((Hi and welcome to ROM 4. This is the official reference post. It will be updated as needed. After checking over it, please post an updated bio for your character(s) listing their weapon, powers, monsters, and what they've been doing in the year and a half since the end of ROM 3. Once everyone has posted their bios I will make the starting post and the RP will actually begin.))

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My signature site. Because ripping off Silver's ideas is fun.

Name: Simeon (last name lost to eternity)

Age: Techincally 36, seems 28, not sure anymore...

Sex: Male

Font Color: <span style='color:#336699'>A Dark Greenish-Blue (hex #336699) guaranteed to drive people crazy. ^^;;</span>

Features: Winged Lion-Morph. Eyes are dark-blue crystal orbs with glowing green pupils. Coal black shaggy mane, coal grey fur, left arm is all bones and no flesh, right arm is biomechanical, and grey-brown owl's wings. Has two tails.
Has a cracked leather belt for a utility bandolier. Wears a deep blue, hooded cloak, black leather gauntlets, and sturdy black boots with a pair of tattered denim jeans torn off at the knees and cinched around the waist with a frayed white rope.

Special Skills:
- Moves--
1) Phantom Paw-- A lion's arm of red energy is formed on the bones of Simeon's left arm. Acts as shield and weapon.
2) Roar-- A powerful defensive move that pushes back all opponents a certain distance according to each opponent's power level. The weaker to opponenent, the farther back the Roar pushes them away.
3) Royal Fury-- Temporary stat boost. Increases speed, agility, defense, and power. User glows blue when Royal Fury is active.
4) Flash Cannon-- Mechanical arm shifts to cannon mode. Projectile attack.
5) Swipe-- Mechanical arm shifts to claw mode. Melee attack.

- Field Abilities--
1) Copy&Assimilate-- Allows user to copy as much data as desired and incorporate that data into his own coding. May have severe side-effects.
2) Mech Arm-- Data storage/scanning unit. Copies data and stores it for reference. Data may be used in battle.

-Weapons--
1) Summoning Spear-- The remnant of a decorative wrought-iron fence. Used for Summoning Monsters (the original cards were detroyed in an orphange fire. The new cards are etched into the staff...)
a ) Aarrul: Moonbeam, Call of the Wild, Melee
b ) Aegis: Prayer, Redemption, Reversal
c ) Aerobreaker: MegaFlare, Holy Wrath, Dragon Crush

.... Summoning Spear is also a Melee Weapon.

2) Archangel-- A silver sword forged of White Magic and Code. At full power, Archangel allows it's user to bend digital realities to his will, but the sword has never been used at full power for obvious reasons. Simeon keeps the Archangel with him at all times due to the fact the tool keeps him stable... This blade also acts as a mirror and a window. Simeon has been watching the exploits of our heroes through Archangel's "Window" ability...

Likes: Children, giving people nicknames, training, meditating, spending time with his son, forgiveness... (never complains. Likes music in all it's forms.)

Dislikes: Announcing his attack names while preforming them, complainers, disloyalty, tresspassers, harming children... other than that, not much else.

Current Status: Undefined. Dead in Reality. Alive in this world. Not an Angelic, a Hearts, or a SoS.. nor is he Human or Monster. Simeon assumes that he himself might just be a major glitch...

Profile: 8 years ago, Simeon was once employed by SquareEnix to act as a beta-server master for the upcoming FFXI MMORPG. He was also among the first to try out the new "Immersive Gaming" Technology. As a professional gamer, previewing such groundbreaking technology was an honor...
Aside from his job, Simeon lived a happy and carefree life with no regrets with a wife and a son. Outside of his wife and son, Simeon no longer had anymore living relatives. An unfettered life spent playing games and spending time with the familiy he had left... it was all he could ask for.
Then one day... it all came crashing down.
It was a freak accident. He was repairing his server when an unknown virus got into his system... No one's exactly sure what happened... All they know is that Simeon was found dead next to a smoking CPU and a blown out monitor; Simeon had been electrocuted.
Simeon awoke in a void of cold and shadow. In his hand was a glowing sword of silver, and it lighted his way in the shadows. The blade also acted as a mirror into another world... and if he concentrated enough, he could project an apparition of himself into that other world, and communicate with other beings. This tool kept Simeon from going mad....
People ran away from Simeon's ghostly form, and Simeon was understanding. The only people he could talk to were the orphan children, to whom he promised his protection, and to his son, Joshua, who had somehow found his way into Orca.

