Madame: …? Why did you stop mama? We better keep moving.
L Pablo: Exhale… Came all the way here for nothing. I guess the masses were right… The tall tales told by the pale rider were in the end… All lies…
(Visual: L Pablo looking at the tall snowy hill in the distance. Far away from the town. Angle moves closer to the top of the hill.)
Page 139.
Figure that looks like a shaman walking on top of the highest snowy hill. Shaman is playing witch drums. Singing gently in a beautiful voice in a harsh snow storm:
Yippei yay ieee… Yippay yay yooo… Ghost… riders…. in… the snow…
Yippei yay ieee… Yippay yay yooo…
Yippei yay ieee… Yippay yay yooo… Ghost rider… in… the… clouds.
They are gathering to release, what you held in…
To appreciate…
The snowflake…
One… must stand in… The cooold…
Yippei yay ieee… Yippay yay yooo…
Shaman looking down at the town at the same time taking her mask off.
-Stand off:
-Sisu!
Visual: Naivis mother releases her stand off ability on top of the mountain.
…
Random person 1: Look!
Random person 2: Where did this snow storm come from all of a sudden?!
…
"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer."
Naivi opens his eyes.

• Stand off.

ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!
( Visual: a giant explosion of snow happens behind L Pablo where Naivi was seemingly killed)
L.Pablo ?????
Page 140.
( Visual: Naivi has jumped high in the air from the rubble, His appearance has transformed. He’s now wearing the hat tied on his neck on top of his head and a scarf disguising his face. The air has been filled with a snow storm. )
L Pablo: Why won’t anybody stay cold in this town… (Thoughts: He couldn’t have survived my attack… Did he dig himself under the snow before my blast could reach him fully?)
(Visual: visualization of Naivi digging himself under the snow)
Naivi alter-ego fully possessed by the wild spirit: Howdy there ladies and gentlemen! Don’t fret good people of the town! The coldest cowboy in the world has arrived to blow your worries away! Looks like the stage is set for the final Rodeo!
L Pablo: …Did you mold yourself a new pair of cojones under the snow or what’s this all about? ( In his head: His imagination prowess has increased tremendously…)
Naivi: The only reply I will provide to a wicked varmint like you will be the shift justice of my frozen fist!
/Visual: Naivi loading up a punch/
L Pablo: Keehehehee! You can’t be serious!? I’m not in the mood for some childish role play! I will slaughter y - OUGURHHHHH!!
Page 141.
SFX: B-B-BAAAAAANGGGGG!!!!!!
(Visual: Naivi Punches L Pablo with a massive snow fist with iron knuckles with a text that reads “The Tea”. The punch sends him flying over the other side of the town.)
Naivi: Quit your yapping bozo! I’ll be the one serving the tea from this point on!
Public: OOOOOHHH!!
(Visual: Public in awe)
Page 142.
Naivi: Brrr! I’m freezing out here. Is it just me?
-That dastardly flagrant pseudo-villain better get up! So I can get a refreshing exercise after my extended vacation!
(Visual: Floating in the air like a snowflake where L Pablo landed)
Madame: There you go! Kick his ass for mama! Pop-Off Naivi! Mama lets go after them!
Mama moving saloon: Thought he was gone for good there! Woo-hoo! This kid got something special in him!!
(Visual: Moving towards the other side of the town)
Reck Lesley: What’s up with this bizarre fella!! Did L Pablo hit his head in a weird angle or-?
Wojak: That man, I recognise him now!
Reck Lesley: Huh? You know this lunatic, deputy?
Random person 2: What r u talking bout uncle!
Wojak: That must be the same child from back then! I have met this kid before! How could I have forgotten that miserable face! I worked side by side and fought against his father in my past!

• He must be the son of the legendary pale rider of the four horsemen of the apocalypse!!!

