On a Backwater Planet, a Metal Extractor is Built [PA/Multicross SI]
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Glitchrr36
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bleh, someone pointed out rating meanings, so I fixed one.
Also, Alaska.
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FTFY. Anyways, thanks for the chapter and dossier, it was relatively amusing.
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I can barely read my own writing. And I'm going to have maybe an hour a day of time not spent doing other things.
And I don't think I have any.
Have a nice cruise.
Chapter Twenty Nine: Reactions
Glitchrr36
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So I've decided to post on Saturdays. Know what that means? You get a chapter!
"Hmmm…Alan, come look at this."
The ceramic set of armor that made up his...team mate would probably suffice, in this situation. He'd never had a conversation with the man, and to be honest he was a creepy son of a bitch who had the awful habit of entering rooms completely silently through the vents.
He digressed.
Alan Gramme moved in that bizarre, disjointed, fluid manner that he was fond of, over to where Jack sat in the motel room. They were the only occupants, obviously. Everyone else had been killed, and their bodies hung like demented party streamers in the lobby.
"Have you heard the news? Some new, supposedly powerful tinker showed up in Brockton Bay and just mauled five or six capes in a short battle. One was pretty much dead."
Mannequin cocked his head to the side, then shrugged, silently asking why this mattered to him.
"He also apparently has been cleaning up the city of drugs. We may need to pay him a visit at some point if he does anything notable. He already seems mentally unstable, so he'll probably be easy to get on out side. And having more Tinkers never hurt anyone, did they?"
Jack's teammate nodded, then left the room, falling to pieces and worming his way through the small hole in the wall caused by Crawler trying to get inside. One of these days that brute was going to end up doing more harm than good. They already had to use a semi trailer to move him around. Until that point, when they had to either sick the Siberian on him, or put him up against Eidolon or something, he would be a useful asset.
"Hmm... what's a man to do, when leading the most notorious criminals in the world?"
He went back to browsing. He had time before they would need to move again.
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"Once again, please tell me how the FUCK we lost the leadership of the biggest extension of our organization in North America?"
"A-A new cape who calls himself Commander showed up, and attacked them, Sir Fuhrer. Apparently he kidnapped Kaiser, nearly killed Hookwolf, and got another four or five capes taken into custody."
"Kaiser is a blow we cannot afford to lose. Do you realise how damn hard it is to find competent underlings loyal enough to work on their own in an area where we aren't able to respond to their failures as members of the Gesellschaft swiftly?"
"N-no, sir."
"Very hard. I expect a plan to retake him to be in my inbox within the next two days. Get our best Thinkers on it. If we lose Brockton, our whole network could crash."
"Yes sir. I'll get to work immediately."
"See to it that you do. Good bye."
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"So, kiddo, given any more thought to what you're gonna do going forward?"
Taylor looked back at her father and smiled. She was, in a way, thankful to the individual she had quickly realized was absolutely batshit insane. He had given her father and her a chance to start reconnecting, and got the bullies off of her.
She was starting homeschooling next year if the rest of the year sucked as well, but it seemed that everyone was terrified to mess with her since the last people to do so were still in casts.
"I'm still not sure if the Wards will be right for me. I'd, ideally, like to be independant. I've had enough of teenage drama for my lifetime."
"And we both know why I'm not going to let you do that. If we lived in, say, Sussievale, where at worst you would have the occasional burglar, and even then only once every few months, sure. Nobody who would have reason to hurt you, and nobody with the power. But you've looked at the cape scene out here."
Taylor nodded. She had, indeed, seen the shitshow her town was in the cape scene.
Her father continued. "Heroes outnumbered almost three to one, independants usually only last a few months before they either joined a gang, the Protectorate and the Wards, or die. Then you had the actual villains, who consist of an actual dragon, more nazis than you could wave an equal rights bill at,"
She chuckled a little at the small joke.
"An entire gang of druggies who kidnap people, and that goddamn psychopath who saved you. I wouldn't be doing my job as your father right if I didn't stop you."
She understood it all. It scared her just as much, if not more than it did her dad.
She would be the one who ended up fighting the monsters.
"I know, I just don't know if I can trust them with how things have been going at school."
Her father winced at the mention, and was about to speak up when the phone rang.