It was acting as a protector of children, Simeon discovered his first special ability: Copy&Assimilate. He encountered a Zombie class monster in battle... and accidentally assimilated it's coding into his own, resulting in his skeletal left arm.
As he watched over the children with the aid of his son (who, as stated earlier, somehow found his way into Orca. It was from his son, Simeon learned his wife committed suicide....), Simeon practiced with his new ability until he could control it with ease... but the damage caused by this training was done. Simeon was clinging to his humanity now... he had assimilated the coding of so many creatures and beings, he was more creature than person. The Archangel was the only thing keeping him sentient.
When Dark Orca was created, Simeon was able to be physically close to the orphans at last, and he no longer needed to communicate through Archangel to talk with his son, Joshua...
This was all he wanted... Nothing to tie him down... No worries... no regrets... But duty is ever-present, and this, this new world he calls home... it may one day call him to arms at last. Until then, he lives only for today.

Random Facts: To support the theory that Simeon is a likely a Glitch with a human soul, Simeon's type strengths and weaknesses are in a constant state of flux, always changing, when in battle. This game of Russian Roulette with type strengths and weaknesses can make it dangerous for Simeon to go into battle, or for anyone to challenge him.
Also, Simeon can't sleep. He doesn't need to. His constant meditation, training, and use of the Archangel has allowed Simeon to tap into hidden wells of energy... and he's more than willing to share this energy with friends.
One more thing... Despite being a a pro-gamer in his past life, Simeon has almost no knowledge left of all the games he's played... A fact he finds a tad embarrassing.

((Too thorough? I can chop off some of the text if needed... ))

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*waves hand in a jedi-like manner* Move along. Nothing to see here...

((Nah, it's ok since you are a new character and all. Just remember that you won't actually be meeting the rest of us until after we go to the new continent. However, if you want to do posts about what your character is doing in the mean time that's fine.))

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Name: Silver Smith
Age: 17
Weapon: Bow and arrow... minus the arrows
Skills: Monster battling, saying 'Fudge Crackers'
Likes: Opal, his monsters, making people laugh, saying 'Fudge Crackers'
Dislikes: Show offs, losing, other people saying 'Fudge Crackers'
Bio: Since Bowen's defeat in ROM 3, he's been wandering around and training monsters with Opal. Uh, I think that's pretty much it. Monsters will be added to sig momentarily...

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"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.

Name: Jeff Gallo
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Text Color: Purple
Weapon: Standard issue military handgun.
Skills: Accurate Shot, Battle Tactics, Leadership
Likes: Music, Pain and Suffering (of those who deserve it)
Dislikes: Notions of Justice, Needless Killing
Bio: After joining up in the army, climbing the ranks all the way to the top, there was not much left for him to do. He continued his duties until he heard about the upcoming tournament. He asked for a leave of absence so that he could meet up with some old friends. It was granted and off he went. His monsters had long passed away. So he must start a-new if he wishes to enter the tournament. That is, if he really wants to fight. The grim life of war has been grim for him, and he has seen much more death than he could imagine. Only time will tell.


Name: Ibun (IbunCloudslayer)
Age: N/A
Gender: Male
Text Color: Dark Blue
Element: <span style='color:red'>R</span><span style='color:orange'>a</span><span style='color:gold'>i</span><span style='color:green'>n</span><span style='color:blue'>b</span><span style='color:indigo'>o</span><span style='color:violet'>w</span>
Skills/Attacks: Asterix, Obelix, X-Slash, Lux Shield (Defensive), Lux Pulse, Starburst, Wierding Death (Used Sparingly)
Likes: Solitude, Studying
Dislikes: People, Clouds, Magnets
Bio: Ibun was once a normal monster. Able to be captured, and would follow the commander's every order. But when his master was killed before his eyes, by a mysterious cloud, something changed about him. His body morphed from a regular four legged cat, to an anthropomorphic one. Plates of armor from the corpse formed around his body, and his left hand turned into a sword. His right, into a Lux Cannon. He has spent his time after this searching for answers, and it has led him to the island where the tournament is held. Will he meet up with the others? And if so, how will he react?
Picture: <a href='http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v607/sirjeffrey77/Ibun/Zerobun.jpg' target='_blank'>Here.</a>

