Thread: Anti-Heroes

Originally Posted by Siиdяed

I don't know. I'm vaguely aware that everyone thinks I'm a bastard...

This calls for a "screw u guys i'm leaving" thread WITH a list of all the people that made me do it. Then to pm admin until and beg to be banned. Then return after a week and complain some more. Then leave again. Then come back. Then buy a gun.

I think we should open bets on how long before JD shoots up DV in a crying fit.

No moar DV drama talk! You'll bring the whole cave thread down on us!

Originally Posted by Siиdяed

No moar DV drama talk! You'll bring the whole cave thread down on us!

lol wut

Gee... I feel kind of odd, I'm on neither side... yet I know both of you...

Anyways Tomorrow eh? The more I try reading recent chapters, the further back I have to go to get the info to make sense of patches of info in them... Darn, at this rate I'd had read at least half of a every chapter...

Oh, and I wonder, why do you have a habit of using short/fragmental sentences at the end of your entries? [Curious because I do quite thee opposite]

Haha. Now I understand.

Well I'm gonna go play some Oneironaught on expert.

Firstly, lulz to De-Louse.

Um...thirdly? Secondly. Fragmented sentences...urgh, I don't even know. It looks messy and amatuerish.
Force of habit.

haha yeah sindred I tend to start every paragraph of mine on the forum with either a "haha", a "heh" or a "lol"

lol it's pretty much force of habit, just like saying "really" at the end of each sentence for emphasis, really

combined with the "^^" near the end ^^

but I agree that, near the end, more complete sentences give a more satisfying feel to the text. Like you finished eating it all up

oh, and I must not forget the "wolf hugs" at the end!

wolf hugs,

Most of my posts have lots of commas in them...

Kromoh you were in my dream last night BTW. You wanted me to come on vacation with you. :p

loool details please

so sent your actions yet, gestalty?

Yeah many an hour ago. And unfortunantly I don't have that much detail since it was a pretty weak dream, vividness wise. I just remember you kept pestering me over and over to come. I didn't want to for some reason but eventually I gave in.

Then I woke up. :p

Haha was it one of those gay cruises? LMAO

haha kidding, but yeah sounds cool

Originally Posted by Siиdяed

Anti-Heroes tomorrow morning (ie, midday, ish). PROMISE.

wut

Haha.

Chapter being delayed slightly as it looks like there's some scheming going on. Gestalt, Kromoh, Umbrasquall, if you're working together on a plan I need agreement from all of you. Even a quick "yeah, I'm working with Repus" or whatever. Otherwise who knows what lies you could feed me?

I'll give you a few hours or so and then I'm writing up the chapter with what I've got.

Originally Posted by Siиdяed

Haha.

Chapter being delayed slightly as it looks like there's some scheming going on. Gestalt, Kromoh, Umbrasquall, if you're working together on a plan I need agreement from all of you. Even a quick "yeah, I'm working with Repus" or whatever. Otherwise who knows what lies you could feed me?

I'll give you a few hours or so and then I'm writing up the chapter with what I've got.

What you talkin' bout fool.


You have everyones actions so now write the chapter.

But...but...bleh. I have a vague idea of what people are wanting to do. Gestalt just had to confuse me by talking about ZEH PLAN.

I'm finishing it now. It's going to be quite...um...long.
But you're all okay with that. I've done about a third of it n'ways.

So too late to send in action corrections about ZEH PLAN, though I'm giving your idea some thought, Gest and it WILL vaguely feature, though won't be so co-ordinated.

For the next volume, when team-work will, hopefully, be a far bigger issue (with several ubervillains lurking, and so on, where it most likely won't be possible for just one person to take on alone) I do need all the people involved in the plan to tell me that they understand the plan and agree with it, and that that's definetly what they want their character to do. I can't accept just one person pmming me with:

"Keaton and I go to Canterbury and try to defeat Richmond and Dantalion and the rest of the Church's forces. Keaton protects me while I do the killing. Satanel will use Metatron and make sure I don't die. After that we all climb to the top of the cathedrale and proclaim ourselves the new rulers of the world. Oh, and dunt wrry bout them, they agreed to it, lulz."

