to shield his eyes from the bright flash. "I-- I did well, didn't I sire?"

The Goblin continues to stay nervous as no respond comes until suddenly the shadow looms over him once more. He stares up with almost pleading eyes along with trying to smile at the same time. The robed figure steps in closer, before the figure moves past the goblin once more. His voice at last breaking the silence and the Goblin seeming to come at some ease as the Horned King speaks at last. "I believe one of Garland's students held an item of great importance." His voice echoes easily in the stone sanctum. "And several days have passed since my attack on Traverse Town. Including one of them calling me.. adept." His voice remains icly calm as he then starts to walk across the platform.

The Goblin following behind, but keeping some distance. "Adept, sire? You. Hahah. I suppose he must have been joking!"

"Hardly. He is a boy with darkness grafted into him. He is a fool and has no concept of the forces at work. I plan to make an example of him." The Horned King continues to speak in a calm voice, as he extends out his hands. The Mist slowly starts to turn and move as if being summoned. "However that will come in time. I have other preparations to make." He then sharply raises up his arms, closing his hands as the dark green mist flashes upward into the air. Soon undead warriors start to stand up from the mist, slowly climbing their way out.

By this point the Goblin suddenly moves quickly close to the Horned King. Using his master as some protection from the newly wakened undead warriors. "I-I gathered those books like you asked me to, Sire. On the culture and technology."

"..Good." The Horned King says as he lowers his arms, watching his undead army walk up the stairs and out the door. "All things are still going according to plan."

"Plan, Sire?" The Goblin asks seeming a bit confused. He glances up and counts on his four fingers the amounts of time they have lost so far and then looks at his other for how many times they have won. So far. They have lost.

"You will see in time." The Horned King simply replies as he too then starts to make his way up the steps. "As I have all eternity..."

Integrated

2013-07-17T02:39:28Z

Foxfirestorm: /* Since Then */

{{#set:Information=Theme}}Note that this is not a comprehensive list. These are the opening themes for which a guideline is provided, as they were represented in Kingdom Hearts, or are otherwise on grid. These entries often contain an adjustment to incorporate the Kingdom Hearts theme - leading to the fall of the world into darkness.
= Final Fantasy 1 =
== Final Fantasy 1 ==
The world of balance was a magical realm, governed by the four elemental crystals of dark and the opposing crystals of light. Two-hundred years ago, the four crystals of light were abused by a highly advanced civilization - known as the Lufenians - who lived on a floating continent above the planet.

Their misuse of the crystals led to the sinking of a giant sea shrine, the sudden surge in airship crashes and inexplicable windstorms, uncontrollable wildfires that ripped through the lands, and decaying vegetation seen throughout the world. What started off as an ambitious plan to further advance their civilization left it in near ruins... with the rest of the world soon to follow...

One day, the great Sage Lukahn spoke a prophecy: the legendary Light Warriors would come with their orbs devoid of light to heal the ailing crystals and return the world from darkness. Soon after, the four heroes arrived from nowhere, each carrying an empty darkened orb, drawn together by forces beyond their control. Travelling the world, they battled numerous villians, rescuing princess Sara of Cornelia from the evil Garland, defeating the evil dark elf Astos and liberating the good Elf Prince, restoring his kingdom. They eventually encountered the four fiends: Lich, Marilith, Kraken and Tiamat, recovering the crystals of light and restoring their balance with the crystals of darkness.

Light began to return to the world, and yet evil remained on the brink, threatenning to overturn the warriors as soon as their strength was exhausted. Chaos used his magic to revive Garland and the fiends, sending them 2,000 years into the past so that they could corrupt the crystals before the Light Warriors were even born. The Light Warriors however, discovered a way to travel to the past, to confront Chaos and his minions. They defeated them again... Or so they thought, and returned to the present, to live out their lives in peace (See [[Integrated#tab=Final_Fantasy_3|FF3]]).

Chaos however, would not be so easily defeated. Using the last ounce of his magic, he attempted once more to escape through a time warp, but his magic went awry and sent him and his minions to another time and world, into the sad and dying world of Terra, which Chaos, once again calling himself Garland, sought to control and manipulate, fashioning it into his own world to do with as he pleased (See [[Integrated#tab=Final_Fantasy_9|FF9]]).

'''Key Characters:''' [[Garland]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Cornelia]].

= Final Fantasy 2 =
== Final Fantasy 2 ==
The Imperial World was constantly at war, as the Emperor of Palamecia sought to extend his control beyond his own kingdom. Those countries who refused to submit to his tyrranical rule were quickly wiped out while the rest became mere puppet states for him to do with as he pleased. The kingdom of Fynn was one such kingdom that was attacked. Fynn’s people put up a brave fight against the emperor, but in the end, even Fynn was destroyed, its people scattered. Four youth – Firion, Maria, Guy and Leon were victims of the war, their parents killed during the invasion. They caught in the middle, too young, too weak to defend against the Emperor’s fearsome troops.

They quickly succumbed to their wounds, but before the Palamecian troops could finish them off, they were rescued by survivors of Fynn and taken to the nearby town of Altair to recover. It was here where the survivors of Fynn established a secret rebel group, dubbed the ‘Wild Rose Rebellion’, whom sought to eventually overthrow the Empire. The youths, not much more than teenagers at the time, also sought revenge for the death of their parents. Not only that, but learning that Maria’s brother Leon had vanished during the raid on Fynn, they were determined to find and rescue him if at all possible.

They took on many missions and defeated many enemies in a growing desire to prove their worth to the rebellion, and finally Princess Hilda, leader of the rebellion, placed a very special mission in their hands – find and rescue her husband, prince Scott. Returning to Fynn, they found Prince Scott, badly wounded from the attack on Fynn and hovering near death. With his last breath, he revealed the one who betrayed their kingdom to the enemy – Count Borghen – and gave him his ring to give to Hilda so that she would never forget him.

The party then left for Salamand to search for Mythril to strengthen their defenses. They also searched for Josef, a member who was missing in action, only to learn that he was being blackmailed by the enemy who had his daughter as hostage. The heroes found Nelly and freed her from her captors, returning her to Josef and headed back to the resistance, using their newfound Mythril to create powerful weapons and armour for the resistance. The heroes left home base once again, this time heading to Bafsk in search of the ‘Dreadnought’, a powerful airship being constructed by the Empire, hoping to destroy it before it could be used as a weapon of mass destruction.

However, they were unable to reach Bafsk in time to stop the ship from taking flight and destroying the cities of Poft, Paloom, Gatrea and Altair. After witnessing the destruction of their new home and believing their resistance base and friends were destroyed as well, the heroes rushed back to Altair, discovering to their relief that the base had been spared. They formed a plan to destroy the Dreadnought by using the ‘Sunfire’, a powerful weapon in Kashuan keep. In order to enter Kashuan however, they required the Goddess Bell, which they managed to retrieve with Josef’s help. After a long and dangerous journey through snow caves, they found the goddess bell, but were attacked by Borghen on the way out, who sent a boulder after them.

With his last strength, Josef managed to hold the boulder back, allowing the rest of the party to escape, but in the process he was most likely crushed and killed himself. Sparked by an ever stronger desire to get revenge on the Empire, the heroes headed next to Kashuan keep, using the bell to gain entry. With Gordon, brother of the late Prince Scott’s help, they managed to obtain the Sunfire, and waited for Cid and Hilda to retrieve them in the aiship. However, it was at that moment that the Dreadnought intercepted, and captured the rebels’ airship, along with Cid and Hilda. The heroes watched powerless as they were both taken prisoners, and they returned to homebase with Gordon, who assumed leadership of the rebellion in Hilda’s absence.

They had suffered a great loss, but they still had the sunfire, and they were determined to destroy the airship when it parked to refuel.

However, even with renewed forces, the small party was overwhelmed by a new powerful enemy that had joined forces with Borghen’s armies. These strange creatures of the shadows attacked them in a swarm, and covered their world in darkness, threatening to tear their entire world apart. The party fled through the chaos, retreating back to Altair, or what remained of it and watched in horror as the heartless, now in league with the Empire began to tear their world asunder.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Firion]], [[Maria]], [[Guy]], [[Leon]], [[Minwu]], [[Josef]], [[Gordon]], [[Leila]], [[Ricard Highway]], [[Scott]], [[The Emperor]], [[Borghen]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Mysidia]], [[Fynn]], [[Palamecia]].

= Final Fantasy 3 =
== Final Fantasy 3 ==
In the beginning, the World of Balance was kept in perfect harmony by the four elemental crystals of light, and the four crystals of darkness, which worked together to keep the powers of the others in check. However, over the years, a technologically advanced civilization that lived upon a floating continent above the planet, once discovered and captured the four crystals of light, hoping to control its power for themselves. As they learned more of the power of the light crystals, using them to bend and control the forces of nature to their every whim, they were unaware that their actions were throwing the world off-balance, and threatening to engulf it in overwhelming light.

The planet reacted to this threat by awakening the four legendary Dark warriors who, compelled by forces beyond their control, journeyed the world and eventually recovered the light crystals, using their own dark crystals to contain their powers. The world became balanced once more, but the consequences were severe. The floating continent was destroyed by the surge of energy that flooded their world from the light crystals, and their civilization was lost to the ages.

Many more years passed, and the great civilization was replaced by the Gulgans, blind prophets who warned that the crystals would one day be abused again, and the crystal warriors would be needed once more..The floating continent eventually became the birth place of the four Legendary Warriors of light, who were awakened initially by Luneth when he stumbled upon the wind crystal, before he set out to unite with the other four warriors of light: Arc, Refia and Ingus. Together they journeyed the world, seeking the source of the darkness that was slowly engulfing the world, and searching for the dark crystals to fill with light once more..

The heroes traveled around the world in search of the other four crystals, braving Dragon's peak and rescuing Desch from Bahamut, then to Vikin's cove where they recovered the missing eye of the Nepto Dragon idol, appeasing the angry dragon and obtaining a ship as reward. With the Enterprise, they sailed to the tower of Orwen where they fought Medusa, the first of Xande's many minions, and then recovered the crystal of fire within the Dwarven Hollows.

Their journeys took them next to Tokkul village where they learned that Hein, another of Xande's minions, had captured King Argus and his people, and transformed the Elder tree into his own floating fortress. Discovering the Location of the Light Warriors, Hein's forces attacked Tokkul village and kidnapped the four heroes, holding them as prisoners in Castle Hein.

The heroes fought their way out, but at that moment, their world was engulfed by the heartless who overwhelmed their forces. A fierce battle took place as the heartless seemed drawn towards the darkness of Hein and his minions and repelled by the crystals of the light warriors. In the end, only the heroes themselves were able to escape the cursed tree castle - defeated and wounded, they sought to recuperate and strengthen their forces before seeking to fight Hein and rescue Argus and his people... And to eventually restore light to the world, an increasingly difficult task with the threat of not only Xande's minions, but the heartless themselves seeking to envelope the world in darkness and chaos. And soon... the heartless succeeded in forcing this world to fall to darkness.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Luneth]], [[Arc]], [[Refia]], [[Ingus]], [[Hein]], [[Xande]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Castle Argus]], [[Castle Hein]].

= Final Fantasy 4 =
== Final Fantasy 4 ==
The Kingdom of Baron was once ruled by a benevolent king, protected by the might of their dragoons and the power of their airship fleet, the Red Wings. The king had two sons, both orphans he had taken under his wing. Cecil was trained as a Dark Knight, eventually earning his place as commander of the Red Wings. Kain followed in his deceased father's footsteps, becoming a dragoon. What they and the people of Baron had yet to realize was that their king had been killed and replaced by the Archfiend Cagnazzo. Yet, behind the Archfiend, even darker forces were stirring. A man in dark armor named Golbez pulled the strings of the fiends, oblivious to the fact that he was a puppet himself - whispered to by unseen forces.

Without warning, the Red Wings were sent to seek out the Crystal of Water, protected by the Mages of Mysidia. The people of Mysidia resisted the attack, but many were slain in the onslaught. In one swoop, Golbez aquired the Crystal of Water, but also left behind many fallen victims who would become a beacon for the Heartless. The massacre in Mysidia unsettled Cecil, questioning the reasons for the attack. When he raised his misgivings to the King, he found the man was not the forgiving father he had once known. Infuriated, the King dismissed him from command of the Red Wings and sent on a mission to eliminate the Eidolons in the Valley of the Mist as well as to deliver to the people of the Mist Valley a 'ring'. Kain tried to come to his brother's defense, but only found himself also sent along on the errand.

Along the way, they encounter a Mist Dragon in the caves leading to the valley. Though it warns them to turn back, Kain and Cecil dispatch the creature and find their way into the protected valley. On arriving, the package explodes, revealing fire fiends which set the city ablaze. Cecil, shocked by what he's seen, tries to help, and encounters a young girl grieving over her mother's fallen body. The Mist Dragon had been her Eidolon, and when it died, she died with it. With all of her anger and sadness, the girl summoned up a great monster which tore the ground asunder, separating Kain on one side of the divide, and Cecil on the other.

Kain returned to Baron only to discover that a dark man named Golbez had been placed in command of the Red Wings. It didn't take long for Kain to fall under the spell of Golbez's power, which drew upon the darker parts of his heart. Cecil finds himself with the unconscious girl from before, and with some trust, he manages to convince her to accompany him for now. In Kaipo, they discover that Cecil's beloved, a mage named Rosa, has fallen ill of Desert Fever after leaving Baron in search of him. He and the girl, Rydia, set out to find a cure and pick up some others along the way. There is Tellah, a wizzened old mage who has forgotten more spells than most ever would know and Edward, the ruler of Damcyan who lost his kingdom, the fire crystal, and his beloved in one swoop of Baron's Red Wings. Together, the party kills the Antlion and cures Rosa and then sets out for the Kingdom of Fabul, hoping to warn them in time to protect the Crystal of Air.

Heeding the warning, the King of Fabul martials his troops to stand against the attack, but Baron wields soldiers, fiends, and a new kind of creature that they had never seen before: Heartless. Falling back to the Crystal Chamber, Cecil is surprised to see his brother among those attacking Fabul. Cecil and Kain duel, and the Dark Knight is struck down by the dragoon. Only a Rosa's intervention keeps Kain from making the killing blow. Seeing this, Golbez strikes down the rest of the party, kidnapps Rosa, and departs with the Air Crystal and Kain in tow. In the aftermath, Cecil decides to try to sneak into Baron and aquire an airship in order to stand against Baron. However, things didn't go as planned. The influx of Heartless into the world had angered the Eidolons. As their ship sailed over the ocean, Leviathan struck back, dragging Rydia down with him into a whirlpool and sweeping the others overboard.

This is when the world fell. The Dark Knight Cecil awakens on unfamiliar shores, unsure of the fates of his companions. Baron still holds a great deal of power in this new world. The Heartless take hold in the places where the crystals no longer shine upon the world, but are foiled as the world is unmade, and the crystals are recreated by the World Hearts. Now, with only the Water Crystal left in Baron. What does Golbez plan to do with the remaining crystal? And more importantly, what part do the Heartless have to play in the desire for the remaining crystals? But two things are clear: Someone needs to stand against Baron and someone needs to warn this new World about the threat coming their way.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Cecil Harvey]], [[Kain Highwind]], [[Rydia]], [[Tellah]], [[Edward Chris von Muir]], [[Rosa Joanna Farrell]], [[Yang Fang Leiden]], [[Palom]], [[Porom]], [[Cid Pollendina]], [[Edge Geraldine]], [[Cagnazzo]], [[Barbariccia]], [[Baigan]], [[Golbez]], [[Scarmiglione]], [[Rubicante]], [[Dr. Lugae]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Baron]], [[Mysidia]], [[Red Moon]], [[Tower of Zot]], [[Feymarch]].

= Final Fantasy 5 =
== Final Fantasy 5 ==
The world of Final Fantasy 5, like many others before and after it, was kept in balance by the four elemental crystals: Wind, Earth, Fire and Water. Each of the crystals maintained the balance of nature, but as always, humanity sought to use these crystals for their own purposes. Gradually, each of these sacred artefacts disappeared from their sacred shrines, stolen by various nations which wished to use them to improve their lives, unknowingly draining them slowly of their power.

Gradually, the world began to suffer the ill-effects as the crystals died. The winds stopped blowing, making travel by sea or air quite difficult. Water grew scarce or impure, fires grew out of control, and earthquakes ravaged the land. But that was not all. Unknown to most, the crystals had also been used to create an ancient seal that kept a powerful monster sealed within a barrier. As the crystals grew weaker, so did the barrier.

One day, mysterious meteors rained down upon the world, shattering the crystals. In the midst of one such meteor fall, four heroes suddenly find themselves charged with the recovery of the crystals which have been shattered by the meteors. Gradually, they come across the scattered crystals, now reduced to shards. Each piece contains the memories of previous warriors of light, protectors to the crystals, whose memories and spirits were preserved in the crystals when they sacrificed themselves to seal Exdeath away from the world.

As they learn of the crystals and their delicate balance, they take it upon themselves to travel the world, to restore the crystals and are soon called the 'Light Warriors'. They brought hope to the world, seeking to restore order and balance..But it seemed darker forces were in control, and they were too late to revive the crystals before the seal was broken. Exdeath was freed, unleashing his own hell upon the earth. It was at that moment that the heartless attacked their already weakenned world, throwing everything into chaos.

While Exdeath seeks to forge new alliances, perhaps even hoping to wield the heartless for his own purposes, the heroes were scattered and lost, seeking to forge new alliances to overthrow Exdeath and restore the shattered world. But the crystals are scattered once more, merged with those of other worlds. Can they possibly do this alone?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Tycoon]], [[Carwen]], [[Fluorgis]] (Karnak), [[Tower of Zot]] (Exdeath's Castle). 

= Final Fantasy 6 =
== Final Fantasy 6 ==
During the dawn of time, a world known as 'The World of the Magi' was created and co-ruled by three sister Goddesses. Over time they no longer wished to rule together, and began to fight each other for dominance. Soon known as the 'Warring Triad', they selected and transformed a number of humans and animals into powerful magical creatures by saturating them in magic, and pit them against each other to fight their wars for them. These creatures would later be known as 'Espers', fighting a war dubbed the 'War of the Magi'.

The war lasted for many many years without a clear winner. The goddesses soon realized however, that the war was slowly destroying the world and killing all life. Remorseful of their actions, they turned themselves to stone and gave the Espers free control over themselves, with only one request; To never allow the world to be destroyed by magic again. Magic became forbidden and the Espers fashioned their own secret world, separate from the Magi's world where they could live alone in peace.

One thousand years later, the world learned to live without magic, replacing it with technology. Magic and Espers became but a fairytale, nothing more. Then the Empire of the southern continent led by Emperor Gestahl one day discovered the entrance to the Esper world in a cave. They charged into the strange new world and attacked the Espers, dragging many of them back with them and placing them in their research laboratories to be experimented upon. The Empire soon discovered the truth about magic, and the war of the magi. They used their vast knowledge and technology to drain magic from the Espers and imbue their own soldiers as well as machinery with this immense power, in a process known as Magitek. With this new power, the Empire became unstoppable, pushing further north as they easily engulfed other nations and gradually came to control a great portion of the world.

Within their army was one mysterious girl with incredible powers, a girl with green hair and the ability to control magic. Her name was Terra, and she was one taken from the Esper cave as a baby. From birth she was bred to be the ultimate soldier, her thoughts and actions controlled entirely by the slave crown she was forced to wear. One day, Terra and a small number of soldiers marched into Narshe, determined to take the frozen esper found in the mountains there. But when Terra approached the Esper a strange thing happened; She reacted to the creature, and broke free of her captors, obliterating her fellow soldiers in the powerful blast that accompanied her contact with the Esper.

When she awoke she was greeted by one of the Narshians, Arvis, a secret Returner sympathizer who helped her escape with help from Locke. Together they fled the Empire's forces. But the Empire were hot on their trails as they fled first to Figaro castle which was lit afire by Kefka before it submerged into the desert depths in order to escape. They fled to South Figaro and then through Mount Kolts, and finally made it to the Returner hideout where they fled yet again through the water rapids. But here, they were separated, as Sabin fell overboard and Locke headed back to South Figaro to slow the Empire's progress.

Along the way more allies were gathered as Sabin encountered Gau, the wild boy of the Veldt, and Cyan, the proud soldier of Doma who watched helplessly as the mad general Kefka poisoned his people from the inside out. Before the allies could regroup at the meeting point in Narshe, something else attacked their world, tearing it apart, threatening to destroy everything in their path; The heartless had arrived through a pact between Gestahl and an enigmatic person called a 'Shadow Lord', and they began to devour the world bit by bit, seeking the world's very heart. The promise between Gestahl and the Shadow Lord, was that the Heartless would find him the Espers' home, and bring magic to the world.

And as the world fell thusly, as the heartless spread over the lands, only so little of this world passed on into the new.

While the Returners struggled to find each other amid the chaos and make sense of this new threat, the Empire found that they were reduced to Vector, having lost almost all other nations to the heartless; Gestahl however does not back down, and continues to use this very force to try and obtain power and find the sealed home of the Espers.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Terra Branford]], [[Locke Cole]], [[Edgar Roni Figaro]], [[Sabin René Figaro]], [[Cyan Garamonde]], [[Gau]], [[Celes Chere]], [[Setzer Gabbiani]], [[Shadow]], [[Relm Arrowny]], [[Strago Magus]], [[Mog]], [[Umaro]], [[Gogo]], [[Banon]], [[Emperor Gestahl]], [[Kefka Palazzo]], [[Cid Del Norte Marquez]], [[General Leo Cristophe]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Figaro Castle]] (hidden under the sands of Agrabah), [[Vector]], [[Narshe]].

= Final Fantasy 7 =
== Final Fantasy 7 ==
The organization called AVALANCHE was not always what it is now. Though organized with good intentions, it was soon twisted by the actions of a man named Fuhito. Also known as the Ravens, this organization sought to destroy Shinra. In this, they end up fighting the Turks countless times, until finally the group itself begins to break down during the events surrounding [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Zirconiade Zirconiade]. At the same time, Wutai is beginning to fall to Shinra, which has dedicated a good sum of its forces to overwhelm this nation so it may come to rule them with economic might. However, upon the fall of Fuhito, the group is taken over with great hesitation by [[Shalua Rui]].

Eventually, Wutai's fort Tamblin falls, and all seems lost for the great nation of Wutai. But then, something changes in the balance of the world. Godo Kisaragi, feeling pressured by the forces of Shinra - which were quickly encroaching on his city with the intent of placing a Mako Reactor there - makes a pact with the [[Shadow Lords]]; a fact unknown to anyone, including his own daughter. The Heartless soon find themselves swarming The Planet and infecting the Lifestream, but also bolstering Wutai's defenses. But the invading SOLDIER forces hold strong.

A while later, Genesis' decision to desert from [[Shinra]] causes a good sum of its private force - SOLDIER - to leave the company. These events snowballed upon Angeal, Zack and Sephiroth's investigation into these events. Genesis managed to get a hold of Heartless during his initial assault on Shinra Headquarters - making life that much more difficult on the city of Midgar, still heavily under construction.

Four years later, at the climax of Zack's journey and after the horrible events of the Nibelheim incident, much of The Planet has fallen to darkness. Zack's heroic Last Stand, and the subsequent destruction of Cloud Strife's identity, have already occured; as far as anyone on Planet knows, Zack Fair is dead.

Now, in this new world, Shinra finds itself rebuilding Midgar from the city of Goug, enforcing its will on the Moogle community. The Shinra headquarters is placed upon the entrance to its most favorable cave system, and they begin to promote their own agenda through a call for fear of Wutai's forces and its Heartless - and due to being at least partially justified in this fear, the organization gains popularity.

Wutai remains fairly untouched by the Heartless, as promised by the Shadow Lords when Godo made his pact. Yuffie is searching for a way to 'cure' her father from this darkness he's fallen to, while most of its ninja force continues to desire fight with Shinra, so they may forever snuff out this 'threat' on their traditions and their land.

Nibelheim remains lost to the darkness. Though a single country girl seeks for a young man who she believes might be able to save them all. And within Goug, a flower girl prays for the return of her boyfriend.

Now, amidst the chaos of this new world, Wutai is still pushing Shinra back with its heartless, and the heroes of The Planet find themselves scattered. Though there is one organization that may bring those the Forces of Restoration of this world together... [[AVALANCHE]] - as Shalua Rui lets the boisterous, but kind Barret Wallace take over the role of leadership.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aerith Gainsborough]], [[Cloud Strife]], [[Professor Hojo]], [[Rufus Shinra]], [[Sephiroth]], [[Tifa Lockhart]], [[Vincent Valentine]], [[Zack Fair]], [[Barret Wallace]], [[Reno]], [[Rude]], [[Cid Highwind]], [[Yuffie Kisaragi]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Goug]] (Midgar), [[Wutai]], [[Costa Del Sol]], [[Cosmo Valley]], [[Junon]].

= Final Fantasy 8 =
== Final Fantasy 8 ==
This world was created by Hyne, a powerful being of supreme magic. After Hyne created the world, he grew tired and fell asleep. He sleept for a long time, and when he woke up, the people he'd made, had many children and spread throughout the world. He grew fearful that they would overrun the world, and so he began to kill many of them with his magic. But the people did not like this and they rebelled against him.

Eventually Hyne lost the war due to sheer numbers, and he surrendered, offering half of his body and half his powers in exchange for being left alone. He then fled, never to be seen again. Another war was fought amongst humans for his powers, but these 'powers' were soon found to be mere trickery. The true power that Hyne possessed, he hid within the fairer half of humanity; In women whom he believed would be less corrupted by power. These chosen women would eventually be known as 'sorceresses'.

Through the years, there were many notable sorceresses, although most were corrupted by Hyne's power. Sorceress Adel was ruler of Esthar and she went to war against Vinzer Deling Galbadia, using magic and technology. The war led to many orphans, which were placed under the care of sorceress Edea and her husband, Cid, both who built and overlooked an orphannage on a small and remote island, away from the war. The war eventually ended when Laguna, a Galbadian soldier, teamed up with Estharian rebels and tricked Adel into a trap, then shot her into space where she lay in a comatose state for many years.

In the meantime, numerous military shelters that had been built during the war were converted into gardens to house the war orphans and train them to eventually fight the sorceresses and to avoid another sorceress war. Balamb, Trabia and Galbadia were the three gardens built to house and train mercenaries, few of who knew of the gardens' true purpose. By this time however, Sorceress Edea herself began to succumb to her powers, and she took over Galbadia, posing at first as its ambassador who used her powers to enchant the people of Galbadia who fell instantly in love with her, and barely batted an eye when she murdered president Vinzer Deling.

In the meantime, Galbadia Garden sent a group of SeeD into Deling city to assasinate the sorceress. Led by Squall who was accompanied by Irvine, Selphie, Zell, Quistis, and Timber Rebel Rinoa, they were eventually unsuccessful in assassinating the sorceress. Still, the group doesn't manage to escape - and are soon stuck within D-District Prison. And with the Heartless showing up during this time in mass number, with our heroes locked away, they are powerless as darkness comes to envelop them and their world.

In this new one. The Sorceress Edea has turned her eye upon the heartless who invaded her world. And although it is unclear whether she plans to destroy this potential threat, or perhaps use them to strengthen her own forces in this new, shattered world.

And there is yet another element to the danger and mystery. Though none would know its significance, this world carries no radio-interference...

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Deling City]], [[Balamb Garden]]. 

= Final Fantasy 9 =
== Final Fantasy 9 ==
The peace between [[Alexandria]] and [[Lindblum Alliance|Lindblum]] has always been a bit of a troublesome one. There have been many wars between these great nations, and soon a new war would be sure to flare up due to deeds behind the scenes.

After a dazzling play of the [[Tantalus Theater Troupe]], the princess of Alexandria was kidnapped by this very group. Of course, nobody knew at the time, that it had been the [[Cid Fabool IX|king of Lindblum]] who had requested this deed of [[Baku]], the leader of the kidnappers. However, their departure doesn't go entirely as planned, and the group soon finds itself traveling through the Evil Forest, and in doing so, [[Zidane Tribal]] loses one of his best friends; [[Blank]].

[[Steiner]], knight of Alexandria tries to guide the group back to Alexandria, while [[Garnet]], [[Vivi]] and Zidane have their sights set on Lindblum. In their trek on foot, they are haunted by the three Black Waltzes, but manage to best them and the strange black creatures that seem to follow them. Creatures they would later come to know as Heartless.

Soon enough, they find out the terrible truth of Dali, and manage to take an airship to Lindblum. There, Cid Fabool the ninth hears their plea and explains that he knew that trouble was brewing already. He also explains that more and more dark creatures have been marching out of Alexandria - and that he is certain that the kingdom is preparing for war.

And while our heroes take a moment to enjoy themselves at the Festival of the Hunt, darkness soon begins to set over the land. Freya decides she wishes to check out her home country - worried - and the group agrees to go with her. Garnet, or rather, 'Dagger', since her treck to Dali, sneaks along with them without having to resort to any underhanded methods.

During them leaving the castle, Lindblum comes under attack by Alexandria's Heartless forces. The airships and knights at their disposal hold strong however. The Tantalus Theater Group that remains also comes to the aid of this technologically advanced city, in the form of fighters and moral support.

The heroes manage to make it to Burmecia, only to find themselves defeated by General Beatrix - and watch as Brahne and a man named Kuja leave the area. The group ends up in Treno not long after - and do find the Supersoft. But the Sleepless City soon finds itself falling to darkness. This phenomenon is worldwide, and before Brahne has a chance to extract the Eidolons from Garnet, the world falls.

This leaves our heroes scattered, and Brahne frantically trying to find Dagger so she may have this incredible force to topple cities with! But in this new land, Lindblum is even closer to their borders. Who knows what will happen next... though it is rumored that Blank has been sighted in this new world. Did Zidane manage to get the Supersoft to him within the darkness?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Iifa Tree]], [[Alexandria]], [[Lindblum]], [[Cleyra]], [[Red Moon]], [[Blue Moon]]. 

= Final Fantasy 10 =
== Final Fantasy 10 ==
Much of Spira's story is exactly as it should have been. After [[Tidus]]' arrival to Spira, he soon joined [[Yuna]] and her group on her pilgrimage. The party travels from Besaid to Luca where Auron joins them - and soon after, they observe the devastating result of the doomed-to-fail Operation Mi'ihen. From there, they move to Djose temple, ride a Shoopuf - fend off some Al Bhed - and gain their final member of the Pilgrimage: Rikku.

Seymour, pining for Yuna, soon proposes to the Lady Summoner, and after a small while - and proof in hand of what Seymour has done - refuses him. Soon-after, Sin interferes again, and the party ends up in Home. They proceed to Bevelle, where Yuna is being forced to marry the Unsent Seymour, which results in the death-sentence Via Purifico. The party successfully escapes and flees towards Zanarkand soon after.

There, they fight their way through fiends until they finally find the chamber where Yunalesca is waiting for them. But when she threatens to kill them for not 'going with the plan' that has been set to be repeated for all of eternity, things go bad.

Heartless have been invading the shell of Sin, and have been both corrupting Sin and being corrupted by Sin. The increased irritation, has started to make the beast erratic and attack more frequently and strongly.

By the time they are in the midst of their fight with Yunalesca, Sin has come near Zanarkand and many Heartless have begun to swarm the ruined city. The fight is forced to be abandoned as they turn not only on Yuna and her party, but also Yunalesca. And in that moment, darkness expands in Zanarkand, as a Shadow Lord enters the chamber. The man looks strange, bearing flaming blue hair and claiming something about 'their downstairs' needing a 'reorganization' - followed by him trapping Yuna and her group into the clutches of this oppressive force - and sending them wandering aimlessly... until they find this new world.

A new world, in which some of Spira exists as well; the Yevon religion trying to gain momentum and hunting the Al Bhed. For in the 'small time' they wandered through darkness. Their Spira had fallen to the Heartles. The Al Bhed had resisted with all their might, deploying Machina alongside Crusaders and Warrior Monks alike... but the Heartless and Sin had been too strong.

The eternal question is though...

Has Sin passed on to this world as well!?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Bevelle]], [[Luca]], [[Guadosalam]], [[Farplane]], [[Zanarkand]], [[Other Important Items|Four Cloisters]]. 

= Final Fantasy 12 =
== Final Fantasy 12 ==
The world of Old Ivalice is a world largely at war. The Archadian Empire is a powerful empire that swept across the world, enveloping smaller kingdoms in its wake. They came up against great resistance with the Rozarrian empire, while mostly ignoring Rozarria's smaller neighbor, the neutral kingdom of Dalmasca. However, when Rozarria and Dalmasca became united through the marriage of Prince Rasler of Rozarria and Princess Ashe of Dalmasca, they too, were pulled into the war.

While Archades attacked Nalbina fortress, Prince Rasler, barely wed to Ashe, marched off to war alongside Basch, loyal knight of King Raminas of Dalmasca. At the same time, seeking peace, King Raminas signed a treaty, handing over Imperial rule of Dalmasca to Archades, but he was interrupted by Basch who murdered him for his seeming betrayal, with the knights Reks and Basch as his witnesses.

According to history, A grief-stricken Princess Ashe killed herself and Basch was later executed for treason. With no leader, Dalmasca was handed over to Lord Vayne, Emperor Gramis' son and grand prince of Archades. Two years later, Vayne was coronated in Dalmasca, becoming Lord Consul of Rabanastre. Shortly after, their world began to fall gradually to darkness. The walls between dimensions weakened and an interdimensional gate openned in Archades castle, leading to castle Gaudium. Vayne briefly left Dalmasca to investigate this strange phenomenon. From the gate erupted the mysterious Oscha and his army of heartless which he offered to share with Lord Vayne to aid in his war effort, even as those same creatures began to consume Ivalice, enveloping much of their world into darkness.

Meanwhile, a small resistance began to form, starting with the street rats Vaan, brother of the slain Reks, and Penelo. Initially seeking to reclaim much of Dalmasca's treasure from Vayne, he ended up meeting up with the sky pirates Balthier and Fran, Princess Ashe and her loyal knight Vossler, and Basch himself who was very much alive and with a number of secrets to reveal about the Archades. But seating Ashe back on the throne would prove a long and dangerous task, first requiring proof of her royalty and claim to the throne. And with the heartless to battle against as well, it seems the Princess Ashe's battle has become more than simply restoring her kingdom as their very world's existance is now in danger as well..

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Rabanastre]], [[Archades]], [[Mt. Bur-Omisace]] (Part of Mt. Gagazet). 

= Final Fantasy 13 =
== Final Fantasy 13 ==
Thirteen centuries ago, a floating, utopian world was created in the atmosphere of a planet known as Pulse. The fal'Cie, beings of immense power and authority, willed that the continent be completely isolated from the crude and brutal wilderness known as the Gran Pulse below and commissioned machines to be the guardians of the citizens. Barriers were subsequently set up all around the newly created world, and as such was the metropolis granted its befitting name: Cocoon.

Having been secluded from the outside world for many years, the citizens of Cocoon have become paranoid of what Gran Pulse really holds. Fear has spread across Cocoon, causing the Sanctum, Cocoon's government, led by the Primarch Galenth Dysley, to issue a new edict: Any individuals suspected to be in contact with the world of Pulse or any of its artifacts or items are to be banished from the continent unconditionally and cast into the harsh environment of the planet below.

And so, when a Pulse fal'Cie is discovered in the small town of Bodhum, mass panic breaks out and soon all of Cocoon's citizens are crying out for the expulsion of the entire town to Pulse. The Sanctum's personal army, PSICOM, has no choice but to banish all of the town's inhabitants to the world below, regardless of whether they are citizens or tourists. This event, known as the Purge, marks the beginning of this party's story as the residents of Bodhum are being taken to the Hanging Edge along with the Pulse fal'Cie, Anima, contained within the Pulse Vestige.

The party is brought together by the events of the Purge. Lightning is on board the Purge train in order to reach the Pulse fal'Cie and save her sister, Serah Farron, who became a Pulse l'Cie, a being hated and feared by all on Cocoon who's forced to do the fal'Cie's bidding. Accompanying her is Sazh Katzroy, a civilian airship pilot trying to fulfill his son's Focus in a desperate bid to save him from becoming a Cie'th. Like Lightning, Snow Villiers is trying to rescue Serah as well, as she is his future bride. Hope Estheim and Oerba Dia Vanille become involved when Hope's mother, Nora Estheim, joins Snow's resistance army and dies under his care, prompting the two to pursue him.

Thus, these five characters end up coming together in the Pulse Vestige, where they witness Serah turn to crystal, an event that only happens when a l'Cie fulfills their Focus. In the course of their trek into the heart of the Vestige, they also encounter creatures known as Cie'th; l'Cie that fail to complete their Focus in time. Lightning believes that Serah is dead, while Snow refuses to give up the hope that she will awaken someday. Lightning, seeking vengeance on the fal'Cie, heads into Anima's Throne along with the rest of the party in order to confront Anima, the Pulse fal'Cie responsible for Serah's transformation into a l'Cie.

As the party faces Anima, PSICOM forces begin to blast the Pulse Vestige and everything in it to pieces. Facing certain death, Anima transforms Lightning and her companions into l'Cie, giving them a dream involving the city of Eden and the mysterious Ragnarok in the process. They fall down in what seems to be an eternity - darkness enveloping them. Yet, they survive as the world outside of Cocoon falls to the dark plague of the Heartless. And something else is wrong... as Serah is nowhere to be found.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Claire Farron|Claire Farron]] (Lightning), [[Snow Villiers]], [[Oerba Dia Vanille]], [[Sazh Katzroy]], [[Hope Estheim]], [[Oerba Yun Fang]], [[Serah Farron]], [[Dajh Katzroy]], [[Cid Raines]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Eden]], [[Palumpolum]], [[Blue Moon]] (Cocoon: not attached to the grid), [[Bodhum]].

= Final Fantasy Tactics =
== Final Fantasy Tactics ==
A second Ivalice New Ivalice once existed, and like its sister world, it too, was wracked with great wars. While many records were lost during the wars, some legends say that Ivalice was once a very technologically advanced civilization, although all was lost during a great cataclysm that was lost to the ages. Many years later, Ivalice threatenned to destroy itself again when another great war wracked the land. This one lasted for 50 years and would later be known, simply as the '50 Year War'. In the end, both sides surrendered, but only after they had left a path of destruction behind them.

The majority of the soldiers hired in the war were commoners, promised payment and food for their hard labor in the war, but the nobility were themselves shattered by the war and they turned many commoner down, leaving them to return to their homes penniless. A rebel group rose up against the nobles, calling themselves the Death Corpse Knights, dedicated to returning to the commoners what belonged to them and ultimately seeking to overthrow the nobility. While crime grew rampant, the Lords of the six ruling families struggled to maintain order by uniting together, but this unstable alliance did not last long either. One year after the end of the 50 year war, Princess Ovelia was abducted, followed by the death of Ivalice's ruling king. Ivalice was left in chaos without a ruler and without a chosen successor. Prince Large is the elder brother of Queen Ruvelia - wife of the late king, while Prince Goltana is the younger cousin of the dead king. The king's own children, Princess Ovelia and the younger Prince Orinas are also potential successors.

This triggered the beginning of a new war between the two ruling families - Gallione, ruled by Prince Large of the White Lion crest, and Zeltennia, ruled by Prince Goltana of the Black Lion crest - Known as the 'War of the Lions'. A number of prominent players participated in this war: The church claimed to be a safe haven for Ovelia, seeking to protect her from both sides. The death corpse knights fought both sides of the nobility, hoping to destroy them even as they fought each other..And from seemingly nowhere came the New Zodiac Braves, a group of heretics created not long after Ramza and his group sought to rescue Teta, a commoner taken hostage by the Death Corpse..Only to have her killed by the Hokuten. Ramza and Delita, brother of Teta turned against the Hokuten, seeking revenge for this seeming injustice. However, things only got worse after Delita took off on his own, later kidnapping Ovelia and seeking to hide her from both sides of the war. However Ramza had his own plans and he, along with a number of Hokuten led by the noble Hokuten General Agrias, rescued Ovelia and took her to the church in Mullonde to keep her safe.

Ramza headed to Goug to rescue Mustadio's father before returning to the castle, with a mysterious crystal possessing untold power in tow. However, when they returned to the church, the Cardinal, seeking to obtain the crystal for himself, revealed himself to be a Lucavi Demon and attacked Ramza and his party. After a heated battle, Ramza and his allies defeated the Lucavi Demon and at the same time discovered the truth about the church - that many of its people were in fact demons, seeking to revive the Ultima demon by obtaining the Zodiac Crystals. Not long after this discovery, the heartless attacked Old Ivalice and caused more mayhem in a world already shattered by war. Ramza and his allies were able to flee the church and recuperate, growing in numbers and calling themselves the New Zodiac Braves, seeking to find the Zodiac Crystals and prevent a second cataclysm at the hands of the Lucavi. Meanwhile, the church struggled to maintain control, seeking to comfort and protect the confused and frightenned people, even as the secret society within the church sought to use the heartless to further their own plans.

More importantly, the church clearly intends to use the fact that Spira's Bahamut cloister has appeared within Bevelle Cathedral to their advantage - not needing long to find out its importance through certain channels.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Alma Beoulve]], [[Mustadio Bunansa]], [[Agrias Oaks]], [[Cidolfus Orlandeau]], [[Meliadoul Tengille]], [[Argath Thadalfus]], [[Rapha Galthena]], [[Marach Galthena]], [[Goffard Gaffgarion]], [[Ovelia Atkascha]], [[Zalbaag Beoulve]], [[Alphonse Delacroix]], [[Bestrald Larg]], [[Druksmald Goltanna]], [[Dycedarg Beoulve]], [[Messam Elmdore]], [[Wiegraf Folles]], [[Folmarv Tengille]], [[Beowulf Cadmus]], [[Reis Duelar]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Goug]], [[Mysidia]] (Magic City of Gariland), [[Mullonde]]. 

= Final Fantasy Tactics A2 =
== Final Fantasy Tactics A2 ==
Luso Clemens was not having a good day. He writes his name into a mysterious Grimoire, and the next thing he knows, he's in another world. There, he's taken in by a clan - known as [[Clan Gully]], led by a Rev named Cid. They soon travel to a small town called Wood Village, where Luso soon learns the ropes of being in a clan. Taking up quests and what-not. During these quests, he meets up with people like Adelle and Hurdy, and eventually comes across the old man Lezaford. In taking this journey, Cid gets wounded however - and Luso ends up officially becoming the leader of Clan Gully.

As the story progresses, however, things twist. The world is starting to fall to darkness. More and more quests start having to do with taking care of these strange black creatures never seen before. Unbeknownst to Clan Gully - this is the fault of Illua, who has been watching Luso with jealous eyes from a distance. Another holder of a Grimoire of the Rift, she draws these dark beings from a dark realm and soon floods the world in this menace... until the world finally falls.

Now, in this new world, Khamja is active within Fluorgis.

'''Theme Change: Judges''' 
The Judges are live people, tied to a single Clan each. They serve as protectors of those Clans, as long as the Clan is officially recognized as one. They are tasked with keeping the members alive through magical law, by pulling them off of the battlefield in case they would fall - and can even grant a group with benefits. These benefits are not always expressed in stats.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Luso Clemens]], [[Adelle]], [[Cid_(FFTA2)|Cid]], [[Hurdy]], [[Lezaford]], [[Ewen]], [[Illua]], [[Witch of the Fens]] (Matoya?). '''Grid Locations:''' [[Mysidia]] (Moorabella), [[Fluorgis]].

= Final Fantasy Unlimited =
== Final Fantasy Unlimited ==
Two younglings by the name of Ai and Yu Hayakawa manage to find their way to another world, after their world has been connected by the Gaudium Lords. They find their way into Wonderland, a mysterious collection of worlds, in search of their missing parents. Along the way, they meet the helpful Lisa Pacifist - a member of the mysterious C2 Organization (not yet an ally of [[Gaudium]]). In addition, they meet Kaze, a being of unimaginable power - who seems to carry the ability to summon 'Espers' out through a Demonic looking Gun.

Their travels continue, taking them onto a Magical Train which allows them to travel from World to World - though those with a Barrier of Light in tact remain unreachable to them. During those travels, they find themselves under siege by the Gaudium Lords! The biggest twist in their story comes to be just before having the ability to meet with the Comodeen people. The train is caught into a fantastical whirlwind of magic, just in the moment of a large group of worlds performing the formerly unimagined feat of /merging/ with each other - and crashes down onto this new world.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Ai Hayakawa]], [[Yu Hayakawa]], [[Lisa Pacifist]], [[Kaze]], [[Makenshi]], [[Knave]], [[Miles]], [[Cid_(FF:U)|Cid]], [[Lou Lupus]], [[Fungo]], [[Moogle]], [[Earl Tyrant]], [[Fungus]], [[Herba]], [[Oscha]], [[Pist Shaz XI]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Fruit Village]], [[Gaudium]].

= Kingdom Hearts =
== Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep ==
Kingdom Hearts for Birth By Sleep is completely the same. No alteration to its theme. The story revolves around three youths; Ventus, Terra and Aqua, young keyblade wielders under Master Eraqus

The story begins in the Land of Departure, where the three Keyblade wielders and close friends train to become Keyblade Masters under Master Eraqus. To achieve this rank, Keyblade Apprentices must take the Mark of Mastery exam once they come of age. Terra and Aqua take this test together and in the first round Master Xehanort sabotages the exam, forcing Ventus to intervene. In the second round Terra and Aqua fight each other, but while Aqua passes the test, Terra is deemed unfit to become a Keyblade Master due to the abundant darkness in his heart.

Afterward, a group of mysterious creatures called the Unversed begin to surface in other worlds, and another Keyblade Master, Xehanort, disappears without a trace. Terra is sent to destroy the Unversed and find Master Xehanort, who had earlier encouraged him to embrace the darkness in his heart if he desires the strength to become a Keyblade master. Ven, meanwhile, is goaded into following Terra by Xehanort's mysterious apprentice Vanitas, against Eraqus's wishes. Aqua is dispatched by Eraqus to survey Terra and keep him from falling into darkness, as well as to bring Ventus back to the Land of Departure.

Upon arriving in other worlds, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus encounter various (Disney) characters as found in the Phantasia realm, new and old, fighting off hordes of Unversed along the way. Among the characters they meet is [[Mickey Mouse]], apprentice of the sorcerer [[Yen Sid]], who is also on a mission to destroy the Unversed. Terra ends up attracting the attention of several Disney villains, who offer him the whereabouts of Master Xehanort in exchange of assistance for their own dark agendas. Terra reasons that Master Xehanort is after the seven [[Princesses of Heart]]—maidens who lack darkness in their hearts—and encourages Aqua to help them strengthen the light in their hearts, hoping it will draw Master Xehanort out.

However, Aqua and Ven grow increasingly concerned for Terra when they hear rumors of him committing sinister deeds throughout other worlds. The three briefly reunite at Radiant Garden, where Aqua meets Kairi, a young girl containing a strong and pure light in her heart, and helps strengthen her light. Aqua and Ven also confront Terra, who distances himself from them to keep them out of the way of his increasingly dangerous dark powers. Terra and Aqua try to convince Ven to return to the Land of Departure, but he refuses until he is certain Terra won't fall into darkness.

Terra and Aqua eventually find themselves at Destiny Islands, where they encounter two young boys, Sora and Riku. Terra sees potential within Riku and deems him worthy of one day wielding the Keyblade, while Aqua senses strong ties with Sora and Riku to Ven and Terra, respectively. Ven, meanwhile, comes across Master Xehanort, who reveals his intentions to use Ven's heart to create a final Keyblade known as the χ-blade, something Master Xehanort says Master Eraqus had known all along. Ven returns to the Land of Departure to confront Eraqus, who tries to erase Ven to prevent Master Xehanort's plans from succeeding.

However, Terra, who had been sent there by Xehanort, misinterprets the situation and attacks Eraqus, teleporting Ven to safety. As soon as Terra realizes his error, Master Xehanort arrives and cruelly kills Eraqus and tells Terra to go to the Keyblade Graveyard, leaving the Land of Departure to be consumed by darkness. At Destiny Islands, Ven once again encounters Vanitas and learns of his hazy past: Ventus was once Master Xehanort's apprentice, but his heart was deemed too frail for Master Xehanort to use him as he intended, so he extracted the darkness in Ven's heart and used it to create Vanitas. As with Terra before him, Ven is instructed by Vanitas to go to the Keyblade Graveyard. Aqua, in the meantime, learns of Eraqus's death from Yen Sid, who tells her to go to the Keyblade Graveyard as well.

Terra, Aqua, and Ventus gather at the Keyblade Graveyard, where the remains of the mysterious Keyblade War are found. Master Xehanort appears with Vanitas and reveals his plan to use the χ-blade to unlock Kingdom Hearts and unleash the forbidden secrets of the Keyblade War onto the various worlds, as well as to use Terra's body as a new vessel for his own heart so that he may survive long enough to see his plans come to fruition. An epic battle ensues, with Xehanort freezing Ven, and Vanitas knocking Aqua unconscious. In his rage, Terra unleashes the darkness in his heart, inadvertently allowing Xehanort to unlock his own heart and successfully transfer it into Terra's body, which results in the birth of a new, younger Xehanort.

However, Terra's mind continues to linger in his discarded suit of Armor, which comes to life and defeats Xehanort. Ven, meanwhile, manages to thaw himself before Vanitas can kill Aqua, and discovers his dark counterpart to be the source of all Unversed. Vanitas merges with Ven, possessing him and creating the χ-blade. Aqua awakens under Mickey's care, and the two fight the possessed Ventus while he battles Vanitas from within. Aqua shatters the χ-blade as Ven destroys Vanitas, bringing an end to the Unversed, though Ven's heart is lost in the process. The destroyed χ-blade unleashes a burst of light, which consumes everyone present and scatters them to the corridors of space, save for Terra's Lingering Will, which remains in the Keyblade Graveyard.

Mickey saves Aqua and Ventus and brings them to the Mysterious Tower, where Aqua learns that Ven has fallen into a deep sleep and will not awaken until his heart returns. Aqua brings Ven back to the ruins of the Land of Departure, where she discovers Master Eraqus's Keyblade, and uses it to unlock the Chamber of Waking and recreates the world as [[Castle Oblivion]] from the ruins. After leaving Ven within the chamber, Aqua goes to Radiant Garden where she encounters Master Xehanort still in Terra's body, but having lost some of his memories. Aqua then battles Xehanort who after the fight attempts to unlock his heart, losing his memories completely in the process.

Soon after, Terra's body starts sinking into darkness, but Aqua dives into the darkness and saves Terra from disappearing. Realizing her glider won't be able to make it back through the portal in time, Aqua sacrifices herself by discarding her armor and using it to guide her glider, Terra-Xehanort in tow, back through the portal leaving herself behind and lost in the Realm of Darkness. Xehanort is discovered by Ansem the Wise, ruler of Radiant Garden, and goes on to become his apprentice. Ventus's wandering heart finds its way to young Sora, merging with the young boy's heart.

== Kingdom Hearts 1 ==
The beginning of Kingdom Hearts 1 is where this game will lead off, timewise. The game opens at [[Sora]] just having arrived in [[Traverse Town]] - or, upon no initial applicant, just before he arrives in said town. [[Kairi]] is locked away in his heart, and [[Riku]] is part of the [[Shadow Lords]]. Of course, with a larger quantity of people being able to be in the Shadow Lords, that part of the theme is edited in that capacity.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Sora]], [[Kairi]], [[Ansem]], [[Riku]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Traverse Town]], [[The Crossroads]], [[Hollow Bastion]], [[Castle Oblivion]]. 

= The World Ends With You =
== The World Ends With You ==
It's time for another Reapers' Game. But the game has changed!

[[Neku]] is forced into the [[Reapers]]' Game, paired with three partners, [[Shiki Misaki|Shiki]], [[Joshua]], and [[Beat]]. The confused youth Neku wakes up in the Shibuya Scramble crossing. He lacks knowledge of where he is, what he is doing there, or any of his memories. He is immediately forced into a "Pact" with a stranger called Shiki, as he tries to destroy some enemies called Noise which attacked him.

Throughout the week, he learns of his purpose in the Underground (underworld) as a dead person, and that "The Reapers' Game" is a ploy for dead people, the "[[Players]]", to prove themselves that they can return back to the living after proving themselves throughout a week. He also learns, while accompanying Shiki on the journey, that he should let other people in and to live life to the fullest.

However, during the Reapers' Game, things start going awry. During the second week of the game, Taboo Noise are set loose upon the city. It soon becomes quite apparent to both Reapers and Players just why these Noise are /taboo/, for it creates a portal for the true pure-blooded heartless to pass through. It is not long before both Reapers and Players alike are trying to fend for themselves, whilst the Composer attempts to keep the game running. However, with too many Taboo Noise sigils opened, the wave of heartless is too much for both to handle, and Shibuya finds itself fall into darkness over the course of the 'second week'.

The Angels, unbeknownst to either Reapers or Players, at the last moment rip both of them out of the world and drag them to Traverse Town, restoring Shiki and Rhyme in the progress. However, with this, some of the Reapers' powers are lost. They no longer become able to Erase players outside the rules of the Game, and both lose access to the Underworld. Instead, they are forced to continue their game in the Real World. What's worse, they immediately have drawn the attention of the Shadow Lords, [[Hades]] in particular. And with the portals that lead out of Traverse Town... the game-board just got a /lot bigger/!

'''Key Characters:''' [[Neku Sakuraba]], [[Beat]], [[Joshua]], [[Rhyme]], [[Shiki Misaki]], [[Sota]], [[Nao]], [[777]], [[BJ]], [[Koki Kariya]], [[Megumi Kitaniji]], [[Mitsuki Konishi]], [[Sho Minamimoto]], [[Tenho]], [[Uzuki Yashiro]], [[Yodai Higashizawa]], [[Sanae Hanekoma]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' Shibuya (lost), [[WildKat Cafe]]. 

= Treasure Planet =
== Treasure Planet ==
In the past, when [[Jim Hawkins]] was but a boy, he was always enchanted by stories of the legendary pirate Captain Flint and his ability to appear from nowhere, raid passing ships, and disappear in order to hide the loot on the mysterious "Treasure Planet". Twelve years later, Jim has grown into an aloof and alienated teenager. He begrudgingly helps his mother Sarah run an inn and derives amusement from "solar surfing" (a hybrid of skysurfing and windsurfing atop a board attached to a solar-powered rocket), a pastime that frequently gets him in trouble.

One day, a spaceship crashes near the inn. The dying pilot, Billy Bones, gives Jim a sphere and tells him to "beware the cyborg". Shortly thereafter, a gang of pirates raid and burn the inn. Jim, his mother, and their dog-like friend Dr. Delbert Doppler barely escape. The sphere turns out to be a holographic projector, showing a map that Jim realizes leads to Treasure Planet.

Doppler commissions a ship called RLS Legacy, on a mission to find Treasure Planet. The ship is commanded by the cat-like, sharp-witted Captain Amelia along with her stony-skinned and disciplined First Mate, Mr. Arrow. The crew is a motley bunch, secretly led by cook John Silver, whom Jim suspects is the cyborg of whom he was warned. Jim is sent down to work in the galley; despite his mistrust of Silver, they soon form a tenuous father-son relationship. During an encounter with a supernova, Silver falls overboard but is saved by Jim. The supernova then devolves into a black hole, where Arrow drifts overboard and is lost, for which Jim blames himself for failing to secure the lifelines, while in fact Arrow's line was cut by a ruthless insectoid crew member named Scroop.

However, that's where everything goes even further wrong. From the black hole, a massive army of Heartless arrive. The ship is forced to turn tail. However, mutiny begins at that very moment - as the 'crew' doesn't want to move away from the plotted Treasure Planet. Jim, Amelia and the rest of the crew fight hard against the pirates - led by John Silver, and are forced onto a small life-boat and to flee away from the ship and the oncoming mass of Heartless. The floating mister Arrow is in the meantime swallowed up by a large heartless.

They drift for a long time, until they finally find the lights of Montressor Spaceport again, which has fall down to another world - parts of the city damaged, and nowhere as big as it once was. However, Amelia is quick to take up command and vows to protect the world against both Pirates and the strange menace that threatens them now.

'''Key Characters''' [[Jim Hawkings]], [[Captain Amelia]], [[John Silver]], [[Mr. Arrow]], [[Dr. Delbert Doppler]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Montressor Spaceport]]. 

= Gargoyles =
== Gargoyles ==

''"One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age of Gargoyles!"''

It began in the year 994. Castle Wyvern had been built atop the ancient home of a clan of gargoyles, ancient creatures who turned to stone by day, but were flesh by night. A generation before, they had made an alliance with the humans which lead to the building of the castle and their oath to protect it, but not everyone was pleased with this arrangement. With the threat of a Viking attack looming, a young warrior made a deal with the Captain of the Guard and the Viking leader Hakon to lure the gargoyles away so he could sack the castle, leaving the gargoyles to reclaim their ancestral land.

Things did not go exactly as planned. The gargoyles were betrayed, leaving most of their clan smashed into rubble before the sun set and the people of Castle Wyvern prisoners of the Vikings. Enraged, the few that remained sought out their enemies. Believing his princess dead due to the gargoyle's attack, the Magus - a powerful wizard - cast a spell on them sealing the clan in stone with a seemingly impossible condition to break it: when the castle rises above the clouds.

An impossible feat for some, but not for others. In the modern day, entrepreneur David Xanatos purchased Castle Wyvern lock stock and gargoyle, transporting them to their new home atop his skyscraper in New York City. Here, the spell was broken, and the gargoyles were faced with a a modern reality that is far different than the world they left behind. They claimed names for themselves, found an ally and friend in the police officer Elisa Maza, and were betrayed by not only Xanatos, but the same female gargoyle from their past - who now called herself Demona.

Now, the gargoyles live atop the clock tower that makes up the roof of the 23rd precinct police station. Their pledge to protect their castle has now been extended to protect all of Manhattan and those who live there. The influx of heartless, or the fall of worlds hasn't changed this promise, yet as the citizens of New York come to grips with the danger of monsters, they are also starting to believe the rumors about winged protectors. Xanatos is no less of a threat, although he now faces his own challenges in keeping his family safe, but also making sure there is a Manhattan left for him to control. Goliath, the leader of the gargoyles, as well as Elisa Maza, have vanished with no explanation to their whereabouts, leaving a young Brooklyn, the clan's second-in-command in charge.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Goliath]], [[Demona]], [[Hudson]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Broadway]], [[Lexington]], [[David Xanatos]], [[Elisa Maza]], [[Angela]]. ''' Grid Locations:''' [[Manhattan]].

'''Notes:'''
* '''Timeline''': This theme begins during Season 2's 'World Tour'.
* '''Fae''': Fae characters (Oberon, Titania, Odin, Banshee, etc.) are not app-able on Final Kingdom Mush. These characters are just generally too powerful. These will be kept as TP/Plot NPCs. However, Owen - the human assistant of Xanatos - is app-able, where as his Fae persona (Puck) is not. These are treated as separate characters for the most part. Characters with Fae backgrounds who have lost their powers and /will never/ regain them may be app-ed in some circumstances, but this will not be common.
* '''Stone Sleep''': As the Darkness of the Heartless seeps into Phantasia, it has begun to effect the Gargoyles natural sleep cycle. They still /must/ stone sleep regularly, and will often acclimate themselves to the day/night cycle of whatever world they spend the majority of their time within. However, for example, if they were to travel from their homeworld to a world where it is currently daytime, they would not immediately turn to stone. This would probably come as a big surprise to Gargoyles who have never before seen sunlight. By moving between worlds they can interrupt their own cycle for a time, but eventually they will grow tired (early warning) and need to stone sleep. (STAFF NOTE: This is done as a way to keep gargoyles from not being able to attend daytime scenes. We allow some time-fudging, but gargoyles in the daytime should react like people not used to daylight. Squinting, sunglasses, and possibly a natural inclination to drowsy eyes.)
* '''Canon edit''': The events of '[http://gargwiki.net/Future_Tense Future Tense]' occur at the start of 'World Tour' instead of at the end. The Phoenix Gate is 'lost' in the timestream.
* '''Other Clans''': Characters from established foreign gargoyle clans ([http://gargwiki.net/Mayan_Clan Mayan], [http://gargwiki.net/London_clan London], [http://gargwiki.net/Ishimura_Clan Ishimura], [http://gargwiki.net/Avalon_clan Avalon]) are appable.
* Questions related to the Gargoyles theme should be thrown towards '''Lionheart'''.

= Atlantis =
== Atlantis ==
In the distant past, the magnificent island of Atlantis found itself within the very same world the strange creatures known as Gargoyles inhabited. However, greed managed to be the destruction of this once magnificent place. After a distant explosion, a large tidal wave threatens to drown the island of Atlantis. In the midst of an evacuation from the capital city, the Queen of Atlantis is caught by a strange, hypnotic blue light and lifted up into the "Heart of Atlantis", a powerful crystal protecting the city. The crystal consumes her and creates a dome barrier that protects the city's innermost district. She leaves behind a young daughter, Princess Kida (Cree Summer), as the island is drawn not only under the ocean, but into a different world!

Several thousand years later, in 1914, Milo Thatch — a cartographer and linguist at the Smithsonian Institution who is marginalized for his research on Atlantis — believes that he has found The Shepherd's Journal, an ancient manuscript allegedly containing directions to the lost island. After his proposal to search for the Journal is rejected by the museum board, a mysterious woman, Helga Sinclair, introduces Milo to Preston B. Whitmore, an eccentric millionaire. Whitmore has already funded a successful effort to retrieve the Journal as repayment of a debt to Milo's grandfather, and recruits Milo to lead an expedition to Atlantis as soon as he deciphers it.

The expedition departs with a team of specialists led by Commander Rourke, who also led the Journal recovery expedition. The crew includes Vinny, a demolitions expert; Mole, a geologist; Dr. Sweet, a medical officer; Audrey, a mechanic; Mrs. Packard, a radio operator; and Cookie, a mess cook. They set out in the Ulysses, a massive submarine, but are soon attacked by the monstrous Leviathan, a robotic lobster-like creature that guards Atlantis' entrance. The Ulysses is destroyed but Milo, Rourke, and part of the crew escape and make their way to an underground cavern, described in the Journal as the entrance to Atlantis.

However, as they travel through a network of caves and a dormant volcano, the team is met with fierce resistance, as dark creatures attack the group. With the force of the armed men they have with them, they begin to resist these little black creatures. They fight until they are greeted by Kida—who, despite her age, resembles a young woman—and discover that the Atlantean language is the basis of many existing languages. She leads the group to Atlantis, through a large portal - and fails to warn them not to stray from the path within the corridor...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Milo Thatch]], [[Kida]], [[Helga Sinclair]], [[Commander Rourke]], [[Vinny]], [[Mole]], [[Dr. Sweet]], [[Audrey]], [[Mrs. Packard]], [[Cookie]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Atlantis]] (in Serpent's Trench).

= Tangled =
== Tangled ==
Once, a drop of pure sunlight fell to earth and grew into a beautiful flower which had amazing restorative powers when unlocked with by a particular song. The flower was coveted by Mother Gothel, an aging woman who discovered it's secrets to heath and seemingly immortal life. However, there were others who had greater needs for the flower and the power it possessed. The Queen of the kingdom of Corona was ill and her husband sent his soldiers out far and wide in search of the flower's legendary power. Finding it, the King used the power to save his wife, but the magic somehow was reborn into her newborn daughter, Rapunzel.

Unwilling to give up the immortality the flower gave her, Mother Gothel tried to cut a lock of the girl's golden hair, only to discover that cutting it destroyed the power within. With no other options, Mother Gothel kidnapped the girl in the dead of night and raised her as her own in an isolated tower. Heartbroken, the King and Queen send up lanterns every year on the princess' birthday, in hopes that their wishes will reach her.

Mother Gothel teaches Rapunzel the healing song, and uses it to keep herself ever young, all the while manipulating her to ensure that she never leaves the tower. However, Rapunzel is a free spirit, and longs to find the source of the strange lanterns that fly in the sky every year. Gothel warns her that the world outside is a dangerous place. In a sense, she is not lying, as strange dark creatures begin to appear in the woods and in the shadows of the city.

Years later, the cocky thief Flynn Rider steals the princess’ tiara on display in the palace and flees with his newfound treasure in hopes this will finally bring him endless riches. It does prove to be fortunate, if only for him. As soon as he leaves, the Kingdom is swallowed up in a wave of darkness brought by the Heartless, drawn to the hearts of the mourning King and Queen. The only survivor is Maximus, a horse that once served the guard and is now intent on following the man who has stolen from his kingdom.

The tower itself survives, as does the valley surrounding it, now a part of a new world. Flynn, Maximus and Mother Gothel all find themselves in an unfamiliar landscape, and the Heartless hunger for the strange power hiding up in that tower. Meanwhile, oblivious to it all, Rapunzel looks out of her tower, waiting for her chance for freedom.

And despite the disappearance of Corona, the lanterns still appear from time to time...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Rapunzel]], [[Flynn Rider]] (aka. Eugene Fitzherbert), [[Mother Gothel]]. '''Grid Locations:''' Forgotten Forest (Rapunzel's Tower).

= Beauty and the Beast =
== Beauty and the Beast ==
Out in the French countryside, a minor prince rules a province in a beautiful castle. The prince, although beautiful of face, is spoiled and unkind. When he rejects a beggar woman who merely asks for food and shelter, she reveals herself to be an enchantress, and turns him into a hideous beast. His servants are transformed into living objects and furniture, and the castle itself falls under a pall of misery, forgotten by the people of the village. If the Beast can love and find someone who loves him in return before the last petal of an enchanted rose falls, he’ll be restored. But when the last petal falls, he will be a beast for all time.

As the years pass, he falls into despair, and the castle itself begins to fall to ruin. The Beast grows bitter and angrier every year. When an old man wanders into the castle by mistake, the Beast orders the intruder thrown into the dungeon, unwilling to show the old man any mercy. Only when the man’s daughter, Belle, comes to his rescue and willingly exchanges her own safety for that of her father does the Beast see a chance for redemption.

Belle, who is intelligent and willful, doesn’t take her imprisonment sitting down, and doesn’t let the Beast push her around. She is forced to remain in the castle, but refuses to let herself fall to despair.

Meanwhile, the dark curse over the castle draws darkness near, and the Heartless begin swarming among the wolves and beasts of the dark forests. The hunters of the village tell stories of strange shadowy creatures, and local town hero Gaston brags of having taken down a large one. While the old inventor Maurice weeps for his imprisoned daughter, and Belle attempts to understand the Beast, shadows overtake the world around the countryside, and the world changes around the town and castle.

The people of the town are frightened by this change, and look to Gaston to provide protection against the frightening new world. The Beast begins finding Heartless even in his own castle, striking them down as they start to threaten his rose. Belle seeks to find out more about the Heartless, hoping her knowledge can save them both. And the rose drops petals faster and faster, as the Beast begins to lose hope.

'''Key Characters:''' [[The Beast]], [[Belle]], [[Gaston]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Bramble Orchard]], [[The Beast's Castle]], French Countryside (Belle's Village).

= Cinderella =
== Cinderella ==
The beloved and beautiful only child of a widowed aristocrat, Cinderella goes from riches to rags when her father marries the Lady Tremaine, a proud and severe woman, who brings with her two awkward and unattractive daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When Cinderella's father passes away, the Lady Tremaine takes over the estate and forces Cinderella into servitude. Though mocked by her jealous step-sisters, Cinderella remains kind and gentle, befriending the animals which live about their chateau.

The King of their country, distressed that his handsome son Prince Charming shows no interest in marriage, elects to hold a ball which all eligible maidens shall attend. Cinderella receives her step-mother's permission to go provided she finishes her chores, and with the help of her animal friends is able to repair one of her mother's old dresses just in time to depart - and is unknowingly assisted by the mini-fied Ventus. Yet the cunning Lady Tremaine, while complimenting Cinderella's dress, subtly points out the beads and sash which Cinderella's mouse companions had appropriated from her step-sisters. In a rage, Drizella and Anastasia ruin the gown, forcing Cinderella to stay behind. Overcome by emotion, Cinderella unknowingly attracts the Unversed - which are soon routed by a sudden appearance of Terra - whom soon there-after leaves again.

At that moment, however, Cinderella's Fairy Godmother appears, bestowing upon her a blue dress with glass slippers and transforming a pumpkin and her animal friends into a carriage with attendants. The happy girl departs for the ball with the warning to leave before the stroke of midnight, whereupon the magic will be undone and all shall return to as it once was. Upon her arrival, Prince Charming, having rejected all the other ladies, is smitten at first sight, and the blissful couple dance the night away. Yet Cinderella, realizing she has tarried overlong, flees in a panic as the clock tolls midnight, leaving behind a single glass slipper in her panic as her carriage begins to disintegrate.

The Grand Duke informs the King of what has occurred and is ordered to search every house until the girl whose foot fits the glass slipper is found. Lady Tremaine tries to keep Cinderella locked in her room - but Aqua assists in letting her out and stalls The Grand Duke long enough for Cinderella to get downstairs and try on her shoe. It's not long-after that the prince realizes his love for her and carries her off... but Aqua knows that a strong darkness only grows stronger within Lady Tremaine.

And years later, as Aqua wanders through the Realm of Darkness, she comes across a castle jutting out of a sea of darkness. Cinderella's castle. But unbeknownst to her, the Fairy Godmother has enough power for one last trick... to take that castle to a different place. A place where other worlds are coming together - trying to protect themselves against the Heartless. A world no longer protected by the Barrier of Light.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Cinderella]], [[Prince Charming]], [[Lady Tremaine]], [[Drizella]], [[Anastasia]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Cinderella Castle]]. 

= Sleeping Beauty =
== Sleeping Beauty ==
Once upon a time, there was an evil fairy named Maleficent, who was quite notorious in the Enchanted Dominion. She was known for playing cruel tricks on people, for lying and deceiving. And most of all, for cursing others, purely out of hatred and spite. Indeed, Maleficent was a cruel fairy who sought ways to destroy and twist her realm to reflect her own dark heart.

One day she learned that good King Stephan and his wife were throwing a party to celebrate the birth of their daughter, princess Aurora. Maleficent naturally, was not invited, as King Stephan feared that she might harm his precious daughter. Naturally Maleficent was furious and she invited herself to the party. As the fairies came one by one to offer the baby their magical gifts, Maleficent plotted of a way to punish King Stephan for smiting her: She cursed the baby to die upon her sixteenth birthday when she was fated to prick her finger on a spinning wheel. She then left in a cackle of evil laughter.

There was one good fairy who had not yet bestowed her gift upon the sleeping baby. She stepped forward at that moment and promised that Aurora would not die, but would rather fall into a deep sleep for 100 years, and not awaken until her true love's kiss would break the curse. As an extra precaution, the king charged the three fairies with taking care of Aurora and keeping her safe from Maleficent. And so they hid her in a cottage in the woods, where she lived for 16 years.

During that time, the heartless came into the world. Maleficent, in her quest for power, met Master Xehanort, who promised her boundless power. He also told her about the existence of many other worlds and he told her of the princesses of heart who held the key to unlocking the way to Kingdom Hearts, the most powerful world from which she could control all worlds. Maleficent, powerful, cunning, determined, made the perfect minion for Xehanort, and she was more determined than ever to find Aurora, believing her to be one of the princesses of heart.

Xehanort warned her of three keyblade wielders, Terra, who might be of use to her, Aqua who might be a threat, and Ventus who was not to be harmed. He warned her not to tell them of him, but to keep it to herself. He then left her to her own devices for a while, telling her to report back to him from time to time.

Some time later, Maleficent's raven, Diablo located Aurora, hiding as a peasant girl named Briar Rose. Maleficent used her sorcery to hypnotise her and draw her to the castle where she lured her to the room with the spinning wheel that would seal her fate. Instead of dying, Aurora fell into a deep sleep that would last many years. In order to keep anyone from interfering, Maleficent captured and imprisoned Philip in a dungeon in the Forbidden Mountains.

Aqua encountered Maleficent, who told Aqua of Terra's role in her plan and dropped her into the dungeon, where she and the fairies helped free Philip. The fairies enchanted Philip's sword, and he defeated Maleficent in her dragon form. Maleficent swore to Aqua that she would return, while Philip woke Aurora with a kiss.

Although the Enchanted Dominion was temporarily at peace, celebrating the wedding of Aurora and Philip, it was not truly free from the power of darkness. Maleficent called on the Heartless to consume it as part of her revenge, and soon all but the castle and surrounding hills collapsed into darkness, the castle itself pulled into another world entirely. Philip has sworn to protect Aurora and her heart.

Since then, Malificent has found a new place to call her home - known as the Hollow Bastion. From there, she has sought out others who have been touched by the threads of fate - those who were touched by the keyblade wielders she so despises now. She created an organization, made up of these damnable people - drenched in the veil of darkness. And with her as their head, she leads them with promise of more power - more worlds...

And to facilitate this, she drew upon the power of the Darkness Corridors and the knowledge she had come to possess - and with Fairy sorcery, she brought portals upon portals to connect world upon world from the heights of Phantasia Mountain.

The gates are open, the Shadowlords are coming.

And even as the worlds try to gather strength and the World Hearts combine some of their bodies to harden against this assault...

They move under her.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aurora]], [[Malificent]], [[Prince Phillip]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' None. Malificent lives in Hollow Bastion. 

= Snow White =
== Snow White ==
In a small kingdom, a beautiful but cold-hearted queen looks into her magic mirror, asking every day:

''Mirror, mirror, on the wall 
Who is the fairest one of all?''

One day, the mirror answers that the queen herself has been surpassed in beauty by her step-daughter, the princess Snow White.

Enraged, the queen, Grimhilde, calls for her huntsman to bring her the heart of the innocent Snow White. The darkness within her own heart begins to call forth the Heartless, which begin to swarm on the edge of the forest.

Meanwhile, Snow White encounters the handsome Prince Ferdinand. The two share their hopes and dreams. Ferdinand has heard of dangers on the edge of his kingdom with strange monsters, and rides off to fight the Heartless, but promises to reunite with Snow White someday.

The huntsman, unable to bring himself to kill Snow White, instead tells her of the danger she is in and tells her to flee into the forest. Terrified, Snow White flees into the woods, eventually finding herself under the protection of the Seven Dwarves who mine for diamonds nearby.

The Queen continues to realize the threat that Snow White poses to her own beauty - and is found speaking to the mirror by Terra. Through this moment, she comes to know Keywielders and turns the Mirror into an unversed through the use of a potion - causing it to become inevitably connected to the Heartless. After a failed attempt in bringing down Terra, and being forced to use the Mirror's ability to show a person's location, she tries to do the work of bringing down Snow White herself.

This is how she meets Ventus, who helps her when she drops an apple. And upon succeeding in poisoning Snow White, but being chased off by the Dwarves - she ends up under attack by Aqua, driving her to gain an absolute /hatred/ towards Keyblade wielders.

Now long after, through her magic mirror, and a force promises to bring about the death of Snow White if they can have the cooperation of the sorcery-using queen.

Grimhilde, twisted by her rage and jealousy, makes a secret pact with the strange force, and the Heartless swarm forth, the land surrounding the castle and the forest plunged into darkness. What remains of the kingdom is now part of a new world, and the Heartless begin to seek out the innocent Snow White, protected by the dwarves. Where is her prince on a white steed now? Where is prince Ferdinand. Or will another Prince save her?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Snow White]], [[Doc]], [[Grumpy]], [[Happy]], [[Sleepy]], [[Bashful]], [[Sneezy]], [[Dopey]], [[Queen Grimhilde]], [[Prince Ferdinant]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' Dwarf Woodlands 

= Mulan =
== Mulan ==
When the Huns, led by the ruthless Shan Yu, invade China, each family is given a conscription notice. Mulan's father, Fa Zhou has to serve in the army, but due to his age and previous war injuries, is is doubtful that he would survive. Fa Mulan disguises herself as a man, then takes her father's conscription notice, armor, and weapons so that he will not have to go. She rides away on her horse, Khan, to join the army, knowing that if she were caught she would be killed.

Mushu, a small chinese dragon, has been awakened by the family's First Ancestor. Mushu had been demoted to gong ringer after a mishap with one of the ancestors when the other ancestors were awakened. After various choices of which guardian to send after Mulan, he is asked to awaken the "Great Stone Dragon". Mushu accidentally destroys the Dragon but realizes that this could be an opportunity to earn his place among the guardians again if he can make Mulan a war hero.

Mulan trains with a group led by Captain Li Shang, including fellow soldiers Ling, Yao, and Chien Po. The troops complete their training, but Chi Fu, the Emperor's meddling and misogynistic advisor, refuses to let them see battle, accusing the troops of being ill prepared. However, they may not get much of a choice - with the incoming hordes of Heartless showing up everywhere upon their lands - clearly sent by Shan Yu.

In the meantime, within the Imperial City, a shard from Spira has come to life on its own, forming Ifrit's Cloister in the basement of the Imperial Castle!

'''Key Characters:''' [[Fa Mulan]], [[Li Shang]], [[Yao]], [[Ling]], [[Chien Po]], [[Shan Yu]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Land of Dragons]]. 

= Aladdin =
== Aladdin ==

A party gathers in the desert at night, as a mercenary delivers to the sorcerer Jafar the treasure he needs to awaken the Cave of Wonders. The guardian of the Cave destroys the minion and declares that only the Diamond in the Rough may enter. Jafar vows to find this Diamond in the Rough to bring him the treasure he seeks.

Meanwhile, Aladdin is a streetwise thief without a home who must steal to keep himself alive, not that the royal guards of Agrabah are very sympathetic. Within the palace of the sultan, the princess Jasmine is urged to find a suitor, but wishes to marry only for love. Wishing to understand the world outside of the palace walls, she sneaks out, soon encountering and making friends with Aladdin.

They develop feelings for one another, but Jasmine is found and brought back, and Aladdin arrested for kidnapping the princess. While he waits to be executed, Aladdin encounters an old man-actually Jafar in disguise-offering him freedom if Aladdin can bring back a treasure from the Cave of Wonders. Jafar knows that Aladdin is the Diamond in the Rough, one whose true value is often overlooked.

The cave opens for Aladdin, with the guardian warning him to “touch nothing but the lamp.” Within the cave is a glittering trove of treasure, but Aladdin remembers the warning and claims only the dusty old lamp he was asked to bring back. Abu, his monkey companion, lets his greed get the best of him, and as he grabs for a diamond, it melts as the gold transforms into a wave of molten lava. Aladdin and Abu are saved only by the sentient magic carpet they befriended within the cave, which seals itself off, trapping them within.

Jafar, enraged that the Cave of Wonders has been sealed off from him once more, enters his chamber above the palace only to find Maleficent waiting for him. She encourages him to work with her, ensuring he will have what he desires, and that the key to their plan is Jasmines heart. Jafar agrees to work with Maleficent, just as Heartless begin to appear in the desert outside of Agrabah. At Maleficent's urging, bolstered by the Heartless' strength, he takes over the Palace and thus the city. Jasmine, overhearing their plotting, escapes at the last moment, Jafar and the Heartless in hot pursuit.

Aladdin, meanwhile, is trapped in the cave. Frustrated, he rubs at the lamp and frees the Genie, a powerful and strange being who claims that as Aladdin is now his master, he will be granted three wishes. Aladdin uses his trickery to free himself, without making a single wish, only to find out that the world has changed around him, and the desert surrounding Agrabah is not as he remembers it. The world has been altered, taken somewhere else, and the people of Agrabah have only the walls of their city protecting them from the new dangers outside. As for Aladdin, he has his wits, and three wishes.

And the Cave of Wonders looms open again, its treasures hidden, its lamp missing, but its mazelike paths possibly leading...somewhere else?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aladdin]], [[Princess Jasmine]], [[Jafar]], [[Sultan]], [[Cassim]], [[Abis Mal]], [[Mechanicles]], [[Mirage]], [[Mozenrath]], [[Phasir]], [[Sadira]], [[The Mukhtar]], [[Aziz]]. 
'''Grid Locations''': [[Cave of Wonders]], [[Agrabah]]. 

= Tron =
== Tron ==
Once, in a world much like our own, the corporation ENCOM was spearheading the growth of new and innovative computer technology, employing the finest engineers and developing everything from laser scanners to video games. A brilliant but lackadaisical software engineer, Kevin Flynn, is fired from ENCOM when his rival Ed Dillinger steals several games Flynn has developed and is promoted to an executive position. Retreating to the popular arcade he owns, Flynn struggles to obtain evidence of Dillinger's wrongdoing, but is blocked by the sinister Master Control Program (MCP), the artificial intelligence which controls the ENCOM mainframe and seeks to expand its dominion over the Dataspace, the cyber-realm within computers.

Within the Dataspace, computer programs exist as individuals, some appearing in the likeness of the Users who created them, and are terrorized by the MCP and its second-in-command, Sark. Sark and his minions seek control over input/output within their mainframe, and those programs which resist him are captured and forced to play dangerous games -- often utilizing the "identity disk" which all programs carry -- in which the losers are "derezzed."

The MCP, aware of Dillinger's misdeeds, manipulates him by threatening him with blackmail and proceeds to begin hacking into computers all over the world. Meanwhile, visited by his friends and fellow scientists Alan Bradley and Lora Baines, Flynn persuades them to help him sneak back into ENCOM's headquarters. There, he upgrades the security clearance of Bradley's program "Tron", so that it might monitor the activities of the MCP. In retaliation, the MCP activates an experimental laser intended to digitize Flynn and transfer him into the ENCOM mainframe.

At that moment, however, Heartless pour forth from the shadows and consume the world, sending the Dataspace into chaos. Eventually, Ansem the Wise encounters the Dataspace during his investigations and tinkers with the various programs, upgrading Tron. Yet once Flynn's Arcade emerges from the darkness, the MCP becomes aware that the worlds have been connected, and is eager to conquer all realms which touch upon Dataspace-- and beyond. At last, the battle between Tron and the MCP begins in earnest.

But what has become of Flynn, ENCOM, and the others lost to the shadows? In the dusty recesses of the Arcade, hidden in Manhattan in a secret private room, a solitary light blinks...

== Since Then ==
''Information Is slightly out of date''

([[Opportunity Knocks]]) During an attempt by [[LEXUS]] to take the Manhattan side Terminal away from Chicago, ShinRa ended up interfering and managed to prevent it from being taken to Hollow Bastion. But as a result, Manhattan's terminal now sits in ShinRa HQ in Goug.

'''Key Characters:''' [[TRON]], [[Sark]], [[MCP]], [[Kevin Flynn]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Flynn's Arcade]]. 

== TRON - Wise OS ==
''Information coming soon.''

== TRON: Uprising - Flynn OS ==
''Information coming soon.''

= The Hunchback of Notre Dame =
== The Hunchback of Notre Dame ==

In the city of Paris, Judge Claude Frollo of the City Guard seeks to eliminate the gypsy people, seeing them as sinful heretics. He traps a group of gypsy refugees and has them arrested, but a woman escapes with her baby. He pursues her until she is killed on the steps of Notre Dame Cathedral. Frollo is prepared to drown the baby, who is deformed, but the archbishop interferes, refusing to allow the judge to shed more innocent blood. He warns that no matter what Frollo tells himself or others, the “eyes of Notre Dame” and the Lord will know the truth. Frollo is convinced instead to raise the child as his own. He gives the child the cruel name of Quasimodo, meaning “half-formed.”

Quasimodo grows to young adulthood living in the bell tower, hidden away from all but Frollo and the gargoyles who awaken when no one else is around. He is hunchbacked and severely deformed, but intelligent, kind and insightful, and spends his time watching the people of Notre Dame he wishes to meet someday. He is told by Frollo that the world is cruel and would reject him, and he should remain in his place as the hidden bell-ringer of Notre Dame.

Lonely Quasimodo sneaks out of the cathedral one day as Paris celebrates the Festival of Fools. A troupe of gypsies entertain the people, notably Esmeralda, a beautiful and kind dancer. Frollo and his men watch, and while Frollo disapproves outwardly, he finds himself fascinated with Esmeralda. Quasimodo’s appearance is discovered, and he is crowned King of the Fools, celebrated until the crowd turns on him and humiliates him at the urging of Frollo’s men. Frollo doesn’t interfere on his behalf, but Esmeralda does, helping him escape into the Cathedral and following him there. She in turn is followed by Captain Phoebus of the guard, who refuses to arrest Esmeralda for witchcraft against Frollo’s orders.

As Esmeralda befriends Quasimodo, who thanks her for helping him and helps her escape the cathedral safely, strange creatures appear in the corners and shadows of the city. The guard track them down and capture one, but are unable to find out what they are. As Frollo contemplates his obsession with Esmeralda, increasingly convinced she is tempting his heart away with wicked powers, the shadowy Maleficent appears to him and offers him a position as a Shadow Lord. He refuses, terrified that a demon has appeared to him, just as news of Esmeralda’s escape and the Heartless attacks reach him. Frollo draws the conclusion that Maleficent and the Heartless were drawn to Notre Dame by gypsy witchcraft, and calls for the arrest of Esmeralda.

As Quasimodo looks out to the sky, having finally made an outside friend and finding himself infatuated with Esmeralda as well, he sees a strange shadow cast over Notre Dame. In moments, the City Island is all that is left of Paris, and the people are in a panic. Frollo calls them to order with his guard, explaining that the changes are punishment for wickedness and sin, and determined to protect the righteous people of Paris from the terrors outside. Quasimodo considers leaving once more, this time to help the people of the city which once rejected him. Maleficent, meanwhile, waits and watches, sure that sooner or later, Judge Frollo will fall into her clutches and she will find the Heart of this world.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Quasimodo]], [[Esmeralda]], [[Frollo]], [[Phoebus]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[La Cité Des Cloches]].