Name: Opal Grey
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Text Colour: <span style='color:pink'>Pink</span>
Weapon: Her Sweatband that can shoot fire
Skills: Training, following orders
Likes: Silver, her monsters, exploring
Dislikes: Losing, people who repeat saying what someone just said a second ago, people stealing Silver's 'Fudge Crackers'
Bio: After the deafeat of Bowen, her and Silver went off on their own way. On the way she got 5 new monsters -pokes siggy-, but Steel Shell hasn't oddly evolved yet, even after a year and a half....oh yeah, she traded Djinim for a Nessy (I planned to have Nessy before Silver posted about it...so Queen Opal shall get one -brick'd-)
Other: Still has to wear gloves to touch people, card, and mosnters, excluding Ram (and Ram's card)

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Name: Neo Qutar
Age: 22
Current Status: Normal with a hint of dark energy
Skills: has a bit of control over weather. Can merge Metalmorph with his weapons.
Appearance: Likes to wear black and gray clothing with hoods. About 5'8 with long black hair (doesn?t like it short).
Weapons: A weapon (2 of it) similar to Riku's in FFX-2.

Bio: Neo has been looking at weather related sites when he was drawn into the world he found out was called orca (am I right?). He wondered around and gradually figured things out. He also had some cards with him and found out how to use them and such to capture monsters. Though he didn't help out with the game much he kept hearing about this group of people. He couldn't ever seem to find them for he was on the other side of the world. When Moen's armies attacked he did his best to fend them off though he barely made it out of a few of them. Then the last thing he remembered was being consumed by darkness. Then he awoke the the Dark. Wondering what had happened he was attacked by a monster he'd never seen before. He fought it and captured it in a card.

After the defeat of Bowen Neo went back to the lands he called home and began to purge his side of the world of the darkness shrines that still existed. Some battle were though but he still endured. Another reason for going back was something was seeming to tug on him and taunting him. Neo has been searching the past 1.5 years for something but he doesn?t know what. Something that he fells wasn?t completed. He hasn?t been back to his home village though.

Current Monsters:
Perfect Storm- 4/3- Electric/wind---> Omega Thunder, Thunder wave, Gale, Electric Tornado, Storm to end all Storms
Ice Bird- 3/3- Ice---> Ice Beam, Snow Storm, Ice Flow, Sheer Cold, Ice Ball
Hot Wire- 3/3- Electric---> Power line, Power of Thor, Plasma, Zap Cannon, Earth Splitter
Metalmorph-3/3- Metal/Electric---> Iron Defense, Iron Coating, Thunder Clap, Hard Head, Morph
Fenix- 3/3-Rainbow/Fire---> Apocalypse, Fire Ball, Legionnaire, Fire Blast, Rebirth, Barrier Flame mode: Overheat, Flame Wall, Flame Piller, Eruption, Liquidfy
Kuiia- 5/3- Wind---> Dragon Rage, Barrier, Dragon Combo, Hyper Beam, Shredding Twister
Raquezez- 3/3-Code---> Data Manipulation, Team Attack, Code Rewrite, Barrier, Neo Distortion


I may add abit. Still trying to come up with afew attacks. Metalmorph will be brown and I'll use turquoise for the npc that will probably be joining the group. More on that npc later. And one of the npc colors could become an issue later, maybe. I'll work something out when the time comes.

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((Neo, for colors there's like 255 different ones. Not sure what all the names are. Aqua is free and so is brown. Or you could just use hex numbers like Simeon.))

((Jeff, nice to see you back in ROM. Just out of curiousity, who were you fighting in the army? Was there an invasion or something? And I never said the tournament was going to be on an island. But, since you brought it up, that's not a bad idea. It'll take place on an island near Vahallo.))



((Now we should just Shauni's bio and then I can start the RP!))

