Really? Another true form? Because that's original and good writing. Yea... I'm not gonna join.
All my characters change form as their power levels increase. As for a "true" form, Jonathan doesn't really have one. What is the true form of Darkness? A formless black blob of shadows?
Gl1tch, canon-abidance is certainly not imperative in my opinion.
Canon abidance is of the utmost importance to me. I can work around things, but I do not like to see plot holes made because a player did not know what happened in the past.
Other people have successfully read the entire RPG in the past. I don't understand why Gl1tch can't do it. As Icy said once, reading the entire RPG is sort of like a "trial" you have to take in order to join.
I have made a brief summary of the entire RPG some time ago. I can dig it up, and Gl1tch can read that if he doesn't want to read the entire thing.
Extremely long summary of 100+ pages coming up...
In the beginning, Heimdall, the Ulitharid, met Xanriel, the Fallen Angel in Xanriel's apothecary shop. Because Heimdall unknowingly probed Xanriel's mind and exposed his secrets, Xanriel had to abandon his shop and travel to the Aetherlands. Both Heimdall and Xanriel has quarrels against the Fallen Elves, so they agreed to join forces. On the way to the Aetherlands, they met Jonathan, the Vampire/Demon hybrid, who agreed to help them against the Fallen Elves if they'll help him against the False Vampires of Death.
At some random inn, we met Dorfl, the Lava Golem, who has an agenda against Graviton. He agreed to help us if we help him later. Then we met Zanthos, the Elf, who wants to kill Chaos Lord and destroy the Fallen Elves. We all decided to joined forces. We sparred with each other to test our fighting capabilities. In Jonathan's spar against Xanriel, Xanriel used Aflatoxin on Jonathan and created Malignant Cells. This gave Xanriel a delusion that he was able to create life, which would lead him to insanity later.
We decided to travel through the Kingdom of Darkness, to the Entropic Shores. In the Kingdom of Darkness, we met Nyxia, a Dark Nymph and Jonathan's lover. Before we left, Xanriel decided to experiment with Aflatoxin and Malignant Cells, slowly becoming corrupted.
Then Mavros, Jonathan's uncle who betrayed the Vampires of Darkness to the False Vampires of Death, led an undead army to invade the town the group is staying in. We then had our first huge epic fight. During the fight, Xanriel used Aflatoxin extensively, and finally became insane; he thought he had seen his "brother" Exriel, who is in fact a twisted version of himself. Then, Jonathan showed his True Form as the Master of Darkness, Bloodshadow, becoming a gigantic black dragon on steroids. He shot a huge blast of dark energy, which got accidentally absorbed by a severely weakened Dorfl and temporarily made him berserk. The Dark version of Dorfl tried to convert everyone to Darkness; he infected Xanriel with Darkness, giving him a new form and completely turning him into a Dark Angel.
When Jonathan, as Bloodshadow, killed Mavros, Mavros activated a pendant that temporarily summoned Morte's spirit into his body. Then we had this fight with the False God, but in the end Morte ran away.
After that first war, we went to the Entropic Shore to complete our quest against the Fallen Elves. There we met Sirenes, a half-Nymph; she was harassed by some random idiots and we helped her out. She was frightened by Xanriel, who seemed insane at that time.
Immediately after, we were attacked by Fallen Elves, and Sirenes got dragged into the conflict. We then had another big fight against lots of Fallen Elves, a Fallen Druid champion, and an uber mutant dragon. Zanthos got knocked out and captured by a bunch of Fallen Elves, who tried to corrupt him with Entropy and turn him into a Fallen Elf; however, Zanthos's will was strong enough to temporarily suppress the Entropy. And as Xanriel killed more and more Fallen Elves, his own identity got more and more mixed up with his darker self Exriel. Before we won, the Druid teleported away, saying that if we want to finish the fight, go to Chaos Gate.
We went to Chaos Gate. Immediately after we set foot on the island, we got hit by Chaos Lord's super Entropy-PU spell, which created twisted versions of ourselves for us to fight:
For Heimdall, it created a twisted version of his childhood friend Loki. Loki demonstrated the ability to revive himself using his mind. He froze Heimdall with an Ice Bolt, then killed him with Shockwave. Heimdall revived himself using his own mind; as a result he got ice infused in his blades, and an ice shard stuck on top of his head.
For Zanthos, the spell created a Fallen Elf version of himself, who tried to corrupt Zanthos with Entropy again. Zanthos beat the Fallen version of himself, and temporarily awakened as the Master of Life.
For Dorfl, the spell created an Ice Golem with the same abilities as him. Dorfl nearly lost, but a mysterious woman appeared in his mind and lent him help. Dorfl was able to temporarily use his powers as the Master of Earth.
For Xanriel, he had a mental battle with Exriel, the manifestation of the Death power inside himself. With the help of his father Miracle, Xanriel awakened as the Master of Light and sealed Exriel away, restoring himself to a proper Angel.