He picked it up.
"Hello?"
About fifteen seconds later, he waved her over.
"It's for you."
She grabbed the phone.
"Hello, who am I speaking to?"
The next set of words made her freeze.
"Hey, it's me Commander; the biggest obstacle for you joining the Wards is out of the way. I'd recommend the program, the the boss is a bit of an ass but overall it seems full of nice people. I just removed the only one who would cause problems for you, you're welcome."
And then the dial tone sounded, indicating that the crazy person had hung up.
"Well, what was that about? You stiffened halfway through."
"It was Commander. He apparently thinks I should join the Wards. Mentioned something about 'removing problematic people' from it, so, doesn't really change anything, but I'll think about it. I mean, he may be a nut, but he saved me. That counts for something, at least?"
"Did he say anything else? You stiffened. Did he threaten you. If he did, crazy supervillain or not I'll find him and hurt him. Nobody will threaten my girl ever again."
"No, he didn't. "Said the 'boss' was an ass, but that was it. I'm not sure what the removing people part was about, though."
"Fine. But if he calls and does, I will do anything to protect you. G'night, kiddo."
"Night dad."
"Night dad."
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"Well this is an utter shitstorm."
Director Costa-Brown suppressed a sigh at Director Armstrong's comment. It wasn't exactly professional, but it summed up the situation in the ENE district quite well.
"Yes, it really is. I'm the one trying to contain it," Piggot snapped at Armstrong. Understandable, really. A new, probably very powerful tinker shows up in your city and starts screwing with the status quo that keeps people safe is a recipe for disaster. Especially if they are strong enough to avoid being strong armed into either a gang or the Protectorate.
Then they decide to go around and remove people's powers, as the latest report shows. That is a fast track to uncontrollable mess.
"Director Piggot, how bad is the situation right now? And how bad could it get?"
"Honestly, Chief Director, I'm not exactly displeased that it was Shadow Stalker who was...depowered, I guess the correct term would be."
"Care to explain what you mean about that? I was under the impression that Brockton needed every cape it could get."
Piggot glared at Director Fuller of the WS regional branch.
"We do. Even with the recent arrests, there are still seven capes in the Empire, three in the merchants, and two in the ABB. This does not include the twenty-odd independants, and my current headache, Commander. What I mean is that I'm glad this happened to Shadow Stalker instead of anyone else." The portly director paused, in a way that indicated she would like to go on but didn't know if it was appropriate.
"Please elaborate, not everyone is aware of the situation there"
"Thank you, chief director. Shadow Stalker has been a constant problem case. We had suspected she still used the lethal bolts for her crossbows, which was proven when she was brought in. We've gotten wind of a near constant bullying crusade, via emailed reports sent potentially by Commander, for some reason. Other than those, she's a violent, anti-social girl who didn't respond well to attempts at bringing her down.
"If this had happened to, say, Aegis or Gallant, it would be much worse than it currently is, since those two are widely liked and respected. But Shadow Stalker has a reputation for being a violent vigilante, and using disproportionate levels of violence. While moral will take a hit if she doesn't come back, it is salvageable, and we can make a statement of her retiring from the hero business for 'personal reason,' and leave it at that."
"Good plan, director Piggot. I'll see about getting Chambers down there to help within a few weeks."
Internally, the Chief Director smiled at the tiny crack she saw in Piggot's face after she mentioned Glenn's name.
"With that finished, We shall move onto Conflagation's transfer from Kansas City to New Orleans…"
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"Okay, so it's great you got a maybe, sort of job, but how are we going to get paid? Not all of us have a power useful to some asshole who tears down gangs for a living," Grue had a point. Nothing suggested they'd actually get paid, and all of them needed the money for something or another. Grue had to help his sister, Regent wanted to avoid his dad, Bitch needed to pay for food, and she needed it so she could remain important.
They had had a steady source, but it was gone now. Not exactly a bad thing, given that Coil was, according to her power at least, perfectly willing to do horrible, horrible things, but didn't for reasons she couldn't determine. She may ask about that later.
"I understand your concerns. I'll ask about it if he calls me soon."
"See that you do. We all have your reasons to be here, and none of us want to lose the gig we have. Regent, Bitch, you have any input."