= The Nightmare Before Christmas =
== The Nightmare Before Christmas ==

Halloween Town exists as a ghoulish, but not unfriendly place. Its people create Halloween and bring it to the world at large every year. While Pumpkin King Jack Skellington does an excellent job and is widely loved for his skills at the creepy and macabre, he's started to tire of the same thing year after year.

Little creatures called Heartless begin to appear, but as everyone in Halloween Town is some form of monster, the Heartless don't stand out. Jack notices them, thinking they might be the key to a new Halloween, and tries to learn how to make them obey him to no avail. Their presence is not questioned by anyone but Sally the Rag Doll, whose advice is ignored.

Oogie Boogie, too, hears of the Heartless and decides he wants to control them for his own dark purposes. It is when he sends his minions Lock, Shock, and Barrel to investigate that Halloween Town itself falls to the Heartless, something not too many of the residents notice. The doors to Halloween Town no longer lead to the other Holiday Worlds or the "real world," but to a void of darkness. What will happen when the people of Halloween Town realize their city is now home to strangers, and what they will do with the strange Heartless, remains to be seen.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Jack Skellington]], [[Sally]], [[Oogie Boogie]], [[Doctor Finklestein]], [[Lock, Shock and Barrel]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Halloween Town]]. 

= Kim Possible =
== Kim Possible ==
<<To Be Written>>

'''Key Characters:''' [[Kim Possible]], [[Ron Stoppable]], [[Shego]], [[Doctor Drakken]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' None. 

= Fillmore =
== Fillmore ==

After Parnassus' resigning from the Safety Patrol officer and Ingrid joins Fillmore in the group, several months passed and the two solved several cases together, including a kidnapping of the school mascot, apprehending a serial graffiti artist, protecting the local chess celebrity and many others. The arrival of the Heartless was a shock and far beyond the usual level of violence and crime that they were used to dealing with. Still, they were not helpless and with the aid of the Safety Patrol most of the students were evacuated out of the portal before the world fell to darkness.

It took a few days but with some investigative work, a new suitable home was found for the students of X Middleschool in the facility of Balamb Garden. As it was already a sizable military academy, Headmaster Cid was more than happy to provide some of their extra space for standard schooling operation on the condition that any qualified students be allowed to undertake SeeD training. This agreement was not expected to be permanent and plans were also drafted to build a new school for the regular students should Manhattan be lost to them forever.

Naturally, the members of the Safety Patrol were among the qualified students despite their lack of actual combat training. However, after witnessing the destruction that the Heartless could unleash all of them were more than happy to learn how to prevent such things from happening in the future and signed up to become members of Garden themselves.

After a few weeks of taking some basic courses, it was determined that Ingrid and the other Patrollers were qualified enough to operate with some extra independence thanks to their former roles as student leaders and their crime solving skills were put to work on minor cases within Garden and sometimes beyond.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Fillmore]], [[Ingrid Third]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Balamb Garden]]. 

= Lilo and Stitch =
== Lilo and Stitch ==

Far in the reaches of deep space, a council convenes to sentence the criminal mad scientist Jumba and its newest, most dangerous creation, Experiment 626. 626 is too powerful and wily to keep under containment, however, and escapes the watch of space officer Gantu. During this escapade, it meets the strange twosome that are Ventus and Aqua. During an attack from the Unversed, they show the Council-Woman some of Experiment 626's goodness - as it assists in fending off an attack of the Unversed around the time that so many stars go dark.

With Ventus and Aqua having left, Experiment 626 is left to flee in an escape pod towards a rather obscure, backwater planet called Earth - Earth is under protection as breeding ground for the endangered mosquito, so Agent Pleakley is sent to accompany Jumba and recover 626 before it can wreak havoc on Earth.

Meanwhile, Nani is having difficulties keeping sole guardianship of her little sister Lilo after the death of their parents. A social worker's visit goes poorly, and friction between Lilo and Nani is not helping. The sisters decide to adopt a dog and head to the shelter, where Lilo chooses a strange, ugly-looking dog which happens to be 626 in disguise. She dubs the creature Stitch and convinces Nani to let her adopt him. Once she takes him home, he proves to be a rather destructive and strange "dog," but Lilo decides she's going to train him into being a proper best friend. News reports of strange creatures being spotted in the rainforests go mostly unnoticed by the two sisters, but Lilo wonders if it might me an alien invasion.

Soon after, the island of Hawaii is hit by a powerful hurricane; when the winds and rain subside, Hawaii itself has been pulled from Earth and is in the middle of an unfamiliar ocean, with pirates in sky ships looking to make contact. Although the people of Hawaii are rather alarmed at this bizarre development, the governor nervously agrees to meet with representatives from the new outside world while they try to find out just what has happened.

Nani now finds it even more important that she and Lilo stay together, and hopes that strange dog or the weird monsters don't interfere with this too much. Lilo is excited, however, and wants to take trips with the "space pirates" and hunt down the Heartless "aliens" with Stitch. Jumba and Pleakley, meanwhile, continue their investigation, wondering if they're really stranded on Earth...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Stitch]], [[Lilo Pelekai]], [[Nani Pelekai]], [[Jumba Jookiba]], [[Pleakley]], [[Gantu]], [[Cobra Bubbles]], [[Grand Councilwoman]], [[David Kawena]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Hawaii]]. 

= Pirates of the Carribean =
== Pirates of the Carribean ==
Years before, young Elizabeth meets a boy found in a shipwreck. The boy, Will Turner, gives her a medallion that resembles a gold piece.

Commodore James Norrington proposes to Elizabeth Swann, who falls into the bay before she can give an answer. The medallion falls to the bottom of the sea, sending off a signal to the crew of the ghostly Black Pearl. She is saved by notorious pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, who is promptly arrested.

That night, the pirates of the Black Pearl attack Port Royal, running a raid in an attempt to find the gold piece calling to them. Despite the best efforts of Will Turner, now a blacksmith's apprentice, they succeed in capturing Elizabeth and begin to sail off.

The terror and sorrow brought on by the pirate attack is the final piece needed for the Heartless to overtake the world, as much of the land and see fall into total darkness. Port Royal and its surrounding waters are spared, drawn into a different world. While the Royal British Navy has sworn to protect Port Royal until a solution can be found, the many pirates sailing the seas have been drawn into this world as well, including Captain Barbossa and his Black Pearl.

Captain Barbossa still seeks a manner to cure the curse on his crew, and wonders if the Heartless themselves hold the answer. Meanwhile, Captain Jack has agreed to help Will find Elizabeth, who is still holding her own on the Black Pearl, for now.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Will Turner]], [[Elizabeth Swann]], [[Captain Barbossa]], [[Jack Sparrow]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Port Royal]]. 

= Peter Pan =
== Peter Pan ==
Follow the second star on the right and straight on ‘til morning, and you’ll find your way to Neverland, an island of magic and eternal childhood. Here is the home of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows old, a mischievous youth who can fly. He and other ageless children, the Lost Boys, live without parents as they outsmart Captain Hook and his pirate crew.

One day, Captain Hook tricks a mysterious warrior named Terra into picking a fight with Peter Pan. The two clash, but they clear up their misunderstanding and Pan flies off to fight Hook as he’s often done. He has more friendly encounters with keyblade users Ventus and Aqua. In his mind, they’re just more visitors to Neverland, and while he remembers them, he doesn’t think much of the incident for a while.

Years later, Peter’s shadow flies into the bedroom of Wendy Darling, a young girl living in turn of the century London. Peter and his fairy companion Tinkerbell soon follow. When Wendy sews his shadow back on, Peter tells her and her siblings, John and Michael, about the land of Neverland. He grants them the power to fly using pixie dust and leads them to Neverland. When Wendy is introduced to the Lost Boys, she decides she’ll try to be their mother, as they’ve never had one and don’t know what having one is like.

Meanwhile, as Captain Hook plans to clash with Peter once more, strange shadows overtake the sea around Neverland. The island itself remains unchanged even as it is brought into another ocean, and few of the inhabitants notice what has gone on. Peter sees the appearance of Heartless as another excuse for the Lost Boys to have an adventure, unaware of the seriousness of the situation. Captain Hook, however, soon spots more ships approaching Neverland, and wonders if he has found allies in his eternal battle with Pan.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Peter Pan]], [[Wendy]], [[Captain Hook]], [[Mr. Smee]], [[The Lost Boys]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Neverland]]. 

= Hercules =
== Hercules ==

Once, this world was a land of chaos, ruled over by powerful elemental Titans who cared little for the people of the land below as they swept their destruction across the planet. Then, Zeus came with his thunderbolts and trapped the Titans, beginning the age of both Gods and men. High on Mt. Olympus, Zeus set himself as the king of the Gods, unaware that his brother Hades had begun setting the wheels in motion to steal the throne.

Everything seemed to be going according to plan until the day that Zeus and Hera gave birth to their son, Hercules. Consulting the fates, Hades discovered that in eighteen years, he would have the chance he'd been waiting for - but... if Hercules rose up to fight on the side of the Gods, his attempts for power would fail. So, the God dispatched his two minions, Pain and Panic, to dispose of the little 'sunspot'. The two imps fail in their task to kill Hercules, but they do manage to make him mortal, resulting in his exile from Mt. Olympus.

For years, young Hercules is raised by a human family as their only son, never knowing his true parentage. It isn't until his unusual strength began to show itself in sometimes dangerous ways, that his father revealed the truth, sending him to seek out council from Zeus. At the temple, Hercules learned of the cruel fate that had befallen him as a child, and discovered the one way in which he might be able to once again return to Olympus and rejoin the gods: He must become a True Hero.

So, with the help of his faithful companion Pegasus, Hercules sought out a teacher - one of the best trainers of Heroes: The satyr, Philoctetes ("Phil" for short). While the satyr is reluctant, at first, to take on yet another would-be Hero, he does eventually agree to teach the boy, under threat of lightning bolts from above. Upon discovering that the one person who could foil his plans was still alive, Hades began to throw all sorts of beasts and monsters at Hercules, trying to kill the young Hero before he would have a chance to reclaim his birthright. Through those many trials, Hercules did become a Hero, but earning the love of fans is not the same thing as being a 'True Hero'.

With his failure to kill Hercules, it is only a matter of time before Hades sought out darker means of eliminating his enemies. The God was one of the first to be gathered into the Shadow Lords, and with the Heartless, his power spread over the world of Olympia, eventually dragging it down into darkness. Now, all that remains is the Coliseum, looming at the edge of Traverse Town. Here, heroes can still prove themselves in the games, and Hercules still seeks a way of proving himself a True Hero, but is there even a Mt. Olympus left to return home to?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Hercules]], [[Megara]], [[Phil]], [[Hades]], [[Pain]] and [[Panic]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Coliseum]]

= Other Phantasia =
== Other Phantasia ==
In general, staff would prefer to keep player characters as humanoids (see [[races]]), rather than talking animals or furniture. While there are Disney themes which heavily feature walking/talking animals, they are much harder to integrate.

These include (but are not limited to) themes such as:
* Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers (NPCs)
* Oliver and Company (NPCs)
* Lady and the Tramp (NPCs)
* Bambi (NPCs)
* The Lion King (Adapted)

In general, many of these characters will just be background NPCs. For instance, you might be walking the streets of Manhattan and spot an orange kitten. Or be strolling threw New Orleans and see a particularly scruffy hounddog. Most of these characters simply won't make good player-characters, since adapting them into Final Kingdom would take quite a bit of work and require quite heavy modifications. Others, such as Chip and Dale already appear as bit parts/NPCs throughout Kingdom Hearts. If you have your heart set on one of them, you can always ask staff, but it's likely that characters from themes listed as (NPCs) will be much harder to app.

Themes in which a character is/was human and gets turned into an animal will usually be accepted, although tweaked so they can at least speak.
Examples:
* The Princess and the Frog
* Brother Bear
* The Emperor's New Groove
 

== The Lion King ==

In the case of '''The Lion King''', the staff consensus is that if Sora and the others turn into animals when arriving in '''The Pridelands''', that the same should work vice-versa for the characters /leaving/ that world. It gives people the chance to play characters from this theme, but in a way where they will easily be able to interact with others. They might look humanoid, but they still retain their personality elements, and perhaps some of their more interesting mannerisms. In general, we would like to keep all the characters in this theme to be either fully human in appearance on other worlds, or semi-anthro (Re: Tailspin). Whomever gets an approved FC app into this theme first will get to decide the direction of that for the rest of the cast. We will also possibly allow some IC combat-transformation to a lion form, because everyone knows it would be hilarious to see Mufasa shoot fireballs from his muzzle.

= Rejected =
== Rejected ==
These games or series are not available for integration, due to one reason or another:
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* '''Final Fantasy 11/14''' - Due to the online nature of these games, and their theme still expanding now, they are currently seen as unfit.
* '''Non-Final Fantasy Games''' - With the exception of The World Ends With You - as seen included in KH:3D, other Square Enix games - or any others for that matter - are not available for application.
* '''Non-animated Disney''' - Since we are trying to stick as close to the world that fits with Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, we try to not implement 'real life' Disney movies. Pirates of the Carribean and Tron are the obvious exceptions, as they were featured in Kingdom Hearts games. However, this is not a hard limit, and we might be convinced otherwise on a case-by-case basis.
* '''Phineas and Ferb''' - Originally a pitch that was intended more for places like Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, the Tone of the series does not fit the general Disney kind of universe and tone we try to represent within this game.
* '''No Pixar''' - Sorry, we feel none of their movies truly fit with the tone of the game.
* '''No Marvel''' - It's a completely different thing.

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[[Category:Theme]]

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{{#set:Information=Theme}}Note that this is not a comprehensive list. These are the opening themes for which a guideline is provided, as they were represented in Kingdom Hearts, or are otherwise on grid. These entries often contain an adjustment to incorporate the Kingdom Hearts theme - leading to the fall of the world into darkness.
= Final Fantasy 1 =
== Final Fantasy 1 ==
The world of balance was a magical realm, governed by the four elemental crystals of dark and the opposing crystals of light. Two-hundred years ago, the four crystals of light were abused by a highly advanced civilization - known as the Lufenians - who lived on a floating continent above the planet.

Their misuse of the crystals led to the sinking of a giant sea shrine, the sudden surge in airship crashes and inexplicable windstorms, uncontrollable wildfires that ripped through the lands, and decaying vegetation seen throughout the world. What started off as an ambitious plan to further advance their civilization left it in near ruins... with the rest of the world soon to follow...

One day, the great Sage Lukahn spoke a prophecy: the legendary Light Warriors would come with their orbs devoid of light to heal the ailing crystals and return the world from darkness. Soon after, the four heroes arrived from nowhere, each carrying an empty darkened orb, drawn together by forces beyond their control. Travelling the world, they battled numerous villians, rescuing princess Sara of Cornelia from the evil Garland, defeating the evil dark elf Astos and liberating the good Elf Prince, restoring his kingdom. They eventually encountered the four fiends: Lich, Marilith, Kraken and Tiamat, recovering the crystals of light and restoring their balance with the crystals of darkness.

Light began to return to the world, and yet evil remained on the brink, threatenning to overturn the warriors as soon as their strength was exhausted. Chaos used his magic to revive Garland and the fiends, sending them 2,000 years into the past so that they could corrupt the crystals before the Light Warriors were even born. The Light Warriors however, discovered a way to travel to the past, to confront Chaos and his minions. They defeated them again... Or so they thought, and returned to the present, to live out their lives in peace (See [[Integrated#tab=Final_Fantasy_3|FF3]]).

Chaos however, would not be so easily defeated. Using the last ounce of his magic, he attempted once more to escape through a time warp, but his magic went awry and sent him and his minions to another time and world, into the sad and dying world of Terra, which Chaos, once again calling himself Garland, sought to control and manipulate, fashioning it into his own world to do with as he pleased (See [[Integrated#tab=Final_Fantasy_9|FF9]]).

'''Key Characters:''' [[Garland]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Cornelia]].

= Final Fantasy 2 =
== Final Fantasy 2 ==
The Imperial World was constantly at war, as the Emperor of Palamecia sought to extend his control beyond his own kingdom. Those countries who refused to submit to his tyrranical rule were quickly wiped out while the rest became mere puppet states for him to do with as he pleased. The kingdom of Fynn was one such kingdom that was attacked. Fynn’s people put up a brave fight against the emperor, but in the end, even Fynn was destroyed, its people scattered. Four youth – Firion, Maria, Guy and Leon were victims of the war, their parents killed during the invasion. They caught in the middle, too young, too weak to defend against the Emperor’s fearsome troops.

They quickly succumbed to their wounds, but before the Palamecian troops could finish them off, they were rescued by survivors of Fynn and taken to the nearby town of Altair to recover. It was here where the survivors of Fynn established a secret rebel group, dubbed the ‘Wild Rose Rebellion’, whom sought to eventually overthrow the Empire. The youths, not much more than teenagers at the time, also sought revenge for the death of their parents. Not only that, but learning that Maria’s brother Leon had vanished during the raid on Fynn, they were determined to find and rescue him if at all possible.

They took on many missions and defeated many enemies in a growing desire to prove their worth to the rebellion, and finally Princess Hilda, leader of the rebellion, placed a very special mission in their hands – find and rescue her husband, prince Scott. Returning to Fynn, they found Prince Scott, badly wounded from the attack on Fynn and hovering near death. With his last breath, he revealed the one who betrayed their kingdom to the enemy – Count Borghen – and gave him his ring to give to Hilda so that she would never forget him.

The party then left for Salamand to search for Mythril to strengthen their defenses. They also searched for Josef, a member who was missing in action, only to learn that he was being blackmailed by the enemy who had his daughter as hostage. The heroes found Nelly and freed her from her captors, returning her to Josef and headed back to the resistance, using their newfound Mythril to create powerful weapons and armour for the resistance. The heroes left home base once again, this time heading to Bafsk in search of the ‘Dreadnought’, a powerful airship being constructed by the Empire, hoping to destroy it before it could be used as a weapon of mass destruction.

However, they were unable to reach Bafsk in time to stop the ship from taking flight and destroying the cities of Poft, Paloom, Gatrea and Altair. After witnessing the destruction of their new home and believing their resistance base and friends were destroyed as well, the heroes rushed back to Altair, discovering to their relief that the base had been spared. They formed a plan to destroy the Dreadnought by using the ‘Sunfire’, a powerful weapon in Kashuan keep. In order to enter Kashuan however, they required the Goddess Bell, which they managed to retrieve with Josef’s help. After a long and dangerous journey through snow caves, they found the goddess bell, but were attacked by Borghen on the way out, who sent a boulder after them.

With his last strength, Josef managed to hold the boulder back, allowing the rest of the party to escape, but in the process he was most likely crushed and killed himself. Sparked by an ever stronger desire to get revenge on the Empire, the heroes headed next to Kashuan keep, using the bell to gain entry. With Gordon, brother of the late Prince Scott’s help, they managed to obtain the Sunfire, and waited for Cid and Hilda to retrieve them in the aiship. However, it was at that moment that the Dreadnought intercepted, and captured the rebels’ airship, along with Cid and Hilda. The heroes watched powerless as they were both taken prisoners, and they returned to homebase with Gordon, who assumed leadership of the rebellion in Hilda’s absence.

They had suffered a great loss, but they still had the sunfire, and they were determined to destroy the airship when it parked to refuel.

However, even with renewed forces, the small party was overwhelmed by a new powerful enemy that had joined forces with Borghen’s armies. These strange creatures of the shadows attacked them in a swarm, and covered their world in darkness, threatening to tear their entire world apart. The party fled through the chaos, retreating back to Altair, or what remained of it and watched in horror as the heartless, now in league with the Empire began to tear their world asunder.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Firion]], [[Maria]], [[Guy]], [[Leon]], [[Minwu]], [[Josef]], [[Gordon]], [[Leila]], [[Ricard Highway]], [[Scott]], [[The Emperor]], [[Borghen]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Mysidia]], [[Fynn]], [[Palamecia]].

= Final Fantasy 3 =
== Final Fantasy 3 ==
In the beginning, the World of Balance was kept in perfect harmony by the four elemental crystals of light, and the four crystals of darkness, which worked together to keep the powers of the others in check. However, over the years, a technologically advanced civilization that lived upon a floating continent above the planet, once discovered and captured the four crystals of light, hoping to control its power for themselves. As they learned more of the power of the light crystals, using them to bend and control the forces of nature to their every whim, they were unaware that their actions were throwing the world off-balance, and threatening to engulf it in overwhelming light.

The planet reacted to this threat by awakening the four legendary Dark warriors who, compelled by forces beyond their control, journeyed the world and eventually recovered the light crystals, using their own dark crystals to contain their powers. The world became balanced once more, but the consequences were severe. The floating continent was destroyed by the surge of energy that flooded their world from the light crystals, and their civilization was lost to the ages.

Many more years passed, and the great civilization was replaced by the Gulgans, blind prophets who warned that the crystals would one day be abused again, and the crystal warriors would be needed once more..The floating continent eventually became the birth place of the four Legendary Warriors of light, who were awakened initially by Luneth when he stumbled upon the wind crystal, before he set out to unite with the other four warriors of light: Arc, Refia and Ingus. Together they journeyed the world, seeking the source of the darkness that was slowly engulfing the world, and searching for the dark crystals to fill with light once more..

The heroes traveled around the world in search of the other four crystals, braving Dragon's peak and rescuing Desch from Bahamut, then to Vikin's cove where they recovered the missing eye of the Nepto Dragon idol, appeasing the angry dragon and obtaining a ship as reward. With the Enterprise, they sailed to the tower of Orwen where they fought Medusa, the first of Xande's many minions, and then recovered the crystal of fire within the Dwarven Hollows.

Their journeys took them next to Tokkul village where they learned that Hein, another of Xande's minions, had captured King Argus and his people, and transformed the Elder tree into his own floating fortress. Discovering the Location of the Light Warriors, Hein's forces attacked Tokkul village and kidnapped the four heroes, holding them as prisoners in Castle Hein.

The heroes fought their way out, but at that moment, their world was engulfed by the heartless who overwhelmed their forces. A fierce battle took place as the heartless seemed drawn towards the darkness of Hein and his minions and repelled by the crystals of the light warriors. In the end, only the heroes themselves were able to escape the cursed tree castle - defeated and wounded, they sought to recuperate and strengthen their forces before seeking to fight Hein and rescue Argus and his people... And to eventually restore light to the world, an increasingly difficult task with the threat of not only Xande's minions, but the heartless themselves seeking to envelope the world in darkness and chaos. And soon... the heartless succeeded in forcing this world to fall to darkness.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Luneth]], [[Arc]], [[Refia]], [[Ingus]], [[Hein]], [[Xande]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Castle Argus]], [[Castle Hein]].

= Final Fantasy 4 =
== Final Fantasy 4 ==
The Kingdom of Baron was once ruled by a benevolent king, protected by the might of their dragoons and the power of their airship fleet, the Red Wings. The king had two sons, both orphans he had taken under his wing. Cecil was trained as a Dark Knight, eventually earning his place as commander of the Red Wings. Kain followed in his deceased father's footsteps, becoming a dragoon. What they and the people of Baron had yet to realize was that their king had been killed and replaced by the Archfiend Cagnazzo. Yet, behind the Archfiend, even darker forces were stirring. A man in dark armor named Golbez pulled the strings of the fiends, oblivious to the fact that he was a puppet himself - whispered to by unseen forces.

Without warning, the Red Wings were sent to seek out the Crystal of Water, protected by the Mages of Mysidia. The people of Mysidia resisted the attack, but many were slain in the onslaught. In one swoop, Golbez aquired the Crystal of Water, but also left behind many fallen victims who would become a beacon for the Heartless. The massacre in Mysidia unsettled Cecil, questioning the reasons for the attack. When he raised his misgivings to the King, he found the man was not the forgiving father he had once known. Infuriated, the King dismissed him from command of the Red Wings and sent on a mission to eliminate the Eidolons in the Valley of the Mist as well as to deliver to the people of the Mist Valley a 'ring'. Kain tried to come to his brother's defense, but only found himself also sent along on the errand.

Along the way, they encounter a Mist Dragon in the caves leading to the valley. Though it warns them to turn back, Kain and Cecil dispatch the creature and find their way into the protected valley. On arriving, the package explodes, revealing fire fiends which set the city ablaze. Cecil, shocked by what he's seen, tries to help, and encounters a young girl grieving over her mother's fallen body. The Mist Dragon had been her Eidolon, and when it died, she died with it. With all of her anger and sadness, the girl summoned up a great monster which tore the ground asunder, separating Kain on one side of the divide, and Cecil on the other.

Kain returned to Baron only to discover that a dark man named Golbez had been placed in command of the Red Wings. It didn't take long for Kain to fall under the spell of Golbez's power, which drew upon the darker parts of his heart. Cecil finds himself with the unconscious girl from before, and with some trust, he manages to convince her to accompany him for now. In Kaipo, they discover that Cecil's beloved, a mage named Rosa, has fallen ill of Desert Fever after leaving Baron in search of him. He and the girl, Rydia, set out to find a cure and pick up some others along the way. There is Tellah, a wizzened old mage who has forgotten more spells than most ever would know and Edward, the ruler of Damcyan who lost his kingdom, the fire crystal, and his beloved in one swoop of Baron's Red Wings. Together, the party kills the Antlion and cures Rosa and then sets out for the Kingdom of Fabul, hoping to warn them in time to protect the Crystal of Air.

Heeding the warning, the King of Fabul martials his troops to stand against the attack, but Baron wields soldiers, fiends, and a new kind of creature that they had never seen before: Heartless. Falling back to the Crystal Chamber, Cecil is surprised to see his brother among those attacking Fabul. Cecil and Kain duel, and the Dark Knight is struck down by the dragoon. Only a Rosa's intervention keeps Kain from making the killing blow. Seeing this, Golbez strikes down the rest of the party, kidnapps Rosa, and departs with the Air Crystal and Kain in tow. In the aftermath, Cecil decides to try to sneak into Baron and aquire an airship in order to stand against Baron. However, things didn't go as planned. The influx of Heartless into the world had angered the Eidolons. As their ship sailed over the ocean, Leviathan struck back, dragging Rydia down with him into a whirlpool and sweeping the others overboard.

This is when the world fell. The Dark Knight Cecil awakens on unfamiliar shores, unsure of the fates of his companions. Baron still holds a great deal of power in this new world. The Heartless take hold in the places where the crystals no longer shine upon the world, but are foiled as the world is unmade, and the crystals are recreated by the World Hearts. Now, with only the Water Crystal left in Baron. What does Golbez plan to do with the remaining crystal? And more importantly, what part do the Heartless have to play in the desire for the remaining crystals? But two things are clear: Someone needs to stand against Baron and someone needs to warn this new World about the threat coming their way.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Cecil Harvey]], [[Kain Highwind]], [[Rydia]], [[Tellah]], [[Edward Chris von Muir]], [[Rosa Joanna Farrell]], [[Yang Fang Leiden]], [[Palom]], [[Porom]], [[Cid Pollendina]], [[Edge Geraldine]], [[Cagnazzo]], [[Barbariccia]], [[Baigan]], [[Golbez]], [[Scarmiglione]], [[Rubicante]], [[Dr. Lugae]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Baron]], [[Mysidia]], [[Red Moon]], [[Tower of Zot]], [[Feymarch]].

= Final Fantasy 5 =
== Final Fantasy 5 ==
The world of Final Fantasy 5, like many others before and after it, was kept in balance by the four elemental crystals: Wind, Earth, Fire and Water. Each of the crystals maintained the balance of nature, but as always, humanity sought to use these crystals for their own purposes. Gradually, each of these sacred artefacts disappeared from their sacred shrines, stolen by various nations which wished to use them to improve their lives, unknowingly draining them slowly of their power.

Gradually, the world began to suffer the ill-effects as the crystals died. The winds stopped blowing, making travel by sea or air quite difficult. Water grew scarce or impure, fires grew out of control, and earthquakes ravaged the land. But that was not all. Unknown to most, the crystals had also been used to create an ancient seal that kept a powerful monster sealed within a barrier. As the crystals grew weaker, so did the barrier.

One day, mysterious meteors rained down upon the world, shattering the crystals. In the midst of one such meteor fall, four heroes suddenly find themselves charged with the recovery of the crystals which have been shattered by the meteors. Gradually, they come across the scattered crystals, now reduced to shards. Each piece contains the memories of previous warriors of light, protectors to the crystals, whose memories and spirits were preserved in the crystals when they sacrificed themselves to seal Exdeath away from the world.

As they learn of the crystals and their delicate balance, they take it upon themselves to travel the world, to restore the crystals and are soon called the 'Light Warriors'. They brought hope to the world, seeking to restore order and balance..But it seemed darker forces were in control, and they were too late to revive the crystals before the seal was broken. Exdeath was freed, unleashing his own hell upon the earth. It was at that moment that the heartless attacked their already weakenned world, throwing everything into chaos.

While Exdeath seeks to forge new alliances, perhaps even hoping to wield the heartless for his own purposes, the heroes were scattered and lost, seeking to forge new alliances to overthrow Exdeath and restore the shattered world. But the crystals are scattered once more, merged with those of other worlds. Can they possibly do this alone?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Tycoon]], [[Carwen]], [[Fluorgis]] (Karnak), [[Tower of Zot]] (Exdeath's Castle). 

= Final Fantasy 6 =
== Final Fantasy 6 ==
During the dawn of time, a world known as 'The World of the Magi' was created and co-ruled by three sister Goddesses. Over time they no longer wished to rule together, and began to fight each other for dominance. Soon known as the 'Warring Triad', they selected and transformed a number of humans and animals into powerful magical creatures by saturating them in magic, and pit them against each other to fight their wars for them. These creatures would later be known as 'Espers', fighting a war dubbed the 'War of the Magi'.

The war lasted for many many years without a clear winner. The goddesses soon realized however, that the war was slowly destroying the world and killing all life. Remorseful of their actions, they turned themselves to stone and gave the Espers free control over themselves, with only one request; To never allow the world to be destroyed by magic again. Magic became forbidden and the Espers fashioned their own secret world, separate from the Magi's world where they could live alone in peace.

One thousand years later, the world learned to live without magic, replacing it with technology. Magic and Espers became but a fairytale, nothing more. Then the Empire of the southern continent led by Emperor Gestahl one day discovered the entrance to the Esper world in a cave. They charged into the strange new world and attacked the Espers, dragging many of them back with them and placing them in their research laboratories to be experimented upon. The Empire soon discovered the truth about magic, and the war of the magi. They used their vast knowledge and technology to drain magic from the Espers and imbue their own soldiers as well as machinery with this immense power, in a process known as Magitek. With this new power, the Empire became unstoppable, pushing further north as they easily engulfed other nations and gradually came to control a great portion of the world.

Within their army was one mysterious girl with incredible powers, a girl with green hair and the ability to control magic. Her name was Terra, and she was one taken from the Esper cave as a baby. From birth she was bred to be the ultimate soldier, her thoughts and actions controlled entirely by the slave crown she was forced to wear. One day, Terra and a small number of soldiers marched into Narshe, determined to take the frozen esper found in the mountains there. But when Terra approached the Esper a strange thing happened; She reacted to the creature, and broke free of her captors, obliterating her fellow soldiers in the powerful blast that accompanied her contact with the Esper.

When she awoke she was greeted by one of the Narshians, Arvis, a secret Returner sympathizer who helped her escape with help from Locke. Together they fled the Empire's forces. But the Empire were hot on their trails as they fled first to Figaro castle which was lit afire by Kefka before it submerged into the desert depths in order to escape. They fled to South Figaro and then through Mount Kolts, and finally made it to the Returner hideout where they fled yet again through the water rapids. But here, they were separated, as Sabin fell overboard and Locke headed back to South Figaro to slow the Empire's progress.

Along the way more allies were gathered as Sabin encountered Gau, the wild boy of the Veldt, and Cyan, the proud soldier of Doma who watched helplessly as the mad general Kefka poisoned his people from the inside out. Before the allies could regroup at the meeting point in Narshe, something else attacked their world, tearing it apart, threatening to destroy everything in their path; The heartless had arrived through a pact between Gestahl and an enigmatic person called a 'Shadow Lord', and they began to devour the world bit by bit, seeking the world's very heart. The promise between Gestahl and the Shadow Lord, was that the Heartless would find him the Espers' home, and bring magic to the world.

And as the world fell thusly, as the heartless spread over the lands, only so little of this world passed on into the new.

While the Returners struggled to find each other amid the chaos and make sense of this new threat, the Empire found that they were reduced to Vector, having lost almost all other nations to the heartless; Gestahl however does not back down, and continues to use this very force to try and obtain power and find the sealed home of the Espers.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Terra Branford]], [[Locke Cole]], [[Edgar Roni Figaro]], [[Sabin René Figaro]], [[Cyan Garamonde]], [[Gau]], [[Celes Chere]], [[Setzer Gabbiani]], [[Shadow]], [[Relm Arrowny]], [[Strago Magus]], [[Mog]], [[Umaro]], [[Gogo]], [[Banon]], [[Emperor Gestahl]], [[Kefka Palazzo]], [[Cid Del Norte Marquez]], [[General Leo Cristophe]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Figaro Castle]] (hidden under the sands of Agrabah), [[Vector]], [[Narshe]].

= Final Fantasy 7 =
== Final Fantasy 7 ==
The organization called AVALANCHE was not always what it is now. Though organized with good intentions, it was soon twisted by the actions of a man named Fuhito. Also known as the Ravens, this organization sought to destroy Shinra. In this, they end up fighting the Turks countless times, until finally the group itself begins to break down during the events surrounding [http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Zirconiade Zirconiade]. At the same time, Wutai is beginning to fall to Shinra, which has dedicated a good sum of its forces to overwhelm this nation so it may come to rule them with economic might. However, upon the fall of Fuhito, the group is taken over with great hesitation by [[Shalua Rui]].

Eventually, Wutai's fort Tamblin falls, and all seems lost for the great nation of Wutai. But then, something changes in the balance of the world. Godo Kisaragi, feeling pressured by the forces of Shinra - which were quickly encroaching on his city with the intent of placing a Mako Reactor there - makes a pact with the [[Shadow Lords]]; a fact unknown to anyone, including his own daughter. The Heartless soon find themselves swarming The Planet and infecting the Lifestream, but also bolstering Wutai's defenses. But the invading SOLDIER forces hold strong.

A while later, Genesis' decision to desert from [[Shinra]] causes a good sum of its private force - SOLDIER - to leave the company. These events snowballed upon Angeal, Zack and Sephiroth's investigation into these events. Genesis managed to get a hold of Heartless during his initial assault on Shinra Headquarters - making life that much more difficult on the city of Midgar, still heavily under construction.

Four years later, at the climax of Zack's journey and after the horrible events of the Nibelheim incident, much of The Planet has fallen to darkness. Zack's heroic Last Stand, and the subsequent destruction of Cloud Strife's identity, have already occured; as far as anyone on Planet knows, Zack Fair is dead.

Now, in this new world, Shinra finds itself rebuilding Midgar from the city of Goug, enforcing its will on the Moogle community. The Shinra headquarters is placed upon the entrance to its most favorable cave system, and they begin to promote their own agenda through a call for fear of Wutai's forces and its Heartless - and due to being at least partially justified in this fear, the organization gains popularity.

Wutai remains fairly untouched by the Heartless, as promised by the Shadow Lords when Godo made his pact. Yuffie is searching for a way to 'cure' her father from this darkness he's fallen to, while most of its ninja force continues to desire fight with Shinra, so they may forever snuff out this 'threat' on their traditions and their land.

Nibelheim remains lost to the darkness. Though a single country girl seeks for a young man who she believes might be able to save them all. And within Goug, a flower girl prays for the return of her boyfriend.

Now, amidst the chaos of this new world, Wutai is still pushing Shinra back with its heartless, and the heroes of The Planet find themselves scattered. Though there is one organization that may bring those the Forces of Restoration of this world together... [[AVALANCHE]] - as Shalua Rui lets the boisterous, but kind Barret Wallace take over the role of leadership.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aerith Gainsborough]], [[Cloud Strife]], [[Professor Hojo]], [[Rufus Shinra]], [[Sephiroth]], [[Tifa Lockhart]], [[Vincent Valentine]], [[Zack Fair]], [[Barret Wallace]], [[Reno]], [[Rude]], [[Cid Highwind]], [[Yuffie Kisaragi]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Goug]] (Midgar), [[Wutai]], [[Costa Del Sol]], [[Cosmo Valley]], [[Junon]].

= Final Fantasy 8 =
== Final Fantasy 8 ==
This world was created by Hyne, a powerful being of supreme magic. After Hyne created the world, he grew tired and fell asleep. He sleept for a long time, and when he woke up, the people he'd made, had many children and spread throughout the world. He grew fearful that they would overrun the world, and so he began to kill many of them with his magic. But the people did not like this and they rebelled against him.

Eventually Hyne lost the war due to sheer numbers, and he surrendered, offering half of his body and half his powers in exchange for being left alone. He then fled, never to be seen again. Another war was fought amongst humans for his powers, but these 'powers' were soon found to be mere trickery. The true power that Hyne possessed, he hid within the fairer half of humanity; In women whom he believed would be less corrupted by power. These chosen women would eventually be known as 'sorceresses'.

Through the years, there were many notable sorceresses, although most were corrupted by Hyne's power. Sorceress Adel was ruler of Esthar and she went to war against Vinzer Deling Galbadia, using magic and technology. The war led to many orphans, which were placed under the care of sorceress Edea and her husband, Cid, both who built and overlooked an orphannage on a small and remote island, away from the war. The war eventually ended when Laguna, a Galbadian soldier, teamed up with Estharian rebels and tricked Adel into a trap, then shot her into space where she lay in a comatose state for many years.

In the meantime, numerous military shelters that had been built during the war were converted into gardens to house the war orphans and train them to eventually fight the sorceresses and to avoid another sorceress war. Balamb, Trabia and Galbadia were the three gardens built to house and train mercenaries, few of who knew of the gardens' true purpose. By this time however, Sorceress Edea herself began to succumb to her powers, and she took over Galbadia, posing at first as its ambassador who used her powers to enchant the people of Galbadia who fell instantly in love with her, and barely batted an eye when she murdered president Vinzer Deling.

In the meantime, Galbadia Garden sent a group of SeeD into Deling city to assasinate the sorceress. Led by Squall who was accompanied by Irvine, Selphie, Zell, Quistis, and Timber Rebel Rinoa, they were eventually unsuccessful in assassinating the sorceress. Still, the group doesn't manage to escape - and are soon stuck within D-District Prison. And with the Heartless showing up during this time in mass number, with our heroes locked away, they are powerless as darkness comes to envelop them and their world.

In this new one. The Sorceress Edea has turned her eye upon the heartless who invaded her world. And although it is unclear whether she plans to destroy this potential threat, or perhaps use them to strengthen her own forces in this new, shattered world.

And there is yet another element to the danger and mystery. Though none would know its significance, this world carries no radio-interference...

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Deling City]], [[Balamb Garden]]. 

= Final Fantasy 9 =
== Final Fantasy 9 ==
The peace between [[Alexandria]] and [[Lindblum Alliance|Lindblum]] has always been a bit of a troublesome one. There have been many wars between these great nations, and soon a new war would be sure to flare up due to deeds behind the scenes.

After a dazzling play of the [[Tantalus Theater Troupe]], the princess of Alexandria was kidnapped by this very group. Of course, nobody knew at the time, that it had been the [[Cid Fabool IX|king of Lindblum]] who had requested this deed of [[Baku]], the leader of the kidnappers. However, their departure doesn't go entirely as planned, and the group soon finds itself traveling through the Evil Forest, and in doing so, [[Zidane Tribal]] loses one of his best friends; [[Blank]].

[[Steiner]], knight of Alexandria tries to guide the group back to Alexandria, while [[Garnet]], [[Vivi]] and Zidane have their sights set on Lindblum. In their trek on foot, they are haunted by the three Black Waltzes, but manage to best them and the strange black creatures that seem to follow them. Creatures they would later come to know as Heartless.

Soon enough, they find out the terrible truth of Dali, and manage to take an airship to Lindblum. There, Cid Fabool the ninth hears their plea and explains that he knew that trouble was brewing already. He also explains that more and more dark creatures have been marching out of Alexandria - and that he is certain that the kingdom is preparing for war.

And while our heroes take a moment to enjoy themselves at the Festival of the Hunt, darkness soon begins to set over the land. Freya decides she wishes to check out her home country - worried - and the group agrees to go with her. Garnet, or rather, 'Dagger', since her treck to Dali, sneaks along with them without having to resort to any underhanded methods.

During them leaving the castle, Lindblum comes under attack by Alexandria's Heartless forces. The airships and knights at their disposal hold strong however. The Tantalus Theater Group that remains also comes to the aid of this technologically advanced city, in the form of fighters and moral support.

The heroes manage to make it to Burmecia, only to find themselves defeated by General Beatrix - and watch as Brahne and a man named Kuja leave the area. The group ends up in Treno not long after - and do find the Supersoft. But the Sleepless City soon finds itself falling to darkness. This phenomenon is worldwide, and before Brahne has a chance to extract the Eidolons from Garnet, the world falls.

This leaves our heroes scattered, and Brahne frantically trying to find Dagger so she may have this incredible force to topple cities with! But in this new land, Lindblum is even closer to their borders. Who knows what will happen next... though it is rumored that Blank has been sighted in this new world. Did Zidane manage to get the Supersoft to him within the darkness?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Iifa Tree]], [[Alexandria]], [[Lindblum]], [[Cleyra]], [[Red Moon]], [[Blue Moon]]. 

= Final Fantasy 10 =
== Final Fantasy 10 ==
Much of Spira's story is exactly as it should have been. After [[Tidus]]' arrival to Spira, he soon joined [[Yuna]] and her group on her pilgrimage. The party travels from Besaid to Luca where Auron joins them - and soon after, they observe the devastating result of the doomed-to-fail Operation Mi'ihen. From there, they move to Djose temple, ride a Shoopuf - fend off some Al Bhed - and gain their final member of the Pilgrimage: Rikku.

Seymour, pining for Yuna, soon proposes to the Lady Summoner, and after a small while - and proof in hand of what Seymour has done - refuses him. Soon-after, Sin interferes again, and the party ends up in Home. They proceed to Bevelle, where Yuna is being forced to marry the Unsent Seymour, which results in the death-sentence Via Purifico. The party successfully escapes and flees towards Zanarkand soon after.

There, they fight their way through fiends until they finally find the chamber where Yunalesca is waiting for them. But when she threatens to kill them for not 'going with the plan' that has been set to be repeated for all of eternity, things go bad.

Heartless have been invading the shell of Sin, and have been both corrupting Sin and being corrupted by Sin. The increased irritation, has started to make the beast erratic and attack more frequently and strongly.

By the time they are in the midst of their fight with Yunalesca, Sin has come near Zanarkand and many Heartless have begun to swarm the ruined city. The fight is forced to be abandoned as they turn not only on Yuna and her party, but also Yunalesca. And in that moment, darkness expands in Zanarkand, as a Shadow Lord enters the chamber. The man looks strange, bearing flaming blue hair and claiming something about 'their downstairs' needing a 'reorganization' - followed by him trapping Yuna and her group into the clutches of this oppressive force - and sending them wandering aimlessly... until they find this new world.

A new world, in which some of Spira exists as well; the Yevon religion trying to gain momentum and hunting the Al Bhed. For in the 'small time' they wandered through darkness. Their Spira had fallen to the Heartles. The Al Bhed had resisted with all their might, deploying Machina alongside Crusaders and Warrior Monks alike... but the Heartless and Sin had been too strong.

The eternal question is though...

Has Sin passed on to this world as well!?

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Bevelle]], [[Luca]], [[Guadosalam]], [[Farplane]], [[Zanarkand]], [[Other Important Items|Four Cloisters]]. 

= Final Fantasy 12 =
== Final Fantasy 12 ==
The world of Old Ivalice is a world largely at war. The Archadian Empire is a powerful empire that swept across the world, enveloping smaller kingdoms in its wake. They came up against great resistance with the Rozarrian empire, while mostly ignoring Rozarria's smaller neighbor, the neutral kingdom of Dalmasca. However, when Rozarria and Dalmasca became united through the marriage of Prince Rasler of Rozarria and Princess Ashe of Dalmasca, they too, were pulled into the war.

While Archades attacked Nalbina fortress, Prince Rasler, barely wed to Ashe, marched off to war alongside Basch, loyal knight of King Raminas of Dalmasca. At the same time, seeking peace, King Raminas signed a treaty, handing over Imperial rule of Dalmasca to Archades, but he was interrupted by Basch who murdered him for his seeming betrayal, with the knights Reks and Basch as his witnesses.

According to history, A grief-stricken Princess Ashe killed herself and Basch was later executed for treason. With no leader, Dalmasca was handed over to Lord Vayne, Emperor Gramis' son and grand prince of Archades. Two years later, Vayne was coronated in Dalmasca, becoming Lord Consul of Rabanastre. Shortly after, their world began to fall gradually to darkness. The walls between dimensions weakened and an interdimensional gate openned in Archades castle, leading to castle Gaudium. Vayne briefly left Dalmasca to investigate this strange phenomenon. From the gate erupted the mysterious Oscha and his army of heartless which he offered to share with Lord Vayne to aid in his war effort, even as those same creatures began to consume Ivalice, enveloping much of their world into darkness.

Meanwhile, a small resistance began to form, starting with the street rats Vaan, brother of the slain Reks, and Penelo. Initially seeking to reclaim much of Dalmasca's treasure from Vayne, he ended up meeting up with the sky pirates Balthier and Fran, Princess Ashe and her loyal knight Vossler, and Basch himself who was very much alive and with a number of secrets to reveal about the Archades. But seating Ashe back on the throne would prove a long and dangerous task, first requiring proof of her royalty and claim to the throne. And with the heartless to battle against as well, it seems the Princess Ashe's battle has become more than simply restoring her kingdom as their very world's existance is now in danger as well..

'''Grid Locations:''' [[Rabanastre]], [[Archades]], [[Mt. Bur-Omisace]] (Part of Mt. Gagazet). 

= Final Fantasy 13 =
== Final Fantasy 13 ==
Thirteen centuries ago, a floating, utopian world was created in the atmosphere of a planet known as Pulse. The fal'Cie, beings of immense power and authority, willed that the continent be completely isolated from the crude and brutal wilderness known as the Gran Pulse below and commissioned machines to be the guardians of the citizens. Barriers were subsequently set up all around the newly created world, and as such was the metropolis granted its befitting name: Cocoon.

Having been secluded from the outside world for many years, the citizens of Cocoon have become paranoid of what Gran Pulse really holds. Fear has spread across Cocoon, causing the Sanctum, Cocoon's government, led by the Primarch Galenth Dysley, to issue a new edict: Any individuals suspected to be in contact with the world of Pulse or any of its artifacts or items are to be banished from the continent unconditionally and cast into the harsh environment of the planet below.

And so, when a Pulse fal'Cie is discovered in the small town of Bodhum, mass panic breaks out and soon all of Cocoon's citizens are crying out for the expulsion of the entire town to Pulse. The Sanctum's personal army, PSICOM, has no choice but to banish all of the town's inhabitants to the world below, regardless of whether they are citizens or tourists. This event, known as the Purge, marks the beginning of this party's story as the residents of Bodhum are being taken to the Hanging Edge along with the Pulse fal'Cie, Anima, contained within the Pulse Vestige.

The party is brought together by the events of the Purge. Lightning is on board the Purge train in order to reach the Pulse fal'Cie and save her sister, Serah Farron, who became a Pulse l'Cie, a being hated and feared by all on Cocoon who's forced to do the fal'Cie's bidding. Accompanying her is Sazh Katzroy, a civilian airship pilot trying to fulfill his son's Focus in a desperate bid to save him from becoming a Cie'th. Like Lightning, Snow Villiers is trying to rescue Serah as well, as she is his future bride. Hope Estheim and Oerba Dia Vanille become involved when Hope's mother, Nora Estheim, joins Snow's resistance army and dies under his care, prompting the two to pursue him.

Thus, these five characters end up coming together in the Pulse Vestige, where they witness Serah turn to crystal, an event that only happens when a l'Cie fulfills their Focus. In the course of their trek into the heart of the Vestige, they also encounter creatures known as Cie'th; l'Cie that fail to complete their Focus in time. Lightning believes that Serah is dead, while Snow refuses to give up the hope that she will awaken someday. Lightning, seeking vengeance on the fal'Cie, heads into Anima's Throne along with the rest of the party in order to confront Anima, the Pulse fal'Cie responsible for Serah's transformation into a l'Cie.

As the party faces Anima, PSICOM forces begin to blast the Pulse Vestige and everything in it to pieces. Facing certain death, Anima transforms Lightning and her companions into l'Cie, giving them a dream involving the city of Eden and the mysterious Ragnarok in the process. They fall down in what seems to be an eternity - darkness enveloping them. Yet, they survive as the world outside of Cocoon falls to the dark plague of the Heartless. And something else is wrong... as Serah is nowhere to be found.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Claire Farron|Claire Farron]] (Lightning), [[Snow Villiers]], [[Oerba Dia Vanille]], [[Sazh Katzroy]], [[Hope Estheim]], [[Oerba Yun Fang]], [[Serah Farron]], [[Dajh Katzroy]], [[Cid Raines]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Eden]], [[Palumpolum]], [[Blue Moon]] (Cocoon: not attached to the grid), [[Bodhum]].

= Final Fantasy Tactics =
== Final Fantasy Tactics ==
A second Ivalice New Ivalice once existed, and like its sister world, it too, was wracked with great wars. While many records were lost during the wars, some legends say that Ivalice was once a very technologically advanced civilization, although all was lost during a great cataclysm that was lost to the ages. Many years later, Ivalice threatenned to destroy itself again when another great war wracked the land. This one lasted for 50 years and would later be known, simply as the '50 Year War'. In the end, both sides surrendered, but only after they had left a path of destruction behind them.

The majority of the soldiers hired in the war were commoners, promised payment and food for their hard labor in the war, but the nobility were themselves shattered by the war and they turned many commoner down, leaving them to return to their homes penniless. A rebel group rose up against the nobles, calling themselves the Death Corpse Knights, dedicated to returning to the commoners what belonged to them and ultimately seeking to overthrow the nobility. While crime grew rampant, the Lords of the six ruling families struggled to maintain order by uniting together, but this unstable alliance did not last long either. One year after the end of the 50 year war, Princess Ovelia was abducted, followed by the death of Ivalice's ruling king. Ivalice was left in chaos without a ruler and without a chosen successor. Prince Large is the elder brother of Queen Ruvelia - wife of the late king, while Prince Goltana is the younger cousin of the dead king. The king's own children, Princess Ovelia and the younger Prince Orinas are also potential successors.

This triggered the beginning of a new war between the two ruling families - Gallione, ruled by Prince Large of the White Lion crest, and Zeltennia, ruled by Prince Goltana of the Black Lion crest - Known as the 'War of the Lions'. A number of prominent players participated in this war: The church claimed to be a safe haven for Ovelia, seeking to protect her from both sides. The death corpse knights fought both sides of the nobility, hoping to destroy them even as they fought each other..And from seemingly nowhere came the New Zodiac Braves, a group of heretics created not long after Ramza and his group sought to rescue Teta, a commoner taken hostage by the Death Corpse..Only to have her killed by the Hokuten. Ramza and Delita, brother of Teta turned against the Hokuten, seeking revenge for this seeming injustice. However, things only got worse after Delita took off on his own, later kidnapping Ovelia and seeking to hide her from both sides of the war. However Ramza had his own plans and he, along with a number of Hokuten led by the noble Hokuten General Agrias, rescued Ovelia and took her to the church in Mullonde to keep her safe.

Ramza headed to Goug to rescue Mustadio's father before returning to the castle, with a mysterious crystal possessing untold power in tow. However, when they returned to the church, the Cardinal, seeking to obtain the crystal for himself, revealed himself to be a Lucavi Demon and attacked Ramza and his party. After a heated battle, Ramza and his allies defeated the Lucavi Demon and at the same time discovered the truth about the church - that many of its people were in fact demons, seeking to revive the Ultima demon by obtaining the Zodiac Crystals. Not long after this discovery, the heartless attacked Old Ivalice and caused more mayhem in a world already shattered by war. Ramza and his allies were able to flee the church and recuperate, growing in numbers and calling themselves the New Zodiac Braves, seeking to find the Zodiac Crystals and prevent a second cataclysm at the hands of the Lucavi. Meanwhile, the church struggled to maintain control, seeking to comfort and protect the confused and frightenned people, even as the secret society within the church sought to use the heartless to further their own plans.

More importantly, the church clearly intends to use the fact that Spira's Bahamut cloister has appeared within Bevelle Cathedral to their advantage - not needing long to find out its importance through certain channels.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Alma Beoulve]], [[Mustadio Bunansa]], [[Agrias Oaks]], [[Cidolfus Orlandeau]], [[Meliadoul Tengille]], [[Argath Thadalfus]], [[Rapha Galthena]], [[Marach Galthena]], [[Goffard Gaffgarion]], [[Ovelia Atkascha]], [[Zalbaag Beoulve]], [[Alphonse Delacroix]], [[Bestrald Larg]], [[Druksmald Goltanna]], [[Dycedarg Beoulve]], [[Messam Elmdore]], [[Wiegraf Folles]], [[Folmarv Tengille]], [[Beowulf Cadmus]], [[Reis Duelar]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Goug]], [[Mysidia]] (Magic City of Gariland), [[Mullonde]]. 

= Final Fantasy Tactics A2 =
== Final Fantasy Tactics A2 ==
Luso Clemens was not having a good day. He writes his name into a mysterious Grimoire, and the next thing he knows, he's in another world. There, he's taken in by a clan - known as [[Clan Gully]], led by a Rev named Cid. They soon travel to a small town called Wood Village, where Luso soon learns the ropes of being in a clan. Taking up quests and what-not. During these quests, he meets up with people like Adelle and Hurdy, and eventually comes across the old man Lezaford. In taking this journey, Cid gets wounded however - and Luso ends up officially becoming the leader of Clan Gully.

As the story progresses, however, things twist. The world is starting to fall to darkness. More and more quests start having to do with taking care of these strange black creatures never seen before. Unbeknownst to Clan Gully - this is the fault of Illua, who has been watching Luso with jealous eyes from a distance. Another holder of a Grimoire of the Rift, she draws these dark beings from a dark realm and soon floods the world in this menace... until the world finally falls.

Now, in this new world, Khamja is active within Fluorgis.

'''Theme Change: Judges''' 
The Judges are live people, tied to a single Clan each. They serve as protectors of those Clans, as long as the Clan is officially recognized as one. They are tasked with keeping the members alive through magical law, by pulling them off of the battlefield in case they would fall - and can even grant a group with benefits. These benefits are not always expressed in stats.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Luso Clemens]], [[Adelle]], [[Cid_(FFTA2)|Cid]], [[Hurdy]], [[Lezaford]], [[Ewen]], [[Illua]], [[Witch of the Fens]] (Matoya?). '''Grid Locations:''' [[Mysidia]] (Moorabella), [[Fluorgis]].

= Final Fantasy Unlimited =
== Final Fantasy Unlimited ==
Two younglings by the name of Ai and Yu Hayakawa manage to find their way to another world, after their world has been connected by the Gaudium Lords. They find their way into Wonderland, a mysterious collection of worlds, in search of their missing parents. Along the way, they meet the helpful Lisa Pacifist - a member of the mysterious C2 Organization (not yet an ally of [[Gaudium]]). In addition, they meet Kaze, a being of unimaginable power - who seems to carry the ability to summon 'Espers' out through a Demonic looking Gun.

Their travels continue, taking them onto a Magical Train which allows them to travel from World to World - though those with a Barrier of Light in tact remain unreachable to them. During those travels, they find themselves under siege by the Gaudium Lords! The biggest twist in their story comes to be just before having the ability to meet with the Comodeen people. The train is caught into a fantastical whirlwind of magic, just in the moment of a large group of worlds performing the formerly unimagined feat of /merging/ with each other - and crashes down onto this new world.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Ai Hayakawa]], [[Yu Hayakawa]], [[Lisa Pacifist]], [[Kaze]], [[Makenshi]], [[Knave]], [[Miles]], [[Cid_(FF:U)|Cid]], [[Lou Lupus]], [[Fungo]], [[Moogle]], [[Earl Tyrant]], [[Fungus]], [[Herba]], [[Oscha]], [[Pist Shaz XI]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Fruit Village]], [[Gaudium]].

= Kingdom Hearts =
== Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep ==
Kingdom Hearts for Birth By Sleep is completely the same. No alteration to its theme. The story revolves around three youths; Ventus, Terra and Aqua, young keyblade wielders under Master Eraqus

The story begins in the Land of Departure, where the three Keyblade wielders and close friends train to become Keyblade Masters under Master Eraqus. To achieve this rank, Keyblade Apprentices must take the Mark of Mastery exam once they come of age. Terra and Aqua take this test together and in the first round Master Xehanort sabotages the exam, forcing Ventus to intervene. In the second round Terra and Aqua fight each other, but while Aqua passes the test, Terra is deemed unfit to become a Keyblade Master due to the abundant darkness in his heart.

Afterward, a group of mysterious creatures called the Unversed begin to surface in other worlds, and another Keyblade Master, Xehanort, disappears without a trace. Terra is sent to destroy the Unversed and find Master Xehanort, who had earlier encouraged him to embrace the darkness in his heart if he desires the strength to become a Keyblade master. Ven, meanwhile, is goaded into following Terra by Xehanort's mysterious apprentice Vanitas, against Eraqus's wishes. Aqua is dispatched by Eraqus to survey Terra and keep him from falling into darkness, as well as to bring Ventus back to the Land of Departure.

Upon arriving in other worlds, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus encounter various (Disney) characters as found in the Phantasia realm, new and old, fighting off hordes of Unversed along the way. Among the characters they meet is [[Mickey Mouse]], apprentice of the sorcerer [[Yen Sid]], who is also on a mission to destroy the Unversed. Terra ends up attracting the attention of several Disney villains, who offer him the whereabouts of Master Xehanort in exchange of assistance for their own dark agendas. Terra reasons that Master Xehanort is after the seven [[Princesses of Heart]]—maidens who lack darkness in their hearts—and encourages Aqua to help them strengthen the light in their hearts, hoping it will draw Master Xehanort out.

However, Aqua and Ven grow increasingly concerned for Terra when they hear rumors of him committing sinister deeds throughout other worlds. The three briefly reunite at Radiant Garden, where Aqua meets Kairi, a young girl containing a strong and pure light in her heart, and helps strengthen her light. Aqua and Ven also confront Terra, who distances himself from them to keep them out of the way of his increasingly dangerous dark powers. Terra and Aqua try to convince Ven to return to the Land of Departure, but he refuses until he is certain Terra won't fall into darkness.

Terra and Aqua eventually find themselves at Destiny Islands, where they encounter two young boys, Sora and Riku. Terra sees potential within Riku and deems him worthy of one day wielding the Keyblade, while Aqua senses strong ties with Sora and Riku to Ven and Terra, respectively. Ven, meanwhile, comes across Master Xehanort, who reveals his intentions to use Ven's heart to create a final Keyblade known as the χ-blade, something Master Xehanort says Master Eraqus had known all along. Ven returns to the Land of Departure to confront Eraqus, who tries to erase Ven to prevent Master Xehanort's plans from succeeding.

However, Terra, who had been sent there by Xehanort, misinterprets the situation and attacks Eraqus, teleporting Ven to safety. As soon as Terra realizes his error, Master Xehanort arrives and cruelly kills Eraqus and tells Terra to go to the Keyblade Graveyard, leaving the Land of Departure to be consumed by darkness. At Destiny Islands, Ven once again encounters Vanitas and learns of his hazy past: Ventus was once Master Xehanort's apprentice, but his heart was deemed too frail for Master Xehanort to use him as he intended, so he extracted the darkness in Ven's heart and used it to create Vanitas. As with Terra before him, Ven is instructed by Vanitas to go to the Keyblade Graveyard. Aqua, in the meantime, learns of Eraqus's death from Yen Sid, who tells her to go to the Keyblade Graveyard as well.

Terra, Aqua, and Ventus gather at the Keyblade Graveyard, where the remains of the mysterious Keyblade War are found. Master Xehanort appears with Vanitas and reveals his plan to use the χ-blade to unlock Kingdom Hearts and unleash the forbidden secrets of the Keyblade War onto the various worlds, as well as to use Terra's body as a new vessel for his own heart so that he may survive long enough to see his plans come to fruition. An epic battle ensues, with Xehanort freezing Ven, and Vanitas knocking Aqua unconscious. In his rage, Terra unleashes the darkness in his heart, inadvertently allowing Xehanort to unlock his own heart and successfully transfer it into Terra's body, which results in the birth of a new, younger Xehanort.

However, Terra's mind continues to linger in his discarded suit of Armor, which comes to life and defeats Xehanort. Ven, meanwhile, manages to thaw himself before Vanitas can kill Aqua, and discovers his dark counterpart to be the source of all Unversed. Vanitas merges with Ven, possessing him and creating the χ-blade. Aqua awakens under Mickey's care, and the two fight the possessed Ventus while he battles Vanitas from within. Aqua shatters the χ-blade as Ven destroys Vanitas, bringing an end to the Unversed, though Ven's heart is lost in the process. The destroyed χ-blade unleashes a burst of light, which consumes everyone present and scatters them to the corridors of space, save for Terra's Lingering Will, which remains in the Keyblade Graveyard.

Mickey saves Aqua and Ventus and brings them to the Mysterious Tower, where Aqua learns that Ven has fallen into a deep sleep and will not awaken until his heart returns. Aqua brings Ven back to the ruins of the Land of Departure, where she discovers Master Eraqus's Keyblade, and uses it to unlock the Chamber of Waking and recreates the world as [[Castle Oblivion]] from the ruins. After leaving Ven within the chamber, Aqua goes to Radiant Garden where she encounters Master Xehanort still in Terra's body, but having lost some of his memories. Aqua then battles Xehanort who after the fight attempts to unlock his heart, losing his memories completely in the process.

Soon after, Terra's body starts sinking into darkness, but Aqua dives into the darkness and saves Terra from disappearing. Realizing her glider won't be able to make it back through the portal in time, Aqua sacrifices herself by discarding her armor and using it to guide her glider, Terra-Xehanort in tow, back through the portal leaving herself behind and lost in the Realm of Darkness. Xehanort is discovered by Ansem the Wise, ruler of Radiant Garden, and goes on to become his apprentice. Ventus's wandering heart finds its way to young Sora, merging with the young boy's heart.

== Kingdom Hearts 1 ==
The beginning of Kingdom Hearts 1 is where this game will lead off, timewise. The game opens at [[Sora]] just having arrived in [[Traverse Town]] - or, upon no initial applicant, just before he arrives in said town. [[Kairi]] is locked away in his heart, and [[Riku]] is part of the [[Shadow Lords]]. Of course, with a larger quantity of people being able to be in the Shadow Lords, that part of the theme is edited in that capacity.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Sora]], [[Kairi]], [[Ansem]], [[Riku]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Traverse Town]], [[The Crossroads]], [[Hollow Bastion]], [[Castle Oblivion]]. 

= The World Ends With You =
== The World Ends With You ==
It's time for another Reapers' Game. But the game has changed!

[[Neku]] is forced into the [[Reapers]]' Game, paired with three partners, [[Shiki Misaki|Shiki]], [[Joshua]], and [[Beat]]. The confused youth Neku wakes up in the Shibuya Scramble crossing. He lacks knowledge of where he is, what he is doing there, or any of his memories. He is immediately forced into a "Pact" with a stranger called Shiki, as he tries to destroy some enemies called Noise which attacked him.

Throughout the week, he learns of his purpose in the Underground (underworld) as a dead person, and that "The Reapers' Game" is a ploy for dead people, the "[[Players]]", to prove themselves that they can return back to the living after proving themselves throughout a week. He also learns, while accompanying Shiki on the journey, that he should let other people in and to live life to the fullest.

However, during the Reapers' Game, things start going awry. During the second week of the game, Taboo Noise are set loose upon the city. It soon becomes quite apparent to both Reapers and Players just why these Noise are /taboo/, for it creates a portal for the true pure-blooded heartless to pass through. It is not long before both Reapers and Players alike are trying to fend for themselves, whilst the Composer attempts to keep the game running. However, with too many Taboo Noise sigils opened, the wave of heartless is too much for both to handle, and Shibuya finds itself fall into darkness over the course of the 'second week'.

The Angels, unbeknownst to either Reapers or Players, at the last moment rip both of them out of the world and drag them to Traverse Town, restoring Shiki and Rhyme in the progress. However, with this, some of the Reapers' powers are lost. They no longer become able to Erase players outside the rules of the Game, and both lose access to the Underworld. Instead, they are forced to continue their game in the Real World. What's worse, they immediately have drawn the attention of the Shadow Lords, [[Hades]] in particular. And with the portals that lead out of Traverse Town... the game-board just got a /lot bigger/!

'''Key Characters:''' [[Neku Sakuraba]], [[Beat]], [[Joshua]], [[Rhyme]], [[Shiki Misaki]], [[Sota]], [[Nao]], [[777]], [[BJ]], [[Koki Kariya]], [[Megumi Kitaniji]], [[Mitsuki Konishi]], [[Sho Minamimoto]], [[Tenho]], [[Uzuki Yashiro]], [[Yodai Higashizawa]], [[Sanae Hanekoma]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' Shibuya (lost), [[WildKat Cafe]]. 

= Treasure Planet =
== Treasure Planet ==
In the past, when [[Jim Hawkins]] was but a boy, he was always enchanted by stories of the legendary pirate Captain Flint and his ability to appear from nowhere, raid passing ships, and disappear in order to hide the loot on the mysterious "Treasure Planet". Twelve years later, Jim has grown into an aloof and alienated teenager. He begrudgingly helps his mother Sarah run an inn and derives amusement from "solar surfing" (a hybrid of skysurfing and windsurfing atop a board attached to a solar-powered rocket), a pastime that frequently gets him in trouble.

One day, a spaceship crashes near the inn. The dying pilot, Billy Bones, gives Jim a sphere and tells him to "beware the cyborg". Shortly thereafter, a gang of pirates raid and burn the inn. Jim, his mother, and their dog-like friend Dr. Delbert Doppler barely escape. The sphere turns out to be a holographic projector, showing a map that Jim realizes leads to Treasure Planet.

Doppler commissions a ship called RLS Legacy, on a mission to find Treasure Planet. The ship is commanded by the cat-like, sharp-witted Captain Amelia along with her stony-skinned and disciplined First Mate, Mr. Arrow. The crew is a motley bunch, secretly led by cook John Silver, whom Jim suspects is the cyborg of whom he was warned. Jim is sent down to work in the galley; despite his mistrust of Silver, they soon form a tenuous father-son relationship. During an encounter with a supernova, Silver falls overboard but is saved by Jim. The supernova then devolves into a black hole, where Arrow drifts overboard and is lost, for which Jim blames himself for failing to secure the lifelines, while in fact Arrow's line was cut by a ruthless insectoid crew member named Scroop.

However, that's where everything goes even further wrong. From the black hole, a massive army of Heartless arrive. The ship is forced to turn tail. However, mutiny begins at that very moment - as the 'crew' doesn't want to move away from the plotted Treasure Planet. Jim, Amelia and the rest of the crew fight hard against the pirates - led by John Silver, and are forced onto a small life-boat and to flee away from the ship and the oncoming mass of Heartless. The floating mister Arrow is in the meantime swallowed up by a large heartless.

They drift for a long time, until they finally find the lights of Montressor Spaceport again, which has fall down to another world - parts of the city damaged, and nowhere as big as it once was. However, Amelia is quick to take up command and vows to protect the world against both Pirates and the strange menace that threatens them now.

'''Key Characters''' [[Jim Hawkings]], [[Captain Amelia]], [[John Silver]], [[Mr. Arrow]], [[Dr. Delbert Doppler]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Montressor Spaceport]]. 

= Gargoyles =
== Gargoyles ==

''"One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age of Gargoyles!"''

It began in the year 994. Castle Wyvern had been built atop the ancient home of a clan of gargoyles, ancient creatures who turned to stone by day, but were flesh by night. A generation before, they had made an alliance with the humans which lead to the building of the castle and their oath to protect it, but not everyone was pleased with this arrangement. With the threat of a Viking attack looming, a young warrior made a deal with the Captain of the Guard and the Viking leader Hakon to lure the gargoyles away so he could sack the castle, leaving the gargoyles to reclaim their ancestral land.

Things did not go exactly as planned. The gargoyles were betrayed, leaving most of their clan smashed into rubble before the sun set and the people of Castle Wyvern prisoners of the Vikings. Enraged, the few that remained sought out their enemies. Believing his princess dead due to the gargoyle's attack, the Magus - a powerful wizard - cast a spell on them sealing the clan in stone with a seemingly impossible condition to break it: when the castle rises above the clouds.

An impossible feat for some, but not for others. In the modern day, entrepreneur David Xanatos purchased Castle Wyvern lock stock and gargoyle, transporting them to their new home atop his skyscraper in New York City. Here, the spell was broken, and the gargoyles were faced with a a modern reality that is far different than the world they left behind. They claimed names for themselves, found an ally and friend in the police officer Elisa Maza, and were betrayed by not only Xanatos, but the same female gargoyle from their past - who now called herself Demona.

Now, the gargoyles live atop the clock tower that makes up the roof of the 23rd precinct police station. Their pledge to protect their castle has now been extended to protect all of Manhattan and those who live there. The influx of heartless, or the fall of worlds hasn't changed this promise, yet as the citizens of New York come to grips with the danger of monsters, they are also starting to believe the rumors about winged protectors. Xanatos is no less of a threat, although he now faces his own challenges in keeping his family safe, but also making sure there is a Manhattan left for him to control. Goliath, the leader of the gargoyles, as well as Elisa Maza, have vanished with no explanation to their whereabouts, leaving a young Brooklyn, the clan's second-in-command in charge.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Goliath]], [[Demona]], [[Hudson]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Broadway]], [[Lexington]], [[David Xanatos]], [[Elisa Maza]], [[Angela]]. ''' Grid Locations:''' [[Manhattan]].

'''Notes:'''
* '''Timeline''': This theme begins during Season 2's 'World Tour'.
* '''Fae''': Fae characters (Oberon, Titania, Odin, Banshee, etc.) are not app-able on Final Kingdom Mush. These characters are just generally too powerful. These will be kept as TP/Plot NPCs. However, Owen - the human assistant of Xanatos - is app-able, where as his Fae persona (Puck) is not. These are treated as separate characters for the most part. Characters with Fae backgrounds who have lost their powers and /will never/ regain them may be app-ed in some circumstances, but this will not be common.
* '''Stone Sleep''': As the Darkness of the Heartless seeps into Phantasia, it has begun to effect the Gargoyles natural sleep cycle. They still /must/ stone sleep regularly, and will often acclimate themselves to the day/night cycle of whatever world they spend the majority of their time within. However, for example, if they were to travel from their homeworld to a world where it is currently daytime, they would not immediately turn to stone. This would probably come as a big surprise to Gargoyles who have never before seen sunlight. By moving between worlds they can interrupt their own cycle for a time, but eventually they will grow tired (early warning) and need to stone sleep. (STAFF NOTE: This is done as a way to keep gargoyles from not being able to attend daytime scenes. We allow some time-fudging, but gargoyles in the daytime should react like people not used to daylight. Squinting, sunglasses, and possibly a natural inclination to drowsy eyes.)
* '''Canon edit''': The events of '[http://gargwiki.net/Future_Tense Future Tense]' occur at the start of 'World Tour' instead of at the end. The Phoenix Gate is 'lost' in the timestream.
* '''Other Clans''': Characters from established foreign gargoyle clans ([http://gargwiki.net/Mayan_Clan Mayan], [http://gargwiki.net/London_clan London], [http://gargwiki.net/Ishimura_Clan Ishimura], [http://gargwiki.net/Avalon_clan Avalon]) are appable.
* Questions related to the Gargoyles theme should be thrown towards '''Lionheart'''.

= Atlantis =
== Atlantis ==
In the distant past, the magnificent island of Atlantis found itself within the very same world the strange creatures known as Gargoyles inhabited. However, greed managed to be the destruction of this once magnificent place. After a distant explosion, a large tidal wave threatens to drown the island of Atlantis. In the midst of an evacuation from the capital city, the Queen of Atlantis is caught by a strange, hypnotic blue light and lifted up into the "Heart of Atlantis", a powerful crystal protecting the city. The crystal consumes her and creates a dome barrier that protects the city's innermost district. She leaves behind a young daughter, Princess Kida (Cree Summer), as the island is drawn not only under the ocean, but into a different world!

Several thousand years later, in 1914, Milo Thatch — a cartographer and linguist at the Smithsonian Institution who is marginalized for his research on Atlantis — believes that he has found The Shepherd's Journal, an ancient manuscript allegedly containing directions to the lost island. After his proposal to search for the Journal is rejected by the museum board, a mysterious woman, Helga Sinclair, introduces Milo to Preston B. Whitmore, an eccentric millionaire. Whitmore has already funded a successful effort to retrieve the Journal as repayment of a debt to Milo's grandfather, and recruits Milo to lead an expedition to Atlantis as soon as he deciphers it.

The expedition departs with a team of specialists led by Commander Rourke, who also led the Journal recovery expedition. The crew includes Vinny, a demolitions expert; Mole, a geologist; Dr. Sweet, a medical officer; Audrey, a mechanic; Mrs. Packard, a radio operator; and Cookie, a mess cook. They set out in the Ulysses, a massive submarine, but are soon attacked by the monstrous Leviathan, a robotic lobster-like creature that guards Atlantis' entrance. The Ulysses is destroyed but Milo, Rourke, and part of the crew escape and make their way to an underground cavern, described in the Journal as the entrance to Atlantis.

However, as they travel through a network of caves and a dormant volcano, the team is met with fierce resistance, as dark creatures attack the group. With the force of the armed men they have with them, they begin to resist these little black creatures. They fight until they are greeted by Kida—who, despite her age, resembles a young woman—and discover that the Atlantean language is the basis of many existing languages. She leads the group to Atlantis, through a large portal - and fails to warn them not to stray from the path within the corridor...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Milo Thatch]], [[Kida]], [[Helga Sinclair]], [[Commander Rourke]], [[Vinny]], [[Mole]], [[Dr. Sweet]], [[Audrey]], [[Mrs. Packard]], [[Cookie]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Atlantis]] (in Serpent's Trench).

= Tangled =
== Tangled ==
Once, a drop of pure sunlight fell to earth and grew into a beautiful flower which had amazing restorative powers when unlocked with by a particular song. The flower was coveted by Mother Gothel, an aging woman who discovered it's secrets to heath and seemingly immortal life. However, there were others who had greater needs for the flower and the power it possessed. The Queen of the kingdom of Corona was ill and her husband sent his soldiers out far and wide in search of the flower's legendary power. Finding it, the King used the power to save his wife, but the magic somehow was reborn into her newborn daughter, Rapunzel.

Unwilling to give up the immortality the flower gave her, Mother Gothel tried to cut a lock of the girl's golden hair, only to discover that cutting it destroyed the power within. With no other options, Mother Gothel kidnapped the girl in the dead of night and raised her as her own in an isolated tower. Heartbroken, the King and Queen send up lanterns every year on the princess' birthday, in hopes that their wishes will reach her.

Mother Gothel teaches Rapunzel the healing song, and uses it to keep herself ever young, all the while manipulating her to ensure that she never leaves the tower. However, Rapunzel is a free spirit, and longs to find the source of the strange lanterns that fly in the sky every year. Gothel warns her that the world outside is a dangerous place. In a sense, she is not lying, as strange dark creatures begin to appear in the woods and in the shadows of the city.

Years later, the cocky thief Flynn Rider steals the princess’ tiara on display in the palace and flees with his newfound treasure in hopes this will finally bring him endless riches. It does prove to be fortunate, if only for him. As soon as he leaves, the Kingdom is swallowed up in a wave of darkness brought by the Heartless, drawn to the hearts of the mourning King and Queen. The only survivor is Maximus, a horse that once served the guard and is now intent on following the man who has stolen from his kingdom.

The tower itself survives, as does the valley surrounding it, now a part of a new world. Flynn, Maximus and Mother Gothel all find themselves in an unfamiliar landscape, and the Heartless hunger for the strange power hiding up in that tower. Meanwhile, oblivious to it all, Rapunzel looks out of her tower, waiting for her chance for freedom.

And despite the disappearance of Corona, the lanterns still appear from time to time...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Rapunzel]], [[Flynn Rider]] (aka. Eugene Fitzherbert), [[Mother Gothel]]. '''Grid Locations:''' Forgotten Forest (Rapunzel's Tower).

= Beauty and the Beast =
== Beauty and the Beast ==
Out in the French countryside, a minor prince rules a province in a beautiful castle. The prince, although beautiful of face, is spoiled and unkind. When he rejects a beggar woman who merely asks for food and shelter, she reveals herself to be an enchantress, and turns him into a hideous beast. His servants are transformed into living objects and furniture, and the castle itself falls under a pall of misery, forgotten by the people of the village. If the Beast can love and find someone who loves him in return before the last petal of an enchanted rose falls, he’ll be restored. But when the last petal falls, he will be a beast for all time.

As the years pass, he falls into despair, and the castle itself begins to fall to ruin. The Beast grows bitter and angrier every year. When an old man wanders into the castle by mistake, the Beast orders the intruder thrown into the dungeon, unwilling to show the old man any mercy. Only when the man’s daughter, Belle, comes to his rescue and willingly exchanges her own safety for that of her father does the Beast see a chance for redemption.

Belle, who is intelligent and willful, doesn’t take her imprisonment sitting down, and doesn’t let the Beast push her around. She is forced to remain in the castle, but refuses to let herself fall to despair.

Meanwhile, the dark curse over the castle draws darkness near, and the Heartless begin swarming among the wolves and beasts of the dark forests. The hunters of the village tell stories of strange shadowy creatures, and local town hero Gaston brags of having taken down a large one. While the old inventor Maurice weeps for his imprisoned daughter, and Belle attempts to understand the Beast, shadows overtake the world around the countryside, and the world changes around the town and castle.

The people of the town are frightened by this change, and look to Gaston to provide protection against the frightening new world. The Beast begins finding Heartless even in his own castle, striking them down as they start to threaten his rose. Belle seeks to find out more about the Heartless, hoping her knowledge can save them both. And the rose drops petals faster and faster, as the Beast begins to lose hope.

'''Key Characters:''' [[The Beast]], [[Belle]], [[Gaston]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Bramble Orchard]], [[The Beast's Castle]], French Countryside (Belle's Village).

= Cinderella =
== Cinderella ==
The beloved and beautiful only child of a widowed aristocrat, Cinderella goes from riches to rags when her father marries the Lady Tremaine, a proud and severe woman, who brings with her two awkward and unattractive daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When Cinderella's father passes away, the Lady Tremaine takes over the estate and forces Cinderella into servitude. Though mocked by her jealous step-sisters, Cinderella remains kind and gentle, befriending the animals which live about their chateau.

The King of their country, distressed that his handsome son Prince Charming shows no interest in marriage, elects to hold a ball which all eligible maidens shall attend. Cinderella receives her step-mother's permission to go provided she finishes her chores, and with the help of her animal friends is able to repair one of her mother's old dresses just in time to depart - and is unknowingly assisted by the mini-fied Ventus. Yet the cunning Lady Tremaine, while complimenting Cinderella's dress, subtly points out the beads and sash which Cinderella's mouse companions had appropriated from her step-sisters. In a rage, Drizella and Anastasia ruin the gown, forcing Cinderella to stay behind. Overcome by emotion, Cinderella unknowingly attracts the Unversed - which are soon routed by a sudden appearance of Terra - whom soon there-after leaves again.

At that moment, however, Cinderella's Fairy Godmother appears, bestowing upon her a blue dress with glass slippers and transforming a pumpkin and her animal friends into a carriage with attendants. The happy girl departs for the ball with the warning to leave before the stroke of midnight, whereupon the magic will be undone and all shall return to as it once was. Upon her arrival, Prince Charming, having rejected all the other ladies, is smitten at first sight, and the blissful couple dance the night away. Yet Cinderella, realizing she has tarried overlong, flees in a panic as the clock tolls midnight, leaving behind a single glass slipper in her panic as her carriage begins to disintegrate.

The Grand Duke informs the King of what has occurred and is ordered to search every house until the girl whose foot fits the glass slipper is found. Lady Tremaine tries to keep Cinderella locked in her room - but Aqua assists in letting her out and stalls The Grand Duke long enough for Cinderella to get downstairs and try on her shoe. It's not long-after that the prince realizes his love for her and carries her off... but Aqua knows that a strong darkness only grows stronger within Lady Tremaine.

And years later, as Aqua wanders through the Realm of Darkness, she comes across a castle jutting out of a sea of darkness. Cinderella's castle. But unbeknownst to her, the Fairy Godmother has enough power for one last trick... to take that castle to a different place. A place where other worlds are coming together - trying to protect themselves against the Heartless. A world no longer protected by the Barrier of Light.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Cinderella]], [[Prince Charming]], [[Lady Tremaine]], [[Drizella]], [[Anastasia]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Cinderella Castle]]. 

= Sleeping Beauty =
== Sleeping Beauty ==
Once upon a time, there was an evil fairy named Maleficent, who was quite notorious in the Enchanted Dominion. She was known for playing cruel tricks on people, for lying and deceiving. And most of all, for cursing others, purely out of hatred and spite. Indeed, Maleficent was a cruel fairy who sought ways to destroy and twist her realm to reflect her own dark heart.

One day she learned that good King Stephan and his wife were throwing a party to celebrate the birth of their daughter, princess Aurora. Maleficent naturally, was not invited, as King Stephan feared that she might harm his precious daughter. Naturally Maleficent was furious and she invited herself to the party. As the fairies came one by one to offer the baby their magical gifts, Maleficent plotted of a way to punish King Stephan for smiting her: She cursed the baby to die upon her sixteenth birthday when she was fated to prick her finger on a spinning wheel. She then left in a cackle of evil laughter.

There was one good fairy who had not yet bestowed her gift upon the sleeping baby. She stepped forward at that moment and promised that Aurora would not die, but would rather fall into a deep sleep for 100 years, and not awaken until her true love's kiss would break the curse. As an extra precaution, the king charged the three fairies with taking care of Aurora and keeping her safe from Maleficent. And so they hid her in a cottage in the woods, where she lived for 16 years.

During that time, the heartless came into the world. Maleficent, in her quest for power, met Master Xehanort, who promised her boundless power. He also told her about the existence of many other worlds and he told her of the princesses of heart who held the key to unlocking the way to Kingdom Hearts, the most powerful world from which she could control all worlds. Maleficent, powerful, cunning, determined, made the perfect minion for Xehanort, and she was more determined than ever to find Aurora, believing her to be one of the princesses of heart.

Xehanort warned her of three keyblade wielders, Terra, who might be of use to her, Aqua who might be a threat, and Ventus who was not to be harmed. He warned her not to tell them of him, but to keep it to herself. He then left her to her own devices for a while, telling her to report back to him from time to time.

Some time later, Maleficent's raven, Diablo located Aurora, hiding as a peasant girl named Briar Rose. Maleficent used her sorcery to hypnotise her and draw her to the castle where she lured her to the room with the spinning wheel that would seal her fate. Instead of dying, Aurora fell into a deep sleep that would last many years. In order to keep anyone from interfering, Maleficent captured and imprisoned Philip in a dungeon in the Forbidden Mountains.

Aqua encountered Maleficent, who told Aqua of Terra's role in her plan and dropped her into the dungeon, where she and the fairies helped free Philip. The fairies enchanted Philip's sword, and he defeated Maleficent in her dragon form. Maleficent swore to Aqua that she would return, while Philip woke Aurora with a kiss.

Although the Enchanted Dominion was temporarily at peace, celebrating the wedding of Aurora and Philip, it was not truly free from the power of darkness. Maleficent called on the Heartless to consume it as part of her revenge, and soon all but the castle and surrounding hills collapsed into darkness, the castle itself pulled into another world entirely. Philip has sworn to protect Aurora and her heart.

Since then, Malificent has found a new place to call her home - known as the Hollow Bastion. From there, she has sought out others who have been touched by the threads of fate - those who were touched by the keyblade wielders she so despises now. She created an organization, made up of these damnable people - drenched in the veil of darkness. And with her as their head, she leads them with promise of more power - more worlds...

And to facilitate this, she drew upon the power of the Darkness Corridors and the knowledge she had come to possess - and with Fairy sorcery, she brought portals upon portals to connect world upon world from the heights of Phantasia Mountain.

The gates are open, the Shadowlords are coming.

And even as the worlds try to gather strength and the World Hearts combine some of their bodies to harden against this assault...

They move under her.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aurora]], [[Malificent]], [[Prince Phillip]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' None. Malificent lives in Hollow Bastion. 

= Snow White =
== Snow White ==
In a small kingdom, a beautiful but cold-hearted queen looks into her magic mirror, asking every day:

''Mirror, mirror, on the wall 
Who is the fairest one of all?''

One day, the mirror answers that the queen herself has been surpassed in beauty by her step-daughter, the princess Snow White.

