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Event: Doppelgangers (2)
This post contains information for you to play out the Doppelgangers Event. Aside from the information contained in this post, anyone who signed-up will receive a notice with specific details regarding the characters they will play in the event. We will not be modding the event, but with this and the notices, you should have enough to play all the scenes. Feel free to use this post for plotting things out, and should you have any questions, ask them in the appropriate thread!
Some things will be common knowledge for these precursor Heroes of Light. For the most part, they know the same things are the current Heroes and are familiar with Moogles, Airships, Crystals, etc. But there are quite a few differences. Furthermore, all of their crystals are either Blue or Black (black if they died numerous times).
• The Heran
This is how the Ancients were called before they went extinct. Their homeworld was called "Hera" and they moved to Crystallis a very long time ago. However, none of these precursors Heroes seem to have ever met an Ancient. Indeed, Ancients were already extinct back then, and they had been for thousands of years already. Like the current Heroes, they've been told of the legends about how Heroes of Light once defeated the Calamity from the Skies and how everyone expects them to do it once again.
• The Network and Job Switching
These precursor Heroes don't have a Moogle following them everywhere they go. Instead, to switch Jobs they use machines similar to the ones that could be found in the Heran Research Center. For communication purposes, Mognet does exist but the Heroes rarely use it. Instead they use their own crystals: they form a network through which they can speak to each other and even send holographic projections.
• The Deadline
The Calamity is awakened and attacking Crystallis: it slowly crystallizes the entire planet in order to destroy it. However, it happens at a much faster rate than it does in the present era: the deadline before Crystallis is lost is of thirty days, even though the crystallization process barely began. All Heroes of Light have already been in Crystallis for years at this point; some for only a few years, others for as much as ten years. As such, they all have maxed Jobs and much greater knowledge than the current generation of Heroes. By the time of the dream, there are a couple thousands of Heroes of Light, but the vast majority of them are in Crystal Stasis.
• The Temple of Water
It is what serves as the base of the Heroes of Light in this era; however, the city of Flence doesn't exist at all. They used to have help like the current generation of Heroes, but there are no longer any NPCs similar to Biggs, Wedge and Jessie left to help them, so they are entirely on their own when it comes as to what to do, etc. There are people left in the various cities, but for the most part they're panicked or hiding as the world is about to end. People in Crystallis are Human, Moogles, Hypello and Tarutaru, but there are also a few different species, though none will be shown in the dream.
• Death
Death used to be a slap on the wrist like for the current Heroes. But it is now very real: whenever a Hero die, they remain dead and there is no using life or a phoenix down on them.
There are two sorts of dreams: a dream in common that will be open to everyone, and smaller dreams focused on particular groups. These smaller dreams are where actual scenarios will happen.
COMMON DREAM (MINGLE)
Everyone
This dream takes place in the Temple of Water and is open to all characters. There is no particular storyline to this dream, but all characters are aware of the thirty days deadline to stop the Calamity and are about to leave for their quests. They can start hearing the thoughts of the dreaming character, which may lead to particularly awkward moments.