For Jonathan, the spell created a twisted Death version of himself called Johann. Jonathan could not beat Johann because their power levels are identical, so he called upon the powers of the Master of Darkness deep inside himself.
After we all finished out fights, we had this battle with Chaos Lord. We combined all our power into one attack, and killed Chaos Lord. This released a piece of the Void, the 13th element, that was sealed away in each FG.
After the Entropy war, we were going to go to the Dead Marsh in the quest against Morte, but Nyxia sent Jonathan a telepathic message that Incarnate will recruit them into his troops; he was going to invade the Dead Marshes with his army. The group then goes back to the Kingdom of Darkness to meet Incarnate.
Before we left, Xanriel went to Sirenes to apologize to her for scaring her, being insane and creepy, when he was Exriel. They began to fall in love with each other from that point onwards.
We went to Umbrios, the Capital of Darkness, the citadel that once belonged to Jonathan's father but now belonged to Incarnate. We met Incarnate and had a feast. During the feast, Incarnate announced that Jonathan will be leading the army. Incarnate's son, Kain, was very angry about this because he had conflicts with Jonathan in the past; he challenged Jonathan to a fight. Incarnate then said that he'll test the strength of our party by letting them spar with his champions, if they want to.
The next day, Jonathan had a fight with Kain. Kain used his FG powers to overwhelm Jonathan, but Jonathan then summoned his Master powers to completely pwn Kain. When Jonathan used his Master powers, Incarnate's third eye opened. During the fight, Sirenes was about to be accidentally injured by Kain's attack, but Xanriel protected her; he realized that he is now a Guardian Angel.
Heimdall fought Veneficus, an elite Vampire magician. During the fight, Heimdall was somehow able to cast an uber thunderbolt to defeat Veneficus. He became aware of his Aether powers.
After the fight, we met Max, who was a Fallen Elf / mutant werebutterfly demon. He was grateful that we freed his village from the control of Chaos Lord, and wanted to help us in our quest. Jonathan, Xanriel and Heimdall joined their minds to give Max a mental probe to make sure that he is telling the truth. For some reasons, this mental probe revealed the past memories of all four people involved in it, and it showed Max's mysterious connections to Destiny.
That night, Incarnate requested a meeting with Jonathan. He said that Bloodshadow, the original Master of Darkness, gave his third eye to Incarnate so that when he reincarnates, the eye will be returned to him. Incarnate then transplants that eye into Jonathan, showing him memories of his past life.
The next day, Jonathan sparred with Nyxia to test out his new abilities after getting the Eye of Darkness.
Heimdall went to find Veneficus, to learn about his Aether powers. Heimdall and Max agreed to test out the power of the thunderbolt: Max set up a Dissipation Shield, and Heimdall launched the thunderbolt at the shield to test its strength. The resulting energy was powerful enough to fuel a Destroy spell that obliterated a giant boulder.
After that, we proceeded to the Death war. Outside the Dead Marsh, we first fought the vanguard of the Death army. Jonathan, Nyxia and Kain fought a Reaper, the Death equivalent of an Angel. Xanriel and Sirenes fought the Fallen Angel named Astariel, who was Xanriel's previous lover. Heimdall and Veneficus fought some giant Condors, after fighting a bunch of Wraiths. We were joined by Vaxyos, a Lava Golem who could turn into a Phoenix.
After the initial skirmish, we entered the Dead Marsh. We quickly got lost, and were separated from each other. That bit was kind of blurry to me, because nothing really significant happened, but I'll try to remember as much as I can.
Witnessing the great battle between Darkness and Death, the Angelic Council of Heaven decided to send a group of Angels down to the Dead Marsh to stop any further acts of aggression. They sent Catyrael, the Archangel of Justice, who used to be the superior and old friend of Xanriel. At the moment Xanriel, Sirenes, and Max were together when they were separated, and Catyrael found them. Xanriel and Catyrael quickly reacquainted.
Jonathan, Nyxia, and Kain were ambushed by a group of more than two dozen False Vampires, led by Mavros, who was resurrected by Morte into a full False Vampire. The three defeated the False Vampires, and Jonathan proceeded to kill Mavros once and for all. However, before his death, Mavros revealed that he did not willingly join Morte and betray the Vampires; Morte in fact put a curse on Mavros, amplifying his thirst for power, and forced him to betray his own race. As a final act of vengeance against Morte, and atonement for his sins, Mavros told Jonathan the location of Morte's fortress, the Necropolis.
After putting Mavros's soul to rest, Jonathan saw a bright pillar of light that signified Catyrael's arrival. The consciousness of Bloodshadow inside Jonathan was enraged, because he apparently had grievances with the Angels in the past. Jonathan, possessed by Bloodshadow, confronts Catyrael, demanding the Archangel to stop interfering in the Death war. Bloodshadow revealed that he, prior to becoming the Master of Darkness, was the Supreme Archlord of Hell. A fight nearly broke out, but eventually Bloodshadow was able to calm down and accept Catyrael's offer of help.