Enraged, the queen, Grimhilde, calls for her huntsman to bring her the heart of the innocent Snow White. The darkness within her own heart begins to call forth the Heartless, which begin to swarm on the edge of the forest.

Meanwhile, Snow White encounters the handsome Prince Ferdinand. The two share their hopes and dreams. Ferdinand has heard of dangers on the edge of his kingdom with strange monsters, and rides off to fight the Heartless, but promises to reunite with Snow White someday.

The huntsman, unable to bring himself to kill Snow White, instead tells her of the danger she is in and tells her to flee into the forest. Terrified, Snow White flees into the woods, eventually finding herself under the protection of the Seven Dwarves who mine for diamonds nearby.

The Queen continues to realize the threat that Snow White poses to her own beauty - and is found speaking to the mirror by Terra. Through this moment, she comes to know Keywielders and turns the Mirror into an unversed through the use of a potion - causing it to become inevitably connected to the Heartless. After a failed attempt in bringing down Terra, and being forced to use the Mirror's ability to show a person's location, she tries to do the work of bringing down Snow White herself.

This is how she meets Ventus, who helps her when she drops an apple. And upon succeeding in poisoning Snow White, but being chased off by the Dwarves - she ends up under attack by Aqua, driving her to gain an absolute /hatred/ towards Keyblade wielders.

Now long after, through her magic mirror, and a force promises to bring about the death of Snow White if they can have the cooperation of the sorcery-using queen.

Grimhilde, twisted by her rage and jealousy, makes a secret pact with the strange force, and the Heartless swarm forth, the land surrounding the castle and the forest plunged into darkness. What remains of the kingdom is now part of a new world, and the Heartless begin to seek out the innocent Snow White, protected by the dwarves. Where is her prince on a white steed now? Where is prince Ferdinand. Or will another Prince save her?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Snow White]], [[Doc]], [[Grumpy]], [[Happy]], [[Sleepy]], [[Bashful]], [[Sneezy]], [[Dopey]], [[Queen Grimhilde]], [[Prince Ferdinant]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' Dwarf Woodlands 

= Mulan =
== Mulan ==
When the Huns, led by the ruthless Shan Yu, invade China, each family is given a conscription notice. Mulan's father, Fa Zhou has to serve in the army, but due to his age and previous war injuries, is is doubtful that he would survive. Fa Mulan disguises herself as a man, then takes her father's conscription notice, armor, and weapons so that he will not have to go. She rides away on her horse, Khan, to join the army, knowing that if she were caught she would be killed.

Mushu, a small chinese dragon, has been awakened by the family's First Ancestor. Mushu had been demoted to gong ringer after a mishap with one of the ancestors when the other ancestors were awakened. After various choices of which guardian to send after Mulan, he is asked to awaken the "Great Stone Dragon". Mushu accidentally destroys the Dragon but realizes that this could be an opportunity to earn his place among the guardians again if he can make Mulan a war hero.

Mulan trains with a group led by Captain Li Shang, including fellow soldiers Ling, Yao, and Chien Po. The troops complete their training, but Chi Fu, the Emperor's meddling and misogynistic advisor, refuses to let them see battle, accusing the troops of being ill prepared. However, they may not get much of a choice - with the incoming hordes of Heartless showing up everywhere upon their lands - clearly sent by Shan Yu.

In the meantime, within the Imperial City, a shard from Spira has come to life on its own, forming Ifrit's Cloister in the basement of the Imperial Castle!

'''Key Characters:''' [[Fa Mulan]], [[Li Shang]], [[Yao]], [[Ling]], [[Chien Po]], [[Shan Yu]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Land of Dragons]]. 

= Aladdin =
== Aladdin ==

A party gathers in the desert at night, as a mercenary delivers to the sorcerer Jafar the treasure he needs to awaken the Cave of Wonders. The guardian of the Cave destroys the minion and declares that only the Diamond in the Rough may enter. Jafar vows to find this Diamond in the Rough to bring him the treasure he seeks.

Meanwhile, Aladdin is a streetwise thief without a home who must steal to keep himself alive, not that the royal guards of Agrabah are very sympathetic. Within the palace of the sultan, the princess Jasmine is urged to find a suitor, but wishes to marry only for love. Wishing to understand the world outside of the palace walls, she sneaks out, soon encountering and making friends with Aladdin.

They develop feelings for one another, but Jasmine is found and brought back, and Aladdin arrested for kidnapping the princess. While he waits to be executed, Aladdin encounters an old man-actually Jafar in disguise-offering him freedom if Aladdin can bring back a treasure from the Cave of Wonders. Jafar knows that Aladdin is the Diamond in the Rough, one whose true value is often overlooked.

The cave opens for Aladdin, with the guardian warning him to “touch nothing but the lamp.” Within the cave is a glittering trove of treasure, but Aladdin remembers the warning and claims only the dusty old lamp he was asked to bring back. Abu, his monkey companion, lets his greed get the best of him, and as he grabs for a diamond, it melts as the gold transforms into a wave of molten lava. Aladdin and Abu are saved only by the sentient magic carpet they befriended within the cave, which seals itself off, trapping them within.

Jafar, enraged that the Cave of Wonders has been sealed off from him once more, enters his chamber above the palace only to find Maleficent waiting for him. She encourages him to work with her, ensuring he will have what he desires, and that the key to their plan is Jasmines heart. Jafar agrees to work with Maleficent, just as Heartless begin to appear in the desert outside of Agrabah. At Maleficent's urging, bolstered by the Heartless' strength, he takes over the Palace and thus the city. Jasmine, overhearing their plotting, escapes at the last moment, Jafar and the Heartless in hot pursuit.

Aladdin, meanwhile, is trapped in the cave. Frustrated, he rubs at the lamp and frees the Genie, a powerful and strange being who claims that as Aladdin is now his master, he will be granted three wishes. Aladdin uses his trickery to free himself, without making a single wish, only to find out that the world has changed around him, and the desert surrounding Agrabah is not as he remembers it. The world has been altered, taken somewhere else, and the people of Agrabah have only the walls of their city protecting them from the new dangers outside. As for Aladdin, he has his wits, and three wishes.

And the Cave of Wonders looms open again, its treasures hidden, its lamp missing, but its mazelike paths possibly leading...somewhere else?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Aladdin]], [[Princess Jasmine]], [[Jafar]], [[Sultan]], [[Cassim]], [[Abis Mal]], [[Mechanicles]], [[Mirage]], [[Mozenrath]], [[Phasir]], [[Sadira]], [[The Mukhtar]], [[Aziz]]. 
'''Grid Locations''': [[Cave of Wonders]], [[Agrabah]]. 

= Tron =
== Tron ==
Once, in a world much like our own, the corporation ENCOM was spearheading the growth of new and innovative computer technology, employing the finest engineers and developing everything from laser scanners to video games. A brilliant but lackadaisical software engineer, Kevin Flynn, is fired from ENCOM when his rival Ed Dillinger steals several games Flynn has developed and is promoted to an executive position. Retreating to the popular arcade he owns, Flynn struggles to obtain evidence of Dillinger's wrongdoing, but is blocked by the sinister Master Control Program (MCP), the artificial intelligence which controls the ENCOM mainframe and seeks to expand its dominion over the Dataspace, the cyber-realm within computers.

Within the Dataspace, computer programs exist as individuals, some appearing in the likeness of the Users who created them, and are terrorized by the MCP and its second-in-command, Sark. Sark and his minions seek control over input/output within their mainframe, and those programs which resist him are captured and forced to play dangerous games -- often utilizing the "identity disk" which all programs carry -- in which the losers are "derezzed."

The MCP, aware of Dillinger's misdeeds, manipulates him by threatening him with blackmail and proceeds to begin hacking into computers all over the world. Meanwhile, visited by his friends and fellow scientists Alan Bradley and Lora Baines, Flynn persuades them to help him sneak back into ENCOM's headquarters. There, he upgrades the security clearance of Bradley's program "Tron", so that it might monitor the activities of the MCP. In retaliation, the MCP activates an experimental laser intended to digitize Flynn and transfer him into the ENCOM mainframe.

At that moment, however, Heartless pour forth from the shadows and consume the world, sending the Dataspace into chaos. Eventually, Ansem the Wise encounters the Dataspace during his investigations and tinkers with the various programs, upgrading Tron. Yet once Flynn's Arcade emerges from the darkness, the MCP becomes aware that the worlds have been connected, and is eager to conquer all realms which touch upon Dataspace-- and beyond. At last, the battle between Tron and the MCP begins in earnest.

But what has become of Flynn, ENCOM, and the others lost to the shadows? In the dusty recesses of the Arcade, hidden in Manhattan in a secret private room, a solitary light blinks...

== Since Then ==
''Information Is slightly out of date''
([[Opportunity Knocks]]) During an attempt by [[LEXUS]] to take the Manhattan side Terminal away from Chicago, ShinRa ended up interfering and managed to prevent it from being taken to Hollow Bastion. But as a result, Manhattan's terminal now sits in ShinRa HQ in Goug.

'''Key Characters:''' [[TRON]], [[Sark]], [[MCP]], [[Kevin Flynn]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Flynn's Arcade]]. 

== TRON - Wise OS ==
''Information coming soon.''

== TRON: Uprising - Flynn OS ==
''Information coming soon.''

= The Hunchback of Notre Dame =
== The Hunchback of Notre Dame ==

In the city of Paris, Judge Claude Frollo of the City Guard seeks to eliminate the gypsy people, seeing them as sinful heretics. He traps a group of gypsy refugees and has them arrested, but a woman escapes with her baby. He pursues her until she is killed on the steps of Notre Dame Cathedral. Frollo is prepared to drown the baby, who is deformed, but the archbishop interferes, refusing to allow the judge to shed more innocent blood. He warns that no matter what Frollo tells himself or others, the “eyes of Notre Dame” and the Lord will know the truth. Frollo is convinced instead to raise the child as his own. He gives the child the cruel name of Quasimodo, meaning “half-formed.”

Quasimodo grows to young adulthood living in the bell tower, hidden away from all but Frollo and the gargoyles who awaken when no one else is around. He is hunchbacked and severely deformed, but intelligent, kind and insightful, and spends his time watching the people of Notre Dame he wishes to meet someday. He is told by Frollo that the world is cruel and would reject him, and he should remain in his place as the hidden bell-ringer of Notre Dame.

Lonely Quasimodo sneaks out of the cathedral one day as Paris celebrates the Festival of Fools. A troupe of gypsies entertain the people, notably Esmeralda, a beautiful and kind dancer. Frollo and his men watch, and while Frollo disapproves outwardly, he finds himself fascinated with Esmeralda. Quasimodo’s appearance is discovered, and he is crowned King of the Fools, celebrated until the crowd turns on him and humiliates him at the urging of Frollo’s men. Frollo doesn’t interfere on his behalf, but Esmeralda does, helping him escape into the Cathedral and following him there. She in turn is followed by Captain Phoebus of the guard, who refuses to arrest Esmeralda for witchcraft against Frollo’s orders.

As Esmeralda befriends Quasimodo, who thanks her for helping him and helps her escape the cathedral safely, strange creatures appear in the corners and shadows of the city. The guard track them down and capture one, but are unable to find out what they are. As Frollo contemplates his obsession with Esmeralda, increasingly convinced she is tempting his heart away with wicked powers, the shadowy Maleficent appears to him and offers him a position as a Shadow Lord. He refuses, terrified that a demon has appeared to him, just as news of Esmeralda’s escape and the Heartless attacks reach him. Frollo draws the conclusion that Maleficent and the Heartless were drawn to Notre Dame by gypsy witchcraft, and calls for the arrest of Esmeralda.

As Quasimodo looks out to the sky, having finally made an outside friend and finding himself infatuated with Esmeralda as well, he sees a strange shadow cast over Notre Dame. In moments, the City Island is all that is left of Paris, and the people are in a panic. Frollo calls them to order with his guard, explaining that the changes are punishment for wickedness and sin, and determined to protect the righteous people of Paris from the terrors outside. Quasimodo considers leaving once more, this time to help the people of the city which once rejected him. Maleficent, meanwhile, waits and watches, sure that sooner or later, Judge Frollo will fall into her clutches and she will find the Heart of this world.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Quasimodo]], [[Esmeralda]], [[Frollo]], [[Phoebus]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[La Cité Des Cloches]].

= The Nightmare Before Christmas =
== The Nightmare Before Christmas ==

Halloween Town exists as a ghoulish, but not unfriendly place. Its people create Halloween and bring it to the world at large every year. While Pumpkin King Jack Skellington does an excellent job and is widely loved for his skills at the creepy and macabre, he's started to tire of the same thing year after year.

Little creatures called Heartless begin to appear, but as everyone in Halloween Town is some form of monster, the Heartless don't stand out. Jack notices them, thinking they might be the key to a new Halloween, and tries to learn how to make them obey him to no avail. Their presence is not questioned by anyone but Sally the Rag Doll, whose advice is ignored.

Oogie Boogie, too, hears of the Heartless and decides he wants to control them for his own dark purposes. It is when he sends his minions Lock, Shock, and Barrel to investigate that Halloween Town itself falls to the Heartless, something not too many of the residents notice. The doors to Halloween Town no longer lead to the other Holiday Worlds or the "real world," but to a void of darkness. What will happen when the people of Halloween Town realize their city is now home to strangers, and what they will do with the strange Heartless, remains to be seen.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Jack Skellington]], [[Sally]], [[Oogie Boogie]], [[Doctor Finklestein]], [[Lock, Shock and Barrel]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Halloween Town]]. 

= Kim Possible =
== Kim Possible ==
<<To Be Written>>

'''Key Characters:''' [[Kim Possible]], [[Ron Stoppable]], [[Shego]], [[Doctor Drakken]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' None. 

= Fillmore =
== Fillmore ==

After Parnassus' resigning from the Safety Patrol officer and Ingrid joins Fillmore in the group, several months passed and the two solved several cases together, including a kidnapping of the school mascot, apprehending a serial graffiti artist, protecting the local chess celebrity and many others. The arrival of the Heartless was a shock and far beyond the usual level of violence and crime that they were used to dealing with. Still, they were not helpless and with the aid of the Safety Patrol most of the students were evacuated out of the portal before the world fell to darkness.

It took a few days but with some investigative work, a new suitable home was found for the students of X Middleschool in the facility of Balamb Garden. As it was already a sizable military academy, Headmaster Cid was more than happy to provide some of their extra space for standard schooling operation on the condition that any qualified students be allowed to undertake SeeD training. This agreement was not expected to be permanent and plans were also drafted to build a new school for the regular students should Manhattan be lost to them forever.

Naturally, the members of the Safety Patrol were among the qualified students despite their lack of actual combat training. However, after witnessing the destruction that the Heartless could unleash all of them were more than happy to learn how to prevent such things from happening in the future and signed up to become members of Garden themselves.

After a few weeks of taking some basic courses, it was determined that Ingrid and the other Patrollers were qualified enough to operate with some extra independence thanks to their former roles as student leaders and their crime solving skills were put to work on minor cases within Garden and sometimes beyond.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Fillmore]], [[Ingrid Third]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Balamb Garden]]. 

= Lilo and Stitch =
== Lilo and Stitch ==

Far in the reaches of deep space, a council convenes to sentence the criminal mad scientist Jumba and its newest, most dangerous creation, Experiment 626. 626 is too powerful and wily to keep under containment, however, and escapes the watch of space officer Gantu. During this escapade, it meets the strange twosome that are Ventus and Aqua. During an attack from the Unversed, they show the Council-Woman some of Experiment 626's goodness - as it assists in fending off an attack of the Unversed around the time that so many stars go dark.

With Ventus and Aqua having left, Experiment 626 is left to flee in an escape pod towards a rather obscure, backwater planet called Earth - Earth is under protection as breeding ground for the endangered mosquito, so Agent Pleakley is sent to accompany Jumba and recover 626 before it can wreak havoc on Earth.

Meanwhile, Nani is having difficulties keeping sole guardianship of her little sister Lilo after the death of their parents. A social worker's visit goes poorly, and friction between Lilo and Nani is not helping. The sisters decide to adopt a dog and head to the shelter, where Lilo chooses a strange, ugly-looking dog which happens to be 626 in disguise. She dubs the creature Stitch and convinces Nani to let her adopt him. Once she takes him home, he proves to be a rather destructive and strange "dog," but Lilo decides she's going to train him into being a proper best friend. News reports of strange creatures being spotted in the rainforests go mostly unnoticed by the two sisters, but Lilo wonders if it might me an alien invasion.

Soon after, the island of Hawaii is hit by a powerful hurricane; when the winds and rain subside, Hawaii itself has been pulled from Earth and is in the middle of an unfamiliar ocean, with pirates in sky ships looking to make contact. Although the people of Hawaii are rather alarmed at this bizarre development, the governor nervously agrees to meet with representatives from the new outside world while they try to find out just what has happened.

Nani now finds it even more important that she and Lilo stay together, and hopes that strange dog or the weird monsters don't interfere with this too much. Lilo is excited, however, and wants to take trips with the "space pirates" and hunt down the Heartless "aliens" with Stitch. Jumba and Pleakley, meanwhile, continue their investigation, wondering if they're really stranded on Earth...

'''Key Characters:''' [[Stitch]], [[Lilo Pelekai]], [[Nani Pelekai]], [[Jumba Jookiba]], [[Pleakley]], [[Gantu]], [[Cobra Bubbles]], [[Grand Councilwoman]], [[David Kawena]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Hawaii]]. 

= Pirates of the Carribean =
== Pirates of the Carribean ==
Years before, young Elizabeth meets a boy found in a shipwreck. The boy, Will Turner, gives her a medallion that resembles a gold piece.

Commodore James Norrington proposes to Elizabeth Swann, who falls into the bay before she can give an answer. The medallion falls to the bottom of the sea, sending off a signal to the crew of the ghostly Black Pearl. She is saved by notorious pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, who is promptly arrested.

That night, the pirates of the Black Pearl attack Port Royal, running a raid in an attempt to find the gold piece calling to them. Despite the best efforts of Will Turner, now a blacksmith's apprentice, they succeed in capturing Elizabeth and begin to sail off.

The terror and sorrow brought on by the pirate attack is the final piece needed for the Heartless to overtake the world, as much of the land and see fall into total darkness. Port Royal and its surrounding waters are spared, drawn into a different world. While the Royal British Navy has sworn to protect Port Royal until a solution can be found, the many pirates sailing the seas have been drawn into this world as well, including Captain Barbossa and his Black Pearl.

Captain Barbossa still seeks a manner to cure the curse on his crew, and wonders if the Heartless themselves hold the answer. Meanwhile, Captain Jack has agreed to help Will find Elizabeth, who is still holding her own on the Black Pearl, for now.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Will Turner]], [[Elizabeth Swann]], [[Captain Barbossa]], [[Jack Sparrow]]. 
''' Grid Locations:''' [[Port Royal]]. 

= Peter Pan =
== Peter Pan ==
Follow the second star on the right and straight on ‘til morning, and you’ll find your way to Neverland, an island of magic and eternal childhood. Here is the home of Peter Pan, the boy who never grows old, a mischievous youth who can fly. He and other ageless children, the Lost Boys, live without parents as they outsmart Captain Hook and his pirate crew.

One day, Captain Hook tricks a mysterious warrior named Terra into picking a fight with Peter Pan. The two clash, but they clear up their misunderstanding and Pan flies off to fight Hook as he’s often done. He has more friendly encounters with keyblade users Ventus and Aqua. In his mind, they’re just more visitors to Neverland, and while he remembers them, he doesn’t think much of the incident for a while.

Years later, Peter’s shadow flies into the bedroom of Wendy Darling, a young girl living in turn of the century London. Peter and his fairy companion Tinkerbell soon follow. When Wendy sews his shadow back on, Peter tells her and her siblings, John and Michael, about the land of Neverland. He grants them the power to fly using pixie dust and leads them to Neverland. When Wendy is introduced to the Lost Boys, she decides she’ll try to be their mother, as they’ve never had one and don’t know what having one is like.

Meanwhile, as Captain Hook plans to clash with Peter once more, strange shadows overtake the sea around Neverland. The island itself remains unchanged even as it is brought into another ocean, and few of the inhabitants notice what has gone on. Peter sees the appearance of Heartless as another excuse for the Lost Boys to have an adventure, unaware of the seriousness of the situation. Captain Hook, however, soon spots more ships approaching Neverland, and wonders if he has found allies in his eternal battle with Pan.

'''Key Characters:''' [[Peter Pan]], [[Wendy]], [[Captain Hook]], [[Mr. Smee]], [[The Lost Boys]]. 
'''Grid Locations:''' [[Neverland]]. 

= Hercules =
== Hercules ==

Once, this world was a land of chaos, ruled over by powerful elemental Titans who cared little for the people of the land below as they swept their destruction across the planet. Then, Zeus came with his thunderbolts and trapped the Titans, beginning the age of both Gods and men. High on Mt. Olympus, Zeus set himself as the king of the Gods, unaware that his brother Hades had begun setting the wheels in motion to steal the throne.

Everything seemed to be going according to plan until the day that Zeus and Hera gave birth to their son, Hercules. Consulting the fates, Hades discovered that in eighteen years, he would have the chance he'd been waiting for - but... if Hercules rose up to fight on the side of the Gods, his attempts for power would fail. So, the God dispatched his two minions, Pain and Panic, to dispose of the little 'sunspot'. The two imps fail in their task to kill Hercules, but they do manage to make him mortal, resulting in his exile from Mt. Olympus.

For years, young Hercules is raised by a human family as their only son, never knowing his true parentage. It isn't until his unusual strength began to show itself in sometimes dangerous ways, that his father revealed the truth, sending him to seek out council from Zeus. At the temple, Hercules learned of the cruel fate that had befallen him as a child, and discovered the one way in which he might be able to once again return to Olympus and rejoin the gods: He must become a True Hero.

So, with the help of his faithful companion Pegasus, Hercules sought out a teacher - one of the best trainers of Heroes: The satyr, Philoctetes ("Phil" for short). While the satyr is reluctant, at first, to take on yet another would-be Hero, he does eventually agree to teach the boy, under threat of lightning bolts from above. Upon discovering that the one person who could foil his plans was still alive, Hades began to throw all sorts of beasts and monsters at Hercules, trying to kill the young Hero before he would have a chance to reclaim his birthright. Through those many trials, Hercules did become a Hero, but earning the love of fans is not the same thing as being a 'True Hero'.

With his failure to kill Hercules, it is only a matter of time before Hades sought out darker means of eliminating his enemies. The God was one of the first to be gathered into the Shadow Lords, and with the Heartless, his power spread over the world of Olympia, eventually dragging it down into darkness. Now, all that remains is the Coliseum, looming at the edge of Traverse Town. Here, heroes can still prove themselves in the games, and Hercules still seeks a way of proving himself a True Hero, but is there even a Mt. Olympus left to return home to?

'''Key Characters:''' [[Hercules]], [[Megara]], [[Phil]], [[Hades]], [[Pain]] and [[Panic]]. '''Grid Locations:''' [[Coliseum]]

= Other Phantasia =
== Other Phantasia ==
In general, staff would prefer to keep player characters as humanoids (see [[races]]), rather than talking animals or furniture. While there are Disney themes which heavily feature walking/talking animals, they are much harder to integrate.

These include (but are not limited to) themes such as:
* Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers (NPCs)
* Oliver and Company (NPCs)
* Lady and the Tramp (NPCs)
* Bambi (NPCs)
* The Lion King (Adapted)

In general, many of these characters will just be background NPCs. For instance, you might be walking the streets of Manhattan and spot an orange kitten. Or be strolling threw New Orleans and see a particularly scruffy hounddog. Most of these characters simply won't make good player-characters, since adapting them into Final Kingdom would take quite a bit of work and require quite heavy modifications. Others, such as Chip and Dale already appear as bit parts/NPCs throughout Kingdom Hearts. If you have your heart set on one of them, you can always ask staff, but it's likely that characters from themes listed as (NPCs) will be much harder to app.

Themes in which a character is/was human and gets turned into an animal will usually be accepted, although tweaked so they can at least speak.
Examples:
* The Princess and the Frog
* Brother Bear
* The Emperor's New Groove
 

== The Lion King ==

In the case of '''The Lion King''', the staff consensus is that if Sora and the others turn into animals when arriving in '''The Pridelands''', that the same should work vice-versa for the characters /leaving/ that world. It gives people the chance to play characters from this theme, but in a way where they will easily be able to interact with others. They might look humanoid, but they still retain their personality elements, and perhaps some of their more interesting mannerisms. In general, we would like to keep all the characters in this theme to be either fully human in appearance on other worlds, or semi-anthro (Re: Tailspin). Whomever gets an approved FC app into this theme first will get to decide the direction of that for the rest of the cast. We will also possibly allow some IC combat-transformation to a lion form, because everyone knows it would be hilarious to see Mufasa shoot fireballs from his muzzle.

= Rejected =
== Rejected ==
These games or series are not available for integration, due to one reason or another:
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* '''Final Fantasy 11/14''' - Due to the online nature of these games, and their theme still expanding now, they are currently seen as unfit.
* '''Non-Final Fantasy Games''' - With the exception of The World Ends With You - as seen included in KH:3D, other Square Enix games - or any others for that matter - are not available for application.
* '''Non-animated Disney''' - Since we are trying to stick as close to the world that fits with Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts, we try to not implement 'real life' Disney movies. Pirates of the Carribean and Tron are the obvious exceptions, as they were featured in Kingdom Hearts games. However, this is not a hard limit, and we might be convinced otherwise on a case-by-case basis.
* '''Phineas and Ferb''' - Originally a pitch that was intended more for places like Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, the Tone of the series does not fit the general Disney kind of universe and tone we try to represent within this game.
* '''No Pixar''' - Sorry, we feel none of their movies truly fit with the tone of the game.
* '''No Marvel''' - It's a completely different thing.

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Horned King

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|Date of Scene=2013/06/25
|Location=Flynn's Arcade
|Synopsis=Someone has gone shopping and bought some new stuff. TRON is not overly amused, but isn't to upset either.
|Cast of Characters=TRON, Beck
|Tinyplot=TRON Train
|pretty=yes
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:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck has only been here for several days and so far the young program hasn't gotten into /to/ much trouble. Beyond the occasion sneak out since he has learned he can use the fire escape window to get out. He also doesn't roam very far after having a dog chase him in Central Park. Though he has been asked to have someone with him. Beck doesn't seem to be very good at following orders or its perhaps just youth wanting to get out and explore the world. He felt caged in this Arcade and though he was poking at the laser, it was taking him time to figure out it worked. Yet this is one of the few times Beck actually used the door and what happens? Beck comes back with a bag under one arm, another bag being held by his teeth and -- and a coffee pot box? Now how he got all this is the unknown part, however much was spent may only add up. Oh and there was a cowboy hat on his head... For whatever reason.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON has been busy lately, reorganizing the Arcade and trying to figure out what needs to be (re)done post-attack. Too busy to keep up with the errant 'not-TRON' Beck. The Security Program glances over towards the door, brown eyes keenly peering over the upper rims of his glasses to pierce Beck dead-on. He is in his black body-suit with no lines or circuits visible, only his face providing identification--other than the odd Frisbee-like silver Disc on his back. "Beck." There is a sigh somewhere in the acknowledging greeting, even if he doesn't physically do so. "Dare I ask where you've been?"

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' "Mmm." Beck starts out realizing he has to now talk with a bag in his mouth, so he does so through gritted teeth. "..shapping?" He at last walks over to a table and places down the coffee pot, then the bag in his other arm, before taking the bag out of his mouth. He rolls his tongue a few times, trying to get the taste of plastic out of his mouth before then taking off the cowboy hat. "I was watching the um, Television, and noticed ads for some of the stores around here. So I figured, why not!" He then starts to root through the bags. "I mean, I am not in Argon City and I noticed all of your friends wear outer materials. Clothing, if I remember the word right, so I decided I would wear some as well!" Beck then pauses and looks at the coffee pot. "..and that? I got to taste what they call coffee here and they showed me how to make it. It was pretty good, so I figure I would actually make my own." Yep. The ever adapting program Beck, adapts quickly.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON just watches Beck with a growing sense of disbelief, an eyebrow rising incrementally at each sentence. He almost dreads asking his next question, but feels compelled to. "...And who gave you the ability to purchase these items?" He pushes his glasses to the top of his head and rubs his eyes wearily. Please don't tell him he'll have to pay someone back... Again.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck glances one way and then over to the other. How was he going to explain this? He wasn't really sure. "Well.. they have things called gift cards right?" He then looks at TRON. "So I found some place I could see some unneeded items from home too. They actually seem really ecstatic about getting their hands on it and gave me a ton of cash. I used the cash to put on a Mall Gift card?" He tilts his head. "..I mean, there is nothing wrong with selling stuff to people outside is there?"

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON's eye twitches beneath his fingertips. "You... sold Gridspace items... to a store here in Manhattan...?" He really doesn't know how to react to this should it be true, but he wants to be sure he gets it right before launching into a full response.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck can hear it in the voice, or so he thinks he can hear it in the voice. That voice of 'You dun screwed up son'. He did what he did though so he could fit in. Not stand out in the crowd and keeping getting odd looks as he walked by. After all, he was a stranger in a strange land. He was always taught to blend in and stay low, but he was hard to stay low when you were the only being with glowing lines. Not that he understood the need of layerings like people here did, but it was the custom so when in Pergos, do as the Pergos do, you know? "I.." He glances off to the side with those brown eyes and then back at TRON. "I did, yes. Well. Just one really, but it had maybe two or three things in it. Stuff I probably should have gotten rid of some time ago, but never got a chance to pawn it off back home." He taps his fingers gently against his hip as he then looks over at the bags. "I mean. I could take everything back, return the card, and go get the baton." he then whispers with grit teeth, "..hopefully.."

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON blinks, the impending tirade forgotten in light of new data. "Baton?" He tilts his head to the side. "What do you mean?" As far as he knows, a baton can only create a Light Cycle, but this one could rez multiple objects? Is he hearing this right? He's feeling that familiar grind of misunderstandings and miscommunications, like trying to explain digital technology to a person who comes from a non-technological background...

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck apparently was saved by the sudden confusion and reminding himself once again that this TRON was not /his/ TRON. Which caused a tad bit a pain in the young program's face for a moment. "Oh. Right..." He said softly. "..right." He then walked up to TRON, removing his own baton with a flip in the air and then catching it. He then hands it over to TRON. "This the baton I was using as the Renegade. It has a Light Cycle. Light Glider, and I /think/ a Small Light Jet." He raises an eye brow. "..I can't remember if you.. I mean... he.. took it out or not."

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' An almost-audible crack pierces TRON's mind for a moment, reminded of the truth in an instant. It is purely psychological, but his expression blanks out for that moment. He manages a smile, but it is too painful to be honest. "I would not know," he admits quietly. He walks over to the table, leaning back against it as he closely examines Beck's baton. "A Program I know has been building a baton that could rez different objects, but to see a complete one that could rez different vehicles..." He hands back the baton to Beck. "...At least, I assume those are vehicles. I've never heard of gliders or light jets on my Grid before." There is an uncomfortable familiarity with the concept, though, one he can blame on the Other. He hesitates for a moment, then pulls out a glowing blue cylindrical baton that only has silvery caps on each end. A drastic difference to the primarily-black-with-circuitry-lines version Beck owns. "This is a Light Cycle baton from my Grid." He motions for Beck to follow him as he walks towards the doors. "I'd let you hold it, but I somehow have a feeling you don't know how to activate and control one properly."

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' It seems suddenly TRON drops the whole, 'you sold what?' part of this, which causes Beck some silently relief. He nods his head gently and takes back his Baton, before attaching it back at his side. "They are vehicles yes. The Glider allows you to hang glide in the air while the Light Jet allows you to fly and fire light bolts at a target.. well.. at least CLU's forces do." Beck then notices the baton TRON pulls out, he was about to ask who this program was working on this project until his eyes go wide at that baton. He seen archives of such batons but never actually /seen/ on up close and personal. He knew it was indeed old server tech, waaay before his time. He gives a quick nod and then follows TRON. "Very possible, yeah. I mean, I never seen one like that before. Beyond, well, the Archives." He almost sounds like a little kid. "That has to be... I mean.. whoa." Beck wanted to touch pretty Baton. He wanted to get a good feel for what one even felt like. After all, data reading was one thing but actually /seeing/ one.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON chuckles softly at Beck's wide-eyed anticipation, seeming to relax slightly as he walks. "If you're that awed by the baton, wait until you see what it rezzes." He walks into the middle of the street, surprisingly empty considering the area, and looks at the baton with a rueful grin. "Well. Here goes." And with that, he grips the baton horizontally in front of him with both hands and his circuitry lines activate with a whitish-blue flash. Visually-speaking, he is violently pulled forwards and down, his body curling as if about to go into the fetal position. At the same time, the blue-light wire frame of the bike appears around him, encasing him at the middle of the structure. There is then a blue flash of light with a high-pitched yet somehow almost midi-sounding whine, then a blue Game Grid Light Cycle stands on its two wheels in the middle of the street where TRON had been moments earlier. The engine whines as it revs, sounding all the world like the Security Program is holding it back somehow. TRON's voice emits from somewhere behind the opaque black windshield, a slight distortion as if speaking over a radio. "So."

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck walks outside with TRON, surprised by how quiet it was, but maybe that was because of the time? He does cross his arms over his chest, unsure of what TRON was going to show him. Yet when it happens, Beck stands there with his jaw going slightly slack to one side. He just-- stares-- for a long time. His eyes not believe what he is seeing and his arms going from across his chest to down at his side. He takes a slow step forward. His hand reaching out slowly. Wanting to touch the Light Cycle in some fashion if disbelief his hand draws back. "That is... you have.." He then starts to go from a face of disbelief, to one of smiling. A big shit eating smile over his face before he just places out his hands. "Holy frag, TRON! You have-- I can't believe /YOU/ have this!!" "They don't even /MAKE/ these anymore." Beck just stares. His eyes wide. "..you.. how.. Can I?!" Dumb question, but hey. Doesn't hurt to ask.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON understands Beck's surprise, at least logically with all the information at his disposal. He's only glad that Beck can't see him at the moment, strugging to reconcile two different data-streams to formulate a coherant response. "This is the Light Cycle of my Grid." Fortunately, the 'radio' does not convey his mental state. "It seems my Grid is part of your Grid's history..." The bike glows brightly for a moment, then derezzes as TRON is vaulted back to his feet with no apparent ill-effects. He seems somewhat amused, if his surface expression is to be believed. "If you think you can control it, I don't see why not. But if you break it, we'll see just how good of a mechanic you are." He holds out one end of the Baton to Beck. "Just remember--both hands holding the baton will rez it, and you may experience disorientation in the process. Twisting back the right hand will keep it braked, but you'll need to hold it to keep it still. Do not twist forward the left hand, as that will activate the Jet Wall." He smirks a bit. "Easy, right?"

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' "Yeah. Sounds like-- typical Light Bike basics." Beck states his hand extending out for the baton, yet his hand pauses there. As if he was unsure, unsure if he should be doing this. Taking something like this and giving it a test spin. Then if he does damage it, well, there is a point where if it becomes voxels then.. Beck's hand then pulls back. "I-- I can't. Not in good conscious." He sounds a little disappointed to admit that. "I know of the history of these bikes. They are faster then anything we have currently running and take an extreme amount of balance. There was-- something.. he tried to get me to do once during our training, I could never do." Beck then shakes his head. "..so maybe until I am able to do that trick.. then maybe I know I wont damage your bike, but.. I don't trust myself.. not with.. not with something so rare.."

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON's expression becomes distant at Beck's response, too tired to be pained but too wide-eyed to be jaded. It's a complex look that is the sole indication of his churning, mix-mashed thoughts. "There's more to it than that," he replies quietly, retracting his arm and staring down at the baton. "These batons are not for general use. They are... were... exclusively for use on the Light Cycle Game Grid by conscripts." He twirls the baton between his fingers as easily as if it was a Disc. "I stole this when I led the break-out from Quarantine. It'd be difficult to steal another one from under SARK's nose should something happen to this one." He pats Beck's shoulder as he returns his baton to a hidden thigh-pouch on the right leg. "You made the right choice, Beck. Better to be cautious in the face of uncertainty than to be reckless in your own pride." He cants his head back towards the Arcade. "Let's test that coffeemaker you bought. I'm also curious what kind of clothing you chose."

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck remains quiet as TRON explains where the baton comes from and the dark history behind something that he could only once ever seen in system archives. He gives a soft nod as TRON pats his shoulder. He turns to say something, but silence only finds his lips, before he gives a soft nod again, then at last talks. "...Thanks." Beck stands there for a bit, staring at where TRON was and then looks down at his hands for a moment, before his eyes seem to loose light for a moment before he then lowers his hands, closing his eyes. His shoulders almost slumping, whispering words into the air. "..thanks.. for everything.." Yet his thoughts snap around as he puts on a smile as TRON addresses the need to test the coffee pot and see the cloths. "Y-Yeah. Sure! I mean, they are probably nothing great. I had to get some help from one of the shop clerics really." He explains as he goes to play catch up. "They are actually /really/ friendly." and he follows TRON back inside.

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|Date of Scene=2013/06/23
|Location=Manhattan - Central Park
|Synopsis=Beck decides to escape from the Arcade for a bit. He finds out the world is a very strange place indeed or at least a small part of it.
|Cast of Characters=Avira, Morrighan Alazne, Beck
|Tinyplot=TRON Train
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:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' After some recovery time and being trapped up in the Arcade, Beck has decided to, well-- get out. It was rather morning, afternoon really. TRON apparently had to go handle something. Deelel, he believes, was asleep. So though his friend's tool didn't seem to work here, Beck was rather inventive on finding ways to get out. Such as climbing out a fire escape window and just walking down the alley like nothing happened. Yep. Though as he walked. His white and blue lines against his black suit glowed gently. Reflected against the puddle on the street ground and across the walls of the buildings. His mind thinking about on all the events up to now. Including what TRON said when they spoke later that night after the virus' attack. 'You are not TRON, so Beck you will be.' Yet his mind then wonders back to his own home, the TRON /he/ knew: 'I think you may just be what I am looking for..' 'What are you looking for?' 'The next Tron.' His mind then shuffled back to before the laser. Those creatures. CLU. Was there a connection and why.. why did he have to do what he did. It should have been him. Not... not Tron. Beck however doesn't realize he has walked out past the side walk, his foot stepping down into the street. It was suddenly the honk of a horn blazing that snaps his attention back to reality. "Whoa!" He quickly steps out of the way, before almost coming into another line of a car and he quickly bolts across into the park with only hearing some yell: 'Stay off the road you crazy freak!' "Freak?" Beck replies back as he steps back a bit and bumps right into a tree. He then spins and looks up at the Tree, giving it a puzzling look, before he then ponders over the Park itself really. Carefully staying to the dirt path and staying away from the grass. He honestly doesn't even know what grass is.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Being a human, Avira can't really get being sleeping in an Arcade. Why do so when the TDA offices were nearby, which she could make use of whenever she wanted? The scarred woman was an official member of those bands of detectives, though her role lent itself more to providing muscle than it did to solving mysteries. Mostly. The woman's never really gotten much of a chance to do some serious investigating. Everyone seems to beat her to it! That aside, she'd dropped by the Arcade earlier, eager to getting to know the not-TRON new guy that had popped out of the digitization laser the other day. Unfortunately, when she arrived she had discovered him GONE. Not good. Avira has had plenty of experience with Programs in the 'User World' at this point and it's really opened her eyes as to how weird they find it. Like any transplant to another world, there would be problems. So now Avira is racing around the city, searching in widening circles around the arcade to track the Renegade down.

:'''[[Morrighan Alazne]] has posed:''' Morrighan was in Manhattan this day. Why? Who knew. Seemed like she had absolutely no reason to be here other than random wandering and sightseeing. After all, the last time she was here, she was assisting in the fall of this world. Fun stuff and all. Hah. Still, a dark skinned elf in a ridiculously fancy dress walking through the streets of a modern world drew the usual reactions. "Is there some sort of convention be held around here?" "Wow, didn't realize it was 1776 again. Someone call The Doctor!" "Whoa, check out the size of those-" Morrighan's eyes narrowed with each comment uttered as she passed. It took supreme force of will to not exercise her magics and put some of these idiot humans out of their misery. Alas, causing a public incident now would just be...inconvenient. For multiple reasons really. It's while she's lost in thought that Avira comes sprinting past. "Hah?" A pause as the dark elf intoned incredulously, turning her head to make sure she hadn't been seeing things. Yes, that was that insufferable gorilla. "Watch where you are going, you ape!" Morrighan called after her, shaking a fist angrily. Typical.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck continues to wonder in Central Park, until a dog finds him. He raises an eye brow and stops dead in his tracks. He-- never seen a dog before and when the dog starts to growl at him. Beck takes a step back. "Um.." Suddenly the Dog barks and Beck runs. Thus the Dog chases and Beck is indeed moving at a pretty good clip. Something you also get good at when you do his other line of work. Running. He then jumps up on a bench, before pushing up on it to snatch a tree branch. His shoes scrape across the tree bark as he pulls himself up into the tree like some cat. The Dog, like all dogs do, rush up to the tree. Place his front paw up on it and starts barking up at the tree. It was loud enough to catch those walking by attention, but they ignore it and walk on. Though Avira and perhaps even Morrighan may have caught this in its full glory. After all, hard to not see a young guy with a glowing suit suddenly jump up into a tree. Beck meanwhile clings onto the tree and just glares at the dog. He was half tempted to throw his disc at it, but he wasn't sure if that was-- such a smart idea. "Come on! Go away!" Bark. Bark. Bark. "What do you want from anyhow?!" Bark! Grrr! Bark Bark! "Augh!" Beck then gently rests his head against the tree branch he was looped around. "..frag my life.." BARK!

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Fortunately, unless Beck's managed to get himself some User clothing, Programs are pretty easy to spot. Black bodysuits with glowing lines? Yeah, definitely not typical 90s Manhattan fashion. Occasionally, she does stop strangers to ask them if they've seen someone of Beck's description wandering around aimless and confused. So focused on looking for Beck, she doesn't even notice Morrighan until she's run past her and suddenly has the dark elf yelling at her. A chill runs down her spine as she hears the familiar screeching and she does stop, whirling to stare at Morrighan. "...what are /you/ doing here!?" she asks in an incredulous tone, completely ignoring the insult. Insults were basically Morrighan's way of saying hello. "Bah, whatever, look, have you seen a man in a black bodysuit with glowing lines on it? Brown hair? About this tall?" Avira motions at a height well above herself. Happening right behind Avira's back: Beck fleeing a dog into a tree. Avira only turns around to look when the dog starts barking up said tree, then putting her back to Morrighan.

:'''[[Morrighan Alazne]] has posed:''' "I can be wherever I please! You have no right to police me!" Morrighan shot back, crossing her arms in a huff and averting her eyes...right to the sight of said man in said body suit hiding a tree from a dog. "...You mean one of those /programs/?" A pause, and then she gradually tilted her head, long hair tumbling aside as she continued to stare at the sight. Avira had turned around to look by that point. "I suppose I have little need to answer that inquiry now." And as she said that, an amused smirk found it's way onto the dark elf's face. Really, what were the chances? "Let me guess; another one of them escaped whatever hole that come from and was scrambling through this city in..." Another pause as she stared off at the aforementioned Program. "...Confusion." Pfft. Not that she was in any hurry to help of course.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' So while the ladies talk, Beck still hangs out up in the tree. He glares at the dog from up there and tries to debate on what to do. He would move to /another/ of these massive, things he is on, but they don't seem very stable for that type of acts. His brown eyes peer around before the stares down at the dog once more. "Look. You are asking for this." Bark! Bark! Beck then reaches for his disc, however this causes him to loose his balance, and he almost falls out of the tree. The dog attempts to jump up and /bite/ Beck's foot, however the program scrambles to get back up in the tree once more, with the dog only snapping the leaves that fall down. Sadly when Beck does nearly come out of a tree is about the time a city bus drives by, so when it vanishes the dog is back to barking up the tree again. Beck tries to stand up on the branch this time, holding onto another branch as he glares down at the dog. Then he hears some squawking up in the tree. His brown eyes glance up to see a bird who is flying around, rather upset; it seems Beck is a bit to close to its nest. "...You have to be kidding me." Suddenly the bird dive bombs Beck a few times and the program gets smacked on the head a few times. One eye closing each time. He tries to wave his hand to get rid of the bird, however this leads him to once more losing his balance and crashing into the bush near by with an 'OUF!'. The Dog then jumps into the bush after Beck, which shortly Beck comes jumping out and running across the grass, being chased by the dog still. "Why me?!" Beck yells at the dog as it chases him.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' The huntress rolls her eyes. "Yeah well this is my city and the last time you were here, I recall, you were helping destroy it." In fact, she didn't even know if Morrighan had really severed that tie. Avira doubted she did, given what happened in Hollow Bastion with her and Seith. "Yes, that's exactly what I mean." She seems a little surprised. Morrighan knew about-oh yes, LEXUS. "More or less, that is what happened." Avira says without looking back at the dark elf. As she watches the dog bark, a bus drives down the street, obscuring her vision of the debacle just long enough for Beck to almost fall out. Naturally, she misses it completely. Avira turns back to face Morrighan at this point, her hands on her hips. "So? Have you seen any lost and confused Programs running around?" Behind her back: Beck is getting both barked at by a dog AND divebombed by a bird. He falls into the bush. Then gets chased away by the barking dog.

:'''[[Morrighan Alazne]] has posed:''' ".........." Morrighan just narrowed her eyes, raising a hand slightly as if about to say something, but then thought better of it, instead crossing her arms back. In the end, she wound up just shaking her head in exasperation, watching as the very Program she was looking for got chased away by that dog. "Are you serious?" The mage asked incredulously, rubbing the side of her head to stave off an incoming headache. "He was just..! I mean..." Sigh. Calm down, calm down. No need to lose one's mind over these shenanigans. Eventually managing to regain her calm, Morrighan's eyes followed the direction that Beck and the dog had scrambled off to. "THat program you happen to be looking for was just chased off by that dog." And that was all she said, smirk returning to her face. She was tempted to point in the /wrong/ direction, but...nah. Not today. "They ran off that way while you were busy staring at me." And then Morrighan began to laugh. "But of course, I understand why you would look at me! Ohohohoho~" It's never complete without one of those.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Yes. Beck was being chased by a dog and sadly this meant they were on that side of Central park and heading right for a massive pound? Lake? That massive water section in Central Park. Beck did the one thing that seem to make sense. He jumped in the air, spinning backwards. He snapped out at his disc, letting it clash into the ground right in front of the dog in order to halt it in its tracks. Though the dog did try to snatch the disc on its way back. The poor hound was short and Beck caught his disc about the time he landed in the water just as his helm slid right over his face. The program from Flynn OS, then swam down in the water, mostly then hung out down under the surface to see the dog barking at the water, before he swam away from there, surface and then started to swim across the water for the other side of the lake. Yeah. People were probably giving him some odd looks. After all, was it legal to be swimming in a lake here in Central Park?

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Admittedly, Avira was pretty curious as to how the elf would react to that confrontational statement. She can tell Morrighan was clearly riled but was holding her tongue. Alas. "What?" Avira says blankly to Morrighan's disbelief in Avira missing every single previous instance of Beck being there. When she says that the dog had been chasing her quarry, though, Avira quickly spins around to see that, yes, that dog was chasing off Beck! "...gah! There he is!!" Morrighan makes a little jab about where her eyes had been the whole time and Avira turns bright red. "WHAT!? That's not..." she glares at Morrighan over her shoulder. "I was just being polite!!! It's polite to look at someone when you're talking to them!!! You..you harpy!!" It seems like she WANTS to say more about this accusation but she just stumbles over words awkwardly before opting to take off after Beck. She darts across the street, narrowly avoiding a careening taxi. "Hey!" she calls out to the Program, "Hey wait!!"

:'''[[Morrighan Alazne]] has posed:''' "Of course, of course. Make all the excuses you want, you gorilla~" She replied in an entertained tone, shrugging her shoulders airily as she casually followed along. Waiting for the traffic light to turn red before continuing, Morrighan made her way into Central Park and towards the lake. She had little else to do right now, and this was interesting. "My, I wonder when this one got out though..." She pondered aloud, not really to anyone in particular. It seemed like there were a good handful of these Programs running around now. Not that she really cared for them, but nevertheless- "He is getting away, you had better hurry before something else happens to him~" Yes, she was having fun with this no doubt.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck was still swimming about the time he at last heard the voice on the wind really. He wasn't sure if that was aimed at him or-- the dog. So though the dog did indeed give up, he did look back toward the shore he just came from. His helm however stayed over his head. Though he wasn't sure if he should swim back or-- just keep going across. In some ways, the closer option would be to swim back. So with a soft sigh within the helm, Beck starts to do just that. Swim his way back to shore. If anything it seems like swimming was a normal practice for him, as if he was very use to water and in some ways, he was. The sea of simulation was right off of Argon, as they were a docking city. Many of their data resources came off the sea of simulation in cargo loads. So when you lived right off the sea, you knew how to swim. He then suddenly dives under water. Vanishing from the surface. Yet he was heading toward Avira and Morrighan. So he should surface soon, right? How much do you really know about programs Avira~?

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Struggling to ignore Morrighan's teasing, Avira sprints over the sidewalk and into the grass of Central Park. A tiny person and, by now, pretty athletic (indeed, if Morrighan is astute enough she might even notice that Avira's a bit leaner than she was months ago when they first encountered each other), she's quite swift on her feet. She could easily keep pace with that dog, but the dog has itself a head start. "Hey, stop running! Er. Swimming! Stop swimming! Hold on!" Avira tries to call out to the Program. She catches up and stands on the shore. That dog, though. Avira looks to the dog, lifts a hand, and Go!/" she commands in an oddly harsh voice. It's more than enough to send the animal scampering away, whining. Beck seems to be returning and Avira lets out a breath of relief. She knows that in Central Park, a person could get in some serious trouble for things like swimming in the various bodies of water available. Hopefully he'd be back before anyone ratted him out. But then he disappears beneath the waters and doesn't surface. Avira frowns, but doesn't seem to get any more anxious. Beck is a program. He doesn't breathe, right? So he can't drown in water....right?

:'''[[Morrighan Alazne]] has posed:''' Whether or not Morrighan noticed Avira's leaner build, she didn't say. For all she cared, a gorilla was still a gorilla! And it's not like she wasted all her time staring at that body...and all those scars...and wait a minute. Back to business. "Oh my, striking fear into the hearts of lesser creatures now, are we? I suppose you still are a dog after all." And thus, she threw out a mutate jab. Giggling to herself after, Morrighan's eyes fell upon the lake, watching as Beck swam back...and then dove under the surface. "Oh? Well, this is not quite what you were planning for, was it?" And a grin followed that question. "I wonder, do they need to breathe?" Her eyes twinkled with amusement as she asked. "Perhaps you should go and...check. You /are/ an animal after all. Surely a little swimming is nothing for the likes of you, ohohoho~"

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck suddenly surfaced and did so by pretty much pushing off a bottom rock. He came out of the water and flipped right onto the surface. Water droplets were to sure to find them both. He stood there for a moment between the two women. His black, skin tight, leathery body suit dripping with water. Those lines glowing strong, and he looked at them both for a moment. Their reflection perfectly in the visor. Then the visor face part slid up, before it all flickered back down into the 'collar' of the body suit. Those youthful brown eyes looking right over at Avira for a moment before he raised an eye brow. "I am guessing you were calling for me.. or.. that." He motioned over to where the dog whimped off too. He then lowers down his hand. "..Whatever that is." He then looked over to Morrighan and glanced her over a few times, before he crossed his arms over his chest. "..and you don't look anything like any of the locals. Though that is from light observation." He gave Avira another look over as well. They were not programs. They were more like the people walking around and those who also came into the Arcade. It was pretty interesting really. To bad he could never tell Mara or Zed about this. Though he will need to come up with a good excuse to why he has been missing...

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' The muscles in Avira's shoulders start to tense. If she still were a mutate, the hair on the back of her neck would be standing as Morrighan continues to jab at her. Why was this dark elf following after her anyway!? Was she really THAT amusing?! "That was a beastmaster skill." Avira says mildly, "It allows me to control animals." Inwardly, she sighs. She's never getting away from that dog thing, isn't she? Not as if Morrighan needed a reason to call her a lesser creature, apparently. "I don't think they do, actually. They need to eat though." Hey, she's at least a little informed on how Programs 'work'. And she has been reading those Basic books lately! Her muscles tense again and she looks over her shoulder at the dark elf. "It's against the park rules to swim in the lakes here. Why the hell did you follow me over?!" Then at that precise moment, Beck flips out of the water, splashing Avira and landing quite impressively. Unashamed, she does check him out, eyes eventually falling up on her own reflection in the mirrored helmet he wears. "No, I was calling for you." She folds her arms over her chest. "You shouldn't have gone out alone! The User world is really confusing to Programs, trust me, I know this! ...that was a dog, by the way." Avira gestures in the direction the animal ran off in.

:'''[[Morrighan Alazne]] has posed:''' "Oh. Beastmaster. How fitting." She giggled again at that, hand brought to her mouth but not really attempting to stop. Letting the subject go, she arched a brow lightly at the brief nugget of information imparted about programs. "They have no need for air, but they need to eat. ...How strange." Following Avira's indignant accusation, the dark elf just smiled mockingly and shrugged her shoulders. "I have nothing to do right now and this is mildly entertaining. Mildly-" And then here came Beck! The splash of water that followed caused Morrighan to jump, shielding herself with an arm to avoid getting wet. It didn't help that much. Thankfully it wasn't that much water or else she'd have a different sort of problem! Much like Avira, she unabashedly eyed the Program from the bottom up, taking in the details. And then she blinked a couple times as the visor slid up and around back into his collar. "Oh." For the moment, she just stood back and listened as Avira and Beck spoke, but once he pointed her out, she just shrugged again. "I am...not from around here. Needless to say. I suppose I am like you in a vague sense." Well, it was true. Mostly. She didn't bother saying just what exactly she was or why she was even here though. Minor details! Maybe.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck shifts his weight a bit as he listens to what Avira has to say. He smirks faintly. "Didn't know you people were so worried about me doing a little sight seeing. Trust me, I am use to being thrown in odd situations." Hi Cyrus! He then gives a faint nod. "Right. A dog." He then peers over at the dark elf before looking back at Avira. "Also, really, don't worry about me. Tron wont even know I am gone. I mean, can you blame someone for wanting to do a /little/ exploring?" He says with a sheepish smile. Is this a good time to state Beck is an odd program that he adapts extremely quickly to whatever he is thrown at. Kinda how he got into Abel's line of work really. He then places out his hand to the dark elf. "Well then, nice to meet you. I'm Beck." He then realizes as he looks over at Avira, before also giving her his other hand which he crosses over his other. "Just cause I don't have two right hands." He says with a smile. He hrms as he studies Avira once more. "..You were also there at the Arcade when that virus attacked right?" This-- could get problematic if any of CLU's forces ever got out. Did she know he was that /same/ program??

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Morrighan receives another narrowed-eye look from the huntress. This is followed by another sigh as she turns her attention to the Program. Avira coughs and looks a little sheepish. "Well. You're an okay guy and you helped do a number on LEXUS so yeah, I'm a little worried." At that point it really hits her: she doesn't know who this guy's name is. Despite him claiming to be TRON, he obviously is not TRON. She would ask, but fortunately he has the good sense to introduce himself. "I'm Avira." she says, taking Beck's hand and shaking it. "No relation to the antivirus program which I sure as hell didn't know existed when I renamed myself." Avira was, in fact, supposed to be a homage to her mother's name. She should have kept the d in it. Beck's question is answered with a wordless nod.

:'''[[Morrighan Alazne]] has posed:''' "Ah-" Glancing at the offered hand, Morrighan frowned slightly for a moment before taking it and shaking briefly. "I suppose. I am Morrighan." This talk of the Arcade gave her pause though. "Arcade? Did something happen?" Not that she had anything to do with this, but hey, she was curious! And they mentioned LEXUS...who she hasn't seen in a while. Not since that tree incident anyway. Seemed like most of the Shadow Lords decided to have nothing to do with her, lest they be seen as aiding an enemy of Garland. Not that she really minded all that much in the end. Still, this talk of programs and virus' and whatnot caused her head to spin a little. She wasn't totally ignorant at this point, but all these computer terms still threw her for a loop now and then.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Oh man. This wasn't good. That means she probably came in while he was resting or Tron said something. Damn'it Tron! "I actually never even heard of someone named Avira till now, so no worries." He says with a warm smile, hiding that concern look only to his eyes. "Ahh.." he looks over at Morrighan, "Nothing major! Just some glitches who decide it be fun to hit up a place." He gives a light shrug before crossing his arms over his chest once more. "We had to run them off before they did some high level damage."

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' There weren't that many other random Programs running around Manhattan that Avira didn't know! In fact, Avira knew a pretty good number of them, period. Funny how that happens. "Yeah, your former buddy LEXUS brought some biker gang by to trash the place. He had a bone to pick with-" she looks to Beck, "...a mutual friend." Former indeed. She saw LEXUS side with Garland at that 'tree incident.' Yet Morrighan still seemed to be on good terms with Seith. Not all Shadow Lords really worked together, did they? Avira takes a moment to look around confirming that, yes, they're attracting a little bit of attention all dressed like that. Some New Yorkers just ignore it, though, desensitized to the weird. "But like Beck says, it was taken care of." Avira smirks.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' Beck gave a gentle nod of his head to Avira. He may have to talk with her later or-- he is going to just have to cross his fingers, but maybe he was just being paranoid. Yeah. Just being paranoid. He got here by luck chance. It was unlikely CLU and them would get here. Even more so if he found the means to maybe see if they could alter the coordinates of.. whatever that thing was. "Yep. Nothing more to see." He then looks off to the distance as his pupils flicker with a gentle blue light for a moment. He then narrows his eyes gently. He then looks back over at the dark elf. "Well, it was nice to meet you Morrighan. Hopefully we can meet again before I head back home." Beck gives her a warm smile, before he turns to face Avira. "But ok. Alright. Lets head back and I'll be a good program next time and not run off on my own. Though how am I suppose to contact you guys anyways?"

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' How are they going to send Beck back home, Avira realizes. Well. TRON probably knew something. A lot of somethings, really! There was quite a bit about the data-world that she didn't know. "Yeah, let's get back." Avira's quick to supply, perhaps interested in evacuating Morrighan's presence. She could only stand so much of that harpy at a time! "Oh, for that, we'll get you a Ma Belle. It's the communication device we use to get in touch with each other in this world." Avira pulls out her own and shows it off. It's a pretty basic-level Ma Belle-not one of the fancy smartphone-style kind. "One of these."

:'''[[Morrighan Alazne]] has posed:''' "I see..." So LEXUS was up to his old shenanigans. "That sounds just like him." But of course, that has nothing to do with her after all. A casual shrug of the shoulders was all she offered as response. "Well, I suppose you have already pat yourselves on the back for doing such a good job of driving him and his minions off." The slowly growing number of onlookers gave Morrighan pause and she glanced aside at them. "...Hmph. They act as if they have never seen an elf before." No, they haven't. Most of them anyway. With a shake of her head, she turned back to Beck, nodding lightly. "Yes, I suppose you have not been utterly insufferable. Like certain other people I could mention." Avira is given a pointed glare at that. With this nonsense out of the way though, there was little more reason for the dark elf to stick around. And so she turned away. "I will be taking my leave then. Do try to avoid drawing the ire of dogs and birds again, hm?" And with that, a dark portal opened. Morrighan stepped through, the portal closing behind her as she disappeared from Central Park. The response from those who happened to be looking was something she would have found entertaining. Shame she couldn't stick around for it.

:'''[[Beck]] has posed:''' eck studies the device for a moment. His eyes giving it a quick inspection. "Huh." he grins. "Neat." Then his turns to watch suddenly the elf leave through-- a portal? He raises an eye brow as his hands come down by his sides. "That is-- not something you see every cycle." Though it does get some gasps and a few claps, and who knows what else. Beck starts to get that impression they should really move on. He actually takes Avira by the hand, not really thinking much of it, cause in the Flynn OS the only 'user' they know of his Flynn. Who created nearly all programs there. Top of that, they didn't really understand the concept of users, cause again-- only one-- and he was more like a god to them. "Come on, before we get these on lookers coming over here and start asking /us/ questions." He then goes to pull her along, if she sticks with him he will only hold her hand for a moment, if she doesn't budge he wont hold on either. However the Flynn Arcade is looking like a /great/ place to be right now. He did have to wonder silently about that really. Like why was it almost a duplicate of Flynn's home on the Grid? How was it connected to here? Why was it? He may have to pick Tron's memory about this later. He hasn't had much time to think on it till now!

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Avira seems super relieved to see Morrighan go. It isn't like she liked her or anything!! But when she sees those smokey wisps of darkness that are made from those portals, Avira seems to freeze up for a few seconds, staring apprehensively off into the darkness. A small whimper escapes her and she takes a step backwards. She only seems to come out of this strange state when Beck makes contact, taking her hand. She seems a little surprised by this. "U-uh-" She gets tugged along before she's suddenly moving along next to him. "Right, let's get back." Quickly, she shoves her own Ma Belle back into her pocket.

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Somedays

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|Date of Scene=2013/06/20
|Location=Upper Archades
|Synopsis=There are just some days when you really need a break from it all. No matter what your position in life may be.
|Cast of Characters=Riku, Gabranth
|pretty=yes
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:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' It was actually a stormy day in Archades. Rain was pouring down which halted all construction crews and perhaps threaten to undo some of what they had already done. A few homes had been brought back up to spec, at least those that could have been easily repaired. Some others however had not have such a luxury, beyond themselves doing their own house repairs to hold them over. Nobleman have been brought down to the level of commoners, the military in not such better condition. Yet life goes on. Archadians are a strong people. They do not break easily, nor do they bend for anyone. So long as House Solidor stands, so shall their people. Gabranth however was-- not having such a wonderful day with the weather. It started with his frustrations in office and him at last going that he was stepping out. They asking him what was wrong and him simply going, life. This lead to him actually not being /IN/ armor for once and not even his swords on him (gasp). Instead he was walking around Archades like a slum citizen with a hood vest, with the very hood over his head, thanks to Rabanastre fashion; cause yay deserts. His hands tucked into his denim jeans and a dark brown leather jacket over the very vest for some added protection. He was mostly just walking in the rain like an idiot really. Those amber eyes glowing in a great deal of frustration and with each step, he was almost at the point of just-- running. Running from.. what though? Perhaps that was the very reason he has yet to run, because it would solve nothing and perhaps release some tension; but that tension would only return two fold. The curse sometimes though of walk when your not in normal attire, is you also don't pass off for who you are. This is the very case when Gabranth runs accidentally into one of the Judges. Not exactly a good idea. Even worse that he doesn't acknowledge it. "Hey!" The judge barks out as Gabranth keeps walking, then starts to speed up his own pace to catch up with the hooded man. "Stop right there!"

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Riku returned from island vacation to an almost solid sheet of storms. The last couple of days in fact it had been nothing but sodden gloom. He was sore almost from scalp to toes because those extra days he had wandered away had put him considerably behind in his accelerated training. Something of which he had been reminded of.. rather painfully. When he hadn't been training he had been out with the refugee camps (and oddly enough, spent long hours in quiet and peace with only the occasional looter to deal with. Heartless never seemed to be in the places he was) Riku didn't think he had the energy to pull himself back to his temporary housing, his apartment having been mostly demolished in the fall. The sword at his hip was the one he had been given by Gabranth and he held it there with an idle hand as he walked, hand resting on the hilt as he walked through the rain. He had always liked rain, even though it had been so rare on Destiny Islands. So he turned his face up to it where it patters over the mirror shades shielding his eyes. The voice of a judge split his idle thoughts and he looked idly over where the disturbance was. Riku wore a bronze duster, one of the new clothes he'd bought himself just before the fall and one of the only pieces he'd salvaged. The red glyph of Archades was scorched into the back of the coat. Obvious, yes. But sometimes a little obvious was needed. The partially armored youth called out. "Hey. There a problem here?" with slightly raised eyebrows, not quite quickening his pace yet.

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' One of the Archadian Soldiers who happen to be the area looked over to Riku as he asked his question. "Sir, it seems our commanding Judge was.. bumped into by the man he is now going after and with the disturbances in Lower Archades Sector.." It was kinda easy to put two and two together here. People were going to get on edge and even more so as time continues to march along. After all, Heartless is what sunk their world, even if they were somehow spared. The Judge who however was after the hooded Man at last caught up with him. "When I order you to stop..." The hooded man suddenly yanked his arm away, those amber eyes easy to see under the shadow of the hood. "I will stop when I so desire too. Do so again and I /will/ have you on the ground." "Are you threatening me, civilian?" The Judge was about to go for his sword. "That is an offense that you could be arrested for." The hooded figure then places his hand up to his forehead. There was a deep inhale of air, before he then lowers his hand. "Right.." "Right what?" Somewhere in the middle of this the Archadian Solider gives a shrug to Riku. "Though I do believe our commanding officer is a bit.. to on edge, sir. He has a daughter at home. She is only five.."

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Riku looks at the situation and nods. Everyone was on edge. And nobody needed somebody half their age telling them what they should or shouldn't do. "Yeah. I'd be on edge too." he says quietly to the Archadian soldier. "There you are." he barks in about as commanding of a tone as he could muster. He jogs up to the commanding judge and nods to them. "Thanks. I'd been looking for this one. He's part of my group. We just got off shift and we're all tired, and it's raining." he explains. Not questioning authority (or really not lying at all. Honest~) "We'll get out of your hair, yeah?" he raises a hand in thanks and farewell. He pointedly does not tell or even look at the hooded person in question.

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' The Archadian Soldier just watches Riku jot up to where the hooded figure and the Judge is. They will stay out of this. The Judge however looks over at Riku when he comes over. He gives a minor grunt as suddenly Riku speaks. So many young Judges popping up now, but it was orders. It was needed in these times. He doesn't reply right away. He looks at the figure, then at Riku and glances off to the side. "Fine. Very well. Just make sure they remember their place." The Hooded figure almost /peers/ at the Judge. If Gabranth was in a better mood this conversation would /highly/ amuse him. However, he is not in a good mood. So it agitates him right now. He gives a faint nod and then just follows Riku. "Did you have a good vacation?" Gabranth at last says speaking up as they continue to walk. "You probably should have stayed at it longer."

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Riku snorts, pushing up his shades and falling into step as they walk through the streets. "Waited any longer and I would have died instantaneously on coming back. You were NOT kidding about accelerated." he chuckles faintly even though it makes his chest ache and shrugs one shoulder. "But yeah-- I had a good vacation. Alma dragged me to Hawaii which is probably the closest that I will get to Destiny Islands for a long time. It was nice." He looks over his shoulder at the commanding judge and shakes his head. "A lot of scared, angry people. I'm not surprised the heartless have returned here to hunt." he sighs but doesn't say anything else. He doesn't ask what they were doing out here. If they wanted to say, they would say. If not-- it was a big city, and there was a lot of walking to do (even if he felt like falling over).

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' "Aye. It is a brutal side of things, but it is needed to be done." Gabranth states his face still hidden by the hood. "Though I-- I honestly.. don't even want to talk about Archades and the problems right now." He actually admits. He actually /says/ it! Its the end of the world! Gabranth doesn't want to do his job!! GASP! "What is this Hawaii like?" He asks looking over at Riku at last. "I have never been there before. Though that shouldn't be to surprising." He says with a soft laugh, though it didn't last long.

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Riku mmns and files that away. He rubs the back of a gloved hand with his fingers before putting a steadying hand back on the sword to keep it from slapping against his leg with every step. "It's better in person than described, but I'm trying to keep that down so I don't get fall into bad habits again." he snorts faintly at that and then just starts in. "It's a series of islands in the middle of a sparkling blue-green ocean. It used to be a place for tourists and once belonged as part of a world like Manhattan. It's got it's own culture and it's own way of doing things. It's a bright and cheerful land of golden beaches and tropical plantlife. Some of the islands are active or semi-active volcanoes. Which led to no end of evil volcano lair jokes and spy movie asides because Alma and I have similar tastes in Manhattanite movies." he chuckles. "It's mostly a place crafted for the fun of other people. Some places are zoos or living preserves of sea creatures. Others are boating or fishing or surfing, which is riding a wave on a plank of waxed material for recreation. It actually kind of fun." he chuckles again very faintly. "Darkness doesn't even seem to have laid it's mark on the place at all. Not really."

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' "Sounds like a beautiful place to live." Gabranth says softly. "Perhaps even a nice place to retire to one day. Have a nice little home up on some stilts overlooking the ocean." He gives a soft grin, trying to lighten his own mood a bit. Damn rain. "How is Alma doing? You and her seeming to be spending a great deal of time together." A playful grin can be seen slowly crossing over his visible features. "She is a rather cute young lady."

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' "Yeah." Riku says as he turns his face away towards the city streets. "And about as willing to manipulate others emotionally or otherwise as any Shadow Lord I've ever met." And-- that came out a little harsher than perhaps he intended. He fidgets with his shades and shakes his head. "Look. It's not like.." he shrugs one shoulder, rubbing the back of his neck. "I /DON'T/ like her. I just." he laughs softly. "I've been handed this 'I'm cute and innocent and harmless' when I know someone very shrewd and ruthless lives inside. So forgive me a little doubt alongside all the rest of the eh.. well.. normal stuff."

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' Gabranth listens to what Riku has to say about Alma and nods his head gently. He then goes to step under some old part of a bridge to get out of the rain for a bit, pulling back his hood and rubbing his hand through his short blond hair trying to get some of the water out of it that did escape in. "So, you are not sure if you can trust her because you are waiting for that darker side to show itself?" The Judge of Ambition asks before taking off his jacket and giving that a good shake as well. May as well make use of the shelter for a bit. "Can't blame you really. Since she has come here, trouble has only followed. However, she is very skillful and she has yet to demonstrate that darker side. If and when it shows up, we will deal with it. Just--" He frowns as he realizes he is sliding back in some ways to his 'job'. "..Mm." Gabranth then looks over to Riku, before putting back on the jacket and then going to rest his hand on his shoulder. "And doubt is common, Riku. We all have doubts and insecurities. That is being hume-- and being alive." He then gives a bit of a pat before his hand moves away. "Sometimes our doubts can be wrong, yet when they are, the reward that follows is far more rewarding. Wouldn't you say, my brother?" He gives a smile, before he looks out toward the city, watching the rain just fall now. "I was worried about you. You have made quiet the impact on me and perhaps even on the other Judge Magisters. I.. I am glad fate has brought us together and has allowed you to be my brother." He chuckles. "Just-- thought I would say that encase I never have the chance too."

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' "Honestly some days I don't think I can trust /myself/ let alone anyone else." Riku mutters dourly, taking his shades off and tucking them away now that they were away from people. He was still touchy about that apparently, and even in a week or two past the assault, his eyes had never gone back to normal. He shrugs, saying only "Mmnh." and looking out at the city and the rain until Gabranth puts a hand on his shoulder. He looks a little surprised, raising his eyebrows a bit before he awkwardly crosses his arms as he listens, looking down at his shoes. "yeah.. I guess so." he chuckles, grinning sidelong at Gabranth. "I guess Judge Magisters wear armor all the time because otherwise they get softened up and start to melt in the rain." He wraps his hands around his ribs and rocks back on his heels back and forth a time or two, but he buries the expression of worry that flashes across his face. He buries it and knocks it out with a shovel. "I'm never going to let you live down taking me in, you realize." he moves to a perch not too far away, sliding down into a sitting position gratefully. "It's funny. I'd just got chipped and chipped away until I had to finally admit that people are important. And now I'm not going to let go of that. Whatever happens.. that's something I'm going to keep with me."

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' Gabranth just leans against the wall as Riku sits. He listens to what the younger Judge has to say as he closes his eyes. Allowing the rain to be a soothing sound for once. Though he did not Riku's gold eyes, he doesn't bring it up in conversation. "I hope you don't ever let it down, Riku." Gabranth admits softly. "And I am glad you wont let go of it either.." He opens his eyes and looks down at Riku. "Because even in the darkest of times, it will give you strength when you need it. The strength to carry on and fight on." The Judge Magister closes his eyes once more. "After all, life is a precious thing, not something to be squandered or wasted and friendship.. friendship is even more precious, as it is the very threads that hold us together.. yet can be easily so knotted and tangled." Gabranth frowns a little. "But if we forget friendship and we forget those who care for us, then we too, lose ourselves and find only bitterness that remains." Gabranth chuckles softly, if not almost starts to laugh. "Mm. Philosophical conversations to a rainy day." He then opens his eyes and a hint of sadness is there. "Sorry if, you are not one for such things."

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Riku chuckles. "I've somewhat gotten used to it. It's a favored topic of detectives, confused immortals, angry mercenaries, awkward white mage astronomers and struggling Judge-Cadets. We all go to the same stores apparently for the soapboxes we want to stand on." He looks out at the city, boots bumping against the stone and scraping lightly across the sodden ground. "Sometimes there is food involved. Often, just people who need things to be said. Who need something to believe in because it gets loud and cluttered in your head when everything is pulling a million directions at once." Riku shrugs one shoulder. "You get used to that too. One way or another.." He puts his hands in his lap, half curled into fists as he sets them on his knees as he shifts position gingerly to get slightly more comfortable. "You have anywhere you'd like to go? I mean-- there is more to life than work." he teases. "Even if paperwork if stuffed in all the cracks like a bad filing cabinet. But I mean, actually /see/ places and not have to be constrained by being a judge or even a representative of Archades."

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' Gabranth keeps his eyes closed and just listens to Riku and the rain. He doesn't anything as Riku goes through his list of thing until he finishes and asks his question, which Gabranth only 'hrms' too for a moment. His hand hidden on the other side from Riku tenses, before he relaxes gently. "Yes." He says softly. "At times-- I would like too. Like right now. To hide away from the responsibility placed upon me. However I am leashed by a spiked collar." His eyes open. "Gramis Solidor is dead. Larsa Solidor is missing. Vayne Solidor is now the ruler of the House and he is dissolving the Senate." Gabranth looks over to Riku. "Of all the Judges and Judge Magisters, my leash, because of my connections to Vayne's father-- is the tightest of all. I so much breath wrong and Vayne will know of it. If I step foot out of Archades without reasons, I will be questioned for it." The Judge Magister shakes his head softly. "Vayne does not trust me as his father did, for he knows what his father used me for. As such, I.. am.." His words fall silent as he just holds his mouth open for a time, before he closes it. Then he slowly shifts down, taking a seat on the ground. Looking for once, completely lost on what to do. A grown man. Unknowing what to do. Silence just now finding him.

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Trapped. Riku chews over this information in silence. He's read more than enough Archadian politics and history to know that dissolving the senate, putting all that power into the hands of one man? It shouldn't happen. No matter who the man was. He'd heard the speech as well as everyone else had. It was a great speech.. but it gave him a very.. very bad feeling that he hasn't divulged to anyone. Especially not Gabranth or Zargabaath. Although he'd never actually met the youngest son of the Solidor house, Larsa being out there somewhere as a captive would spur a lot of people (or give an excuse for) a lot of.. reckless things. "His surveillance net can't be too good right now." Riku says softly, chewing the side of his mouth thoughtfully as he looks around. "Not yet. And you've got to have some time free. A little bit at least if you left your office and came out here to nearly thrash the local judges." Riku smirks at this, giving Gabranth a side long glance. He shakes his head. "No. I refuse to accept it. Lord Vayne may be ruler of Archades and he might not like you, but he can't be everywhere. I respect the rules your honor, but you need to get out of here. Just for a few hours. Come on." he gestures for Gabranth to come closer. "Let's just go. Just pick a place and go. Or hell-- NOT pick one, although that can get considerably more chancy."

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' Gabranth glances up at Riku and raises an eye brow. He sighs softly, before he then goes to stand up. "I can't argue with logic." He says with an amused smile. "Zargabaath and I have trained you to well. You know how to work around us." This caused him to actually give a true laugh and soft smile. He then extended out his arm to grasp a hold of Riku, before he suddenly goes to pull him into a brotherly hug for a moment. Then inhales deeply and gives a nod. "Lets take a chance and see what comes. After all, what is the fun of life if you play it safe? Hm?" He then gives a grin.

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Ooof. Gabranth uses HUG.exe -- It's super effective. Riku ghacks softly, caught off guard and drawn in inexorably. "Well, the teachers I had ended up being tough bastards. They apparently had to be to put up with nonsense above and beyond the pale." he chuckles, rubbing a hand through his hair. "Alright." and in actually fashion of someone who's learned at least a /little/ about security he checks the surrounding area in a somewhat idle fashion (or idle-looking fashion) before flexing his hands and frowning slightly. He takes the shades back out, putting them over his eyes as he opens up a portal in the floor, the wide smear of darkness looking like no more than an oily puddle save it gave back no reflection. "Watch that first step" he teases, before stepping into the portal and dropping out of sight.

Home Is Where The...

2013-06-22T02:44:06Z

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{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/06/20
|Location=Flynn's Arcade
|Synopsis=TRON gets ready to hook up the server that was once taken from Flynn's Arcade and gets the computer ready. What he and others don't know is what is about to take place when its all said and done...
|Cast of Characters=Will Sherman, Avira, Deelel, LEXUS, TRON, Isaac Hanlon, Ramza Beoulve, Artemis Eurus, Marche Radiuju, Ritz Malheur, Renegade
|Tinyplot=TRON Train
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' Flynn's Arcade is silent from the outside, locked up tight with only the blinking flicker of security cameras around the building's perimeter. Save for the flickering of arcade game lights from within, a casual passerby could be forgiven for believing it is still just as abandoned as it has always been. That couldn't be further from the truth. It has been a busy past few hours for 'Alan', Deelel, and anyone assisting them down in the hidden basement, where the newly-built laser has been stored. After their shopping trip last night for computer components, it has taken them the rest of the night and the majority of the day to put everything together. Alan is in the basement, wearing the same clothes as he did last night, door ajar and the TRON arcade machine at the top of the stairs moved to the side to allow relatively easy passage. He sits in a dusty rolling-chair at the temporary desk upon which the computer tower, monitor, and even the mouse and keyboard are resting. The monitor itself shows the installation progress of the OS that had been salvaged from ShinRa, with the rest of the necessary software already queued for installation. The laser itself is aimed off to the side, already connected but without any directives to command it. By now, there is little anyone else can do as far as computers are concerned, so a break has been called. Pizza had been delivered and drinks grabbed from the nearby corner convenience store. The games' reliance on quarters also allows anyone to play the games to pass the time, also providing a test run of what games work and which ones don't. The jukebox is also very much so functional, but the volume seems to have been turned down somewhat to make conversation easier and its playlist may still only have early 80's hits... unless Deelel has already gotten to it?

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Avira, who is most certainly NOT an antivirus program, joined up with TRON and Deleel the previous night. At the time they had been acting as humans so Avira behaved accordingly. For the most part. Save for a few awkward questions, there were no incidents and Avira had happily helped them pick up what remaining computer components they needed. When it comes to curiosity, Avira had plenty of it, especially where it concerns that OS they got from ShinRa. Was that even compatable? Somehow it seemed to be working. Avira has sat herself down on a pile of discarded carboard boxes. Despite her small frame, her weight is depressing the box, making it a poor chair. But for now, it works, and it gives her a good place to sit so she can chow down on some pizza. "Randomly." Avira interjects, "This is actually the first time I've had pizza in a while." As usual, she feels an overwhelming amount of peace while in this world-which is actually to be expected. In spite of recent certain experiences in corridors of darkness, she seems to be holding up alright here.

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' So cleaning up the Arcade. It was a harmless activity. A way he could aid VALKYRI without actually appearing like he was /affiliated/ with them. And also a good way to unwind before an inevitable confrontation with a Lucavi in Fluorgis Besides his reputation in Traverse Town wasn't so terrible, they didn't exactly care if a wanted heretic was in town. And he'd done much to protect the town in the past. So nothing could possibly go wrong. Right? So to pass the time, he was actually trying one of those new fangled video games. One particular game had caught his eye. As a bearded man ran across the screen in heart printed boxer shorts, while the heretic worked at the joystick, he idly stated to Artemis, "So, I'm not certain why a single stout blow takes off Ser Arthur's armor.. nor why he throws his lance. And why does he have an infinite supply of them? Does he have some invisible squire that delivers them to him?" He munched idly on a slice of pizza, "I must admit, though this repast? It is fantastic."

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' Will is crashing, because crashing is what hobos do best. Nobody is sure when he got here, he just seemed to materialize when Pizza was being served. Right now, he is holding an entire pizza hostage, and eating like he hasn't eaten in days. Will is easy going...despite the pressure of the world on him because of Avira's trip through darkness...the constant harrassment of this Garland Creep of her and Mercade, of Feige and her torture of his little sisters, or Faruja and his Lucavii problems...right now he's able to unwind a little as stuff was going down. "...So I don't get it, what's the big deal anyway?" he never had been to the Grid before, so this was going to be an experience. He peeks over Ramza's shoulder, "It's a video game...you just have to accept certain contrivances...like sometimes in a story a noble has a kid with a not noble, then acknowledges him as their son. Stuff like that." Munch. He looks at Avira, "...Sup?"

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Artemis leans by Ramza, watching with a certain interest at the video game he plays, vaguely amused by Ramza's reactions. She's only slightly more familiar with the technology, though it does not quite appeal to her as it does to him. Sure, it seemed interesting enough, but she'd rather actually spar or hunt monsters than pretend to do it in a video game. Such a jock. Artemis nods to Will, then smiles at his cheeky comment. "Indeed, whoever heard of such a thing," she comments, looking around then toward the others. There was pizza. Pizza was interesting. Perhaps she should have some. Seems so...greasy though. As if she had to worry about such things with the active life she lead.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' Isaac did /not/ crash here the other day. He also did not show up to eat their pizza. He /did/, however, hear that something was going on in an arcade that hadn't seen any recent use, and one that he'd been admittedly considering sneaking into to check out its stock of machines. You know, if he couldn't find the owner to convince them he was a prospective buyer or collector. Sometimes they had gems. "It's just an abstraction for gameThere are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.' He has his hands in his coat pockets (yes, plural) and is looking around the arcade with obvious interest. "Pizza's a universal constant, though. I haven't met someone who hasn't found a kind they like."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel has been working pretty much all night since she returned to the Arcade with others from he part shopping trip. Things have been busy down in the basement good thing she's not been needed a rest cycle because there was a heck of lot of work to do down there. She'd made sure to get some water about for anyone working she knows any users would need that come sooner or later. It seems someone was on the ball for the Pizza as well nothing better than New York Pizza, though Deelel has never had anything else. She looks up from where she's working and just makes a bit of a face for a moment and looks over at Ramza for a moment. "It really is fantastic. As for the games they are games really. Though not in the sort I was used to back home on Encom or my home."

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' The computer is indeed at work loading up all this stuff. Processes of code fly across the screen as everything was being loaded up, not even just the OS itself, but also all the old commands. Codes. Everything that made the server work. A little progress bar moves along contently at the bottom with the percentage number just rolling away counting up to one hundred percent. One it gets there, a little question pops up waiting for confirmation. Do you wish to continue? Y/N Your typical stuff when dealing with computers, yet something goes-- odd about the server. Where it should have waited, the monitor starts to freak out a little bit, as if something doesn't like someone knocking on its door. The screen flickers a bit more with odd symbols and marks. A warning really of what is about to happen, as TRON may catch some of the code. The very OS, the very system, was calling up the laser and a count down was starting with no way to stop it. The laser itself was actually slowly turning on as it pivoted this way and that. Little sparks flying from where it sat at due to maybe some malfunction. Or perhaps this very thing /shouldn't/ be happening. Yet any attempt to abort it seemed hopeless. The system wasn't taking any commands. To pull the plug on the laser could be dangerous. Cause after all, maybe it was Kevin Flynn himself attempting to access back home or perhaps something far worse. All that could be done was to allow the show to take place. As for the main arcade... Suddenly the power started to fluctuate a bit as the laser started to pull on the power of the Arcade. Those playing video games probably would notice this the most as it started to cause all the video games to reset several times; That can't be good on the hardware. The Jukebox also started to have some issues as well, as it was caught trying to move over to the next spot on the record of the Billboard hits. Back down in the basement.. The Laser starts to shift positions again, as if trying to get an exact beat on.. something. Yet it wasn't firing on anything here. It was as if it was indeed looking for a proper spot to digitize something to the real world. Suddenly a green beam fires out and starts to form a pattern in the air. Welp. We know where this is going to be heading soon!

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' Alan watches the screen careefully as the OS installs. Avira needn't worry, this OS originally came from this particular place, so it should reinstall with no issues. Certainly no conflicts. When the progress bar reaches 100-percent and awaits User input, Alan reaches over towards the 'Y' key--but never gets so far as to actually press it before the computer acts completely on its own. Screens overlay each other, data reflecting onto the lenses of Alan's glasses as he hurriedly but futilely attempts to type /something/ to slow the deluge of sudden information and subsequent action. What is happening becomes brutally clear as the remade digitizing laser spins to life, actually readjusting itself to find a decent-enough target area for... something. Alan has no experience with this issue, as it was a rather automated system from his perspective--one moment, he was in the Grid version of this room, sitting at the computer, and pressed a button... then a moment of vertigo and he was... here. The lights flicker, the sounds of game machines sputter as the power fluctuates from a sudden energy draw. "Do not come down here!" He shouts up the stairs to the others in the building, shooting out of his chair to physically block the only way in-or-out. He doesn't know what's going on, but he won't let anyone charge down here and possibly worsen the situation. A green laser shoots to an upper back corner, away from anything important such as the computer system or stairs, but Alan doesn't budge. His eyes widen behind his glasses as a green wire-frame appears in the shape of a person, then individual square bits start filling in as the laser begins an almost pew-pew-pew sound. Too early to tell specifics, only that it's a person. Someone is coming through, just as TRON and Deelel had before.