Public: Huuh!!!???
Page 143.
Random ranger: El diablo is getting up again! Run away everyone!
Naivi: Ole!
(Visual: Waving the same red flag as before.)
L Pablo: (Thoughts: His wounds have been fully healed… What happened to him…? It’s like fighting a completely new person all of a sudden… Gah… I have received too much damage at this point to keep regenerating my wounds.)
Naivi: Let’s finish our little dance duel Bull Pablo!
(Visual: Naivi charges at him with a double footed attack.)
L Pablo: For F’s sakes It’s El Diablo…
( L Pablo catches him mid air. Blocks the attack first then grabs Naivis feet.)
Naivi: You don’t like nicknames partner?
Page 144.
L Pablo: Tsk! …What’s up with the disguise anyway?
( Visual: L Pablo spinning and waving Naivi around bound to throw naivi)
Naivi: Wowowow!?
L. Pablo: -Got a big bounty on your head now, huh?!
(Visual: Throws Naivi with fury towards sharp objects of a ruined building)
Naivi: Float like a snowflake…
( Visual: Naivi is swung in the air but in this awakened mode is able to levitate and change his course back towards Pablo. )
L.Pablo: !?
Naivi: STING LIKE A BEE!
L Pablo: GUrh!
( Visual: Naivi does the same double footed kick he tried just before. This time the attack impacts heavily on L Pablo!)
SFX: DUSCH!!
L Pablo: This is nothing to me… As long as my name is L. Pablo El Diablo! I will not be ridiculed like this! That’s on my family name!
( Visual: L Pablo tanking the attack but his cool persona is cracking now)
Naivi: Oh! That reminds me! You were supposed to tell me what the L in your name stands for if I managed to land a hit on you. Go ahead spit it out then! I won’t call you any nicknames if you tell me your real name! Remember a deal is a deal!
L Pablo: Ghh! It stands for Larry alright…
Naivi: Hahahahah! LARRY! What a lovely name your father gave you!
(Visual: L Pablo quickly recovers himself and starts swinging his claw blades)
L Pablo in his thoughts: I have never met anyone who battles like this! One small miss-step in his evasions and I could slice his throat wide open. But it seems like he’s under no pressure at all compared to before… He’s actually pressuring me to a corner!? Me!? He doesn’t know who I am!?
( Stabs Naivi again, it goes through naivi’s throat,-
Naivi: GAG ! I’m stabbed, I'm gonna die!!! Nooo!! ( in a overly dramatic tone )
Page 145.
Naivi: Boo!
-without harming him, His body is now completely made out of snow! )
L Pablo: !??!
(Visual: Pablo for the first time in the whole comic dodges an attack / coming from Naivi.)
L Pablo: -What are you…? Ghost from the winter past?!
(Visual: BANG! / in a simultaneous even change of blows L Pablo gets more hurt /)
Naivi: GEHeheh! Good one! Something like that scrooge! It’s a shame this couldn’t be a fair fight… You’re crazy strong Larry!
L Pablo: GRH!? What’s that supposed to mean? Think you can beat me now hermano??
Madame: Naivi!
Naivi: Hm?!
Madame:
-Beat his ass and I’ll let you ride with us when we get to the Wild World! Don’t you dare to lose to him now!
Mama moving saloon: You hear that kid! What do you say about forming a partnership! It’s an offer of a lifetime! No funny business this time around!
Page 146.
Naivi: HAHAHAH, Bet!
-Let’s just say I have a big home advantage here! I got the whole town imagining my win amigo!
Public: Kick his ass! Don’t let him destroy our homes! You got it, Frozen child!
L Pablo: ( My blades won’t reach him… Has he completely lost himself over to the Wild spirit unconsciously? It won’t explain the damage being undone… Better not play around anymore and use my-
SFX: DANG!
visual: L Pablo hit again!
Naivi: YOU NEED TO FIND SOME OTHER SANDBOX TO GO PLAY AT! CUZ This is my playground!!
Page 147.
/visual: L Pablo’s nose bleeding holding his nose. Scarfs off his face and hat. Strats grinning. Ready to take on Naivi whose charging at him, molding something in his hands with snow/
L Pablo: KEHEHEHEHEEEH! Forget the train kid and all those idiots! With this level of power you are ready to ride on your own!
Naivi: Toot Toot! Coming through!
(Visual: Naivi sliding trough between L Pablos legs. Barely dodging Pablo’s blades slamming down. Blades get stuck on the ground. They are freezed and won’t move from the ground.)
L Pablo: GNN! Damn slippery snow opossum! Stop moving!
(Visual: Turns his head around to face Naivi who moved behind him)
Naivi: Worry about yourself!
-Look down!
L Pablo: ? (Thoughts: Are those… Train tracks?)
Naivi: Now look up!
SFX: CHUKU… CHUKU…
Page 148.
(Visual: L. Pablo looking up)
-Huh? SFX: CHUKU CHUKU….!
-OH SHIT- !!!??? SFX: CHUKU CHUKU…!!
-STAND O!!-
NAIVI: SNOW ATTACK!! TRAIN CRASH!!
SFX: CHUKU CHUKU CHUKU TOOT TOOT!!!
SFX: DO-DO-DOOOOSHHH!!!!
/Visual: A MASSIVE snow train runs across L Pablo the impact launches him high in the sky through the clouds/
/the train keeps moving and smashes against the Ranger HQ behind L Pablo /—->BAAANG !!!
(Visual: Scene fades to small and smaller panels)
Page 149.
Public: HE DID IT! SFX: ROOAR!!!
Naivi: I thank you for the wakeup call El Diablo!!
-But I’m going down a different path that no one else has walked before me. Your imagination is far too limited to see where my future is taking me… Sorry. But I won’t take directions from you! -HAHAHAHAH!