"He fucks with my dogs, he dies. Nothing else."
"As long as I get paid, and don't have to work too much, I don't give a shit."
Tattletale nodded. The reactions were as expected.
With that, the small meeting ended, and Regent went back to killing the aliens in his game.
"Hmmm…Alan, come look at this."
The ceramic set of armor that made up his...team mate would probably suffice, in this situation. He'd never had a conversation with the man, and to be honest he was a creepy son of a bitch who had the awful habit of entering rooms completely silently through the vents.
He digressed.
Alan Gramme moved in that bizarre, disjointed, fluid manner that he was fond of, over to where Jack sat in the motel room. They were the only occupants, obviously. Everyone else had been killed, and their bodies hung like demented party streamers in the lobby.
"Have you heard the news? Some new, supposedly powerful tinker showed up in Brockton Bay and just mauled five or six capes in a short battle. One was pretty much dead."
Mannequin cocked his head to the side, then shrugged, silently asking why this mattered to him.
"He also apparently has been cleaning up the city of drugs. We may need to pay him a visit at some point if he does anything notable. He already seems mentally unstable, so he'll probably be easy to get on out side. And having more Tinkers never hurt anyone, did they?"
Jack's teammate nodded, then left the room, falling to pieces and worming his way through the small hole in the wall caused by Crawler trying to get inside. One of these days that brute was going to end up doing more harm than good. They already had to use a semi trailer to move him around. Until that point, when they had to either sick the Siberian on him, or put him up against Eidolon or something, he would be a useful asset.
"Hmm... what's a man to do, when leading the most notorious criminals in the world?"
He went back to browsing. He had time before they would need to move again.
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"Once again, please tell me how the FUCK we lost the leadership of the biggest extension of our organization in North America?"
"A-A new cape who calls himself Commander showed up, and attacked them, Sir Fuhrer. Apparently he kidnapped Kaiser, nearly killed Hookwolf, and got another four or five capes taken into custody."
"Kaiser is a blow we cannot afford to lose. Do you realise how damn hard it is to find competent underlings loyal enough to work on their own in an area where we aren't able to respond to their failures as members of the Gesellschaft swiftly?"
"N-no, sir."
"Very hard. I expect a plan to retake him to be in my inbox within the next two days. Get our best Thinkers on it. If we lose Brockton, our whole network could crash."
"Yes sir. I'll get to work immediately."
"See to it that you do. Good bye."
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"So, kiddo, given any more thought to what you're gonna do going forward?"
Taylor looked back at her father and smiled. She was, in a way, thankful to the individual she had quickly realized was absolutely batshit insane. He had given her father and her a chance to start reconnecting, and got the bullies off of her.
She was starting homeschooling next year if the rest of the year sucked as well, but it seemed that everyone was terrified to mess with her since the last people to do so were still in casts.
"I'm still not sure if the Wards will be right for me. I'd, ideally, like to be independant. I've had enough of teenage drama for my lifetime."
"And we both know why I'm not going to let you do that. If we lived in, say, Sussievale, where at worst you would have the occasional burglar, and even then only once every few months, sure. Nobody who would have reason to hurt you, and nobody with the power. But you've looked at the cape scene out here."
Taylor nodded. She had, indeed, seen the shitshow her town was in the cape scene.
Her father continued. "Heroes outnumbered almost three to one, independants usually only last a few months before they either joined a gang, the Protectorate and the Wards, or die. Then you had the actual villains, who consist of an actual dragon, more nazis than you could wave an equal rights bill at,"
She chuckled a little at the small joke.
"An entire gang of druggies who kidnap people, and that goddamn psychopath who saved you. I wouldn't be doing my job as your father right if I didn't stop you."
She understood it all. It scared her just as much, if not more than it did her dad.
She would be the one who ended up fighting the monsters.
"I know, I just don't know if I can trust them with how things have been going at school."
Her father winced at the mention, and was about to speak up when the phone rang.
He picked it up.
"Hello?"
About fifteen seconds later, he waved her over.
"It's for you."
She grabbed the phone.
"Hello, who am I speaking to?"
The next set of words made her freeze.