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' Certain, contrivances. Ramza nearly chokes on the last bite of his slice of pizza, and the man on the screen gets struck by a scythe from death itself before literally collapsing into a pile of bones. Game Over. Continue? Ramza gives Will a wry look, and chuckles with good-natured cheer. "Ser Sherman, If I didn't know any better I would think that you avered that my own life story is false." The youngest Son of the Beoulve family then tries to wrest a single slice of Will's hostage pizza away, after all it looked like it needed rescuing. Believe it or not, he actually does not jump right in when everything stares to go haywire, he stays at the top of the stairs given that Alan is blocking their way down, he just waits, and listens.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "Hey Will." Avira grins at the magically appearing hobo king. No, she's not distressed to have him suddenly just THERE. It was definitely a Will thing-nothing to be alarmed about. "Save some for the rest of us, will you?" The scarred woman smirks at him. A laugh escapes her as Ramza puzzles through the mechanics of a video game, "Don't worry about it. They can't make it entirely accurate. Real life is too complicated. And boy do I know /that/." Long training sessions with Angantyr months ago dispelled any notion from Avira that becoming a badass adventurer would just be a matter of 'leveling up.' Isaac shows up and Avira brightens just a little more. "Hey Isaac. How's it going?" She tries not to look for too long at his, well, 'arm' but she really can't help it. If she gets notice, though, she'll quickly shift her gaze to that shirt of his. Inevitably she does snicker at the binary joke. The lights flicker ominously and simultaneously, the arcade cabinets around her flicker off and on, resetting. "What the..." frowning, she stuffs the rest of her slice of pizza into her mouth and immediately following after will. "Hey! Hey Alan, is everything okay down there?!"

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' "Okay!" Will says, taking the pizza downstairs. "Sorry gota go mess with things!" Will says towards the people upstairs. Why avoid danger when you can /jump right in/! "Hey so what's going on in this thread?" he says using lingo that is updated due to the fact that he's talking to a program. Eyes. "Hi Isaac, bye Isaac!" he says, and looks back at Ramza, "What? I don't get it?" He says, and continues on down to harrass Alan.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel pauses for a moment as she looks at Isaac's shirt she starts laughing, having to stop eating the slice of pizza she was consuming. It's so funny it's amazing humour to her. She might have trouble breathing if she needed to. She's not even sure if she needs to really. She manages to regain control and just seems to be in a good mood. Hopefully all their work is going to pay off very well when all was said and done. She heads back down at this point just as things get interesting with the system boot up. She does go over once she's down in the basement to watch the system boot up. She doesn't think about what's going on fully on the other end just for a second. She notices as everything has a lot of problems and she pauses for a moment something is not right something isn't right at all as there's a spike from the Laser powering up. She realizes what's going on here as she calls back. "DO NOT COME DOWN!" Mac it, who knows what could be coming out at this point. Then Will comes down and she says "The laser it's powering up..." This could be bad this could be good she has no idea who or what could be coming out there. She's already reaching for the disc on her back an she looks to be very much on edge.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' Isaac raises his left hand, giving a casual two-finger salute in greeting. He walks around the Arcade for a minute, peering at the cabinets with a sense of wide-eyed wonder. He's smiling a little bit as he reads some of the displays. He pauses, peering between cabinets. "Little better. Got a prototype to play with," he says, lifting his right arm -- it moves a little stiffly -- and opening and closing the hand on it. "And I heard there was an arcade being cleaned up that I might be able to get free play credits at." He grins slyly. Then... things start to flicker, and little resets happen. Isaac looks up immediately. Not seeing anything clinging to the ceiling, he keeps walking. He steps into the main aisle, pausing mid-stride and staring at the passage behind the machine. "Uh..." Isaac glances at whoever is still upstairs. Most everyone is running downward. "So we're going to all blatantly ignore the warning, right," he remarks, as if it's a fact. Isaac stands at the top of the stairs. "Is everything okay?" he calls. He keeps an eye on the door instead of running down to see what's happening, because /someone/ has to.

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Artemis straightens, reaching for the hilt of her sword as the lights begin to dim and flicker, the game machines going nutty. Some kind of electrical surge? Not exactly something to get up in arms about, but Artemis has a pretty keen sense when it comes to danger. The kind of life she lives, you have to or you don't live very long. TRON's voice calling confirms trouble. Artemis looks to Ramza, smiling softly. "Here we go again."

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' The grimoire led him here. Truth be told, Marche does not know why it led him here. He doesn't quite know the reasoning behind the travel or the details of these strange worlds. However, this time, it lead them HOME. Or some variation of it. Marche does not know. It is tough, given that he would be like a normal kid again. However, he is led to the arcade. Here he is, arriving at the arcade. In front of him is the grimoire, which glows with a faint light. Passing by the games, he does notice the games resetting a couple of times. There was an instinctive urge to go up and play one of them, but.. this is no time to play the arcades, as tempting as it is. No, he does see a few familiar faces. "..Huh? The Hobo King?" One of the few people who stuck up for him. He feels like he is forgetting something. It is something that he shouldn't forget. No. Someone. His Warden. 

:'''[[Ritz Malheur]] has posed:''' Marche certainly isn't forgetting Ritz, because she's been following him around since the incident on the Giza Plains. Even if it's been at a distance, using a Clan of rabbit-women to stalk him like an animal. That's a responcible use of a Clan's resources, right? The fate of the world may or may not be at stake, don't you judge. The pink haired girl comes jogging up in Marche's wake, forcing her way through the doors to the arcade. Huff, puff. "Marche!" She announces. "Wait. Up!" She starts stomping over to catch up with her friend, his book, and possibly destiny. At least two of those things, anyway.

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' The Digital laser continues its wonders. As the blocks start to get filled in with a person floating it seems in mid air, by the posture, completely caught off guard by this as much has Alan was. The laser starts to move faster and faster to fill in the data. The laser now splitting its lines going from two, three, up to five lines of lasers firing at once to fill in the data rapidly. Soon more details where starting to be made out. The figure was male, agile, perhaps a bit strong. Actually as it keeps forming it starts to take a strange appearance. Like someone a few would know, it also wasn't a user. User's don't wear circuity lines on their body-suits. Yet the details were still hard to make out. Yet the more details that keep being made. The more obvious it started to become. This was another TRON... (( Image: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8217/8427952128_80f1846195_b.jpg ))

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' Soon the lights stopped flickering, the arcade went back to normal and suddenly the juke box went back to playing tunes. The song that it at last got itself to play. Michael Jackson's Beat it - http://youtu.be/TA_kyd6A-iw The newly appeared program that was nearly a spitting image of TRON's body with a white helm, and black full face visor hiding his face. The T was on his chest. The lines were all right. However graceful landing was not included in this digitizing process. The program crashes down onto the ground with a hard 'ouf!' that escapes out. He lays there for a moment, before slowly sitting up. "...what.." He says softly, until he suddenly notices, well, a ton of things that was /NOT/ right. "Frag.." The Tron(?) quickly jumps up to his feet and glances around the room quickly. His hand however was moving back for his desk as he went to take a step back, though he bumped right into the wall. It takes him a moment to register all the faces. All the details of the room. None of this was right. Yet he suddenly comes to look at Alan, with the man's own face reflected in the black visor; along with the rest of the room. Alan's face dead in the center of the visor. "...How can you look like.." "..how is that even.."

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' Alan spares a look back over his shoulder as everyone starts gathering either at the top of the stairs or trying to come down towards him. Deelel, fortunately, manages to get to the forefront of the group and keep the more curious ones such as Will or Avira from advancing further down than about halfway. "The laser activated!" He calls back, sounding like he doesn't know what's going on any better than anyone else does. "Someone's coming through! Stay upstairs!" The form builds from a wire-mesh frame to... No. He knows that suit. Knows the layout of the circuitry lines and the colors, even though the helmet is completely new. Anyone who could catch a glimpse of Alan's face would see the most perfect example possible of downright uncomprehensible shock. His face goes lax, his jaw somehow not falling to the floor, his face goes completely white, and his whole stance staggers as the hullabaloo behind him is completely forgotten in light of what's going on right in front of him. He doesn't move from the bottom of the staircase, apparently bracing himself against the walls for a moment. He has literally bluescreened. The laser powers off just as suddenly as it had activated, dropping the figure to the ground, and the computer shuts down in an automatic reboot. Subsequently, the lights calm down, the pounding intro tune of 'Beat It' echoes down the stairwell, and the the assorted sounds and flickering lights of the arcade games stabilize and return to normal. But Alan is still staring at this scrambling white-suited Program who seems... to know him? HOW?! The helmeted white-suited Program speaks--it is modulated, a little distorted, but it isn't /his own/ voice. That realization finally ends his own mental bluescreen and he swallows hard. "Welcome to Userspace, Program," he states with far more calm than he actually feels. His face is still deathly pale, though. "Identify yourself."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel says "This is how I and I assume every other of my kind got here Issac." She has no idea if the new arrival is going to be hostile but she's got her disc out and it's not powered but it's ready she seems very concerned at this point, she's very concerned and unaware of the other new arrivals at the arcade at this point. Things are just going to get crazy the laser is doing it's thing it's building someone for sure they don?t' look viral but it looks very much like the other variant of Deelel's light suit. She seems a bit on edge as she looks at them for a moment as whoever the masked arrival is? They seem to be very confused and she takes a deep breath, before she speaks. "Take it easy you just had a heck of a shock to your system. So take it easy program." She takes a calculated guess assuming this new arrival is a basic like TRON and herself given Users on grid are rare as hell if to be unheard of really. Save in a few very not well known incidents. Well there's one other but that's only just coming back to mind to her. With TRON asking the question she hangs back a little bit now wondering where things will go she does lower her disc, as a sign of non hostility but it's not quite on her back yet.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Not listening to warnings. LIKE A BOSS! Cheerfully, Avira announces her intentions over the radio to Isaac as well. Sure, there might be danger going down but she's not going to let that stop her. Not when she feels this GREAT. But she does slow when he calls out that the laser activated and stops completely as Deelel holds them at bay for the time being until the coast is clear. But when she hears a new voice speaking, she pushes her way through to get a look. Upon seeing the white-suited newcomer, she freezes. "What the heck...?" Definitely a program. Definitely confusing TRON. It takes Avira circling around the pair to see the same symbol glowing upon the white-suited program's chest to really understand the confusion. "...wait. TRON? But..." She looks from Alan to the new program, back to 'Alan.' The voice throws her off at that point. She knows TRON's voice and that didn't sound like him at all.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' Most of the people in the Arcade are actually in the lower chamber, behind the TRON machine and downstairs. Isaac is standing at the top of it, because he figures if someone were to charge through the front door and start firing death rays, there should be someone to draw fire and wait a minute, this is a /crap deal/. "Right. I'll check it out in... just a minute," Isaac calls. He wants to get down there, but... guh, responsibility. Isaac turns to the kids coming in the door, eyeing Marche and Ritz for a second and sighing inwardly. They're armed; they can handle themselves. "Hey, you two." He waves past the banks of arcade cabinets with his right arm. His hand is visibly metallic; it looks like some kind of crazy robot hand. Maybe he's also a Jedi. "Watch out, there might be trouble." /Then/ he goes down the stairs. Problem: solved. "So what's this -- huh." He stops just inside the room at the bottom, adjusting his glasses and giving the contents of the room a once-over. His eyes stop on the program that just materialized. "Friend of yours?" He /looks/ remarkably familiar, but there's something slightly... off. Definitely not TRON.

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' Will hits the bottom of the stairs only to see.. "..Huh." He says, with an interested expression. "This...is apparently a guy." he says, but isn't too worried about a guy that looks like Alan. "Nice to meet you." Will says, walking up to Renegade and giving him a hand. "The name is Will Sherman, King of the Hobos." He says, pretty not caring about this whole same idenity thing. Though there is a faint line that connects them...it's...odd. "It seems you had a rough time. Well, you are safe now. Assuming you don't have any nasty things following you." He pauses, "Please tell me nothing was following you...like...not things with strange patters on them?"

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' Ramza had actually been staying at the top of the stairwell as well, beside Isaac, and as he passes off /watch/ to the two random strangers, he just chortles very softly. But Ramza actually stays at the top of the stairwell. You know, because if people with deathrays came through the front door, he'd actually be the idiot who would dive in front of one of them to save someone else. It totally was a /crap deal/. So instead he leans against the railing at the top, peering down the stairs and... Yeah he still didn't understand a thing about programs and their ecology, much less why that other program looked a lot like TRON from his perspective. Living in a world that was just /barely/ out of the dark ages did that to a person.

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' Having the viera spy on Marche at every moment grew increasingly uncomfortable. Every time he went somewhere, one of them would pop up. Marche is going back to reflect on those moments with Ritz as his warden. <Marche> Time to enjoy a nice walk through the garden... <Viera Archer> :| Jiiiiiiii~ <Marche> ... o_O|| <Marche> Okay, I need to head to the bathro--- <Viera Fencer> Jiiiiii~ <Marche> ... Nevermind. <Marche> *yawns* Nngghh... time to go to sleep and--- <Viera Assassin> Jiiiii~ <Marche> ... Q_Q *sleeps with one eye open* Marche did not get a good night's rest, overall. Then, he hears Ritz telling him to wait, which is a command that he has to obey. Ritz is right. She is always right. Those are important lessons to remember to not get hit by her. Of course, Isaac directed them to watch out. Marche looks confused for a moment. "Uhh... okay."

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' "Why don't you identify yourself." The TRON(?) says. "How can you look like him?! How is that even possible!" He then goes to take a shaky step forward and places his hand up to his helm. Then he just slumps back a bit to only watch Avira circle him. This actually causes him to jump back. Trip on a cord and nearly falls over. As he comes back around to suddenly have Will placing out his hand. The White Program does a look down at his hand, then back at Will. Then back at Alan, then back at Will. "Will.. what.. huh.." He then tries to /get/ away from the extended hand. It was kinda slowly becoming obvious that this was perhaps slowly becoming data overload for this TRON-alike program. Yes, his voice was indeed not matching up, but he was pretty close, and ok. Maybe a smidgen shorter. However he just keeps staring at /everyone/. His mind racing. His breathing seeming a little on edge of wanting to scream. Yet somehow he keeps from doing that. Somehow he keeps from just yelling at the top of his lungs to get some space. What he does do however is suddenly run right past everyone, shoving perhaps poor Deelel to the side, jumping right past Isaac and then running right into one of the Arcade machines, before he nealy goes flat onto the ground. That-- didn't go exactly according to plan. Slowly the TRON look alike pushes himself up. He hears the music. He hears the machines. He steps around in a circle before he just then starts to run for the door.

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Artemis remains at the top of the stairs with Ramza in a similar state of confusion, her hand still on the hilt of her blade in case whatever was happening came to blows. Someone knew had appeared--somehow. It was technology so foreign it might as well be magic to her. Art looks to Ramza, shrugging her shoulders slightly. They are out of their element, but it is sure to be a learning experience.

:'''[[And Suddenly]] has posed:''' Connections are made. Systems come online. Such things do not go unnoticed. An eye opens. A rumbling sound comes from above as the situation below Flynn's Arcande continues to mount. Everyone is gathered around the newcomer, asking him their questions and establishing initial interaction protocols. Handshaking may be involved. Those who didn't go downstairs notice a large group of scruffy bikers who whoop and holler, bearing the signs of aa disrputable gang. One of them heads for the side of the building while the others begin lighting bottles on fire. There is the noise of shattering glass. There is a snap as bolt cutters go through a power main. The systems below may be on a backup, maybe not. But the loud music above suddenly dies out, resulting in deafening silence... Which is broken by a dull thud. Another smell, an unpleasant one, begins to reach the people below. Smoke. Along with the smoke, there is a measured step. Tap. Tap. Tap. People inevitably rush upstairs, to meet flames framing the front of the arcade. A number of scruffy men yell as they throw molotov cocktails at the front of the building. More importantly, there is a man, silhouetted by the fire. In the darkness, the features are hard to see, but one can immediately note the well-tailored suit he wears.

:'''[[LEXUS]] has posed:''' And then the eyes open, and the distinctive irises can be seen. The purple, pulsing traceries become visible as they flare to life, streaking down the tie and across the head and jawline of the man. "Well well well." LEXUS says pleasantly. "I see we always return to the scene of the crime."

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' So two Final Fantasy Tactics protagonists are together upstairs, all sorts of shenanigans should be occurring, right? She gives Artemis a strange look, then looks over at Marche Radiuju and states after giving him an appraising look. "Well met. ...nice hair, Ser." Ramza appears to be the only person in the history of Final Fantasy who would ever say that to Marche.

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' Marche cannot help but blink, looking at Ramza in awe. "...It's like looking into a mirror, if I was a bit older..." 

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Artemis looks toward Marche, tilting her head slightly as she looks him over. Artemis looks to Ramza then. "He's adorable, can we keep him?" she asks.

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' Will is shoved to the side, he doesn't fall over, just a little surprised...well not really. It's a normal reaction, given things...he looked like a fish out of water, and his lines...all data-y and stuff. He's a program... Then he runs upstairs, Will who is a master of Parkour follows, running up after him only to hear the THUD of Renegade hitting something heavy. He winces, "Heeeey! Stop! This isn't the same place where yo-" through the door. "Hey guys! Stop looking at each other! We got a runaway.." he says, and steps outisde... Fire. He looks around, flames and smoke...what? Tap Tap tap. Will snaps his head towards the sound... LEXUS. There is a sudden shift, Will's hands explode in magical energy, red flames burn from his hand as he speaks in tones that inflect more than mortal words sure. They are FELT more than heard, as he takes a step towards Lexus. "/YOU/!" and there he goes, immeidately diving right towards LEXUS. There was no holding back...not against this thing. This monster. The destroyer of Manhattan.

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' "Another time, Artemis. If you haven't noticed..." He gestures with one hand towards the building, which is ON FIRE. So. Ramza basically takes a quick glance downstairs to make certain noone is trapped, and then makes a mad rush for the front door, motioning for Ritz and Marche to follow him. And so Will is attacking.. another program, who he's never seen before. Generally he trusts that Will Sherman will only attack people who are actually /deserving/ of wrath though so he takes the approach of not asking questions first. Power thrums through his fingertips as he gathers the energy for his spells, "Precious Light be our armor and protect us. Silent light shield us from bloody iniquity!" Purple, opaque and crystalline barriers appear just in front of Artemis and Ramza, before becoming translucent and unobtrusive. He gives a glance to Artemis, then to Will, and states, "Artemis.. try to subdue whatever in Faram's name that is. We'll sort it out afterwards."

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Fairly rapidly, everything starts to go to hell. Odd encounter with Marche aside, flaming bottles are being thrown in at them and Artemis doesn't need to know chemistry to know that this is a BAD THING. "Tch...the time for blood has come again it seems," she says, then nods to Ramza, taking off to assess who is attacking, and maybe why. Her eyes take in the bikers, but it is fairly clear who is in charge here. The well dressed one. Figures. Artemis draws her blade, falling into a fighting stance near Ramza, nodding to him when she hears his orders. Without further pause, Artemis launches forward, sword flashing toward the being LEXUS. She doesn't know his name or what he's done. It doesn't, at this moment, matter.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' Alan is too stunned to keep people back, Will and Avira jostling past him to get a better up-close-and-personal look at the situation. He opens his mouth as the basement gets steadily more crowded, but does not even get a sound out before the not-TRON bolts. He ducks instinctively, seeing a flare of white pass by, then he spins around and tries to follow--though he admittedly bounces a bit between people and the wall in his rush. No sooner does he reach the top of the stairs than power cuts out entirely. White light turns red as backup power takes over, the games shutting down entirely to save power, and the poor overwhelmed Alan just stands in the middle of the arcade floor. Smoke, fire, shouting... A familiar voice who should not be here. His eyes flare pure white as he nearly rips his glasses off of his face and tosses them carelessly to the side. He grabs the white Program by the arm and yanks him back with a narrowed-eye glare. "Stay back." He raises his voice so the others can hear him. "Stop those people from destroying this building and /stop that fire/!" He doesn't say another word, simply stalking forwards as he untucks his shirt and pulls his Frisbee Disc free from under his shirt. He strides out of the Arcade utterly heedless of the flames, not even seeming to notice as his clothing catches on fire--the black material underneath changing to pure white, circuitry lines flaring to life in bluish-white light in an identical match to the not-TRON Program. His Disc flares to life and he spins on his heel while releasing the weapon, throwing it on an arc to catch as many of the 'scruffy men' while also aiming to tag LEXUS as well. He asks no questions, nor does he care.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' The new program immediately starts freaking out. At first Avira's a little put of by this but as the freaking out continues, she silently starts to sympathize with the guy. It's very likely this Program has not been in the User World before so this is clearly some kind of huge and unfortunate shock. "Hey wait!" she calls out, running after him, passing Isaac, and barrelling up the stairs. Just in time for the building to be on FIRE! Then suddenly IN THE DARK as all the arcade cabinets around them wink out. She spies the gang beyond but her attention is mostly upon a certain virus standing there. "...you." Avira growls. She never had a chance with this guy. Ever since Manhattan was restored-ever since their meeting upon the mountain while she was still a Mutate, she has not seen him. She slams her hands together, ice magic flaring between them both. "No! This time he's MINE!" Not that she expects those here to really adhere to that but she makes it clear anyway-abundantly clear as she starts blasting air-encased javelins of ice at LEXUS.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel says "Woah slow down calm down, wait people don't crowd him." It's too late, The new program seems to be almost panicking at this point. She does get shoved aside and she goes down with a thud. She forces herself back up fairly quicky and is moving to chase after the Renegade like she'll vaunt over people to chase after this mysterious arrival. She's now up on the main floor chasing after him. "Wait come back! Stop glitching out this isn't going to go well out there if your not prepared!" She's following after him looking more than a little pretreated but she can understand the chaos. She had time, she was alone when she arrived, this poor program? He was swarmed by people and is likely going pop. Then there's flames and someone else attacking it seems everything is going to chaos. "This is the worst hello world, ever." Deelel muses as she now arrives to see LEXUS her eyes narrow and she speaks up. "/You/, I will not let you harm anyone here virus." Is she a bit more confident than last time yes, she's got more experience and well she damn well knows there's a small army inside and downstairs too." Deelel's already loading several command as she grabs her disc and powers it up. "NEWBIE THAT MANS A VIRUS! WATCH YOUR SELF!"

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' The TRON(?) in question screeches to a stop across the ground, ignoring the three who seem to be completely ignoring the sudden smoke and sudden cocktails thrown to cause even more of a fire. Then there is a someone walking toward them; someone that doesn't seem to be such a friendly individual. Not that this TRON isn't use to the idea of not friendly faces. It happens to him every day really. He takes a few steps back to suddenly see Will prepare himself for battle and just go right for the attack. Yet there was /this/ fire problem. Suddenly its switching gears time. He takes a few more steps back and looks around the area. There had to be away to put out the fire, but nothing here looks right. It all looks wrong. However whatever he was thinking was interrupted as Alan suddenly yanks him back and he nearly goes right back down the steps. "Oh like frag I am." He mutters to himself. As he watches Alan become TRON. "..I already.." He doesn't finish his thoughts as Deelel gives her warning. "Whatever." He suddenly then throws his disc at the window, shattering it above. He kicks off the arcade cabnets, takes ahold of a pipe, and then swings himself around a few times. Before he throws himself right out the window and lands out side perhaps on the other side of the direction TRON was coming out. He stands ready, white disc in hand looking at this 'virus' and his fingers gently getting ready to throw the disc but he doesn't move just yet. "So is that the custom of saying hello? Burning down the house?" The other TRON says sarcastically.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' Isaac steps aside when the TRON look-alike barrels at him. While most people assume that stepping in the way is a good plan, Isaac assumes that a guy dressed like that can just knock him the heck down. "Woah. Okay, sure, guy, just --" And then things get hairy. Isaac takes the stairs two at a time going back up. He passes Ramza on the way, pulling his tablet out of his coat pocket and flicking it to life. He shouts something nonsensical and vaguely arcane, flickers of blue light kindling to life inside nearby arcade cabinets. The room is quickly bathed in a dim cyan light. Another few words, and luminescent sheets fade into sight, dropping on top of the fires spread by the molotovs before they can get out of control. It's still too quiet, though. Isaac makes a quick gesture. He frowns at what appears on his tablet's display. "Cutting the power? Really? Yeah, sorry; I don't think so." Isaac snaps his fingers with his left hand. There's another flicker of light, a dim trail of blue sparks connecting Isaac and various corners of the room. The music comes back on... sort of. BGM CHANGE: http://youtu.be/7FC4Wk9QTKI Isaac figures the Programs will appreciate it... and really, it's a miniscule expenditure of effort on his part. The /real/ part of his focus is going /inward/. The light builds...

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' It seems that Marche came at one of the more weirder times. Why? Well, there is the sound of glass shattering. Marche quickly creens his head towards one of the ruffians that step into the building. He quickly hides the grimoire at this point, reaching for his broadsword. The young soldier readies himself, but then the smell of smoke flares within his nostrils. As the molotov cocktails are tossed, Marche coughs and covers his mouth, gazing through the flames. With the scruffy men doing their deeds, Marche grits his teeth. "We can't let them burn this place down! Is there a sprinker system?!" Marche looks around the arcade. ...Oh, right. As Ramza motions for him and Ritz to follow, the boy grasps his friend's hand and he leads her out! With his sword drawn, Marche turns towards Ramza, "We have to disable the hoodlums!" Marche takes a defensive stance, holding his shield and tightening his stance. 

:'''[[LEXUS]] has posed:''' "I can expect no less of you, child." LEXUS smiles, his eyes flaring a grim purple as the words of the Synchro Hobo wash over and around him. The ruffians in the background cringe, but LEXUS's suit whips in the wind, the Dark Virus able to stand against the force of the fae. He strikes, impacting LEXUS, but the give is... far less than Will might have hoped. With a sudden motion, he grabs Will. There is a flare of neon green as he begins to break down Will's defenses on touch. "Is that your best?" LEXUS says. "How will you avenge your precious world like that?" With a sudden move, he flings Will back, sending him flying back across the arcade with unnatural strength. With a flick of his hand, LEXUS's Identity Disc is pulled from under his suit, and it begins floating around him. Artemis comes slashing in with her blade towards LEXUS, and he looks over, the weapon cleaving past the Disc to strike him. The blade carves into him, releasing not blood but a glittering energy that rapidly dissipates. "Leave this place and you will live." LEXUS says to Artemis. That's all he says to her, even as he levels a hand to spear Artemis with another blast of viral force. TRON then makes his appearance. "Finally." LEXUS smiles. "No more hiding, savior of the Grid? I hoped you would return, and return you have." The Disc comes flying towards him, and he whips his own to the side, trying to parry it... But the expert rebounding strike impacts his shoulder, blasting a chunk away into shards of data. He grimaces, the wound re-rezzing into solidarity. The gangers are not so lucky. The Disc impacts them, knocking them over easily. They are, after all, only Users. The Dark Virus simply shakes his head at Deelel as she makes her declaration. "Let me? You couldn't stop me from taking the servers below the first time. What makes you think you will do any better this time?" Avira then adds her own objections. He laughs as he sees her. "Well then, you're looking much more fit of late, Avira. You've given me a great deal of useful data." He gestures. "It's been so long! Let's see if you've improved. You want me, you will have to come and get me." He grins. "I trust those terms are acceptable." The frosty spears pierce through him, but the unnatural ability to restore damage that LEXUS exhibits results in him only taking several shallow wounds from the icy spears. The unknown Program makes his appearance. LEXUS turns towards him, eyes narrow. "/You/." He says, pointing a gnarled finger at the man. "Identify yourself, Program." There is something he sees there. Something he doesn't like. Isaac makes his own magic apparent, and pulls the Virus' attention from the Program. "Another child of Manhattan, looking for his revenge, is it? Don't think you'll be able to defeat me with such parlor tricks, technomancer. My powers are greater than you realize." It's at this point that LEXUS raises his hands. "Assuming direct control." There is a crack as the surroundings sharpen, losing reality as they enter a sort of uncanny valley. Everything becomes finer, more rendered, losing tiny details. To the Programs, it might be a slight comfort. To everyone else, it might unsettle them intensely, as there is a sudden eruption of flames that roar across the area, consuming magical defenses and augmentations, while glittering crystals shear across the area in perfect geometry, the icy spikes lashing out to sap strength of arm. No one is spared.

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' TRON(?) watches as the world suddenly changes. He steps back a few times. Seeming to be examining what is going on around him. However getting in a fight right after digitizing and not being use to your surroundings? Probably not the best idea. Suddenly spikes start to come down and threaten to turn him into a pin cushion. He flips away from one, deflects another, goes to throw his disc at Lexus at the worse possible time and then gets nailed by a few of the pen points. They slash through his white armor, blue cubes, like lquid dance down to the ground from the impact. Yet the unknown program stands back up as he catches his disc. "Who am I?" The other White Program then starts to charge right at LEXUS. He then slides down low to trip up Lexus, before he comes around to fire off his disc and then flips around, to catch the disc, before snapping it in a hard arch. "I am TRON!"

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' The eruption of flames takes Ramza off guard. He tries to take cover, by literally sliding towards the alleyway, but he's too late, as he's scoured, and his magical protections flicker, and die away, corrupted by LEXUS' fell energies. While he's sliding, he picks up a stone, and skips it in his direction. The throw goes wide. And he finds himself on his knees, giving LEXUS an appraising look. Apparently he had underestimated the threat this creature posed, he wouldn't make that mistake again. He listens to his words, and makes up his mind. Removing the peaceknot off his Saya preemptively, he raises another hand, "Heavenly wind, bring new life to the soul!" A breeze of divine energy moves through the area, stripping away the corruption that LEXUS' flames had imbued into his and Artemis' soul. And then he shifts the Katana's steel out of the Saya fractionally. There is a glint of light upon the steel, but he waits.. for just the right oppurtunity.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' It may have been a long time since Avira has personally fought LEXUS, but she remembers these effects well. It is that memory that prevents further loss of SAN points for now-and boy is she running low on those SAN points after her walk through the Corridors of Darkness. Crystals jammed into her skin to drain energy are still intensely painful. Yet Avira remains standing. "Oh I bet I have." Avira seems displeased by this. "But things have changed. A lot. For one, this is my turf." She clenches her right fist, undaunted by the fact that her previous damage healed almost immediately. Avira charges in, ice climbing over her closed fist and forearm. It seems as if she's going to go for a low blow but... ...she twists upwards instead, quite suddenly, and turns it into a vicious uppercut. Silvery energy follows the arc of her blow, vanishing a second later. Oddly enough, she has yet to draw the Spine. The weapon remains in its sheath upon her back.

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Artemis winces, though it is not visible from beneath the mask she wears. The viral energy that bashes into her is interesting to say the least. It is different, yet not completely foreign to her. De-buffs are de-buffs after all. They can be very troublesome. The world changes around her, distorting and an unsettling way, but Artemis does not waver, keeping her focus as the geometric shapes dart through the air, grazing her armor in several places, drawing thin lines of blood beneath. But even as LEXUS attacks, she counters, slashing out with her blade in a quick cut aimed for the program's thigh, hoping to slow him down. "I am unable to comply with your request--kill me if you think you can," she says, baring her teeth to LEXUS, a smile of anticipated pleasure. Unfortunately, she is also unable to comply with Avira's request. "Apologies Avira. I will conceded the killing blow if it comes to such," she says before dashing in, not holding back now as she whirls with her katana in a series of deadly, graceful cuts. High, low, feint, low, reverse, spin, thrust...and while the dance plays out Artemis feels Ramza's magic wash over her body, easing the troubles of the virus' effect on her body and spirit.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON continues to advance, catching his Disc as it returns to him. His expression is not the fury of the Users, but a cold, black, absolute lack of any emotion at all. "I see. So this is what you have been waiting for." Even his voice is void of emotion, barely reacting as a viral taint on his silver Disc burns his hand where the weapon had struck LEXUS. The white Chakram Disc on his back whirrs faintly, the circuitry lines on its surface glowing pure white, and TRON kneels on one knee as the surroundings change. Sharpen. Become marginally more familiar yet so terribly different. But where the terrain lashes out at everyone else, the area directly around himself is absolutely still and calm. Memories stream through his consciousness unbidden, fragments not his own but data Flynn had hacked into his code before he had even known of Userspace. The circuitry lines on his silver Disc change to white as well, but he doesn't seem to notice. He closes his eyes, diving headlong into the stream of information he would usually dam and file away into background processing. Events, faces, memories, data--so much data--flash past at speeds above human comprehension, the Security Program instinctively searching for something very specific. If his worst suspicions are right, if this Disc holds what he /thinks/ it holds... then there is still one very important key left from Alan-One himself. He just needs to find it.

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' "You will all answers for your crimes!" Marche's eyes narrow as he takes the forward charge. However, as Marche takes a step forward, he notices that the atmosphere changes. The surroundings become finer and rendered. It approaches uncanny valley. "OH MY GOD, THIS IS LIKE STEPPING INTO THE Z-BOX! AAAAHHHHH!!!" Marche snaps into attention, feeling the eruption of te lmes. The augmentation is slowly tearing away, those icy spikes sapping against his arms. He immediately drops to a knee. He stands back up, then he grits his teeth. He charges ahead, bringing the broadsword back and he swings the blunt of the weapon towards one of the Ruffian's chest, followed by the swing of the sword with a flow once more. A blue and red aura surrounds the blade. This time, this will sap their speed and physical power.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel wonders about who this program is but she likes his sense of snark it's a good snark. Also like most of the Manhattnites knows LEXUS far better than they'd really ever want to. She nearly became one with him once in a very unenjoyable and chompy way. As the others pile out of the Arcade to meet the hostile virus. Isaac joins the fight. Will's here, Avira and TRON and several of the arcade goers she does not know. "I'm not alone." She does know a world of pain is coming for her she knows it but she's going to try to face LEXUS down once more. She had no control really, as to Deelel the world gets a bit more normal but then that hits her that's a bad thing a very bad thing. She keeps her armed disc and she looks about okay the world seems to be shifting and then there's flames a whole lot of flames. She's caught int them she's hurt but not too badly. She's already launching her disc at Lexus even as she breaks into a flat out run trying to flank LEXUS, the pain had begun and he's come for an entire system. The one that this new program is likely from. She's not going to sit still for all the good it will do her.

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' Will goes flying, skidding a bit before coming to a stop. He isn't hit as solidly as LEXUS might have hoped for...but it was still a palpable hit. Will stands up, looking directly at LEXUS. "Talk is all I hear from you, virus." He says, he starts moving again, forward. The arms glow, and he dives in, this time trying to take advantage of others jumping in. The fists come down, first aiming right for the Program's chest, aiming to break through the hard defenses...and then he flips back, aiming to heel kick LEXUS' right in the back of the head and send him face first into the ground... All the while, the strings break and wither as Will burns them away, aiming to weaken the virus under his blows. "It seems to be all you're ever good at. We restored our world, we outsmarted you, and now you're going to face the consiquences of what you wrought." he says, those words still hanging in the air.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' Isaac isn't so much unsettled as surprised. He doesn't really know much about how LEXUS brawls. He feels a portion of the power he's been building scattered by the virus's unfamiliar technique, watching fire and ice erupt all around him. He reacts as he would with most threats, throwing out a barrier of swirling flame, digitally rendered and held into a shield. LEXUS's flames may have gotten through, but the ice hits the conjured firewall, stopped in its tracks and shattered into pixels by merely touching it. The music pulses, the pixels turned around and slashing back at LEXUS, a magically-propelled wave of what looks like tiny squares that hit like tiny bullets. Isaac keeps casting, walling up the flames before they can harm the equipment within the arcade itself. "Revenge? Please," he scoffs. "I don't take revenge on a piece of malware -- I just purge it." Isaac raises his right arm, the mechanical prosthetic lifting its fingers and pointing a finger-gun at LEXUS. He drops his thumb and mouths, 'Bang.' The weird simulation abruptly rebels. Immediately around Isaac, the world reboots, a vector lines appearing as things seem to re-render into reality in slow motion. A pulse of digital fire erupts from his outstretched hand, lobbed at LEXUS much like a normal fireball with a payload more at home in an antiviral suite. The weird rebooting effect starts to extend where the 'embers' from the 'fireball' fall. He's clearly more at home with this than any /other/ mage might be.

:'''[[LEXUS]] has posed:''' The Program identifies himself, and an expression of rage crosses LEXUS' face. "TRON?" He yells. "YOU CAN'T BE TRON! HE'S TRON!" He points at the other TRON. "THERE CAN'T BE TWO TRONS! ONE IS ONE TOO MANY!" He yells, clearly angry. Every attack upon LEXUS is answered with a sudden flash of neon green, the Dark Virus punishing any contact or assault as it comes in. The Disc hammers into him, causing him to stagger backwards for a moment. "I'll simply read your ID codes from your derezzing data structures." He snarls, bleeding a noxious purple light. "It /was/ your turf." LEXUS corrects Avira. "Now it is mine. Any time I wish. Restoring it did not stop my goals." He twists, the Disc flaring brightly as Avira hammers into the protective digital platter, the icy energy flowing around it without harm. "Perhaps I can optimize your performance? It shouldn't hurt too much..." He taunts. Artemis cleaves into and through LEXUS, her masterful swordwork bypassing the Disc that blocked Avira. energy spatters out into the air repeatedly, dissipating as LEXUS is forced backwards. "I don't normally do requests, but for you I might make an exception." the Virus replies to Artemis. Marche dashes in with his blade, but unfortunately LEXUS was ready for that. The blade hammers into a combination of Disc and energy barrier. There is a wash of light Marche hits it like a truck... And then LEXUS radiates an impulse of power, launching him backwards. "You've stepped into something far worse, child." LEXUS says, and then pauses. "Ugh. I'm surrounded by children and Programs. What is this?" And then Deelel smacks him upside the head. LEXUS cringes from the hit, and he growls, turning upon the Program. "You think you're going to beat me by weight of numbers? I'm going to teach you otherwise!" Will strikes, trying to break the connections that hold LEXUS together as he cleaves with his Fae-born powers. Did anyone ever mention that fairies and tech don't mix well? LEXUS pauses, his appearance stuttering for a moment as Will sees connections reestablish themselves. He seems to be desperately attempting to prevent a repeat of their last meeting. "You're a fool." LEXUS snarls back at Will. "I destroyed your world. I was the architect of the plan. I organized the Shadow Lords. I destablized Manhattan, supplied Sevarius with his research material, and kept Xanatos himself at bay. I think I have /more/ than established my credentials to tell you to sit down and shut up. Destroying Manhattan was not the end, it was a means." Isaac attempts to fight fire with fire... Or ice with ice, really. LEXUS feels the technomancer attempt to wrest control of the area from him, and LEXUS. "What a surprise, someone who's actually competent?" He grunts in pain at the counterattack, and then shakes his head. "Underestimate me at your own peril. I'm as much of a person as you are, wizard." He is smashed by the fireball, the antiviral code tearing into him and consuming part of his body before he pulls it away from him, throwing it aside and leaving parts of him... missing. Slowly, they begin to reestablish themselves as he rebuilds himself in realtime. "Maybe moreso." He laughs. A moment later, shearing beams of neon light shred across the area, raining down in a hailstorm of crushing, obliterating light. "Dissolution will not be my future!" He yells, as rips open in the air, skittering Daemon Heartess appear and begin swarming the heroes. "It seems to me that /you/ are the ones who are outnumbered here!" LEXUS augments the HEartless assault with bolts of corrupting data that begin consuming whatever they touch, preventing restoratives from working as well.

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' The guy who keeps acting like TRON apparently can't help but /smirk/ under the dark visor hiding his face as LEXUS' uproar. Though he gets smashed back by viral data and cringes softly as he slides across the ground. His systems quickly start to fight off the infection as he stands back up."If that is what you believe." "Suit yourself." The white suited, TRON-looking program quickly flips away from the Heartless as they come in trying to inflect him. He uses his disc to block their blows away, he moves with great fluidity in an almost dance like fashion of speed and control. He then comes to land up on a closed Trash Can lid as he takes a moment to catch his breath, mostly cause the virual infection, though his systems handled a good deal of it, didn't get it all. So he tries to recalibrate his systems a bit while watching the battle take place before him. Yeah. This guy was /not/ part of CLU's group. Just like this place was NOT Tron City. Just like many of these people-- they couldn't be programs. Maybe ISOs? No. Even ISOs look like they do. These guys are something.. different. But what? Well, he think to himself, if you didn't let yourself get overloaded.. "But its going to be your derez cycle." The TRON(?) says very calmly. "Not mine."

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "No." Avira leaps backwards, evading a blast of neon-colored laser summoned by the Program. A roll sideways avoids a second. Then a third. With impressive agility she evades each scathing blast and corrupting bolt. As she moves, the Spine is finally withdrawn from its custom casing and immediately put to work cleaving through a Daemon Heartless. "I am a part of this city." Avira says, her voice resolute as she plunges her way through another Heartless, easily able to manuver even in these close quarters. "This city is a part of me." The silver glow returns, only this time, it becomes painful to look at-as if everyone suddenly had the chance to see what Will Sherman sees when he looks at 'people like her.' Winding her way through a veritable obstacle course of energy and Heartless, she swoops in upon LEXUS and strikes, slamming the Spine at the very disc he has been fighting with. She doesn't stop there, not even to appreciate the large amount of rage this second new TRON was incurring from LEXUS. In fact, she realizes that this is the first time she's witnessed LEXUS and TRON confronting each other-only later. Avira is hard at work. Her light-fueled strikes rain down fast and fiere, interspersed with the occasional massive blast of ice magic. With one final blow of the weapon she wields, she backs off, snapping her fingers, summoning spires of ice to trap LEXUS where he stands. She turns her back on the Program, nodding to the TRONs and, pointedly, Isaac, "All yours."

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' Ramza Beoulve had literally heard enough from this virus. He decided in a moment that it truly was worthy of destruction. He just didn't believe he could manage it on his own. He would not, however, hold back... The Neon light coruscates around the area, and he wills his barriers upwards, allowing it to catch the brunt of the force, while he raises an arm as the crushing light drives him into the pavement. The pavement gives just slightly, causing cracks to form, as he goes down on one knee. The Heartless then rain down bolts of corrupting data on him, infecting his remaining protections. His offhand, slips the Katana out of its Saya another fraction of an inch, and before he even rises a blue aura begins to lim his body. And then that energy, whatever it is, gets drawn into the blade, which begins to wisp smoke from the sudden heat, now contained within it. As he rises, he begins to charge at the virus. It is perhaps not the best plan, a head on assault... but the program likely did not have very much data on Ramza Beoulve, if any at all. He might just be able to take him off guard... And so as he gets close to the program, he leaps into the air. He wasn't a very agile person by nature, and so he had to use a Geomancer's trick to seize control of the winds, to buffet him upwards, causing him to flip right over him, he lands behind LEXUS and... The next movement is enhanced by the speed of his constant training with Artemis and Zack, as he's suddenly not behind LEXUS any longer, but in front of him and the blade is not only drawn, but has burst into flames. A quick drawing motion that was meant to bisect the Virus and cauterize the wound he caused in the same movement, if it managed to strike Zantetsuken! He had no patience or mercy for tin-plated tyrants who boasted of causing the fall of a world.

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' That's right. A child is stepping up in here! That boy is none other than Marche! Unfortunately, although the boy intened to strike hard at LEXUS, his blade hammers into the disc and the energy barrier. That powerful forcefield explodes, sending the blade winding the opposite direction and the young adventurer to follow suit. "Whoooooaaaaaaa!" Marche falls towards the ground, but immediately twists into a roll to help cushion the fall. He manages to roll himself enough to get back to his feet, then he tightens his fist as he grabs a small pebble from the ground. As Daemon Heartless appear, Marche's eyes widen. "Whh-----what the?!" They bolt and release their corruptive nature. Their charge tear forward to strike Marche and afflict him with grevious wounds. In this, he does manage to toss the stone at some of the daemons, but it was nothing compared to the digital assault. "I am out of my element with all of this. However.." His eyes lift up to see that Avira, only to see a glow that makes him want to turn back, "Gaahh!" He winces, looking away from the source of light. Once Avira's assault is cleared, Marche moves forward to take advantage. "I may be a kid, but I will show you justice!" Marche moves forward with renewed strength, "Haaaargghh!" He swings the blade out towards the Daemon Heartless around, seeking to hack them apart. He brings the broadsword up, the green glow emanates from the blade before he swings it down towards LEXUS, seeking to destroy his energy field. Next, the sword glows with another aura, he comes forward to enchant the blade with a yellow aura. The blade whips forward to tear against the magical force, or in this case, the data force.

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' LEXUS's determination shatters the young lad, he goes flying from the hands of the many Daemon heartless, rolling until he stops slumped against the Arcade.. It hurts...IT hurts...but, despite it, he stands back up, grabbing the building as things start to come around him. Then they stop. Something changes in the air around him, and the heartless EXPLODE as power unlike any othe surges from him. For a brief moment... A Consensus is met. "We do not appreciate you running your mouth, Virus." a fusion of perfect unity can be heard. Two voices, acting as perfectly as one speak. There was always some modulation to Will's voice when he brings his out, but now..? Both voices are heard, one speaking like will, and one speaking in such a way that REALITY itself seems to talk. Will dives in, and is suddenly right behind LEXUS. His hand reaches out, aiming to grab the strings that the Program has, and FREEZE them solid. Then, with the other hand, that glows a crimson, he dives it into the back of the program, aiming for the remaining strings.. And attempts to shatter them.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' Isaac doesn't take LEXUS's counterattack well. He's honestly not that tough -- he's got immense magical power, but when all is said and done, he's only human. Bolts of corrupting data eat away at his shield, and neon light slams into and through it, slashing into his body. He staggers backwards, stepping over the staircase and hanging in mid-air. "Moreso? I don't think so. I've met people like you, virus -- people who got a little bit of the wrong kind of power, a taste of something besides their own mortality, who let it go right to their head." Isaac brushes off a clinging blob of weird light. It slides off his jacket, leaving an oily film. It'll suck if he gets any more beat up, he thinks; white magic is going to be a hassle through this. The technomage weaves another spell. He pulls on the pocket of stability, watching the battle progress as he cooks up something totally different. He murmurs nonsense syllables and starts constructing something out of what little LEXUS lets through. He thins his barricades, trying to keep the damage and the Heartless from spreading, leaving himself open in the process. Little flashes of blue light play between Isaac's fingers. Small bolts of something like lightning jump into the fray, bouncing between hostiles. He looks for an opening. Avira provides it, but not big enough. More juice, he thinks. "We've got a word for people like you, y'know," Isaac calls.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel has learned one thing to not snark as much as she used to do but she's not about to give up. She listens as LEXUS regales about some of his plans and goals or what else he has at this point. Issac's comments make her wonder what her really thinks of her or TRON, she can't really much pause to think on it for the moment, she really can't do so. There's too much pain coming her way and she's not about to deal with the Heartless warm that are coming after everyone. She's fast though she weaves in and out of the ranks of the heartless managing to avoid just getting pasted by any one of them. She flips up into the air and she comes in for a landing launching her disc as she does so before taking off again trying to flank LEXUS as she gets closer. She continues her dance as she catches her disc as it returns from her most recent attack and she launches it the virus even as her allies unload more power than she expected such as Will and some strangers like Marche throw all in at Lexus she's got an idea but her plan is going to take a moment longer to properly set up. Ramza's actions are quick and factored into the number crunching she's running in her head that a human just wouldn't be able to. Well not at the speeds she's doing. "This world is not the one of my creation but It's still connected to mine. How many people our own kind or like the users here? DID YOU CONDEM TO THE DARKNESS? You don't even care but I won't stop here, I won't back down."

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Artemis tilts her head slightly at LEXUS's response, but dances back defensively as he tries to counter her, moving aside. Artemis takes in the situation, listening to the various talk, especially the things said by LEXUS. So, this was a Shadow Lord. Interesting. Responsible for the fall of this world? Well, it had been restored. Artemis looks toward Avira, her eyes watching with respectful curiosity as the woman glows with the power of a princess of heart. A princess who was pretty damn pissed off. Heartless appear, and Artemis scoffs lightly. The attack that follows from Lexus, the light, the energy...that did a good deal of damage. That hurt. But pain is nothing. Artemis looks to Ramza, then gets out of his way so he can do his this, refocusing her energy for another attack if, by the time the avenger Manhattanites were done, it was needed.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' Despite the sounds of chaos, TRON does not move, does not even acknowledge what is going on around him or to him. A corrupted data stream lashes out at TRON, altering his circuitry lines' color to a lavender shade for just an instant while screwing with a few of his non-vital system parameters. Searing beams of light pound the ground around him, one searing down the left side of his back just barely missing his Disc. Those accursed Daemon Heartless swarm, their needle-like claws slicing and attempting to find purchase on his damaged form. His eyes suddenly snap open, pure white light turning his eyes into glass-like optics. The chakram Disc on his back almost audibly screeches as his circuitry lines pulse noticeably, apparently what has been sought being found once more. "Confirmed, Alan-One. Acknowledged, Creator-Four-Nine-Eight-Three," he states in absolute calm, a benign absence of emotion in sharp contrast to his earlier cold sharpness. "System Monitor Protocols--" His circuitry lines flare pure white, purging all signs of blue--and stay that way. "--ONLINE." He suddenly spins where he is, baring both Discs to drive back or outright dispel the Heartless around him, as he surges to his feet. A familiar helm design suddenly pixelates over his face--the same helm design as his black suit'ed form--but there are differences. The helm itself from neck over the back of the head is white, but the opaque visor is a silver reflective chrome. His whole stance changes--no longer the solid bastion of defense, but a fluid offensive stance that mirrors the other TRON and even Deelel--yet somehow drastically different. "You want my code, LEXUS?" He stalks forwards, arms rising to shoulder height on each side, each hand holding a Disc. "Be careful what you wish for." He suddenly bounces into the sky, twisting 90-degrees and spinning rapidly as he throws his silver Disc directly for LEXUS and the other bouncing behind the Virus to catch him on the rebound. Without pausing or even slowing, he snatches the silver Disc out of the air and immediately throws it again in an arc, using momentum to power the throw, aiming to catch as many Heartless as possible on its way towards LEXUS.

:'''[[LEXUS]] has posed:''' A massive amount of firepower rains down into the Dark Virus. There's only so much that one can do in the face of it. There is a detonation of light and power as Avira hammers into LEXUS, launching him out of the Arcade and sending him flying into the street. He tumbles, leaving a trail of skidding, derezzing code as he comes to a stop. He looks up, pushing himself up as he looks at the shining Avira. "You're nothing but a single thread. A tenuous, all-too-mortal connection that suspends the world over the end of all things, Avira. I watched this world die once. I can watch it die again if I wished." The ice snaps up, holding him fast just as Ramza carves through him in the classic fashion, a blade sweeping through the place LEXUS stood... And then everything shatters, a line appearing across the Dark Virus. There is nothing to cauterize, however, as LEXUS is not flesh and blood. Isaac causes LEXUS to glare in his direction. There always seems to be time to snap off a response. "What word is that, mage?" he asks. May as well let Isaac make his point. Artemis comes in fro mthe other side, striking into him and through him and aggrivating the already critical wounds, forcing him to drop his guard from the sheer trauma. Marche comes in right behind, cleaving into him and pinning him down. The fused fae strikes out, moving forward and crushing into his metaphysical core. LEXUS grimaces, screaming as he collapses to his knees, his body distorting and crackling with power as something begins to unravel... "It doesn't matter. One. Ten. Hundreds. Thousands. Millions. Nothing matters." LEXUS replies. He looks up, looking towards TRON's incoming disc... And it blows through his center torso, striking physically through where Will struck metaphysically a moment before. There is a shattering noise that crackles through the air as LEXUS wavers on his knees, data pieces streaming out of his back thrrough the jagged hole, and he slumps forward, beginning to dissolve. "I..." LEXUS hisses, his body staticing out and shifting. "I cannot accept this... I will not go quietly into nothingness." There is wa wash of black as power surges through him and into the ground. "There is always a cost, /heroes/!" He screams, as he plunges his dissolving arms down into the void, desperation on his face as purple crackling circuit-lines strike up through the air, seeking out the heroes and attempting to spear them through. Where they strike, life force is drained, converted and cannibalized into replacement data for the Virus that feeds even now upon the world around it.

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' Purple crackling circuit lines scour the young heretic leader, as he hastily raises his Katana to attempt to use its flames to ward off the energy draining attack. He was about to release those flames right into the program's face, in a burst of roiling energy, but thankfully he takes stock of the battlefield. He grimaces, as he notices in what pour shape the others truly are in. And so, he makes a very different call. Every part of him ached from having his life energy literally wrested from him, but he still had enough strength to raise his hand. Divine energy thrummed through his fingertips as he stated the traditional incantation. "Life's Refreshing Breeze, blow with energy!" A divine breeze washes over Avira, Artemis, and Will Sherman's fallen form, bringing new vigor and renewal to them.

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' TRON(?) Watches the battle as his systems recover enough, however he watches everyone also just-- blast into the Virus Program. Well, he did say he wouldn't be the one to derez, didn't he? However it seems this virus was refusing to go down and had plans. Plans this masked avenger didn't fully understand because in his own time on the Grid, he has never /seen/ anything like this; nor was he ever trained for something like this. "..what the.." Suddenly dark purple spikes blast out from the ground. TRON(?) attempts to leap out of the way, however he was to slow it would seem and the Spikes impale right through him. He lets out a yell in pain as his body electrifies from the energy being drained from his system. His body cracks in locations around the spikes. His face behind the helm cringing in pain as lines travel up his face. When the spikes pull away he lands hard onto the ground and yet, he slowly picks himself up. He staggers back up to his feet in how own defiance. His body heavily damaged from the assault. He lights up his disc once more before he staggers a step forward. He then finds the strength and charges at the reforming LEXUS. He leaps into the air and then spins unleashing his disc down at the ground, so it bounces right up at Lexus, then bounces off to go in another direction, then come at LEXUS from another angle. TRON(?) Kicks off and catches it with a sail backwards, before he lands down on the ground with a flip and flings the disc one way, then catches it and then flings it another way. Attempting to catch Lexus in a storm of disc rotations and movements. Trying to undo what LEXUS just did.

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' "I have wanted to meet a Shadow Lord. Thus fire, I am not disappointed," she comments to LEXUS. He persists under such aggression! Artemis is spears through the left ribcage and drained. The shock of it, the pure damage almost knocking her unconscious. She keeps living with pure stubborness and dogged training--then aided by Ramza's healing. Artemis looks back toward Lexus, her green eyes staring him down. "I think this is done, for now," she comments, then disappears with the sound of muted thunder, reappearing to have crossed the distance between them, striking at him in mid-charge in a wide, deadly horizontal arc of her blade, a strike meant to cut a person in twain.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON lands on the ground for just an instant, watching as LEXUS staggers, begins the telltale signs of deresolution... but it isn't over. As the black power surge drives into the ground and purple circuitry lines spear into the sky from beneath their feet, TRON lunges forwards. His steps are quick but sure, avoiding particularly dangerous spots while defensively swiping away the circuitry lines with deflecting surfaces of the Discs. Spinning, rolling, always in motion and always moving forwards. "Yes. There is." He lands on the ground in front of LEXUS, the Virus' strange eyes reflecting on the chromed surface of his full-face visor. "And yes. You will." There are no further theatrics or words. He simply drives his white Disk forwards in a punch, spinning sharply while aiming his silver Disc to slice at LEXUS' throat. He then backflips, sending both Discs flying while he is inverted in a one-two punch to hasten the Virus' deresolution.

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' LEXUS's spikes and data tear throught he hobo lad, he screams, and is then left sprawling on the ground. He hits the ground, staggering, and falls to his face, wetness starting to pool below him. Vision starts to blur as he looks up...LEXUS once more trying to take from him what was his. Pure determination, drives them both to their feet...as Life's refreshing breeze washes over Will... It was enough to stablize him. Will is hurt, greviously so, and he starts to drag himself back towards LEXUS. Both hands glow, lessoned from his injury, but not defeated. His eyes blaze, his heart burns... He drives the first FORWARD, aiming to drive it into the virus again, this time, trying to burn away the strings. Not cut, not wither... Burn. He holds it there, trying to finish what he started. Then he dives back, energy gathering on his hands... FATE BEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM! A giant laser of SOMETHING...magic or SOMETHING rips through his hands, trying to litterally burn away whatever fate remained on LEXUS.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "No, you are wrong!" Avira doesn't stop. She chases after him, her boots crunching through the trail of bits he spreads along the floor as he slides away, pushed off by their combined punishment. "As long as there are survivors with light in their hearts, a world will never truly die!" She faces him down, seeing that desperation on his face. He's cornered. He's derezzing. He cannot stand and face the twin antivirus programs. Could this really be his end? Or did LEXUS have his backup hidden away again somewhere? He was notoriously impossible for a User to kill-but maybe the Programs here could actually do the job. "Furthermore..." her eyes narrow. "What happened before to this world, LEXUS, can never happen again. We've seen to that." Avira's light blazes in defiance-until LEXUS lashes out with his seeking circuit lines. They crawl up Avira relentlessly, the light sapped away by their touch. The huntress lets out a squeal of pain and drops to one knee before him, shuddering. Her grip upon the Spine slackens. A second wind, or rather, refreshing breeze hits her. Avira grits her teeth and forces herself forward in one final, decisive burst of energy. The Spine is lifted as she drives it forward at the deteriorating virus. It is not the physical blade itself that will do the hurting this time, but the silvery light energy encircling the blade.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' LEXUS responds to the barrage of murder from every direction and the secondary fire of super-sass by blowing the entire room the /hell/ up. Isaac, unfortunately, is inside said room. Isaac interposes his thinned shield between himself and the circuit-lines. It has about as much effectiveness as shielding yourself from an incoming meteor with a strongly-worded letter. The lines pierce the barrier, sliding through it as if it wasn't even there. They stab into the chest of the mage behind it, seeking life force to sustain their viral progenitor with. On the bright side, he's in enough pain that he forgets to scream. The life force that LEXUS pulls from Isaac is strong and vibrant, an infusion of vitality from a young man in the prime of his life and with a curious amount of power at his disposal. Isaac's body spasms, muscles clenching. He doubles over, trying to curl into a ball and stay out of the way. Through will alone he stays standing. He lifts his mechanical hand to the tines of agonizing energy, curling his fingers into a fist. He releases a miniscule amount of the power he's been building. His hand burns with a cyan light, and when he thrusts it at the parasitic data-stream, it shatters like it was made of glass. Isaac lifts his head. His brow is beaded with sweat. He's gone pale as a sheet. His legs are shaking, screaming for relief. He ignores it. He's always been able to do that well enough. He clears his throat quietly, lifting his voice to answer LEXUS. His single-word response echoes through the Arcade, setting ears ringing and rattling loose "Anathema." A ball of coiled, yellowish energy manifests in the air in front of Isaac. It uncoils, turning into something like a whip, seemingly comprised of hundreds of poorly-fitting shards of some iridescent material. It flicks outward, lashing out across the space between LEXUS and Isaac, splitting into hundreds of miniscule tines and leaping in every direction across the interior of the Arcade. Space around where it travels abruptly reverts to normalcy, pieces of LEXUS's unnerving killing field coming apart like pieces of a broken mirror falling to the ground. The lash hunts Heartless and virii, touching off solid surfaces and rebounding in an utterly unpredictable manner. It spreads ever outward, ignoring the mere mortals and the Programs both, weaving its way around the heroic defenders of this place. A scent of clean air follows, and the air itself trembles at the spell's passing -- not from some sort of disruption, but as if the world needed to somehow acknowledge what had been done. Inevitably, the web closes on LEXUS. Isaac wonders if he'll fare better than the world he tried to force upon theirs.

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' There is a deep cost. As the circuit lines strike into the air, Marche start to widen his eyes. The breath is sucked out in pure shock. It finally lances through the boy, sapping the lifeforce from the young man before he sucks in a breath. The writing pain takes over the boy as the powerful, devilish energy starts overtaking the young man. This leaves Marche drained. Marche staggers around, then he lifts his eyes up. "...I may not be much." He grits his teeth, "However, you control the things that are destroying my world. People like you.... are what I am fighting against! Defeating people like you will allow me to help my world!" Marche lifts his sword into the sky. It shines with a bright light. "THIS IS JUSTICE'S LIGHT!" Marche, the champion of Justice, is charging towards LEXUS. As the man sapped his energy, March is going to return it tenfold. He slams the sword towards the ground near the man. "ULTIMA SWORD!" ..And lo, a burst of energy pieces the ground. It expands into a massive dome of energy that tears against the atmosphere. Expanding rapidly, the force of the energy rends its way towards LEXUS. 

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' the Dark Virus is a terror to behold he's one of the more terrifying things she's ever encountered She watches as the battle continues he goes on as he replies about how many people were fed to the darkness by his actions he truly does not care. He really doesn't care, she shouldn't be surprised but hearing such a thing well? It's hard to take it looks like LEXUS is down but he's not out as he refuses by force of will alone to not go down and then it hits her. What he is doi9ng. "GET CLEAR HE WILL CONSUME YOU IF HE CAN!" Deelel hits the ground hard rolling coming up and just being missed by the strange lines that are trying to consume and infect everyone around them. She's got very lucky and she knows it, she need to stop screwing about and the time for that is now. She pulls as Baton off her leg, there's no more time to screw about at this point. The old Encom model light cycle forms about Deelel and she revs the engine . The cycle charges right at less then a second later. Within Deelel triggers the light wall to activate as she goes attempting to twist by and slide it into Lexus before she'll derezz the cycle leap off and launches herself using the momentum to launch a full out attack on him with her disc. She knows there's always a cost, she was prepared to pay it the last time she faced LEXUS she still is now but she damn well doesn't want to see anyone else do so.

:'''[[LEXUS]] has posed:''' Life, and system resource, flows into LEXUS. His body begins to reconstitute, consuming others and the environment in order to regain stability. He begins to laugh as his body rebuilds itself, about to engage in a second assault which will surely finish them all. However, the mysterious second TRON (Tron 2?) strikes, his Disc crashing into LEXUS and shearing pieces of him away. The laughter dies into a gurgle as one arm vanishes in an explosion of data, and he is knocked back... Whereupon Artemis cuts him in half. Again. "BAUD DAMN IT!" LEXUS yells, his voice crackling and distorting from overmodulation as he rages against what he knows is coming. "STOP DOING THAT! DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THAT HURTS?" TRON then smashes into him, sending the remains of LEXUS flying into the air. Will seems to treat it like a Fate skeet shoot, and he levels all of his power at LEXUS, preparing to erase him from existence. The beam fires, a burning light that would shear through anything in its path... Except for one thing. The Disc moves in the way, intercepting the beam, reflecting it into the sky. LEXUS takes the Disc in his hand, looking down at the smoking thing. It glows for a moment, shining... And then LEXUS turns and throws it away from him, sending it flying into the Darkness. A moment later, Avira hammers down into him, driving him back down into the ground, searing him with the power of the Heart. LEXUS continues to disincorporate, trying to hold on, even as Marche hammers into him with the power of the Ultima Sword. His tenacity is admirable, even if he is barely intact at this point, perhaps. He can't even respond properly to the assault from Marche and Deelel, his voice nothing more than a shriek of static. But then... Anathema. The wave of annihilating, pure light blows through the Daemon Heartless in the area, shredding them to pieces without pity or mercy. The power closes in, and LEXUS looks up. Somehow, his voice becomes intact enough for him to begin to speak. "Don't think... you have won. Oblivion is coming." And then the light closes in, the noose tightens, and LEXUS screams, his body vanishing in the light. There is nothing left but a smoking spot where he lay.

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' TRON(?) catches his disc one last time, to quick get out of the way of the sudden massive light show that takes place. He puts up his hand to block some of the glow, which is bright enough that it reflects sharply off parts of the black visor. However once it is done, LEXUS is no more, or so it seems. The program then lowers his hand and then takes few steps forward. "Well. That.. is over." He says with a soft sigh of relief and then just drops down to one knee. "Thank.. Flynn." and then TRON(?) collapses over. His shutting off-line for now as it rests in his hands. The damage done to him noticeable and he will need some time to rest before Q/A can take place. Also, was that fire ever put out? Someone really should go check on that fire.

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' Marche is likely getting dragged on putting out the fire by Ritz and the viera pack. 

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' Will's growls... Again, he wasn't able to do it. Vision blurs as finally... He staggers to his knees and promptly falls over. The magical energy fading from his body as he can't support it anylonger. Mutter...not again...mutter..

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' Ramza takes one look at the smoking spot LEXUS has become. For some reason, despite not having any knowledge of what LEXUS was.. he has a feeling that he hadn't seen the last of the Shadow Lord. Still, it was no longer his concern. He walks over to Will Sherman, and lifts him up, and then he departs with Artemis and himself... He may have complimented Marche's hair idly on the way out, seemingly not noticing whatsoever that Ritz was dragging his butt away. Ahh, young love. More healing spells were cast on Will as they departed, one after another, after another... In the end he knew that the healing didn't function quite as planned, it'd probably take a day of recovery and a few dozen meals before the young immortal was back to full health.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Can a Program eat a User? That question brews in the back of Avira's mind when she hears Deelel shout out in warning. It certainly did feel like something unpleasant was happening there for many agonizing seconds as her energy was drained away. It may very well be the fact that she stands on Earth soil that she remains standing right now-and standing until the very end. There is a small pang of sadness felt by the woman as she witnesses what looks to be LEXUS's end. He wanted to survive. Not unlike her, he was fighting for survival. At the same time, though, all he's done to this world... She doesn't spend much time dwelling, seeking out what remaining fires there were to extinguish, using her ice magic to suppress the flames. "Is everyone alright?" Avira asks, just as Will and the mystery TRON flop over on the ground. Doh.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' "Yeah, that's what I /thought/," Isaac mutters disparagingly at LEXUS's scorch mark. "I'll be fine. I'll walk it off." He waves his robot hand a little bit, as if trying to be reassuring. "Just need to -- sit down for a second." Isaac half-staggers over to a rolly office chair lying around the Arcade that somehow survived the brawl. He drops into it, left hand pressed against his chest, his right dangling. Ow. Ow. /Ow/.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON emits a sound suspiciously close to a growl himself as LEXUS throws his Disc into the Darkness before Isaac overwhelms the Virus in light. Without that Disc... he can't be completely sure whether this is really over or not. History states that it probably isn't, and would be safer to assume as such until proven otherwise. His head cants to the side as he overhears the not-TRON's final words before collapsing, and his helm visibly folds back into the white 'high-collar' as if it had never been there to begin with. His eyes cease glowing, returning back to the human-like brown eyes, and his circuitry lines slowly dim back down to a visible whitish-blue. Whatever protocols he had accessed for the fight, they're offline now. "I am... fine..." He replies to Avira while staring down at his hands, though he sounds discombobulated with an expression more like 'what the heck just happened'. He almost visibly shifts gears, looking around at everyone else as if his thoughts had bodily snapped to more pertinent matters. "We need to tend to the injured if possible. Damage to the Arcade needs to be assessed and prioritized after the wounded are taken care of." He kneels next to his doppelganger, his brow furrowing as he redocks both Discs onto his back-spindle. "Now how do you know Flynn...?" He murmurs, almost as if asking the black visor would get him the answers. He easily picks up the slightly-smaller Program in his arms, regardless of the deep burn mark on his back, and carries him back into the Arcade. "You're not TRON..." His eyes narrow down at the white suit so similar to his own, "...but did you know one...?"

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel skids across the ground and and comes to a halt she's hurt but she's not too badly off all things considered as she looks up to see the aftermath as he talks about Oblivion coming she frowns for a moment worse things may be coming and there's little she can do about it. She looks over for a moment and looks over to see the other basic as she heads over to him. "Come on we need to get him inside he'll need to recover I think I got some things that can help him." Looks to her friend and some of the people who'd simply come to play games and have some fun. "I know we need to fix things and wait Flynn...? That name." She shakes her head a little bit. Great there's more questions now.

House Call

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|Date of Scene=2013/06/05
|Location=Lower Archades
|Synopsis=Gabranth makes a house visit to Alma Hyral's residence to continue a conversation that was interrupted due to some rude house guests.
|Cast of Characters=Gabranth, Alma Hyral
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:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' The Judge Magister known as Gabranth told Alma he would come back to speak with her. When a little call when out over his pearl, he then decided it was indeed time to go check in on her and her family there. So once more Gabranth finds himself down in Lower Archades, once more people look at him with either somewhat fear, concern, curiosity, admiration, and some even just staying far away as possible. And once again, there was the knock on the door and the patient wait for the answer. Unless he has to knock twice.

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' He didn't have to knock twice. Alma's schedule had been cleared up, remarkably well by the disappearance of the Beetleborg. In the aftermath of the events from that fateful night where it secluded itself in the bathroom.. She'd overslept, and lost her job. Fortunately it was just a part time job, for which she could easily get a new one. She spent the day cleaning the apartment, she dressed up formally for the occasion, this time in a white dress with a V-neck and a knotted waist. Around her neck was a scarf with a red triangular pattern. By the smells wafting out of the apartment, it'd be obvious that she'd been cooking. When the knock came, she took a moment to compose herself, before opening the door. There was a sort of shy smile on her expression as she regarded the Judge-Magister. She was obviously nervous but, only a hint of tremulousness crept into her voice, "Your Honor, thank you for coming. It's a d-distinct pleasure to see you again. Please, c-come in."

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' "You as well, ma'am." Gabranth stated calmly before he waited for her to step aside and he made his way into the house. He glanced around the inside, taking note of what he could, before stepping to the side mostly so he would not be in her way if she wish to lead him to a section of the house. "I thank you for contacting me so we can have this discussion. I take it since we last met-- things are better here?" It seems so, but he may as well ask.

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' She'd close the door behind him, locking it, but not bolting it. After all, she doubted anyone would be foolish enough to break in while a Judge-Magister was present.. or if they did, the results would be not to their liking. She'd lead him towards the humble living room, gesturing for him to take a seat if he so desired in an assortment of plain wooden chairs, or a couch. "And I t-thank you for being willing to.. h-hear me out given the poor first i-impression that I gave you. I filled in Judge-Cadet Riku on the t-truth of the disturbance, but if you'd like, as a means of a-apology, I can do the same for you." She'd turn to face him, her anxiety obviously growing at the thought of trying to relate the incident to him. She didn't know if he'd take it quite as well as Riku had.

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' Judge Magister Gabranth listened to her words, including the stuttering, nervous edge to them. He noted by her body language and by how she was behaving. He was use to such behaviors really, even more so from those who live in Lower Archades; yet in some ways; he also hated it. He wasn't Bergan who enjoyed such fear from the people, he did like respect, but not fear. Not out of the people of Archades - outsiders however... Then again, they were outsiders, now weren't they? Gabranth takes a seat in one of the chairs, as he reaches up to actually remove his helm. Displaying that military cut blonde hair, his blue eyes, and slightly masculine, yet youthful face with the side burns that went down along just slightly past his ear. Maybe seeing a face would also place her at some ease. He rested the helm on his lap, with his hands resting on top of it casually. "Explanation is only in order if you desire to give one. However idle chatter is not something I am really known for." He states with his eyes closing for a moment. He could also get on her for forgetting to use proper etiquette, but they would pick it up quickly enough in time. No reason to apply more pressure. "And yes. Judge Riku seems to be rather fond of you, since he did speak highly of you and what you are capable of doing. Again, it is cause of he is why the Senate has taken interest in your abilities." Gabranth cants his head to the side. "You have a device or so we have been informed, that can locate parts of missing worlds. It is because of this that we wish to employee your services for the Empire." Right to business, yep. "Such a device could also place you in danger and so, because of this, if you are willing to aid us, we too will be willing to aid you as well. This would be moving you and your sister to Upper Archades and moving into one of the safer locations where we, the Judges of Archades can keep a watchful eye over your home to make sure no harm would befall you or your sister. We would also give you access, if you are willing to work with us, to laboratory tools as needed and any other forms of equipment." He then pauses. "..and for your services, we will also pay you a sum of gil each month. So long, at least, you continue to support us and lend us your aid."

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' Alma Hyral would swallow, audibly, taking in everything he stated, seeing his face did put her more at ease... but still.. "It.. I wouldn't c-classify it as idle c-chatter your Honor. The s-short of it is that the houseguest was in fact a spy from the M-Murasame Zaibatsu. They are holding a hostage whose continued e-existence was contingent on my silence. They set a g-guardian over me to spy and ensure that I would b-behave. However.. it has v-vanished in the a-aftermath. That n-night it was reacting poorly to one of our other houseguests, the.. Network, which caused it physical harm. It had l-locked itself in the r-restroom until the Network left." Once she was finished, she'd try to smoothly move on to more pleasant subjects, "It's not.. r-really a device, so much. It's more data from my research which I plug into it. G-Given that so many seemed interested in u-using my research for ill, I don't put the a-actual equations to perform the function in my data." She'd walk over to her laptop, and pick up a device about the size of a cell phone, which she'd put on her wrist. "B-Basically, I input an equation on my laptop, which contains most of my d-data. Then upload it to this device, which then f-functions as a global p-positioning system." She'd walk over towards Gabranth, and then press her thumb and forefinger against the screen, rolling it, and then tapping it. "A-Alright, Your Honor... this is where your world once sat." She'd show him the constellation Auriga, on the screen, then roll her fingers to zoom in. "...and after interviewing enough people for data on your w-world and r-researching the star charts..." She'd tap her fingers again. A line would be drawn from a section of that world, downwards.. "...I can plot trajectories for W-World shards, or other objects from your w-world of importance, since very little else survives the t-trip through the darkness." And then she'd roll her fingers down, towards the screen, the line would continue to draw, until it landed right smack onto another world, the World of Ruin. She'd then roll her fingers to zoom in, showing it to him. "...And t-this is the closest p-potential Shard from Ivalice that I-I've found to A-Archades. It's in the desert near D-Dalmasca." She'd offer him a demure sort of smile which looked a touch sheepish, "I.. it's already g-gotten me into a lot of trouble a-already, Your Honor. I've been a-abducted once for it by a criminal organization known as K-Khamja. So I w-would actually appreciate the offer. Would we still be free to move a-around as we wished? A-Also.. I'd like to ask, would I be a-asked to s-search for shards from your w-world, to the exclusion of all o-others if I accepted this o-offer? As it's my intention to r-restore every world, not j-just my own, or y-your own."

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' Gabranth tilted his head and raised his eye brow sharply as he listened to Alma's story about the house guest from two days ago. That it was a spy from this Murasame Zaibatsu group and was trying to control her. That would be-- highly problematic and something he will need to inform the House about. After all, if this group comes back for her... Then she goes to show him how the device works and he watches with keen interest. His eyes following everything she does, like a hawk watching a meal in the tall grass. Though Archades plays with magitech that works on some similar principles to the laptop, the device was very interesting in itself on a solid technological level. He then peers over at her for a moment as she goes to explain some things then asks him her question. "You will be free to do as you wish. We will not be hindering your freedom, however we do request if you do decide to leave that you either inform one of the Judges or take with you, such as the pearl I gave you, so we can track your position if we must." Gabranth then looks down at his helm, before he looks over to her. "Far as I am concerned, we can not halt you from finding other shards, as there is no way to tell what shard comes from where." He admits with a soft tsk. "Yet, I will have to speak to the Senate regarding this. They should, however, have no problem with you aiding other locations. So long as they are not our enemies." "Luckily for you, Archades is not in a state of war." He says with an idle smirk, but one that just as quickly fades. "So, the chances of you being told no is.. very slim." "His Majesty, Emperor Gramis of House Solidor is a very giving man. Though we are a nation that has been built upon war, we are not warmongers as some have made us out to be. We protect our nation with great ferocity, but we will also defend our allies with equal aggression." Gabranth then goes to stand up, placing his helm under his arm, before he reaches into a satchel on his back belt, then pulls out a rolled piece of paper. "I just need you to sign this form that you agree to aid and work with us. You may break this agreement at any time and be on your way. We will not stop you." Gabranth explains as he waits for her to take the rolled parchment.

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' She would listen to Gabranth's whole explanation.. then she would consider it, for a time, her thoughts entirely focused on what he was detailing to her. She ws respectful enough of the man to not interrupt during the entirety of it, not to question him. So she skimmed over the agreement in her mind, making sure that she had no actual questions, again and again. The restriction on aiding the enemies of the Empire didn't seem like such a hindrance.. given that there were none right now, as he explained. Telling the Judges where she was so they could track her? That would actually be.. quite useful, right now. It'd give her a possible /out/ for any bad situation. And being able to break the agreement and leave at any time was... remarkably lenient. But then she realized what a boon /any/ world shard from Ivalice might be to the Archadian Empire. It wasn't worth restricting her so much that she'd consider rebelling. She'd take the rolled up piece of paper, unfurl it, and scanned it, not more than once. She didn't want to offend him by making him think that she believed his word was not good enough. She saw nothing that contradicted his words. So she'd place it down upon a small end table, picked up a pen, and signed it. She'd then blow on it once, before offering it back to him. Her words were far calmer than before, but still just as respectful, as she offered a faint smile, "It would be my pleasure then to be of service to the Empire, and your world, your Honor."

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' Gabranth took the parchment and then placed it back into the satchel before he stepped back carefully (and making sure he had the room), before he placed his knuckled fist against the breast plate of his armor where his heart would rest and then bowed down to her. "And Archades is glad to have you, along with House Solidor, Miss Hyral." He stays that way a bit before he stands back up once more. "I will work on arrangements to get the room fully prepared for you and to make sure that at least one of the rooms has a clear view of the sky. As I hear it is a big part of your research.. and also from what you demonstrated to me." Gabranth then goes to place his helm back on his head once more. "You still have access to my pearl. If you ever require anything before that, please let me know. I will see that it performed swiftly."

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' She would actually grab the hem of her skirts, and curtsey quite properly in reply. She was a noble at heart, and was actually quite familiar with the custom. It was just.. archaic, on her home world. Still it was something she was comfortable doing. "I would be quite grateful, if you could manage that, your Honor." And then after a moment's thought, "My only other request, your Honor, is that.. my sister, Kyra, I would like to see if I could have her introduced to an expert from her field. I think you will find that she can be a great asset to the Empire, if she is given a task equal to her astounding intellect. Perhaps even far greater than myself, though I hope that I will be able to meet, and exceed the expectations of House Solidor."

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' "I will speak to the House and to the Senate regarding your sister." Gabranth states with a nod of his head. "Though like you, she also falls under the same protection if she so desires it." He glances over to the door and then back to Alma. "Though do please try and remember proper etiquette. Perhaps you can speak with Judge Riku over it and he can assist you with all the terms beyond just the knowledge of 'Your honor'." It was hard to tell if he was being playful, or serious. "Is there anything further, ma'am?"

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' "Thank you, Your Honor." She'd state in response to him speaking to the House and the Senate, with genuine cheer. A stutter would creep back into her voice though, after he mentioned the proper etiquette part, she had no idea if he was being serious and that made her anxious. "I will, s-sir.. Y-Your honor, sir. And no, Your Honor..s-sir." Alma Hyral, bringing back the awkward.

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' Gabranth raises a brow behind the helm, even a gentle smile hidden behind the dark armor. "I think that will be all then. Good day to you." He then turns on his heels in military fashion, with the cape barely bellowing out, but instead staying near his form as he starts to walk toward the door. "Again, if you have any questions. Feel free to ask." He says once more before stepping back out to the outside world. Darth Vadar has left the building.

