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I'm going to copy Liliths's post over soon, and slot it in in front of IM's. |
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I leaked information about the Great Banishment, and whipped the mods into a frenzy against China and (to a lesser extant) Key. |
Argonaut wrote: |
If we're going with IM's post then it appears that Lordy is working for the Greater evil, who is supplying Lordy with minions. Of course, that doesn't mean that Lordy isn't planning to double-cross the GE This would mean Lordy was working for the GE in exchange for a piece of the action when the GE takes over. However he always planned to destroy the GE and take his place as ruler when the time came. So my proposal for what happens in the end is that our heroes stop Lordy at a crucial moment, foiling his double-cross and actually allowing the GE to come to power. Then everyone will need to band together somehow, even Lordy, to destroy or banish the GE. How does that sound? |
lordofthenight wrote: |
I preferred Argo's idea personally. Having the IFians accidently ruin my needlessly complicated plan would give a classic Scooby-Doo line, while still giving me a reason to stop the GE. I can still try and take control of the city after defeating the GE afterall. Most likely, the GE is after destruction of IF, and possibly the entire country (hence using the Soul Well). With the ingredients though, Lordy would be able to harness the power of the Soul Well, betraying the GE, and leading to gaining control. Plus, it explains why I wasn't going around getting them myself - the GE could have been keeping tabs on me, so I enlisted Rai's help. Btw, if anyone wants to hear my original elaborate, needlessly complicated (and now slightly editted) plan in full, just say so. I'll write it up. |
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I leaked information about the Great Banishment, and whipped the mods into a frenzy against China and (to a lesser extant) Key. |
Argonaut wrote: |
If we're going with IM's post then it appears that Lordy is working for the Greater evil, who is supplying Lordy with minions. Of course, that doesn't mean that Lordy isn't planning to double-cross the GE This would mean Lordy was working for the GE in exchange for a piece of the action when the GE takes over. However he always planned to destroy the GE and take his place as ruler when the time came. So my proposal for what happens in the end is that our heroes stop Lordy at a crucial moment, foiling his double-cross and actually allowing the GE to come to power. Then everyone will need to band together somehow, even Lordy, to destroy or banish the GE. How does that sound? |
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What he wants is to be freed from the Soul Well, where he was accidently imprisioned thousands of years before. The Greater Evil was trying to unleash its power then, but an earthquake trapped his essence in the well, where he's been ever since.
Over the centuries he lost contact with his pawns remaining in the world, as they died out/stopped believing in a trapped deity. With no followers and no hope of rescue, he fell into a deep, sleep-like state. Unconciously, he influcenced many of the evil deeds that occur through-out the world, but with neither party aware of the contact. So it was when Key relocated the City of IF on it's current spot, the Greater Evil remained unaware. In fact, it was only Chinaren's recent use of the Soul Well that stirrred its conciousness. The magical properties of the Well served the Mayor's purpose to get rid of the souls, yet instead of merely fading into the aether, the Greater Evil devoured them, and had his powers invigorated. |
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With power once more, the Greater Evil managed to contact Lordy, who he believed he could manipulate into releasing him. However, he soon learned that Lordy would have no problems releasing an evil deity on the world, even if it meant damning the entire country (Lordy's evil like that).
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The two allied - Lordy would free the Greater Evil, and in return recieve a portion of his power, and dominion over IF. However, Lordy wanted more, and so assigned Rai to collect the three ingrediants he'd need to gain the full power of the Soul Well for himself, and banish the Greater Evil completely. Then use the Soul Well's power to do pretty much the same thing the Greater Evil was.
The plan has to back-fire, when somehow the adventurers disrupt the ritual, and actually set the Greater Evil free. |
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Thoughts? (And, I'd actually like to write some of this myself, seeing how otherwise Lordy always appears a bit of a bastard. As opposed to the kind, caring guy he really is). |
Crunchyfrog wrote: | ||
Ah right, so does that mean the adventurers need to arrive after Rai and her gem arrives? So they actually stumble in, in the middle of the spell? |
lordofthenight wrote: |
I take it Sasuke is going to find himself as the final sacrifice to open the Soul Well, and 'free' the GE then? |
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Thoughts? (And, I'd actually like to write some of this myself, seeing how otherwise Lordy always appears a bit of a bastard. As opposed to the kind, caring guy he really is). |
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New Posting Guidelines for Hangover
The last 8 posts of the Hangover was the best sequence of multi-authoring that we have had, and as a result, I was able to copy each post directly from the Hangover thread into the Final Version thread in the Tales of IF forum, with only minor spelling and grammatical edits to do. This is EXACTLY the result I wanted to achieve. ![]() ![]() Here are some guidelines, to help everyone to multi-author. (We have a good example to follow in Chapter 24, so there should be no excuses!) These guidelines may need to be modified, depending on how well we do with it. 1. DO... Check the Discussion thread and make yourself aware of what we all agreed in the structure of the chapter before you post. How does it begin? How does it end? Are there any comments from the author of the most recent post? 2. DO... Follow on directly from the last post, as if you are continuing their narration. Take care to maintain continuity. If you are not sure about a detail you want to write about, ask in the Discussion thread. 3. DO... Check back to the Discussion thread once you have posted. Add your comments if there are certain things you want to explain about what you wrote, and any suggestions on what you want the next author to pick up. 3. DO... Watch the length of your post. Try and keep it less than 500 words if you can. There are no penalties if it is longer, but try to avoid massive lengths. 3. DO... Check the quality of your post. Spell check and grammar check. Write as if you want the Review Board to approve it. It is, after all, going to be tranfserred into the forum in the Fantasy Forest section. 1. DONT... Write a soliloquy. Also, writing the entire story as seen through your character's eyes is a little too 'RP', and does not flow well. 2. DONT... Write reams and reams about your character's traits or abilities, or introduce any new abilities so late on in the story, especially if it is for the sake of convenience in the plot. 3. DONT... Suddenly switch the POV, or write a separate, parallel plotline, that is not directly connected with the chapter in progress. If you feel a temporary POV switch is needed in a chapter, raise it in the Discussion thread first, so we all know what is happening. Provided that EVERYONE posts multi-author style, I will be able to keep a tally of fables earned for each contribution I transfer over, and credit them to the original authors. IF, however, these guidelines are not followed, it means I will have to do serious editing, and splice the contributions together with additional text edits to make the whole thing flow, (as I had to do with most of the rest of the Final Version thread) and I wont be able to credit any fables. Blatant RP style posts will be deleted on sight. |
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"The overall, final, outcome was to be the complete takeover of the entire country, and the near en-slavement of the population of IF, OF, AHA etc. Of course, the population wouldn't realise their enslavement, as that would merely lead to discontent. And that's bad kiddies. You should always do what your overlord tells you."
Din feigned a gasp, hoping that it would encourage Lordy to continue. "But how did you do that...?" asked Smudger. The last thing Masterweaver had remembered was being knocked out by the earthquake. Technically, that wasn't true. The last thing he remembered were abunch of vauge dreams about a shrine of uber and a lightning bolt, but he discounted these. |
Crunchyfrog wrote: |
If MW does not edit it, I'll get Lordy to do it. Besides, there is a continuity problem with Polokin speaking, he is gagged.
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