"Hey, it's me Commander; the biggest obstacle for you joining the Wards is out of the way. I'd recommend the program, the the boss is a bit of an ass but overall it seems full of nice people. I just removed the only one who would cause problems for you, you're welcome."
And then the dial tone sounded, indicating that the crazy person had hung up.
"Well, what was that about? You stiffened halfway through."
"It was Commander. He apparently thinks I should join the Wards. Mentioned something about 'removing problematic people' from it, so, doesn't really change anything, but I'll think about it. I mean, he may be a nut, but he saved me. That counts for something, at least?"
"Did he say anything else? You stiffened. Did he threaten you. If he did, crazy supervillain or not I'll find him and hurt him. Nobody will threaten my girl ever again."
"No, he didn't. "Said the 'boss' was an ass, but that was it. I'm not sure what the removing people part was about, though."
"Fine. But if he calls and does, I will do anything to protect you. G'night, kiddo."
"Night dad."
"Night dad."
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"Well this is an utter shitstorm."
Director Costa-Brown suppressed a sigh at Director Armstrong's comment. It wasn't exactly professional, but it summed up the situation in the ENE district quite well.
"Yes, it really is. I'm the one trying to contain it," Piggot snapped at Armstrong. Understandable, really. A new, probably very powerful tinker shows up in your city and starts screwing with the status quo that keeps people safe is a recipe for disaster. Especially if they are strong enough to avoid being strong armed into either a gang or the Protectorate.
Then they decide to go around and remove people's powers, as the latest report shows. That is a fast track to uncontrollable mess.
"Director Piggot, how bad is the situation right now? And how bad could it get?"
"Honestly, Chief Director, I'm not exactly displeased that it was Shadow Stalker who was...depowered, I guess the correct term would be."
"Care to explain what you mean about that? I was under the impression that Brockton needed every cape it could get."
Piggot glared at Director Fuller of the WS regional branch.
"We do. Even with the recent arrests, there are still seven capes in the Empire, three in the merchants, and two in the ABB. This does not include the twenty-odd independants, and my current headache, Commander. What I mean is that I'm glad this happened to Shadow Stalker instead of anyone else." The portly director paused, in a way that indicated she would like to go on but didn't know if it was appropriate.
"Please elaborate, not everyone is aware of the situation there"
"Thank you, chief director. Shadow Stalker has been a constant problem case. We had suspected she still used the lethal bolts for her crossbows, which was proven when she was brought in. We've gotten wind of a near constant bullying crusade, via emailed reports sent potentially by Commander, for some reason. Other than those, she's a violent, anti-social girl who didn't respond well to attempts at bringing her down.
"If this had happened to, say, Aegis or Gallant, it would be much worse than it currently is, since those two are widely liked and respected. But Shadow Stalker has a reputation for being a violent vigilante, and using disproportionate levels of violence. While moral will take a hit if she doesn't come back, it is salvageable, and we can make a statement of her retiring from the hero business for 'personal reason,' and leave it at that."
"Good plan, director Piggot. I'll see about getting Chambers down there to help within a few weeks."
Internally, the Chief Director smiled at the tiny crack she saw in Piggot's face after she mentioned Glenn's name.
"With that finished, We shall move onto Conflagation's transfer from Kansas City to New Orleans…"
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"Okay, so it's great you got a maybe, sort of job, but how are we going to get paid? Not all of us have a power useful to some asshole who tears down gangs for a living," Grue had a point. Nothing suggested they'd actually get paid, and all of them needed the money for something or another. Grue had to help his sister, Regent wanted to avoid his dad, Bitch needed to pay for food, and she needed it so she could remain important.
They had had a steady source, but it was gone now. Not exactly a bad thing, given that Coil was, according to her power at least, perfectly willing to do horrible, horrible things, but didn't for reasons she couldn't determine. She may ask about that later.
"I understand your concerns. I'll ask about it if he calls me soon."
"See that you do. We all have your reasons to be here, and none of us want to lose the gig we have. Regent, Bitch, you have any input."
"He fucks with my dogs, he dies. Nothing else."
"As long as I get paid, and don't have to work too much, I don't give a shit."
Tattletale nodded. The reactions were as expected.
With that, the small meeting ended, and Regent went back to killing the aliens in his game.