Gabranth

2013-06-21T18:48:28Z

Foxfirestorm:

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Judge Magister Gabranth
|age=3/30 - 37
|image=Gabranth1.jpg
|imageoptions=300px
|species=Hume
|sex=Male
|height=5'11"
|series=Final Fantasy 12
|styles=Judge of Ambition, Eclipse Behemoth
|hometown=Archades?
|alignment=Forces of Ruin
|group=Archadian Empire
|occupation=Judge Magister
|themesong=Theme Of The Empire - Final Fantasy XII OST
|quote=Power without control is worthless.
|footer=Doing Whatever Judge Magisters Do.
}}
= Basics =
[[File:Gabranth-Card.png|left]]
'''Profile:''' 
Judge Magister Gabranth is a loyal hound of the Empire and House Solidor. He is command of the 9th Bureau and oversees the gathering of information and dissemination. He is known for his ruthless nature within the Archadian military, but yet very controlled with his power while in combat. Gabranth has no problem executing a man in public without blinking an eye and will carry out any task laid out before him with great strength and conviction. Like any Judge Magister within the Empire he enforces the law and will see to it that any man that the Empire or allies deems convicted of a crime or sentenced to death, will meet his fate with no mercy or quarter given.
----------------------------
'''Skills:''' 
Vadar Walk, Dark Force Power, 'I Find Your Lack Of Faith Disturbing..', Mama's Boy, Top Dog, Weakness: Women?, Looking Good In Leather, Twin (Deep) Hatred, I Am The Law?, The Archadian Stray, Loyal To His Majesty, Has Another Name, Just Don't Say It
----------------------------
'''Background Music:'''
{|border="1"
|-
|The Theme Of The Empire - Final Fantasy XII OST
|I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin
|-
|You're Not Alone - Final Fantasy IX OST
|-
|Just Another Way To Die - Disturbed
|-
|Dance With The Devil - Breaking Benjamin
|}
 

= Relationships =
[[File:Gabranth-helmoff.jpg|300px|left]]
== Allies ==
{|border="1"
|-
|Name
|Status
|Thoughts
|-
|[[Zargabaath]]
|Kinship
|"''Since I have been a Judge to even a Judge Magister, you have been one of the few who never questioned and you continue to show me earnest respect. Even when others do not.''"
|-
|[[Cirra Constantine]]
|Friendship
|"''You are loyal to the Empire. You serve her well. Though I have had little time to work with you, I can see you soon becoming something great.''"
|-
|[[Riku]]
|Brother
|"''You Risked your life for me. I signed you up within Archades Military. Now Zargabaath and I have trained you. There is so much for you to still learn though. I only hope you will be better guided through life then I was. I will keep my promise though; No matter what it may cost me. Because you are now my brother and I will make sure I do what my own twin could not.''"
|}

== Neutral ==
{|border="1"
|-
|Name
|Status
|Thoughts
|-
|[[Evja]]
|Interest
|"''A Judge Veira of another nation's law enforcement. One that stands for neutrality, which I still have a hard time believing in. Yet, after a nice conversation with them in Archades. There honesty has been noted. Though I do not care to be tricked, it is understandable as to why.''"
|-
|[[Avira]]
|Unsure
|"''You have strong feelings for that mercenary. Willing to take his place to clean his name. You have bravery, I give you that, but I hope you realize it is in vain that you try to defend that man.''"
|-
|[[Katyna]]
|Curious
|"''A woman who saved my life from her, what I suppose, evil doppelganger. I know little of her, but I am going to keep her in mind encase I run into her once more.''"
|-
|[[Souji Murasame]]
|Annoyance
|"''You poke your nose into Archadian business. One of your employee's attacked someone under our protection and you simply hand wave such actions on OUR territory. If only you knew what I have on file, perhaps then you would think more carefully. Be glad we need medical assistance, or I would have had you removed from Archades grounds-- and that is me being generous.''"
|}

== Enemies ==
{|border="1"
|-
|Name
|Status
|Thoughts
|-
|[[Angantyr Vespar]]
|Frustration
|"''An old thorn in the side. His rage of the past due to my actions, has him acting on sheer emotion than rather logic. He is a mad dog that will need to be put down soon enough.''"
|-
|[[Baigan]]
|Anger
|"''I know now the truth behind your actions in Flugoris. Why Baron came. Why you tried to deny it. You are indeed a snake.''"
|-
|[[Kingdom of Alexandria|Alexandria]]
|Hatred
|"''You come to our homeland. You have killed our Emperor and you have taken his youngest son. You will BURN for what you have done, but for now, you are fortunate that Vayne Solidor holds my chains... It is because of you Gramis is dead.. because of you..''"
|-
|[[Baron]]
|Hatred
|"''I cast you in with the Kingdom of Alexandria. May the both of you share the same fate!''"
|}

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Gabranth

2013-06-21T18:42:37Z

Foxfirestorm: /* Neutral */

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Judge Magister Gabranth
|age=3/30 - 37
|image=Gabranth1.jpg
|imageoptions=300px
|species=Hume
|sex=Male
|height=5'11"
|series=Final Fantasy 12
|styles=Judge of Ambition, Eclipse Behemoth
|hometown=Archades?
|alignment=Forces of Ruin
|group=Archadian Empire
|occupation=Judge Magister
|themesong=Theme Of The Empire - Final Fantasy XII OST
|quote=Power without control is worthless.
|footer=Doing Whatever Judge Magisters Do.
}}
= Basics =
[[File:Gabranth-Card.png|left]]
'''Profile:''' 
Judge Magister Gabranth is a loyal hound of the Empire and House Solidor. He is command of the 9th Bureau and oversees the gathering of information and dissemination. He is known for his ruthless nature within the Archadian military, but yet very controlled with his power while in combat. Gabranth has no problem executing a man in public without blinking an eye and will carry out any task laid out before him with great strength and conviction. Like any Judge Magister within the Empire he enforces the law and will see to it that any man that the Empire or allies deems convicted of a crime or sentenced to death, will meet his fate with no mercy or quarter given.
----------------------------
'''Skills:''' 
Vadar Walk, Dark Force Power, 'I Find Your Lack Of Faith Disturbing..', Mama's Boy, Top Dog, Weakness: Women?, Looking Good In Leather, Twin (Deep) Hatred, I Am The Law?, The Archadian Stray, Loyal To His Majesty, Has Another Name, Just Don't Say It
----------------------------
'''Background Music:'''
{|border="1"
|-
|The Theme Of The Empire - Final Fantasy XII OST
|I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin
|-
|You're Not Alone - Final Fantasy IX OST
|-
|Just Another Way To Die - Disturbed
|-
|Dance With The Devil - Breaking Benjamin
|}
 

= Relationships =
[[File:Gabranth-helmoff.jpg|300px|left]]
== Allies ==
{|border="1"
|-
|Name
|Status
|Thoughts
|-
|[[Zargabaath]]
|Kinship
|"''Since I have been a Judge to even a Judge Magister, you have been one of the few who never questioned and you continue to show me earnest respect. Even when others do not.''"
|-
|[[Cirra Constantine]]
|Friendship
|"''You are loyal to the Empire. You serve her well. Though I have had little time to work with you, I can see you soon becoming something great.''"
|-
|[[Riku]]
|Student
|"''You Risked your life for me. I signed you up within Archades Military. Now Zargabaath and I must train you. There is so much for you to still learn though. I only hope you will be better guided through life then I was. I will keep my promise though; No matter what it may cost me.''"
|}

== Neutral ==
{|border="1"
|-
|Name
|Status
|Thoughts
|-
|[[Evja]]
|Interest
|"''A Judge Veira of another nation's law enforcement. One that stands for neutrality, which I still have a hard time believing in. Yet, after a nice conversation with them in Archades. There honesty has been noted. Though I do not care to be tricked, it is understandable as to why.''"
|-
|[[Avira]]
|Unsure
|"''You have strong feelings for that mercenary. Willing to take his place to clean his name. You have bravery, I give you that, but I hope you realize it is in vain that you try to defend that man.''"
|-
|[[Katyna]]
|Curious
|"''A woman who saved my life from her, what I suppose, evil doppelganger. I know little of her, but I am going to keep her in mind encase I run into her once more.''"
|-
|[[Souji Murasame]]
|Annoyance
|"''You poke your nose into Archadian business. One of your employee's attacked someone under our protection and you simply hand wave such actions on OUR territory. If only you knew what I have on file, perhaps then you would think more carefully. Be glad we need medical assistance, or I would have had you removed from Archades grounds-- and that is me being generous.''"
|}

== Enemies ==
{|border="1"
|-
|Name
|Status
|Thoughts
|-
|[[Angantyr Vespar]]
|Frustration
|"''An old thorn in the side. His rage of the past due to my actions, has him acting on sheer emotion than rather logic. He is a mad dog that will need to be put down soon enough.''"
|-
|[[Baigan]]
|Anger
|"''I know now the truth behind your actions in Flugoris. Why Baron came. Why you tried to deny it. You are indeed a snake.''"
|-
|[[Kingdom of Alexandria|Alexandria]]
|Hatred
|"''You come to our homeland. You have killed our Emperor and you have taken his youngest son. You will BURN for what you have done, but for now, you are fortunate that Vayne Solidor holds my chains... It is because of you Gramis is dead.. because of you..''"
|-
|[[Baron]]
|Hatred
|"''I cast you in with the Kingdom of Alexandria. May the both of you share the same fate!''"
|}

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Gabranth

2013-06-21T18:37:32Z

Foxfirestorm:

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Judge Magister Gabranth
|age=3/30 - 37
|image=Gabranth1.jpg
|imageoptions=300px
|species=Hume
|sex=Male
|height=5'11"
|series=Final Fantasy 12
|styles=Judge of Ambition, Eclipse Behemoth
|hometown=Archades?
|alignment=Forces of Ruin
|group=Archadian Empire
|occupation=Judge Magister
|themesong=Theme Of The Empire - Final Fantasy XII OST
|quote=Power without control is worthless.
|footer=Doing Whatever Judge Magisters Do.
}}
= Basics =
[[File:Gabranth-Card.png|left]]
'''Profile:''' 
Judge Magister Gabranth is a loyal hound of the Empire and House Solidor. He is command of the 9th Bureau and oversees the gathering of information and dissemination. He is known for his ruthless nature within the Archadian military, but yet very controlled with his power while in combat. Gabranth has no problem executing a man in public without blinking an eye and will carry out any task laid out before him with great strength and conviction. Like any Judge Magister within the Empire he enforces the law and will see to it that any man that the Empire or allies deems convicted of a crime or sentenced to death, will meet his fate with no mercy or quarter given.
----------------------------
'''Skills:''' 
Vadar Walk, Dark Force Power, 'I Find Your Lack Of Faith Disturbing..', Mama's Boy, Top Dog, Weakness: Women?, Looking Good In Leather, Twin (Deep) Hatred, I Am The Law?, The Archadian Stray, Loyal To His Majesty, Has Another Name, Just Don't Say It
----------------------------
'''Background Music:'''
{|border="1"
|-
|The Theme Of The Empire - Final Fantasy XII OST
|I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin
|-
|You're Not Alone - Final Fantasy IX OST
|-
|Just Another Way To Die - Disturbed
|-
|Dance With The Devil - Breaking Benjamin
|}
 

= Relationships =
[[File:Gabranth-helmoff.jpg|300px|left]]
== Allies ==
{|border="1"
|-
|Name
|Status
|Thoughts
|-
|[[Zargabaath]]
|Kinship
|"''Since I have been a Judge to even a Judge Magister, you have been one of the few who never questioned and you continue to show me earnest respect. Even when others do not.''"
|-
|[[Cirra Constantine]]
|Friendship
|"''You are loyal to the Empire. You serve her well. Though I have had little time to work with you, I can see you soon becoming something great.''"
|-
|[[Riku]]
|Student
|"''You Risked your life for me. I signed you up within Archades Military. Now Zargabaath and I must train you. There is so much for you to still learn though. I only hope you will be better guided through life then I was. I will keep my promise though; No matter what it may cost me.''"
|}

== Neutral ==
{|border="1"
|-
|Name
|Status
|Thoughts
|-
|[[Evja]]
|Interest
|"''A Judge Veira of another nation's law enforcement. One that stands for neutrality, which I still have a hard time believing in. Yet, after a nice conversation with them in Archades. There honesty has been noted. Though I do not care to be tricked, it is understandable as to why.''"
|-
|[[Avira]]
|Unsure
|"''You have strong feelings for that mercenary. Willing to take his place to clean his name. You have bravery, I give you that, but I hope you realize it is in vain that you try to defend that man.''"
|-
|[[Katyna]]
|Curious
|"''A woman who saved my life from her, what I suppose, evil doppelganger. I know little of her, but I am going to keep her in mind encase I run into her once more.''"
|}

== Enemies ==
{|border="1"
|-
|Name
|Status
|Thoughts
|-
|[[Angantyr Vespar]]
|Frustration
|"''An old thorn in the side. His rage of the past due to my actions, has him acting on sheer emotion than rather logic. He is a mad dog that will need to be put down soon enough.''"
|-
|[[Baigan]]
|Anger
|"''I know now the truth behind your actions in Flugoris. Why Baron came. Why you tried to deny it. You are indeed a snake.''"
|-
|[[Kingdom of Alexandria|Alexandria]]
|Hatred
|"''You come to our homeland. You have killed our Emperor and you have taken his youngest son. You will BURN for what you have done, but for now, you are fortunate that Vayne Solidor holds my chains... It is because of you Gramis is dead.. because of you..''"
|-
|[[Baron]]
|Hatred
|"''I cast you in with the Kingdom of Alexandria. May the both of you share the same fate!''"
|}

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Gabranth

2013-06-21T18:31:27Z

Foxfirestorm:

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Judge Magister Gabranth
|age=3/30 - 37
|image=Gabranth1.jpg
|imageoptions=300px
|species=Hume
|sex=Male
|height=5'11"
|series=Final Fantasy 12
|styles=Judge of Ambition, Eclipse Behemoth
|hometown=Archades?
|alignment=Forces of Ruin
|group=Archadian Empire
|occupation=Judge Magister
|themesong=Theme Of The Empire - Final Fantasy XII OST
|quote=Power without control is worthless.
|footer=Doing Whatever Judge Magisters Do.
}}
= Basics =
[[File:Gabranth-Card.png|left]]
'''Profile:''' 
Judge Magister Gabranth is a loyal hound of the Empire and House Solidor. He is command of the 9th Bureau and oversees the gathering of information and dissemination. He is known for his ruthless nature within the Archadian military, but yet very controlled with his power while in combat. Gabranth has no problem executing a man in public without blinking an eye and will carry out any task laid out before him with great strength and conviction. Like any Judge Magister within the Empire he enforces the law and will see to it that any man that the Empire or allies deems convicted of a crime or sentenced to death, will meet his fate with no mercy or quarter given.
----------------------------
'''Skills:''' 
Vadar Walk, Dark Force Power, 'I Find Your Lack Of Faith Disturbing..', Mama's Boy, Top Dog, Weakness: Women?, Looking Good In Leather, Twin (Deep) Hatred, I Am The Law?, The Archadian Stray, Loyal To His Majesty, Has Another Name, Just Don't Say It
----------------------------
'''Background Music:'''
{|border="1"
|-
|The Theme Of The Empire - Final Fantasy XII OST
|I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin
|-
|You're Not Alone - Final Fantasy IX OST
|-
|Just Another Way To Die - Disturbed
|-
|Dance With The Devil - Breaking Benjamin
|}
 

= Relationships =
[[File:Gabranth-helmoff.jpg|300px|left]]
== Allies ==
{|border="1"
|-
|Name
|Status
|Thoughts
|-
|[[Zargabaath]]
|Kinship
|"''Since I have been a Judge to even a Judge Magister, you have been one of the few who never questioned and you continue to show me earnest respect. Even when others do not.''"
|-
|[[Cirra Constantine]]
|Friendship
|"''You are loyal to the Empire. You serve her well. Though I have had little time to work with you, I can see you soon becoming something great.''"
|-
|[[Riku]]
|Student
|"''You Risked your life for me. I signed you up within Archades Military. Now Zargabaath and I must train you. There is so much for you to still learn though. I only hope you will be better guided through life then I was. I will keep my promise though; No matter what it may cost me.''"
|}

== Neutral ==
{|border="1"
|-
|Name
|Status
|Thoughts
|-
|[[Evja]]
|Interest
|"''A Judge Veira of another nation's law enforcement. One that stands for neutrality, which I still have a hard time believing in. Yet, after a nice conversation with them in Archades. There honesty has been noted. Though I do not care to be tricked, it is understandable as to why.''"
|-
|[[Avira]]
|Unsure
|"''You have strong feelings for that mercenary. Willing to take his place to clean his name. You have bravery, I give you that, but I hope you realize it is in vain that you try to defend that man.''"
|-
|[[Katyna]]
|Curious
|"''A woman who saved my life from her, what I suppose, evil doppelganger. I know little of her, but I am going to keep her in mind encase I run into her once more.''"
|}

== Enemies ==
{|border="1"
|-
|Name
|Status
|Thoughts
|-
|[[Angantyr Vespar]]
|Frustration
|"''An old thorn in the side. His rage of the past due to my actions, has him acting on sheer emotion than rather logic. He is a mad dog that will need to be put down soon enough.''"
|-
|[[Baigan]]
|Annoyance
|"''Though Baron denies their involvement in Fluorgis, this man was there speaking on their behalf. I would call him a snake, but that be to kind since he has two arms that are such.''"
|}

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Deal or No Deal

2013-06-21T18:26:23Z

Foxfirestorm: Created page with "{{Log Header |Date of Scene=2013/06/18 |Location=Archades Airship |Synopsis=Murasame Corporation wishes to make a deal with Archades after they have been injured by the Alexan..."

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/06/18
|Location=Archades Airship
|Synopsis=Murasame Corporation wishes to make a deal with Archades after they have been injured by the Alexandrian war. What Souji Murasame is not aware is some key information has been brought forth to head Judge Magister and that Souji is not only speaking to him, but also the Judge Magister of Intelligence Bureau.
|Cast of Characters=Gabranth, Souji Murasame
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' Souji has been invited to speaking the Judge Magister Gabranth who is the head of Judges and working directly under Vayne's watchful eye. Where was this meeting taking place? Not on the ground no, but up in one of the Airships, in a private room that has a round table, some Archadian wine, cheese, water, and other little assorted things encase their guest would like something. Judge Magister Gabranth himself however was not sitting at the table, he was standing by the bay window staring out across the sky with his hands behind his back, hidden by his leathery cape with the Archadian Symbol of House Solidor marked on it in red. He also still had his helm on.

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' Souji also has his chosen battle gear on. They consist of a fine tailored suit, tie, his technologically augmented glasses, and a suitcase. The Murasame heir has been courting Archades since the assault upon their land, offering the services of the burgeoning Murasame Corporation to augment Archades' military power. Souji himself steps into the room, setting the suitcase on the table and appeoaching to the side of the Judge, looking out upon the view. "I am here to assist, Judge Magister."

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' Gabranth continues to stare out the window, before he at last turns to face Souji. "Souji Murasame of the Murasame Corporation, I presume?" He cants his head and then with very easy steps starts to make his way to the table. "I have heard of your desire to aid us from Judge Constantine and so has His Majesty, Lord Vayne Solidor." The Judge Magister then motions for Souji to sit. "We are interested in some things you have to offer, however there are some.. facts.. I have been running over which is why this conversation has taken some time to be addressed."

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' Souji follows Gabranth to the table. "I am." He confirms, and sits when bade to do so. "I am sure the situation has been quite complicated. One does not prepare a campaign of justice against aggression and handle a transition between Emperors in a single day. How can I address your concerns?"

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' "We need to know we can /trust/ your corporation, Mister Murasame. As it has come to our attention that one of your employees may be working for the other opposition." Gabranth asks calmly as he stands there, not sitting. His stance was cool and calm. Those blue eyes gazing past the darkness of his helm that hides his facial features from the light. "I believe our contacted stated the employee's name is Feige Abramson." Gabranth continues to keep his voice very calm. "Who not only created a cyborg that attempted to kill a woman under /our/ protection, but also at the end, which Judge Constantine also heard.. Long Live Alexandria, and that sweet black mage tech." Judge Magister then tilts his head silently. "Do you or do you not know anything about this?"

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' Souji does not appear to be concerned about the questions. He smoothly folds his hands before him and nods. "An understandable precaution, Judge Magister. It would doing your people a disservice if you were not practicing due diligence with those who offered to assist." He raises a hand and gestures. "The woman, Alma Hyral, was until recently a member of my own company as well. She was dismissed for gross insubordination and for attempting to damage corporate assets. Ms Abramson was attempting to test Ms. Hyral, especially considring her later continues actions to damage and destroy our corporate assets. Surely you cannot expect such actions to go without reprisal, Judge Magister." He leans back in his chair and steeples his hands. "We had recently acquired a... sample of the Black Mage technology and are working to adapt it to some of our own work. That, combined with the declaration, was an attempt to evade Alexandrian scrutiny. Most of their troops are mostly mindless and easily evaded if one takes minimal precautions."

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' Gabranth nods his head softly as he listens to what Souji has to stay over one of the major concerning issues. "And Alma is now under our employment and protection. Which means that any further attempt tried by your corporation after this point hence will place you also enemies before us." He pauses in thought, "So please, attempt to keep any further.. reprisal.. from taking place, Mister Murasame. As we would like to have some form of business partnership." The Judge of Ambition lowers his hands and then takes out a pad of some kind, resting it on the table before he slides it over to Souji. It seems much like a data pad, but powered by magicite by the looks of it. "We need some things you may be able to offer, but for now, we are going to keep this simple until we know we can trust you and your firm. What we are looking for from you is Medical supplies." He motions at the tablet. "On there is a list of different forms of medical supplies we use. We are willing to accept an equivalent too." Gabranth then places his hands once more behind his back. "I also again send apologies for placing you under investigation. We Judge Magisters, including my own, are responsible for finding things and.. Not.. Overlooking any information when possible. No matter the death toll, city destruction, or the passing of our former Emperor." "After all, times of war is when many would slip up and we already have made one grave slip up by not taking something seriously as we should have." Gabranth's eyes could almost be seen turning an amber gold color. "Not something that shall be repeated again." "So what that all said. Is there any questions or any problems with the requested order?"

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' Souji frowns slightly at the very... pointed warning placed before him, but he says nothing as the Judge Magister lays out his desire. Souji picks up the pad, looking it over for a moment and examining the contents. "Medical supplies are easily provided. We can have the requested amounts manufactured and delivered soon. We have substitutes available for some of these which you should find of acceptable or superior quality. Once our biotech division is more firmly established we may be able to improve upon it yet more." He looks back up towards the Judge Magister. "I cannot fault you for your diligence, Judge Magister. But I admit, I am curious. What is so valuable about Alma Hyral, a known dissident and malcontent, that she warrants the direct protection of the Judge Magisters of Archades? What can she possibly offer you that I cannot offer equally or better?"

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' Judge Magister Gabranth gave a small nod of his head as he listens once more. "Very well and thank you, Mister Murasame." He gives a polite bow of his head. "We are looking forward to seeing what your firm can provided to us." "Including this.. superior quality you speak of." Gabranth then goes to step to the side, since they were, far as he was concerned done speaking. Though Souji decides to ask about Alma and the Judge Magister peers over to Souji. There was a hint of gold in his eyes for a moment and a slight flicker of light hidden from under his armor; if one was observant enough to catch it for a moment. "Alma Hyral's reasons for being under our protection is for us to know and us to know alone. It is classified information, Mister Murasame." Gabranth says with a slow, low rumble almost hidden in his words. "Is there anything further?"

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' Classified. A pity, that. Souji nods, smiling to the Judge Magister. He understands the hidden threats there. "There are no other questions, Judge Magister. I look forward to providing service to Archades."

:'''[[Gabranth]] has posed:''' Gabranth gives a nod in return, "And we yours, Mister Murasame." He then gives a proper bow to Souji at last, which about that time the doors open and two Archadian soldiers walk in to escort Souji back to the landing craft which could either take him back to the ground or to his own airship really. "Good day to you, sir."

:'''[[Souji Murasame]] has posed:''' Souji bows himself, to Gabranth. "Indeed. Good day, Judge Magister." He turns and heads out, travelling back to his ship. The deal is done. Now it's time for the /other/ work.

Home Is Where The...

2013-06-21T18:16:23Z

Foxfirestorm: Created page with "{{Log Header |Date of Scene=2013/06/20 |Location=Flynn's Arcade |Synopsis=TRON gets ready to hook up the server that was once taken from Flynn's Arcade and gets the computer r..."

{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/06/20
|Location=Flynn's Arcade
|Synopsis=TRON gets ready to hook up the server that was once taken from Flynn's Arcade and gets the computer ready. What he and others don't know is what is about to take place when its all said and done...
|Cast of Characters=Will Sherman, Avira, Deelel, LEXUS, TRON, Isaac Hanlon, Ramza Beoulve, Artemis Eurus, Marche Radiuju, Ritz Malheur, Renegade
|Tinyplot=TRON Train
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' Flynn's Arcade is silent from the outside, locked up tight with only the blinking flicker of security cameras around the building's perimeter. Save for the flickering of arcade game lights from within, a casual passerby could be forgiven for believing it is still just as abandoned as it has always been. That couldn't be further from the truth. It has been a busy past few hours for 'Alan', Deelel, and anyone assisting them down in the hidden basement, where the newly-built laser has been stored. After their shopping trip last night for computer components, it has taken them the rest of the night and the majority of the day to put everything together. Alan is in the basement, wearing the same clothes as he did last night, door ajar and the TRON arcade machine at the top of the stairs moved to the side to allow relatively easy passage. He sits in a dusty rolling-chair at the temporary desk upon which the computer tower, monitor, and even the mouse and keyboard are resting. The monitor itself shows the installation progress of the OS that had been salvaged from ShinRa, with the rest of the necessary software already queued for installation. The laser itself is aimed off to the side, already connected but without any directives to command it. By now, there is little anyone else can do as far as computers are concerned, so a break has been called. Pizza had been delivered and drinks grabbed from the nearby corner convenience store. The games' reliance on quarters also allows anyone to play the games to pass the time, also providing a test run of what games work and which ones don't. The jukebox is also very much so functional, but the volume seems to have been turned down somewhat to make conversation easier and its playlist may still only have early 80's hits... unless Deelel has already gotten to it?

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Avira, who is most certainly NOT an antivirus program, joined up with TRON and Deleel the previous night. At the time they had been acting as humans so Avira behaved accordingly. For the most part. Save for a few awkward questions, there were no incidents and Avira had happily helped them pick up what remaining computer components they needed. When it comes to curiosity, Avira had plenty of it, especially where it concerns that OS they got from ShinRa. Was that even compatable? Somehow it seemed to be working. Avira has sat herself down on a pile of discarded carboard boxes. Despite her small frame, her weight is depressing the box, making it a poor chair. But for now, it works, and it gives her a good place to sit so she can chow down on some pizza. "Randomly." Avira interjects, "This is actually the first time I've had pizza in a while." As usual, she feels an overwhelming amount of peace while in this world-which is actually to be expected. In spite of recent certain experiences in corridors of darkness, she seems to be holding up alright here.

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' So cleaning up the Arcade. It was a harmless activity. A way he could aid VALKYRI without actually appearing like he was /affiliated/ with them. And also a good way to unwind before an inevitable confrontation with a Lucavi in Fluorgis Besides his reputation in Traverse Town wasn't so terrible, they didn't exactly care if a wanted heretic was in town. And he'd done much to protect the town in the past. So nothing could possibly go wrong. Right? So to pass the time, he was actually trying one of those new fangled video games. One particular game had caught his eye. As a bearded man ran across the screen in heart printed boxer shorts, while the heretic worked at the joystick, he idly stated to Artemis, "So, I'm not certain why a single stout blow takes off Ser Arthur's armor.. nor why he throws his lance. And why does he have an infinite supply of them? Does he have some invisible squire that delivers them to him?" He munched idly on a slice of pizza, "I must admit, though this repast? It is fantastic."

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' Will is crashing, because crashing is what hobos do best. Nobody is sure when he got here, he just seemed to materialize when Pizza was being served. Right now, he is holding an entire pizza hostage, and eating like he hasn't eaten in days. Will is easy going...despite the pressure of the world on him because of Avira's trip through darkness...the constant harrassment of this Garland Creep of her and Mercade, of Feige and her torture of his little sisters, or Faruja and his Lucavii problems...right now he's able to unwind a little as stuff was going down. "...So I don't get it, what's the big deal anyway?" he never had been to the Grid before, so this was going to be an experience. He peeks over Ramza's shoulder, "It's a video game...you just have to accept certain contrivances...like sometimes in a story a noble has a kid with a not noble, then acknowledges him as their son. Stuff like that." Munch. He looks at Avira, "...Sup?"

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Artemis leans by Ramza, watching with a certain interest at the video game he plays, vaguely amused by Ramza's reactions. She's only slightly more familiar with the technology, though it does not quite appeal to her as it does to him. Sure, it seemed interesting enough, but she'd rather actually spar or hunt monsters than pretend to do it in a video game. Such a jock. Artemis nods to Will, then smiles at his cheeky comment. "Indeed, whoever heard of such a thing," she comments, looking around then toward the others. There was pizza. Pizza was interesting. Perhaps she should have some. Seems so...greasy though. As if she had to worry about such things with the active life she lead.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' Isaac did /not/ crash here the other day. He also did not show up to eat their pizza. He /did/, however, hear that something was going on in an arcade that hadn't seen any recent use, and one that he'd been admittedly considering sneaking into to check out its stock of machines. You know, if he couldn't find the owner to convince them he was a prospective buyer or collector. Sometimes they had gems. "It's just an abstraction for gameThere are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't.' He has his hands in his coat pockets (yes, plural) and is looking around the arcade with obvious interest. "Pizza's a universal constant, though. I haven't met someone who hasn't found a kind they like."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel has been working pretty much all night since she returned to the Arcade with others from he part shopping trip. Things have been busy down in the basement good thing she's not been needed a rest cycle because there was a heck of lot of work to do down there. She'd made sure to get some water about for anyone working she knows any users would need that come sooner or later. It seems someone was on the ball for the Pizza as well nothing better than New York Pizza, though Deelel has never had anything else. She looks up from where she's working and just makes a bit of a face for a moment and looks over at Ramza for a moment. "It really is fantastic. As for the games they are games really. Though not in the sort I was used to back home on Encom or my home."

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' The computer is indeed at work loading up all this stuff. Processes of code fly across the screen as everything was being loaded up, not even just the OS itself, but also all the old commands. Codes. Everything that made the server work. A little progress bar moves along contently at the bottom with the percentage number just rolling away counting up to one hundred percent. One it gets there, a little question pops up waiting for confirmation. Do you wish to continue? Y/N Your typical stuff when dealing with computers, yet something goes-- odd about the server. Where it should have waited, the monitor starts to freak out a little bit, as if something doesn't like someone knocking on its door. The screen flickers a bit more with odd symbols and marks. A warning really of what is about to happen, as TRON may catch some of the code. The very OS, the very system, was calling up the laser and a count down was starting with no way to stop it. The laser itself was actually slowly turning on as it pivoted this way and that. Little sparks flying from where it sat at due to maybe some malfunction. Or perhaps this very thing /shouldn't/ be happening. Yet any attempt to abort it seemed hopeless. The system wasn't taking any commands. To pull the plug on the laser could be dangerous. Cause after all, maybe it was Kevin Flynn himself attempting to access back home or perhaps something far worse. All that could be done was to allow the show to take place. As for the main arcade... Suddenly the power started to fluctuate a bit as the laser started to pull on the power of the Arcade. Those playing video games probably would notice this the most as it started to cause all the video games to reset several times; That can't be good on the hardware. The Jukebox also started to have some issues as well, as it was caught trying to move over to the next spot on the record of the Billboard hits. Back down in the basement.. The Laser starts to shift positions again, as if trying to get an exact beat on.. something. Yet it wasn't firing on anything here. It was as if it was indeed looking for a proper spot to digitize something to the real world. Suddenly a green beam fires out and starts to form a pattern in the air. Welp. We know where this is going to be heading soon!

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' Alan watches the screen careefully as the OS installs. Avira needn't worry, this OS originally came from this particular place, so it should reinstall with no issues. Certainly no conflicts. When the progress bar reaches 100-percent and awaits User input, Alan reaches over towards the 'Y' key--but never gets so far as to actually press it before the computer acts completely on its own. Screens overlay each other, data reflecting onto the lenses of Alan's glasses as he hurriedly but futilely attempts to type /something/ to slow the deluge of sudden information and subsequent action. What is happening becomes brutally clear as the remade digitizing laser spins to life, actually readjusting itself to find a decent-enough target area for... something. Alan has no experience with this issue, as it was a rather automated system from his perspective--one moment, he was in the Grid version of this room, sitting at the computer, and pressed a button... then a moment of vertigo and he was... here. The lights flicker, the sounds of game machines sputter as the power fluctuates from a sudden energy draw. "Do not come down here!" He shouts up the stairs to the others in the building, shooting out of his chair to physically block the only way in-or-out. He doesn't know what's going on, but he won't let anyone charge down here and possibly worsen the situation. A green laser shoots to an upper back corner, away from anything important such as the computer system or stairs, but Alan doesn't budge. His eyes widen behind his glasses as a green wire-frame appears in the shape of a person, then individual square bits start filling in as the laser begins an almost pew-pew-pew sound. Too early to tell specifics, only that it's a person. Someone is coming through, just as TRON and Deelel had before.

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' Certain, contrivances. Ramza nearly chokes on the last bite of his slice of pizza, and the man on the screen gets struck by a scythe from death itself before literally collapsing into a pile of bones. Game Over. Continue? Ramza gives Will a wry look, and chuckles with good-natured cheer. "Ser Sherman, If I didn't know any better I would think that you avered that my own life story is false." The youngest Son of the Beoulve family then tries to wrest a single slice of Will's hostage pizza away, after all it looked like it needed rescuing. Believe it or not, he actually does not jump right in when everything stares to go haywire, he stays at the top of the stairs given that Alan is blocking their way down, he just waits, and listens.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "Hey Will." Avira grins at the magically appearing hobo king. No, she's not distressed to have him suddenly just THERE. It was definitely a Will thing-nothing to be alarmed about. "Save some for the rest of us, will you?" The scarred woman smirks at him. A laugh escapes her as Ramza puzzles through the mechanics of a video game, "Don't worry about it. They can't make it entirely accurate. Real life is too complicated. And boy do I know /that/." Long training sessions with Angantyr months ago dispelled any notion from Avira that becoming a badass adventurer would just be a matter of 'leveling up.' Isaac shows up and Avira brightens just a little more. "Hey Isaac. How's it going?" She tries not to look for too long at his, well, 'arm' but she really can't help it. If she gets notice, though, she'll quickly shift her gaze to that shirt of his. Inevitably she does snicker at the binary joke. The lights flicker ominously and simultaneously, the arcade cabinets around her flicker off and on, resetting. "What the..." frowning, she stuffs the rest of her slice of pizza into her mouth and immediately following after will. "Hey! Hey Alan, is everything okay down there?!"

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' "Okay!" Will says, taking the pizza downstairs. "Sorry gota go mess with things!" Will says towards the people upstairs. Why avoid danger when you can /jump right in/! "Hey so what's going on in this thread?" he says using lingo that is updated due to the fact that he's talking to a program. Eyes. "Hi Isaac, bye Isaac!" he says, and looks back at Ramza, "What? I don't get it?" He says, and continues on down to harrass Alan.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel pauses for a moment as she looks at Isaac's shirt she starts laughing, having to stop eating the slice of pizza she was consuming. It's so funny it's amazing humour to her. She might have trouble breathing if she needed to. She's not even sure if she needs to really. She manages to regain control and just seems to be in a good mood. Hopefully all their work is going to pay off very well when all was said and done. She heads back down at this point just as things get interesting with the system boot up. She does go over once she's down in the basement to watch the system boot up. She doesn't think about what's going on fully on the other end just for a second. She notices as everything has a lot of problems and she pauses for a moment something is not right something isn't right at all as there's a spike from the Laser powering up. She realizes what's going on here as she calls back. "DO NOT COME DOWN!" Mac it, who knows what could be coming out at this point. Then Will comes down and she says "The laser it's powering up..." This could be bad this could be good she has no idea who or what could be coming out there. She's already reaching for the disc on her back an she looks to be very much on edge.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' Isaac raises his left hand, giving a casual two-finger salute in greeting. He walks around the Arcade for a minute, peering at the cabinets with a sense of wide-eyed wonder. He's smiling a little bit as he reads some of the displays. He pauses, peering between cabinets. "Little better. Got a prototype to play with," he says, lifting his right arm -- it moves a little stiffly -- and opening and closing the hand on it. "And I heard there was an arcade being cleaned up that I might be able to get free play credits at." He grins slyly. Then... things start to flicker, and little resets happen. Isaac looks up immediately. Not seeing anything clinging to the ceiling, he keeps walking. He steps into the main aisle, pausing mid-stride and staring at the passage behind the machine. "Uh..." Isaac glances at whoever is still upstairs. Most everyone is running downward. "So we're going to all blatantly ignore the warning, right," he remarks, as if it's a fact. Isaac stands at the top of the stairs. "Is everything okay?" he calls. He keeps an eye on the door instead of running down to see what's happening, because /someone/ has to.

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Artemis straightens, reaching for the hilt of her sword as the lights begin to dim and flicker, the game machines going nutty. Some kind of electrical surge? Not exactly something to get up in arms about, but Artemis has a pretty keen sense when it comes to danger. The kind of life she lives, you have to or you don't live very long. TRON's voice calling confirms trouble. Artemis looks to Ramza, smiling softly. "Here we go again."

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' The grimoire led him here. Truth be told, Marche does not know why it led him here. He doesn't quite know the reasoning behind the travel or the details of these strange worlds. However, this time, it lead them HOME. Or some variation of it. Marche does not know. It is tough, given that he would be like a normal kid again. However, he is led to the arcade. Here he is, arriving at the arcade. In front of him is the grimoire, which glows with a faint light. Passing by the games, he does notice the games resetting a couple of times. There was an instinctive urge to go up and play one of them, but.. this is no time to play the arcades, as tempting as it is. No, he does see a few familiar faces. "..Huh? The Hobo King?" One of the few people who stuck up for him. He feels like he is forgetting something. It is something that he shouldn't forget. No. Someone. His Warden. 

:'''[[Ritz Malheur]] has posed:''' Marche certainly isn't forgetting Ritz, because she's been following him around since the incident on the Giza Plains. Even if it's been at a distance, using a Clan of rabbit-women to stalk him like an animal. That's a responcible use of a Clan's resources, right? The fate of the world may or may not be at stake, don't you judge. The pink haired girl comes jogging up in Marche's wake, forcing her way through the doors to the arcade. Huff, puff. "Marche!" She announces. "Wait. Up!" She starts stomping over to catch up with her friend, his book, and possibly destiny. At least two of those things, anyway.

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' The Digital laser continues its wonders. As the blocks start to get filled in with a person floating it seems in mid air, by the posture, completely caught off guard by this as much has Alan was. The laser starts to move faster and faster to fill in the data. The laser now splitting its lines going from two, three, up to five lines of lasers firing at once to fill in the data rapidly. Soon more details where starting to be made out. The figure was male, agile, perhaps a bit strong. Actually as it keeps forming it starts to take a strange appearance. Like someone a few would know, it also wasn't a user. User's don't wear circuity lines on their body-suits. Yet the details were still hard to make out. Yet the more details that keep being made. The more obvious it started to become. This was another TRON... (( Image: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8217/8427952128_80f1846195_b.jpg ))

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' Soon the lights stopped flickering, the arcade went back to normal and suddenly the juke box went back to playing tunes. The song that it at last got itself to play. Michael Jackson's Beat it - http://youtu.be/TA_kyd6A-iw The newly appeared program that was nearly a spitting image of TRON's body with a white helm, and black full face visor hiding his face. The T was on his chest. The lines were all right. However graceful landing was not included in this digitizing process. The program crashes down onto the ground with a hard 'ouf!' that escapes out. He lays there for a moment, before slowly sitting up. "...what.." He says softly, until he suddenly notices, well, a ton of things that was /NOT/ right. "Frag.." The Tron(?) quickly jumps up to his feet and glances around the room quickly. His hand however was moving back for his desk as he went to take a step back, though he bumped right into the wall. It takes him a moment to register all the faces. All the details of the room. None of this was right. Yet he suddenly comes to look at Alan, with the man's own face reflected in the black visor; along with the rest of the room. Alan's face dead in the center of the visor. "...How can you look like.." "..how is that even.."

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' Alan spares a look back over his shoulder as everyone starts gathering either at the top of the stairs or trying to come down towards him. Deelel, fortunately, manages to get to the forefront of the group and keep the more curious ones such as Will or Avira from advancing further down than about halfway. "The laser activated!" He calls back, sounding like he doesn't know what's going on any better than anyone else does. "Someone's coming through! Stay upstairs!" The form builds from a wire-mesh frame to... No. He knows that suit. Knows the layout of the circuitry lines and the colors, even though the helmet is completely new. Anyone who could catch a glimpse of Alan's face would see the most perfect example possible of downright uncomprehensible shock. His face goes lax, his jaw somehow not falling to the floor, his face goes completely white, and his whole stance staggers as the hullabaloo behind him is completely forgotten in light of what's going on right in front of him. He doesn't move from the bottom of the staircase, apparently bracing himself against the walls for a moment. He has literally bluescreened. The laser powers off just as suddenly as it had activated, dropping the figure to the ground, and the computer shuts down in an automatic reboot. Subsequently, the lights calm down, the pounding intro tune of 'Beat It' echoes down the stairwell, and the the assorted sounds and flickering lights of the arcade games stabilize and return to normal. But Alan is still staring at this scrambling white-suited Program who seems... to know him? HOW?! The helmeted white-suited Program speaks--it is modulated, a little distorted, but it isn't /his own/ voice. That realization finally ends his own mental bluescreen and he swallows hard. "Welcome to Userspace, Program," he states with far more calm than he actually feels. His face is still deathly pale, though. "Identify yourself."

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel says "This is how I and I assume every other of my kind got here Issac." She has no idea if the new arrival is going to be hostile but she's got her disc out and it's not powered but it's ready she seems very concerned at this point, she's very concerned and unaware of the other new arrivals at the arcade at this point. Things are just going to get crazy the laser is doing it's thing it's building someone for sure they don?t' look viral but it looks very much like the other variant of Deelel's light suit. She seems a bit on edge as she looks at them for a moment as whoever the masked arrival is? They seem to be very confused and she takes a deep breath, before she speaks. "Take it easy you just had a heck of a shock to your system. So take it easy program." She takes a calculated guess assuming this new arrival is a basic like TRON and herself given Users on grid are rare as hell if to be unheard of really. Save in a few very not well known incidents. Well there's one other but that's only just coming back to mind to her. With TRON asking the question she hangs back a little bit now wondering where things will go she does lower her disc, as a sign of non hostility but it's not quite on her back yet.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Not listening to warnings. LIKE A BOSS! Cheerfully, Avira announces her intentions over the radio to Isaac as well. Sure, there might be danger going down but she's not going to let that stop her. Not when she feels this GREAT. But she does slow when he calls out that the laser activated and stops completely as Deelel holds them at bay for the time being until the coast is clear. But when she hears a new voice speaking, she pushes her way through to get a look. Upon seeing the white-suited newcomer, she freezes. "What the heck...?" Definitely a program. Definitely confusing TRON. It takes Avira circling around the pair to see the same symbol glowing upon the white-suited program's chest to really understand the confusion. "...wait. TRON? But..." She looks from Alan to the new program, back to 'Alan.' The voice throws her off at that point. She knows TRON's voice and that didn't sound like him at all.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' Most of the people in the Arcade are actually in the lower chamber, behind the TRON machine and downstairs. Isaac is standing at the top of it, because he figures if someone were to charge through the front door and start firing death rays, there should be someone to draw fire and wait a minute, this is a /crap deal/. "Right. I'll check it out in... just a minute," Isaac calls. He wants to get down there, but... guh, responsibility. Isaac turns to the kids coming in the door, eyeing Marche and Ritz for a second and sighing inwardly. They're armed; they can handle themselves. "Hey, you two." He waves past the banks of arcade cabinets with his right arm. His hand is visibly metallic; it looks like some kind of crazy robot hand. Maybe he's also a Jedi. "Watch out, there might be trouble." /Then/ he goes down the stairs. Problem: solved. "So what's this -- huh." He stops just inside the room at the bottom, adjusting his glasses and giving the contents of the room a once-over. His eyes stop on the program that just materialized. "Friend of yours?" He /looks/ remarkably familiar, but there's something slightly... off. Definitely not TRON.

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' Will hits the bottom of the stairs only to see.. "..Huh." He says, with an interested expression. "This...is apparently a guy." he says, but isn't too worried about a guy that looks like Alan. "Nice to meet you." Will says, walking up to Renegade and giving him a hand. "The name is Will Sherman, King of the Hobos." He says, pretty not caring about this whole same idenity thing. Though there is a faint line that connects them...it's...odd. "It seems you had a rough time. Well, you are safe now. Assuming you don't have any nasty things following you." He pauses, "Please tell me nothing was following you...like...not things with strange patters on them?"

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' Ramza had actually been staying at the top of the stairwell as well, beside Isaac, and as he passes off /watch/ to the two random strangers, he just chortles very softly. But Ramza actually stays at the top of the stairwell. You know, because if people with deathrays came through the front door, he'd actually be the idiot who would dive in front of one of them to save someone else. It totally was a /crap deal/. So instead he leans against the railing at the top, peering down the stairs and... Yeah he still didn't understand a thing about programs and their ecology, much less why that other program looked a lot like TRON from his perspective. Living in a world that was just /barely/ out of the dark ages did that to a person.

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' Having the viera spy on Marche at every moment grew increasingly uncomfortable. Every time he went somewhere, one of them would pop up. Marche is going back to reflect on those moments with Ritz as his warden. <Marche> Time to enjoy a nice walk through the garden... <Viera Archer> :| Jiiiiiiii~ <Marche> ... o_O|| <Marche> Okay, I need to head to the bathro--- <Viera Fencer> Jiiiiii~ <Marche> ... Nevermind. <Marche> *yawns* Nngghh... time to go to sleep and--- <Viera Assassin> Jiiiii~ <Marche> ... Q_Q *sleeps with one eye open* Marche did not get a good night's rest, overall. Then, he hears Ritz telling him to wait, which is a command that he has to obey. Ritz is right. She is always right. Those are important lessons to remember to not get hit by her. Of course, Isaac directed them to watch out. Marche looks confused for a moment. "Uhh... okay."

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' "Why don't you identify yourself." The TRON(?) says. "How can you look like him?! How is that even possible!" He then goes to take a shaky step forward and places his hand up to his helm. Then he just slumps back a bit to only watch Avira circle him. This actually causes him to jump back. Trip on a cord and nearly falls over. As he comes back around to suddenly have Will placing out his hand. The White Program does a look down at his hand, then back at Will. Then back at Alan, then back at Will. "Will.. what.. huh.." He then tries to /get/ away from the extended hand. It was kinda slowly becoming obvious that this was perhaps slowly becoming data overload for this TRON-alike program. Yes, his voice was indeed not matching up, but he was pretty close, and ok. Maybe a smidgen shorter. However he just keeps staring at /everyone/. His mind racing. His breathing seeming a little on edge of wanting to scream. Yet somehow he keeps from doing that. Somehow he keeps from just yelling at the top of his lungs to get some space. What he does do however is suddenly run right past everyone, shoving perhaps poor Deelel to the side, jumping right past Isaac and then running right into one of the Arcade machines, before he nealy goes flat onto the ground. That-- didn't go exactly according to plan. Slowly the TRON look alike pushes himself up. He hears the music. He hears the machines. He steps around in a circle before he just then starts to run for the door.

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Artemis remains at the top of the stairs with Ramza in a similar state of confusion, her hand still on the hilt of her blade in case whatever was happening came to blows. Someone knew had appeared--somehow. It was technology so foreign it might as well be magic to her. Art looks to Ramza, shrugging her shoulders slightly. They are out of their element, but it is sure to be a learning experience.

:'''[[And Suddenly]] has posed:''' Connections are made. Systems come online. Such things do not go unnoticed. An eye opens. A rumbling sound comes from above as the situation below Flynn's Arcande continues to mount. Everyone is gathered around the newcomer, asking him their questions and establishing initial interaction protocols. Handshaking may be involved. Those who didn't go downstairs notice a large group of scruffy bikers who whoop and holler, bearing the signs of aa disrputable gang. One of them heads for the side of the building while the others begin lighting bottles on fire. There is the noise of shattering glass. There is a snap as bolt cutters go through a power main. The systems below may be on a backup, maybe not. But the loud music above suddenly dies out, resulting in deafening silence... Which is broken by a dull thud. Another smell, an unpleasant one, begins to reach the people below. Smoke. Along with the smoke, there is a measured step. Tap. Tap. Tap. People inevitably rush upstairs, to meet flames framing the front of the arcade. A number of scruffy men yell as they throw molotov cocktails at the front of the building. More importantly, there is a man, silhouetted by the fire. In the darkness, the features are hard to see, but one can immediately note the well-tailored suit he wears.

:'''[[LEXUS]] has posed:''' And then the eyes open, and the distinctive irises can be seen. The purple, pulsing traceries become visible as they flare to life, streaking down the tie and across the head and jawline of the man. "Well well well." LEXUS says pleasantly. "I see we always return to the scene of the crime."

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' So two Final Fantasy Tactics protagonists are together upstairs, all sorts of shenanigans should be occurring, right? She gives Artemis a strange look, then looks over at Marche Radiuju and states after giving him an appraising look. "Well met. ...nice hair, Ser." Ramza appears to be the only person in the history of Final Fantasy who would ever say that to Marche.

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' Marche cannot help but blink, looking at Ramza in awe. "...It's like looking into a mirror, if I was a bit older..." 

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Artemis looks toward Marche, tilting her head slightly as she looks him over. Artemis looks to Ramza then. "He's adorable, can we keep him?" she asks.

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' Will is shoved to the side, he doesn't fall over, just a little surprised...well not really. It's a normal reaction, given things...he looked like a fish out of water, and his lines...all data-y and stuff. He's a program... Then he runs upstairs, Will who is a master of Parkour follows, running up after him only to hear the THUD of Renegade hitting something heavy. He winces, "Heeeey! Stop! This isn't the same place where yo-" through the door. "Hey guys! Stop looking at each other! We got a runaway.." he says, and steps outisde... Fire. He looks around, flames and smoke...what? Tap Tap tap. Will snaps his head towards the sound... LEXUS. There is a sudden shift, Will's hands explode in magical energy, red flames burn from his hand as he speaks in tones that inflect more than mortal words sure. They are FELT more than heard, as he takes a step towards Lexus. "/YOU/!" and there he goes, immeidately diving right towards LEXUS. There was no holding back...not against this thing. This monster. The destroyer of Manhattan.

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' "Another time, Artemis. If you haven't noticed..." He gestures with one hand towards the building, which is ON FIRE. So. Ramza basically takes a quick glance downstairs to make certain noone is trapped, and then makes a mad rush for the front door, motioning for Ritz and Marche to follow him. And so Will is attacking.. another program, who he's never seen before. Generally he trusts that Will Sherman will only attack people who are actually /deserving/ of wrath though so he takes the approach of not asking questions first. Power thrums through his fingertips as he gathers the energy for his spells, "Precious Light be our armor and protect us. Silent light shield us from bloody iniquity!" Purple, opaque and crystalline barriers appear just in front of Artemis and Ramza, before becoming translucent and unobtrusive. He gives a glance to Artemis, then to Will, and states, "Artemis.. try to subdue whatever in Faram's name that is. We'll sort it out afterwards."

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Fairly rapidly, everything starts to go to hell. Odd encounter with Marche aside, flaming bottles are being thrown in at them and Artemis doesn't need to know chemistry to know that this is a BAD THING. "Tch...the time for blood has come again it seems," she says, then nods to Ramza, taking off to assess who is attacking, and maybe why. Her eyes take in the bikers, but it is fairly clear who is in charge here. The well dressed one. Figures. Artemis draws her blade, falling into a fighting stance near Ramza, nodding to him when she hears his orders. Without further pause, Artemis launches forward, sword flashing toward the being LEXUS. She doesn't know his name or what he's done. It doesn't, at this moment, matter.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' Alan is too stunned to keep people back, Will and Avira jostling past him to get a better up-close-and-personal look at the situation. He opens his mouth as the basement gets steadily more crowded, but does not even get a sound out before the not-TRON bolts. He ducks instinctively, seeing a flare of white pass by, then he spins around and tries to follow--though he admittedly bounces a bit between people and the wall in his rush. No sooner does he reach the top of the stairs than power cuts out entirely. White light turns red as backup power takes over, the games shutting down entirely to save power, and the poor overwhelmed Alan just stands in the middle of the arcade floor. Smoke, fire, shouting... A familiar voice who should not be here. His eyes flare pure white as he nearly rips his glasses off of his face and tosses them carelessly to the side. He grabs the white Program by the arm and yanks him back with a narrowed-eye glare. "Stay back." He raises his voice so the others can hear him. "Stop those people from destroying this building and /stop that fire/!" He doesn't say another word, simply stalking forwards as he untucks his shirt and pulls his Frisbee Disc free from under his shirt. He strides out of the Arcade utterly heedless of the flames, not even seeming to notice as his clothing catches on fire--the black material underneath changing to pure white, circuitry lines flaring to life in bluish-white light in an identical match to the not-TRON Program. His Disc flares to life and he spins on his heel while releasing the weapon, throwing it on an arc to catch as many of the 'scruffy men' while also aiming to tag LEXUS as well. He asks no questions, nor does he care.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' The new program immediately starts freaking out. At first Avira's a little put of by this but as the freaking out continues, she silently starts to sympathize with the guy. It's very likely this Program has not been in the User World before so this is clearly some kind of huge and unfortunate shock. "Hey wait!" she calls out, running after him, passing Isaac, and barrelling up the stairs. Just in time for the building to be on FIRE! Then suddenly IN THE DARK as all the arcade cabinets around them wink out. She spies the gang beyond but her attention is mostly upon a certain virus standing there. "...you." Avira growls. She never had a chance with this guy. Ever since Manhattan was restored-ever since their meeting upon the mountain while she was still a Mutate, she has not seen him. She slams her hands together, ice magic flaring between them both. "No! This time he's MINE!" Not that she expects those here to really adhere to that but she makes it clear anyway-abundantly clear as she starts blasting air-encased javelins of ice at LEXUS.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel says "Woah slow down calm down, wait people don't crowd him." It's too late, The new program seems to be almost panicking at this point. She does get shoved aside and she goes down with a thud. She forces herself back up fairly quicky and is moving to chase after the Renegade like she'll vaunt over people to chase after this mysterious arrival. She's now up on the main floor chasing after him. "Wait come back! Stop glitching out this isn't going to go well out there if your not prepared!" She's following after him looking more than a little pretreated but she can understand the chaos. She had time, she was alone when she arrived, this poor program? He was swarmed by people and is likely going pop. Then there's flames and someone else attacking it seems everything is going to chaos. "This is the worst hello world, ever." Deelel muses as she now arrives to see LEXUS her eyes narrow and she speaks up. "/You/, I will not let you harm anyone here virus." Is she a bit more confident than last time yes, she's got more experience and well she damn well knows there's a small army inside and downstairs too." Deelel's already loading several command as she grabs her disc and powers it up. "NEWBIE THAT MANS A VIRUS! WATCH YOUR SELF!"

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' The TRON(?) in question screeches to a stop across the ground, ignoring the three who seem to be completely ignoring the sudden smoke and sudden cocktails thrown to cause even more of a fire. Then there is a someone walking toward them; someone that doesn't seem to be such a friendly individual. Not that this TRON isn't use to the idea of not friendly faces. It happens to him every day really. He takes a few steps back to suddenly see Will prepare himself for battle and just go right for the attack. Yet there was /this/ fire problem. Suddenly its switching gears time. He takes a few more steps back and looks around the area. There had to be away to put out the fire, but nothing here looks right. It all looks wrong. However whatever he was thinking was interrupted as Alan suddenly yanks him back and he nearly goes right back down the steps. "Oh like frag I am." He mutters to himself. As he watches Alan become TRON. "..I already.." He doesn't finish his thoughts as Deelel gives her warning. "Whatever." He suddenly then throws his disc at the window, shattering it above. He kicks off the arcade cabnets, takes ahold of a pipe, and then swings himself around a few times. Before he throws himself right out the window and lands out side perhaps on the other side of the direction TRON was coming out. He stands ready, white disc in hand looking at this 'virus' and his fingers gently getting ready to throw the disc but he doesn't move just yet. "So is that the custom of saying hello? Burning down the house?" The other TRON says sarcastically.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' Isaac steps aside when the TRON look-alike barrels at him. While most people assume that stepping in the way is a good plan, Isaac assumes that a guy dressed like that can just knock him the heck down. "Woah. Okay, sure, guy, just --" And then things get hairy. Isaac takes the stairs two at a time going back up. He passes Ramza on the way, pulling his tablet out of his coat pocket and flicking it to life. He shouts something nonsensical and vaguely arcane, flickers of blue light kindling to life inside nearby arcade cabinets. The room is quickly bathed in a dim cyan light. Another few words, and luminescent sheets fade into sight, dropping on top of the fires spread by the molotovs before they can get out of control. It's still too quiet, though. Isaac makes a quick gesture. He frowns at what appears on his tablet's display. "Cutting the power? Really? Yeah, sorry; I don't think so." Isaac snaps his fingers with his left hand. There's another flicker of light, a dim trail of blue sparks connecting Isaac and various corners of the room. The music comes back on... sort of. BGM CHANGE: http://youtu.be/7FC4Wk9QTKI Isaac figures the Programs will appreciate it... and really, it's a miniscule expenditure of effort on his part. The /real/ part of his focus is going /inward/. The light builds...

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' It seems that Marche came at one of the more weirder times. Why? Well, there is the sound of glass shattering. Marche quickly creens his head towards one of the ruffians that step into the building. He quickly hides the grimoire at this point, reaching for his broadsword. The young soldier readies himself, but then the smell of smoke flares within his nostrils. As the molotov cocktails are tossed, Marche coughs and covers his mouth, gazing through the flames. With the scruffy men doing their deeds, Marche grits his teeth. "We can't let them burn this place down! Is there a sprinker system?!" Marche looks around the arcade. ...Oh, right. As Ramza motions for him and Ritz to follow, the boy grasps his friend's hand and he leads her out! With his sword drawn, Marche turns towards Ramza, "We have to disable the hoodlums!" Marche takes a defensive stance, holding his shield and tightening his stance. 

:'''[[LEXUS]] has posed:''' "I can expect no less of you, child." LEXUS smiles, his eyes flaring a grim purple as the words of the Synchro Hobo wash over and around him. The ruffians in the background cringe, but LEXUS's suit whips in the wind, the Dark Virus able to stand against the force of the fae. He strikes, impacting LEXUS, but the give is... far less than Will might have hoped. With a sudden motion, he grabs Will. There is a flare of neon green as he begins to break down Will's defenses on touch. "Is that your best?" LEXUS says. "How will you avenge your precious world like that?" With a sudden move, he flings Will back, sending him flying back across the arcade with unnatural strength. With a flick of his hand, LEXUS's Identity Disc is pulled from under his suit, and it begins floating around him. Artemis comes slashing in with her blade towards LEXUS, and he looks over, the weapon cleaving past the Disc to strike him. The blade carves into him, releasing not blood but a glittering energy that rapidly dissipates. "Leave this place and you will live." LEXUS says to Artemis. That's all he says to her, even as he levels a hand to spear Artemis with another blast of viral force. TRON then makes his appearance. "Finally." LEXUS smiles. "No more hiding, savior of the Grid? I hoped you would return, and return you have." The Disc comes flying towards him, and he whips his own to the side, trying to parry it... But the expert rebounding strike impacts his shoulder, blasting a chunk away into shards of data. He grimaces, the wound re-rezzing into solidarity. The gangers are not so lucky. The Disc impacts them, knocking them over easily. They are, after all, only Users. The Dark Virus simply shakes his head at Deelel as she makes her declaration. "Let me? You couldn't stop me from taking the servers below the first time. What makes you think you will do any better this time?" Avira then adds her own objections. He laughs as he sees her. "Well then, you're looking much more fit of late, Avira. You've given me a great deal of useful data." He gestures. "It's been so long! Let's see if you've improved. You want me, you will have to come and get me." He grins. "I trust those terms are acceptable." The frosty spears pierce through him, but the unnatural ability to restore damage that LEXUS exhibits results in him only taking several shallow wounds from the icy spears. The unknown Program makes his appearance. LEXUS turns towards him, eyes narrow. "/You/." He says, pointing a gnarled finger at the man. "Identify yourself, Program." There is something he sees there. Something he doesn't like. Isaac makes his own magic apparent, and pulls the Virus' attention from the Program. "Another child of Manhattan, looking for his revenge, is it? Don't think you'll be able to defeat me with such parlor tricks, technomancer. My powers are greater than you realize." It's at this point that LEXUS raises his hands. "Assuming direct control." There is a crack as the surroundings sharpen, losing reality as they enter a sort of uncanny valley. Everything becomes finer, more rendered, losing tiny details. To the Programs, it might be a slight comfort. To everyone else, it might unsettle them intensely, as there is a sudden eruption of flames that roar across the area, consuming magical defenses and augmentations, while glittering crystals shear across the area in perfect geometry, the icy spikes lashing out to sap strength of arm. No one is spared.

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' TRON(?) watches as the world suddenly changes. He steps back a few times. Seeming to be examining what is going on around him. However getting in a fight right after digitizing and not being use to your surroundings? Probably not the best idea. Suddenly spikes start to come down and threaten to turn him into a pin cushion. He flips away from one, deflects another, goes to throw his disc at Lexus at the worse possible time and then gets nailed by a few of the pen points. They slash through his white armor, blue cubes, like lquid dance down to the ground from the impact. Yet the unknown program stands back up as he catches his disc. "Who am I?" The other White Program then starts to charge right at LEXUS. He then slides down low to trip up Lexus, before he comes around to fire off his disc and then flips around, to catch the disc, before snapping it in a hard arch. "I am TRON!"

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' The eruption of flames takes Ramza off guard. He tries to take cover, by literally sliding towards the alleyway, but he's too late, as he's scoured, and his magical protections flicker, and die away, corrupted by LEXUS' fell energies. While he's sliding, he picks up a stone, and skips it in his direction. The throw goes wide. And he finds himself on his knees, giving LEXUS an appraising look. Apparently he had underestimated the threat this creature posed, he wouldn't make that mistake again. He listens to his words, and makes up his mind. Removing the peaceknot off his Saya preemptively, he raises another hand, "Heavenly wind, bring new life to the soul!" A breeze of divine energy moves through the area, stripping away the corruption that LEXUS' flames had imbued into his and Artemis' soul. And then he shifts the Katana's steel out of the Saya fractionally. There is a glint of light upon the steel, but he waits.. for just the right oppurtunity.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' It may have been a long time since Avira has personally fought LEXUS, but she remembers these effects well. It is that memory that prevents further loss of SAN points for now-and boy is she running low on those SAN points after her walk through the Corridors of Darkness. Crystals jammed into her skin to drain energy are still intensely painful. Yet Avira remains standing. "Oh I bet I have." Avira seems displeased by this. "But things have changed. A lot. For one, this is my turf." She clenches her right fist, undaunted by the fact that her previous damage healed almost immediately. Avira charges in, ice climbing over her closed fist and forearm. It seems as if she's going to go for a low blow but... ...she twists upwards instead, quite suddenly, and turns it into a vicious uppercut. Silvery energy follows the arc of her blow, vanishing a second later. Oddly enough, she has yet to draw the Spine. The weapon remains in its sheath upon her back.

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Artemis winces, though it is not visible from beneath the mask she wears. The viral energy that bashes into her is interesting to say the least. It is different, yet not completely foreign to her. De-buffs are de-buffs after all. They can be very troublesome. The world changes around her, distorting and an unsettling way, but Artemis does not waver, keeping her focus as the geometric shapes dart through the air, grazing her armor in several places, drawing thin lines of blood beneath. But even as LEXUS attacks, she counters, slashing out with her blade in a quick cut aimed for the program's thigh, hoping to slow him down. "I am unable to comply with your request--kill me if you think you can," she says, baring her teeth to LEXUS, a smile of anticipated pleasure. Unfortunately, she is also unable to comply with Avira's request. "Apologies Avira. I will conceded the killing blow if it comes to such," she says before dashing in, not holding back now as she whirls with her katana in a series of deadly, graceful cuts. High, low, feint, low, reverse, spin, thrust...and while the dance plays out Artemis feels Ramza's magic wash over her body, easing the troubles of the virus' effect on her body and spirit.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON continues to advance, catching his Disc as it returns to him. His expression is not the fury of the Users, but a cold, black, absolute lack of any emotion at all. "I see. So this is what you have been waiting for." Even his voice is void of emotion, barely reacting as a viral taint on his silver Disc burns his hand where the weapon had struck LEXUS. The white Chakram Disc on his back whirrs faintly, the circuitry lines on its surface glowing pure white, and TRON kneels on one knee as the surroundings change. Sharpen. Become marginally more familiar yet so terribly different. But where the terrain lashes out at everyone else, the area directly around himself is absolutely still and calm. Memories stream through his consciousness unbidden, fragments not his own but data Flynn had hacked into his code before he had even known of Userspace. The circuitry lines on his silver Disc change to white as well, but he doesn't seem to notice. He closes his eyes, diving headlong into the stream of information he would usually dam and file away into background processing. Events, faces, memories, data--so much data--flash past at speeds above human comprehension, the Security Program instinctively searching for something very specific. If his worst suspicions are right, if this Disc holds what he /thinks/ it holds... then there is still one very important key left from Alan-One himself. He just needs to find it.

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' "You will all answers for your crimes!" Marche's eyes narrow as he takes the forward charge. However, as Marche takes a step forward, he notices that the atmosphere changes. The surroundings become finer and rendered. It approaches uncanny valley. "OH MY GOD, THIS IS LIKE STEPPING INTO THE Z-BOX! AAAAHHHHH!!!" Marche snaps into attention, feeling the eruption of te lmes. The augmentation is slowly tearing away, those icy spikes sapping against his arms. He immediately drops to a knee. He stands back up, then he grits his teeth. He charges ahead, bringing the broadsword back and he swings the blunt of the weapon towards one of the Ruffian's chest, followed by the swing of the sword with a flow once more. A blue and red aura surrounds the blade. This time, this will sap their speed and physical power.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel wonders about who this program is but she likes his sense of snark it's a good snark. Also like most of the Manhattnites knows LEXUS far better than they'd really ever want to. She nearly became one with him once in a very unenjoyable and chompy way. As the others pile out of the Arcade to meet the hostile virus. Isaac joins the fight. Will's here, Avira and TRON and several of the arcade goers she does not know. "I'm not alone." She does know a world of pain is coming for her she knows it but she's going to try to face LEXUS down once more. She had no control really, as to Deelel the world gets a bit more normal but then that hits her that's a bad thing a very bad thing. She keeps her armed disc and she looks about okay the world seems to be shifting and then there's flames a whole lot of flames. She's caught int them she's hurt but not too badly. She's already launching her disc at Lexus even as she breaks into a flat out run trying to flank LEXUS, the pain had begun and he's come for an entire system. The one that this new program is likely from. She's not going to sit still for all the good it will do her.

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' Will goes flying, skidding a bit before coming to a stop. He isn't hit as solidly as LEXUS might have hoped for...but it was still a palpable hit. Will stands up, looking directly at LEXUS. "Talk is all I hear from you, virus." He says, he starts moving again, forward. The arms glow, and he dives in, this time trying to take advantage of others jumping in. The fists come down, first aiming right for the Program's chest, aiming to break through the hard defenses...and then he flips back, aiming to heel kick LEXUS' right in the back of the head and send him face first into the ground... All the while, the strings break and wither as Will burns them away, aiming to weaken the virus under his blows. "It seems to be all you're ever good at. We restored our world, we outsmarted you, and now you're going to face the consiquences of what you wrought." he says, those words still hanging in the air.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' Isaac isn't so much unsettled as surprised. He doesn't really know much about how LEXUS brawls. He feels a portion of the power he's been building scattered by the virus's unfamiliar technique, watching fire and ice erupt all around him. He reacts as he would with most threats, throwing out a barrier of swirling flame, digitally rendered and held into a shield. LEXUS's flames may have gotten through, but the ice hits the conjured firewall, stopped in its tracks and shattered into pixels by merely touching it. The music pulses, the pixels turned around and slashing back at LEXUS, a magically-propelled wave of what looks like tiny squares that hit like tiny bullets. Isaac keeps casting, walling up the flames before they can harm the equipment within the arcade itself. "Revenge? Please," he scoffs. "I don't take revenge on a piece of malware -- I just purge it." Isaac raises his right arm, the mechanical prosthetic lifting its fingers and pointing a finger-gun at LEXUS. He drops his thumb and mouths, 'Bang.' The weird simulation abruptly rebels. Immediately around Isaac, the world reboots, a vector lines appearing as things seem to re-render into reality in slow motion. A pulse of digital fire erupts from his outstretched hand, lobbed at LEXUS much like a normal fireball with a payload more at home in an antiviral suite. The weird rebooting effect starts to extend where the 'embers' from the 'fireball' fall. He's clearly more at home with this than any /other/ mage might be.

:'''[[LEXUS]] has posed:''' The Program identifies himself, and an expression of rage crosses LEXUS' face. "TRON?" He yells. "YOU CAN'T BE TRON! HE'S TRON!" He points at the other TRON. "THERE CAN'T BE TWO TRONS! ONE IS ONE TOO MANY!" He yells, clearly angry. Every attack upon LEXUS is answered with a sudden flash of neon green, the Dark Virus punishing any contact or assault as it comes in. The Disc hammers into him, causing him to stagger backwards for a moment. "I'll simply read your ID codes from your derezzing data structures." He snarls, bleeding a noxious purple light. "It /was/ your turf." LEXUS corrects Avira. "Now it is mine. Any time I wish. Restoring it did not stop my goals." He twists, the Disc flaring brightly as Avira hammers into the protective digital platter, the icy energy flowing around it without harm. "Perhaps I can optimize your performance? It shouldn't hurt too much..." He taunts. Artemis cleaves into and through LEXUS, her masterful swordwork bypassing the Disc that blocked Avira. energy spatters out into the air repeatedly, dissipating as LEXUS is forced backwards. "I don't normally do requests, but for you I might make an exception." the Virus replies to Artemis. Marche dashes in with his blade, but unfortunately LEXUS was ready for that. The blade hammers into a combination of Disc and energy barrier. There is a wash of light Marche hits it like a truck... And then LEXUS radiates an impulse of power, launching him backwards. "You've stepped into something far worse, child." LEXUS says, and then pauses. "Ugh. I'm surrounded by children and Programs. What is this?" And then Deelel smacks him upside the head. LEXUS cringes from the hit, and he growls, turning upon the Program. "You think you're going to beat me by weight of numbers? I'm going to teach you otherwise!" Will strikes, trying to break the connections that hold LEXUS together as he cleaves with his Fae-born powers. Did anyone ever mention that fairies and tech don't mix well? LEXUS pauses, his appearance stuttering for a moment as Will sees connections reestablish themselves. He seems to be desperately attempting to prevent a repeat of their last meeting. "You're a fool." LEXUS snarls back at Will. "I destroyed your world. I was the architect of the plan. I organized the Shadow Lords. I destablized Manhattan, supplied Sevarius with his research material, and kept Xanatos himself at bay. I think I have /more/ than established my credentials to tell you to sit down and shut up. Destroying Manhattan was not the end, it was a means." Isaac attempts to fight fire with fire... Or ice with ice, really. LEXUS feels the technomancer attempt to wrest control of the area from him, and LEXUS. "What a surprise, someone who's actually competent?" He grunts in pain at the counterattack, and then shakes his head. "Underestimate me at your own peril. I'm as much of a person as you are, wizard." He is smashed by the fireball, the antiviral code tearing into him and consuming part of his body before he pulls it away from him, throwing it aside and leaving parts of him... missing. Slowly, they begin to reestablish themselves as he rebuilds himself in realtime. "Maybe moreso." He laughs. A moment later, shearing beams of neon light shred across the area, raining down in a hailstorm of crushing, obliterating light. "Dissolution will not be my future!" He yells, as rips open in the air, skittering Daemon Heartess appear and begin swarming the heroes. "It seems to me that /you/ are the ones who are outnumbered here!" LEXUS augments the HEartless assault with bolts of corrupting data that begin consuming whatever they touch, preventing restoratives from working as well.

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' The guy who keeps acting like TRON apparently can't help but /smirk/ under the dark visor hiding his face as LEXUS' uproar. Though he gets smashed back by viral data and cringes softly as he slides across the ground. His systems quickly start to fight off the infection as he stands back up."If that is what you believe." "Suit yourself." The white suited, TRON-looking program quickly flips away from the Heartless as they come in trying to inflect him. He uses his disc to block their blows away, he moves with great fluidity in an almost dance like fashion of speed and control. He then comes to land up on a closed Trash Can lid as he takes a moment to catch his breath, mostly cause the virual infection, though his systems handled a good deal of it, didn't get it all. So he tries to recalibrate his systems a bit while watching the battle take place before him. Yeah. This guy was /not/ part of CLU's group. Just like this place was NOT Tron City. Just like many of these people-- they couldn't be programs. Maybe ISOs? No. Even ISOs look like they do. These guys are something.. different. But what? Well, he think to himself, if you didn't let yourself get overloaded.. "But its going to be your derez cycle." The TRON(?) says very calmly. "Not mine."

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "No." Avira leaps backwards, evading a blast of neon-colored laser summoned by the Program. A roll sideways avoids a second. Then a third. With impressive agility she evades each scathing blast and corrupting bolt. As she moves, the Spine is finally withdrawn from its custom casing and immediately put to work cleaving through a Daemon Heartless. "I am a part of this city." Avira says, her voice resolute as she plunges her way through another Heartless, easily able to manuver even in these close quarters. "This city is a part of me." The silver glow returns, only this time, it becomes painful to look at-as if everyone suddenly had the chance to see what Will Sherman sees when he looks at 'people like her.' Winding her way through a veritable obstacle course of energy and Heartless, she swoops in upon LEXUS and strikes, slamming the Spine at the very disc he has been fighting with. She doesn't stop there, not even to appreciate the large amount of rage this second new TRON was incurring from LEXUS. In fact, she realizes that this is the first time she's witnessed LEXUS and TRON confronting each other-only later. Avira is hard at work. Her light-fueled strikes rain down fast and fiere, interspersed with the occasional massive blast of ice magic. With one final blow of the weapon she wields, she backs off, snapping her fingers, summoning spires of ice to trap LEXUS where he stands. She turns her back on the Program, nodding to the TRONs and, pointedly, Isaac, "All yours."

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' Ramza Beoulve had literally heard enough from this virus. He decided in a moment that it truly was worthy of destruction. He just didn't believe he could manage it on his own. He would not, however, hold back... The Neon light coruscates around the area, and he wills his barriers upwards, allowing it to catch the brunt of the force, while he raises an arm as the crushing light drives him into the pavement. The pavement gives just slightly, causing cracks to form, as he goes down on one knee. The Heartless then rain down bolts of corrupting data on him, infecting his remaining protections. His offhand, slips the Katana out of its Saya another fraction of an inch, and before he even rises a blue aura begins to lim his body. And then that energy, whatever it is, gets drawn into the blade, which begins to wisp smoke from the sudden heat, now contained within it. As he rises, he begins to charge at the virus. It is perhaps not the best plan, a head on assault... but the program likely did not have very much data on Ramza Beoulve, if any at all. He might just be able to take him off guard... And so as he gets close to the program, he leaps into the air. He wasn't a very agile person by nature, and so he had to use a Geomancer's trick to seize control of the winds, to buffet him upwards, causing him to flip right over him, he lands behind LEXUS and... The next movement is enhanced by the speed of his constant training with Artemis and Zack, as he's suddenly not behind LEXUS any longer, but in front of him and the blade is not only drawn, but has burst into flames. A quick drawing motion that was meant to bisect the Virus and cauterize the wound he caused in the same movement, if it managed to strike Zantetsuken! He had no patience or mercy for tin-plated tyrants who boasted of causing the fall of a world.

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' That's right. A child is stepping up in here! That boy is none other than Marche! Unfortunately, although the boy intened to strike hard at LEXUS, his blade hammers into the disc and the energy barrier. That powerful forcefield explodes, sending the blade winding the opposite direction and the young adventurer to follow suit. "Whoooooaaaaaaa!" Marche falls towards the ground, but immediately twists into a roll to help cushion the fall. He manages to roll himself enough to get back to his feet, then he tightens his fist as he grabs a small pebble from the ground. As Daemon Heartless appear, Marche's eyes widen. "Whh-----what the?!" They bolt and release their corruptive nature. Their charge tear forward to strike Marche and afflict him with grevious wounds. In this, he does manage to toss the stone at some of the daemons, but it was nothing compared to the digital assault. "I am out of my element with all of this. However.." His eyes lift up to see that Avira, only to see a glow that makes him want to turn back, "Gaahh!" He winces, looking away from the source of light. Once Avira's assault is cleared, Marche moves forward to take advantage. "I may be a kid, but I will show you justice!" Marche moves forward with renewed strength, "Haaaargghh!" He swings the blade out towards the Daemon Heartless around, seeking to hack them apart. He brings the broadsword up, the green glow emanates from the blade before he swings it down towards LEXUS, seeking to destroy his energy field. Next, the sword glows with another aura, he comes forward to enchant the blade with a yellow aura. The blade whips forward to tear against the magical force, or in this case, the data force.

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' LEXUS's determination shatters the young lad, he goes flying from the hands of the many Daemon heartless, rolling until he stops slumped against the Arcade.. It hurts...IT hurts...but, despite it, he stands back up, grabbing the building as things start to come around him. Then they stop. Something changes in the air around him, and the heartless EXPLODE as power unlike any othe surges from him. For a brief moment... A Consensus is met. "We do not appreciate you running your mouth, Virus." a fusion of perfect unity can be heard. Two voices, acting as perfectly as one speak. There was always some modulation to Will's voice when he brings his out, but now..? Both voices are heard, one speaking like will, and one speaking in such a way that REALITY itself seems to talk. Will dives in, and is suddenly right behind LEXUS. His hand reaches out, aiming to grab the strings that the Program has, and FREEZE them solid. Then, with the other hand, that glows a crimson, he dives it into the back of the program, aiming for the remaining strings.. And attempts to shatter them.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' Isaac doesn't take LEXUS's counterattack well. He's honestly not that tough -- he's got immense magical power, but when all is said and done, he's only human. Bolts of corrupting data eat away at his shield, and neon light slams into and through it, slashing into his body. He staggers backwards, stepping over the staircase and hanging in mid-air. "Moreso? I don't think so. I've met people like you, virus -- people who got a little bit of the wrong kind of power, a taste of something besides their own mortality, who let it go right to their head." Isaac brushes off a clinging blob of weird light. It slides off his jacket, leaving an oily film. It'll suck if he gets any more beat up, he thinks; white magic is going to be a hassle through this. The technomage weaves another spell. He pulls on the pocket of stability, watching the battle progress as he cooks up something totally different. He murmurs nonsense syllables and starts constructing something out of what little LEXUS lets through. He thins his barricades, trying to keep the damage and the Heartless from spreading, leaving himself open in the process. Little flashes of blue light play between Isaac's fingers. Small bolts of something like lightning jump into the fray, bouncing between hostiles. He looks for an opening. Avira provides it, but not big enough. More juice, he thinks. "We've got a word for people like you, y'know," Isaac calls.

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel has learned one thing to not snark as much as she used to do but she's not about to give up. She listens as LEXUS regales about some of his plans and goals or what else he has at this point. Issac's comments make her wonder what her really thinks of her or TRON, she can't really much pause to think on it for the moment, she really can't do so. There's too much pain coming her way and she's not about to deal with the Heartless warm that are coming after everyone. She's fast though she weaves in and out of the ranks of the heartless managing to avoid just getting pasted by any one of them. She flips up into the air and she comes in for a landing launching her disc as she does so before taking off again trying to flank LEXUS as she gets closer. She continues her dance as she catches her disc as it returns from her most recent attack and she launches it the virus even as her allies unload more power than she expected such as Will and some strangers like Marche throw all in at Lexus she's got an idea but her plan is going to take a moment longer to properly set up. Ramza's actions are quick and factored into the number crunching she's running in her head that a human just wouldn't be able to. Well not at the speeds she's doing. "This world is not the one of my creation but It's still connected to mine. How many people our own kind or like the users here? DID YOU CONDEM TO THE DARKNESS? You don't even care but I won't stop here, I won't back down."

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' Artemis tilts her head slightly at LEXUS's response, but dances back defensively as he tries to counter her, moving aside. Artemis takes in the situation, listening to the various talk, especially the things said by LEXUS. So, this was a Shadow Lord. Interesting. Responsible for the fall of this world? Well, it had been restored. Artemis looks toward Avira, her eyes watching with respectful curiosity as the woman glows with the power of a princess of heart. A princess who was pretty damn pissed off. Heartless appear, and Artemis scoffs lightly. The attack that follows from Lexus, the light, the energy...that did a good deal of damage. That hurt. But pain is nothing. Artemis looks to Ramza, then gets out of his way so he can do his this, refocusing her energy for another attack if, by the time the avenger Manhattanites were done, it was needed.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' Despite the sounds of chaos, TRON does not move, does not even acknowledge what is going on around him or to him. A corrupted data stream lashes out at TRON, altering his circuitry lines' color to a lavender shade for just an instant while screwing with a few of his non-vital system parameters. Searing beams of light pound the ground around him, one searing down the left side of his back just barely missing his Disc. Those accursed Daemon Heartless swarm, their needle-like claws slicing and attempting to find purchase on his damaged form. His eyes suddenly snap open, pure white light turning his eyes into glass-like optics. The chakram Disc on his back almost audibly screeches as his circuitry lines pulse noticeably, apparently what has been sought being found once more. "Confirmed, Alan-One. Acknowledged, Creator-Four-Nine-Eight-Three," he states in absolute calm, a benign absence of emotion in sharp contrast to his earlier cold sharpness. "System Monitor Protocols--" His circuitry lines flare pure white, purging all signs of blue--and stay that way. "--ONLINE." He suddenly spins where he is, baring both Discs to drive back or outright dispel the Heartless around him, as he surges to his feet. A familiar helm design suddenly pixelates over his face--the same helm design as his black suit'ed form--but there are differences. The helm itself from neck over the back of the head is white, but the opaque visor is a silver reflective chrome. His whole stance changes--no longer the solid bastion of defense, but a fluid offensive stance that mirrors the other TRON and even Deelel--yet somehow drastically different. "You want my code, LEXUS?" He stalks forwards, arms rising to shoulder height on each side, each hand holding a Disc. "Be careful what you wish for." He suddenly bounces into the sky, twisting 90-degrees and spinning rapidly as he throws his silver Disc directly for LEXUS and the other bouncing behind the Virus to catch him on the rebound. Without pausing or even slowing, he snatches the silver Disc out of the air and immediately throws it again in an arc, using momentum to power the throw, aiming to catch as many Heartless as possible on its way towards LEXUS.

:'''[[LEXUS]] has posed:''' A massive amount of firepower rains down into the Dark Virus. There's only so much that one can do in the face of it. There is a detonation of light and power as Avira hammers into LEXUS, launching him out of the Arcade and sending him flying into the street. He tumbles, leaving a trail of skidding, derezzing code as he comes to a stop. He looks up, pushing himself up as he looks at the shining Avira. "You're nothing but a single thread. A tenuous, all-too-mortal connection that suspends the world over the end of all things, Avira. I watched this world die once. I can watch it die again if I wished." The ice snaps up, holding him fast just as Ramza carves through him in the classic fashion, a blade sweeping through the place LEXUS stood... And then everything shatters, a line appearing across the Dark Virus. There is nothing to cauterize, however, as LEXUS is not flesh and blood. Isaac causes LEXUS to glare in his direction. There always seems to be time to snap off a response. "What word is that, mage?" he asks. May as well let Isaac make his point. Artemis comes in fro mthe other side, striking into him and through him and aggrivating the already critical wounds, forcing him to drop his guard from the sheer trauma. Marche comes in right behind, cleaving into him and pinning him down. The fused fae strikes out, moving forward and crushing into his metaphysical core. LEXUS grimaces, screaming as he collapses to his knees, his body distorting and crackling with power as something begins to unravel... "It doesn't matter. One. Ten. Hundreds. Thousands. Millions. Nothing matters." LEXUS replies. He looks up, looking towards TRON's incoming disc... And it blows through his center torso, striking physically through where Will struck metaphysically a moment before. There is a shattering noise that crackles through the air as LEXUS wavers on his knees, data pieces streaming out of his back thrrough the jagged hole, and he slumps forward, beginning to dissolve. "I..." LEXUS hisses, his body staticing out and shifting. "I cannot accept this... I will not go quietly into nothingness." There is wa wash of black as power surges through him and into the ground. "There is always a cost, /heroes/!" He screams, as he plunges his dissolving arms down into the void, desperation on his face as purple crackling circuit-lines strike up through the air, seeking out the heroes and attempting to spear them through. Where they strike, life force is drained, converted and cannibalized into replacement data for the Virus that feeds even now upon the world around it.

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' Purple crackling circuit lines scour the young heretic leader, as he hastily raises his Katana to attempt to use its flames to ward off the energy draining attack. He was about to release those flames right into the program's face, in a burst of roiling energy, but thankfully he takes stock of the battlefield. He grimaces, as he notices in what pour shape the others truly are in. And so, he makes a very different call. Every part of him ached from having his life energy literally wrested from him, but he still had enough strength to raise his hand. Divine energy thrummed through his fingertips as he stated the traditional incantation. "Life's Refreshing Breeze, blow with energy!" A divine breeze washes over Avira, Artemis, and Will Sherman's fallen form, bringing new vigor and renewal to them.

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' TRON(?) Watches the battle as his systems recover enough, however he watches everyone also just-- blast into the Virus Program. Well, he did say he wouldn't be the one to derez, didn't he? However it seems this virus was refusing to go down and had plans. Plans this masked avenger didn't fully understand because in his own time on the Grid, he has never /seen/ anything like this; nor was he ever trained for something like this. "..what the.." Suddenly dark purple spikes blast out from the ground. TRON(?) attempts to leap out of the way, however he was to slow it would seem and the Spikes impale right through him. He lets out a yell in pain as his body electrifies from the energy being drained from his system. His body cracks in locations around the spikes. His face behind the helm cringing in pain as lines travel up his face. When the spikes pull away he lands hard onto the ground and yet, he slowly picks himself up. He staggers back up to his feet in how own defiance. His body heavily damaged from the assault. He lights up his disc once more before he staggers a step forward. He then finds the strength and charges at the reforming LEXUS. He leaps into the air and then spins unleashing his disc down at the ground, so it bounces right up at Lexus, then bounces off to go in another direction, then come at LEXUS from another angle. TRON(?) Kicks off and catches it with a sail backwards, before he lands down on the ground with a flip and flings the disc one way, then catches it and then flings it another way. Attempting to catch Lexus in a storm of disc rotations and movements. Trying to undo what LEXUS just did.

:'''[[Artemis Eurus]] has posed:''' "I have wanted to meet a Shadow Lord. Thus fire, I am not disappointed," she comments to LEXUS. He persists under such aggression! Artemis is spears through the left ribcage and drained. The shock of it, the pure damage almost knocking her unconscious. She keeps living with pure stubborness and dogged training--then aided by Ramza's healing. Artemis looks back toward Lexus, her green eyes staring him down. "I think this is done, for now," she comments, then disappears with the sound of muted thunder, reappearing to have crossed the distance between them, striking at him in mid-charge in a wide, deadly horizontal arc of her blade, a strike meant to cut a person in twain.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON lands on the ground for just an instant, watching as LEXUS staggers, begins the telltale signs of deresolution... but it isn't over. As the black power surge drives into the ground and purple circuitry lines spear into the sky from beneath their feet, TRON lunges forwards. His steps are quick but sure, avoiding particularly dangerous spots while defensively swiping away the circuitry lines with deflecting surfaces of the Discs. Spinning, rolling, always in motion and always moving forwards. "Yes. There is." He lands on the ground in front of LEXUS, the Virus' strange eyes reflecting on the chromed surface of his full-face visor. "And yes. You will." There are no further theatrics or words. He simply drives his white Disk forwards in a punch, spinning sharply while aiming his silver Disc to slice at LEXUS' throat. He then backflips, sending both Discs flying while he is inverted in a one-two punch to hasten the Virus' deresolution.