Good.


HHow long now?

I have a rough idea that it'll be about three parts, with at least one mention from each of the main characters (and the odd random face). So...bleh. I'm closing on half-way.

Originally Posted by Siиdяed

I can't accept just one person pmming me with:

"Keaton and I go to Canterbury and try to defeat Richmond and Dantalion and the rest of the Church's forces. Keaton protects me while I do the killing. Satanel will use Metatron and make sure I don't die. After that we all climb to the top of the cathedrale and proclaim ourselves the new rulers of the world. Oh, and dunt wrry bout them, they agreed to it, lulz."

Damn, why not?

Chapter 13...done.

I'll admit I'm not overly happy with it, but I'm not that bothered either. It all got a little messy, really, and I'm sorry if a few of your intentions weren't realised (Kromoh's sneaky plans and such ). I was pressed for time, and had certain things I needed to do.

Umbrion and Satanel...dead? Probably not. Which one emerges from the watery grave with the Metatron Cube (and it will be one of them) is a better question.

I'll put up a massive summary thing here soon, then. Then I'll talk to y'all about where you think your characters will be in a year's time. Then I'll work in any last minute new people (new people ARE still welcome, if you can get in a profile here on through pm BEFORE chapter 14 and the start of volume two) and it'll ALL BEGIN ALL OVER AGAIN.

13 chapters...maybe bit rushed near end. Won't set a target for the finale next time, I'll let it evolve by itslef.

Hmm...not too happy, but I mostly want to do volume two. It's going to rock Anti-Heroes, that's for sure.

I'll be in touch.

Well done, everyone.

ANTI-HEROES
VOLUME ONE


Dramatis Persona

The Good

Richmond (The Snake)
Repus Oge (The Wandering Hero)
Keaton Leort (The Artist-Scientist, Second Anti-Hero)
Dierdro Dayo (The Unresolved Hero)
Gabriel (The Messenger)
Remiel (The Thunder)
Raphael (The Healer)
Uriel (The Flame)

The Neutral

Zerachiel (The False Protagonist)
Eloa (The Reborn Azazel)
Metatron (The Reluctant Antagonist)
Umbrion Jade (The Fated Man)
Castor Angelos (The Byronic Hero)
Pollux Angelos (The Chronic Hero)

The Bad

Michael (The Arch-Hero)
Dantalion (The Arch-Villain)
Satanel (The Trickster)
Beelzebub (The Shadow)
Abaddon (The Redeemed)


THE SUMMARY


The Shells

In the Anti-Heroes universe, there are seven spheres of existence, otherwise known as shells or worlds. The world in which Volume One takes place is the 4th Shell.
The Righteous is a being of the shell directly above in heirarchy, the 3rd Shell, as is the Counter-Righteous, the being which granted the humans of the 4th Shell their gifts.

Understanding the concept of these seven shells is important in understanding the Anti-Heroes story as it progresses into new shells as the volumes move on.


History of the 4th Shell

At some point, the Righteous, a being of the 3rd Shell, created the 4th Shell. How this was possible is unknown, as the beings of the 3rd Shell are largely unexplored as of yet.
The Righteous intended to rule over the 4th Shell, though he could not physically enter it himself (assuming beings of the 3rd Shell have physical forms), with humanity as his devoted and subordinate servant race.
The Counter-Righteous, another being of the 3rd Shell, denied him this (for reasons unknown, though most likely rivalry - Abaddon suggests they played the world of the 4th Shell like a complex game) by granting humanity more independant thought, as well as gifts of miraculous powers.