L Pablo: UURGHH…
-L Pablo’s final thought before losing consciousness: The size of cojones on this dude…Keheh… Let’s see how far that pure imagination will take you then… This landing is going to hurt like a…
(Visual: L Pablo high alone in the air thinking to himself defeated.)
Madame: He got him good!!! OH NO…
Reck Lesley: Ranger HQ!?
Public: Ahhh!!!
Page 150.
SFX: DOOOM!!!!
/ visual: L Pablo falls form high in the air on top of the Ranger HQ, crashing through the roof, the building gets completely ruined, huge building collapsing/
Naivi: whoops-a-daisy… /visual: takes his hat and scarf off/
-THAT WASN’T ME!!!
… I feel light headed
… Oh
…Im losing cons-
Page 151.
Naivis mother ( shaman ) on the snowy hills looking down to the town with a warm smile: Flashback young naivi and mother.

• Cough Cough…
• To reiterate… My standoff ability Sisu: Grants an action mindset which enables individuals to reach beyond their present limitations, take action against all odds and transform barriers into frontiers.
• It ables the release of man’s indomitable imagination to run completely free. With this you’re able to manifest prowess to your imaginations utmost potential in our realm of reality. Sisu also restores your power fully… So don’t worry about going too hard when you’re training! You can go all out when sparring against those snowman without a worry!
• Naivi: …Ohh! Did you use that thing when I was buried under the snow?
• (Naivi: ice skating and training against snowmen while ma is talking)
• Mother: No… My power only works if I’m able to see you. I’m sorry Naivi I couldn’t find you myself sooner. Luckily he came that day and found you before it was too late…
• Naivi: Who was that dude anyways?
• Mother: Hmm… You’ll probably encounter him during your ride… I have written about him in my book. You should take it with you on your travels.
• Naivi: …
• Naivi: You’re just trying to get me to read more…
• Mother: Hohoho… You’re right!

Present moment:
Mother: This is it Naivi… This is as far as my eyes can reach. You’re on your own form now on. I feel hollow without you here already. Hahah…
But I’m so happy that you found some wonderfully bizarre company for the adventure.
He’s coming for you…
-Just wait…
SFX: Prrr prrr prrr!!
SFX: KLAK!
Mayor: Yes?
Page 152.
X: Urgent update on El Diablo havoc mr. Mayor!
Mayor: Ohhh so the battle ended already? Entertain us then with a pretty picture… How did it go? Who won the battle? Are the streets filled with blood and misery? Zeh!
X: Umm… N-Neither sir won the battle! 2 unidentified civilians arrived on the scene and…
Reck Lesley: WHERE ARE THE HORSES!!?
-Captain Lesley!?
-Reck Lesley: WHAT YOU MEAN THEY ALL RUN-OFF WHEN THE HQ CAME DOWN??
Mayor: Ranger HQ came down!? What happened there…? Speak when you’re spoken to ranger!
X: My apologies sir! The individual identified by the alias of “Frozen child” took down El Diablo!
All the people from the room visually shocked: !!!???
Page 153.
Whisper 1: Frozen child… Whisper 2: …It can’t be.
Wojak: Well sir, it was a pretty absurd sight to behold, I’m having a hard time trying to explain it to myself, sir…
Mayor: Make it make sense.
X: T-T-That boy destroyed the Ranger HQ during the fight and is at the moment running away with a girl in what seems to be a living saloon on wheels…
Mayor: A living saloon…? A girl… and a boy…
(Visual: expression of mayor slowly losing his head… visually tilted, one eye twitching and nervous sweat drop appears on his face )

-Took down one of the notorious El Diablo triplets…
-And while at it! Completely levelled down MY ranger HQ… SFX: Long exhale

• Tell me that you at least denied the broadcasters from filming the whole ordeal?