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Name: Shaunisa Aketchi
Age: Unknown as she was 'created' only 5 years ago and know does not age physicaly
Current Status: Purifred Heartsform merged with purified Hellfire, in other words, finaly a complete being
Skills: Flight (she has fire wings that burst into form when she needs them, so normaly doesnt have them), Hellfire (she still doesnt know exactly WHAT power that has, but its been find to be able to manipulate the very data of Orca), White magic, dark magic (from Unisha), daggers

Weapons: Two daggers, Rin Gen and Rikkie Marru, cursed blades from her travels. Gauntlese (they still have a little essesnce of Sutra in them)



Moves List

Holy Draw (daggers): Light magic thrust with her daggers

<span style='color:green'>Sakura Blizzard</span> (Gauntletes): Knife like cherryblossom storm created from stay data using Hellfire, lanced at enermy in a strong wind

<span style='color:red'>Supreme Purification</span> (Gauntletes): Hellfire magic purifed into a ki piller that is lanced at an enermy, totaly drains Shaunisa for a long time, desporation attack only

Monster List:
Kendo-sama (Ice, Nova level) (the former god monster shaunisa took with her at the end of ROM 3, it has been infected by Hellfire and mutated it a lower level card)


Blister Shard, Titan Sinker, Ice River, Kendo Storm

Pyrogothica (fire, Nova level)
Hail to Ukyo, Fire Storm, Inferno Strike, Explosion


Omegan (water, Nova Level)
Water Spike, Tital Wave, Hail of Heaven, Rain side



Mirage (light, Adult Level) (formaly mirror)
Ditto Foe, Shatter magic storm, fall from grace, Glass Shards


Bio: Shaunisa has travled Orca over and over agin. She has existed as a Ronan for the last year, just to know freedom. She has used her time to master the new control she has over the hellfire code within her.

She has gone to areas that have been under monster attack or have needed purifing from the remaing legens of Bowens and Hellions forces, also destrying remaing dark shrine amoung other things.
She has spent the last few months training in a diserted vally, manipulating it very data, inadvertanly unlocking more hidden sub realms like Bowens. She has discovered cursed bladeds, Rin Gen and Rikkie Marru, which she now welds, each dagger containg a soul.

She has become numb to her love loss of Jeff as he left her at that time, and is a stronger person because of it.
She is finaly a whole person...all her mutated coding purified as she finaly gained control of her true power. Shauni, Unisha and Hellfire finaly merging as one, creating a fighting force...dominated by a human heart...something which she still cant explain....it would seem there is still more to WHAT she actualy is.

A glith?
A virus?
A mutated NPC?
Or maybe.... she is something more.....
She has contemplated much on what she is....
And had found an answer...
Seeing All the NPCs around her going beyond there coding...Yomikko, Bowen, Emiel and even Virgo....

Something unexpected has happned to there raw game data....they have been infected by that of human's coming to Orca...and are changing into them...

Shaunisa thus has resolved....she is infact the first.... self aware AI.

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"BOW BEFORE THE SHAUNINESS THAT IS SHAUNI! "--Shadowman

"Shauni fell down a drainage ditch and died. That was the end of her pokemon journey. "--Shauni


Go to ROM the Comic

((And that's all the bios. Speaking of which, I updated mine slightly since I first posted it. Anyway, it's time to begin!))

A small island lay off the coast of Vahallo. It had spent most of its existance as an empty place. There weren't even any monsters that called its sandy shores and grassy plain home. But that had all changed. Buildings now covered the island and boats loaded with people made their way to it from Vahallo's port.

On the island there was excitement in the air. It was opening day on the island. People were everywhere talking happily and moving about the many structures. Some sold food while others sold power orbs and other monster related items while still others housed games and exhibits. One even promised to house a monster battling gym and trainers' school in the near future. But it was the center structure that atracted the largest crowds. It was there, in the huge stadium, that the main attraction would be taking place.