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Glitchrr36
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Behemoth's head, ideally. Simurgh is going to be used for upgrading the cape to have badass razor feathers.
TheLurker
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Maybe stick leviathans tail on there for the extra touch?
Glitchrr36
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I honestly have no idea what to do with the rest of the endbringers. Except Leviathan. Leviathan has a set destiny, which has been an idea in my head since...the previous SI idea I had? Which at this point was eight or nine months ago
Glitchrr36
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Changed some of Danny's dialogue to be more in character from a helpful critique on SB.
TheLurker
Random Omnipotent Lazy-As-Fuck Being
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Well...Communication had a neat idea with Orion, a perfect pericognitive with a "Fuck you" laser and an obsession with killing strong targets, there was an endbringer quest that had Bacchus, who would rampage around smashing everything while turning every living thing into nilbog-esque abominations.
Your readers can probably come up with some decent ideas if given the chance, and don't forget there's still the twins and konshou
Glitchrr36
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....hmm....
Yeah, letting readers come up with the basic powerset and appearances of endbringers for me to work out the specifics of would make sense, since at the very most it's only going to be four chapters or so which they're going to be on screen, given that I don't want to be wasting creative power on them.
So, thread, go nuts, within reason.
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one that shatters the world around it into small pocket dimentions that shift around and intersect and can only be navigated via 'naturally' occurring portals where they overlap?
Idea for the most annoying endbringer:
Appearance: 10 meter long centipede
Power: Power Scramble (good luck fighting it when your power set changes at random)
Weapons: rather basic lasers for range, claws on feet for melee when it is not barreling through obstacles.
Ratings (approximate): Brute 8 (not that durable for an Endbringer), Blaster 3 (for lasers), Shaker/Trump 8 (power shift field), Mover 6 (fast, can tunnel)
Personality (if it is applicable): Completes the objective as fast as possible and then fight those attacking it. Weirdly does not kill all that many capes, but seems to focus on making second triggers.
Appearance: 10 meter long centipede
Power: Power Scramble (good luck fighting it when your power set changes at random)
Weapons: rather basic lasers for range, claws on feet for melee when it is not barreling through obstacles.
Ratings (approximate): Brute 8 (not that durable for an Endbringer), Blaster 3 (for lasers), Shaker/Trump 8 (power shift field), Mover 6 (fast, can tunnel)
Personality (if it is applicable): Completes the objective as fast as possible and then fight those attacking it. Weirdly does not kill all that many capes, but seems to focus on making second triggers.
Glitchrr36
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Lasers seem a bit random, but if they caused power change I could see it being a real thing. Butting concept in notes.
I'll also not be saying which I'm actually using until I post the chapters
TheLurker
Random Omnipotent Lazy-As-Fuck Being
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Idea:
Appearance: Giant ooze that looks like it's made of some sort of viscous liquid
Power: Rolls over everything in its path and dissolves it, immune to most powers due to it's buildup, able to manipulate parts of its body into tentacles that it uses to bat capes with
Appearance: Giant ooze that looks like it's made of some sort of viscous liquid
Power: Rolls over everything in its path and dissolves it, immune to most powers due to it's buildup, able to manipulate parts of its body into tentacles that it uses to bat capes with
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How about a bio-tinker endbringer, that has a simple form, and has typical end bringer durability, and whose typical MO is to collect biomass so that it can create a single bio-Titan (Titan in the WH40K definition). No offensive powers besides collecting biomass. And maybe if it collects a cape, that cape's power is integrated into the bio-Titan.
However, the bio-Titan does not have endbringer durability.
Basically, a Mook Spawner type of endbringer, except the mooks are Godzilla.
However, the bio-Titan does not have endbringer durability.
Basically, a Mook Spawner type of endbringer, except the mooks are Godzilla.
Glitchrr36
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One of the main issues with the couple that have been brought up is the lack of a...theme? archetype? for the overall thing, that makes them feel more like boss monsters from a video game than an Endbringer
I think it was one of the later Tattletale interludes that gave the concept, but all of the Endbringers have a pseudo-mythological and conceptual basis. Behemoth was called the Devil of Fire, Leviathan the Serpent/Dragon of Water, Simurgh was the Angel of Fate, Khonshu was the Buddha of Time, and I think the twins were the Maiden of Earth and I think Ent/Dryad of Self. Try to come up things that can be summed up like that, and It'll be easier to make into something that feels thematically correct.