(Visual: This whole conversation visually happens in the train) (Visual: Mayor facepalming because of the headache)
Page 154.
(visual: It turns out Wojak is on the cockroach-telephone, physically turns around and sees the same paper boy from before with the film crew. Stunned look on their faces, jaws wide open, camera on and filming.)
…
Wojak: Uhhh… ( visual: Wojak with a sweat dripping on his face and stressed reaction on his face)
(Visual: everybody staring at the mayor)
…
Mayor: Hah- Ha- Ahhh…
-Foreign continental funders are not too keen on this type of publicity… (Clears his throat.) You whispers are good with numbers… What are the chances for something so embarrassing like this to happen?
Whisper 1 & 2 : Near non-existent…
Wojak: C- Captain Lesley and a crew of rangers are running after the fugitives, we’ll arrest them as soon as-!
Mayor: I WANT THEM HANGED!!! NO! BRING THEM TO ME!

• I’LL HANG THEM ALL MYSELF!!!

SFX: Klak!—-
Page 155.
Back at the town:
Reck Lesley: STOP RIGHT THERE YOU TWO! WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING!?
NAIVI, MADAME AND MAMA MOVING SALOON : WE ARE GOING TO THE WILD WORLD!!!
( visual: Celebrating the victory with the pair of train tickets on the balcony of the saloon while Reck is tailing them with the other rangers )
To be continued…

I've been causing havoc for about 90ish hours, I've got that apparently bloodthirsty attitude that I figured would come with the territory and its legit surprised me how many people will just talk when all I wanna do is get better at pvp, especially when im solo Sloop. Doing world bosses practice my cannon aim (its still pretty bad), practicing proper ship tactics during fights, keeping angles ans not putting myself into them (I always find a way to get shot) and especially dueling as I don't get enough of that.
Its been so fun to run around and cause chaos often sinking, I felt proud to be called a shit stain to the brig doin a skeleton fort! I almost outplayed them too shooting myself outta cannon while they were fighting and stealing their ship after blowing it the fuck up, they barely saved it too I almost had em and it was so fun!
Don't get me wrong, ashen lords and the fleets of undead ships are fun as hell but fighting other people is a rush! Snaping masts and setting ships ablaze. I just like fighting after doing a few voyages and me and my crew often get distracted with the galleon in the distance, I've been just having fun and wanted to share that along with all the cool stuff im still figuring out as me and my crew know literally 0 thinf about this game, who the pirate lord is why Flameheart is such an issue or how he died (we are uncovering things as we can) who the reapers are, why guilds such as merchants work with pirates and so much more as we terrorize anyone within spitting distance!
TLDR: I like fighting, the lore is cool, we're playing 100% blind and learning has been fun.

“Fool,” he muttered, through the pain. “Fool. She was to rest. She had to agree, or she had to finish here, and once she rested for three days, three nights, she would have to sleep centuries before acting again. Now she can keep going, come back with your oath.”

So when I first read this line, I thought that it implied that Gerhild was like, thousands of years old, someone that pop up every century or so through the ages, wreak havoc, and then sleep again, and that was the pattern she maintained before Maggie's prophecy let her keep going past her usual time.
But, according to Poke, it seems to imply that Gerhild isn't that old? At least, not older than Detroit itself, which isn't that old (was founded in 1701, but didn't really become anything significant by the late 1800's).
So, why did Gerhild need to sleep? If she isn't that old, why would she have to sleep for centuries, literally hundreds of years, before rising back up again? How did the guy know that she would be asleep for that long?
Also, whatever it was that made Gerhild have to sleep, was her promise with Maggie really that strong enough to keep her going in spit of it?

Introduction:

Hi everybody. Its me again. Now that Finals are over for me, I am able to participate a bit more for the next couple of months now. And a good thing too, because i really wanted to participate in this month's competition. Specifically, I latched onto the "No/Unique Ultimate" prompt, as I built an Udyr-esque champion about 2 years ago (Side Note: Damn, that was 2 years ago?? I was just starting college and now I am halfway through my degree. Man, time flies!), and it fit this prompt perfectly. This is the link to the original post, as I will be tweaking a lot of things, given how Items and Runes have changed significantly since then. and I will have tuned and tweaked some numbers as well.
To summarize from the Introduction in the other post, Umbara is designed as a Specialist, Auto-Attack based Jungler from Ixtal. The main gimmick is that, just like Udyr, she has no Ultimate instead she has 4 Basic Abilities. The kicker is that she has access to only 2 of said Abilities plus a Unique passive at any given time, and she transforms to get the other abilities and passive. This is probably the most mechanically intensive champion that I have ever created, and I am really proud of it, so I am re-submitting it here.P