GROUP A (THE DISSENSIONS)
Johnny D'Amico >> Esteban
Kenshin >> Kenshin
Mary Read >> Haytham Kenway
Owain >> Edward
Saori Nakagawa >> Kenichi Inari
Sora >> Roxas
Zell Dincht >> Squall Leonhart
The dream begins as the characters in this group hurriedly run across a bridge in what happens to be an Ancient facility, very advanced technologically but in ruins— Nearly as though it has been abandoned for a very long time. Unfortunately, the bridge collapses just as part of the group makes it, and thus half of the group is lost. Among the casualties are Johnny D'Amico, Mary Read, Kamiya Kaoru, Saori Nakagawa and Xion. Edward manages to make it, but only due to the sacrifice of his friend, Leonardo. Roxas is saved in-extremis by Squall. In spite of the tragic losses, Haytham presses on as they have to continue if they are to find what they need to defeat the Calamity in time. However, Kenshin seems to have reasons to believe Haytham purposefully set up the bridge to break, so as to kill potential enemies he saw in these Heroes of Light…
GROUP B (THE HACKING)
Bloom >> Daphne
Chiaki Nanami >> Chihiro Fujisaki
Lydia Deetz >> Jacques LaLean
Manami Sangaku >> Fukutomi Juichi
Nanami Kiryuu >> Nanami Kiryuu
Ryoji Kaji >> Asuka Langley Sohryu
Valvalis >> Sandy Magus
The dream begins with the characters in this group running into a large room in an Ancient facility— The very same facility Group A was in, though probably not at the same time as there are enemies this time around: crystalline entities attacking them. More than that, these crystalline enemies seem to have the shape of people they are familiar with. Noticeably, those leading the charge are replica of Cindy, Ryoji Kaji, Queen Marion and Kinjou Shingo. And behind them are many more, all looking like various people from their homeworlds. Nanami will be grievously wounded upon entering the room, while Chihiro and Jacques will have to hurry to reactivate the computer in this room and hopefully find what they came for. Hoping that the others can hold off the crystalline entities until it is done…
GROUP C (THE BETRAYAL)
Cloud (young) >> Cloud (old)
Red Plains Rider >> Croach the Tracker
Selen >> Ishtar
Sephiroth (good) >> Sephiroth (evil)
Tazendra >> Vlad Taltos
Terra >> Terra (esper)
Tifa (old) >> Tifa (young)
The dream begins as the characters in this group just defeated a crystalline entity referred to as a "Calamity Spawn" in a fully crystallized cave. In the background, said cave is filled with crystallized Heroes of Light. There are a couple non-player Heroes in this group, and Cloud is missing as the dream begins. As soon as the Spawn is defeated however, Sephiroth suddenly switches allegiances and slays the non-player characters Selen and Tazendra before anyone can react. He then manages to throw and kill another such character, Celes Chere, in a surprise attack. Croach is attacked as well, but manages to avoid the attack right in time, thanks to his abilities. The betrayal comes as a surprise considering Sephiroth seemed fairly "good" up till now, but he reveals that he never had any intention to allow them to stop the Calamity. Battle ensues...
GROUP D (THE ENEMY WITHIN)
Ales Mansay >> Rayman
Doki Makoto >> Bayushi Kwanchai
Doug >> Ventuswill
Gaara >> Gaara
Logen >> Bayaz
Meredy >> Shizel
Ramza Beoulve >> Dycedarg Beoulve
Yugi Mutou >> Dark Yugi
The dream begins as the characters in this group wander around in a fully crystallized cave. In the background, said cave is filled with crystallized Heroes of Light, like the cave Group C was in. This particular group however is looking for a special crystal— According to Intel from Gaara, Ventuswill and Dark Yugi, should they find and destroy it, the power of the Calamity would be lowered. Together with the efforts of every other group, they hope this will make the task possible. Bayaz is missing as the dream begins. Unfortunately, Dycedarg seizes the Crystal before Rayman and Bayushi can, revealing his true intention before being contaminated by the Calamity. He then proceeds to attack everyone in this group…
GROUP E (THE PLAN)
Anise >> Fon Master Ion
Ashelia (post ending) >> Ashelia (pre choice)
Elizabeth >> Igor
Ib >> Ib (bad ending)
Jade Curtiss >> Gelda Nebilim
Luke fon Fabre >> Luke fon Fabre
Olivier Armstrong >> Buccaneer
The dream begins as the characters in this group have a meeting around the Crystal of Fire in the Temple of Fire, with the crystal's light fading. There are no traces of any city outside of the temple, but the horizon is blindingly white and the characters will be aware it is due to the crystallization process having reached nearly all of Crystallis. Nebilim advocates that they have no choice but to follow "the plan" they came up with together, and give a chance to the next Heroes of Light. Ion and Ib side with her and agree that this is the only reasonable solution. Luke and Buccaneer are pretty loud about this being stupid and will advocate trying to defeat the Calamity and kill Garland; especially as it seems following the plan involves all of them dying alongside their homeworlds. The nature of the plan will remain unclear, but it seems to be the only chance they have to ultimately defeat the Calamity and save the entirety of the worlds, even if it means having to sacrifice themselves. Ashelia and Igor will be undecided. There is an eight Hero of Light among them looking like the spitting image of Kalki, who will be siding with the plan of Nebilim, Ib and Ion.