I think it was one of the later Tattletale interludes that gave the concept, but all of the Endbringers have a pseudo-mythological and conceptual basis. Behemoth was called the Devil of Fire, Leviathan the Serpent/Dragon of Water, Simurgh was the Angel of Fate, Khonshu was the Buddha of Time, and I think the twins were the Maiden of Earth and I think Ent/Dryad of Self. Try to come up things that can be summed up like that, and It'll be easier to make into something that feels thematically correct.
Arafell
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Grim Reaper-like Endbringer with the ability to phase between Bet and an unknown dimension, either 'teleporting' or simply appearing intangible. Scythe arm allows it to selectively 'phase' matter it cuts into the same dimension, creating an absurdly sharp blade. Standard Endbringer durability on top of phasing. Perceives both realities simultaneously.
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Here's one I came up with as a sort of OCP Endbringer. This Endbringer's shtick is being the "Ghost of War", and it shows in their powerset. They appear as a gas mask wearing soldier with standard kit for any time period from 1914 to 1945 for whatever nation they showed up in during the attack, with them favoring nations that fought in the World Wars. Their power results in them essentially summoning entire armies worth of soldiers and equipment from the same time period as that which they appear to be from. Notably, this Endbringer can be effectively fought by normal militaries, however, in practice, capes are simply capable of responding faster in almost all situations. It would be interesting to see a situation where trying to sandbag yourself to one unit becomes incredibly impractical. As for a name, I was figuring that it would first show up in Germany, and wind up being named by Gesellschaft, with their moniker for it winding up becoming it's common name. Said name is Krieg Geist, mostly due to it's military appearance and the fact that it summons soldiers from the World Wars to fight. Or, at least, summons things that look like soldiers.
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Glitchrr36
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Can run with the Ghost of War, the rest is a little iffy. Would honestly make a great Gesselschaft cape, I might use it there instead.
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my main issue with trying to make a pseudo-mythological Endbringer is that most gods from myth have elemental affinities that are already being infringed upon by the other EBs, particularly Leviathan and Behemoth.
How about a Maui inspired EB? No, not the disney demigod, the actual Hawaiian mythological hero. I'm thinking of a Geomancer type, that raises land instead of sinks it (like Leviathan). Maui the hero used a magic fishhook to raise the hawaiian islands, and yet the magic broke when he broke the rule of the magic and looked back over his shoulder to see what his fishhook was bringing up.
So, a geomancer EB who raises land (potentially with hooks on expanding and shrinking arms?), and maybe a stranger based power that makes it so the land can only be actively raised when noone is looking? It might be a way to imitate some of the earth-moving scenes from that movie "2012". And the shard used might be some sort of terraforming shard.
Maybe call it "Gaia/Terra/Hades the Land-Shaper"?
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Ooh, how about a gravity manipulator? It uses gravity to attack and defend, and can even mess with it to cause time-distortions. I wonder what'd happen if, as a result of this EB attacking, it causes diamonds to form? I'm trying to think of a concept, and all i can think of is the various sky/space gods.
How about a Maui inspired EB? No, not the disney demigod, the actual Hawaiian mythological hero. I'm thinking of a Geomancer type, that raises land instead of sinks it (like Leviathan). Maui the hero used a magic fishhook to raise the hawaiian islands, and yet the magic broke when he broke the rule of the magic and looked back over his shoulder to see what his fishhook was bringing up.
So, a geomancer EB who raises land (potentially with hooks on expanding and shrinking arms?), and maybe a stranger based power that makes it so the land can only be actively raised when noone is looking? It might be a way to imitate some of the earth-moving scenes from that movie "2012". And the shard used might be some sort of terraforming shard.
Maybe call it "Gaia/Terra/Hades the Land-Shaper"?
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Ooh, how about a gravity manipulator? It uses gravity to attack and defend, and can even mess with it to cause time-distortions. I wonder what'd happen if, as a result of this EB attacking, it causes diamonds to form? I'm trying to think of a concept, and all i can think of is the various sky/space gods.
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