Abilities:

Passive: Bloom of Life
Umbara is the Aspect of Nature, allowing her to use the Magic of the 4 seasons, allowing her Basic Attacks to scale with 100% AP instead of 100% AD. Additionally, she changes form based upon the current season, gaining a unique Passive and access to two abilities
Spring Form: Umbara gains a Stack of Wild Growth for every second in combat with Enemies, Minions and Monsters, up to a max of 5. Each Stack grants her 8% Attack Speed, and 6% Lifesteal and Spellvamp.
Summer Form: Enemies and Monsters gain a Stack of Wildfire every second in combat with Umbara, up to a max of 3 Stacks. Enemies take 5% Bonus Magic Damage for every Stack of Wildfire. When fully Stacked, each Stack of Wildfire deals True Damage instead of Magic Damage
Autumn Form: Umbara gains a Stack of Bleak Decay for Every Second in Combat with Enemies and Monsters, up to a max of 5. Her Basic Attacks and Abilities benefit from 7 Magic Penetration for Every Stack of Bleak Decay.
Winter Form: Enemies gain a Stack of Frostbite every second in combat with Umbara, up to a max of 3 Stacks. Enemies are slowed by 20% for every Stack of Frostbite they have. When fully Stacked, Umbara's next instance of Damage on an enemy will consume all Stacks, and stun them for 1 second.
Umbara will always start off in her Spring Form at the beginning of the game, and keeps her current form upon death. Every 90 Seconds, or after a Takedown, while out of combat, she will transform into the next form, in the order listed above. Every 180 Seconds, she will gain a Stack of Primordial Evolution, up to a max of 3 Stacks. She can spend 1 Stack to go to her next Form in the list, after which she has to wait 15 seconds before she can use a Stack of Primordial Evolution again.
Additionally, Umbara has no Ultimate Ability, instead she has a 4rth Basic Ability. She can only use 2 Abilities, her Primary and Secondary, per form. Her Primary Ability corresponds to her current form, and her Secondary Ability corresponds to her Previous Form:
Spring Form:
Primary: Vernal Dawn
Secondary: Steel Sleet Slash
Summer Form:
Primary: Devastating Drought
Secondary: Vernal Dawn
Autumnal Form:
Primary: Autumnal Awakening
Secondary: Devastating Drought
Winter Form:
Primary: Steel Sleet Slash
Secondary: Autumnal Awakening
The Cooldown of Each Ability depends on whether it it the Primary or Secondary Ability. Primary Abilities have a Cooldown of 8 Seconds, and Secondary Abilities have a Cooldown of 13 Seconds. She has access to all her abilities at Level 1, but they can only be leveled up 4 times instead of 5. Additionally, Cooldown Reduction affects the Primary and Secondary Abilities equally, however Ultimate Cooldown Reduction will instead reduce the time it takes to gain a stack of Primordial Evolution.
Q: Vernal Dawn
Passive: Umbara stores all Damage Taken while in Combat with Enemies, Monsters and Minions.
Active: Umbara calls upon the Power of Spring and gain a Shield equal to (100 + 0.055% Bonus Health)% of the Damage Stored for 3 Seconds, and Heal for 30/40/50/50/70% of the Shield's Value over 3 seconds as well. While she is Healing, or Shielded, she does not Store any Damage
W: Devastating Drought
Active: Umbara conjures up a Magical Flame and Blasts the area in front of her in the shape of a cone, dealing 140-60% Total AP + 10/15/20/25/30% Target Max Health Magic Damage, and reducing 40%-10% of all Enemies' and Monsters' Magic Resistance, who are still in the cone, depending on their distance from Umbara, for the next 8 seconds. Leveling up this ability increases the width and length of the cone
E: Autumnal Awakening
Passive: Enemies and Monsters damaged by Umbara gain a Stack of Wild Toxin for 8 Seconds, stacking up to 5. Affected Enemies have 20% Grievous Wounds for Every Stack of Wild Toxin
Active: Umbara Ignites all Stacks of Wild Toxin into Spirit Fire, consuming all Stacks that exist, and Dealing 50/65/80/85/110 + 2/3.5/5/6.5/8% Target Missing Health Magic Damage per Stack consumed to all Enemies who where affected by Stacks of Autumnal Toxin.
R: Steel Sleet Slashes
Active: Umbara empowers herself with Snow Magic, giving her Basic Attacks and Abilities 75 + 30% Bonus AP On-Hit Physical Damage for the next 5 Seconds. She can recast this Ability within those 5 seconds.
Recast: Umbara dashes to a nearby Enemy or Monster, and rapidly striked them 3 times. Each strike counts as a Basic Attack and applies On-Hit Effects. Additionally, each strike ignores 5% of the Target's Armor, stacking on top of the previous amount of Armor ignored. Leveling up this ability makes her strike the target an additional time. This abilities animation and speed is reduced by Attack Speed
If the target enemy moves out of range of this ability, it will pause for 3 seconds, during which is the enemy comes into range, this ability will resume. If they do not come into range within those 3 seconds, then this ability will go onto cool down immediately.