<span style='color:blue'>*Josiah, dressed in his usual jeans, t-shirt, and jean jacket was constantly moving. Watching the crowds one minute, checking some obscure detail the next, and going over the tournament rules for the millionth time the minute after that.* "Let's see... Three monsters per person per battle. Switching between battles is allowed. No god monsters. No instant kill poison combo. No weapons. No special powers. Yeah, that's good."</span>

<span style='color:orange'>"It was good the last ten times you checked it too." *Virgo chided. Only slightly shorter than Josiah with long blonde hair, the flowing yet practical robe type clothing and golden armor she wore matched the picture on her card, which Josiah kept along with his others. Over the past year and a half she had taken to wearing more casual clothing but, since this was the day of the tournament, she wanted to be ready incase Josiah needed her in one of his matches. Besides, it would make it easier for the others to recognize her.*</span>

<span style='color:blue'>"I know, I know." *Josiah sighed.* "But I can't just sit and wait. We've been working non-stop on this place for four months and now it's finally open. And not to mention promotion for the tournament. We've sent posters and fliers to every corner of Orca. I just the others come. It's been so long since we've seen them."</span>

<span style='color:orange'>"Don't worry." *Virgo smiled and put an arm around his shoulder.* "This place is gonna do great, I can tell. And for the others, if this tournament can't bring the old team together again nothing can."</span>

<span style='color:blue'>"Yeah. But what's taking them so long? Yomikko, Emiel, and Mustadio met us in Vahallo yesterday." *He gestured to the stands where the aforementioned people were sitting in the VIP section.* "It'd be so great to see everyone again. Not to mention battle them. We haven't fought each other for years. I want to see how much stronger they've gotten!"</span>

<span style='color:orange'>"And I'm sure you want to show them the results of all you're training too." *Virgo grinned.* "Come on, let's go outside and make sure all the people are having fun. They can always page you through the loudspeaker if there's any problems." *Josiah nodded his agreement and the two of them stepped out into the crowded main walk.*</span>

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*Of course Silver and Opal heard about the tournament- it was practically impossible not to. No questions asked, they were going. Not only were their monsters something to be proud of by now, but after a year and a half, a 'family reunion' would be perfect. And after all they'd been through, that little group did seem like a family. No matter how many years pass, some things never change...* <span style='color:gray'>"Last one there's a rotten egg!"</span>

<span style='color:pink'>"Hey! Let's go Roc, they'll be the rotten eggs this time!" </span>*...And they were off. Silver and Tashi sped off just a second before Opal and Roc, that short time maing all the difference and keeping them in the lead*

<span style='color:gray'>"Once faster, always faster! Full speed ahead!"</span>

<span style='color:pink'>"Not this time! C'mon Roc!" </span>*Tashi gained speed and pulled ahead a bit more, but Roc easily caught up and the almost dead even race for un-rotten eggity resumed*

<span style='color:gray'>"And there's the island... Hah! We got this one, Tash!" </span>*Silver and his dragon-winged snake reached the island just a second before Opal and Roc... but the bird and the holder of its card didn't sustain any injuries. Roc flew into the air a bit and slowed down to a stop, watching as Tashi just kept going and going and going, until... CRASH! You'd immagine Silver'd learn when to stop by now, but no, no matter how old it gets, he'll just keep crashing until the day he dies. Sad, isn't it?* <span style='color:gray'>"I'm ok!"</span>



<span style='color:blue'>"A crash... that can only mean one thing..."</span>

<span style='color:blue'>"</span><span style='color:orange'>Si</span><span style='color:blue'>lve</span><span style='color:orange'>r!"</span>

((Edit: Free colors-
<span style='color:limegreen'>limegreen</span>
<span style='color:darkorange'>darkorange</span>
<span style='color:lightgreen'>lightgreen</span>
<span style='color:darkgreen'>darkgreen</span>
<span style='color:turquoise'>turquoise</span> (it's got a q!)
<span style='color:darkred'>darkred</span>
<span style='color:lightblue'>lightblue</span>
<span style='color:darkblue'>darkblue</span>
<span style='color:violet'>violet</span>
<span style='color:white'>white</span> *shot*
<span style='color:yellow'>yellow</span> *shot*))

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"Irregardless" and "Over exaggerated" are NEVER CORRECT EVER because they are redundant
Regardless means "without regard", and adding "ir" on the front actually makes it a double negative; exaggerate means "to overstate" so you're literally saying "over overstate."
Example: I can not exaggerate the importance of this fact enough, regardless of how often people ignore it.