GROUP F (THE OTHER WAY)
Ameena Leffeld >> Sophia Esteed
Daisy >> Librarian
Fayt Leingod >> Faize
Hilda >> Ganondorf
Nel Zelpher >> Blair
SS Link >> First Link
Zelda >> Hylia
The dream begins with Hylia, Link, Faize and Sophia going through an Ancient facility; however this one is in a much better state than the one previously mentioned. It looks either recently built or very well preserved, and more importantly, it seems to be on one of the moons. Indeed, looking through the windows will give a clear view of space and of a planet: Crystallis. The planet is half-crystallized at this point. They are after Ganondorf, Blair and the Librarian, who are about to execute a plan of theirs, which they believe should save everyone's homeworld and put an end to that masquerade. However, the four Heroes are not entirely reassured as to the efficiency of this plan, let alone the intentions of those conducting said plan…
GROUP G (THE END)
Asbel Lhant >> Prince Richard
Bartz >> Onion Knight
Jack Harkness >> Gwen Cooper
K'pandolu Tohka >> Thancred
Markus Haley >> Chelsea Haley
Rikku (FFX) >> Rikku (FFX-2)
Yuna >> Yunalesca
This dream begins with Onion Knight and Rikku smashing against a wall following the attack of a man wearing a black armor. There are a lot of other Heroes of Light in the large and dark room this dream takes place in, but they are all dead. Only Richard, Gwen, Thancred and Chelsea are still alive, but barely so. The only Hero of Light unharmed is Yunalesca, and for good reason as she stands by the man in black armor and watched as he slaughtered said Heroes…
Upon waking up from their dreams, characters who participated in the event will have received a letter from Kalki, with an address. This address may be anywhere in Aqures Ixen, Flence, Esdham, Trano Golsaucia, Balicea or Aerilon. The address and location is unique to every character, and so each of them will find something different upon going there. We will post this week-end on Mognet what your characters will find, should they go ahead and check said address.
Some things will be common knowledge for these precursor Heroes of Light. For the most part, they know the same things are the current Heroes and are familiar with Moogles, Airships, Crystals, etc. But there are quite a few differences. Furthermore, all of their crystals are either Blue or Black (black if they died numerous times).
• The Heran
This is how the Ancients were called before they went extinct. Their homeworld was called "Hera" and they moved to Crystallis a very long time ago. However, none of these precursors Heroes seem to have ever met an Ancient. Indeed, Ancients were already extinct back then, and they had been for thousands of years already. Like the current Heroes, they've been told of the legends about how Heroes of Light once defeated the Calamity from the Skies and how everyone expects them to do it once again.
• The Network and Job Switching
These precursor Heroes don't have a Moogle following them everywhere they go. Instead, to switch Jobs they use machines similar to the ones that could be found in the Heran Research Center. For communication purposes, Mognet does exist but the Heroes rarely use it. Instead they use their own crystals: they form a network through which they can speak to each other and even send holographic projections.
• The Deadline
The Calamity is awakened and attacking Crystallis: it slowly crystallizes the entire planet in order to destroy it. However, it happens at a much faster rate than it does in the present era: the deadline before Crystallis is lost is of thirty days, even though the crystallization process barely began. All Heroes of Light have already been in Crystallis for years at this point; some for only a few years, others for as much as ten years. As such, they all have maxed Jobs and much greater knowledge than the current generation of Heroes. By the time of the dream, there are a couple thousands of Heroes of Light, but the vast majority of them are in Crystal Stasis.
• The Temple of Water
It is what serves as the base of the Heroes of Light in this era; however, the city of Flence doesn't exist at all. They used to have help like the current generation of Heroes, but there are no longer any NPCs similar to Biggs, Wedge and Jessie left to help them, so they are entirely on their own when it comes as to what to do, etc. There are people left in the various cities, but for the most part they're panicked or hiding as the world is about to end. People in Crystallis are Human, Moogles, Hypello and Tarutaru, but there are also a few different species, though none will be shown in the dream.