Lore:

Umbara was born Millennia ago to a family of Nomads. They where camped at the edge of Shuriman Desert and the Ixtali Jungles. While this was happening, a terrible Winter Storm was paving its way through the continents, the like of which have never before been seen again. Snow fell meters at a time, sleet rained like blades from the sky, and the temperatures dropped to below freezing, even in what was supposed to be the warmest portion of the day. Yet when she was born, the storm started to cease. In front of their eyes, the snow and sleet stopped falling, the temperature started to rise,a and the clouds dissipated. And where Umbara touched the ground for the first time, a beautiful flower bloomed, one that no one had ever seen before. Thus her surname became, "Winterbloom".
Even as a child, Umbara had a close relationship with Nature. Whenever she was angry and threw a tantrum, the clouds immediately disappeared, plants withered and died, and the heat increased to near lethal heights and when she was sad, sleet and hail would drop from the sky, and feet of snow would start falling as well. Whenever she became happy and joyful, the spring rains would fall, and the jungles around them bloomed like nothing else, and when she was melancholy or nostalgic, the autumnal season came. In her early years she had no control over her emotions, and thus the seasons ran wild, yet as she grew up she cut herself completely off from her emotions. This was a strange power, with the ability to produce devastating consequences. She knew that it was her responsibility to bear, and she willed that it would never be used again by her.
Everything changed when more humans came. Her parents and their group, once nomadic, had settled into a small village on the edge of the border of Shurima and Ixtal. Ixtal had always been eyed by Shurima for its vast forests and rich resources, and now the culling had arrived. Hundreds of Thousands of Sand Soldiers poured into the Jungles, razing nature and people alike. The Ascendants lead the charge, and powered by the might of the Sun Disk, they left a trail of pure devastation in their wake. Umbara was the first village to fall, being right at the border, though not without a fight. The Ascendants where not yet in command of the Soldiers, and in their uncontrolled destruction they awoke a terrible beast. By this point Umbara was alone in this world, her family having been carried off by a plague years earlier, yet even still she felt no emotions. Instead she dedicated her life to preserving and serving the nature around her, finding a deep beauty to it, and trying to find out anything about her powers. It was as if Nature itself called out to her. When the soldiers came, she and the others in her small Hunter-Gatherer village fought well, but where defeated. Most where killed or taken prisoner, doomed to be slaves for the rest of their life.
Yet when they came for her, Nature itself unleashed its wrath. She was not in control of her body anymore, instead the Aspect itself had taken control. Her eyes glowed a bright neon green, and a green aura surrounded her. Up until now it had been content to let the world be, and Umbara to lock away her gifts with it, but now it was time to stop the defilers in their tracks. Dark Clouds churned overhead, appearing almost instantaneously. From them a rain of sleet and hail fell, arriving with devastating force. The temperature spiked rapidly, creating forest fires so hot, Soldiers burned inside thier armor near instantly. All the creatures that the Shuriman soldiers where using on their crusade, all the horses, oxen, even the creatures within the jungles that the Soldiers hunted for food died, their flesh turning acidic and toxic. The Vanguard of the invasion was utterly decimated beneath this reign of chaos.
In an entire day, the Aspect halted the entire invasion, yet when the Ascendants came it was different. Up until this point the Aspect had taken control of Umbara's Body and utilized the gifts it had given her at Birth to enact its vengeance, suppressing Umbara's conscious up till now. But Umbara was stronger than the Aspect had expected. When the Ascendants came, Umbara had suppressed the Aspect once and for all. She was horrified at the destruction she had caused by being so weak to let her power take over her, and once again forsook the Aspect's gift, repressing the Aspect itself nearly entirely. THe Ascendants easily found and captured her.
She let herself be captured, let herself be sold into slavery, let herself take the brutal punishments of her master, all as repentance for her mistake. Through all of this, she still suppressed her emotions and powers, though not nearly as well as she had thought. The Aspect could have taken over her body at any point, yet it was curious. Never before was it heard of that a mortal had resisted the power of an entire Aspect, and the Aspect wondered if it had finally found the perfect host. It had already given Umbara many gifts when she was born, yet she controlled them, and sacrificed an entire part of her personality to keep them under control. She had even devoted herself to Nature entirely as a way to understand her gifts even further. It watched for years as Shurima grew stronger, and Ixtal became a vassel state. It watched for years over Umbara, as she endured multitudes of pain, agony and hard labor as a penance.
The Aspect eventually devised a test for Umbara. One night, after a particularly harsh lesson from the Master, as Umbara slept, it gave her access to all of its' powers. It didnt take over her body this time, but the Aspect's powers where temporarily hers. it wanted to see what would be done with it. Would she waste them pettily by killing her master, escaping and then getting caught back again? Or would she demonstrate the same restrain she had earlier? The latter outcome came true in the end. Umbara felt a change within her that night, an increase in power, similar to what she felt when she stopped the Shurimans, yet without the extra-worldly force controlling her. She had vowed to never use it herself, and still kept this vow, but at the same time, she knew that it was within her, and it scared her deeply, fearing still a loss of control. For another set of years, she endured her self-punishment, feeling that no amount of it could redeem her self, and even through the multiple sales to different masters, even under the pain of the whip, even under the threat of death working amongst other slaves, she kept it to herself. Umbara was captured when she was a teenager at the age of 16, and now she was 27. She had kept her powers under control for so long, and quite impressively that the Aspect was satisfied.