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' LEXUS's spikes and data tear throught he hobo lad, he screams, and is then left sprawling on the ground. He hits the ground, staggering, and falls to his face, wetness starting to pool below him. Vision starts to blur as he looks up...LEXUS once more trying to take from him what was his. Pure determination, drives them both to their feet...as Life's refreshing breeze washes over Will... It was enough to stablize him. Will is hurt, greviously so, and he starts to drag himself back towards LEXUS. Both hands glow, lessoned from his injury, but not defeated. His eyes blaze, his heart burns... He drives the first FORWARD, aiming to drive it into the virus again, this time, trying to burn away the strings. Not cut, not wither... Burn. He holds it there, trying to finish what he started. Then he dives back, energy gathering on his hands... FATE BEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM! A giant laser of SOMETHING...magic or SOMETHING rips through his hands, trying to litterally burn away whatever fate remained on LEXUS.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' "No, you are wrong!" Avira doesn't stop. She chases after him, her boots crunching through the trail of bits he spreads along the floor as he slides away, pushed off by their combined punishment. "As long as there are survivors with light in their hearts, a world will never truly die!" She faces him down, seeing that desperation on his face. He's cornered. He's derezzing. He cannot stand and face the twin antivirus programs. Could this really be his end? Or did LEXUS have his backup hidden away again somewhere? He was notoriously impossible for a User to kill-but maybe the Programs here could actually do the job. "Furthermore..." her eyes narrow. "What happened before to this world, LEXUS, can never happen again. We've seen to that." Avira's light blazes in defiance-until LEXUS lashes out with his seeking circuit lines. They crawl up Avira relentlessly, the light sapped away by their touch. The huntress lets out a squeal of pain and drops to one knee before him, shuddering. Her grip upon the Spine slackens. A second wind, or rather, refreshing breeze hits her. Avira grits her teeth and forces herself forward in one final, decisive burst of energy. The Spine is lifted as she drives it forward at the deteriorating virus. It is not the physical blade itself that will do the hurting this time, but the silvery light energy encircling the blade.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' LEXUS responds to the barrage of murder from every direction and the secondary fire of super-sass by blowing the entire room the /hell/ up. Isaac, unfortunately, is inside said room. Isaac interposes his thinned shield between himself and the circuit-lines. It has about as much effectiveness as shielding yourself from an incoming meteor with a strongly-worded letter. The lines pierce the barrier, sliding through it as if it wasn't even there. They stab into the chest of the mage behind it, seeking life force to sustain their viral progenitor with. On the bright side, he's in enough pain that he forgets to scream. The life force that LEXUS pulls from Isaac is strong and vibrant, an infusion of vitality from a young man in the prime of his life and with a curious amount of power at his disposal. Isaac's body spasms, muscles clenching. He doubles over, trying to curl into a ball and stay out of the way. Through will alone he stays standing. He lifts his mechanical hand to the tines of agonizing energy, curling his fingers into a fist. He releases a miniscule amount of the power he's been building. His hand burns with a cyan light, and when he thrusts it at the parasitic data-stream, it shatters like it was made of glass. Isaac lifts his head. His brow is beaded with sweat. He's gone pale as a sheet. His legs are shaking, screaming for relief. He ignores it. He's always been able to do that well enough. He clears his throat quietly, lifting his voice to answer LEXUS. His single-word response echoes through the Arcade, setting ears ringing and rattling loose ." A ball of coiled, yellowish energy manifests in the air in front of Isaac. It uncoils, turning into something like a whip, seemingly comprised of hundreds of poorly-fitting shards of some iridescent material. It flicks outward, lashing out across the space between LEXUS and Isaac, splitting into hundreds of miniscule tines and leaping in every direction across the interior of the Arcade. Space around where it travels abruptly reverts to normalcy, pieces of LEXUS's unnerving killing field coming apart like pieces of a broken mirror falling to the ground. The lash hunts Heartless and virii, touching off solid surfaces and rebounding in an utterly unpredictable manner. It spreads ever outward, ignoring the mere mortals and the Programs both, weaving its way around the heroic defenders of this place. A scent of clean air follows, and the air itself trembles at the spell's passing -- not from some sort of disruption, but as if the world needed to somehow acknowledge what had been done. Inevitably, the web closes on LEXUS. Isaac wonders if he'll fare better than the world he tried to force upon theirs.

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' There is a deep cost. As the circuit lines strike into the air, Marche start to widen his eyes. The breath is sucked out in pure shock. It finally lances through the boy, sapping the lifeforce from the young man before he sucks in a breath. The writing pain takes over the boy as the powerful, devilish energy starts overtaking the young man. This leaves Marche drained. Marche staggers around, then he lifts his eyes up. "...I may not be much." He grits his teeth, "However, you control the things that are destroying my world. People like you.... are what I am fighting against! Defeating people like you will allow me to help my world!" Marche lifts his sword into the sky. It shines with a bright light. "THIS IS JUSTICE'S LIGHT!" Marche, the champion of Justice, is charging towards LEXUS. As the man sapped his energy, March is going to return it tenfold. He slams the sword towards the ground near the man. "ULTIMA SWORD!" ..And lo, a burst of energy pieces the ground. It expands into a massive dome of energy that tears against the atmosphere. Expanding rapidly, the force of the energy rends its way towards LEXUS. 

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' the Dark Virus is a terror to behold he's one of the more terrifying things she's ever encountered She watches as the battle continues he goes on as he replies about how many people were fed to the darkness by his actions he truly does not care. He really doesn't care, she shouldn't be surprised but hearing such a thing well? It's hard to take it looks like LEXUS is down but he's not out as he refuses by force of will alone to not go down and then it hits her. What he is doi9ng. "GET CLEAR HE WILL CONSUME YOU IF HE CAN!" Deelel hits the ground hard rolling coming up and just being missed by the strange lines that are trying to consume and infect everyone around them. She's got very lucky and she knows it, she need to stop screwing about and the time for that is now. She pulls as Baton off her leg, there's no more time to screw about at this point. The old Encom model light cycle forms about Deelel and she revs the engine . The cycle charges right at less then a second later. Within Deelel triggers the light wall to activate as she goes attempting to twist by and slide it into Lexus before she'll derezz the cycle leap off and launches herself using the momentum to launch a full out attack on him with her disc. She knows there's always a cost, she was prepared to pay it the last time she faced LEXUS she still is now but she damn well doesn't want to see anyone else do so.

:'''[[LEXUS]] has posed:''' Life, and system resource, flows into LEXUS. His body begins to reconstitute, consuming others and the environment in order to regain stability. He begins to laugh as his body rebuilds itself, about to engage in a second assault which will surely finish them all. However, the mysterious second TRON (Tron 2?) strikes, his Disc crashing into LEXUS and shearing pieces of him away. The laughter dies into a gurgle as one arm vanishes in an explosion of data, and he is knocked back... Whereupon Artemis cuts him in half. Again. "BAUD DAMN IT!" LEXUS yells, his voice crackling and distorting from overmodulation as he rages against what he knows is coming. "STOP DOING THAT! DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH THAT HURTS?" TRON then smashes into him, sending the remains of LEXUS flying into the air. Will seems to treat it like a Fate skeet shoot, and he levels all of his power at LEXUS, preparing to erase him from existence. The beam fires, a burning light that would shear through anything in its path... Except for one thing. The Disc moves in the way, intercepting the beam, reflecting it into the sky. LEXUS takes the Disc in his hand, looking down at the smoking thing. It glows for a moment, shining... And then LEXUS turns and throws it away from him, sending it flying into the Darkness. A moment later, Avira hammers down into him, driving him back down into the ground, searing him with the power of the Heart. LEXUS continues to disincorporate, trying to hold on, even as Marche hammers into him with the power of the Ultima Sword. His tenacity is admirable, even if he is barely intact at this point, perhaps. He can't even respond properly to the assault from Marche and Deelel, his voice nothing more than a shriek of static. But then... Anathema. The wave of annihilating, pure light blows through the Daemon Heartless in the area, shredding them to pieces without pity or mercy. The power closes in, and LEXUS looks up. Somehow, his voice becomes intact enough for him to begin to speak. "Don't think... you have won. Oblivion is coming." And then the light closes in, the noose tightens, and LEXUS screams, his body vanishing in the light. There is nothing left but a smoking spot where he lay.

:'''[[Renegade]] has posed:''' TRON(?) catches his disc one last time, to quick get out of the way of the sudden massive light show that takes place. He puts up his hand to block some of the glow, which is bright enough that it reflects sharply off parts of the black visor. However once it is done, LEXUS is no more, or so it seems. The program then lowers his hand and then takes few steps forward. "Well. That.. is over." He says with a soft sigh of relief and then just drops down to one knee. "Thank.. Flynn." and then TRON(?) collapses over. His shutting off-line for now as it rests in his hands. The damage done to him noticeable and he will need some time to rest before Q/A can take place. Also, was that fire ever put out? Someone really should go check on that fire.

:'''[[Marche Radiuju]] has posed:''' Marche is likely getting dragged on putting out the fire by Ritz and the viera pack. 

:'''[[Will Sherman]] has posed:''' Will's growls... Again, he wasn't able to do it. Vision blurs as finally... He staggers to his knees and promptly falls over. The magical energy fading from his body as he can't support it anylonger. Mutter...not again...mutter..

:'''[[Ramza Beoulve]] has posed:''' Ramza takes one look at the smoking spot LEXUS has become. For some reason, despite not having any knowledge of what LEXUS was.. he has a feeling that he hadn't seen the last of the Shadow Lord. Still, it was no longer his concern. He walks over to Will Sherman, and lifts him up, and then he departs with Artemis and himself... He may have complimented Marche's hair idly on the way out, seemingly not noticing whatsoever that Ritz was dragging his butt away. Ahh, young love. More healing spells were cast on Will as they departed, one after another, after another... In the end he knew that the healing didn't function quite as planned, it'd probably take a day of recovery and a few dozen meals before the young immortal was back to full health.

:'''[[Avira]] has posed:''' Can a Program eat a User? That question brews in the back of Avira's mind when she hears Deelel shout out in warning. It certainly did feel like something unpleasant was happening there for many agonizing seconds as her energy was drained away. It may very well be the fact that she stands on Earth soil that she remains standing right now-and standing until the very end. There is a small pang of sadness felt by the woman as she witnesses what looks to be LEXUS's end. He wanted to survive. Not unlike her, he was fighting for survival. At the same time, though, all he's done to this world... She doesn't spend much time dwelling, seeking out what remaining fires there were to extinguish, using her ice magic to suppress the flames. "Is everyone alright?" Avira asks, just as Will and the mystery TRON flop over on the ground. Doh.

:'''[[Isaac Hanlon]] has posed:''' "Yeah, that's what I /thought/," Isaac mutters disparagingly at LEXUS's scorch mark. "I'll be fine. I'll walk it off." He waves his robot hand a little bit, as if trying to be reassuring. "Just need to -- sit down for a second." Isaac half-staggers over to a rolly office chair lying around the Arcade that somehow survived the brawl. He drops into it, left hand pressed against his chest, his right dangling. Ow. Ow. /Ow/.

:'''[[TRON]] has posed:''' TRON emits a sound suspiciously close to a growl himself as LEXUS throws his Disc into the Darkness before Isaac overwhelms the Virus in light. Without that Disc... he can't be completely sure whether this is really over or not. History states that it probably isn't, and would be safer to assume as such until proven otherwise. His head cants to the side as he overhears the not-TRON's final words before collapsing, and his helm visibly folds back into the white 'high-collar' as if it had never been there to begin with. His eyes cease glowing, returning back to the human-like brown eyes, and his circuitry lines slowly dim back down to a visible whitish-blue. Whatever protocols he had accessed for the fight, they're offline now. "I am... fine..." He replies to Avira while staring down at his hands, though he sounds discombobulated with an expression more like 'what the heck just happened'. He almost visibly shifts gears, looking around at everyone else as if his thoughts had bodily snapped to more pertinent matters. "We need to tend to the injured if possible. Damage to the Arcade needs to be assessed and prioritized after the wounded are taken care of." He kneels next to his doppelganger, his brow furrowing as he redocks both Discs onto his back-spindle. "Now how do you know Flynn...?" He murmurs, almost as if asking the black visor would get him the answers. He easily picks up the slightly-smaller Program in his arms, regardless of the deep burn mark on his back, and carries him back into the Arcade. "You're not TRON..." His eyes narrow down at the white suit so similar to his own, "...but did you know one...?"

:'''[[Deelel]] has posed:''' Deelel skids across the ground and and comes to a halt she's hurt but she's not too badly off all things considered as she looks up to see the aftermath as he talks about Oblivion coming she frowns for a moment worse things may be coming and there's little she can do about it. She looks over for a moment and looks over to see the other basic as she heads over to him. "Come on we need to get him inside he'll need to recover I think I got some things that can help him." Looks to her friend and some of the people who'd simply come to play games and have some fun. "I know we need to fix things and wait Flynn...? That name." She shakes her head a little bit. Great there's more questions now.

Establishing Dominion

2013-06-21T18:08:33Z

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|Date of Scene=2013/06/13
|Location=Giza Plains
|Synopsis=Palamecia starts to strength its Garrison out in Giza Plains. Such activity attracts some attention.
|Cast of Characters=Leon, Alma Hyral, Karth Mason
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:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The road to Carwen and to other locations is a very busy road in deed. Many traders, summoners, and different walks of life travel this road. However with war in the breeze from other lands, not even Palamecia seems to be staying quiet anymore. Several dark brown to black horses are armored up and hooked up one behind the other to pull wagons with lumber boards, stones, and even some pieces of metal. Their manes silky black and though they are being used for labor, they are very well taken care of. It seems when-ever a horse seems getting close to be overworked the foreign man calls over the handler and lets them trade out the steed for a more refreshed one. Several of Palamecian troops move along with the crews, overseeing the project of a much larger fort that seems to being built along side both sides of the road with a bridge that crosses over in the air by what stakes have been put down so far. Though such a construction is just outside the mountain pass near the main road. Those who can see the troops will notice most them wear dark, black armor with gray steel. Though some have swords, some have bows, some even with an assortment of knives. It seems many of these soldiers are different walks of combat life. Either being true knights, to archers, to even maybe rouges. For all someone may know, their could even be red mages mixed in this group, or mages wearing armor. Yet what know one knows is what is going on. None of the knights have spoken, but they are asking people to either stand back for their safety, or having them go along another roadway that has been temporary made while construction takes place.

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' The news of stuff happening so close to the farmstead causes Karth to have to deal with things himself. He tells his brothers and sisters to not worry about it...after all, these things happen, it's probably nothing to worry about. But with all these cottin' pickin' fandangled fancy folk about, Karth decided he'd give his family some relief and find out what the deal was. Karth isn't exactly what you'd picture as a famous warior..or even a warrior. Or even famous. Infact, he was only one of these things (warrior). He starts approachin' the gate, hands holdin' a shovel over one hand. On his waist is a sword, it is scheathed, and properly bound, as he starts approachin' the guards. He is also carrying a basket of honey cakes. "Hey there, partner's. Thought I'd come down and see what the hubub was about. You see, mah family gettin' real nervous with all this hustlin' and bustlin', and with all them crazy cridder's you call heartless about, I'd figure I'd try to put one less thing off their minds." "So what is it you all doin', besides the obvious, I reckon."

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' The situation in Archades had levelled off to the point where a healer could actually be spared. While the first few days, the casualties had ranged from the critically injured to the seriously injured.. now, most of the people who came to the healing tents were the loud, entitled, and minorly inconvenienced. She'd had enough of that.. and started travelling abroad to Mount Bur-Omisace for a break from the relief efforts. With her were two guards from the Archadian military. That pair mostly kept to themselves, and kept their distance unless something looked suitably threatening enough for an adolescent girl on the road for them to consider intervention. Right now, that was the Palamecian road crews and caravan. But Alma Hyral did not want trouble, especially with two members of the Archadian military with her. Starting an inadvertent diplomatic incident was not what Archades needed at this time. So she ceded the road for now. She sat back, under the shade of a tree with both men nearby, just watching the setting sun and approaching twilight. She hadn't done any stargazing on the Giza Plains in a while, and she was hoping that she might find one of those famed 'star bits' on these plains were the supposed night of shooting stars occurred, which she presumed were really pieces of meteorites. So for now while she waited for the crews to pass, she had her laptop out, and put her headphones on, listening to Kyra's latest mogstep video.. it wasn't her favorite, but it was at least worth listening to. After a time, she looked up, to see.. Karth. Huh. She rather liked the farmer from their time on her first expedition, and afterwards. Putting away the laptop, and the headphones back in her pack, she'd heft the bag and tentatively approach the man, her voice only slightly tremulous in lieu of the nearby road crews and soldiers. "Hello again K-Karth. How's your f-family doing? Did you all like that r-recipe for s-shepherd's pie I gave you?"

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' "Heartless?" One of the guards states calmly turning to look at Karth. Another one about cracks up laughing before he pulls himself together. It was easy to to tell the one who started to laugh had a rather human eyes behind the helm. Blue at that, but the one who spoke up had glowing crimson red eyes; almost inhuman. "If there are any heartless around we would make a quick dispatch of them." There was almost a sound of deep hatred in his voice even toward the word 'heartless'. The guard officer then turns to face the farmer and gives him a quick look over, then down to the basket. "Hm? What is that you are carrying?" Another voice speaks up from the distance as a less armored figure starts to approach. Mostly wearing leather gear, with a bow strong over their shoulder and a sword at their side. Actually by the voice and by the shape of the armor, this one was female. "Take it easy, Rex. Those look like a gift, more then a weapon. Well, maybe a weapon for your stomach." She then approaches the two before placing her hand on her hip and then lifts up her hand to lift up the helm's face shield that had masked her whole face. Her face was youthful. Maybe in her early to mid twenties, yet she too, also had those red eyes. "Please don't mind, Rex, young sir. We have had a ton of noisy people come in and due to security reasons he is worried someone may try to destroy what we are trying hard to build." When Alma suddenly walks up with the two Archadian soldiers the human like one nudges the Rex gently. Rex glances at the two Archadian soldiers almost giving them a bit of a stare down. He then places out his hand making a motion. The younger soldier then makes a soft tsk sound and then goes to lean against one of the crates with his arms crossed over his chest. Meanwhile while the 'boys' do this, the woman continues to talk. "So what kinda goodies do you have there, any of them for sell?" She tries to look into Karth's basket with sincere interest.

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Karth just gives the guards a grin...oh hey, Alma with some other guards. They seem to be escorting her, instead of...well, locking her up. That's good! "Oh hey Miss Hyral, and yes indeedy. Sammy really has put that recipe to use sense you and yours moved on," Givin' Alma a big grin. He turns back to the Palamecian guards, and what looks like a captain. Poor guy, because the first thing he thinks when he sees her is.. <3 "Uh, ahem, sorry Ma'am, don't mean to be rude and all, my name's Karth Mason, me and my family own a farm around these parts...got sorta...dropped in the middle of nowhere when the words did their shifty thing, ya know?" he says, not getting it himself, but pretends to somewhat get it. "We heard about the commotion over yonder, and I'd come to check out what was goin' on...you know, we don't want any trouble and all." "Oh, I got some honey cakes, my sister done made them, to try and win ya over if my gentle depositon' wasn't enough." he gives her a grin. He takes some out for Alma and her guards, though, and hands the basket to the lady. It's full of one hundred percent safe honey cakes. They are small honey flavored bread pasties. "Oh I ain't too bothered, he's downright friendly compared to the order of the northern' sky where we come from. Somethin' about not being noble enough. I dunno much about that and all, but somethin' tells me that it's just a buncha folk too afraid to get their hand dirty in real work."

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' For the most part, the Archadian soldiers were quite professional. But they did look decidedly smug, as they watched Rex in the staredown. They considered the Palamecian forces to be amusingly quaint, like podunk soldiers from a backwater empire that didn't even have rudimentary airship technology and look, horses! What was up with that? That the Chocobo was the superior mount was an accepted fact. To their credit, they didn't say anything /aloud/ to incite trouble, but they did lean over, conversing with each other in hushed voices. Alma looked decidedly oblivious to the military swagger going on behind her, and just watched Karth, "You can c-call me Alma anytime Karth. And I'm glad S-Sammy liked it. I'll have to d-drop on by again and cook you all d-dinner sometime." Alma takes one of the honey cakes, and starts taking a bite of it almost immediately, trying not to get any of the syrupy goodness get on her robes. The guards take it as well because, /Hey/ free honey cakes, this wasn't a bad deal after all traipsing around the country defending a little girl. She looks over to Rex, favoring the young man with a shy smile, before turning back to Karth. One of the soldiers behind her nudges the other, and try not to smile /too/ smugly at Rex, while they eat their honeycakes.

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Rex eye twitches behind the helm as he continues to stare at the Archadian soldiers. He leans over to the younger solider and whispers to him. The younger soldier glances over with his eyes to Rex, then at the Archadian soldiers, then back at Rex. Their own face-plates of their helms hid a good deal of their facial expressions but a snerk could be heard forming before a 'ahem' followed from the young man. He did give a friendly wave to Alma though. The female officer takes the basket from Karth and gives a warm smile. "Well, thank you kindly. I am sure the troops will enjoy these after some hard days labor." She then turns and hands them to Rex with a hard impact of the basket against him, mostly to knock off his attempts to create any conflict. "Rex. Why don't you and Maxus take these to the others and call for a bit of a break, hm?" Rex oufs softly at the sudden harsh basket impact and glares at the women before he growls, then calms himself. "Yes ma'am." He then motions for Maxus to follow and the young soldier does so. She then turns her attention back to Karth and Alma. "Right then. My name is Ryven. You are free to sit back and watch the activity, but we do ask you do not pass this point. This is mostly for your safety then anything else." She then motions to some of the equipment, which was indeed very old fashion labor type working items. Yet it got the job done. "We never know if one of the lines could snap or something may break loose and we would /hate/ for civilians to get injured while we are doing this." Ryven then looks back at them. "Now then, any questions? I can attempt to answer any." She does look over at the Archadian soldiers and raises an eye brow at them. Perhaps they were also directed for questions as well.

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Karth nods once... Well, he isn't getting that Basket back...oh well, Sammy will understand, he hopes. "Well, that's mighty kind of you ma'am." He says, tippin' his hat respectfully. Apparently she is in charge, so you have to respect this. Pa always said you should be respectful to these people...makes things easier on the homestead in the long run. Alma dismisses the need to be formal, and Karth smiles and nods to her, "Alrighty there Alma. Well...if yer here, then you ain't too far off from the homestead right now..." he says, and turns back towards Ryven, "Well, Miss Ryven, mah family and I live up in these parts, and we're just makin' sure no tomfoolery is goin' on." He says, "We also thought you might like some tastes of the locals, so to speak," The basket was doing it's job there, "Imma just curious though, what are you and yours doin' out here with the buildin's and all, I mean, besides just makin' these outposts yonder bigger." "No war or nothin' comin' this way, we hope?"

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' One of the Archadian soldiers leans over to the other, and after some surreptitious whispering, one of them seriously has to restrain themselves from actual knee-slapping. The other turns back to Rex, and gives him a smile not unlike the Cheshire cat. And then he takes a sloowwww bite of his honeycake, as if it were part of some private jest between the two Archadian men. When Rex and Maxus walk away, the other soldier that wasn't smiling actually waves to them. Alma considers Karth's words, and nods, "Well we did n-need a place to stay for the n-night. And camping out on the p-plains could be a little dangerous... would you m-mind terribly if we dropped by?" Alma would nod to Ryven, "V-Very nice to meet you ma'am." Karth asks the question she has on her mind, and one of the soldiers behind her, gives Ryven a far more genuine smile. <3 Apparently he had a thing for the strong officer types.

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Ryven smiles warmly and places her hands behind her back as she stands at attention. "It is possible war may come out this way and though our city is well fortified, one can never be to secure when it comes to the protection of her people." She then gets a bit more of a serious face. "We also tend to aid Carwen when the town becomes attacked by outside forces, such as Heartless, as such, this fort is not only for our own added protection, but so we can move quickly to aid Carwen if they require us." Her red inhuman eyes look to the Archadian soldiers. "After all, no one wants to be caught open handed when two large front could be soon be clashing upon blood tides."

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' "Aw, not at all Alma." Karth says, scratching the back of his head, missing the exchange between Ryven and the guards. He turns back, thinking about this, "Well, I done reckon that makes sense. Well, if you all gona be out and about more, we wouldn't mind helpin' you all protect the country side a bit more...it ain't much, but the homestead's pretty large, all thing's considered. I'm sure you solderin' folk would like some fresh food and maybe a homecooked meal from time to time." he pauses, "Hmm...done reckon' I could convince Casey to start seein' about goin' towards yerall neck of the woods to do some tradin'. Ain't my thing, Casey done run the buisness side of the farm, I just help out from time to time...keep the farm safe from monsters and all that too. Ma says I take after pa in that way." "It'd be good to have some extra protection' out here.." he nods once.

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' "W-Well thank you Karth." As she turns back to Ryven, "It m-makes plenty of sense. The p-people do need some stability, it's a time of great u-uncertainty." The two soldiers just stare at Ryven now in an almost stoic manner, some of the warmth going out of them. They were.. rather prickly about the subject of coming blood tides, else they might have made some sort of bad joke about it. She gives Karth a nod and a smile, "Your f-father must have been a great man. You t-talked about him all the time when we w-were out adventuring."

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Ryven then looks away from the Archadian soldiers, peering over to Karth. "Ofcorse. We always welcome the help if those are willing to lend us a hand, though we will have to ask for those who do to keep some distance unless they are with one of our men." "Safety reasons. You never know who could be a spy after all, but you seem to have a good heart. Both of you." She gives a nod of her head. "I do hope it serves you well." Her eyes then watch the two talk a bit, falling silent for a moment as she lets her thoughts wonder.

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Karth nods a bit to Alma, "Yup, he was. He was an adventurer when he were young. Ma says I take after him...with what the adventurin' and the Mark huntin'. Gota pay for medical bills somehow, and a farm don't exactly make the big bucks. At least we don't gota worry about food much." Poor, but he isn't too worried about it... "Aw, shucks. Thank you Ma'am. Ma and Pa just done raised me and my brothers and sisters right I dun reckon." He says, scratchin' the back of his head. "I understand too ma'am. Be dangerous times..." he says with a nod, "Well, I dun reckon' my concerns be eased...good to see Palamecia concerned about others welfare...good people, I reckon'." TOTALLY NOT IRONC AT ALL.

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' "Sounds like he had a lot of w-wisdom to pass on too. You seem to have a story from your Pa for e-every situation." Alma actually frowns, her expression becoming inquisitive, "What's this a-about medical bills though? A-Anything I can help out with?" She'd nod with Karth, over to Ryven, "T-Thank you Ma'am. And it r-really is nice to see that you're s-setting a good example for the other nations out t-there." The two Archadian soldiers just continue to stare stoically, oblivious to any secret alliances that may or may not exist between any aggressor nations, and anyone else. ALSO TOTALLY NOT IRONIC AT ALL!

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Nope. Nothing IRONIC about this at all. After all Palamecia has been pretty quiet over here on this side of the world. They just seem to be minding their own business. Yeppers. "We of Palamecia love our country and our Emperor. We will do whatever we must do to protect our country and a fellow country-men." Ryven seems very proud to say that. Soon Rex and Maxus start to come back as Rex glares right at the two soldiers, before he leans against the crate, forcing Maxus this time to stand. Ryven then continues with a tilt of her head. "Money troubles you say?" She then shifts her weight before she taps her index finger against her chin thinking. "Hmm. Well. If you are willing to work, perhaps we can hire you for your services? You seem like a pretty strong lad."

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Karth rubs the back of his head, he doesn't like getting people involved in his problems, "Well, the doctors say that Ma's got a illness...we're tryin' to get money up to get her properly treated like, cuz basic White magery ain't seemin' to help her none...so I go around doin' marks and general adventurin' to help get some extra funds when the farm can spare me." He explains to Alma, "She looks fine most of the time, but sometimes it gets real bad.." He frowns. "I don't mean to be troublin' ya this bad buisness...the docs say with enough treatement she'd be fine..." He turns back towards Ryven, "Well, that'd be mighty kind of ya, and yes, I do like to think I'm a bit strong. I ain't no Hercules now, but I can defintely do my fair share of heavy liftin'." he says, with a nod. Despite the situation and the subject matter, he seems pretty high spirited about it all.

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' She considers the problem for a time, before nodding to Karth, "Well.. d-depending on what t-treatment plan the physicians lay out for her, you m-may want to see my s-sister. Not for w-white magic necessarily but she's a genius when it comes to brewing alchemical or b-bioengineering other solutions. She might be a-able to find a cheaper alternative. I don't know w-what sort of treatment she needs, though, what sort of illness she has.." She sort of gives him a helpless frown, "If w-white magic were the solution, I'd offer whatever a-aid you need, free of charge. But I'm g-glad to hear that it's nothing terminal." She'd glance towards Ryven, "I can sure a-attest to that. He can also r-really handle himself in a fight if trouble comes. He was a-amazing with that shovel of his. I watched him k-knock the leg off a zombie wyrm with it."

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Ryven smiles and gives a nod as both Karth says his bit and then Alma says hers. "Well then, sir, if you are interested in helping out. I will need to speak to my commanding officer, but I am sure he will be glad to have more people on board for this." "I am even sure the Emperor will be glad of such things." Rex then hrmphs softly before he speaks. "He is just a stable boy. He probably be more useful for helping the horses." Ryven turns around to look at Rex, a glare in her eyes and those who may be sensitive darkness may pick up a slight flare of it in the air. Maxus however walks up to Karth with a smile, "Did you really knock off a zombie wyrm's leg with a shovel?" His eyes seem very wide behind that helm. "That is amazing!"

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Karth is as sensitive to to darkness as anyone else. Which is to say, not really. "Aw well, The trusty shovel here has served me well...I think it's a bit disrespectful to use my sword if I don't have to, to the blade. It's...the only think I got left of my pa ya see." he says, scratchin the back of his head, "It's a good blade, and I'm just holdin' it for him." He nods again. He'll see him again, and then he can give the blade back. He shrugs, "I'm pretty good at that too," he says towards Rex, "Though I ain't done handled these strange fangled horses before...we got mad ponies from where I'm from...dangerous little buggers...saw one kick a guy's face in once...ain't pretty." he pauses, "If they anythin' like Chocobos, then I know how to handle them, that for sure." He pauses, though, as Maxus asks him a question, "Ha ha, sure did. These guys got me into some adventure or somethin', and this mean old undead dragon came out of nowhere...sucker was big too, smacked it good right in the leg, sure did. Fell right off. Done helped make the world a bit safer, or that's what them smart kids from the adcadomy say." "'Twern't nothin, they even paid me."

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' Alma gives Rex a critical look, pushing up her glasses on her face, then she mumbles with a quiet voice, mostly to herself, "Then C-Cosma help you if you're ever invaded by stable boys..." Alma had seen what the sword could do, but she didn't bring it up because she felt it'd be just as disrespectful, she just smiles at Karth and nods, "...You seem to do just f-fine with a shovel anyhow. You're definitely d-doing your father proud." She grins at Karth, "Y-You know, we're planning another e-expedition again in the n-near future.. probably shouldn't give out all the d-details yet, but I bet you can make some good c-coin off it if we're successful. You should b-bring a few fishing poles with you t-though. It's in a desert after a-all." The two soldiers behind her seem to be sizing Karth up, respectfully, as if trying to decide whether they could take him in a fight. They seem to have decided, for the sake of their pride that they could, even if they'd never fought a zombie dragon. It's likely the foot was already half-rotted off and that the whole dragon collapsed to pieces in a single blow.. That's what they're telling themselves at least.

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Rex raises an eye brow. "A choco--what?" Maxus glances over to Rex. "They are these massive yellow birds that run as fast has our horses." Rex snorts then. "Sounds like something that would be good to..OUF!" Rex was quickly cut off as another soldier comes up who elbows him right in the side and Rex nearly falls right over from where he was leaning. This man was also rather armor and he too, had red eyes. Many officers hanging over here in this corner. Beyond Maxus. He is the only normal guy. Maxus then grins as Karth explains his story, seeming to be eating it up. "That is amazing! Oh wow! I always wanted to take on a dragon!" Ryven looks over as the other officer joins them who seems to be the quiet type, only staring at Alma and Karth, before his eyes trail over to the Archadian soldiers, which the new individual gives them a nod. Ryven slowly lowers her hands down to her side. "You will have to forgive Rex. In our original world, we did not have these birds of fancy called Chocobos. We only have our steeds and I can assure you, they are not mad. Palamecian horses are very noble breed and a great for many forms of work. Though they are mostly used as war horses." "They have been bred for not only great strength to handle their riders, but also great endurance and speed. Fine breed of horse they are and yes, we are very proud of them." She laughs gently, before she reaches up to put down her face helm once more which almost gives her a slight demonic look with it down. The lack of armor and more leather also didn't help with this look. "But again, your family has nothing to worry about. Palamecia, though our Emperor be a man of great magic, is a man who wishes only the best for his people-- unlike his father before.." There was a pause there in her voice. ".. so we do what is best for our people even those near our borders. If you so wish to help us for a little extra gil, please feel free to contact one of us. I will indeed speak to our main commanding officer regarding it in advance." Rex and Ryven then leave. With Maxus soon behind them, leaving now the one silent officer knight who seems to be studying both Alma and Karth; including Alma's body guards.

:'''[[Karth Mason]] has posed:''' Karth nods a bit.. "I have to check your stables out sometime...that sounds interestin' as all get out." Though he doubts they have the money to get into such a buisness...these things have a HUGE initial investment....though he was thinkin' of checkin' out that ranch he heard about, for Chocobos. "Really? Huh...no Chocobos..." Karth heards it, but he only nods...seems kinda of rude to say anything bad about a guy's father...mad or not. "Well...I reckon that I'll have to take you up on your generous offer then, Ma'am." he says, and grins at Maxus, "Dragon's be pretty dangerous and all, though I ain't gona call myself a dragon-slayer yet...gota wait for a alive one first." he nods. "Thanks for all your kindness ma'am. Hope to see you around more often, be careful!" he says, still fairly positive about the whole situation, he turns towards Alma, "Well, you dun said a lot of fancy words about helpin' ma, lets go back tot he homestead then!"

:'''[[Alma Hyral]] has posed:''' Alma Hyral screws up her expression as she considers a world without Chocobos. She wasn't but an amateur rider herself, but she just couldn't imagine riding without those soft feathers for a cushion surrounding the saddles. Horseback riding seemed like it'd be rough on a person. Even so she just nods politely to the evaluation. She groans slightly when Karth mentions waiting for a live one. "Yeah I'll p-pass on the live dragon slaying." After Karth tells her to follow, she does so, with both guards in tow. "A-Alright, I think I'll cook dinner tonight for your f-family. Least I can do for p-putting us up for the night." The Palamecians certainly seemed like nice folk. Certainly nothing suspicious was going on here at all.

Ulharisk

2013-06-19T23:58:01Z

Foxfirestorm:

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Ulharisk
|age=19
|image=Ulharisk-ani-shinjuuki.gif
|imageoptions=300px
|caption=Your Friendly Dragon
|species=Draconian
|sex=Male
|height=6'2"
|series=Original World - Dracon
|styles=Guardian Knight, Dragon
|hometown=???
|alignment=Forces of Restoration
|group=VALKYRI
|occupation=Guardian Knight
|quote=A Guardian most always place the people before himself. Even at his own life...
|footer=Trying to find his place, his people, and clues if his world even still remains...
}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CECEF6;"|Character Sheet
|-
|rowspan="5" style="background-color: #D8CEF6"|'''Basic Data:'''
|style="background-color: #FFFFFF;"|[[File:Ulharisk-n-Dragon.jpg|center|400px]]
|-
|''Birthday:'' Third Moon of the Twenty Sixth Sun [3/26]
|-
|''Zodiac:'' Aries
|-
|''Blood Type:'' AB
|-
|''Martial Status:'' Single
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #D8CEF6;"|'''Profile:'''
|Ulharisk is the son of a leader and his bloodline is one of a legend among his people. He is young, ambitious, noble, and willing to sacrifice everything he holds if it means for people to live. He is an individual of honor and is willing to not only start something, but also willing to see it come to a closure as well. Once he starts it, he will finish it. One way or another. There is no place Ulharisk will not travel, no mountain he will not search. He seeks to find the knowledge of what happened to his world, his people, and all that he has known. Till then he will live his life in these strange worlds and do what he can for those he starts to call 'friend'.
|}

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= Character Information =
[[File:Cybercat-Ulharisk-wip3.jpg|left|300px]]
== History ==
Ulharisk story takes place in the modern culture of their world. In a time where their village was rather large, perhaps around a two thousand lived within the walls of the village. Protecting them from the monsters that lived in the dark woods to the north and west and up in the mountains that surrounded the entire valley.

The Draconian was born to the leader of the Draconian people, the head of the Guardians, Chaltiu. His mother was Sistatore, a woman of great strength and was known for being at the time one of the few female huntresses of their village. Ulharisk had a rather easy life growing up thanks to the fact he had an older brother who was five years older then him named Vuthacaex. While his older brother had been trained since the young age of eight to be the future leader of his people. Ulharisk got the easy road of never, or believing, he never have to worry about such a responsibility.

So from his young childhood and into his young teen years. He would spend a great deal of his time adventuring around the village, sometimes trying to sneak out beyond the walls, and not taking his studies very seriously when it came to mana weaving, combat training, or even shifting. He was seen as a bit of prankster back then and constantly disrupting studies. It also didn't help his best friend, Svantie would sometimes be the reasons for many of his misbehaviors. 
Perhaps because he was trying to impress her since he was young and they two of them almost could be found together. Including even rough housing, daring one another, and sometimes pushing the limits of what was allowed within their culture.

Sometimes they would even go as far as sending one another silent hand gesture messages during Ceremony Of The Sun, while trying to not get caught. Yet there was times they would get caught at this and so many of their other games. Ulharisk being scolded by his father on how he was disrespect to their family and why he couldn't he be like his older brother Vuthacaex. 
In some ways Ulharisk was a little jealous of the attention his brother got, yet he did respect his older brother and sometimes Vuth, as he called him, would take him out with the others to sometimes the more dangerous locations when he became a Guardian. So even in his moments of jealousy, he did love his older brother deeply, just as he loved his father and mother.

Yet all these games and fun time would soon come to a crashing halt. Vuth one day did not return, along with several other guardians. Ulharisk at the time was Seventeen when it all happened and his laid back world started to collapse. The few Guardians who returned were heavily injured from a surprise monster attack on the southern border of the village's outer territory. Though they were able to drive them back a few of the Guardians were killed; Including Vuthacaex. 
His father quickly sent out the elder members of the Guardians out into the southern wilderness to handle the encampment the monsters were perhaps trying to form, while he in another team went out to gather those who had fallen. By the next rising sun a funeral was held for those who had passed away. Nearly the whole village had gathered at the grounds to say their good byes, before the bodies were torched and the flames left lit for the rest of the day including into the night. Ulharisk found himself not only staying there all day, but returning the next morning to cry for the loss of his brother, to watch the smoke rising up into the blue skies.

Though his mother had comforted him of the day of the funeral, on this day his best friend came to his side to hold him close. Yet when his father approached she backed away and Ulharisk's father reminded him that it was no longer time to morn but it was time to be strong. For he was now to become the next leader after him. Ulharisk stared blankly at his father, unsure how to take this information he was given. Though he knew it was true, but he did not want to accept the truth.
The truth that his brother was truly gone and now all the responsibility of the Draconians. That this village and those living in it would one day become his responsibility. All of it would fall into his hands. So when his father tried to call for him to come. Ulharisk did the opposite and ran the other way. Svantie quickly running after him, promising Chaltiu she would bring him back in one piece.

Ulharisk did return home before the sun set and by the next morning he did start his studies to become leader, but he did so in half anger and half grief. Part of him angered that his father did not seem to care or even seemed impacted by the loss of his brother, of his oldest son and slowly a rift started to form between them. This rift cracked when it came time to do his final trial to become a Guardian.
When Ulharisk took fight, he attentional screwed up his final trial in front of everyone in the biggest way he could. By cheating the path to catch his light, but also doing so by shifting rapidly to human form, then right back in order to fly in and the shift once more back to human to land down on the very ground. Holding the orb of light in his hands, before he attempted to crush it. Attempted to crush it while looking his father directly in the eyes.

For nearly a week the two refuse to talk with one another, not even look at one another in the eyes. Ulharisk's mother who had been quiet during this whole event could no longer take it how they were both asking. She first dealt with her husband, trying to get Chaltiu to calm his own anger and come to understand that their son was not like his older brother. That this fate was thrusted onto him and he is not as disciplined. If he would show his son some understanding, show that softer side that she see's in him, that she feel in love with, that maybe Ulharisk would be more compliant and less, rebellious.

Once she got Chaltiu to understand and perhaps rethink things a bit she went to handle her son. Though in their culture to stay up from the setting sun to the rising sun was unheard of, beyond the Guardians on watch. That is what they did. Ulharisk and his mother. They stayed up all night speaking. Talking. She listening to his fears, his concerns, and his tears. Eventually she was able to get him off to sleep, and left him there to rest. Making sure none would disturb him, even his father, for if he desired to show Ulharisk any sign of respect; even if he was head of the house; this was the first step he would need to take.

So Chaltiu did just this. For that entire day Ulharisk slept and he slept all the way until the next day. After that though the young Draconian tried to take his studies more serious and his father spent more time in not only trying to understand Ulharisk, but trying to show him things as well, from his perspective of the world. Including taking him hunting along with him and the others of the village. Slowly the rift that was created was starting to mend once more between father and son.

In the second trial though. Ulharisk was nearly successful, but his attempt was foiled as one of the other young draconian taking the test quickly used Ulharisk as a spring board while in the air, shoving Ulharisk right into the cliff face. So when the bell rang and the test was over. Ulharisk did not catch the ball of light due to his injured wing. So though the others passed and he failed a second time. His father saw to the punishment of the one who took such an action. As not only was it not the Draconian way to act in such a manner but it was against Guardian customs.
What the punishment was, Ulharisk never asked nor found out, but he heard it wasn't very pleasant and extremely tedious. A well deserved punishment for something that could have been extremely deadly.

After Ulharisk's Nineteenth birthday he went back in for his final time. This time determined he would pass the trail no matter what happened. He would make his father proud, his mother, and his brother watching high in the sun with their ancestors. Once the lights were released and the Draconians to be Guardians were given the go. Ulharisk took high into the skies. Not only did he take the lead through the path, but he stayed on the orb the entire time with it only staying maybe a claw length out from him. Yet as soon has they got into open skies he swooped down after it and caught it in his talon clawed hands.

Bring it before his father and the others before the bell rang. Holding it for all to see and returning it back into his father's hands once more before given permission to shift back to the human like form. Once the trial was over the celebration was held as each time before. Announcing the new Guardians and with pride in his father's voice saying his son's name and reminding everyone the linage of Ixen continues on as it will forever continue on under the sun.

However as the sun started to set and those started to return a strange event took place. Several dark portals were suddenly opened around the edge of the village. One of the portals that opened out stepped an unknown figure with very simple words that he spoke directly to Chaltiu, "I bare you a gift from Whe'ir." They rose up his hand a massive dark spear of what looked like black ice pierce right through Chaltiu.
Sistatore quickly ran to her husbands side, while Ulharisk started to charge right at the unknown figure with his Glaive in hand. However before he could get in close dark creatures with gold eyes started to pour out of the many portals surrounding them. The walls quickly tore down in the same process by the monsters that were outside the village. The events not only halting Ulharisk's chance to find out who the person was but also in just seconds the Guardians and the people were becoming quickly outnumbered and overpowered by not only the monsters but these new creatures from the darkness.

Ulharisk tried to get back to his mother, however his attempt to get back to her way quickly barred by a large black creature that threw him back and right into one of the buildings. From there Ulharisk shifted form and tried to breath down fire at the very dark creatures. Burning the monsters but seeming unable to harm the dark beasts. During the chaos he heard Svantie's yell in pain. Ulharisk quickly turned his attention that way while yelling out orders to the Guardians who were near by as they continued to try and gain some ground. Yet no matter how hard they fought it was a losing battle.

Ulharisk quickly got to Svantie's side and tried to get her free from the rubble she got herself trapped in. His claws digging and pulled away at the fallen lumber as he tried to get her free. Yet in his frantic attempts he found an ominous shadow form over him, before feeling a massive impact into his side. The sheer force sending him flying once more and this time when he landed. The sheer blow was enough that it forced his body to shift back in order to try and protect his energy reserves, but he found his world going dark. His vision started to blur from where he laid. His hand slowly out stretching for where Svantie was, with her name on the edge of his lips, before his hand collapsed to the ground and everything going black.

There was no concept of time. No concept of what happened. Just the battle. The pain from the strike. Then nothing. It felt like his body was floating, his mind swimming. He thought he heard a voice, maybe several. Ulharisk's eyes trying to open seeing what looked like a small shimmering light. He could feel his hand out stretching for it and he knew the words he whispered, "Mit'ir, one of light, give me strength..."
He could feel his eyes trying to close once more and then suddenly a new sensation took him over. The feeling of drifting, before suddenly the feeling of falling. Falling from the very sky. Descending down and down. Yet soon his state of sleep was sharply awakened by the sudden impact into cold ocean waters and water trying to fill his lungs.

Ulharisk quickly swam up the surface, coughing and spitting out the ocean water, before a wave tried to crash him down into the sandy bottom below. Fighting with the pull of the wave, clawing at the sandy bottom, he tried to gain himself traction. Pulling himself forward, fighting even in his exhausted state, to move himself up the beachy surface. 
Another wave crashing into his back side, shoving him forward into the very sand once more, before he forced himself to get back up, to crawl up the sand, struggling to pull himself up. Eventually with his will of determination he pulled himself up on the safer part of the beach away from the waters.

He looked up trying to gain his baring. Trying to get his eyes to focus on the world in twilight color, on a sign in the distance that said 'Traverse Town', before his arms at last gave out from under him and he collapsed once more onto the sandy surface. Because right now, sleep sounded like a great idea and perhaps when he wake up, this would all just be a dream...

== Personality ==
[[File:Ulharisk_by_nidoriko.jpg|300px|right]]
Ulharisk is a very noble individual at heart, but he is also very stubborn and bull-headed. To go along with this is his extreme pride. Though he doesn't always act like it, he has a great sense of pride of who he is, what his bloodline represents to his people, and what his future possibly now holds for him; or what it could have held for him.

Ulharisk is very protective of those in the need to be protected. He will risk his life to save others and get in the way of a blade if it meant for another to escape. He would risk it all if it means others could live on. To him, to sacrifice your life for a the greater good is worth it. To sacrifice your life so many can live, is greater deed then running like a coward. 
Yet he is aware of the old saying, that sometimes it is better to run and fight another day. He knows of this and sometimes he does follow this as well, but if he must run, he wants to be the last to do so. Not the first. He wants to make sure everyone escapes before he attempts to escape himself.

The young Draconian also tends to be very curious and willing to try about anything once. He loves to explore and adventure into the unknown. Peer into caverns and fly into storms to challenge the very winds. He knows that every day could be his last and he wants to live every moment to its fullest. Death tried to take him once it would seem and so far he has been fortunate to survive. For him, this chance of living again is to not only solve the mystery of what happened to his people, his world, but to help those in his new 'home'. 
Help them find their way and to lead them into a better tomorrow, if that is what it takes. Because perhaps in helping them, they too will one day help in return, and if they don't; So be it. To see a smile, to hear a thank you, is all worth it.

Ulharisk also respects honesty. He, himself, tries to be honest when he can. He can also be rather blunt and to the point. As such, he will sometimes try to avoid a question if he knows the answer may be a painful one, or he will attempt to warn before he gives the answer to the question being asked. He knows not everyone can swallow the truth, so if he has to break it down into small bites; then he will do his best to try too.

Because of what did happen to his world however, and his beliefs that he was raised with, he trusts no one of darkness; Perhaps never will. If they show any sign of dark magic such as controlling the darker elements are seen with heartless. He will give them a look of sheer dislike and distrust. Though he may give them a chance to prove themselves, he will always stay weary of them. 
This places those that tend to align themselves with the Shadow Lords in a very bad place in his book and if any of them hurt his friends or even show their face around him. He will be willing to attack, if not later hunt them down in order to bring the fight to them; Before they can bring the fight to him. He is not afraid to start something and he will do everything in his power to also finish it.
= Across Worlds - Allies to Enemies =
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!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CECEF6;"|Alignment Data
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|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #D8CEF6"|'''Allies:'''
|Test
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|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #D8CEF6"|'''Neutral:'''
|Test
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|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #D8CEF6"|'''Enemies:'''
|Test
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== Deeper Meanings ==
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|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #D8CEF6"|'''Alignment:'''
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|Feeling
|Information
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|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #D8CEF6"|'''Friends:'''
|Name
|Picture
|Text
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|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #D8CEF6"|'''Unknown:'''
|Name
|Picture
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|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #D8CEF6"|'''Enemies:'''
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= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Ulharisk

2013-06-13T23:08:06Z

Foxfirestorm:

Leon

2013-06-13T04:25:33Z

Foxfirestorm:

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Dark
|lastname=Knight
|age=???
|image=DarkKnight_eudetenis2.jpg
|imageoptions=300px
|caption=Palamecia's Finest
|species=Human?
|sex=Male
|height=6'4"
|weight=Average
|series=Final Fantasy 2
|styles=DK, Palamecian Knights
|hometown=???
|alignment=Forces of Ruin
|group=Palamecian Empire, Ruin Accord
|occupation=Military Commander
|themesong=Whispers In The Dark - Skillet
|quote="I do as his majesty commands."
|footer=Testing those of light to see there true strength.
}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Character Sheet
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Profile:'''
|style="background-color: #071019;"|[[File:Leon_Vs_Firion.jpg|400px|center]]
|-
|The Dark Knight is one of the most loyal of minions of Emperor Mateus. He does not question the orders of his emperor, nor does he waver from what he has been requested to do. If his majesty wished it, the Dark Knight would even kill himself. The Dark Knight is known to be not only extremely loyal, but ruthlessly focused on the task he is given; but free to make his own decisions, so long as the goal is obtained. He has been given the command of Palamecia's military force, but typically does most requests without the aid of the dark hearted soldiers. The Dark Knight will stand before any who means his Emperor harm and he is not a man to turn your back on unless you are Mateus himself.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Skills:'''
|The Soundwave, The Good Minion, The Trusted Minion, Unlike Someone Else We Know, The Original Dark Knight, Locked By Darkness, No Light Shines Here, The Experiment, Not Squall
|}

= Information =
== History ==
The Dark Knight did not start out originally as Mateus loyal minion, no his starts come from that of the once nation of Fynn before Palamecia took it over there. There he was the older brother to his sister, a good friend of their friends they shared in common, and had a strong devotion to make sure his sister could have the best life an older brother could give her.

His name back then, was Leon. The loving brother, who worked the jobs he could work, did all that he could do, and brought what he could to the table so that his sister would not have to worry much on concerns; beyond perhaps the fear that he may be pushing himself to hard. He loved his sister, he loved her dearly and when things were at there worse, they knew they could depend on one another.

Yet Fynn soon fell to the mighty of Palamecia. Not on its own, but thanks to a man who sold out the nation. Leon quickly met up with their two other friends and all of them, these four brave souls, attempted to escape from the falling Fynn. Yet as they made there way out, they ran into Palamecian forces and were all knocked unconscious. However an unknown party intercepted the Palamecian force and were able to save the other three, but it was to late for Leon. He was already captured and being taken away, where his life's fate would be changed forever.

The brave warrior who fought to protect his sister, to protect his two friends from being captured, yet failed, was brought before the Emperor of Palamecia; Mateus. It was in this very moment of there meeting was fate sealed, as this was the day that Leon's heart was locked away into darkness and with it his memories. Thus the birth of the Dark Knight and Palamecia's rule over Fynn.

Now under the command of Emperor Mateus, the Dark Knight become the loyal servant to do out his master's wishes. Many times he was sent out to run interference against Wild Rose Rebellion, along with act as a barrier to any actions they attempted to take against Palamecia.

The largest project that was given to the Dark Knight was the construction of the airship known as the Dreadnought. This massive ship was to be the very war vessel that Emperor Mateus would use to command his fleet from the air and rain down terror from high above in the skies. Yet near the end of the Project, the Dark Knight was "called away" and Borghen completed what was needed to be done; Though the Dark Knight was still making some calls from behind the scenes.

The second project was making sure that those of the Wild Rose Rebelion would be tricked into arriving at the proper location on the completion of the Dreadnought in hopes that they could sabotage the massive warship. However as Mateus had planned and the Dark Knight stood back to watch along side his Majesty. Not only did the youths fall perfectly for the trap, but there plan was foiled.

From there the Dark Knight watched as the heartless started to consume their world, yet also observed as some fragments remained, not completely taken by the darkness. He observed along side his master as they fragments joined with what was known as World of Ruin. There he was given his orders to call back the troops and for all to return back to Palamecia.

This is where the Dark Knight has resided since the fall. Overseeing the training of the troops and making sure that the Imperial Force is ready for combat when the time comes. Yet the time soon comes where his Majesty will desire to move out, or even send the loyal commander of the Palamecian army to handle matters dealing with the outside world.

For when this time comes, the Dark Knight will be ready.
=== Recent Events ===
After a meeting with his [[Emperor Mateus|Emperor]], the Dark Knight was given his orders at which to follow ([[Imperial Order]]). He was to go out not tied to [[Palamecian Empire]], but as a rogue element seeking his own personal agenda. While playing this game of 'personal agenda' all that he found, fought, and spoken with was to be recorded. This reporting all information back to his majesty.

After gather a small group of men, the Dark Knight set sail across the ocean to Luca, a country that wasn't to far. While the men set camp after the voyage, the Dark Knight went into the city square and decided to make his presence known ([[The Search Is On]]). Here he fought four individuals (including a dog), in order to not only test his own abilities in combat, but to see what the Heroes of Light were able to do for his own.

These results were filed down after the fight and the Dark Knight continues his search. This lead him into the outskirts of Traverse Town, along one of the beaches. On his arrival here he found that this area has a dense population of people, but also Heroes of Light were to be found here as well. It was in this very location did he at last run into someone with such a bright heart, that he dubbed her the Maiden of Light ([[Lets Light The Sky]]). The battle however here was a fearsome one and left his armor is disrepair, forcing him to return home.

Back in Palamecia the armor was repaired and Emperor Mateus performed the ritual to bring out the Dark Knight's own darkness into the very armor he wears ([[Reforging Darkness]]). Imbuing the armor with that very darkness in order to bind it to the Dark Knight himself. Yet there is always a price to pay for when tapping into the Darkness of the heart. A quenchable hunger that battles for control within him.

This lead him to not only steal an airship with passengers on board, but to restock supplies while in Fluorgis. While in the city he ran into two others of light and another of darkness similar to himself ([[Knights of Shadow]]). After the conflict, he escaped onto the stolen airship where he then decided to feed that gnawing hunger that came from the rush after the battle ([[Darkness Cometh]]) and makes his way once more to another location to continue his research.

While moving across one the deserts and allowing his men to stretch their legs, The Dark Knight came across the Archadian forces looking for several of their own, including one he had found alive. In this little encounter he not only met one of the Judge Magisters, but including spotting a young lad that he did not think he would ever see again ([[Search And Rescue]]).

After the short meeting, the group returned to their airship once the Archadian Fleet left the area and decided to dock the ship for the time in Fynn. Where the Dark Knight left to the restocking of supplies to his men. However he ran across two familiar faces, including the one that seems impossible to corrupt. He once again attempts to corrupt her ([[Unlikely Crossing]]), but her bright heart refuses his attempt.

The only piece of information the Dark Knight leaves for them as they part ways is that he will becoming to say hello to her family. A warning he will carry out. However before such a warning can be done. His presence is requested by to Palamecia where he meets a very strange individual. A robed figure who had made a deal with his Emperor. By agreement of this deal, the Dark Knight allowed the individual to test the level of his own Darkness, yet the test was almost to much ([[Initial Findings]]) and though with some rest, along with a secret given task, it may be what set him up for his next hard falling.

The Dark Knight then went to Traverse Town where he went to hunt down the two he gave his warning too. He told them he would find their family and so he did. As such he was met with resistance, but also Maira's own natural light; the very light that refuses to be corrupted; nearly broke him apart ([[Knock Knock]]). He was able to escape; barely; with his own life. Along with due to the extent of how badly he was weakened, he took several days to recover.

Yet during this recovery he met a fascinating guest ([[The Guest of Palamecia]]) within the castle walls, who decided to repay him a visit that same evening in attempt to see if she could get a solid emotional response out of him ([[Cats and Canaries]]), along with maybe solve a bit of a riddle as to why he holds no name.

By the next morning, the Dark Knight was ready for duty once more and set off once again to seek out those to be tested and to hunt down a few individuals. This brought him to not only having conversations with a young boy looking for a Behemoth ([[Darkness In The Woods]]), but later finding himself in Cornelia where he met the most unusual of men in his testing run ([[We Like...]]); Will Sherman.

Will Sherman was able to nearly break the very dark bindings on the Dark Knight, causing him to slowly start to be devoured by the very darkness within his heart. Attempting to slowly break the bindings that Mateus placed over the heart to lock both the man inside and his very memories; The very thing that protected him from the amount of Darkness he wielded.

This lead him to Wutai ([[Hidden Darkness, Crouching Ninja]]) where he indicated he would go next. However due to the weakening binds his hunger for the light was growing even greater and individuals' hearts were taken to feed this deep hunger. Yet the heroes were able to push him away thanks to a brave girls actions with a massive fire work.

Yet the Dark Knight did not stop there. He soon hunted down Maira once more in his falling state. Coming for her very powerful light, almost being drawn to it like a beast he was slowly becoming ([[The Clash Of Balance]]). This lead to an epic battle between Light and Darkness over the Dark Knight's heart between Mateus and Maira. 
In the end, the Dark Knight's seal that protected his heart was restored, but Maira was able to draw out the man behind the 'mask'. She was able to draw out Leon. Yet, Mateus did not seem overly upset by this which has lead to the questions as to why.

Just what is Mateus planning and how much of it is for something far darker in store? Leon plans to find out, no matter how deep he must dig to get those answers. So hunting Leon goes for those answers and finding himself in some of the most unusual places as he looks for the answers...

== Personality ==
What remains of Leon is nothing but a mere vessel for the darkness that has engulfed around the locked man's heart. As whom ever he was in the past is seemingly impossible to reach or even recover from Mateus dark hold.

Yet as the Dark Knight, he knows only true loyalty to his master. To his Emperor. For the Dark Knight will fight all he stands in the Emperor's way and he will defend his Majesty with his dieing breath. The Dark Knight will risk everything if it means to make Mateus happy and for this, he is known as perhaps the most loyal and trustworthy of Mateus' minions.

Whatever Mateus orders is carried out with the best efficiency that the Dark Knight can provide and he will not stray to far from the order given. Though he will at times side step slightly, only if it means to achieve the goal even quicker then by more straight direction. This makes him resourceful at whatever task he is given and good at observing situations before leaping head long into them.

Yet if the Dark Knight believes he must jump head long into something, there is perhaps good reasons behind sudden hasty actions. Perhaps because someone got to close to the truth or someone is to close to mucking up future plans for his Majesty.

The Dark Knight also doesn't just simply wonder around. If he is seen about, even with no desire for harm. One can figure he is there on the Emperor's order, or even request. As there are times where the Dark Knight acts as the eyes and ears for Mateus. Where he goes where the Emperor does not wish to go, or just does not see the need for his presence to be there personally. As such there are even times the Dark Knight acts as Emperor Mateus messenger.

In Combat the Dark Knight is ruthless and relentless. He will hunt someone down to the ends of the Earth if that is his orders and he will never give up the chase, no matter how many times he is defeated until Emperor Mateus tells him to cease. The only time to Dark Knight will pull back for a time, if the enemy he faces has put grieve enough wounds into him where he could never complete the task until after he rests. So rest he will, before he goes back out once more to find the target yet again.

In regard to others, including outsiders. One could figure that the Dark Knight cares little for anyone beyond Emperor Mateus. If he does show concern for the troops, it is because that is what he must do as there commander. Yet if one of them was to slack off, they would get the wraith of the Dark Knight before someone could snap there finger; Unless the finger belonged to Mateus.

Those not of Palamecia will find the Dark Knight most likely a cold figure to stare upon. As he cares little for the outside world or the people within it. They will all become, after all, servants to his master, or they will perish in the fire of Palamecia's might. Thus if someone can get him to actually hold a conversation, they may find his words cruel, uncaring, and extremely cold.

The Dark Knight is indeed a shadow of Leon and could remain such for all time, so long as Mateus lives.

== Power Set ==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Abilities:
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Portals:'''
|The Dark Knight is nothing but darkness. The man he once was, was locked up tight by Emperor Mateus as his first turned. His heart sealed away, so nothing but darkness may reach his being and no memories of his former self to be free to seek the light. As being so in touch with the darkness. He is able to conjure a dark portal at which he can either enter from or escape into. He can not however conjure a portal under someone else. So if he wishes to transport someone, he must take hold of them, and then portal them both at the same time. It should be noted that the Dark Knight can not use his Dark Portal like the Shadow Lord's can use theirs to jump worlds. His portals only work in the very world he is in. As example: He can jump from Palamecia to Fluorgis, but he can not jump from Palamecia to Traverse Town. He also must explore an area before he can portal hop to that location, so unless he has been there, he can't just magically appear
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Mist:'''
|The Dark Mist is a field that surrounds his feet and follows him as he walks. Though it is rather harmless, but only a display of how deep the darkness is in this Dark Knight of Mateus'. In some of his attacks he draws from this mist in order to conjure some of his dark spells. More details will be explained in that in the actions section.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Blade:'''
|The Soul Blade is a dark weapon forged of darkness and steel. Though it looks like a normal blade, when it falls from the hands of the Dark Knight it vanishes into dark mist and can be summoned also by the Dark Knight's will. As such the blade is tunned to its master and is believe it can not be turned against Emperor Mateus. Yet thanks to the fact no one else can wield the weapon, the knowledge is unknown. The Soul Blade is also able too when given enough dark energy piece into someone's life essence and drain them of it, replenishing the Dark Knight's own. As such, this is covered more in the actions section. This weapon was also given to him by Mateus, further strengthening the concept that the blade could never be used against its creator.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Armor:'''
|The Shadow Armor is the very armor the Dark Knight wears and is never seen out of it. The very armor is powered by his darkness within and by magical properties place on it by Mateus' himself. As such the damage done to it, comes out like dark mist strikes. Blades, magic, and even bullets will cause it to spew out dark mist, before the armor attempts to regenerate itself. A powerful enough attack however can crack, if not break the armor, and get to the flesh of the Dark Knight's skin below. The Armor itself was designed by Emperor Mateus for his Military Commander. The damage is not easy to fix though when the armor is inflicted. As it takes not only the proper smiths, but Mateus to imbue the armor once more with the dark magic. The Armor may also be designed this way, to not only give the Dark Knight extra protection while in combat, but to also give the illusion that he no mere human under the armor. So those who do not understand what is going on, may seem him as a monster or one of the puppets Mateus has summoned out of darkness itself.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Blink:'''
|The Dark Knight can stand in one place, then swiftly move to another location with a poof of dark mist. This ability allows him to quickly close in the distance on someone attempting to escape or to use this ability in order to close the distance quickly in combat situations. However Shadow Blink only works in line of sight situations and he can not move someone using this method, only himself. He also can not blink through walls, as the room beyond the wall is not visible. The only way it may seem he can do this, is by virtue of seeing through a window and thus continuing to stick to the fact it must be line of sight.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Dark Portal Locations:
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''World of Ruin:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Central Isles:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Northern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Eastern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Southern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Western Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|-
|Luca Wutai Port Wutai City
|Castle Palamecia Mountainside Giza Plains Carwen
|Fluorgis Bare Desert Dalmascan Sands
|Targ Woods
|Fynn Tramdine Fens Phantom Forest Cornelia
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Traverse Area:'''
|-
|Outskirts Bodhum Beach District 2 District 3 VALKYRI HQ
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Phantasia:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Manhattan:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Roving Islands:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Land of Dragons:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Old Kingdom:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Arabian Nights:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''New Orleans:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''The Pride Lands:''
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Action Commands:
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Vigor:'''
|Using the dark mist that surrounds him, the Dark Knight can pull on this very darkness and use it to repair the dark armor that he wears, to even using the darkness to burn his skin back to close. Sometimes this is used at the beginning of a battle to ready the armor for combat, giving the armor its almost 'organic' like actions when it is cut into, but then seems to 'heal' back up. When in reality what the weapon hit was the dark mist layered over the armor.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Armor:'''
|The dark mist rises up and aids in enforcing the armor, increases its structure density in order to make it harder to be broken through and giving it added protection from physical strikes.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Aura:'''
|The dark mist rises up and increases the magic shielding that the darkness imbued armor already provides and increasing the defense that the armor provides from magical attacks.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulflay:'''
|The Dark Knight uses his Soul Blade to strike through a person with a quick slice of his blade. The edge of the sword becoming almost invisible as it passes through the target. The dark magic then bending into the essence of the individual, attempting to bring a curse upon their being, along with as the blade passes out to give them a ghostly cut.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Sword of Darkness:'''
|Sword of Darkness is a channeling attack, where he empowers the Soul Blade with further dark energy. He then slams the blade into a magical rune under his feet, before a massive dark blade springs forth from the ground under his target, attempting to trap them in the dark crystalline blade, freezing them for a moment, before shattering.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Drain:'''
|The Soul Blade is impaled into the target, where it takes a ghostly image, then as he rips the blade back out, it attempts to tear at there living essence, weakening there ability to cast powerful spells.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Essence Drain:'''
|Essence Drain works much like Soul drain, but instead it attempts to drain the very strength from the person, weakening there physical strength, instead of magical focus.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulreaver:'''
|Soulreaver turns the Soul Blade into a dark blue blazing sword, which he then attempts to jab, if not impale the blade into an individual. The very blade attempts to strike into the persons very being and drain them of there very life force to replenish the Dark Knight's own. This can also be down by passing swipes while the blade is glowing dark blue.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Netherblast:'''
|Netherblast is channeling the very energy of the sword, before slashing at the air itself. These slashes send out a dark wave of energy in the shape of blade slashes that travel across the air before they hit a target. On impact they have the ability to not only cut an individual, but also infect them with darkness, that eats at them over time until the magic effect fades away.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Deep Darkness:'''
|Deep Darkness is where the Dark Knight creates field of darkness by via his mist field that reaches out for his attended target and can send them both down into the very ground below, or can be used to pull a target down to him with tendrils of darkness into watery darkness substance. This substance remains under the person if they can not resist the effect, making them weak to darkness magic until the substance dries up from the ground below turning back into black mist.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Darkness:'''
|The Dark Knight summons the dark mist that follows his every move and then sends it outward across the field for his attended target or targets. The darkness then blinds the target from any movement that the Dark Knight is about to perform, causing them also feel sluggish and slow.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Souleater:'''
|The Dark Knight leaps out of the darkness. The Soulblade glowing bright blue, before he strikes the very ground into a emblem on the ground. Then from the very sky, a massive crystalline of the soul blade emerges and goes to slam down on the attended target, trying to capture them in the crystalline blade. Before flickering brightly with dark electricity, thus draining there life essence to repair the Dark Knight's own. Then on the spell is complete, the giant crystalline sword shatters into dark blue wisps.
|}

= Dark Knight Dossier =
''Here lies a book with a strange crest upon its leather bound surface. Within this book are pages marked by one of two tabs. Upon these tabbed pages are notations of those encountered by the owner of this book...''

''OOC Notice:'' All levels are subject to change during the course of RP. These levels are determined by what your character does, says, and how they handle themselves in a given situation and are cumulative points. Welcome to Bioshock Morality Mini Game - Final Kingdoms style.

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Light:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Light level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Soan Sagittarius|Dragoon Man]]
|4
|A Dragoon who seems to be a 'hero' of sorts and has some sense of honor. It seems <strike>Light 1</strike> Kyra Hyral regards him as a champion by how she acts when he appeared. A very good combatant who likes to go up into the skies and then come downward to strike hard. Also is able to breath a type of steam fire. First sighting in Luca. On Further evaluation, he is able to breath out several forms of elements and seems to be known by several. His reputation is highly known. He could perhaps be much like the Wild Rose leader. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>I will find him again and test him alone to evaluate his true strength. Even if it means capturing Light 1 to do so.</strike> It may be possible to fight him alone without the capture of Kyra Hyral. This will have to be seen.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Kyra Hyral]]
|3
|A White mage who seems to be a fan of Dragoon Man. If she did not shout his name, I would not have caught it. She attempted to stop me with some courage in my address in Luca. As a healer, she is able to conjure holy magic. However she seems to not be of the normal caster group and carries vials on her that are of some alchemy nature. Like typical class mages however, she does not care for combat. Very fragile. I was able to obtain one of her vials for further study. ''Personal Note:'' She has a great deal of magic within her. Untapped magic. Also lack of true control over it. Fascinating. Though while fighting her in Cornelia, she seem to display some signs of learning since our last encounter. Excellent.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Deelel|Light 2]]
|3
|Light 2 was first found in Luca. A female warrior who uses a chakram and does not come across a standard person. She has some manners of heroics, but does not seem comfortable with close combat confrontation. Her body also broke up in appearance of light on high damage and her scream of pain was not really human. There is not enough information to work with yet.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Mutt]]
|4
|A dog that belongs to Light 3. Very annoying. Light 3 seems to use it with there own form of attacks. The two are a tag team and work together to create distraction.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Light 3]]
|2
|A Ninja by the looks of out fitting and forms of attack. They use there Mutt in order to help them in combat. My ideal of where they may be on the light chart could be off, but for now, this seems to be a good assumption based on assassin types. First ran into at Luca.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira|Maira, Maiden of Light]]
|5
|A female fire caster mage who has a very bright heart of light. Her choices during the battle have succeeded others and have shown little ability of corruption at this juncture. She was met in Bodhum Beach on the world of Traverse Town. Met her again several more times. Her light is bright, dangerous, can pierce into darkness. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate her again soon for more testing. Civil testing.</strike> Careful when dealing with this one. Though caring and not wishing to fight. Her light is powerful.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Evja|Light 4]]
|3
|This female viera is a dragoon, with good attentions, but their heart is corrupted by there need of battle or perhaps by there simple lack of understanding. When presented with a chance of mercy, they continued the fight. Meet at Bodhum Beach as well.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Minerva|Light 5]]
|3
|A Monk who fights with some light, some darkness, and some elemental. A strong female fighter, yet I was not able to obtain enough data on them to fully be sure where they stand. Her performance outside of Valkyri spoke more about herself. It is possible that her heart could be growing stronger in the light. Need further evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Ramza Beoulve|Ramza]]
|4
|Ramza was the name Light 6 cried out in his defense. He requested that I spare those in battle and end the madness. On first conversation, he showed manners similar to that of Dragoon Man and what is to be expected from those strong of light. He also has use of some elemental and some holy based attacks. Including the ability to heal. A very well rounded individual in combat.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Artemis Eurus|Light 6]]
|3
|Light 6 seems to be trying to act as Ramza's bodyguard, even though he protected her. Her heart was hard to pick up on as if she has the ability to mask it. This could be my mistake due distraction by Ramza's own heart and there proximity. Yet what I was able to see, she was indeed someone of light.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Zargabaath|Judge Magister Zargabaath]]
|3
|A man of honor who seems to care deeply for his men. Perhaps to the point to even risk his life for them. In our meeting he showed good faith by placing his weapons in the sand. Leaving himself open for attack if I so desired. Though perhaps I could raise him higher on the scale, until I can test him in combat, this is where he will remain. ''Personal Note:'' Find the means to get him alone to be tested. Perhaps even see if he can be broken.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira|Avira, Guardian of Light]]
|4
|Avira is of a group known as VALKYRI and is highly protective of the Maiden of Light. Her actions are those one would find of someone with a great deal of light in their heart. Protective. Caring. A true guardian. Thus the title I have written beside her name. Though I had trouble judging her heart, her actions spoke loud enough. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate the base for Valkyri. Keep an eye on her and the Maiden of Light.</strike> When handling the Maiden of Light, make sure these two are somehow apart or... trick them.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|3
|This Creature; Percival as Avira, Guardian of Light called him; is very noble and just. He has a strong heart, yet there is darkness there. Darkness that can be reached too and could corrupt him. Yet his will is strong enough that only when pushed does his heart seem to grow darker. His sword is also holds darkness in it as well. Possibly could be pushed the other way by the right hands.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Tifa Lockhart|Tifa]]
|3
|Strong Will. Good heart. A fist fighter I meet when assaulting Avira, Guardian of Light's home. Friend to Avira and Maira. Friend to Valkyri. Unknown if associated with or just ally of.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[TRON|Light 7]]
|4
|Much like Avira, Guardian of Light, this one is very protective. He is someone who remains in difference of others and comes across as one who could become relentless if pushed in that direction. May be related to Light 2. They have similar fighting weapons, but he wields two. They also "bleed" the same. If I would even call it blood. It is unknown what they are, though they look human.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Reno|Light 8]]
|2
|Light was in his heart, by what little at the time I could see of it. Light 8 however seem to enjoy hiding and running. Uses orbs to cast spells. Also yelled a great deal. A bit of an ego. Well require further testing, not enough sufficient data.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|4
|This man is a curious one. He calls himself also the King of Hobos. His heart is strange as it seems to be two hearts within one body. His primary heart is bright, the one dwarfed by this brightness is slightly darker. Yet his actions speak for either heart. He considered me to be Garland at first, then realized I was not due to another's correction. He also has the ability to reach for strands within the air. It is an interesting trick of sorcery. ''Personal Note:'' Research into his tricks with the threads. Find a means to defend from it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Serah Farron|Light 9]]
|4
|Light 9's heart is extremely bright and though she seems to enjoy attempting to mock, she is mostly harmless. She is perhaps the weaker of those I have faced so far, yet, perhaps in future time she will need to be re-evaluated to see if this continues to hold true or not. Including looking to see if she is possibly like the Maiden of Light. ''Personal Note:'' Like the Maiden of Light and Kyra. She enjoys using holy magic. She is a heavy magic caster. It seems the magic barrier of the armor can defend against it well enough. Further notes on this one will need to be obtained for proper evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Myla Mason|Light 10]]
|3
|Light 10 uses a form guns to do their attacking and seems to have the ability to conjure magic in the forms of water magic. They did not speak much. Unable to assess heavy data due to Dragoon Man, Kyra, and Will Sherman. ''Personal Note:'' Will need to locate and test further.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Darkness:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Dark level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Katyna|Dark 1]]
|1
|They are very low on the darkness side. She stated she was once corrupted by the darkness and she would never be again. She also hinted to the Shadow Lords. She is blind to the fact darkness is still within her, but she does attempt to play 'hero'.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar|Dark 2]]
|2
|A Dark Knight like myself who wields a powerful mace. He has darkness in his heart, but the light is also bright in it as he moves to defend those around him. Yet he does not care for others. His darkness may be like that of my own, yet there was hints that his darkness taps into another source of energy. I am sure we will meet again.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Robed Figure]]
|4
|Someone of darkness, a great deal of darkness that I have met by the will of his Majesty. This individual seems very interested in studying my own darkness of heart. I do not know the reasons for these tests, nor do I care to know. If it be by his Emperor's will, then it will be done.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Leida|Dark 3]]
|3
|Her heart is of darkness. Was given the chance to run, yet she decided to remain with those of Light. She continued to fight by her side. Though I was going to score her level lower, I do believe she desired my death. ''Personal Note:'' Locate and Punish. If she desired my life dead, she may desire my Emperor's life. That is not an option.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|2
|Lady Laradyne is my Emperor's guest within the Castle of Palamecia. Her heart is clouded with darkness, yet there is still light in it. Her actions are confusing. She is capable of "fake" emotions, which are hard to detect. If she is capable of these, then so could others. It is a trick I will need to study further in spare time. I can not let these "fake" emotions mislead my gathering of information. ''Personal Note:'' She seems to have a desire to push her luck. I believe she hopes to gain an emotional response from me that is equal to her own. She will be disappointed each time.
|}

'''The Number Levels:''' 
0: Neutral 
1: Minimal 
2: Low 
3: Medium 
4: High 
5: Extreme

= Leon Dossier =
''There is a dark brown leather book here. There is nothing special about it on the first page it says simply: Owner is Leonhart. If you find this or are given this. Please keep it safe until I return, as I may have been reclaimed by the devil and I want to make sure I forever remember all those with what time I have.''

''OOC: This works just like the Dark Knight's. HAVE FUN!''

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those To Remember:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Friend Level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|5+
|Rena is <strike>a trusted friend to mine.. maybe..</strike> even more to me then I had thought. She has accepted me, showed me how to live for the moment, and can take away the pain when it hurts the most. Yet sometimes, she isn't enough to stop the memories from coming back. She does have a beautiful voice though. I could listen to it for hours. Is it possible that maybe I.. hmm. I think I could be.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira]]
|4+
|Maira is some girl that, somehow, freed me from Mateus' control. I don't know how, but it has something to do with the Light, the darkness of my heart, and other things. I apparently hunted her down as the Dark Knight rather often. I just-- don't remember doing it. She has continued to stand by my side. Even now is getting ready to go to Palamecia with me. I.. wish.. damn'it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Emperor Mateus]]
|5-
|I am going to kill him. I swear by my sister's name and all those who died in Fynn. I do not care if Fynn is slowly coming to love him. He will DIE. 
<strike>DIEDIEDIEDIEDIE. Give me back my sister you B...</strike>
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|2+
|Some dude that was there on the battlefield when I was freed. Ran into him later in the Wildcat Cafe where I met Rena for the first time. Don't know much about him, he does owe me a drink however... 
Note to self - Find him. Get that drink when you get back to your old self. Unless he is dead. Then pull him out of the grave, get that drink, and stick him back in grave.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira]]
|3+
|Not bad gal. Kinda nice. Very protective of Maira. Can't.. really write much about her. I do love her sword though.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|0-
|This guy.. is a real something. Looks like a devil. That is all. <strike>(and I am going to be stuck with him going to Palamecia!)</strike>
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar]]
|2+
|I don't know much about this guy, but he seems to know his stuff. Apparently hits like a blacksmith forging steel if what he did to Percival is any indication. Also protective of Maira. Seems-- he may know some things too. 
After further conversations I-- have come to really respect this guy. I can.. honestly respect a man who will protect the one he loves and no matter what anyone says, will stand by them. Just wish I could have come to know him better.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Riku]]
|2+
|I apparently, yet again, have history with this kid due to the Dark Knight. I don't know much about him, but it seems we share a similar issue. Though his has changed, while mine still remains the same. <strike>He-- is, no, was right though. In some ways. He was right. Yet. The path is set. I know what I have to do. It will-- just take time to do it.</strike> Maybe-- I should ask him to.. no. No need to get anyone involved in my personal matters.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Morrighan Alazne|Witch]]
|4-
|I may be going back to Palamecia. I may be returning back to the Dark Knight, but if i find out when I return that you harmed Maira in anyway. So help me witch.. Maybe if I am lucky, the Dark Knight will take you out FOR ME.
|}

= Fact Book =
This is more for ooc knowledge, unless RP has brought this out or I have given consent that your character may know specific points already. More will be added in due time.

* He is the Military Commander
* Extremely loyal to Emperor Mateus
* "Second in Command" of the Palamecian Empire (but only as Military Command)
* Is seen as Inhuman
* Believed to maybe be a Golem of Darkness (though some who have seen him as Leon may know the truth)
* Shows no display of pain
* Doesn't show much of any emotion
* May not get along with Borghen (who is the other "Second in Command" and is more a "face" for the public and diplomats)
* The Dark Knight is Leon
* His Heart is locked from all light (but can be pierced by a Dusk Princess or breached by a Princess of Heart)
* His Memory is also locked (beyond what Mateus wanted him to know)
* He comes from Fynn
* Was Mateus first experiment in tapping into darkness of people's hearts
* Can sense the Light in someone.
* Can also sense the Darkness.
* Doesn't really use magic, but darkness itself.
* The only way to 'break' Leon out from his locked state requires three components: A Keyblade, Princes of Heart, and his sister.
* Even if 'freed', there is a very strong possibility he would go back to Mateus or be devoured by the darkness after a time.
* First time 'freed' was because Will weakened the binds and Maira had her opening then to push enough Light into his heart.
* As Leon he has no memories of what the Dark Knight has done.
* As the Dark Knight, he has no memories of what Leon has done.
* He is dominantly left handed.
* Born under the Zodiac Sign of the Capricorn.
* He is Type O. Which means, that he can donate his blood to anyone, but can only take Blood O - He be screwed if he has blood lose issues.
* Leon himself (not as the Dark Knight) believes he is cursed and the only way to break it, is by Mateus death - Though it could mean his own.

= Roleplay Hooks =
== The Dark Knight ==
* '''Wielder of Light'''
** Anyone who has good in there heart and is willing to fight for justice. The Dark Knight is willing to come for you.
* '''Wielder of Darkness'''
** Anyone who has evil in there heart and is willing to fight for injustice. The Dark Knight is curious on a study the level of power of those who, like himself, wield the darkness and by how much.
* '''Conflict'''
** Any form of Conflict be it good or evil, may bring the Dark Knight out to come investigate, if not take part in.
* '''Keyblade'''
** The Keyblade is a summoning force while it is active. The Dark Knight is attracted to it. He may come seek you out.

== Leon ==
For when Leon is out of the box, he is pretty much open to whatever and however. I also have no problems with people wanting to attack him due to what he has done as the Dark Knight. So feel free to make him pay for his transactions -- even if he doesn't remember them!

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Ruin Accord

2013-06-13T04:23:32Z

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{{Group
|leader=Kuja, Baigan, Emperor Mateus
|role="World Domination"
|alignment=Forces of Ruin
|appable=Yes (Restricted)
|description=Ruin Accord was formed originally by three Empires: Baron, Alexandria, and Palamecia.

This alliance by way of treaty has created the Ruin Accord as a network of aiding one another in the war of control over the World of Ruin. Any who stand against these empires, or any who refuse to join their alliance, will either be eliminated or enslaved.
}}

Ulharisk

2013-06-12T04:38:48Z

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2013-06-12T04:38:17Z

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The Hound's New Master

2013-06-11T06:01:20Z

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|Date of Scene=2013/06/10
|Location=Archadian Airship
|Synopsis=Vayne Solidor has now become the head of House Solidor. There is a matter he must now attend too, because loyalty of all his Judge Magisters are very important.
|Cast of Characters=Gabranth, Vayne Solidor
}}
The airships were mostly being used to not only handle some civilians, but one airship in particular was being used to handle official matters and act as planning stage for the future assaults. It was this very airship that Judge Magister Gabranth was called upon.

He walked down the halls of this airships. The metal spires wrapping around the walls to the ceiling so many feet. Carpet down the center with metal flooring to the side, all leading to a massive double door with four guards at each side.

The four archadian soldiers quickly saluted, and two of them opened the doors as one of them spoke. "His majesty, Lord Vayne is waiting for you inside, your honor."

Gabranth gave a nod as he then made his way inside. The doors closed behind him as he carefully walked across the floor. Staring at the wrap around room, with the carpeted floor that had just been freshly placed in. The polished metal that lined the area. The personal bar off to the side. Library shelf of books on the other.

Doors leading to the bedroom most likely and in the back of this wrap around room as the very desk at which Vayne would now be handling the matters of the Empire from. Including the very man himself looking out the large window to the sky and to what remains of Upper Archades now floating on the city.

"You called for me, my lord?" Gabranth said calmly coming to a halt a few feet from the desk at attention.

Vayne slowly turned to face Gabranth, his face for a moment hidden by his black, curly raven hair, before he came to fully face the Judge of Ambition. "Judge Magister Gabranth." Lord Vayne said with a crisp, calm tone. "I have decided we shall have a heart to heart talk, hound."

Vayne then narrowed his eyes. "After all, I hate to see such a find hound look for scraps from another table."

Gabranth canted his head to the side gently. Though silence stayed as he only watched Vayne walk around the desk.

The eldest of the two brothers of the Solidor family gently ran his fingers along the smooth dark cherry wood finish if the desk as he started to come around to stand along side the desk. "I have known for some time, Gabranth, that my father had you shadowing my steps and reporting to him directly regarding all my activities."

Vayne then moved his hand off the desk before looking at his fingers tips for a moment, then directly at Gabranth with cold eyes. "I need to know your loyalty will remain with the house, even after my father's passing. That you will, as head Judge Magister, do as I say and not disobey. Like a good. Loyal. Hound."

Gabranth then turned his head slightly, before coming to fully look at Vayne Solidor once more. Still remaining silently, he only shifted his weight slightly on his legs.

Vayne then started to walk up to Gabranth. Each step measured precisely and each step very calm as he moved across the floor toward the Judge Magister. One boot down a step, then another as he spoke. "Because I would hate to put down such a fine specimen my father had so raised for his duty and replace him with another. After all, you dear hound, have become tainted and are only controllable by the very collar you wear." Vayne then reaches right up the armor and pulls out the leather corded necklace with the white crystal on it that glows gently. "Without this-- you would be wild and not tamable. No good to us at all." He then lets the crystal drop back down, clanking softly against Gabranth's dark and goldish silver ruined armor.

"So my hound," Vayne Solidor then started to walk back up as he places his hands behind his back. "What trial shall I give you to test your sovereignty and your loyalty?" He then turns to face Gabranth. "Hm? What shall we do?"

Judge Magister Gabranth glances down, his blue eyes scanning the grounds quickly for an answer. Any good answer. "Whatever my lord wishes. I will perform." He says calmly. "I will do whatever you command of me."

Lord Vayne then raises an eye brow gently. "Whatever I command of you?" his brows then lower slightly. "That is a rather broad statement you give to me, Gabranth." He then raises up his hand, motioning with his index and middle finger gently. "First remove your helm."

Gabranth reaches up carefully and does so, he then tucks the helm under his arm.

Vayne Solidor then stares at the man with his gray blue eyes. "That is. Much better." Vayne then places his hand behind his back. "Now then. Let us /discuss/ what I wish for you to do in order to test your loyalty. Just to see if you /will/ do 'whatever' I command of you, oh so loyal of hounds."

"Let us just see.." Vayne then smiles ever so softly as he stares directly at Gabranth, looking him dead in the eyes. "Such as starting with your true name and every, piece, of detail. Including your amazing work of assassination. Let us just start there and we shall work on the rest."

Gabranth eyes widen for a moment as his hand tightly clenched his helm. Though his eyes start to calm, his hand does not. "..As you wish, my lord. This is a long story, but I will recite it all from the beginning." Gabranth closes his eyes for a moment before he then reopens his eyes, speaking gently. "It all beginnings in the Republic of Landis.."