• Death
Death used to be a slap on the wrist like for the current Heroes. But it is now very real: whenever a Hero die, they remain dead and there is no using life or a phoenix down on them.
There are two sorts of dreams: a dream in common that will be open to everyone, and smaller dreams focused on particular groups. These smaller dreams are where actual scenarios will happen.
COMMON DREAM (MINGLE)
Everyone
This dream takes place in the Temple of Water and is open to all characters. There is no particular storyline to this dream, but all characters are aware of the thirty days deadline to stop the Calamity and are about to leave for their quests. They can start hearing the thoughts of the dreaming character, which may lead to particularly awkward moments.
GROUP A (THE DISSENSIONS)
Johnny D'Amico >> Esteban
Kenshin >> Kenshin
Mary Read >> Haytham Kenway
Owain >> Edward
Saori Nakagawa >> Kenichi Inari
Sora >> Roxas
Zell Dincht >> Squall Leonhart
The dream begins as the characters in this group hurriedly run across a bridge in what happens to be an Ancient facility, very advanced technologically but in ruins— Nearly as though it has been abandoned for a very long time. Unfortunately, the bridge collapses just as part of the group makes it, and thus half of the group is lost. Among the casualties are Johnny D'Amico, Mary Read, Kamiya Kaoru, Saori Nakagawa and Xion. Edward manages to make it, but only due to the sacrifice of his friend, Leonardo. Roxas is saved in-extremis by Squall. In spite of the tragic losses, Haytham presses on as they have to continue if they are to find what they need to defeat the Calamity in time. However, Kenshin seems to have reasons to believe Haytham purposefully set up the bridge to break, so as to kill potential enemies he saw in these Heroes of Light…
GROUP B (THE HACKING)
Bloom >> Daphne
Chiaki Nanami >> Chihiro Fujisaki
Lydia Deetz >> Jacques LaLean
Manami Sangaku >> Fukutomi Juichi
Nanami Kiryuu >> Nanami Kiryuu
Ryoji Kaji >> Asuka Langley Sohryu
Valvalis >> Sandy Magus
The dream begins with the characters in this group running into a large room in an Ancient facility— The very same facility Group A was in, though probably not at the same time as there are enemies this time around: crystalline entities attacking them. More than that, these crystalline enemies seem to have the shape of people they are familiar with. Noticeably, those leading the charge are replica of Cindy, Ryoji Kaji, Queen Marion and Kinjou Shingo. And behind them are many more, all looking like various people from their homeworlds. Nanami will be grievously wounded upon entering the room, while Chihiro and Jacques will have to hurry to reactivate the computer in this room and hopefully find what they came for. Hoping that the others can hold off the crystalline entities until it is done…
GROUP C (THE BETRAYAL)
Cloud (young) >> Cloud (old)
Red Plains Rider >> Croach the Tracker
Selen >> Ishtar
Sephiroth (good) >> Sephiroth (evil)
Tazendra >> Vlad Taltos
Terra >> Terra (esper)
Tifa (old) >> Tifa (young)
The dream begins as the characters in this group just defeated a crystalline entity referred to as a "Calamity Spawn" in a fully crystallized cave. In the background, said cave is filled with crystallized Heroes of Light. There are a couple non-player Heroes in this group, and Cloud is missing as the dream begins. As soon as the Spawn is defeated however, Sephiroth suddenly switches allegiances and slays the non-player characters Selen and Tazendra before anyone can react. He then manages to throw and kill another such character, Celes Chere, in a surprise attack. Croach is attacked as well, but manages to avoid the attack right in time, thanks to his abilities. The betrayal comes as a surprise considering Sephiroth seemed fairly "good" up till now, but he reveals that he never had any intention to allow them to stop the Calamity. Battle ensues...