It sent the the Aspect of Twilight to bring her to the peak of Mount Targon. It took many weeks, but the Aspect of Twilight, in its host, found Umbara. She tried to buy Umbara from her master, but he was having none of it, being a very suspicious and jaded person. Shurima had long finished its conquest of Ixtal, and thus good slaves where hard to come by. The Aspect of Twilight was having none of it. Diplomacy having failed, it secretly freed Umbara in the middle of the night. They started their journey back to Targon. Along the way she fed hydrated the malnourished Umbara, and explained all about the Aspects, the different one, their powers, responsibilities, and that she was destined to become the Host to the Aspect of Nature. Umbara herself did not believe any of this at first, and eventually when she did, she rejected the offer of the Aspects. Guilt and horror still overcame her, even 11 years later. She oft woke up screaming at night, as she dreamed of the destruction her body had caused, and only being able to watch it. She escaped multiple times, and attempted to again sell herself into the Shuriman work horse, yet every time she did, the Aspect of Twilight bought her back. Once they crossed over into Targon, Umbara gave up on escaping, as this was a wholly foreign land, and instead tried to end herself multiple times, yet she threw herself off a cliff, a portal would appear and dump her back on the path. Eventually they reached the peak of Mount Targon, and the Aspect of Nature itself spoke to her.
It told her many a things. It admitted to giving her gift at birth, it praised her for her sacrifice to control these gifts, it admitted to taking over her body to defeat the Shuriman Army, it recognized her conviction to her word, even after many years of abuse. It spoke many more things, yet Umbara was in shock. A Divine entity, hitherto she had never even heard of was speaking to her, and telling her how her life had been shaped for this very moment. She then felt once more, a feeling of Guilt, but this time it was mixed with a sense of Duty. She contemplated her life thus far, wondered if this was what she was meant to do in life? She remembered when she first suppressed her emotions, and in extension her powers, when her family died of a plague and she felt nothing for fear of unleashing it all, she remembered all the years of study and introspection in the Wilds of Ixtal, as she sought to understand what where these powers, and why she of all people had them. The Aspect's final words before its offer, was praising her for her restraint and her sense of duty. Nature itself was a benevolent being, yet when triggered it was a force not to be toyed with, and Umbara displayed all these qualities.
In the end, she accepted the Aspect's offer, and in view of all the other Aspect's and their hosts, she transformed. A Beam of Bright Green light surrounded her. Raw natural energy flowed through her. And she came out a different person entirely. Her eyes glowed green. Her hair, once brown, was now shamrock green. All scars and imperfections on her body where healed and removed. She now wore a white dress outlined in colors reflecting the current season, replacing the tatters that she had worn as her time as a slave. And her powers grew exponentially as well.
The Aspect of Nature had not just taken Umbara for its Host, they had instead fully merged together, something only few Hosts and Aspects have managed to do. Their conscious was one, their memories one and their power one. Every single experience, memory and power of the Aspect was no Umbara's giving her a eternity's worth of experience and knowledge to pull from. Umbara now wielded the Bident of Nature. The 2 pronged Scepter exuding the power of the Seasons, just as her powers had before, but now instead of attuning itself to her emotions, she had free will over them. Finally, with this power, comes the final Gift of Nature itself. Nature is unending, it can never be fully destroyed, and it will always regenerate. The Aspect's Host is considered immortal unless the physical body of the Host is irreversibly destroyed, otherwise it will regenerate over time, no matter the injuries. There was no more Aspect and Host anymore, there was only Umbara.
For Millennia, Umbara was the personification of Nature. She watched as time flowed around her, and she protected Nature around the world. She watched as the Host to the Aspect of Twilight died, and became good friends with the new one, Myisha. She watched as Azir's ambition led to the fall of Shurima, and she spit upon his final resting place. When the Great Darkin War began, she was instrumental in not only protecting her domain, but also proposed a scorched earth method to ending the Darkin once and for all. Hellfire and Sleet rained from the sky, the oceans churned and the sand of the Shuriman Desert swirled under her wrath. She nearly succeded in destroying the Darkin once and for all until Mysiha taught the mortals how to seal them away. When Myisha died, she mourned her, and became a Mother figure to the new Host to the Twilight Aspect, Zoe. Now, as the Noxians have sown chaos and discord over the natural world in Ionia, Umbara unleashes her Anger. Nature is benevolent, until it is crossed, then it becomes veangeful. These traits where reflected in Umbara, making her the perfect host to the Nature Aspect. She changed the weather on the Noxians, made the Seasons so severe that they oft retreated under threat of death. She sank their fleet, burned their crops, killed their livestock and healed and preserved the Ionian wilds.
Now, several new issues have appeared in Runeterra. Ionia itself is forgetting about Nature itself, and becoming no better than the Noxian scum. Azir has been resurrected, and with him the bastardly Ascendants. The Frejlord is in chaos as the followers of Volibear wreak havoc, and the Demigods stand idly by. Targon itself has two rogue Aspect Hosts, both of whom have no respect for Nature either. And on top of this, the void has been unleashed in parts of Shurima, destroying anything and everything in its path. Through all of this, Umbara watches, waiting for the right time to strike, and when she does, the world hath better be ready, for the might of Nature has not been released in millennia, and none thus far are prepared for such a harrowing, nor on this scale.