The Return Of His Dark Knight

2013-06-09T23:01:55Z

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{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/06/09
|Location=Palamecia Castle
|Synopsis=After a month or two, the Dark Knight has returned.
|Cast of Characters=Emperor Mateus, Leon
|pretty=yes
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:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' 'Make a choice' 'Your choice' 'What is it you want' 'Come with me. Please!' 'What is your name..?' Darkness fills the room along with the dead silence of the night. Several curious young soldiers peek into the room in a curious notion to see How their once commander was fairing. Was he back to them? Or was this just a passing tide. Some were officers, some where just normal men. They all had served under the Dark Knight at some point. Yet they did not linger long as one of the officers made their way into the hall. Snapping his fingers and ordering them off. He gave a light sigh, before he glanced in there himself, before walking on himself. Yet he pauses as he steps back suddenly noticing the man sitting up in bed which he wasn't just a moment ago. He pauses and meets those red eyes with his own. "Sir?" The officer states, before turning to fully face the what should now be the Dark Knight once more. "...what day is it?" The man says softly with those blood crimson eyes glowing out from the darkness asks. "The day sir?" The officer blinks his eyes. Why would such information matter. Meanwhile a few soldiers who over heard the conversation walk down the hall. "So he /is/ awake?" "Sounded like it. He just wanted to know what day it was from what I overheard." "Maybe he is trying to solve how long he has been gone from us?" "I do not know, but if you ask me. Such details and conversations should be left to his majesty."

:'''[[Emperor Mateus]] has posed:''' "It is the eighth day of the sixth month," Emperor Mateus' voice answers for the poor officer from just outside of the door. The emperor's lavender eyes peer into the room, but he does not enter just yet. "You have been gone for some time, Dark Knight." His voice is lower than normal, a barely audible rumble that you could feel more than hear. An ominous sound which is a harbinger of nothing good in the near future. "Captain, would you mind leaving us for a time?"

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The Officer was just about to get ready to speak, until the Emperor speaks over him. He stiffens up suddenly and then turns on heel to salute, then bow to Mateus. "Yes, my emperor." He says before the officer then takes his leave. The Dark Knight says nothing. The man only watches the officer leave with his eyes before he looks over to Mateus, before lowering his gaze and his head. "My emperor." He says calmly The room was rather dark. Not even a candle touched the room like it would at times. No. No light was here at all. The man then slowly rose before giving Mateus a proper bow, his gaze kept low and never looking Mateus in the eye, even as he started to stand back up once more. The tone thought; the tone was not lost on the military general.

:'''[[Emperor Mateus]] has posed:''' Emperor Mateus sweeps into the room. He is not wearing his usual attire, electing his more business-casual 'Matthew' Earthen outfit. His expression, however... is most definitely /not/ the warm, friendly face of the mysterious entertainer. No, Mateus is in true form--and he is not happy. "What is your last clear memory, and do you remember anything after that point?"

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The man watches as Mateus walks into the room but he does not move, he only keeps himself standing still and straight; almost like a statue really. His voice is very calm , those red eyes almost expressionless. "I recall my testing in one of the towns. There I ran into a man named Will Sherman. He impacted me with unknown form of magic." The Dark Knight tilts his head. "..after the event and the attack, my.." He pauses his eyes narrowing a bit. Mostly with a hint now of confusion. "..my memory is.. foggy at best, my Emperor." He then lowers his head. "My apologies."

:'''[[Emperor Mateus]] has posed:''' 'Almost' expressionless. Intriguing. Worrying. "I have encountered Will Sherman myself. A very unique kind of magic he wields... a man with two hearts..." Emperor Mateus crosses his arms over his chest, his head tilting slightly as he studies the Dark Knight closely. He waits a moment longer to see if there is more, but there is only silence. "I will tell you what happened." His eyes narrow dangerously. "You were badly injured by Will Sherman, but you did not return to me. Instead, you lost your control and chased down the Maiden of Light--Maira--like an uncontrolled Heartless. It is at that point that she banished your Darkness and I lost you despite my best efforts to the contrary." He steps forwards, intentionally entering what most would classify as their personal space. "What do you have to say for yourself?"

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The Dark Knight does not move. He stands still. Very still in fact as Mateus explains what he had done to cause so much trouble. How he did not return, which was perhaps the first mistake and then he ran off like the very creatures that he had 'slain' so many times to keep them in check. That he became like a mindless, heart hungry of light beast was-- concerning. Even if close to one was-- concerning. Yes it could happen to any of them, but by the sheer fact of what he did... Then Mateus steps right in close to the Dark Knight. The much taller man staying quiet, but his gaze moving away from Mateus. The gears were easily seen turning for a response, yet he was unsure how to respond to such a miscalculated issue. He then at least speaks up, but with a calm tone. A calm, calculative tone. "It was my error in not returning to you, my Emperor. Such a fatal mistake shall not be made again." He pauses in his words. Thinking carefully on what to say next. "I will accept whatever punishment you deem worthy, my Emperor. Forgive me." He then kneels down at last, keeping his head low and his gaze even lower.

:'''[[Emperor Mateus]] has posed:''' Emperor Mateus' hand clenches, his chin lifting and his whole expression turning into that haughty, stare-down-my-nose look. For a moment, for the briefest of moments, that fist is held tightly at his side, clearly indicating that the Emperor would wish nothing more than to just plain deck him. No. As theraputic as that may be in that instant, it will solve nothing and do no good at such a delicate time. His hand slowly relaxes from a fist, incrementally opening until it is flat at his side, then he lifts that hand... only to rest it on top of the Dark Knight's head. "You may not remember your experiences after Maira stole you from me, but you have been through enough punishment to pay for your recent mistakes ten times over. I will not compound it." He steps back, folding his hands over his abdomen. "Rise, my Dark Knight, and lift your head--there is much yet to discuss. Do you remember my last orders to you?"

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The Dark Knight can feel that cold stare, even if he doesn't see it. Its the long silence that tells him there is a long contemplation going on. However instead of a rebuttal, comes instead a hand resting on his head. Much like a owner would perhaps comfort a cat? Then again, seems Palamecia is full of them really, just this cat had a collar and it was just a simple panther that had been taught when to use his claws and when to be a good boy. Once the hand removes and Mateus gives the orders to rise. The Dark Knight does so, his head rising up, but his red eyes never looking directly into Mateus. "..my orders.." He says softly. His eyes narrow faintly. It was like trying to pull up information in dusty storage bin really. Trying to remember all the details. Yet slowly that little bit of emotional light was starting to get shoved back. Perhaps it was a tinge of that little remaining spark of life before at last fading away back. He blinks his eyes a few times before he then speaks up once more. "My orders were that while I was out, to not connect my activity to Palamecia. It was to also keep an eye out for a young boy with several weapons and a book. Who I never had the chance to find, thus, encounter." His brows furrow for just a moment at a passing thought. "However due to my lack of returning to you. My orders were.. negated.. as those whom I was fighting would have come to realize I was with Palamecia?" He wasn't sure if this true, but there was a hint of a feeling that this was the case. "This would now mean, people may now be aware, that all my activities were linked to the capital on some way-- and then perhaps to you." He had a bit of sound in his voice of his own displeasure at this, but it was a very minor inflection to those cold words.

:'''[[Emperor Mateus]] has posed:''' Emperor Mateus nods once. "Indeed, and so they have. In fact, they see me as such a horrid monster that they will not listen to a single thing I say no matter how plainly or honestly I say it." He shrugs melodramatically, a look of exaggerated regret on his face. "'Tis their loss, I suppose." He narrows his eyes thoughtfully--not harshly, but of simple deep consideration. "Times have changed. Palamecia has joined the alliance of Alexandria and Baron, and there is no further use in simply scouting and testing now that you and your allegiance is known. Now is the time of preparation, and I need you to command my forces now more than ever." He nods to himself, apparently arranging his thoughts as needed. "Thus, your standing orders must adapt. You will NO LONGER focus on particular individuals. If something proves to catch your interest, you will report it to me and I will decide what to do on a case-by-case basis. You will also take no further chances with your health. If you are compromised in any way at all, you will return to me for treatment and will not return to duty until I have personally cleared you." His whole expression is firm almost to the point of being cold, but it is out of concern more than anything. Yes, he is taking no chances whatsoever. "Do you have any questions, Dark Knight?"

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The Dark Knight listens with keen interest. He takes in all the details given to him, only tilting his head slightly to the side in a curious notion to some of the details. He was to report in whenever he has taken damage and if something catches his attention, he is to report that as well. Yet if they have entered an alliance, what shall he do to aid in such an alliance on the military side? Should he stand by and wait for given orders to move forward with the other nations, or shall he create some details in order to help enforce locations? So when Mateus asks if there is any questions. The Dark Knight nods his head. "Yes, my emperor. There are a few." He says calmly before placing his hands behind his back. Yes. He is slowly going back to his old ways once again. "What is our position with these new allies? Are we to only aid them when they strike out and thus stand in defensive. Or are we to also take an offensive stance and attempt to aid in conquering tactical territories for this alliance?" These were very important questions after all. "As such, if we are to go on the tactical aggression. Shall I report all progress to all commanding parties and not move unless given the clear to do so, or what freedom shall we have in moving forward?" The Dark Knight needed to know how far out he could reach with his military strength. He needed to know these borders. War was a adaptive thing. The game always changed one way or another. He needed to know how flexible he could be and how much Mateus wanted to keep him on the 'leash'.

:'''[[Emperor Mateus]] has posed:''' Emperor Mateus smiles warmly, his shoulders relaxing incrementally. Yes, that is more like it. "I have made it clear that I will not join their battles unless Palamecian aid is sorely needed. Thus, we are support at best and reserves at most. If you /are/ needed, you will be the commander of Palamecian forces and will answer to the commander-in-charge. I shall leave specifics to your best judgement, as each battlefield would be unique to themselves. I trust you would know how best to make use of your forces within a given battle-plan, correct?"

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Pity. They would be keeping to a defensive structure unless called upon. Yet this was the will of the Emperor and so it shall be done. "Yes, my Emperor." he says calmly. "I am also able to handle such things if needed." There was a slight pause. Like he wanted to ask something, but he wasn't sure how to ask it. How to state it. His eyes had a moment of puzzlement in them. At least he speaks up. "If.." Once again words seem to be failing him. How to word this? How to say this? "I am sorry, my Emperor. I am having trouble formulating on how to convey this question." He bows his head. "Perhaps proper formulation will come after some rest and further examining the information laid out before me." The Dark Knight responds with a hint of agitation in his voice for not being able to say what was really on his mind. It was as if his thoughts were conflicting. For whatever the reason. Yet there would be time to figure this out.

:'''[[Emperor Mateus]] has posed:''' Emperor Mateus tilts his head faintly at the pause, at the Dark Knight's sudden inability to ask a question. Concerning... did he not do enough, or perhaps too much at the wrong points? He's still uncertain just how far-reaching Will's strange magic is. Of course, the Dark Knight is still unarmored, so that too may be playing a part. "If such is needed, so it shall be given." It's quite clear that Mateus would rather press the issue, but circumstances are too delicate at the present time. "If nothing else, I would suggest eating a meal before resting further or perusing more information."

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' "Understood, My Emperor." The Dark Knight gives a faint nod. "Once I can convey my thoughts correctly. I will ask my question, but I will voice this however." Those red eyes slightly gaze at Mateus own for a moment. "Though I made a grave error while I was allowed to roam, I do not believe it wise to stay on the defensive forever. Eventually those of Light will come seeking us and if we remain on defensive, we will come across unable to protect ourselves without our allies." Maybe that is what he was trying to convey? Perhaps. "Palamecia is young in the World of Ruin. Several nations hold a greater power in technology, though our magical connections are far stronger. We will, at some point, My Emperor, make a show of our power during this alliance. Not only to prove a point-- but to also even prove to our allies. Encase they too, decide to betray us." Yes. It was all coming down to showing the nations that Palamecia was not a push over. "I am sorry, My Emperor if I speak to frankly, but the possible position in this-- worries me." He then pauses. "I believe this is what I was wishing to convey." Though eating sounds.. really good right now.

:'''[[Emperor Mateus]] has posed:''' Emperor Mateus listens closely, looking mildly surprised but also quite receptive as the Dark Knight voices his concerns. He considers each point and counterpoint carefully, measuring each against each other as well as what he has done to this point, and finds valid concerns in everything the Dark Knight says. "No, it needed to be said. I appreciate your honesty, Dark Knight." He rocks back on his heels slightly. "I do not disagree with your analysis. Once we are ready to make such a statement, it shall be made. We have been consolidating our strength, preparing for the battles to come, but losing you these past few months have been a grave setback." He smiles, but it is that cruelly knowing smile. "It all comes down to taking advantage of opportunities as they come. Show weakness where there is hidden strength, honesty where they expect lies. 'Tis why Mister Murasame has made business deals with me, why this alliance with Alexandria and Baron even exists." He snaps his fingers as if just now remembering. "Speaking of advantageous opportunities, the airship you commandeered from Fluorgis has been stationed in Fynn throughout your absence, and the men you hand-picked for your mission have been integrated into Fynn's guard duties until your return. Once you have been fully cleared for duty, I do believe both are well within your rights to reclaim, aye?"

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' The Dark Knight listens and gives a nod. Though when Mateus snaps his fingers, the man tilts his head to the side. "If you so wish it, My Emperor. Then yes." He then glances off to the side, going over his head if there was anything further to discuss on this now. Nothing was coming to mind really. Just-- blank. That and, well, he was hungry. "If I come up with anything further, My Emperor. I will contact you at once concerning the matter." He then gives a bow. "May I be excused to get a bite of eat and then to rest? One can not return to active duty if one is not fit." There was a pause. "..and being that I was gone those months. There is much I will need to and catch up on."

:'''[[Emperor Mateus]] has posed:''' Emperor Mateus chuckles softly. "Of course. I apologize for keeping you so long." He inclines his head in return to the bow. "I look forwards to your progress, Dark Knight."

Leon

2013-06-07T20:00:27Z

Foxfirestorm: /* Fact Book */

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Dark
|lastname=Knight
|age=???
|image=DarkKnight_eudetenis2.jpg
|imageoptions=300px
|caption=Palamecia's Finest
|species=Human?
|sex=Male
|height=6'4"
|weight=Average
|series=Final Fantasy 2
|styles=DK, Palamecian Knights
|hometown=???
|alignment=Forces of Ruin
|group=Palamecian Empire
|occupation=Military Commander
|themesong=Whispers In The Dark - Skillet
|quote="I do as his majesty commands."
|footer=Testing those of light to see there true strength.
}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Character Sheet
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Profile:'''
|style="background-color: #071019;"|[[File:Leon_Vs_Firion.jpg|400px|center]]
|-
|The Dark Knight is one of the most loyal of minions of Emperor Mateus. He does not question the orders of his emperor, nor does he waver from what he has been requested to do. If his majesty wished it, the Dark Knight would even kill himself. The Dark Knight is known to be not only extremely loyal, but ruthlessly focused on the task he is given; but free to make his own decisions, so long as the goal is obtained. He has been given the command of Palamecia's military force, but typically does most requests without the aid of the dark hearted soldiers. The Dark Knight will stand before any who means his Emperor harm and he is not a man to turn your back on unless you are Mateus himself.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Skills:'''
|The Soundwave, The Good Minion, The Trusted Minion, Unlike Someone Else We Know, The Original Dark Knight, Locked By Darkness, No Light Shines Here, The Experiment, Not Squall
|}

= Information =
== History ==
The Dark Knight did not start out originally as Mateus loyal minion, no his starts come from that of the once nation of Fynn before Palamecia took it over there. There he was the older brother to his sister, a good friend of their friends they shared in common, and had a strong devotion to make sure his sister could have the best life an older brother could give her.

His name back then, was Leon. The loving brother, who worked the jobs he could work, did all that he could do, and brought what he could to the table so that his sister would not have to worry much on concerns; beyond perhaps the fear that he may be pushing himself to hard. He loved his sister, he loved her dearly and when things were at there worse, they knew they could depend on one another.

Yet Fynn soon fell to the mighty of Palamecia. Not on its own, but thanks to a man who sold out the nation. Leon quickly met up with their two other friends and all of them, these four brave souls, attempted to escape from the falling Fynn. Yet as they made there way out, they ran into Palamecian forces and were all knocked unconscious. However an unknown party intercepted the Palamecian force and were able to save the other three, but it was to late for Leon. He was already captured and being taken away, where his life's fate would be changed forever.

The brave warrior who fought to protect his sister, to protect his two friends from being captured, yet failed, was brought before the Emperor of Palamecia; Mateus. It was in this very moment of there meeting was fate sealed, as this was the day that Leon's heart was locked away into darkness and with it his memories. Thus the birth of the Dark Knight and Palamecia's rule over Fynn.

Now under the command of Emperor Mateus, the Dark Knight become the loyal servant to do out his master's wishes. Many times he was sent out to run interference against Wild Rose Rebellion, along with act as a barrier to any actions they attempted to take against Palamecia.

The largest project that was given to the Dark Knight was the construction of the airship known as the Dreadnought. This massive ship was to be the very war vessel that Emperor Mateus would use to command his fleet from the air and rain down terror from high above in the skies. Yet near the end of the Project, the Dark Knight was "called away" and Borghen completed what was needed to be done; Though the Dark Knight was still making some calls from behind the scenes.

The second project was making sure that those of the Wild Rose Rebelion would be tricked into arriving at the proper location on the completion of the Dreadnought in hopes that they could sabotage the massive warship. However as Mateus had planned and the Dark Knight stood back to watch along side his Majesty. Not only did the youths fall perfectly for the trap, but there plan was foiled.

From there the Dark Knight watched as the heartless started to consume their world, yet also observed as some fragments remained, not completely taken by the darkness. He observed along side his master as they fragments joined with what was known as World of Ruin. There he was given his orders to call back the troops and for all to return back to Palamecia.

This is where the Dark Knight has resided since the fall. Overseeing the training of the troops and making sure that the Imperial Force is ready for combat when the time comes. Yet the time soon comes where his Majesty will desire to move out, or even send the loyal commander of the Palamecian army to handle matters dealing with the outside world.

For when this time comes, the Dark Knight will be ready.
=== Recent Events ===
After a meeting with his [[Emperor Mateus|Emperor]], the Dark Knight was given his orders at which to follow ([[Imperial Order]]). He was to go out not tied to [[Palamecian Empire]], but as a rogue element seeking his own personal agenda. While playing this game of 'personal agenda' all that he found, fought, and spoken with was to be recorded. This reporting all information back to his majesty.

After gather a small group of men, the Dark Knight set sail across the ocean to Luca, a country that wasn't to far. While the men set camp after the voyage, the Dark Knight went into the city square and decided to make his presence known ([[The Search Is On]]). Here he fought four individuals (including a dog), in order to not only test his own abilities in combat, but to see what the Heroes of Light were able to do for his own.

These results were filed down after the fight and the Dark Knight continues his search. This lead him into the outskirts of Traverse Town, along one of the beaches. On his arrival here he found that this area has a dense population of people, but also Heroes of Light were to be found here as well. It was in this very location did he at last run into someone with such a bright heart, that he dubbed her the Maiden of Light ([[Lets Light The Sky]]). The battle however here was a fearsome one and left his armor is disrepair, forcing him to return home.

Back in Palamecia the armor was repaired and Emperor Mateus performed the ritual to bring out the Dark Knight's own darkness into the very armor he wears ([[Reforging Darkness]]). Imbuing the armor with that very darkness in order to bind it to the Dark Knight himself. Yet there is always a price to pay for when tapping into the Darkness of the heart. A quenchable hunger that battles for control within him.

This lead him to not only steal an airship with passengers on board, but to restock supplies while in Fluorgis. While in the city he ran into two others of light and another of darkness similar to himself ([[Knights of Shadow]]). After the conflict, he escaped onto the stolen airship where he then decided to feed that gnawing hunger that came from the rush after the battle ([[Darkness Cometh]]) and makes his way once more to another location to continue his research.

While moving across one the deserts and allowing his men to stretch their legs, The Dark Knight came across the Archadian forces looking for several of their own, including one he had found alive. In this little encounter he not only met one of the Judge Magisters, but including spotting a young lad that he did not think he would ever see again ([[Search And Rescue]]).

After the short meeting, the group returned to their airship once the Archadian Fleet left the area and decided to dock the ship for the time in Fynn. Where the Dark Knight left to the restocking of supplies to his men. However he ran across two familiar faces, including the one that seems impossible to corrupt. He once again attempts to corrupt her ([[Unlikely Crossing]]), but her bright heart refuses his attempt.

The only piece of information the Dark Knight leaves for them as they part ways is that he will becoming to say hello to her family. A warning he will carry out. However before such a warning can be done. His presence is requested by to Palamecia where he meets a very strange individual. A robed figure who had made a deal with his Emperor. By agreement of this deal, the Dark Knight allowed the individual to test the level of his own Darkness, yet the test was almost to much ([[Initial Findings]]) and though with some rest, along with a secret given task, it may be what set him up for his next hard falling.

The Dark Knight then went to Traverse Town where he went to hunt down the two he gave his warning too. He told them he would find their family and so he did. As such he was met with resistance, but also Maira's own natural light; the very light that refuses to be corrupted; nearly broke him apart ([[Knock Knock]]). He was able to escape; barely; with his own life. Along with due to the extent of how badly he was weakened, he took several days to recover.

Yet during this recovery he met a fascinating guest ([[The Guest of Palamecia]]) within the castle walls, who decided to repay him a visit that same evening in attempt to see if she could get a solid emotional response out of him ([[Cats and Canaries]]), along with maybe solve a bit of a riddle as to why he holds no name.

By the next morning, the Dark Knight was ready for duty once more and set off once again to seek out those to be tested and to hunt down a few individuals. This brought him to not only having conversations with a young boy looking for a Behemoth ([[Darkness In The Woods]]), but later finding himself in Cornelia where he met the most unusual of men in his testing run ([[We Like...]]); Will Sherman.

Will Sherman was able to nearly break the very dark bindings on the Dark Knight, causing him to slowly start to be devoured by the very darkness within his heart. Attempting to slowly break the bindings that Mateus placed over the heart to lock both the man inside and his very memories; The very thing that protected him from the amount of Darkness he wielded.

This lead him to Wutai ([[Hidden Darkness, Crouching Ninja]]) where he indicated he would go next. However due to the weakening binds his hunger for the light was growing even greater and individuals' hearts were taken to feed this deep hunger. Yet the heroes were able to push him away thanks to a brave girls actions with a massive fire work.

Yet the Dark Knight did not stop there. He soon hunted down Maira once more in his falling state. Coming for her very powerful light, almost being drawn to it like a beast he was slowly becoming ([[The Clash Of Balance]]). This lead to an epic battle between Light and Darkness over the Dark Knight's heart between Mateus and Maira. 
In the end, the Dark Knight's seal that protected his heart was restored, but Maira was able to draw out the man behind the 'mask'. She was able to draw out Leon. Yet, Mateus did not seem overly upset by this which has lead to the questions as to why.

Just what is Mateus planning and how much of it is for something far darker in store? Leon plans to find out, no matter how deep he must dig to get those answers. So hunting Leon goes for those answers and finding himself in some of the most unusual places as he looks for the answers...

== Personality ==
What remains of Leon is nothing but a mere vessel for the darkness that has engulfed around the locked man's heart. As whom ever he was in the past is seemingly impossible to reach or even recover from Mateus dark hold.

Yet as the Dark Knight, he knows only true loyalty to his master. To his Emperor. For the Dark Knight will fight all he stands in the Emperor's way and he will defend his Majesty with his dieing breath. The Dark Knight will risk everything if it means to make Mateus happy and for this, he is known as perhaps the most loyal and trustworthy of Mateus' minions.

Whatever Mateus orders is carried out with the best efficiency that the Dark Knight can provide and he will not stray to far from the order given. Though he will at times side step slightly, only if it means to achieve the goal even quicker then by more straight direction. This makes him resourceful at whatever task he is given and good at observing situations before leaping head long into them.

Yet if the Dark Knight believes he must jump head long into something, there is perhaps good reasons behind sudden hasty actions. Perhaps because someone got to close to the truth or someone is to close to mucking up future plans for his Majesty.

The Dark Knight also doesn't just simply wonder around. If he is seen about, even with no desire for harm. One can figure he is there on the Emperor's order, or even request. As there are times where the Dark Knight acts as the eyes and ears for Mateus. Where he goes where the Emperor does not wish to go, or just does not see the need for his presence to be there personally. As such there are even times the Dark Knight acts as Emperor Mateus messenger.

In Combat the Dark Knight is ruthless and relentless. He will hunt someone down to the ends of the Earth if that is his orders and he will never give up the chase, no matter how many times he is defeated until Emperor Mateus tells him to cease. The only time to Dark Knight will pull back for a time, if the enemy he faces has put grieve enough wounds into him where he could never complete the task until after he rests. So rest he will, before he goes back out once more to find the target yet again.

In regard to others, including outsiders. One could figure that the Dark Knight cares little for anyone beyond Emperor Mateus. If he does show concern for the troops, it is because that is what he must do as there commander. Yet if one of them was to slack off, they would get the wraith of the Dark Knight before someone could snap there finger; Unless the finger belonged to Mateus.

Those not of Palamecia will find the Dark Knight most likely a cold figure to stare upon. As he cares little for the outside world or the people within it. They will all become, after all, servants to his master, or they will perish in the fire of Palamecia's might. Thus if someone can get him to actually hold a conversation, they may find his words cruel, uncaring, and extremely cold.

The Dark Knight is indeed a shadow of Leon and could remain such for all time, so long as Mateus lives.

== Power Set ==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Abilities:
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Portals:'''
|The Dark Knight is nothing but darkness. The man he once was, was locked up tight by Emperor Mateus as his first turned. His heart sealed away, so nothing but darkness may reach his being and no memories of his former self to be free to seek the light. As being so in touch with the darkness. He is able to conjure a dark portal at which he can either enter from or escape into. He can not however conjure a portal under someone else. So if he wishes to transport someone, he must take hold of them, and then portal them both at the same time. It should be noted that the Dark Knight can not use his Dark Portal like the Shadow Lord's can use theirs to jump worlds. His portals only work in the very world he is in. As example: He can jump from Palamecia to Fluorgis, but he can not jump from Palamecia to Traverse Town. He also must explore an area before he can portal hop to that location, so unless he has been there, he can't just magically appear
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Mist:'''
|The Dark Mist is a field that surrounds his feet and follows him as he walks. Though it is rather harmless, but only a display of how deep the darkness is in this Dark Knight of Mateus'. In some of his attacks he draws from this mist in order to conjure some of his dark spells. More details will be explained in that in the actions section.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Blade:'''
|The Soul Blade is a dark weapon forged of darkness and steel. Though it looks like a normal blade, when it falls from the hands of the Dark Knight it vanishes into dark mist and can be summoned also by the Dark Knight's will. As such the blade is tunned to its master and is believe it can not be turned against Emperor Mateus. Yet thanks to the fact no one else can wield the weapon, the knowledge is unknown. The Soul Blade is also able too when given enough dark energy piece into someone's life essence and drain them of it, replenishing the Dark Knight's own. As such, this is covered more in the actions section. This weapon was also given to him by Mateus, further strengthening the concept that the blade could never be used against its creator.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Armor:'''
|The Shadow Armor is the very armor the Dark Knight wears and is never seen out of it. The very armor is powered by his darkness within and by magical properties place on it by Mateus' himself. As such the damage done to it, comes out like dark mist strikes. Blades, magic, and even bullets will cause it to spew out dark mist, before the armor attempts to regenerate itself. A powerful enough attack however can crack, if not break the armor, and get to the flesh of the Dark Knight's skin below. The Armor itself was designed by Emperor Mateus for his Military Commander. The damage is not easy to fix though when the armor is inflicted. As it takes not only the proper smiths, but Mateus to imbue the armor once more with the dark magic. The Armor may also be designed this way, to not only give the Dark Knight extra protection while in combat, but to also give the illusion that he no mere human under the armor. So those who do not understand what is going on, may seem him as a monster or one of the puppets Mateus has summoned out of darkness itself.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Blink:'''
|The Dark Knight can stand in one place, then swiftly move to another location with a poof of dark mist. This ability allows him to quickly close in the distance on someone attempting to escape or to use this ability in order to close the distance quickly in combat situations. However Shadow Blink only works in line of sight situations and he can not move someone using this method, only himself. He also can not blink through walls, as the room beyond the wall is not visible. The only way it may seem he can do this, is by virtue of seeing through a window and thus continuing to stick to the fact it must be line of sight.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Dark Portal Locations:
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''World of Ruin:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Central Isles:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Northern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Eastern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Southern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Western Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|-
|Luca Wutai Port Wutai City
|Castle Palamecia Mountainside Giza Plains Carwen
|Fluorgis Bare Desert Dalmascan Sands
|Targ Woods
|Fynn Tramdine Fens Phantom Forest Cornelia
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Traverse Area:'''
|-
|Outskirts Bodhum Beach District 2 District 3 VALKYRI HQ
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Phantasia:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Manhattan:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Roving Islands:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Land of Dragons:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Old Kingdom:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Arabian Nights:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''New Orleans:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''The Pride Lands:''
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Action Commands:
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Vigor:'''
|Using the dark mist that surrounds him, the Dark Knight can pull on this very darkness and use it to repair the dark armor that he wears, to even using the darkness to burn his skin back to close. Sometimes this is used at the beginning of a battle to ready the armor for combat, giving the armor its almost 'organic' like actions when it is cut into, but then seems to 'heal' back up. When in reality what the weapon hit was the dark mist layered over the armor.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Armor:'''
|The dark mist rises up and aids in enforcing the armor, increases its structure density in order to make it harder to be broken through and giving it added protection from physical strikes.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Aura:'''
|The dark mist rises up and increases the magic shielding that the darkness imbued armor already provides and increasing the defense that the armor provides from magical attacks.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulflay:'''
|The Dark Knight uses his Soul Blade to strike through a person with a quick slice of his blade. The edge of the sword becoming almost invisible as it passes through the target. The dark magic then bending into the essence of the individual, attempting to bring a curse upon their being, along with as the blade passes out to give them a ghostly cut.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Sword of Darkness:'''
|Sword of Darkness is a channeling attack, where he empowers the Soul Blade with further dark energy. He then slams the blade into a magical rune under his feet, before a massive dark blade springs forth from the ground under his target, attempting to trap them in the dark crystalline blade, freezing them for a moment, before shattering.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Drain:'''
|The Soul Blade is impaled into the target, where it takes a ghostly image, then as he rips the blade back out, it attempts to tear at there living essence, weakening there ability to cast powerful spells.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Essence Drain:'''
|Essence Drain works much like Soul drain, but instead it attempts to drain the very strength from the person, weakening there physical strength, instead of magical focus.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulreaver:'''
|Soulreaver turns the Soul Blade into a dark blue blazing sword, which he then attempts to jab, if not impale the blade into an individual. The very blade attempts to strike into the persons very being and drain them of there very life force to replenish the Dark Knight's own. This can also be down by passing swipes while the blade is glowing dark blue.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Netherblast:'''
|Netherblast is channeling the very energy of the sword, before slashing at the air itself. These slashes send out a dark wave of energy in the shape of blade slashes that travel across the air before they hit a target. On impact they have the ability to not only cut an individual, but also infect them with darkness, that eats at them over time until the magic effect fades away.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Deep Darkness:'''
|Deep Darkness is where the Dark Knight creates field of darkness by via his mist field that reaches out for his attended target and can send them both down into the very ground below, or can be used to pull a target down to him with tendrils of darkness into watery darkness substance. This substance remains under the person if they can not resist the effect, making them weak to darkness magic until the substance dries up from the ground below turning back into black mist.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Darkness:'''
|The Dark Knight summons the dark mist that follows his every move and then sends it outward across the field for his attended target or targets. The darkness then blinds the target from any movement that the Dark Knight is about to perform, causing them also feel sluggish and slow.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Souleater:'''
|The Dark Knight leaps out of the darkness. The Soulblade glowing bright blue, before he strikes the very ground into a emblem on the ground. Then from the very sky, a massive crystalline of the soul blade emerges and goes to slam down on the attended target, trying to capture them in the crystalline blade. Before flickering brightly with dark electricity, thus draining there life essence to repair the Dark Knight's own. Then on the spell is complete, the giant crystalline sword shatters into dark blue wisps.
|}

= Dark Knight Dossier =
''Here lies a book with a strange crest upon its leather bound surface. Within this book are pages marked by one of two tabs. Upon these tabbed pages are notations of those encountered by the owner of this book...''

''OOC Notice:'' All levels are subject to change during the course of RP. These levels are determined by what your character does, says, and how they handle themselves in a given situation and are cumulative points. Welcome to Bioshock Morality Mini Game - Final Kingdoms style.

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Light:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Light level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Soan Sagittarius|Dragoon Man]]
|4
|A Dragoon who seems to be a 'hero' of sorts and has some sense of honor. It seems <strike>Light 1</strike> Kyra Hyral regards him as a champion by how she acts when he appeared. A very good combatant who likes to go up into the skies and then come downward to strike hard. Also is able to breath a type of steam fire. First sighting in Luca. On Further evaluation, he is able to breath out several forms of elements and seems to be known by several. His reputation is highly known. He could perhaps be much like the Wild Rose leader. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>I will find him again and test him alone to evaluate his true strength. Even if it means capturing Light 1 to do so.</strike> It may be possible to fight him alone without the capture of Kyra Hyral. This will have to be seen.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Kyra Hyral]]
|3
|A White mage who seems to be a fan of Dragoon Man. If she did not shout his name, I would not have caught it. She attempted to stop me with some courage in my address in Luca. As a healer, she is able to conjure holy magic. However she seems to not be of the normal caster group and carries vials on her that are of some alchemy nature. Like typical class mages however, she does not care for combat. Very fragile. I was able to obtain one of her vials for further study. ''Personal Note:'' She has a great deal of magic within her. Untapped magic. Also lack of true control over it. Fascinating. Though while fighting her in Cornelia, she seem to display some signs of learning since our last encounter. Excellent.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Deelel|Light 2]]
|3
|Light 2 was first found in Luca. A female warrior who uses a chakram and does not come across a standard person. She has some manners of heroics, but does not seem comfortable with close combat confrontation. Her body also broke up in appearance of light on high damage and her scream of pain was not really human. There is not enough information to work with yet.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Mutt]]
|4
|A dog that belongs to Light 3. Very annoying. Light 3 seems to use it with there own form of attacks. The two are a tag team and work together to create distraction.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Light 3]]
|2
|A Ninja by the looks of out fitting and forms of attack. They use there Mutt in order to help them in combat. My ideal of where they may be on the light chart could be off, but for now, this seems to be a good assumption based on assassin types. First ran into at Luca.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira|Maira, Maiden of Light]]
|5
|A female fire caster mage who has a very bright heart of light. Her choices during the battle have succeeded others and have shown little ability of corruption at this juncture. She was met in Bodhum Beach on the world of Traverse Town. Met her again several more times. Her light is bright, dangerous, can pierce into darkness. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate her again soon for more testing. Civil testing.</strike> Careful when dealing with this one. Though caring and not wishing to fight. Her light is powerful.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Evja|Light 4]]
|3
|This female viera is a dragoon, with good attentions, but their heart is corrupted by there need of battle or perhaps by there simple lack of understanding. When presented with a chance of mercy, they continued the fight. Meet at Bodhum Beach as well.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Minerva|Light 5]]
|3
|A Monk who fights with some light, some darkness, and some elemental. A strong female fighter, yet I was not able to obtain enough data on them to fully be sure where they stand. Her performance outside of Valkyri spoke more about herself. It is possible that her heart could be growing stronger in the light. Need further evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Ramza Beoulve|Ramza]]
|4
|Ramza was the name Light 6 cried out in his defense. He requested that I spare those in battle and end the madness. On first conversation, he showed manners similar to that of Dragoon Man and what is to be expected from those strong of light. He also has use of some elemental and some holy based attacks. Including the ability to heal. A very well rounded individual in combat.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Artemis Eurus|Light 6]]
|3
|Light 6 seems to be trying to act as Ramza's bodyguard, even though he protected her. Her heart was hard to pick up on as if she has the ability to mask it. This could be my mistake due distraction by Ramza's own heart and there proximity. Yet what I was able to see, she was indeed someone of light.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Zargabaath|Judge Magister Zargabaath]]
|3
|A man of honor who seems to care deeply for his men. Perhaps to the point to even risk his life for them. In our meeting he showed good faith by placing his weapons in the sand. Leaving himself open for attack if I so desired. Though perhaps I could raise him higher on the scale, until I can test him in combat, this is where he will remain. ''Personal Note:'' Find the means to get him alone to be tested. Perhaps even see if he can be broken.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira|Avira, Guardian of Light]]
|4
|Avira is of a group known as VALKYRI and is highly protective of the Maiden of Light. Her actions are those one would find of someone with a great deal of light in their heart. Protective. Caring. A true guardian. Thus the title I have written beside her name. Though I had trouble judging her heart, her actions spoke loud enough. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate the base for Valkyri. Keep an eye on her and the Maiden of Light.</strike> When handling the Maiden of Light, make sure these two are somehow apart or... trick them.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|3
|This Creature; Percival as Avira, Guardian of Light called him; is very noble and just. He has a strong heart, yet there is darkness there. Darkness that can be reached too and could corrupt him. Yet his will is strong enough that only when pushed does his heart seem to grow darker. His sword is also holds darkness in it as well. Possibly could be pushed the other way by the right hands.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Tifa Lockhart|Tifa]]
|3
|Strong Will. Good heart. A fist fighter I meet when assaulting Avira, Guardian of Light's home. Friend to Avira and Maira. Friend to Valkyri. Unknown if associated with or just ally of.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[TRON|Light 7]]
|4
|Much like Avira, Guardian of Light, this one is very protective. He is someone who remains in difference of others and comes across as one who could become relentless if pushed in that direction. May be related to Light 2. They have similar fighting weapons, but he wields two. They also "bleed" the same. If I would even call it blood. It is unknown what they are, though they look human.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Reno|Light 8]]
|2
|Light was in his heart, by what little at the time I could see of it. Light 8 however seem to enjoy hiding and running. Uses orbs to cast spells. Also yelled a great deal. A bit of an ego. Well require further testing, not enough sufficient data.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|4
|This man is a curious one. He calls himself also the King of Hobos. His heart is strange as it seems to be two hearts within one body. His primary heart is bright, the one dwarfed by this brightness is slightly darker. Yet his actions speak for either heart. He considered me to be Garland at first, then realized I was not due to another's correction. He also has the ability to reach for strands within the air. It is an interesting trick of sorcery. ''Personal Note:'' Research into his tricks with the threads. Find a means to defend from it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Serah Farron|Light 9]]
|4
|Light 9's heart is extremely bright and though she seems to enjoy attempting to mock, she is mostly harmless. She is perhaps the weaker of those I have faced so far, yet, perhaps in future time she will need to be re-evaluated to see if this continues to hold true or not. Including looking to see if she is possibly like the Maiden of Light. ''Personal Note:'' Like the Maiden of Light and Kyra. She enjoys using holy magic. She is a heavy magic caster. It seems the magic barrier of the armor can defend against it well enough. Further notes on this one will need to be obtained for proper evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Myla Mason|Light 10]]
|3
|Light 10 uses a form guns to do their attacking and seems to have the ability to conjure magic in the forms of water magic. They did not speak much. Unable to assess heavy data due to Dragoon Man, Kyra, and Will Sherman. ''Personal Note:'' Will need to locate and test further.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Darkness:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Dark level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Katyna|Dark 1]]
|1
|They are very low on the darkness side. She stated she was once corrupted by the darkness and she would never be again. She also hinted to the Shadow Lords. She is blind to the fact darkness is still within her, but she does attempt to play 'hero'.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar|Dark 2]]
|2
|A Dark Knight like myself who wields a powerful mace. He has darkness in his heart, but the light is also bright in it as he moves to defend those around him. Yet he does not care for others. His darkness may be like that of my own, yet there was hints that his darkness taps into another source of energy. I am sure we will meet again.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Robed Figure]]
|4
|Someone of darkness, a great deal of darkness that I have met by the will of his Majesty. This individual seems very interested in studying my own darkness of heart. I do not know the reasons for these tests, nor do I care to know. If it be by his Emperor's will, then it will be done.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Leida|Dark 3]]
|3
|Her heart is of darkness. Was given the chance to run, yet she decided to remain with those of Light. She continued to fight by her side. Though I was going to score her level lower, I do believe she desired my death. ''Personal Note:'' Locate and Punish. If she desired my life dead, she may desire my Emperor's life. That is not an option.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|2
|Lady Laradyne is my Emperor's guest within the Castle of Palamecia. Her heart is clouded with darkness, yet there is still light in it. Her actions are confusing. She is capable of "fake" emotions, which are hard to detect. If she is capable of these, then so could others. It is a trick I will need to study further in spare time. I can not let these "fake" emotions mislead my gathering of information. ''Personal Note:'' She seems to have a desire to push her luck. I believe she hopes to gain an emotional response from me that is equal to her own. She will be disappointed each time.
|}

'''The Number Levels:''' 
0: Neutral 
1: Minimal 
2: Low 
3: Medium 
4: High 
5: Extreme

= Leon Dossier =
''There is a dark brown leather book here. There is nothing special about it on the first page it says simply: Owner is Leonhart. If you find this or are given this. Please keep it safe until I return, as I may have been reclaimed by the devil and I want to make sure I forever remember all those with what time I have.''

''OOC: This works just like the Dark Knight's. HAVE FUN!''

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those To Remember:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Friend Level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|5+
|Rena is <strike>a trusted friend to mine.. maybe..</strike> even more to me then I had thought. She has accepted me, showed me how to live for the moment, and can take away the pain when it hurts the most. Yet sometimes, she isn't enough to stop the memories from coming back. She does have a beautiful voice though. I could listen to it for hours. Is it possible that maybe I.. hmm. I think I could be.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira]]
|4+
|Maira is some girl that, somehow, freed me from Mateus' control. I don't know how, but it has something to do with the Light, the darkness of my heart, and other things. I apparently hunted her down as the Dark Knight rather often. I just-- don't remember doing it. She has continued to stand by my side. Even now is getting ready to go to Palamecia with me. I.. wish.. damn'it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Emperor Mateus]]
|5-
|I am going to kill him. I swear by my sister's name and all those who died in Fynn. I do not care if Fynn is slowly coming to love him. He will DIE. 
<strike>DIEDIEDIEDIEDIE. Give me back my sister you B...</strike>
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|2+
|Some dude that was there on the battlefield when I was freed. Ran into him later in the Wildcat Cafe where I met Rena for the first time. Don't know much about him, he does owe me a drink however... 
Note to self - Find him. Get that drink when you get back to your old self. Unless he is dead. Then pull him out of the grave, get that drink, and stick him back in grave.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira]]
|3+
|Not bad gal. Kinda nice. Very protective of Maira. Can't.. really write much about her. I do love her sword though.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|0-
|This guy.. is a real something. Looks like a devil. That is all. <strike>(and I am going to be stuck with him going to Palamecia!)</strike>
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar]]
|2+
|I don't know much about this guy, but he seems to know his stuff. Apparently hits like a blacksmith forging steel if what he did to Percival is any indication. Also protective of Maira. Seems-- he may know some things too. 
After further conversations I-- have come to really respect this guy. I can.. honestly respect a man who will protect the one he loves and no matter what anyone says, will stand by them. Just wish I could have come to know him better.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Riku]]
|2+
|I apparently, yet again, have history with this kid due to the Dark Knight. I don't know much about him, but it seems we share a similar issue. Though his has changed, while mine still remains the same. <strike>He-- is, no, was right though. In some ways. He was right. Yet. The path is set. I know what I have to do. It will-- just take time to do it.</strike> Maybe-- I should ask him to.. no. No need to get anyone involved in my personal matters.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Morrighan Alazne|Witch]]
|4-
|I may be going back to Palamecia. I may be returning back to the Dark Knight, but if i find out when I return that you harmed Maira in anyway. So help me witch.. Maybe if I am lucky, the Dark Knight will take you out FOR ME.
|}

= Fact Book =
This is more for ooc knowledge, unless RP has brought this out or I have given consent that your character may know specific points already. More will be added in due time.

* He is the Military Commander
* Extremely loyal to Emperor Mateus
* "Second in Command" of the Palamecian Empire (but only as Military Command)
* Is seen as Inhuman
* Believed to maybe be a Golem of Darkness (though some who have seen him as Leon may know the truth)
* Shows no display of pain
* Doesn't show much of any emotion
* May not get along with Borghen (who is the other "Second in Command" and is more a "face" for the public and diplomats)
* The Dark Knight is Leon
* His Heart is locked from all light (but can be pierced by a Dusk Princess or breached by a Princess of Heart)
* His Memory is also locked (beyond what Mateus wanted him to know)
* He comes from Fynn
* Was Mateus first experiment in tapping into darkness of people's hearts
* Can sense the Light in someone.
* Can also sense the Darkness.
* Doesn't really use magic, but darkness itself.
* The only way to 'break' Leon out from his locked state requires three components: A Keyblade, Princes of Heart, and his sister.
* Even if 'freed', there is a very strong possibility he would go back to Mateus or be devoured by the darkness after a time.
* First time 'freed' was because Will weakened the binds and Maira had her opening then to push enough Light into his heart.
* As Leon he has no memories of what the Dark Knight has done.
* As the Dark Knight, he has no memories of what Leon has done.
* He is dominantly left handed.
* Born under the Zodiac Sign of the Capricorn.
* He is Type O. Which means, that he can donate his blood to anyone, but can only take Blood O - He be screwed if he has blood lose issues.
* Leon himself (not as the Dark Knight) believes he is cursed and the only way to break it, is by Mateus death - Though it could mean his own.

= Roleplay Hooks =
== The Dark Knight ==
* '''Wielder of Light'''
** Anyone who has good in there heart and is willing to fight for justice. The Dark Knight is willing to come for you.
* '''Wielder of Darkness'''
** Anyone who has evil in there heart and is willing to fight for injustice. The Dark Knight is curious on a study the level of power of those who, like himself, wield the darkness and by how much.
* '''Conflict'''
** Any form of Conflict be it good or evil, may bring the Dark Knight out to come investigate, if not take part in.
* '''Keyblade'''
** The Keyblade is a summoning force while it is active. The Dark Knight is attracted to it. He may come seek you out.

== Leon ==
For when Leon is out of the box, he is pretty much open to whatever and however. I also have no problems with people wanting to attack him due to what he has done as the Dark Knight. So feel free to make him pay for his transactions -- even if he doesn't remember them!

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Leon

2013-06-07T19:56:14Z

Foxfirestorm: /* Leon Dossier */

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Dark
|lastname=Knight
|age=???
|image=DarkKnight_eudetenis2.jpg
|imageoptions=300px
|caption=Palamecia's Finest
|species=Human?
|sex=Male
|height=6'4"
|weight=Average
|series=Final Fantasy 2
|styles=DK, Palamecian Knights
|hometown=???
|alignment=Forces of Ruin
|group=Palamecian Empire
|occupation=Military Commander
|themesong=Whispers In The Dark - Skillet
|quote="I do as his majesty commands."
|footer=Testing those of light to see there true strength.
}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Character Sheet
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Profile:'''
|style="background-color: #071019;"|[[File:Leon_Vs_Firion.jpg|400px|center]]
|-
|The Dark Knight is one of the most loyal of minions of Emperor Mateus. He does not question the orders of his emperor, nor does he waver from what he has been requested to do. If his majesty wished it, the Dark Knight would even kill himself. The Dark Knight is known to be not only extremely loyal, but ruthlessly focused on the task he is given; but free to make his own decisions, so long as the goal is obtained. He has been given the command of Palamecia's military force, but typically does most requests without the aid of the dark hearted soldiers. The Dark Knight will stand before any who means his Emperor harm and he is not a man to turn your back on unless you are Mateus himself.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Skills:'''
|The Soundwave, The Good Minion, The Trusted Minion, Unlike Someone Else We Know, The Original Dark Knight, Locked By Darkness, No Light Shines Here, The Experiment, Not Squall
|}

= Information =
== History ==
The Dark Knight did not start out originally as Mateus loyal minion, no his starts come from that of the once nation of Fynn before Palamecia took it over there. There he was the older brother to his sister, a good friend of their friends they shared in common, and had a strong devotion to make sure his sister could have the best life an older brother could give her.

His name back then, was Leon. The loving brother, who worked the jobs he could work, did all that he could do, and brought what he could to the table so that his sister would not have to worry much on concerns; beyond perhaps the fear that he may be pushing himself to hard. He loved his sister, he loved her dearly and when things were at there worse, they knew they could depend on one another.

Yet Fynn soon fell to the mighty of Palamecia. Not on its own, but thanks to a man who sold out the nation. Leon quickly met up with their two other friends and all of them, these four brave souls, attempted to escape from the falling Fynn. Yet as they made there way out, they ran into Palamecian forces and were all knocked unconscious. However an unknown party intercepted the Palamecian force and were able to save the other three, but it was to late for Leon. He was already captured and being taken away, where his life's fate would be changed forever.

The brave warrior who fought to protect his sister, to protect his two friends from being captured, yet failed, was brought before the Emperor of Palamecia; Mateus. It was in this very moment of there meeting was fate sealed, as this was the day that Leon's heart was locked away into darkness and with it his memories. Thus the birth of the Dark Knight and Palamecia's rule over Fynn.

Now under the command of Emperor Mateus, the Dark Knight become the loyal servant to do out his master's wishes. Many times he was sent out to run interference against Wild Rose Rebellion, along with act as a barrier to any actions they attempted to take against Palamecia.

The largest project that was given to the Dark Knight was the construction of the airship known as the Dreadnought. This massive ship was to be the very war vessel that Emperor Mateus would use to command his fleet from the air and rain down terror from high above in the skies. Yet near the end of the Project, the Dark Knight was "called away" and Borghen completed what was needed to be done; Though the Dark Knight was still making some calls from behind the scenes.

The second project was making sure that those of the Wild Rose Rebelion would be tricked into arriving at the proper location on the completion of the Dreadnought in hopes that they could sabotage the massive warship. However as Mateus had planned and the Dark Knight stood back to watch along side his Majesty. Not only did the youths fall perfectly for the trap, but there plan was foiled.

From there the Dark Knight watched as the heartless started to consume their world, yet also observed as some fragments remained, not completely taken by the darkness. He observed along side his master as they fragments joined with what was known as World of Ruin. There he was given his orders to call back the troops and for all to return back to Palamecia.

This is where the Dark Knight has resided since the fall. Overseeing the training of the troops and making sure that the Imperial Force is ready for combat when the time comes. Yet the time soon comes where his Majesty will desire to move out, or even send the loyal commander of the Palamecian army to handle matters dealing with the outside world.

For when this time comes, the Dark Knight will be ready.
=== Recent Events ===
After a meeting with his [[Emperor Mateus|Emperor]], the Dark Knight was given his orders at which to follow ([[Imperial Order]]). He was to go out not tied to [[Palamecian Empire]], but as a rogue element seeking his own personal agenda. While playing this game of 'personal agenda' all that he found, fought, and spoken with was to be recorded. This reporting all information back to his majesty.

After gather a small group of men, the Dark Knight set sail across the ocean to Luca, a country that wasn't to far. While the men set camp after the voyage, the Dark Knight went into the city square and decided to make his presence known ([[The Search Is On]]). Here he fought four individuals (including a dog), in order to not only test his own abilities in combat, but to see what the Heroes of Light were able to do for his own.

These results were filed down after the fight and the Dark Knight continues his search. This lead him into the outskirts of Traverse Town, along one of the beaches. On his arrival here he found that this area has a dense population of people, but also Heroes of Light were to be found here as well. It was in this very location did he at last run into someone with such a bright heart, that he dubbed her the Maiden of Light ([[Lets Light The Sky]]). The battle however here was a fearsome one and left his armor is disrepair, forcing him to return home.

Back in Palamecia the armor was repaired and Emperor Mateus performed the ritual to bring out the Dark Knight's own darkness into the very armor he wears ([[Reforging Darkness]]). Imbuing the armor with that very darkness in order to bind it to the Dark Knight himself. Yet there is always a price to pay for when tapping into the Darkness of the heart. A quenchable hunger that battles for control within him.

This lead him to not only steal an airship with passengers on board, but to restock supplies while in Fluorgis. While in the city he ran into two others of light and another of darkness similar to himself ([[Knights of Shadow]]). After the conflict, he escaped onto the stolen airship where he then decided to feed that gnawing hunger that came from the rush after the battle ([[Darkness Cometh]]) and makes his way once more to another location to continue his research.

While moving across one the deserts and allowing his men to stretch their legs, The Dark Knight came across the Archadian forces looking for several of their own, including one he had found alive. In this little encounter he not only met one of the Judge Magisters, but including spotting a young lad that he did not think he would ever see again ([[Search And Rescue]]).

After the short meeting, the group returned to their airship once the Archadian Fleet left the area and decided to dock the ship for the time in Fynn. Where the Dark Knight left to the restocking of supplies to his men. However he ran across two familiar faces, including the one that seems impossible to corrupt. He once again attempts to corrupt her ([[Unlikely Crossing]]), but her bright heart refuses his attempt.

The only piece of information the Dark Knight leaves for them as they part ways is that he will becoming to say hello to her family. A warning he will carry out. However before such a warning can be done. His presence is requested by to Palamecia where he meets a very strange individual. A robed figure who had made a deal with his Emperor. By agreement of this deal, the Dark Knight allowed the individual to test the level of his own Darkness, yet the test was almost to much ([[Initial Findings]]) and though with some rest, along with a secret given task, it may be what set him up for his next hard falling.

The Dark Knight then went to Traverse Town where he went to hunt down the two he gave his warning too. He told them he would find their family and so he did. As such he was met with resistance, but also Maira's own natural light; the very light that refuses to be corrupted; nearly broke him apart ([[Knock Knock]]). He was able to escape; barely; with his own life. Along with due to the extent of how badly he was weakened, he took several days to recover.

Yet during this recovery he met a fascinating guest ([[The Guest of Palamecia]]) within the castle walls, who decided to repay him a visit that same evening in attempt to see if she could get a solid emotional response out of him ([[Cats and Canaries]]), along with maybe solve a bit of a riddle as to why he holds no name.

By the next morning, the Dark Knight was ready for duty once more and set off once again to seek out those to be tested and to hunt down a few individuals. This brought him to not only having conversations with a young boy looking for a Behemoth ([[Darkness In The Woods]]), but later finding himself in Cornelia where he met the most unusual of men in his testing run ([[We Like...]]); Will Sherman.

Will Sherman was able to nearly break the very dark bindings on the Dark Knight, causing him to slowly start to be devoured by the very darkness within his heart. Attempting to slowly break the bindings that Mateus placed over the heart to lock both the man inside and his very memories; The very thing that protected him from the amount of Darkness he wielded.

This lead him to Wutai ([[Hidden Darkness, Crouching Ninja]]) where he indicated he would go next. However due to the weakening binds his hunger for the light was growing even greater and individuals' hearts were taken to feed this deep hunger. Yet the heroes were able to push him away thanks to a brave girls actions with a massive fire work.

Yet the Dark Knight did not stop there. He soon hunted down Maira once more in his falling state. Coming for her very powerful light, almost being drawn to it like a beast he was slowly becoming ([[The Clash Of Balance]]). This lead to an epic battle between Light and Darkness over the Dark Knight's heart between Mateus and Maira. 
In the end, the Dark Knight's seal that protected his heart was restored, but Maira was able to draw out the man behind the 'mask'. She was able to draw out Leon. Yet, Mateus did not seem overly upset by this which has lead to the questions as to why.

Just what is Mateus planning and how much of it is for something far darker in store? Leon plans to find out, no matter how deep he must dig to get those answers. So hunting Leon goes for those answers and finding himself in some of the most unusual places as he looks for the answers...

== Personality ==
What remains of Leon is nothing but a mere vessel for the darkness that has engulfed around the locked man's heart. As whom ever he was in the past is seemingly impossible to reach or even recover from Mateus dark hold.

Yet as the Dark Knight, he knows only true loyalty to his master. To his Emperor. For the Dark Knight will fight all he stands in the Emperor's way and he will defend his Majesty with his dieing breath. The Dark Knight will risk everything if it means to make Mateus happy and for this, he is known as perhaps the most loyal and trustworthy of Mateus' minions.

Whatever Mateus orders is carried out with the best efficiency that the Dark Knight can provide and he will not stray to far from the order given. Though he will at times side step slightly, only if it means to achieve the goal even quicker then by more straight direction. This makes him resourceful at whatever task he is given and good at observing situations before leaping head long into them.

Yet if the Dark Knight believes he must jump head long into something, there is perhaps good reasons behind sudden hasty actions. Perhaps because someone got to close to the truth or someone is to close to mucking up future plans for his Majesty.

The Dark Knight also doesn't just simply wonder around. If he is seen about, even with no desire for harm. One can figure he is there on the Emperor's order, or even request. As there are times where the Dark Knight acts as the eyes and ears for Mateus. Where he goes where the Emperor does not wish to go, or just does not see the need for his presence to be there personally. As such there are even times the Dark Knight acts as Emperor Mateus messenger.

In Combat the Dark Knight is ruthless and relentless. He will hunt someone down to the ends of the Earth if that is his orders and he will never give up the chase, no matter how many times he is defeated until Emperor Mateus tells him to cease. The only time to Dark Knight will pull back for a time, if the enemy he faces has put grieve enough wounds into him where he could never complete the task until after he rests. So rest he will, before he goes back out once more to find the target yet again.

In regard to others, including outsiders. One could figure that the Dark Knight cares little for anyone beyond Emperor Mateus. If he does show concern for the troops, it is because that is what he must do as there commander. Yet if one of them was to slack off, they would get the wraith of the Dark Knight before someone could snap there finger; Unless the finger belonged to Mateus.

Those not of Palamecia will find the Dark Knight most likely a cold figure to stare upon. As he cares little for the outside world or the people within it. They will all become, after all, servants to his master, or they will perish in the fire of Palamecia's might. Thus if someone can get him to actually hold a conversation, they may find his words cruel, uncaring, and extremely cold.

The Dark Knight is indeed a shadow of Leon and could remain such for all time, so long as Mateus lives.

== Power Set ==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Abilities:
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Portals:'''
|The Dark Knight is nothing but darkness. The man he once was, was locked up tight by Emperor Mateus as his first turned. His heart sealed away, so nothing but darkness may reach his being and no memories of his former self to be free to seek the light. As being so in touch with the darkness. He is able to conjure a dark portal at which he can either enter from or escape into. He can not however conjure a portal under someone else. So if he wishes to transport someone, he must take hold of them, and then portal them both at the same time. It should be noted that the Dark Knight can not use his Dark Portal like the Shadow Lord's can use theirs to jump worlds. His portals only work in the very world he is in. As example: He can jump from Palamecia to Fluorgis, but he can not jump from Palamecia to Traverse Town. He also must explore an area before he can portal hop to that location, so unless he has been there, he can't just magically appear
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Mist:'''
|The Dark Mist is a field that surrounds his feet and follows him as he walks. Though it is rather harmless, but only a display of how deep the darkness is in this Dark Knight of Mateus'. In some of his attacks he draws from this mist in order to conjure some of his dark spells. More details will be explained in that in the actions section.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Blade:'''
|The Soul Blade is a dark weapon forged of darkness and steel. Though it looks like a normal blade, when it falls from the hands of the Dark Knight it vanishes into dark mist and can be summoned also by the Dark Knight's will. As such the blade is tunned to its master and is believe it can not be turned against Emperor Mateus. Yet thanks to the fact no one else can wield the weapon, the knowledge is unknown. The Soul Blade is also able too when given enough dark energy piece into someone's life essence and drain them of it, replenishing the Dark Knight's own. As such, this is covered more in the actions section. This weapon was also given to him by Mateus, further strengthening the concept that the blade could never be used against its creator.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Armor:'''
|The Shadow Armor is the very armor the Dark Knight wears and is never seen out of it. The very armor is powered by his darkness within and by magical properties place on it by Mateus' himself. As such the damage done to it, comes out like dark mist strikes. Blades, magic, and even bullets will cause it to spew out dark mist, before the armor attempts to regenerate itself. A powerful enough attack however can crack, if not break the armor, and get to the flesh of the Dark Knight's skin below. The Armor itself was designed by Emperor Mateus for his Military Commander. The damage is not easy to fix though when the armor is inflicted. As it takes not only the proper smiths, but Mateus to imbue the armor once more with the dark magic. The Armor may also be designed this way, to not only give the Dark Knight extra protection while in combat, but to also give the illusion that he no mere human under the armor. So those who do not understand what is going on, may seem him as a monster or one of the puppets Mateus has summoned out of darkness itself.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Blink:'''
|The Dark Knight can stand in one place, then swiftly move to another location with a poof of dark mist. This ability allows him to quickly close in the distance on someone attempting to escape or to use this ability in order to close the distance quickly in combat situations. However Shadow Blink only works in line of sight situations and he can not move someone using this method, only himself. He also can not blink through walls, as the room beyond the wall is not visible. The only way it may seem he can do this, is by virtue of seeing through a window and thus continuing to stick to the fact it must be line of sight.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Dark Portal Locations:
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''World of Ruin:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Central Isles:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Northern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Eastern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Southern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Western Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|-
|Luca Wutai Port Wutai City
|Castle Palamecia Mountainside Giza Plains Carwen
|Fluorgis Bare Desert Dalmascan Sands
|Targ Woods
|Fynn Tramdine Fens Phantom Forest Cornelia
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Traverse Area:'''
|-
|Outskirts Bodhum Beach District 2 District 3 VALKYRI HQ
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Phantasia:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Manhattan:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Roving Islands:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Land of Dragons:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Old Kingdom:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Arabian Nights:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''New Orleans:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''The Pride Lands:''
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Action Commands:
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Vigor:'''
|Using the dark mist that surrounds him, the Dark Knight can pull on this very darkness and use it to repair the dark armor that he wears, to even using the darkness to burn his skin back to close. Sometimes this is used at the beginning of a battle to ready the armor for combat, giving the armor its almost 'organic' like actions when it is cut into, but then seems to 'heal' back up. When in reality what the weapon hit was the dark mist layered over the armor.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Armor:'''
|The dark mist rises up and aids in enforcing the armor, increases its structure density in order to make it harder to be broken through and giving it added protection from physical strikes.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Aura:'''
|The dark mist rises up and increases the magic shielding that the darkness imbued armor already provides and increasing the defense that the armor provides from magical attacks.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulflay:'''
|The Dark Knight uses his Soul Blade to strike through a person with a quick slice of his blade. The edge of the sword becoming almost invisible as it passes through the target. The dark magic then bending into the essence of the individual, attempting to bring a curse upon their being, along with as the blade passes out to give them a ghostly cut.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Sword of Darkness:'''
|Sword of Darkness is a channeling attack, where he empowers the Soul Blade with further dark energy. He then slams the blade into a magical rune under his feet, before a massive dark blade springs forth from the ground under his target, attempting to trap them in the dark crystalline blade, freezing them for a moment, before shattering.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Drain:'''
|The Soul Blade is impaled into the target, where it takes a ghostly image, then as he rips the blade back out, it attempts to tear at there living essence, weakening there ability to cast powerful spells.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Essence Drain:'''
|Essence Drain works much like Soul drain, but instead it attempts to drain the very strength from the person, weakening there physical strength, instead of magical focus.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulreaver:'''
|Soulreaver turns the Soul Blade into a dark blue blazing sword, which he then attempts to jab, if not impale the blade into an individual. The very blade attempts to strike into the persons very being and drain them of there very life force to replenish the Dark Knight's own. This can also be down by passing swipes while the blade is glowing dark blue.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Netherblast:'''
|Netherblast is channeling the very energy of the sword, before slashing at the air itself. These slashes send out a dark wave of energy in the shape of blade slashes that travel across the air before they hit a target. On impact they have the ability to not only cut an individual, but also infect them with darkness, that eats at them over time until the magic effect fades away.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Deep Darkness:'''
|Deep Darkness is where the Dark Knight creates field of darkness by via his mist field that reaches out for his attended target and can send them both down into the very ground below, or can be used to pull a target down to him with tendrils of darkness into watery darkness substance. This substance remains under the person if they can not resist the effect, making them weak to darkness magic until the substance dries up from the ground below turning back into black mist.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Darkness:'''
|The Dark Knight summons the dark mist that follows his every move and then sends it outward across the field for his attended target or targets. The darkness then blinds the target from any movement that the Dark Knight is about to perform, causing them also feel sluggish and slow.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Souleater:'''
|The Dark Knight leaps out of the darkness. The Soulblade glowing bright blue, before he strikes the very ground into a emblem on the ground. Then from the very sky, a massive crystalline of the soul blade emerges and goes to slam down on the attended target, trying to capture them in the crystalline blade. Before flickering brightly with dark electricity, thus draining there life essence to repair the Dark Knight's own. Then on the spell is complete, the giant crystalline sword shatters into dark blue wisps.
|}

= Dark Knight Dossier =
''Here lies a book with a strange crest upon its leather bound surface. Within this book are pages marked by one of two tabs. Upon these tabbed pages are notations of those encountered by the owner of this book...''

''OOC Notice:'' All levels are subject to change during the course of RP. These levels are determined by what your character does, says, and how they handle themselves in a given situation and are cumulative points. Welcome to Bioshock Morality Mini Game - Final Kingdoms style.

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Light:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Light level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Soan Sagittarius|Dragoon Man]]
|4
|A Dragoon who seems to be a 'hero' of sorts and has some sense of honor. It seems <strike>Light 1</strike> Kyra Hyral regards him as a champion by how she acts when he appeared. A very good combatant who likes to go up into the skies and then come downward to strike hard. Also is able to breath a type of steam fire. First sighting in Luca. On Further evaluation, he is able to breath out several forms of elements and seems to be known by several. His reputation is highly known. He could perhaps be much like the Wild Rose leader. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>I will find him again and test him alone to evaluate his true strength. Even if it means capturing Light 1 to do so.</strike> It may be possible to fight him alone without the capture of Kyra Hyral. This will have to be seen.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Kyra Hyral]]
|3
|A White mage who seems to be a fan of Dragoon Man. If she did not shout his name, I would not have caught it. She attempted to stop me with some courage in my address in Luca. As a healer, she is able to conjure holy magic. However she seems to not be of the normal caster group and carries vials on her that are of some alchemy nature. Like typical class mages however, she does not care for combat. Very fragile. I was able to obtain one of her vials for further study. ''Personal Note:'' She has a great deal of magic within her. Untapped magic. Also lack of true control over it. Fascinating. Though while fighting her in Cornelia, she seem to display some signs of learning since our last encounter. Excellent.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Deelel|Light 2]]
|3
|Light 2 was first found in Luca. A female warrior who uses a chakram and does not come across a standard person. She has some manners of heroics, but does not seem comfortable with close combat confrontation. Her body also broke up in appearance of light on high damage and her scream of pain was not really human. There is not enough information to work with yet.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Mutt]]
|4
|A dog that belongs to Light 3. Very annoying. Light 3 seems to use it with there own form of attacks. The two are a tag team and work together to create distraction.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Light 3]]
|2
|A Ninja by the looks of out fitting and forms of attack. They use there Mutt in order to help them in combat. My ideal of where they may be on the light chart could be off, but for now, this seems to be a good assumption based on assassin types. First ran into at Luca.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira|Maira, Maiden of Light]]
|5
|A female fire caster mage who has a very bright heart of light. Her choices during the battle have succeeded others and have shown little ability of corruption at this juncture. She was met in Bodhum Beach on the world of Traverse Town. Met her again several more times. Her light is bright, dangerous, can pierce into darkness. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate her again soon for more testing. Civil testing.</strike> Careful when dealing with this one. Though caring and not wishing to fight. Her light is powerful.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Evja|Light 4]]
|3
|This female viera is a dragoon, with good attentions, but their heart is corrupted by there need of battle or perhaps by there simple lack of understanding. When presented with a chance of mercy, they continued the fight. Meet at Bodhum Beach as well.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Minerva|Light 5]]
|3
|A Monk who fights with some light, some darkness, and some elemental. A strong female fighter, yet I was not able to obtain enough data on them to fully be sure where they stand. Her performance outside of Valkyri spoke more about herself. It is possible that her heart could be growing stronger in the light. Need further evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Ramza Beoulve|Ramza]]
|4
|Ramza was the name Light 6 cried out in his defense. He requested that I spare those in battle and end the madness. On first conversation, he showed manners similar to that of Dragoon Man and what is to be expected from those strong of light. He also has use of some elemental and some holy based attacks. Including the ability to heal. A very well rounded individual in combat.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Artemis Eurus|Light 6]]
|3
|Light 6 seems to be trying to act as Ramza's bodyguard, even though he protected her. Her heart was hard to pick up on as if she has the ability to mask it. This could be my mistake due distraction by Ramza's own heart and there proximity. Yet what I was able to see, she was indeed someone of light.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Zargabaath|Judge Magister Zargabaath]]
|3
|A man of honor who seems to care deeply for his men. Perhaps to the point to even risk his life for them. In our meeting he showed good faith by placing his weapons in the sand. Leaving himself open for attack if I so desired. Though perhaps I could raise him higher on the scale, until I can test him in combat, this is where he will remain. ''Personal Note:'' Find the means to get him alone to be tested. Perhaps even see if he can be broken.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira|Avira, Guardian of Light]]
|4
|Avira is of a group known as VALKYRI and is highly protective of the Maiden of Light. Her actions are those one would find of someone with a great deal of light in their heart. Protective. Caring. A true guardian. Thus the title I have written beside her name. Though I had trouble judging her heart, her actions spoke loud enough. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate the base for Valkyri. Keep an eye on her and the Maiden of Light.</strike> When handling the Maiden of Light, make sure these two are somehow apart or... trick them.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|3
|This Creature; Percival as Avira, Guardian of Light called him; is very noble and just. He has a strong heart, yet there is darkness there. Darkness that can be reached too and could corrupt him. Yet his will is strong enough that only when pushed does his heart seem to grow darker. His sword is also holds darkness in it as well. Possibly could be pushed the other way by the right hands.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Tifa Lockhart|Tifa]]
|3
|Strong Will. Good heart. A fist fighter I meet when assaulting Avira, Guardian of Light's home. Friend to Avira and Maira. Friend to Valkyri. Unknown if associated with or just ally of.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[TRON|Light 7]]
|4
|Much like Avira, Guardian of Light, this one is very protective. He is someone who remains in difference of others and comes across as one who could become relentless if pushed in that direction. May be related to Light 2. They have similar fighting weapons, but he wields two. They also "bleed" the same. If I would even call it blood. It is unknown what they are, though they look human.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Reno|Light 8]]
|2
|Light was in his heart, by what little at the time I could see of it. Light 8 however seem to enjoy hiding and running. Uses orbs to cast spells. Also yelled a great deal. A bit of an ego. Well require further testing, not enough sufficient data.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|4
|This man is a curious one. He calls himself also the King of Hobos. His heart is strange as it seems to be two hearts within one body. His primary heart is bright, the one dwarfed by this brightness is slightly darker. Yet his actions speak for either heart. He considered me to be Garland at first, then realized I was not due to another's correction. He also has the ability to reach for strands within the air. It is an interesting trick of sorcery. ''Personal Note:'' Research into his tricks with the threads. Find a means to defend from it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Serah Farron|Light 9]]
|4
|Light 9's heart is extremely bright and though she seems to enjoy attempting to mock, she is mostly harmless. She is perhaps the weaker of those I have faced so far, yet, perhaps in future time she will need to be re-evaluated to see if this continues to hold true or not. Including looking to see if she is possibly like the Maiden of Light. ''Personal Note:'' Like the Maiden of Light and Kyra. She enjoys using holy magic. She is a heavy magic caster. It seems the magic barrier of the armor can defend against it well enough. Further notes on this one will need to be obtained for proper evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Myla Mason|Light 10]]
|3
|Light 10 uses a form guns to do their attacking and seems to have the ability to conjure magic in the forms of water magic. They did not speak much. Unable to assess heavy data due to Dragoon Man, Kyra, and Will Sherman. ''Personal Note:'' Will need to locate and test further.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Darkness:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Dark level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Katyna|Dark 1]]
|1
|They are very low on the darkness side. She stated she was once corrupted by the darkness and she would never be again. She also hinted to the Shadow Lords. She is blind to the fact darkness is still within her, but she does attempt to play 'hero'.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar|Dark 2]]
|2
|A Dark Knight like myself who wields a powerful mace. He has darkness in his heart, but the light is also bright in it as he moves to defend those around him. Yet he does not care for others. His darkness may be like that of my own, yet there was hints that his darkness taps into another source of energy. I am sure we will meet again.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Robed Figure]]
|4
|Someone of darkness, a great deal of darkness that I have met by the will of his Majesty. This individual seems very interested in studying my own darkness of heart. I do not know the reasons for these tests, nor do I care to know. If it be by his Emperor's will, then it will be done.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Leida|Dark 3]]
|3
|Her heart is of darkness. Was given the chance to run, yet she decided to remain with those of Light. She continued to fight by her side. Though I was going to score her level lower, I do believe she desired my death. ''Personal Note:'' Locate and Punish. If she desired my life dead, she may desire my Emperor's life. That is not an option.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|2
|Lady Laradyne is my Emperor's guest within the Castle of Palamecia. Her heart is clouded with darkness, yet there is still light in it. Her actions are confusing. She is capable of "fake" emotions, which are hard to detect. If she is capable of these, then so could others. It is a trick I will need to study further in spare time. I can not let these "fake" emotions mislead my gathering of information. ''Personal Note:'' She seems to have a desire to push her luck. I believe she hopes to gain an emotional response from me that is equal to her own. She will be disappointed each time.
|}

'''The Number Levels:''' 
0: Neutral 
1: Minimal 
2: Low 
3: Medium 
4: High 
5: Extreme

= Leon Dossier =
''There is a dark brown leather book here. There is nothing special about it on the first page it says simply: Owner is Leonhart. If you find this or are given this. Please keep it safe until I return, as I may have been reclaimed by the devil and I want to make sure I forever remember all those with what time I have.''

''OOC: This works just like the Dark Knight's. HAVE FUN!''

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those To Remember:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Friend Level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|5+
|Rena is <strike>a trusted friend to mine.. maybe..</strike> even more to me then I had thought. She has accepted me, showed me how to live for the moment, and can take away the pain when it hurts the most. Yet sometimes, she isn't enough to stop the memories from coming back. She does have a beautiful voice though. I could listen to it for hours. Is it possible that maybe I.. hmm. I think I could be.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira]]
|4+
|Maira is some girl that, somehow, freed me from Mateus' control. I don't know how, but it has something to do with the Light, the darkness of my heart, and other things. I apparently hunted her down as the Dark Knight rather often. I just-- don't remember doing it. She has continued to stand by my side. Even now is getting ready to go to Palamecia with me. I.. wish.. damn'it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Emperor Mateus]]
|5-
|I am going to kill him. I swear by my sister's name and all those who died in Fynn. I do not care if Fynn is slowly coming to love him. He will DIE. 
<strike>DIEDIEDIEDIEDIE. Give me back my sister you B...</strike>
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|2+
|Some dude that was there on the battlefield when I was freed. Ran into him later in the Wildcat Cafe where I met Rena for the first time. Don't know much about him, he does owe me a drink however... 
Note to self - Find him. Get that drink when you get back to your old self. Unless he is dead. Then pull him out of the grave, get that drink, and stick him back in grave.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira]]
|3+
|Not bad gal. Kinda nice. Very protective of Maira. Can't.. really write much about her. I do love her sword though.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|0-
|This guy.. is a real something. Looks like a devil. That is all. <strike>(and I am going to be stuck with him going to Palamecia!)</strike>
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar]]
|2+
|I don't know much about this guy, but he seems to know his stuff. Apparently hits like a blacksmith forging steel if what he did to Percival is any indication. Also protective of Maira. Seems-- he may know some things too. 
After further conversations I-- have come to really respect this guy. I can.. honestly respect a man who will protect the one he loves and no matter what anyone says, will stand by them. Just wish I could have come to know him better.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Riku]]
|2+
|I apparently, yet again, have history with this kid due to the Dark Knight. I don't know much about him, but it seems we share a similar issue. Though his has changed, while mine still remains the same. <strike>He-- is, no, was right though. In some ways. He was right. Yet. The path is set. I know what I have to do. It will-- just take time to do it.</strike> Maybe-- I should ask him to.. no. No need to get anyone involved in my personal matters.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Morrighan Alazne|Witch]]
|4-
|I may be going back to Palamecia. I may be returning back to the Dark Knight, but if i find out when I return that you harmed Maira in anyway. So help me witch.. Maybe if I am lucky, the Dark Knight will take you out FOR ME.
|}

= Fact Book =
This is more for ooc knowledge, unless RP has brought this out or I have given consent that your character may know specific points already. More will be added in due time.

* He is the Military Commander
* Extremely loyal to Emperor Mateus
* "Second in Command" of the Palamecian Empire (but only as Military Command)
* Is seen as Inhuman
* Believed to maybe be a Golem of Darkness
* Shows no display of pain
* Doesn't show much of any emotion
* May not get along with Borghen (who is the other "Second in Command" and is more a "face" for the public and diplomats)
* The Dark Knight is Leon
* His Heart is locked from all light (but can be pierced by a Dusk Princess or breached by a Princess of Heart)
* His Memory is also locked (beyond what Mateus wanted him to know)
* He comes from Fynn
* Was Mateus first experiment in tapping into darkness of people's hearts
* Can sense the Light in someone.
* Can also sense the Darkness.
* Doesn't really use magic, but darkness itself.
* The only way to 'break' Leon out from his locked state requires three components: A Keyblade, Princes of Heart, and his sister.
* Even if 'freed', there is a very strong possibility he would go back to Mateus or be devoured by the darkness after a time.
* First time 'freed' was because Will weakened the binds and Maira had her opening then to push enough Light into his heart.
* As Leon he has no memories of what the Dark Knight has done.
* As the Dark Knight, he has no memories of what Leon has done.
* He is dominantly left handed.
* Born under the Zodiac Sign of the Capricorn.
* He is Type O. Which means, that he can donate his blood to anyone, but can only take Blood O - He be screwed if he has blood lose issues.

= Roleplay Hooks =
== The Dark Knight ==
* '''Wielder of Light'''
** Anyone who has good in there heart and is willing to fight for justice. The Dark Knight is willing to come for you.
* '''Wielder of Darkness'''
** Anyone who has evil in there heart and is willing to fight for injustice. The Dark Knight is curious on a study the level of power of those who, like himself, wield the darkness and by how much.
* '''Conflict'''
** Any form of Conflict be it good or evil, may bring the Dark Knight out to come investigate, if not take part in.
* '''Keyblade'''
** The Keyblade is a summoning force while it is active. The Dark Knight is attracted to it. He may come seek you out.

== Leon ==
For when Leon is out of the box, he is pretty much open to whatever and however. I also have no problems with people wanting to attack him due to what he has done as the Dark Knight. So feel free to make him pay for his transactions -- even if he doesn't remember them!

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Leon

2013-06-07T19:53:27Z

Foxfirestorm: /* Leon Dossier */

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Dark
|lastname=Knight
|age=???
|image=DarkKnight_eudetenis2.jpg
|imageoptions=300px
|caption=Palamecia's Finest
|species=Human?
|sex=Male
|height=6'4"
|weight=Average
|series=Final Fantasy 2
|styles=DK, Palamecian Knights
|hometown=???
|alignment=Forces of Ruin
|group=Palamecian Empire
|occupation=Military Commander
|themesong=Whispers In The Dark - Skillet
|quote="I do as his majesty commands."
|footer=Testing those of light to see there true strength.
}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Character Sheet
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Profile:'''
|style="background-color: #071019;"|[[File:Leon_Vs_Firion.jpg|400px|center]]
|-
|The Dark Knight is one of the most loyal of minions of Emperor Mateus. He does not question the orders of his emperor, nor does he waver from what he has been requested to do. If his majesty wished it, the Dark Knight would even kill himself. The Dark Knight is known to be not only extremely loyal, but ruthlessly focused on the task he is given; but free to make his own decisions, so long as the goal is obtained. He has been given the command of Palamecia's military force, but typically does most requests without the aid of the dark hearted soldiers. The Dark Knight will stand before any who means his Emperor harm and he is not a man to turn your back on unless you are Mateus himself.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Skills:'''
|The Soundwave, The Good Minion, The Trusted Minion, Unlike Someone Else We Know, The Original Dark Knight, Locked By Darkness, No Light Shines Here, The Experiment, Not Squall
|}

= Information =
== History ==
The Dark Knight did not start out originally as Mateus loyal minion, no his starts come from that of the once nation of Fynn before Palamecia took it over there. There he was the older brother to his sister, a good friend of their friends they shared in common, and had a strong devotion to make sure his sister could have the best life an older brother could give her.

His name back then, was Leon. The loving brother, who worked the jobs he could work, did all that he could do, and brought what he could to the table so that his sister would not have to worry much on concerns; beyond perhaps the fear that he may be pushing himself to hard. He loved his sister, he loved her dearly and when things were at there worse, they knew they could depend on one another.

Yet Fynn soon fell to the mighty of Palamecia. Not on its own, but thanks to a man who sold out the nation. Leon quickly met up with their two other friends and all of them, these four brave souls, attempted to escape from the falling Fynn. Yet as they made there way out, they ran into Palamecian forces and were all knocked unconscious. However an unknown party intercepted the Palamecian force and were able to save the other three, but it was to late for Leon. He was already captured and being taken away, where his life's fate would be changed forever.

The brave warrior who fought to protect his sister, to protect his two friends from being captured, yet failed, was brought before the Emperor of Palamecia; Mateus. It was in this very moment of there meeting was fate sealed, as this was the day that Leon's heart was locked away into darkness and with it his memories. Thus the birth of the Dark Knight and Palamecia's rule over Fynn.

Now under the command of Emperor Mateus, the Dark Knight become the loyal servant to do out his master's wishes. Many times he was sent out to run interference against Wild Rose Rebellion, along with act as a barrier to any actions they attempted to take against Palamecia.

The largest project that was given to the Dark Knight was the construction of the airship known as the Dreadnought. This massive ship was to be the very war vessel that Emperor Mateus would use to command his fleet from the air and rain down terror from high above in the skies. Yet near the end of the Project, the Dark Knight was "called away" and Borghen completed what was needed to be done; Though the Dark Knight was still making some calls from behind the scenes.

The second project was making sure that those of the Wild Rose Rebelion would be tricked into arriving at the proper location on the completion of the Dreadnought in hopes that they could sabotage the massive warship. However as Mateus had planned and the Dark Knight stood back to watch along side his Majesty. Not only did the youths fall perfectly for the trap, but there plan was foiled.

From there the Dark Knight watched as the heartless started to consume their world, yet also observed as some fragments remained, not completely taken by the darkness. He observed along side his master as they fragments joined with what was known as World of Ruin. There he was given his orders to call back the troops and for all to return back to Palamecia.

This is where the Dark Knight has resided since the fall. Overseeing the training of the troops and making sure that the Imperial Force is ready for combat when the time comes. Yet the time soon comes where his Majesty will desire to move out, or even send the loyal commander of the Palamecian army to handle matters dealing with the outside world.

For when this time comes, the Dark Knight will be ready.
=== Recent Events ===
After a meeting with his [[Emperor Mateus|Emperor]], the Dark Knight was given his orders at which to follow ([[Imperial Order]]). He was to go out not tied to [[Palamecian Empire]], but as a rogue element seeking his own personal agenda. While playing this game of 'personal agenda' all that he found, fought, and spoken with was to be recorded. This reporting all information back to his majesty.

After gather a small group of men, the Dark Knight set sail across the ocean to Luca, a country that wasn't to far. While the men set camp after the voyage, the Dark Knight went into the city square and decided to make his presence known ([[The Search Is On]]). Here he fought four individuals (including a dog), in order to not only test his own abilities in combat, but to see what the Heroes of Light were able to do for his own.

These results were filed down after the fight and the Dark Knight continues his search. This lead him into the outskirts of Traverse Town, along one of the beaches. On his arrival here he found that this area has a dense population of people, but also Heroes of Light were to be found here as well. It was in this very location did he at last run into someone with such a bright heart, that he dubbed her the Maiden of Light ([[Lets Light The Sky]]). The battle however here was a fearsome one and left his armor is disrepair, forcing him to return home.

Back in Palamecia the armor was repaired and Emperor Mateus performed the ritual to bring out the Dark Knight's own darkness into the very armor he wears ([[Reforging Darkness]]). Imbuing the armor with that very darkness in order to bind it to the Dark Knight himself. Yet there is always a price to pay for when tapping into the Darkness of the heart. A quenchable hunger that battles for control within him.

This lead him to not only steal an airship with passengers on board, but to restock supplies while in Fluorgis. While in the city he ran into two others of light and another of darkness similar to himself ([[Knights of Shadow]]). After the conflict, he escaped onto the stolen airship where he then decided to feed that gnawing hunger that came from the rush after the battle ([[Darkness Cometh]]) and makes his way once more to another location to continue his research.

While moving across one the deserts and allowing his men to stretch their legs, The Dark Knight came across the Archadian forces looking for several of their own, including one he had found alive. In this little encounter he not only met one of the Judge Magisters, but including spotting a young lad that he did not think he would ever see again ([[Search And Rescue]]).

After the short meeting, the group returned to their airship once the Archadian Fleet left the area and decided to dock the ship for the time in Fynn. Where the Dark Knight left to the restocking of supplies to his men. However he ran across two familiar faces, including the one that seems impossible to corrupt. He once again attempts to corrupt her ([[Unlikely Crossing]]), but her bright heart refuses his attempt.

