Gathered on the Field of Destiny were the following brave souls:
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- Dark Soul has multiple hit points and killing someone gives him additional hit points if he’s lost any. However, any bit of his body counts as a torso hit. His health depends on how he feels, and today’s it’s only 2.
- Death’s Apprentice can bring people back from the dead. He can also “life link” to others by merely tapping someone on the shoulder. This gives the “life linked” hero an additional health point every 4 seconds. As Death’s Apprentice, he himself has only 1 health point. If the “life linked” hero takes damage, Death’s Apprentice is sucked back into Hades and must recover there for 10 seconds before returning to Dragonwood. If Death’s Apprentice releases a “tormented soul” then everyone in the vicinity takes 1 damage. If he casts a “shade” then Death’s Apprentice can ignore all projectiles.
- Dio, a vampire who can control time. When Dio yells out the magic words, “stop time” then time stops for up to 5 seconds. While time is stopped, Dio can feed off the blood of either corpses or willing living beings. Every two feedings, Dio gains an extra second of “stop time” power, with a cap of 10 seconds.
- Discord from the planet Mercuron is hooked up to a server on the planet Mars, known as the Mars Matrix, which is really just Wikipedia under a different name.
- Doctor Ivan Giggles, an engineer, turret maker, wall builder, warrior, and sentry who carries explosives. Watch out! He also owns a shield as well and armor but did not bring them today. It’s a little too hot today.
- Eden Space, a Space Marine and human with super strength and an awesome arsenal. He has the same lab-modified blood that flows through the veins of Ace, Spade, and King.
- The Inventor, an elf healer and tinkerer who can heal others with his touch. If the Inventor spends 5 seconds standing still or slowly walking, without making any attacks, he can transform a round of ammo that he is holding into an explosive round. If he spends 30 seconds under the same conditions holding a gun, the weapon becomes armor-piercing. Unfortunately, due to a demon’s curse, the Inventor cannot run.
- The Juggernaut is otherwise known as King. He is a half-brother of Ace and Spade and was designed in the same laboratory that created them. He was designed to kill.
- The Masked Man.
- Shade, a de-ranked ice knight who has fallen out of rank because of his selfish actions. Any hit point he deals with his sword freezes the object rather than cutting. This freeze lasts 30 seconds. Shade has an ego and this causes him to react disproportionately and overestimate his own abilities.
- Stealth, a tactical operator who likes tactics. He has five weapons on his shield, a pistol with a quick release and 4 rockets, plus a melee weapon and a Tactical Regular.
- A sword fighter.
- Four unknown entities who chose to remain unidentified.
The most honored and wise Storyteller stepped forward to reveal to the gathered heroes that there was another party, the Juggernaut, who was battling against Lord Maul and his minions in Maul Corp and that perhaps the heroes could bribe this third party to fight with them. The Juggernaut could be found at Lifeblood Castle at the center of the Mystical Isle.
Because the Juggernaut was so susceptible to bribes, Maul Corp was also seeking him out to bribe him to fight with them instead of against them. As time was of the essence, the adventurers knew they must act quickly to reach the Juggernaut first! The gathered heroes quickly charged off the Field of Destiny, past Decision Point, over the Somber Footbridge, and onto the Mystical Isle where they found the Juggernaut hanging out by a boat in the Lifeblood Castle’s moat.
The heroes offered honor, glory, and fellowship to the Juggernaut if he was to fight on their side. Then Maul Corp arrived and offered gold. The Juggernaut chose the gold and so Maul Corp succeeded in recruiting Juggernaut.
The Juggernaut was unstoppable and crushed everything in his path. He utterly destroyed the adventurer’s Eastern Point base on Mystical Isle.
Fortunately, this destruction caused the Juggernaut to overheat and he shed some of his armor, making him vulnerable to attack. He set out for Maul Corp’s West Point to rest. The adventurers rushed out of their ruins to attack the base. Without the Juggernaut’s destructive power to overcome, the heroes defeated Maul Corp soundly. Seeing how the winds were blowing, the Juggernaut then decided to join the heroes.
Discord, Shade, the sword fighter, and three of the unknown entities had already headed off to relax and celebrate their victory when the Masked Man revealed that there were traitors in their midst. These turncoats had placed bombs all over the Mystical Isle. Dark Soul, Death’s Apprentice, Dio, Doctor Ivan Giggles, Eden Space, the Juggernaut, Stealth, and the Masked Man needed to locate and defuse the bombs before they destroyed the Isle and all its magic. A hunt began and the remaining adventurers managed to defuse all of the bombs and kill all of those who had betrayed them. They then went to join their fellows at the Faraway Leaf Inn for strategizing and refreshments.