Suddenly, a group of one hundred Angels descended upon the party, led by Emparael, the Archangel of War. They apprehended Xanriel, intent on judging him for the atrocities he committed as Exriel.
Seeing Emparael's presence, Bloodshadow instantly transformed into the giant black dragon, and angrily challenged Emparael to a duel. A flashback revealed that in the distant past, Emparael once led an army of Angels and invaded Hell, in direct violation of the Heaven-Hell peace treaty; Bloodshadow tried to stop the invasion, but as the Master of Darkness he was no longer permitted to interfere in worldly affairs. Bloodshadow resented Emparael in particular, because Emparael succeeded in subjugating a part of Hell and severely weakening the military capabilities of Demons, eventually causing the extinction of Bloodshadow's particular ancient Demon race when later the Void attacked.
Bloodshadow and Emparael began their duel, but Bloodshadow was no match for the Archangel because of his reincarnated mortal body. Emparael used his True Form of Archangel, and nearly killed Bloodshadow with one single blow.
The scene then shifted to Jonathan's inner world, where Bloodshadow asked Jonathan to give up his own individuality, and completely become the Master of Darkness. Jonathan asked why Bloodshadow hated Emparael so much, since it was the Void who slaughtered Bloodshadow's race of Demons. Bloodshadow then angrily lashed out at Jonathan, claiming that Jonathan understood nothing, and was nothing more than a vessel for Bloodshadow's soul; he tried to forcibly take over Jonathan's body. Jonathan suddenly realized that this being in front of him was not Bloodshadow, because Jonathan himself was Bloodshadow; this so-called "Bloodshadow" was in fact Darkshade, a manifestation of Bloodshadow's memories when he was the arrogant and egomaniac Demon Archlord. Now realizing the truth, Jonathan then absorbed Darkshade, taking full and responsible control of his own powers.
In the real world, Jonathan is beginning to evolve into a newer form. He will no longer act with misguided hatred and antagonism toward Heaven. He and Emparael will exchange a couple of blows, and then their duel will be interrupted by Morte.
When Xanriel was apprehended by Emparael to be put on trial, Sirenes followed him to Heaven, since her father Lucius was also an Archangel; she wanted to learn more about her heritage.
Xanriel was put into a prison cell devoid of any light, rumored to drive any Angel insane. Exriel, whom Xanriel suppressed, began to come to life again.
Meanwhile, our secondary characters are also interacting with each other.
In the Desert of Time, Sekhor the Anubis and Master of Time was guarding a caravan. He runs into Alexandra (was she half-genie or something? XD), who resembles Mariah, the original Mistress of Air. They had some talking and other stuff.
In the Earthen Mountains, Mordekai the Graviton Firemaster was trying to retrieve the weapon Titan from the Gnome Gemfinders. He used a super Gravity Pull to get Titan back, but it also launched himself into the Desert of Time. He found Sekhor's caravan and asked to stay for the night.
Sekhor and Mordekai are currently talking to each other. Sekhor recognized Izekiel, Mordekai's grandfather, as the original Master of Gravity.
Somewhere else in the Desert of Time, Faustus the super-zombie and Eliza the Death Nymph (names directly copied from Shaman King) was trying to break into a pyramid, to find a secret to restore Faustus back to life.
About the Void, Zanzarino, the Masters of Elements, and the False Gods:
The Void was the 13th element that wanted to end all existence. Zanzarino and the Masters combined their powers to break apart the Void, and seal the bits inside the False Gods. The spell consumed all the Masters' life force, and they all reincarnated except Sekhor, who did not want to sacrifice his life for something he does not believe in.
When we killed Chaos Lord, we released a piece of the Void. That piece of Void will then go and possess a young man named Malcolm, giving him mind control powers. Malcolm will then go and capture Nymphs of various elements, brainwashing them and telling them to capture other Nymphs for him; he intends to use the powers of the 12 Nymphs to completely release the Void.
After we finish the Death war, Jonathan will telepathically find out that Nyxia had been kidnapped by Malcolm, so he'll temporarily leave the group and look for her. Malcolm brainwashed Nyxia and told her to capture a Death Nymph, who is Eliza; when Jonathan rescues Nyxia, he'll meet Faustus, Eliza, and possibly Sekhor and the other secondary characters.
Note: The above had not yet happened; that's our plan for the next arc.
For each False God we kill, the Void and Malcolm will become stronger. Eventually Malcolm will become so strong that he won't need the Nymphs anymore; he'll simply go and devour all the FGs, and turn himself into the False Overgod. The final battle of this RPG will be all twelve Masters against the False Overgod.