<span style='color:blue'>"Hey, nice entrance!" *Josiah and Virgo ran over.*</span>

<span style='color:gray'>"Hey guys! Nice island!"</span>

<span style='color:orange'>"It was nicer before you crashed into it." *Virgo hinted.*</span>

<span style='color:pink'>"Did you guys build this entire place?" *Opal was looking around excitedly.*</span>

<span style='color:blue'>"Well, more or less. It was my idea but we hired people to do the actual building."</span>

<span style='color:gray'>"Is anyone else here yet?" *Silver looked around for the rest of the group.*</span>

<span style='color:orange'>"Yomikko and Emiel are inside with Mustadio. But that's it so far."</span>

<span style='color:blue'>"Yeah, I hope Shauni and David get the flyers. And I know for a fact that Amhal is coming so I'm hoping Jeff will come with him. Come on, we can show you around a bit. The tournament isn't going to start till this afternoon."</span>

<span style='color:gray'>"Sounds great! Hope you're ready for a rematch."</span>

<span style='color:blue'>"For sure! I've gotten a lot stronger since I fought Bowen."</span>

<span style='color:gray'>"Fudge crackers, you're stronger than that?"</span>

<span style='color:blue'>"What, did you think I'd get weaker?"</span>

<span style='color:pink'>"He was hoping."</span>

<span style='color:orange'>"Ahem," *Virgo interrupted,* "this is what you could call the island's main street. Over there we have some Power Orb stores and..." *The others quietted down as the tour began.*</span>

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(I'm taking Dark Blue for Ibun.)

<span style='color:darkblue'>*Ibun, as he often does, is grumbling to himself about one thing or another. He reaches the edge of land and looks up. He sees a small island, one he has not seen before. Deciding to investigate, he stows away on a nearby ship, hoping that it heads to that destination. He watches an almost regal figure, with a serious look on his face walk past his hiding spot.*</span>

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<span style='color:purple'>*Jeff whips out his pistol and tumbles to the left, brandishing it and firing twice. He leaps out of the way just as a bomb explodes behind him. He runs up and leaps over the foe, putting the muzzle of the gun to the back of it's head and firing twice more, disabling it completely.*</span>

*A voice can be heard echoing through the complex.* "Okay general, your transport has arrived. Don't worry, we'll clean up the training area. Take care on your trip sir, we hope you return soon."

<span style='color:purple'>*He makes his way to the armored car, hopping into the passangers' side. Wiping the sweat off his brow, he buckles up and reholsters his pistol. The engine starts up with a low rumble, and they take off. Soon enough they make it to the dock, and Jeff makes his way onto the ship, passing Ibun unknowingly.*</span>

Over the seas and far away...

A solitary figure meditates at the cliff edge of a coastal forest facing the whispering sea and breeze. In his thoughts, the stranger was reflection of the peace that that had surrounded him for the past 18 months...

Two blue crystal eyes snapped open, each eye revealing a single point of green light. The cloaked figure stood up, his heart racing.

There was a tremor in the peace... a tremor he had not felt in 18 months... Could it be possible?

The sword strapped to the cloaked-one's side glowed in it's scabbard.

<span style='color:#336699'>"Archangel... you feel it, too?" </span>the figure whispered as he grasped the hilt of his silver blade. He drew his sword held it out toward the sea. <span style='color:#336699'>"Are they gathering, Archangel?"</span>

The sword began to hover out of the cloaked one's hand, blade pointing to the ground, images of heroes from only a few months ago flashed on the shmimering surface. They were all travelling to one place...

<span style='color:#336699'>"They are gathering, Archangel... By the Spirit... may they be ready..."</span>

A little girl emerged from the forest, walked up to the cloaked being, and tugged innocently at the fabric,"Guardian Father... We're hungry."

The alert look in the being's eyes softened into a gentle look as he shethed his sword, <span style='color:#336699'>"Tell the other children I'm coming, Mahri... What would you all like?"</span>

"We want the Mushroom Cakes you brought from the village, Guardian Father!" The little girl said excitedly.

<span style='color:#336699'>"No promises, Mahri, but I'll see if I can find some."</span>

Smiling, the little girl skipped away.

The gentle look on the guardian's face faded into worry... He hoped against his feelings that he was wrong... for the sake of the children he protected...

<span style='color:#336699'>"They are gathering, Archangel,"</span> he spoke grasping the sword's hilt once more, <span style='color:#336699'>"I should be comforted by that..."</span>

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*waves hand in a jedi-like manner* Move along. Nothing to see here...