Humanity in the 4th Shell realised that the Righteous was an all-supreme god and rebelled, creating a utopia.
This utopia was ruled over by the Seven:

Gabriel (Weather Manipulation)
Zerachiel (Omniscience)
Raguel (Superhuman Strength)
Remiel (Electrical Manipulation)
Raphael (Healing)
Uriel (Heat Manipulation)
Michael (Pyro Manipulation)

...as well as those who would later rebel:

Abaddon (Blood-Drainage)
Azazel (Invisibility)
Dantalion (Telekinesis)
Beelzebub (Incorporal, now permenant)

They ruled the utopian world in defiance of the Righteous, whose power was failing, for centuries, over which they learnt to hone their powers, to grow wings, live agelessly and to create the swords that could cleave any metal. The human populace lived in prosperity.

Eventually, the Seven and those who would rebel came to see themselves as gods in their own right, and attempted to create the perfect race. Zerachiel was the only one not to contribute his power to the process, and the result was the Metatron, which would be more powerful than any of the utopians.

The rebellion came about in an effort to control this new force, and ended this golden age. Azazel killed Raguel in the struggle, and went on to wipe her memory in shame. Beelzebub was cursed, and doomed to being an incorporeal shadow seen only by the human he shadows (as well as other past utopians).
The six of the Seven that remained went into hiding.

After time, the utopia was forgotten and the Church emerged from the ruins of civilization. The Righteous used what power he had left to influence its success, and it came to force the Metatron into a deal, which imprisoned the Metatron's soul into a Cube, which they then used to rule the Republic.

The Righteous sowed the seed of the Anti-Hero with the dregs of his remaining power, as a tool for ending the 4th Shell and allowing him to start again (it would seemingly renew his former power).


Errata

Wings - a leftover trait of the past utopians. Those of the Seven retain their pure dove-white wings, while those who rebelled gained new, different ones (Dantalion, black wings; Abaddon, locust wings; Beelzebub, fly wings). Azazel's wings have returned to purity as she has been absolved of her sins of revolution because she choose to forget, and was 'reborn', though she ends Volume One aware of her past.

Swords - a leftover weapon of the past utopia. Each of the head utopians carried such a weapon, of which remain Gabriel's (lost in the Battle of Canterbury), Raphael's (lost in the Battle of Canterbury), Abaddon's (carried by Keaton Leort) and Michael's (carried by Repus Oge).

Humanity in Other Shells? - humans may very possibly exist in other shells. They are not all creations of the Righteous. Only humans of the 4th Shell are creations of the Righteous.


The Unanswered

Umbrion Jade or Satanel? - one will emerge with the Cube. They will asked two questions regarding the gap year, based on what they would do if they emerged with or without the Cube. The revelation will occur Volume Two.

Hewlett Packard 350? - first laptop that came to mind. Sorry. It implies our world - or a similarly advanced world - is somehow able to transverse shells and making an attempt to control events there, doesn't it?

Anti-Hero - if you kill Keaton Leort, you will gain the status of Anti-Hero, which entails the power to absorb other powers. You will NOT take on the power to end the world (which has been neutralised for good) and you will not take on the powers he has absorbed.

What Happens Next? -

a GREAT chapter.. and a great plot. many shocking things heh.. makes more cunning planning skills necessary

Sindred, this is my last day before the trip (I'm glad I could read chapter 13 before it ).

I might not be able to reply, but when you are to continue anti-heroes, do PM me normally - if I find a way to log on and reply, ok. If I don't reply until everyone else has, then just guess my actions lol.

I'll be online for soem more hours, if you want me.

Once again great chapter. I luuuv changes... xD

soo..... time to PM umbrion and maybe repus

Good idea.

How long is your trip? You might well be back before chapter 14.

well, the no-internet trip is like for a week. Then I'll be at another place. I might then (might, heh, unsure) convince my mother to go to my cousin's house and I can use the Internet there. As I said, do PM me as always, and if I don't reply in time, just skip it and proceed.

Sure sure. Have fun, you rogue, you.