The only piece of information the Dark Knight leaves for them as they part ways is that he will becoming to say hello to her family. A warning he will carry out. However before such a warning can be done. His presence is requested by to Palamecia where he meets a very strange individual. A robed figure who had made a deal with his Emperor. By agreement of this deal, the Dark Knight allowed the individual to test the level of his own Darkness, yet the test was almost to much ([[Initial Findings]]) and though with some rest, along with a secret given task, it may be what set him up for his next hard falling.

The Dark Knight then went to Traverse Town where he went to hunt down the two he gave his warning too. He told them he would find their family and so he did. As such he was met with resistance, but also Maira's own natural light; the very light that refuses to be corrupted; nearly broke him apart ([[Knock Knock]]). He was able to escape; barely; with his own life. Along with due to the extent of how badly he was weakened, he took several days to recover.

Yet during this recovery he met a fascinating guest ([[The Guest of Palamecia]]) within the castle walls, who decided to repay him a visit that same evening in attempt to see if she could get a solid emotional response out of him ([[Cats and Canaries]]), along with maybe solve a bit of a riddle as to why he holds no name.

By the next morning, the Dark Knight was ready for duty once more and set off once again to seek out those to be tested and to hunt down a few individuals. This brought him to not only having conversations with a young boy looking for a Behemoth ([[Darkness In The Woods]]), but later finding himself in Cornelia where he met the most unusual of men in his testing run ([[We Like...]]); Will Sherman.

Will Sherman was able to nearly break the very dark bindings on the Dark Knight, causing him to slowly start to be devoured by the very darkness within his heart. Attempting to slowly break the bindings that Mateus placed over the heart to lock both the man inside and his very memories; The very thing that protected him from the amount of Darkness he wielded.

This lead him to Wutai ([[Hidden Darkness, Crouching Ninja]]) where he indicated he would go next. However due to the weakening binds his hunger for the light was growing even greater and individuals' hearts were taken to feed this deep hunger. Yet the heroes were able to push him away thanks to a brave girls actions with a massive fire work.

Yet the Dark Knight did not stop there. He soon hunted down Maira once more in his falling state. Coming for her very powerful light, almost being drawn to it like a beast he was slowly becoming ([[The Clash Of Balance]]). This lead to an epic battle between Light and Darkness over the Dark Knight's heart between Mateus and Maira. 
In the end, the Dark Knight's seal that protected his heart was restored, but Maira was able to draw out the man behind the 'mask'. She was able to draw out Leon. Yet, Mateus did not seem overly upset by this which has lead to the questions as to why.

Just what is Mateus planning and how much of it is for something far darker in store? Leon plans to find out, no matter how deep he must dig to get those answers. So hunting Leon goes for those answers and finding himself in some of the most unusual places as he looks for the answers...

== Personality ==
What remains of Leon is nothing but a mere vessel for the darkness that has engulfed around the locked man's heart. As whom ever he was in the past is seemingly impossible to reach or even recover from Mateus dark hold.

Yet as the Dark Knight, he knows only true loyalty to his master. To his Emperor. For the Dark Knight will fight all he stands in the Emperor's way and he will defend his Majesty with his dieing breath. The Dark Knight will risk everything if it means to make Mateus happy and for this, he is known as perhaps the most loyal and trustworthy of Mateus' minions.

Whatever Mateus orders is carried out with the best efficiency that the Dark Knight can provide and he will not stray to far from the order given. Though he will at times side step slightly, only if it means to achieve the goal even quicker then by more straight direction. This makes him resourceful at whatever task he is given and good at observing situations before leaping head long into them.

Yet if the Dark Knight believes he must jump head long into something, there is perhaps good reasons behind sudden hasty actions. Perhaps because someone got to close to the truth or someone is to close to mucking up future plans for his Majesty.

The Dark Knight also doesn't just simply wonder around. If he is seen about, even with no desire for harm. One can figure he is there on the Emperor's order, or even request. As there are times where the Dark Knight acts as the eyes and ears for Mateus. Where he goes where the Emperor does not wish to go, or just does not see the need for his presence to be there personally. As such there are even times the Dark Knight acts as Emperor Mateus messenger.

In Combat the Dark Knight is ruthless and relentless. He will hunt someone down to the ends of the Earth if that is his orders and he will never give up the chase, no matter how many times he is defeated until Emperor Mateus tells him to cease. The only time to Dark Knight will pull back for a time, if the enemy he faces has put grieve enough wounds into him where he could never complete the task until after he rests. So rest he will, before he goes back out once more to find the target yet again.

In regard to others, including outsiders. One could figure that the Dark Knight cares little for anyone beyond Emperor Mateus. If he does show concern for the troops, it is because that is what he must do as there commander. Yet if one of them was to slack off, they would get the wraith of the Dark Knight before someone could snap there finger; Unless the finger belonged to Mateus.

Those not of Palamecia will find the Dark Knight most likely a cold figure to stare upon. As he cares little for the outside world or the people within it. They will all become, after all, servants to his master, or they will perish in the fire of Palamecia's might. Thus if someone can get him to actually hold a conversation, they may find his words cruel, uncaring, and extremely cold.

The Dark Knight is indeed a shadow of Leon and could remain such for all time, so long as Mateus lives.

== Power Set ==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Abilities:
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Portals:'''
|The Dark Knight is nothing but darkness. The man he once was, was locked up tight by Emperor Mateus as his first turned. His heart sealed away, so nothing but darkness may reach his being and no memories of his former self to be free to seek the light. As being so in touch with the darkness. He is able to conjure a dark portal at which he can either enter from or escape into. He can not however conjure a portal under someone else. So if he wishes to transport someone, he must take hold of them, and then portal them both at the same time. It should be noted that the Dark Knight can not use his Dark Portal like the Shadow Lord's can use theirs to jump worlds. His portals only work in the very world he is in. As example: He can jump from Palamecia to Fluorgis, but he can not jump from Palamecia to Traverse Town. He also must explore an area before he can portal hop to that location, so unless he has been there, he can't just magically appear
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Mist:'''
|The Dark Mist is a field that surrounds his feet and follows him as he walks. Though it is rather harmless, but only a display of how deep the darkness is in this Dark Knight of Mateus'. In some of his attacks he draws from this mist in order to conjure some of his dark spells. More details will be explained in that in the actions section.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Blade:'''
|The Soul Blade is a dark weapon forged of darkness and steel. Though it looks like a normal blade, when it falls from the hands of the Dark Knight it vanishes into dark mist and can be summoned also by the Dark Knight's will. As such the blade is tunned to its master and is believe it can not be turned against Emperor Mateus. Yet thanks to the fact no one else can wield the weapon, the knowledge is unknown. The Soul Blade is also able too when given enough dark energy piece into someone's life essence and drain them of it, replenishing the Dark Knight's own. As such, this is covered more in the actions section. This weapon was also given to him by Mateus, further strengthening the concept that the blade could never be used against its creator.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Armor:'''
|The Shadow Armor is the very armor the Dark Knight wears and is never seen out of it. The very armor is powered by his darkness within and by magical properties place on it by Mateus' himself. As such the damage done to it, comes out like dark mist strikes. Blades, magic, and even bullets will cause it to spew out dark mist, before the armor attempts to regenerate itself. A powerful enough attack however can crack, if not break the armor, and get to the flesh of the Dark Knight's skin below. The Armor itself was designed by Emperor Mateus for his Military Commander. The damage is not easy to fix though when the armor is inflicted. As it takes not only the proper smiths, but Mateus to imbue the armor once more with the dark magic. The Armor may also be designed this way, to not only give the Dark Knight extra protection while in combat, but to also give the illusion that he no mere human under the armor. So those who do not understand what is going on, may seem him as a monster or one of the puppets Mateus has summoned out of darkness itself.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Blink:'''
|The Dark Knight can stand in one place, then swiftly move to another location with a poof of dark mist. This ability allows him to quickly close in the distance on someone attempting to escape or to use this ability in order to close the distance quickly in combat situations. However Shadow Blink only works in line of sight situations and he can not move someone using this method, only himself. He also can not blink through walls, as the room beyond the wall is not visible. The only way it may seem he can do this, is by virtue of seeing through a window and thus continuing to stick to the fact it must be line of sight.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Dark Portal Locations:
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''World of Ruin:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Central Isles:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Northern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Eastern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Southern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Western Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|-
|Luca Wutai Port Wutai City
|Castle Palamecia Mountainside Giza Plains Carwen
|Fluorgis Bare Desert Dalmascan Sands
|Targ Woods
|Fynn Tramdine Fens Phantom Forest Cornelia
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Traverse Area:'''
|-
|Outskirts Bodhum Beach District 2 District 3 VALKYRI HQ
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Phantasia:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Manhattan:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Roving Islands:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Land of Dragons:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Old Kingdom:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Arabian Nights:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''New Orleans:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''The Pride Lands:''
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Action Commands:
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Vigor:'''
|Using the dark mist that surrounds him, the Dark Knight can pull on this very darkness and use it to repair the dark armor that he wears, to even using the darkness to burn his skin back to close. Sometimes this is used at the beginning of a battle to ready the armor for combat, giving the armor its almost 'organic' like actions when it is cut into, but then seems to 'heal' back up. When in reality what the weapon hit was the dark mist layered over the armor.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Armor:'''
|The dark mist rises up and aids in enforcing the armor, increases its structure density in order to make it harder to be broken through and giving it added protection from physical strikes.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Aura:'''
|The dark mist rises up and increases the magic shielding that the darkness imbued armor already provides and increasing the defense that the armor provides from magical attacks.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulflay:'''
|The Dark Knight uses his Soul Blade to strike through a person with a quick slice of his blade. The edge of the sword becoming almost invisible as it passes through the target. The dark magic then bending into the essence of the individual, attempting to bring a curse upon their being, along with as the blade passes out to give them a ghostly cut.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Sword of Darkness:'''
|Sword of Darkness is a channeling attack, where he empowers the Soul Blade with further dark energy. He then slams the blade into a magical rune under his feet, before a massive dark blade springs forth from the ground under his target, attempting to trap them in the dark crystalline blade, freezing them for a moment, before shattering.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Drain:'''
|The Soul Blade is impaled into the target, where it takes a ghostly image, then as he rips the blade back out, it attempts to tear at there living essence, weakening there ability to cast powerful spells.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Essence Drain:'''
|Essence Drain works much like Soul drain, but instead it attempts to drain the very strength from the person, weakening there physical strength, instead of magical focus.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulreaver:'''
|Soulreaver turns the Soul Blade into a dark blue blazing sword, which he then attempts to jab, if not impale the blade into an individual. The very blade attempts to strike into the persons very being and drain them of there very life force to replenish the Dark Knight's own. This can also be down by passing swipes while the blade is glowing dark blue.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Netherblast:'''
|Netherblast is channeling the very energy of the sword, before slashing at the air itself. These slashes send out a dark wave of energy in the shape of blade slashes that travel across the air before they hit a target. On impact they have the ability to not only cut an individual, but also infect them with darkness, that eats at them over time until the magic effect fades away.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Deep Darkness:'''
|Deep Darkness is where the Dark Knight creates field of darkness by via his mist field that reaches out for his attended target and can send them both down into the very ground below, or can be used to pull a target down to him with tendrils of darkness into watery darkness substance. This substance remains under the person if they can not resist the effect, making them weak to darkness magic until the substance dries up from the ground below turning back into black mist.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Darkness:'''
|The Dark Knight summons the dark mist that follows his every move and then sends it outward across the field for his attended target or targets. The darkness then blinds the target from any movement that the Dark Knight is about to perform, causing them also feel sluggish and slow.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Souleater:'''
|The Dark Knight leaps out of the darkness. The Soulblade glowing bright blue, before he strikes the very ground into a emblem on the ground. Then from the very sky, a massive crystalline of the soul blade emerges and goes to slam down on the attended target, trying to capture them in the crystalline blade. Before flickering brightly with dark electricity, thus draining there life essence to repair the Dark Knight's own. Then on the spell is complete, the giant crystalline sword shatters into dark blue wisps.
|}

= Dark Knight Dossier =
''Here lies a book with a strange crest upon its leather bound surface. Within this book are pages marked by one of two tabs. Upon these tabbed pages are notations of those encountered by the owner of this book...''

''OOC Notice:'' All levels are subject to change during the course of RP. These levels are determined by what your character does, says, and how they handle themselves in a given situation and are cumulative points. Welcome to Bioshock Morality Mini Game - Final Kingdoms style.

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Light:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Light level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Soan Sagittarius|Dragoon Man]]
|4
|A Dragoon who seems to be a 'hero' of sorts and has some sense of honor. It seems <strike>Light 1</strike> Kyra Hyral regards him as a champion by how she acts when he appeared. A very good combatant who likes to go up into the skies and then come downward to strike hard. Also is able to breath a type of steam fire. First sighting in Luca. On Further evaluation, he is able to breath out several forms of elements and seems to be known by several. His reputation is highly known. He could perhaps be much like the Wild Rose leader. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>I will find him again and test him alone to evaluate his true strength. Even if it means capturing Light 1 to do so.</strike> It may be possible to fight him alone without the capture of Kyra Hyral. This will have to be seen.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Kyra Hyral]]
|3
|A White mage who seems to be a fan of Dragoon Man. If she did not shout his name, I would not have caught it. She attempted to stop me with some courage in my address in Luca. As a healer, she is able to conjure holy magic. However she seems to not be of the normal caster group and carries vials on her that are of some alchemy nature. Like typical class mages however, she does not care for combat. Very fragile. I was able to obtain one of her vials for further study. ''Personal Note:'' She has a great deal of magic within her. Untapped magic. Also lack of true control over it. Fascinating. Though while fighting her in Cornelia, she seem to display some signs of learning since our last encounter. Excellent.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Deelel|Light 2]]
|3
|Light 2 was first found in Luca. A female warrior who uses a chakram and does not come across a standard person. She has some manners of heroics, but does not seem comfortable with close combat confrontation. Her body also broke up in appearance of light on high damage and her scream of pain was not really human. There is not enough information to work with yet.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Mutt]]
|4
|A dog that belongs to Light 3. Very annoying. Light 3 seems to use it with there own form of attacks. The two are a tag team and work together to create distraction.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Light 3]]
|2
|A Ninja by the looks of out fitting and forms of attack. They use there Mutt in order to help them in combat. My ideal of where they may be on the light chart could be off, but for now, this seems to be a good assumption based on assassin types. First ran into at Luca.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira|Maira, Maiden of Light]]
|5
|A female fire caster mage who has a very bright heart of light. Her choices during the battle have succeeded others and have shown little ability of corruption at this juncture. She was met in Bodhum Beach on the world of Traverse Town. Met her again several more times. Her light is bright, dangerous, can pierce into darkness. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate her again soon for more testing. Civil testing.</strike> Careful when dealing with this one. Though caring and not wishing to fight. Her light is powerful.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Evja|Light 4]]
|3
|This female viera is a dragoon, with good attentions, but their heart is corrupted by there need of battle or perhaps by there simple lack of understanding. When presented with a chance of mercy, they continued the fight. Meet at Bodhum Beach as well.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Minerva|Light 5]]
|3
|A Monk who fights with some light, some darkness, and some elemental. A strong female fighter, yet I was not able to obtain enough data on them to fully be sure where they stand. Her performance outside of Valkyri spoke more about herself. It is possible that her heart could be growing stronger in the light. Need further evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Ramza Beoulve|Ramza]]
|4
|Ramza was the name Light 6 cried out in his defense. He requested that I spare those in battle and end the madness. On first conversation, he showed manners similar to that of Dragoon Man and what is to be expected from those strong of light. He also has use of some elemental and some holy based attacks. Including the ability to heal. A very well rounded individual in combat.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Artemis Eurus|Light 6]]
|3
|Light 6 seems to be trying to act as Ramza's bodyguard, even though he protected her. Her heart was hard to pick up on as if she has the ability to mask it. This could be my mistake due distraction by Ramza's own heart and there proximity. Yet what I was able to see, she was indeed someone of light.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Zargabaath|Judge Magister Zargabaath]]
|3
|A man of honor who seems to care deeply for his men. Perhaps to the point to even risk his life for them. In our meeting he showed good faith by placing his weapons in the sand. Leaving himself open for attack if I so desired. Though perhaps I could raise him higher on the scale, until I can test him in combat, this is where he will remain. ''Personal Note:'' Find the means to get him alone to be tested. Perhaps even see if he can be broken.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira|Avira, Guardian of Light]]
|4
|Avira is of a group known as VALKYRI and is highly protective of the Maiden of Light. Her actions are those one would find of someone with a great deal of light in their heart. Protective. Caring. A true guardian. Thus the title I have written beside her name. Though I had trouble judging her heart, her actions spoke loud enough. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate the base for Valkyri. Keep an eye on her and the Maiden of Light.</strike> When handling the Maiden of Light, make sure these two are somehow apart or... trick them.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|3
|This Creature; Percival as Avira, Guardian of Light called him; is very noble and just. He has a strong heart, yet there is darkness there. Darkness that can be reached too and could corrupt him. Yet his will is strong enough that only when pushed does his heart seem to grow darker. His sword is also holds darkness in it as well. Possibly could be pushed the other way by the right hands.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Tifa Lockhart|Tifa]]
|3
|Strong Will. Good heart. A fist fighter I meet when assaulting Avira, Guardian of Light's home. Friend to Avira and Maira. Friend to Valkyri. Unknown if associated with or just ally of.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[TRON|Light 7]]
|4
|Much like Avira, Guardian of Light, this one is very protective. He is someone who remains in difference of others and comes across as one who could become relentless if pushed in that direction. May be related to Light 2. They have similar fighting weapons, but he wields two. They also "bleed" the same. If I would even call it blood. It is unknown what they are, though they look human.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Reno|Light 8]]
|2
|Light was in his heart, by what little at the time I could see of it. Light 8 however seem to enjoy hiding and running. Uses orbs to cast spells. Also yelled a great deal. A bit of an ego. Well require further testing, not enough sufficient data.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|4
|This man is a curious one. He calls himself also the King of Hobos. His heart is strange as it seems to be two hearts within one body. His primary heart is bright, the one dwarfed by this brightness is slightly darker. Yet his actions speak for either heart. He considered me to be Garland at first, then realized I was not due to another's correction. He also has the ability to reach for strands within the air. It is an interesting trick of sorcery. ''Personal Note:'' Research into his tricks with the threads. Find a means to defend from it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Serah Farron|Light 9]]
|4
|Light 9's heart is extremely bright and though she seems to enjoy attempting to mock, she is mostly harmless. She is perhaps the weaker of those I have faced so far, yet, perhaps in future time she will need to be re-evaluated to see if this continues to hold true or not. Including looking to see if she is possibly like the Maiden of Light. ''Personal Note:'' Like the Maiden of Light and Kyra. She enjoys using holy magic. She is a heavy magic caster. It seems the magic barrier of the armor can defend against it well enough. Further notes on this one will need to be obtained for proper evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Myla Mason|Light 10]]
|3
|Light 10 uses a form guns to do their attacking and seems to have the ability to conjure magic in the forms of water magic. They did not speak much. Unable to assess heavy data due to Dragoon Man, Kyra, and Will Sherman. ''Personal Note:'' Will need to locate and test further.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Darkness:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Dark level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Katyna|Dark 1]]
|1
|They are very low on the darkness side. She stated she was once corrupted by the darkness and she would never be again. She also hinted to the Shadow Lords. She is blind to the fact darkness is still within her, but she does attempt to play 'hero'.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar|Dark 2]]
|2
|A Dark Knight like myself who wields a powerful mace. He has darkness in his heart, but the light is also bright in it as he moves to defend those around him. Yet he does not care for others. His darkness may be like that of my own, yet there was hints that his darkness taps into another source of energy. I am sure we will meet again.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Robed Figure]]
|4
|Someone of darkness, a great deal of darkness that I have met by the will of his Majesty. This individual seems very interested in studying my own darkness of heart. I do not know the reasons for these tests, nor do I care to know. If it be by his Emperor's will, then it will be done.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Leida|Dark 3]]
|3
|Her heart is of darkness. Was given the chance to run, yet she decided to remain with those of Light. She continued to fight by her side. Though I was going to score her level lower, I do believe she desired my death. ''Personal Note:'' Locate and Punish. If she desired my life dead, she may desire my Emperor's life. That is not an option.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|2
|Lady Laradyne is my Emperor's guest within the Castle of Palamecia. Her heart is clouded with darkness, yet there is still light in it. Her actions are confusing. She is capable of "fake" emotions, which are hard to detect. If she is capable of these, then so could others. It is a trick I will need to study further in spare time. I can not let these "fake" emotions mislead my gathering of information. ''Personal Note:'' She seems to have a desire to push her luck. I believe she hopes to gain an emotional response from me that is equal to her own. She will be disappointed each time.
|}

'''The Number Levels:''' 
0: Neutral 
1: Minimal 
2: Low 
3: Medium 
4: High 
5: Extreme

= Leon Dossier =
''There is a dark brown leather book here. There is nothing special about it on the first page it says simply: Owner is Leonhart. If you find this or are given this. Please keep it safe until I return, as I may have been reclaimed by the devil and I want to make sure I forever remember all those with what time I have.''

''OOC: This works just like the Dark Knight's. HAVE FUN!''

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those To Remember:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Friend Level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|5+
|Rena is <strike>a trusted friend to mine.. maybe..</strike> even more to me then I had thought. She has accepted me, showed me how to live for the moment, and can take away the pain when it hurts the most. Yet sometimes, she isn't enough to stop the memories from coming back. She does have a beautiful voice though. I could listen to it for hours. Is it possible that maybe I.. hmm. I think I could be.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira]]
|4+
|Maira is some girl that, somehow, freed me from Mateus' control. I don't know how, but it has something to do with the Light, the darkness of my heart, and other things. I apparently hunted her down as the Dark Knight rather often. I just-- don't remember doing it. She has continued to stand by my side. Even now is getting ready to go to Palamecia with me. I.. wish.. damn'it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Emperor Mateus]]
|5-
|I am going to kill him. I swear by my sister's name and all those who died in Fynn. I do not care if Fynn is slowly coming to love him. He will DIE. 
<strike>DIEDIEDIEDIEDIE. Give me back my sister you B...</strike>
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|2+
|Some dude that was there on the battlefield when I was freed. Ran into him later in the Wildcat Cafe where I met Rena for the first time. Don't know much about him, he does owe me a drink however... 
Note to self - Find him. Get that drink when you get back to your old self. Unless he is dead. Then pull him out of the grave, get that drink, and stick him back in grave.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira]]
|3+
|Not bad gal. Kinda nice. Very protective of Maira. Can't.. really write much about her. I do love her sword though.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|0-
|This guy.. is a real something. Looks like a devil. That is all. <strike>(and I am going to be stuck with him going to Palamecia!)</strike>
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar]]
|2+
|I don't know much about this guy, but he seems to know his stuff. Apparently hits like a blacksmith forging steel if what he did to Percival is any indication. Also protective of Maira. Seems-- he may know some things too. 
After further conversations I-- have come to really respect this guy. I can.. honestly respect a man who will protect the one he loves and no matter what anyone says, will stand by them. Just wish I could have come to know him better.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Riku]]
|2+
|I apparently, yet again, have history with this kid due to the Dark Knight. I don't know much about him, but it seems we share a similar issue. Though his has changed, while mine still remains the same. <strike>He-- is, no, was right though. In some ways. He was right. Yet. The path is set. I know what I have to do. It will-- just take time to do it.</strike> Maybe-- I should ask him to.. no. No need to get anyone involved in my personal matters.
|}

= Fact Book =
This is more for ooc knowledge, unless RP has brought this out or I have given consent that your character may know specific points already. More will be added in due time.

* He is the Military Commander
* Extremely loyal to Emperor Mateus
* "Second in Command" of the Palamecian Empire (but only as Military Command)
* Is seen as Inhuman
* Believed to maybe be a Golem of Darkness
* Shows no display of pain
* Doesn't show much of any emotion
* May not get along with Borghen (who is the other "Second in Command" and is more a "face" for the public and diplomats)
* The Dark Knight is Leon
* His Heart is locked from all light (but can be pierced by a Dusk Princess or breached by a Princess of Heart)
* His Memory is also locked (beyond what Mateus wanted him to know)
* He comes from Fynn
* Was Mateus first experiment in tapping into darkness of people's hearts
* Can sense the Light in someone.
* Can also sense the Darkness.
* Doesn't really use magic, but darkness itself.
* The only way to 'break' Leon out from his locked state requires three components: A Keyblade, Princes of Heart, and his sister.
* Even if 'freed', there is a very strong possibility he would go back to Mateus or be devoured by the darkness after a time.
* First time 'freed' was because Will weakened the binds and Maira had her opening then to push enough Light into his heart.
* As Leon he has no memories of what the Dark Knight has done.
* As the Dark Knight, he has no memories of what Leon has done.
* He is dominantly left handed.
* Born under the Zodiac Sign of the Capricorn.
* He is Type O. Which means, that he can donate his blood to anyone, but can only take Blood O - He be screwed if he has blood lose issues.

= Roleplay Hooks =
== The Dark Knight ==
* '''Wielder of Light'''
** Anyone who has good in there heart and is willing to fight for justice. The Dark Knight is willing to come for you.
* '''Wielder of Darkness'''
** Anyone who has evil in there heart and is willing to fight for injustice. The Dark Knight is curious on a study the level of power of those who, like himself, wield the darkness and by how much.
* '''Conflict'''
** Any form of Conflict be it good or evil, may bring the Dark Knight out to come investigate, if not take part in.
* '''Keyblade'''
** The Keyblade is a summoning force while it is active. The Dark Knight is attracted to it. He may come seek you out.

== Leon ==
For when Leon is out of the box, he is pretty much open to whatever and however. I also have no problems with people wanting to attack him due to what he has done as the Dark Knight. So feel free to make him pay for his transactions -- even if he doesn't remember them!

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Leon

2013-06-07T19:51:53Z

Foxfirestorm: /* Leon Dossier */

{{Character Infobox
|firstname=Dark
|lastname=Knight
|age=???
|image=DarkKnight_eudetenis2.jpg
|imageoptions=300px
|caption=Palamecia's Finest
|species=Human?
|sex=Male
|height=6'4"
|weight=Average
|series=Final Fantasy 2
|styles=DK, Palamecian Knights
|hometown=???
|alignment=Forces of Ruin
|group=Palamecian Empire
|occupation=Military Commander
|themesong=Whispers In The Dark - Skillet
|quote="I do as his majesty commands."
|footer=Testing those of light to see there true strength.
}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Character Sheet
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Profile:'''
|style="background-color: #071019;"|[[File:Leon_Vs_Firion.jpg|400px|center]]
|-
|The Dark Knight is one of the most loyal of minions of Emperor Mateus. He does not question the orders of his emperor, nor does he waver from what he has been requested to do. If his majesty wished it, the Dark Knight would even kill himself. The Dark Knight is known to be not only extremely loyal, but ruthlessly focused on the task he is given; but free to make his own decisions, so long as the goal is obtained. He has been given the command of Palamecia's military force, but typically does most requests without the aid of the dark hearted soldiers. The Dark Knight will stand before any who means his Emperor harm and he is not a man to turn your back on unless you are Mateus himself.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Skills:'''
|The Soundwave, The Good Minion, The Trusted Minion, Unlike Someone Else We Know, The Original Dark Knight, Locked By Darkness, No Light Shines Here, The Experiment, Not Squall
|}

= Information =
== History ==
The Dark Knight did not start out originally as Mateus loyal minion, no his starts come from that of the once nation of Fynn before Palamecia took it over there. There he was the older brother to his sister, a good friend of their friends they shared in common, and had a strong devotion to make sure his sister could have the best life an older brother could give her.

His name back then, was Leon. The loving brother, who worked the jobs he could work, did all that he could do, and brought what he could to the table so that his sister would not have to worry much on concerns; beyond perhaps the fear that he may be pushing himself to hard. He loved his sister, he loved her dearly and when things were at there worse, they knew they could depend on one another.

Yet Fynn soon fell to the mighty of Palamecia. Not on its own, but thanks to a man who sold out the nation. Leon quickly met up with their two other friends and all of them, these four brave souls, attempted to escape from the falling Fynn. Yet as they made there way out, they ran into Palamecian forces and were all knocked unconscious. However an unknown party intercepted the Palamecian force and were able to save the other three, but it was to late for Leon. He was already captured and being taken away, where his life's fate would be changed forever.

The brave warrior who fought to protect his sister, to protect his two friends from being captured, yet failed, was brought before the Emperor of Palamecia; Mateus. It was in this very moment of there meeting was fate sealed, as this was the day that Leon's heart was locked away into darkness and with it his memories. Thus the birth of the Dark Knight and Palamecia's rule over Fynn.

Now under the command of Emperor Mateus, the Dark Knight become the loyal servant to do out his master's wishes. Many times he was sent out to run interference against Wild Rose Rebellion, along with act as a barrier to any actions they attempted to take against Palamecia.

The largest project that was given to the Dark Knight was the construction of the airship known as the Dreadnought. This massive ship was to be the very war vessel that Emperor Mateus would use to command his fleet from the air and rain down terror from high above in the skies. Yet near the end of the Project, the Dark Knight was "called away" and Borghen completed what was needed to be done; Though the Dark Knight was still making some calls from behind the scenes.

The second project was making sure that those of the Wild Rose Rebelion would be tricked into arriving at the proper location on the completion of the Dreadnought in hopes that they could sabotage the massive warship. However as Mateus had planned and the Dark Knight stood back to watch along side his Majesty. Not only did the youths fall perfectly for the trap, but there plan was foiled.

From there the Dark Knight watched as the heartless started to consume their world, yet also observed as some fragments remained, not completely taken by the darkness. He observed along side his master as they fragments joined with what was known as World of Ruin. There he was given his orders to call back the troops and for all to return back to Palamecia.

This is where the Dark Knight has resided since the fall. Overseeing the training of the troops and making sure that the Imperial Force is ready for combat when the time comes. Yet the time soon comes where his Majesty will desire to move out, or even send the loyal commander of the Palamecian army to handle matters dealing with the outside world.

For when this time comes, the Dark Knight will be ready.
=== Recent Events ===
After a meeting with his [[Emperor Mateus|Emperor]], the Dark Knight was given his orders at which to follow ([[Imperial Order]]). He was to go out not tied to [[Palamecian Empire]], but as a rogue element seeking his own personal agenda. While playing this game of 'personal agenda' all that he found, fought, and spoken with was to be recorded. This reporting all information back to his majesty.

After gather a small group of men, the Dark Knight set sail across the ocean to Luca, a country that wasn't to far. While the men set camp after the voyage, the Dark Knight went into the city square and decided to make his presence known ([[The Search Is On]]). Here he fought four individuals (including a dog), in order to not only test his own abilities in combat, but to see what the Heroes of Light were able to do for his own.

These results were filed down after the fight and the Dark Knight continues his search. This lead him into the outskirts of Traverse Town, along one of the beaches. On his arrival here he found that this area has a dense population of people, but also Heroes of Light were to be found here as well. It was in this very location did he at last run into someone with such a bright heart, that he dubbed her the Maiden of Light ([[Lets Light The Sky]]). The battle however here was a fearsome one and left his armor is disrepair, forcing him to return home.

Back in Palamecia the armor was repaired and Emperor Mateus performed the ritual to bring out the Dark Knight's own darkness into the very armor he wears ([[Reforging Darkness]]). Imbuing the armor with that very darkness in order to bind it to the Dark Knight himself. Yet there is always a price to pay for when tapping into the Darkness of the heart. A quenchable hunger that battles for control within him.

This lead him to not only steal an airship with passengers on board, but to restock supplies while in Fluorgis. While in the city he ran into two others of light and another of darkness similar to himself ([[Knights of Shadow]]). After the conflict, he escaped onto the stolen airship where he then decided to feed that gnawing hunger that came from the rush after the battle ([[Darkness Cometh]]) and makes his way once more to another location to continue his research.

While moving across one the deserts and allowing his men to stretch their legs, The Dark Knight came across the Archadian forces looking for several of their own, including one he had found alive. In this little encounter he not only met one of the Judge Magisters, but including spotting a young lad that he did not think he would ever see again ([[Search And Rescue]]).

After the short meeting, the group returned to their airship once the Archadian Fleet left the area and decided to dock the ship for the time in Fynn. Where the Dark Knight left to the restocking of supplies to his men. However he ran across two familiar faces, including the one that seems impossible to corrupt. He once again attempts to corrupt her ([[Unlikely Crossing]]), but her bright heart refuses his attempt.

The only piece of information the Dark Knight leaves for them as they part ways is that he will becoming to say hello to her family. A warning he will carry out. However before such a warning can be done. His presence is requested by to Palamecia where he meets a very strange individual. A robed figure who had made a deal with his Emperor. By agreement of this deal, the Dark Knight allowed the individual to test the level of his own Darkness, yet the test was almost to much ([[Initial Findings]]) and though with some rest, along with a secret given task, it may be what set him up for his next hard falling.

The Dark Knight then went to Traverse Town where he went to hunt down the two he gave his warning too. He told them he would find their family and so he did. As such he was met with resistance, but also Maira's own natural light; the very light that refuses to be corrupted; nearly broke him apart ([[Knock Knock]]). He was able to escape; barely; with his own life. Along with due to the extent of how badly he was weakened, he took several days to recover.

Yet during this recovery he met a fascinating guest ([[The Guest of Palamecia]]) within the castle walls, who decided to repay him a visit that same evening in attempt to see if she could get a solid emotional response out of him ([[Cats and Canaries]]), along with maybe solve a bit of a riddle as to why he holds no name.

By the next morning, the Dark Knight was ready for duty once more and set off once again to seek out those to be tested and to hunt down a few individuals. This brought him to not only having conversations with a young boy looking for a Behemoth ([[Darkness In The Woods]]), but later finding himself in Cornelia where he met the most unusual of men in his testing run ([[We Like...]]); Will Sherman.

Will Sherman was able to nearly break the very dark bindings on the Dark Knight, causing him to slowly start to be devoured by the very darkness within his heart. Attempting to slowly break the bindings that Mateus placed over the heart to lock both the man inside and his very memories; The very thing that protected him from the amount of Darkness he wielded.

This lead him to Wutai ([[Hidden Darkness, Crouching Ninja]]) where he indicated he would go next. However due to the weakening binds his hunger for the light was growing even greater and individuals' hearts were taken to feed this deep hunger. Yet the heroes were able to push him away thanks to a brave girls actions with a massive fire work.

Yet the Dark Knight did not stop there. He soon hunted down Maira once more in his falling state. Coming for her very powerful light, almost being drawn to it like a beast he was slowly becoming ([[The Clash Of Balance]]). This lead to an epic battle between Light and Darkness over the Dark Knight's heart between Mateus and Maira. 
In the end, the Dark Knight's seal that protected his heart was restored, but Maira was able to draw out the man behind the 'mask'. She was able to draw out Leon. Yet, Mateus did not seem overly upset by this which has lead to the questions as to why.

Just what is Mateus planning and how much of it is for something far darker in store? Leon plans to find out, no matter how deep he must dig to get those answers. So hunting Leon goes for those answers and finding himself in some of the most unusual places as he looks for the answers...

== Personality ==
What remains of Leon is nothing but a mere vessel for the darkness that has engulfed around the locked man's heart. As whom ever he was in the past is seemingly impossible to reach or even recover from Mateus dark hold.

Yet as the Dark Knight, he knows only true loyalty to his master. To his Emperor. For the Dark Knight will fight all he stands in the Emperor's way and he will defend his Majesty with his dieing breath. The Dark Knight will risk everything if it means to make Mateus happy and for this, he is known as perhaps the most loyal and trustworthy of Mateus' minions.

Whatever Mateus orders is carried out with the best efficiency that the Dark Knight can provide and he will not stray to far from the order given. Though he will at times side step slightly, only if it means to achieve the goal even quicker then by more straight direction. This makes him resourceful at whatever task he is given and good at observing situations before leaping head long into them.

Yet if the Dark Knight believes he must jump head long into something, there is perhaps good reasons behind sudden hasty actions. Perhaps because someone got to close to the truth or someone is to close to mucking up future plans for his Majesty.

The Dark Knight also doesn't just simply wonder around. If he is seen about, even with no desire for harm. One can figure he is there on the Emperor's order, or even request. As there are times where the Dark Knight acts as the eyes and ears for Mateus. Where he goes where the Emperor does not wish to go, or just does not see the need for his presence to be there personally. As such there are even times the Dark Knight acts as Emperor Mateus messenger.

In Combat the Dark Knight is ruthless and relentless. He will hunt someone down to the ends of the Earth if that is his orders and he will never give up the chase, no matter how many times he is defeated until Emperor Mateus tells him to cease. The only time to Dark Knight will pull back for a time, if the enemy he faces has put grieve enough wounds into him where he could never complete the task until after he rests. So rest he will, before he goes back out once more to find the target yet again.

In regard to others, including outsiders. One could figure that the Dark Knight cares little for anyone beyond Emperor Mateus. If he does show concern for the troops, it is because that is what he must do as there commander. Yet if one of them was to slack off, they would get the wraith of the Dark Knight before someone could snap there finger; Unless the finger belonged to Mateus.

Those not of Palamecia will find the Dark Knight most likely a cold figure to stare upon. As he cares little for the outside world or the people within it. They will all become, after all, servants to his master, or they will perish in the fire of Palamecia's might. Thus if someone can get him to actually hold a conversation, they may find his words cruel, uncaring, and extremely cold.

The Dark Knight is indeed a shadow of Leon and could remain such for all time, so long as Mateus lives.

== Power Set ==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Abilities:
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Portals:'''
|The Dark Knight is nothing but darkness. The man he once was, was locked up tight by Emperor Mateus as his first turned. His heart sealed away, so nothing but darkness may reach his being and no memories of his former self to be free to seek the light. As being so in touch with the darkness. He is able to conjure a dark portal at which he can either enter from or escape into. He can not however conjure a portal under someone else. So if he wishes to transport someone, he must take hold of them, and then portal them both at the same time. It should be noted that the Dark Knight can not use his Dark Portal like the Shadow Lord's can use theirs to jump worlds. His portals only work in the very world he is in. As example: He can jump from Palamecia to Fluorgis, but he can not jump from Palamecia to Traverse Town. He also must explore an area before he can portal hop to that location, so unless he has been there, he can't just magically appear
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Dark Mist:'''
|The Dark Mist is a field that surrounds his feet and follows him as he walks. Though it is rather harmless, but only a display of how deep the darkness is in this Dark Knight of Mateus'. In some of his attacks he draws from this mist in order to conjure some of his dark spells. More details will be explained in that in the actions section.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Blade:'''
|The Soul Blade is a dark weapon forged of darkness and steel. Though it looks like a normal blade, when it falls from the hands of the Dark Knight it vanishes into dark mist and can be summoned also by the Dark Knight's will. As such the blade is tunned to its master and is believe it can not be turned against Emperor Mateus. Yet thanks to the fact no one else can wield the weapon, the knowledge is unknown. The Soul Blade is also able too when given enough dark energy piece into someone's life essence and drain them of it, replenishing the Dark Knight's own. As such, this is covered more in the actions section. This weapon was also given to him by Mateus, further strengthening the concept that the blade could never be used against its creator.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Armor:'''
|The Shadow Armor is the very armor the Dark Knight wears and is never seen out of it. The very armor is powered by his darkness within and by magical properties place on it by Mateus' himself. As such the damage done to it, comes out like dark mist strikes. Blades, magic, and even bullets will cause it to spew out dark mist, before the armor attempts to regenerate itself. A powerful enough attack however can crack, if not break the armor, and get to the flesh of the Dark Knight's skin below. The Armor itself was designed by Emperor Mateus for his Military Commander. The damage is not easy to fix though when the armor is inflicted. As it takes not only the proper smiths, but Mateus to imbue the armor once more with the dark magic. The Armor may also be designed this way, to not only give the Dark Knight extra protection while in combat, but to also give the illusion that he no mere human under the armor. So those who do not understand what is going on, may seem him as a monster or one of the puppets Mateus has summoned out of darkness itself.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Shadow Blink:'''
|The Dark Knight can stand in one place, then swiftly move to another location with a poof of dark mist. This ability allows him to quickly close in the distance on someone attempting to escape or to use this ability in order to close the distance quickly in combat situations. However Shadow Blink only works in line of sight situations and he can not move someone using this method, only himself. He also can not blink through walls, as the room beyond the wall is not visible. The only way it may seem he can do this, is by virtue of seeing through a window and thus continuing to stick to the fact it must be line of sight.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Dark Portal Locations:
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''World of Ruin:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Central Isles:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Northern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Eastern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Southern Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Western Continent:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|
|-
|Luca Wutai Port Wutai City
|Castle Palamecia Mountainside Giza Plains Carwen
|Fluorgis Bare Desert Dalmascan Sands
|Targ Woods
|Fynn Tramdine Fens Phantom Forest Cornelia
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Traverse Area:'''
|-
|Outskirts Bodhum Beach District 2 District 3 VALKYRI HQ
|-
|rowspan="2" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Phantasia:'''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Manhattan:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Roving Islands:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Land of Dragons:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Old Kingdom:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''Arabian Nights:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''New Orleans:''
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|''The Pride Lands:''
|-
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="6" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Action Commands:
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Vigor:'''
|Using the dark mist that surrounds him, the Dark Knight can pull on this very darkness and use it to repair the dark armor that he wears, to even using the darkness to burn his skin back to close. Sometimes this is used at the beginning of a battle to ready the armor for combat, giving the armor its almost 'organic' like actions when it is cut into, but then seems to 'heal' back up. When in reality what the weapon hit was the dark mist layered over the armor.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Armor:'''
|The dark mist rises up and aids in enforcing the armor, increases its structure density in order to make it harder to be broken through and giving it added protection from physical strikes.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Unholy Aura:'''
|The dark mist rises up and increases the magic shielding that the darkness imbued armor already provides and increasing the defense that the armor provides from magical attacks.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulflay:'''
|The Dark Knight uses his Soul Blade to strike through a person with a quick slice of his blade. The edge of the sword becoming almost invisible as it passes through the target. The dark magic then bending into the essence of the individual, attempting to bring a curse upon their being, along with as the blade passes out to give them a ghostly cut.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Sword of Darkness:'''
|Sword of Darkness is a channeling attack, where he empowers the Soul Blade with further dark energy. He then slams the blade into a magical rune under his feet, before a massive dark blade springs forth from the ground under his target, attempting to trap them in the dark crystalline blade, freezing them for a moment, before shattering.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soul Drain:'''
|The Soul Blade is impaled into the target, where it takes a ghostly image, then as he rips the blade back out, it attempts to tear at there living essence, weakening there ability to cast powerful spells.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Essence Drain:'''
|Essence Drain works much like Soul drain, but instead it attempts to drain the very strength from the person, weakening there physical strength, instead of magical focus.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Soulreaver:'''
|Soulreaver turns the Soul Blade into a dark blue blazing sword, which he then attempts to jab, if not impale the blade into an individual. The very blade attempts to strike into the persons very being and drain them of there very life force to replenish the Dark Knight's own. This can also be down by passing swipes while the blade is glowing dark blue.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Netherblast:'''
|Netherblast is channeling the very energy of the sword, before slashing at the air itself. These slashes send out a dark wave of energy in the shape of blade slashes that travel across the air before they hit a target. On impact they have the ability to not only cut an individual, but also infect them with darkness, that eats at them over time until the magic effect fades away.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Deep Darkness:'''
|Deep Darkness is where the Dark Knight creates field of darkness by via his mist field that reaches out for his attended target and can send them both down into the very ground below, or can be used to pull a target down to him with tendrils of darkness into watery darkness substance. This substance remains under the person if they can not resist the effect, making them weak to darkness magic until the substance dries up from the ground below turning back into black mist.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Darkness:'''
|The Dark Knight summons the dark mist that follows his every move and then sends it outward across the field for his attended target or targets. The darkness then blinds the target from any movement that the Dark Knight is about to perform, causing them also feel sluggish and slow.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|'''Souleater:'''
|The Dark Knight leaps out of the darkness. The Soulblade glowing bright blue, before he strikes the very ground into a emblem on the ground. Then from the very sky, a massive crystalline of the soul blade emerges and goes to slam down on the attended target, trying to capture them in the crystalline blade. Before flickering brightly with dark electricity, thus draining there life essence to repair the Dark Knight's own. Then on the spell is complete, the giant crystalline sword shatters into dark blue wisps.
|}

= Dark Knight Dossier =
''Here lies a book with a strange crest upon its leather bound surface. Within this book are pages marked by one of two tabs. Upon these tabbed pages are notations of those encountered by the owner of this book...''

''OOC Notice:'' All levels are subject to change during the course of RP. These levels are determined by what your character does, says, and how they handle themselves in a given situation and are cumulative points. Welcome to Bioshock Morality Mini Game - Final Kingdoms style.

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Light:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Light level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Soan Sagittarius|Dragoon Man]]
|4
|A Dragoon who seems to be a 'hero' of sorts and has some sense of honor. It seems <strike>Light 1</strike> Kyra Hyral regards him as a champion by how she acts when he appeared. A very good combatant who likes to go up into the skies and then come downward to strike hard. Also is able to breath a type of steam fire. First sighting in Luca. On Further evaluation, he is able to breath out several forms of elements and seems to be known by several. His reputation is highly known. He could perhaps be much like the Wild Rose leader. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>I will find him again and test him alone to evaluate his true strength. Even if it means capturing Light 1 to do so.</strike> It may be possible to fight him alone without the capture of Kyra Hyral. This will have to be seen.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Kyra Hyral]]
|3
|A White mage who seems to be a fan of Dragoon Man. If she did not shout his name, I would not have caught it. She attempted to stop me with some courage in my address in Luca. As a healer, she is able to conjure holy magic. However she seems to not be of the normal caster group and carries vials on her that are of some alchemy nature. Like typical class mages however, she does not care for combat. Very fragile. I was able to obtain one of her vials for further study. ''Personal Note:'' She has a great deal of magic within her. Untapped magic. Also lack of true control over it. Fascinating. Though while fighting her in Cornelia, she seem to display some signs of learning since our last encounter. Excellent.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Deelel|Light 2]]
|3
|Light 2 was first found in Luca. A female warrior who uses a chakram and does not come across a standard person. She has some manners of heroics, but does not seem comfortable with close combat confrontation. Her body also broke up in appearance of light on high damage and her scream of pain was not really human. There is not enough information to work with yet.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Mutt]]
|4
|A dog that belongs to Light 3. Very annoying. Light 3 seems to use it with there own form of attacks. The two are a tag team and work together to create distraction.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Shadow|Light 3]]
|2
|A Ninja by the looks of out fitting and forms of attack. They use there Mutt in order to help them in combat. My ideal of where they may be on the light chart could be off, but for now, this seems to be a good assumption based on assassin types. First ran into at Luca.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira|Maira, Maiden of Light]]
|5
|A female fire caster mage who has a very bright heart of light. Her choices during the battle have succeeded others and have shown little ability of corruption at this juncture. She was met in Bodhum Beach on the world of Traverse Town. Met her again several more times. Her light is bright, dangerous, can pierce into darkness. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate her again soon for more testing. Civil testing.</strike> Careful when dealing with this one. Though caring and not wishing to fight. Her light is powerful.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Evja|Light 4]]
|3
|This female viera is a dragoon, with good attentions, but their heart is corrupted by there need of battle or perhaps by there simple lack of understanding. When presented with a chance of mercy, they continued the fight. Meet at Bodhum Beach as well.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Minerva|Light 5]]
|3
|A Monk who fights with some light, some darkness, and some elemental. A strong female fighter, yet I was not able to obtain enough data on them to fully be sure where they stand. Her performance outside of Valkyri spoke more about herself. It is possible that her heart could be growing stronger in the light. Need further evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Ramza Beoulve|Ramza]]
|4
|Ramza was the name Light 6 cried out in his defense. He requested that I spare those in battle and end the madness. On first conversation, he showed manners similar to that of Dragoon Man and what is to be expected from those strong of light. He also has use of some elemental and some holy based attacks. Including the ability to heal. A very well rounded individual in combat.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Artemis Eurus|Light 6]]
|3
|Light 6 seems to be trying to act as Ramza's bodyguard, even though he protected her. Her heart was hard to pick up on as if she has the ability to mask it. This could be my mistake due distraction by Ramza's own heart and there proximity. Yet what I was able to see, she was indeed someone of light.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Zargabaath|Judge Magister Zargabaath]]
|3
|A man of honor who seems to care deeply for his men. Perhaps to the point to even risk his life for them. In our meeting he showed good faith by placing his weapons in the sand. Leaving himself open for attack if I so desired. Though perhaps I could raise him higher on the scale, until I can test him in combat, this is where he will remain. ''Personal Note:'' Find the means to get him alone to be tested. Perhaps even see if he can be broken.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira|Avira, Guardian of Light]]
|4
|Avira is of a group known as VALKYRI and is highly protective of the Maiden of Light. Her actions are those one would find of someone with a great deal of light in their heart. Protective. Caring. A true guardian. Thus the title I have written beside her name. Though I had trouble judging her heart, her actions spoke loud enough. ''Personal Note:'' <strike>Locate the base for Valkyri. Keep an eye on her and the Maiden of Light.</strike> When handling the Maiden of Light, make sure these two are somehow apart or... trick them.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|3
|This Creature; Percival as Avira, Guardian of Light called him; is very noble and just. He has a strong heart, yet there is darkness there. Darkness that can be reached too and could corrupt him. Yet his will is strong enough that only when pushed does his heart seem to grow darker. His sword is also holds darkness in it as well. Possibly could be pushed the other way by the right hands.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Tifa Lockhart|Tifa]]
|3
|Strong Will. Good heart. A fist fighter I meet when assaulting Avira, Guardian of Light's home. Friend to Avira and Maira. Friend to Valkyri. Unknown if associated with or just ally of.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[TRON|Light 7]]
|4
|Much like Avira, Guardian of Light, this one is very protective. He is someone who remains in difference of others and comes across as one who could become relentless if pushed in that direction. May be related to Light 2. They have similar fighting weapons, but he wields two. They also "bleed" the same. If I would even call it blood. It is unknown what they are, though they look human.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Reno|Light 8]]
|2
|Light was in his heart, by what little at the time I could see of it. Light 8 however seem to enjoy hiding and running. Uses orbs to cast spells. Also yelled a great deal. A bit of an ego. Well require further testing, not enough sufficient data.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|4
|This man is a curious one. He calls himself also the King of Hobos. His heart is strange as it seems to be two hearts within one body. His primary heart is bright, the one dwarfed by this brightness is slightly darker. Yet his actions speak for either heart. He considered me to be Garland at first, then realized I was not due to another's correction. He also has the ability to reach for strands within the air. It is an interesting trick of sorcery. ''Personal Note:'' Research into his tricks with the threads. Find a means to defend from it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Serah Farron|Light 9]]
|4
|Light 9's heart is extremely bright and though she seems to enjoy attempting to mock, she is mostly harmless. She is perhaps the weaker of those I have faced so far, yet, perhaps in future time she will need to be re-evaluated to see if this continues to hold true or not. Including looking to see if she is possibly like the Maiden of Light. ''Personal Note:'' Like the Maiden of Light and Kyra. She enjoys using holy magic. She is a heavy magic caster. It seems the magic barrier of the armor can defend against it well enough. Further notes on this one will need to be obtained for proper evaluation.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Myla Mason|Light 10]]
|3
|Light 10 uses a form guns to do their attacking and seems to have the ability to conjure magic in the forms of water magic. They did not speak much. Unable to assess heavy data due to Dragoon Man, Kyra, and Will Sherman. ''Personal Note:'' Will need to locate and test further.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those of Darkness:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Dark level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Katyna|Dark 1]]
|1
|They are very low on the darkness side. She stated she was once corrupted by the darkness and she would never be again. She also hinted to the Shadow Lords. She is blind to the fact darkness is still within her, but she does attempt to play 'hero'.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar|Dark 2]]
|2
|A Dark Knight like myself who wields a powerful mace. He has darkness in his heart, but the light is also bright in it as he moves to defend those around him. Yet he does not care for others. His darkness may be like that of my own, yet there was hints that his darkness taps into another source of energy. I am sure we will meet again.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Robed Figure]]
|4
|Someone of darkness, a great deal of darkness that I have met by the will of his Majesty. This individual seems very interested in studying my own darkness of heart. I do not know the reasons for these tests, nor do I care to know. If it be by his Emperor's will, then it will be done.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Leida|Dark 3]]
|3
|Her heart is of darkness. Was given the chance to run, yet she decided to remain with those of Light. She continued to fight by her side. Though I was going to score her level lower, I do believe she desired my death. ''Personal Note:'' Locate and Punish. If she desired my life dead, she may desire my Emperor's life. That is not an option.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|2
|Lady Laradyne is my Emperor's guest within the Castle of Palamecia. Her heart is clouded with darkness, yet there is still light in it. Her actions are confusing. She is capable of "fake" emotions, which are hard to detect. If she is capable of these, then so could others. It is a trick I will need to study further in spare time. I can not let these "fake" emotions mislead my gathering of information. ''Personal Note:'' She seems to have a desire to push her luck. I believe she hopes to gain an emotional response from me that is equal to her own. She will be disappointed each time.
|}

'''The Number Levels:''' 
0: Neutral 
1: Minimal 
2: Low 
3: Medium 
4: High 
5: Extreme

= Leon Dossier =
''There is a dark brown leather book here. There is nothing special about it on the first page it says simply: Owner is Leonhart. If you find this or are given this. Please keep it safe until I return, as I may have been reclaimed by the devil and I want to make sure I forever remember all those with what time I have.''

''OOC: This works just like the Dark Knight's. HAVE FUN!''

{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="8" style="background-color: #CED8F6;"|Those To Remember:
|-
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Name
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Friend Level
|style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|Information
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Rena Laradyne]]
|5+
|Rena is <strike>a trusted friend to mine.. maybe..</strike> even more to me then I had thought. She has accepted me, showed me how to live for the moment, and can take away the pain when it hurts the most. Yet sometimes, she isn't enough to stop the memories from coming back. She does have a beautiful voice though. I could listen to it for hours. Is it possible that maybe I.. hmm. I think I could be.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Maira]]
|4+
|Maira is some girl that, somehow, freed me from Mateus' control. I don't know how, but it has something to do with the Light, the darkness of my heart, and other things. I apparently hunted her down as the Dark Knight rather often. I just-- don't remember doing it. She has continued to stand by my side. Even now is getting ready to go to Palamecia with me. I.. wish.. damn'it.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Emperor Mateus]]
|5-
|I am going to kill him. I swear by my sister's name and all those who died in Fynn. I do not care if Fynn is slowly coming to love him. He will DIE.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Will Sherman]]
|2+
|Some dude that was there on the battlefield when I was freed. Ran into him later in the Wildcat Cafe where I met Rena for the first time. Don't know much about him, he does owe me a drink however... 
Note to self - Find him. Get that drink when you get back to your old self. Unless he is dead. Then pull him out of the grave, get that drink, and stick him back in grave.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Avira]]
|3+
|Not bad gal. Kinda nice. Very protective of Maira. Can't.. really write much about her. I do love her sword though.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Percival]]
|0-
|This guy.. is a real something. Looks like a devil. That is all. <strike>(and I am going to be stuck with him going to Palamecia!)</strike>
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Angantyr Vespar]]
|2+
|I don't know much about this guy, but he seems to know his stuff. Apparently hits like a blacksmith forging steel if what he did to Percival is any indication. Also protective of Maira. Seems-- he may know some things too. 
After further conversations I-- have come to really respect this guy. I can.. honestly respect a man who will protect the one he loves and no matter what anyone says, will stand by them. Just wish I could have come to know him better.
|-
|rowspan="1" style="background-color: #BDBDBD;"|[[Riku]]
|2+
|I apparently, yet again, have history with this kid due to the Dark Knight. I don't know much about him, but it seems we share a similar issue. Though his has changed, while mine still remains the same. <strike>He-- is, no, was right though. In some ways. He was right. Yet. The path is set. I know what I have to do. It will-- just take time to do it.</strike> Maybe-- I should ask him to.. no. No need to get anyone involved in my personal matters.
|}

= Fact Book =
This is more for ooc knowledge, unless RP has brought this out or I have given consent that your character may know specific points already. More will be added in due time.

* He is the Military Commander
* Extremely loyal to Emperor Mateus
* "Second in Command" of the Palamecian Empire (but only as Military Command)
* Is seen as Inhuman
* Believed to maybe be a Golem of Darkness
* Shows no display of pain
* Doesn't show much of any emotion
* May not get along with Borghen (who is the other "Second in Command" and is more a "face" for the public and diplomats)
* The Dark Knight is Leon
* His Heart is locked from all light (but can be pierced by a Dusk Princess or breached by a Princess of Heart)
* His Memory is also locked (beyond what Mateus wanted him to know)
* He comes from Fynn
* Was Mateus first experiment in tapping into darkness of people's hearts
* Can sense the Light in someone.
* Can also sense the Darkness.
* Doesn't really use magic, but darkness itself.
* The only way to 'break' Leon out from his locked state requires three components: A Keyblade, Princes of Heart, and his sister.
* Even if 'freed', there is a very strong possibility he would go back to Mateus or be devoured by the darkness after a time.
* First time 'freed' was because Will weakened the binds and Maira had her opening then to push enough Light into his heart.
* As Leon he has no memories of what the Dark Knight has done.
* As the Dark Knight, he has no memories of what Leon has done.
* He is dominantly left handed.
* Born under the Zodiac Sign of the Capricorn.
* He is Type O. Which means, that he can donate his blood to anyone, but can only take Blood O - He be screwed if he has blood lose issues.

= Roleplay Hooks =
== The Dark Knight ==
* '''Wielder of Light'''
** Anyone who has good in there heart and is willing to fight for justice. The Dark Knight is willing to come for you.
* '''Wielder of Darkness'''
** Anyone who has evil in there heart and is willing to fight for injustice. The Dark Knight is curious on a study the level of power of those who, like himself, wield the darkness and by how much.
* '''Conflict'''
** Any form of Conflict be it good or evil, may bring the Dark Knight out to come investigate, if not take part in.
* '''Keyblade'''
** The Keyblade is a summoning force while it is active. The Dark Knight is attracted to it. He may come seek you out.

== Leon ==
For when Leon is out of the box, he is pretty much open to whatever and however. I also have no problems with people wanting to attack him due to what he has done as the Dark Knight. So feel free to make him pay for his transactions -- even if he doesn't remember them!

= Logs =
{{Character Logs}}
= Cutscenes =
{{Character Logs|Cutscenes}}

Party Talk Between Two

2013-06-07T19:42:50Z

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{{Log Header
|Date of Scene=2013/06/07
|Location=Port Royal
|Synopsis=As the Shard Seekers have themselves a Pirate Party. Leon and Riku have a discussion outside of the bar.
|Cast of Characters=Riku, Leon
|pretty=yes
}}
:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Leon steps outside with Riku from the crazy Shard Seeker party bash within the bar. Down over to a nice dark corner where the music could still be heard, but no people were in sight beyond the very two now standing before one another. "What is that you want, kid?" Leon says calmly, his golden red eyes looking directly at Riku once more and his right hand, though he was a left hand wielder, ready to pull his sword at ready if he needed too since it was still hidden behind the hooded cloak that was still draped over that shoulder. After all, seeing that little stunt with that one guy and from some of his past experiences, he doesn't exactly trust this will be a friendly chat.

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Riku growls something unpleasant and definitely not printable, even by use of errant geese before disappearing into the pirate city. He looks up at Leon and says bluntly. "I'm surprised you can see at all. Your starving, aren't you?" And there is a surprisingly quiet note in his voice, his brow furrowing as he looks up at Leon. "A lot of time has passed since I saw you in that armor, hasn't it? --Enough for Maira to trust you, at least."

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' "Nearly a month.. or two.. I haven't really been counting." Leon replies back to Riku. He tilts his head slightly. "Sadly, I don't know you or remember you, but good to know when you met me." Not like there was any doubt there. "Just to bad you met the side with no name." Leon then grunts as he then just sits down on one of the boxes, or at least leans against the crate. He then closes his eyes. "..and I don't know what your talking about starving. I ate fine before I left to fetch Maira. So trust me, my stomach isn't growling none." He says with a soft hearted chuckle. Then he opens one eye, which has become slightly more gold in color. "..But yeah. Don't worry. Maira knows I wont hurt her, like the others who have come to know me.. though.. that may be changing again.. soon enough."

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Riku looks at him in confusion and then an odd sympathy. He crosses his arms and shifts his weight to the other foot. "You.. don't even know, do you?" he sighs and shakes his head, sitting down on a box himself. "I-- would say you would HAVE to know because I've been at ground zero to an armored rampage. But-- you don't, do you? I mean, your leaking so bad I could pick you out from a mile away." he sighs. "Oh man. This is bad." He goes rummaging around in his pockets for something.

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' "No.. I don't know." Leon says flatly with his voice. "Everything the Dark Knight did I have no memories of. All of his knowledge, information, I don't know any of it." He frowns even deeper. "And what I do know is that I am walking time bomb, at which the very man who did this to me, knows. He knows it and.." He tsks softly. "Either way, what is that you wanted from me? I need to get Maira back to her hotel room so she can at least get some sleep before we head out tomorrow." The former Dark Knight watches as Riku rummages around. "..and what do you mean you could..pick me up from a mile away?"

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Riku just stares at Leon for a long time. --What would he have said to himself six months ago when the TDA had pried off the thin sugar coating of his self-delusion or four months ago when -- and the teenager has this extremely unpleasant feeling that he is trying to do the right thing but not even really sure what that thing is anymore. He knew nothing about this man other than things that had made him want to stab them repeatedly. But he also knew that he wouldn't look away from someone who was suffering. Not who he was now. He feels something shift around inside his skull again and Riku just puts his head in his hands for a moment until the feeling subsides. When he raises his head, his demeanor is very calm and even keeled. His voice almost uninflected. "You are a darkness user. I know this because it's streaming off you, and because I used to be one. I can sense darkness. You are having trouble seeing, right? Especially in a crowded place, where all you can see are ragged smears of light and darkness? Silohuettes of people around these bright sparks? You are just this side of light blinded and it's because you haven't fed. Because you are like me, and I was not aware there was anybody else like me so imagine my surprise." He says these last three words authoritatively and with an absolute dead-pan." he takes in a measured breath and lets it out. "I'm saying I can help you. Maybe not very much, but something. If you will let me."

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Leon glances off to the side a bit as Riku explains. He just stares at the wall and closes his eyes as Riku then goes through the bits about having a hard time seeing and so on and so forth. He wasn't really sure what to say at this point only gently nod his head until words can formulate in his mind. "Point taken." Leon then opens his eyes, looking at Riku. "Though I believe yours may be natural.. mine is a curse.." Or maybe it wasn't? Maybe he was always attuned to the darkness but Mateus maybe brought it out fully? Leon had no idea. Either way-- it was a curse. "..but yes.. it has become hard to see people as.. people.." He grimaces. "..and getting harder to focus." He then looks at Riku directly. "So how do you plan to help me?"

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Riku feels the impulse to laugh himself hoarse at that. Natural. .. Natural. And it never gets past his throat. He coughs quietly as if something were stuck in his throat and shakes his head. Oh-- whatever was grinding was giving him a headache to match. Always a pleasant part of this. He takes out a smallish gem and passed it from hand to hand, back and forth a few times. "This might help you. This might not. It being a curse and all." The extremely desert dry inflection continues. "Strike it against the edge of the box if you need to. Just break it. It's-- going to sting."

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Leon's goldish red eyes almost get attracted to the gem, like a dragon trying to ignore treasure; it wasn't easy. "Strike it against the box.. it may sting.." He repeats back and blinks a few times. "..why would it sting and just what is it?" Then again, if it will give him enough control until they got to Palamecia. He doesn't honestly care. If it would help, it would help right. Damn. This almost sounds like a drug deal. The former Dark Knight then places out his hand to take it from Riku, "..and what is your name?"

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' "It's a holy materia and it's going to feel like it's going to take your hand off because light energy comes from two places. From gems like this-- which apparantly are pretty rare. Or from people." He says with an absolutely straight face. " Speaking of the people inside. I tend not to eat junk food." Riku snorts very faintly, handing the gem over to the man. "My name's Riku, by the way. Since you are technically not Scary Armor the Sequel, it's -- Leon. Right?"

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Leon took the gem and narrowed his eyes. The very dark energy, much like it did with Maira was reacting the same way-- it didn't want ANYTHING to do with the gem and yet-- it would need too. Now how did you tell your body you needed this? Maybe it knew and it was just being stubborn-- but wait right.. break it. "Yes. My name is Leon, it is a pleasure Riku." He says glancing over the youth and then without even trying to miss a beat as his hand raises up. "..Scary armor the sequel?" Distraction-- and.. Shatter the crystal. Which as soon has the crystal shattered that very dark wisps that wanted to pull away suddenly drove down and Leon could only grit his teeth. Yet he continued to distract himself. Just don't think on the pain. Mind over matter. Focus. "How.. how did I-- obtain-- that name.." After the last part he grit his teeth and lowered his head, closing his eyes tightly. What the hell /was/ going on? "..damnit.." he murmured out softly until whatever light there was, was suddenly snuffed out.

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' "I meet a startling amount of people who wield large weapons and are completely covered in plate armor." Riku winces slightly in sympathy but continues talking like nothing has happened. "You are the third, and thus-- not Scary Armor the Greater or his apprentice, Scary Armor the lesser. It's a naming scheme I picked up from movies. I think the next one will be the Return of the Scary Armor since I've already met the Bride of Scary Armor."

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Leon attempts to chuckle and ignore his hand and whatever the darkness may be doing. He doesn't want to know. He doesn't want to see it. It is-- whatever is happening-- helping a bit. But he really doesn't want to understand /how/ or /why/. At least-- not for now. "I-- I see." He tries to smile a bit, opening one eye to look at Riku, which has turned more of its red hue with a gold edge on the outside of the eye. "And the bride as well, huh? I-- I guess there are a ton of dudes walking around trying to all be evil armored knights who want to kick poor helpless puppies." He then closes his eye once more before flexing his hand once it seems done. Stretching out his fingers and then clenching them, then repeating this process a few times. "..and thanks." The former Dark Knight then looks at Riku. "..it will help.. with the trip tomorrow." Leon then frowns a bit. "..You said you knew me as the Dark Knight-- what.. no.. I don't want to know just-- I am sorry." He lowers his head. "I have done many people wrong as the Dark Knight and-- worse I have no memories of it. Then to top it off.. it will.. soon go right back the way it was." He peers then at Riku. "Did you-- did you ever escape yours? Truly? Or is.. is this..." He looks then at his own hands. The dark tendrils that flow around his hands like a thin fog. "Is this something that never goes away?"

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Riku frowns slightly and then winces as a sharp crack-- and-- whatever he had just fell to pieces and there was a surge of almost painful anger in the place of calm resolve. "What?!" he asks incredulously. "What the hell do you mean by that? Go back to the way it was? I-- " he lets out an exasperated breath. Why should he care? Other than the obvious NOT wanting to be stabbed by crystalline swords reasons. He grinds a palm into his face, almost literally shaking from pent up anger and reaction. "No" he says in a surprisingly calm voice which only shook a little around the edges. "It-- turned into something else. I'm not sure if that's a good thing all the time but its-- it's different. It doesn't always have to be monstrous. Or-- maybe it does and we just switch different kinds of mosnters, who knows." he laughs. "Nobody gives the instruction manual on this crap. What do you mean curse--- you mean.. somebody did this to you?" He opens one eye looking at leon through his hand and it is a very unpleasant look.

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Leon glances off to the side a bit as Riku nearly sneers at him. Yeah. He can't argue with the youth's frustration. It was his own, but this was a double sided sword. He needed to get close to the man. Play the game. Wait him out. Somewhere in all this-- maybe he could break free and return the favor. Maybe. "Yes and perhaps.. no." The man sighs softly rubbing his hands together in thought. "Emperor of Palamecia, Mateus.. he killed everyone I have hold dearly and even killed my sister. The very city I called home, now sees him as the best thing ever that has happened to them-- even though he alone was responsible for its near destruction-- but also seems it rebuilding as well." Leon's eyes then narrow dangerously. "..I was the only one spared alive-- for whatever the reason and my reward for my attempts was not death-- but turned into his Dark Knight general. He.. locked away my heart.. or so it has been explained to me. Locked me away and brought out the darkness of my heart." He then peers at Riku. "Maira freed me from his hold.. but not from the darkness he drew out. Between her and a man named Will Sherman-- they were able to unlock my heart.. free me.." He then looks up at the sky. "...Yet Mateus knew I would need to return to him.. because I face a fact.. either I return and be enslaved once more-- or I try to fight on and be consumed by this very power." His eyes drop back down once more to his opened hands. "I have-- a debt to repay. I have lives to avenge. I can not allow myself to be consumed by what he did to me. So I have to wait it out-- wait it out until I can find away to not only be free of him.. but also end his life once and for all." His hands then clenched into a fist. "But right now.. I don't have those means.. and it-- may take me some time until I do." He shakes his head. "I will avenge those I have lost. I /will/ make him suffer as he has made me suffer." His hands start to clench tighter. "...I will burn him.. slowly.. in the very fires that he has created.." He then stops himself, breaking his hands free and then moving to stand up straight once more.

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Riku opens his mouth and then closes it several times. He tries to make any sense out of his thoughts but they just have pinwheeled out of his hands and he ends up just sitting there when he knows he should say something. He looks up at Leon and he takes a breath and says quietly. "..your lying to yourself. And the only person you will end up burning up-- is you. And this guy-- whoever Shadow Lord is he, goes laughing all the way. Because the worst ones aren't the ones with the big capes and the laughter and the evil army. It's the ones who get you to do things because you think you have to." Riku just buries his face in his hands then and groans very softly. "Yeah." he says in a mocking growl, aimed just as much at himself as Leon. "I'm going to fight darkness with bitterness and hatred and resentment. That's going to work. See? It's a perfect plan." He snarls. "What is it you are really afraid of?"

:'''[[Leon]] has posed:''' Leon glares at Riku. His words perhaps cutting deep at something and becomes obvious by not only the sneer by the sudden intense glow of his eyes. Even the darkness around his feet starts to spread outward in his growing rage at the youth. Leon then cuts his gaze away before he tsks softly. "It is not death." he says simply as he then starts to walk away. "But the truth." He says softly as he keeps walking before he comes to a pause. Leon then looks over his shoulder. "I thank you, Riku. Maybe one day-- we can have a longer conversation then this.. Maybe then.. I will be free from it all." He then looks away. "She would have liked you, Riku. The one I hold most dear to me, now gone. She would have liked you and probably pulled you into her little circle." A sad smile crosses his face. "She was always the friendly type. Kind heart. Warm soul. She was my better half.. even if related by blood.. it shouldn't be me who is walking.." He then starts to walk away once more, heading back for the bar to get Maira. "It should be her.."

:'''[[Riku]] has posed:''' Riku bolts up to his feet because he can't stand it anymore. He wants to spin around and scream 'Don't you think I get it!?' because he was almost describing Kairi. Who lay in Hollow Bastion while Riku walked free and had a life. While this parents and his world lay in darkness. Instead he smashes a fist into the crate and then a boot and snaps a hand across the air. He is most CERTAINLY going to regret this, but right now he didn't care. "Gods. You are full of bologna." The teenager vanishes in a smear of dark energy, the portal snapping just behind him.

Down On The Grassy Hills

2013-06-07T19:41:24Z

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|Location=Old Kingdom - British Countryside
|Synopsis=Ulharisk meets a new guest to the worlds and a possible chance of a new friend.
|Cast of Characters=Ulharisk, Buggabix
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:'''[[Ulharisk]] has posed:''' The rolling green, lush hills. Livestock that roam the land without concern from any odd predators. It is a peaceful place here. Very peaceful and very relaxing. Not many travelers come through here and people like it that way perhaps. It stays quiet. Not much excitement. However excitement was indeed coming, at least for some cattle roaming the land, because the one thing a dragon can not turn down is a good cow. Gotta have that beef! Over several cattle grazing contently, suddenly a shadow falls over one of them. The cow with the grass in its mouth suddenly looks up, before its stops chewing and just stares. Then as those white ivory claws extend out the cow now realizes its fate. It lets out a frightful moo as it tries to get away, but suddenly the blue scaled beast from above tackles it down to the ground and over the hill. All someone may see from the roadside is the creature of blue and crimson red falling from the sky, then blades of grass rising into the air with a sound of a cow's cry before utter silence. As for the rest of the cattle. They are getting the heck out of there!

:'''[[Buggabix]] has posed:''' Buggabix, the wandering goblin, is always in search of wrongs to right. He heard that in this land called 'Britain', dragons were said to be fearsome creatures that terrorized the land. Why, that sounded right up his alley! He'd find one of these beasts (for his own world lacked them, strangely enough) and beat it up, then he'd get enough money for food. This could only end well for him! So when a cow becomes a snack for said dragon, Buggabix happens to be in the area watching. He crouches down in the tall grass, pulling his knit cap down as he attempts to creep up to see what this thing looks like.

:'''[[Ulharisk]] has posed:''' Ulharisk has the cow pinned down and has pretty much already taken the life from it. He should transform back, but he will need to drag this off somewhere and then break it up into parts. He just-- wasn't sure where to go. So standing there, his wings were spread out as he glanced around the area. His front paws on top of the cow and his back paws resting down in a hunch. His tail was swaying side to side slowly. Those ear fins expanded out and flick form time to time. The dragon's violet eyes scan the area, before he opens his mouth to inhale the air around him, and then closes it before inhaling a deep but of the air through his nostrils. This drake only seemed to be maybe a bit bigger then the cow, which-- was the other reason Ulharisk has yet to leave. He wasn't even sure if he had the strength to lift this cow up. Not like this anyhow. The dragon then gets off his caught cow and then bits down on the back of its neck. Then with a low rumble of annoyance starts to pull on the tough skin of the cow, slowly but surely starting to drag what he hopes will be his meal. He is unaware of watchful eyes of a goblin, cause yay for his scent going in the other direction thanks to the breeze.

:'''[[Buggabix]] has posed:''' Buggabix watches the dragon; man, he thought it would be bigger. But oh well, it would just have a harder time trying to eat him. He crept along, following the dragon from behind as he attempted to catch up to him.

:'''[[Ulharisk]] has posed:''' Sadly Draconians as Dragons were not very big no. They were about the size, if not a few feet bigger then a horse. At least when they were on all fours. Now if one was to stand up on their hign legs, then yes. They did tower over many different types of races out there. Ulharisk continued to drag his meal until he picked up movement in the brush. Those violet draconic eyes stared in that direction and his tail suddenly came a halt as his ear fins expanded out once more. He stared in the direction Buggabix was, before looking around a bit. He didn't exactly let go of the cow, but he was looking dead on in that direction. Just standing there now. Watching. Listening.

:'''[[Buggabix]] has posed:''' Buggabix stopped, his heart pounding. The goblin gulped, waiting until Ulharisk stops (if he stops) paying attention. He was closer now, he could almost touch the tail tip. He waited, and waited. Finally, his impatience got the better of him. With a shrill cry he leaps from the grass like a small missile, to latch onto Ulharisk roughly at where his tail would begin!

:'''[[Ulharisk]] has posed:''' Buggabix suddenly leaps out like a missile and Ulharisk's eyes go wide. He has /never/ seen anything like what is coming at him. A native creature here? Either way he quickly lets go of the cow and jumps off to the side to avoid the sudden pounce of the Goblin. It was extremely close, just a brush off from pouncing on the Drake. He frills out his wings and then growls lowly. Showing off those razor teeth as his violet eyes narrow. "Are you a servant of the shadow lords?" He speaks out with that slight British accent and deep echoing rumble behind his words. "Are you one of Whe'ir's followers?" Ulharisk raised even higher on his four legs, ready to leap if he needed. Though his mouth was now closed his nostrils were flared a bit and his ear fins fully expanded out still and seeming to be listening directly where the goblin was.

:'''[[Buggabix]] has posed:''' Buggabix dived back into the tall grass. It rustled as he sprang back up to face the dragon fearlessly, his own sharp teeth bared in a much-less impressive growl. "Says you! I'm Buggabix, and I'm here to defeat an evil dragon! I bet you kidnapped a princess or something, huh, HUH??? I warn you, I'm small but I am the strongest goblin to ever exist!" He punches the air a few times. "I might just be feeling merciful. For the record, I'm not a Shadow Lord, or a Wire, whatever that is!"

:'''[[Ulharisk]] has posed:''' Ulharisk raises an eye ridge. "What?" He says calmly. "I am no evil dragon, my name is Ulharisk. I am a Guardian Knight." he then watches the Goblin punch the air and he actually rolls his eyes. "Either way, I-- think you got the wrong idea.. just as I did about you.." He then goes to reach over for the cow once more with his clawed paw hand, to pull it over. "..and its Whe'ir... Whe ir." He says it the second time more slowly, before he bites down on the cow and starts to drag it again, he then talks slightly with his teeth grit. So its a bit harder to make out. "So if you don't mind. I have a dinner to cut up and prepare before sundown." He then pauses and lets go of the cow for a moment. "..and the only 'princess' I know, is the one the Shadow Lords keep calling that and tormenting." He then goes to bite back down on the cow.

:'''[[Buggabix]] has posed:''' Buggabix takes a bit more than the normal person to process such info. His big ears flick, he snuffles his nose, then finally, lowers his fists. "So...you're not going to set the countryside on fire," he says. Come to think of it, he doesn't look THAT menacing. He had big hips, too. Buggabix wisely did not voice such a thought. "Well, dang. I guess I'm not going to beat you up...which I totally could do." He watches Ulharisk eat and his stomach growls. "OOf..." He hasn't eaten anything since breakfast. He stared at the cow, his mouth starting to water. Beef...a rarity back home. He had some once and fell in love instantly. Otherwise it was all mushrooms or whatever animals they found down in the caves.

:'''[[Ulharisk]] has posed:''' Ulharisk glances up at the Goblin, still dragging the carcass before he notices that-- the Goblin is really staring at his meal. The dragon glances down at the cow, then at Buggabix, then down at the cow. Ulharisk hrms softly, before he lets it go. "You said your strong right?" The Drake then points over at a rocky cliff side. "See that cliff side. You think you can carry this," He points at the cow. "To there." Over at the rocks. "If you can. I will give you half the cut, and the leather which you can sell."

:'''[[Buggabix]] has posed:''' Buggabix looks at the draconian with his eyes widening to saucers. "Really?!" he asks. He grins again, and dashes right at Ulharisk, crouching down at the cow carcass and lifting it up onto his shoulders with both arms. "Hnnnnnrrrgh! I'll be there in two seconds!" he declares, then begins to move for the cliff face. Of course, he's a lot slower than that, but he takes off like a gunshot.

:'''[[Ulharisk]] has posed:''' Ulharisk watches the goblin and chuckles softly. "Well then." he says calmly before he opens his wings once more and takes flight for the location. Once Buggabix gets there a little rock circle is made with some logs and a place to hang the cut meat. The fire was also already burning, but what Buggabix may see was not the dragon, but a young man with slightly elf like ears, clawed fingers and clawed toes. His skin had a dark tan to it and was slightly scaly. So when Buggabix arrives, the man stands up and gives a nod of his head. "Thanks for doing this. The sun sets soon and I do not like to burn fires during the moon's dominance in the sky." he hrms. "Though I may have too." His voice was also far more clear now. In the tenor range really. "..and you said your name is Buggabix right. If you don't mind me asking.." He raises an eyebrow. "..what are you?"

:'''[[Buggabix]] has posed:''' Buggabix hangs the cow and turns just as the young elf-like guy steps out. He stares, and sniffs at him a few times. At the question, he puffs out his chest. "I'm a goblin! What, you don't have goblins where you come from? Hey, but you just turned into a pointy-eared elf guy? You're not an elf, are you?"

:'''[[Ulharisk]] has posed:''' Ulharisk chuckles and shakes his head. "No. I am a Draconain. My people come from another world that was.. devoured by creatures known as Heartless.. Whe'ir's minions.. and the darkness." His eyes narrow slightly as he then pulls out a knife on the cow that is now hanging and starts to cut into it. Poor cow. You will though, be eaten well. "And no-- we had monstrous creatures, some that stood up right like humans, but nothing like you." He then peers over to Buggabix. "Not to say your a monster or anything." He says with a sheepish smile. Then goes back to work. "Mit'ir gave us these human like forms.. or.. I guess what you call.. a.. elf? Was it? Well-- he gave us these forms because of what Whe'ir did to us due to a few of my kind long ago all wanting to fly. The gift of all my race to fly was the ability to breath fire. Yet our fire was exhausting our energy and burning down our world." He pauses what he is doing, "..so more simply put, cause that probably made no sense.. um.. Whe'ir cursed us and Mit'ir fixed us. If we remained in our born forms all the time, we would destroy our world..or ourselves." He then takes a few cuts of the meat and tosses them on a bolder, "..Could you put those on the rack above the fire, Buggabix?" He then hrms, "..also.. what about your people? What is your story?"

:'''[[Buggabix]] has posed:''' Buggabix listens as he watches Ulharisk cut up the cow. It's all he can do not to devour the raw meat right away. INstead he dutifully puts them on the rack as instructed. "GOOD, I don't like elves...or humans," he says. "At least from my world. They hunted us to near extinction, so me and my people fight against this GIANT CORPORATION that hires adventurers in parties that go out and, well, adventure. To defend ourselves, we study martial arts almost from birth. I was born in our only city, it's underground." He sits on a rock, ears lowering. "The Heartless came to my world too..we never saw it coming. Now I'm cut off."

:'''[[Ulharisk]] has posed:''' Ulharisk glances over at Buggabix as he explains about his people's hardships and a bit about his own background. "A martial artists hm? So--" he has to think on that. "..so you do hand to hand combat then? That is really neat." He cuts up a few more slabs of meat and he takes those to hang them on the rack over the fire as well. He then very carefully lowers the wood down and whispers soft words as he makes a wave of his hand in the air. Blue energy follows his finger tips paths before he touches the rod which seems to instantly become damp. No burning the rack! "You will find here that the humans wont harm you. Many of them are very nice but there are those few.." He frowns. "Well.. there are a few who wish nothing but to aid the darkness." "You can blame those who aid the darkness being the ones who destroyed your world as well. As they have connections to the Heartless and they tend to, mostly be either servants of these.. Shadow Lords.. or Shadow Lords themselves."

:'''[[Buggabix]] has posed:''' Buggabix watches in amazement at Ulharisk whips up some magic to cook their meat. He feels a tiny bit jealous...but then, he can set his fists on fire with PURE BODY ENERGY, so he reminds himself he is also just as cool. He almost forgets Ulharisk is talking to him. "Yeah, well...I'll suppose I won't immediately attack every human I see," he says. Then his brow furrows. "Wait...destroyed? That...that's what happens to our worlds?"

:'''[[Ulharisk]] has posed:''' Ulharisk doesn't really answer right away. "..from what I have overheard. If a piece of the world remains.. it would be found within one of these many connected worlds. Yet many who have come to fall into these strange worlds-- can not find their world." He glances over at Buggabix, a sad look on his face. "..so it either will merge here.. become a shard.. or.. it is gone." He grimaces a bit at his own words before he crosses his arms over his chest. "But-- maybe your world is here somewhere." he says with a smile. "Have faith and hope. That is what gets you through the hard suns." He then checks the meat and hrms. "..how do you like your beef?" He completely forgot to ask this!

:'''[[Buggabix]] has posed:''' Buggabix's ears drop at the thought of his world being, well, gone forever. Especially the circumstances where he last saw his family and friends. He gets a sorrowful look on his face, but Ulharisk's words at least prevent him from dwelling on it just now. He tears into the beef ravenously, gulping it down. "It's really good!" he exclaims.

:'''[[Ulharisk]] has posed:''' Ulharisk watches as the Goblin just-- eats away. He blinks his eyes a few times and smiles softly. "I am glad you are enjoying it." He then cooks his own a bit more, but hand Buggabix at least four more pieces, which happen to be the bigger cuts. "Have you explored the areas much yet?" Ulharisk asks as he waits for his own beef to finish cooking.

:'''[[Buggabix]] has posed:''' Buggabix scarfs down the meat, pausing to belch. "Ahhh...not really. I mean, I haven't even been to Traverse TOwn yet, but a lot of people talk about it. I hear it's really big.":

:'''[[Ulharisk]] has posed:''' "Traverse Town isn't bad." Ulharisk comments. "It is indeed a very different type of place to what I am use too. I spend a good deal of my time in what is known as World of Ruin." He then takes off his meat from the rack and then moves the rack back up so he can use it later. "World of Ruin is-- a mix of many worlds that have.. smashed themselves together. It is-- a very interesting place." He then sits down and starts to eat his own steaks. "If you want work, both places are a good choice."

:'''[[Buggabix]] has posed:''' "I fight evil for the pleasure of whupping it more than the cash!" Buggabix proclaims. He gulps down more meat, and pauses. "But money is good. I mean, I need to survive, right?"

:'''[[Ulharisk]] has posed:''' "Mmhm. Survival is good, though I don't need the.. munny to survive.. or gil.. or whatever you want to call the.. currency here." Ulharisk replies. "However, I have found it does make life easier with the locals, as they are hard to barter with unless you have it." At least he would be spending the evening with someone to talk too instead of being alone and most likely if Buggabix wants to know the way. He would take him to the portal that leads to Traverse Town.