Slayer of the Rot
03-21-07, 01:46 AM
How many times has this happened to you; you've suddenly got inspiration, a minx of a muse assigned to whisper you the greatest plots, and you've got one hell of a story. It's going to light the site on for. It's going to make your career on Althanas. This idea inarguably affords a Judge's Choice. But you stop...shit! You're missing something. Something integral to any story, the sort of gear that will send your whole golden tale off a cliff without. An antagonist...the common enemy. The one the public, when hearing his or her name, spits and cusses in hate. It's the one that either makes your character shine as that gleaming saint of a hero, or allow himself to chalk up one more scratch of repentance to the anti-heroes out there. "But Slayer," you say in desperation, "Everyone wants to be the hero! There's no more villains in Althanas, beside the NPCs!"
Ah ha.
I present to you a proposition.
With promise of gold, of a nice chunk of EXP, you can bribe The Red Beast to act as your villain. Here, we have a despicable feral thing, greedy in gold and lives. Dan Lagh'ratham is delighted in stealing or acquiring small fortunes of Althanas' beautiful currency, or simply sating the savage taste of murder. Dan always has a reason to do something villainous, and can do something down right evil for your storyline.
There's a catch though. I only do one thread at a time. I have 'Tis the Season to finish for Manda, since she's threatened recently to jam something in a very uncomfortable place of mine. Maybe just promised. I refuse to burn myself out again. So here, I will have a link to whatever quest or battle I am currently participating in, and once finished, will remove the link, and announce I am available to be your antagonist. As time goes on, I may open myself up if I am comfortable with the concept, and enter two or three threads at a time. It will require great convincing to get me to join more than one thread at a time at this earliest point of my re-emergence.
Thread(S?)
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Ah ha.
I present to you a proposition.
With promise of gold, of a nice chunk of EXP, you can bribe The Red Beast to act as your villain. Here, we have a despicable feral thing, greedy in gold and lives. Dan Lagh'ratham is delighted in stealing or acquiring small fortunes of Althanas' beautiful currency, or simply sating the savage taste of murder. Dan always has a reason to do something villainous, and can do something down right evil for your storyline.
There's a catch though. I only do one thread at a time. I have 'Tis the Season to finish for Manda, since she's threatened recently to jam something in a very uncomfortable place of mine. Maybe just promised. I refuse to burn myself out again. So here, I will have a link to whatever quest or battle I am currently participating in, and once finished, will remove the link, and announce I am available to be your antagonist. As time goes on, I may open myself up if I am comfortable with the concept, and enter two or three threads at a time. It will require great convincing to get me to join more than one thread at a time at this earliest point of my re-emergence.
Thread(S?)
1. ____________