GROUP D (THE ENEMY WITHIN)
Ales Mansay >> Rayman
Doki Makoto >> Bayushi Kwanchai
Doug >> Ventuswill
Gaara >> Gaara
Logen >> Bayaz
Meredy >> Shizel
Ramza Beoulve >> Dycedarg Beoulve
Yugi Mutou >> Dark Yugi
The dream begins as the characters in this group wander around in a fully crystallized cave. In the background, said cave is filled with crystallized Heroes of Light, like the cave Group C was in. This particular group however is looking for a special crystal— According to Intel from Gaara, Ventuswill and Dark Yugi, should they find and destroy it, the power of the Calamity would be lowered. Together with the efforts of every other group, they hope this will make the task possible. Bayaz is missing as the dream begins. Unfortunately, Dycedarg seizes the Crystal before Rayman and Bayushi can, revealing his true intention before being contaminated by the Calamity. He then proceeds to attack everyone in this group…
GROUP E (THE PLAN)
Anise >> Fon Master Ion
Ashelia (post ending) >> Ashelia (pre choice)
Elizabeth >> Igor
Ib >> Ib (bad ending)
Jade Curtiss >> Gelda Nebilim
Luke fon Fabre >> Luke fon Fabre
Olivier Armstrong >> Buccaneer
The dream begins as the characters in this group have a meeting around the Crystal of Fire in the Temple of Fire, with the crystal's light fading. There are no traces of any city outside of the temple, but the horizon is blindingly white and the characters will be aware it is due to the crystallization process having reached nearly all of Crystallis. Nebilim advocates that they have no choice but to follow "the plan" they came up with together, and give a chance to the next Heroes of Light. Ion and Ib side with her and agree that this is the only reasonable solution. Luke and Buccaneer are pretty loud about this being stupid and will advocate trying to defeat the Calamity and kill Garland; especially as it seems following the plan involves all of them dying alongside their homeworlds. The nature of the plan will remain unclear, but it seems to be the only chance they have to ultimately defeat the Calamity and save the entirety of the worlds, even if it means having to sacrifice themselves. Ashelia and Igor will be undecided. There is an eight Hero of Light among them looking like the spitting image of Kalki, who will be siding with the plan of Nebilim, Ib and Ion.
GROUP F (THE OTHER WAY)
Ameena Leffeld >> Sophia Esteed
Daisy >> Librarian
Fayt Leingod >> Faize
Hilda >> Ganondorf
Nel Zelpher >> Blair
SS Link >> First Link
Zelda >> Hylia
The dream begins with Hylia, Link, Faize and Sophia going through an Ancient facility; however this one is in a much better state than the one previously mentioned. It looks either recently built or very well preserved, and more importantly, it seems to be on one of the moons. Indeed, looking through the windows will give a clear view of space and of a planet: Crystallis. The planet is half-crystallized at this point. They are after Ganondorf, Blair and the Librarian, who are about to execute a plan of theirs, which they believe should save everyone's homeworld and put an end to that masquerade. However, the four Heroes are not entirely reassured as to the efficiency of this plan, let alone the intentions of those conducting said plan…
GROUP G (THE END)
Asbel Lhant >> Prince Richard
Bartz >> Onion Knight
Jack Harkness >> Gwen Cooper
K'pandolu Tohka >> Thancred
Markus Haley >> Chelsea Haley
Rikku (FFX) >> Rikku (FFX-2)
Yuna >> Yunalesca
This dream begins with Onion Knight and Rikku smashing against a wall following the attack of a man wearing a black armor. There are a lot of other Heroes of Light in the large and dark room this dream takes place in, but they are all dead. Only Richard, Gwen, Thancred and Chelsea are still alive, but barely so. The only Hero of Light unharmed is Yunalesca, and for good reason as she stands by the man in black armor and watched as he slaughtered said Heroes…
Upon waking up from their dreams, characters who participated in the event will have received a letter from Kalki, with an address. This address may be anywhere in Aqures Ixen, Flence, Esdham, Trano Golsaucia, Balicea or Aerilon. The address and location is unique to every character, and so each of them will find something different upon going there. We will post this week-end on Mognet what your characters will find, should they go ahead and check said address.
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