Quotes, Interactions and Appearances:

Pick and Ban Quote:
Pick Quote: All that Blooms, can also Wilt!
Ban Quote: Nature waits for no one but me!
Special Interactions:
Aatrox: You where sealed away once before, NOW YOU DIE!
Anivia: There is more Weather than Snow, Cryophoenix.
Azir: You where better as Sand, let me turn you back to it!
Diana: Host or not, I will defend my domain!
Ivern: My praises, Green Father.
Kennen: You should learn something new, Lightning Lord!
Leona: As I told your lover, my power Eclipses both of yours. Don't forget it!
Maokai: One day, we will restore your home.
Nasus: You should have stayed in your Library, Ascendant! All the knowledge in the world cannot save you now!
Ornn: Balance will be bought back to the Frejlord, with or without you!
Pantheon: Do what you will Pantheon, we have no grievances, nor will I make any.
Renekton: The Butcher indeed! Your blood waters my garden!
Swain: Your Dark Magic is a Defilement on the land. I will purge you and your sin from it!
Udyr: You think nature is your ally? You merely adopted it, I was born with it!
Volibear: End this, or I will!
Umbara's appearance changes depending on her form. She has Shamrock Green Hair, Pale Skin and wears a white dress. The Dress itself is is outlined and has designs in colors depending on her form. Summer Form is Dark Red, Autumnal Form is Orange, Winter Form is Light Blue and Spring Form is Light Green.

Analysis:

So for the Analysis portion, I will be going over what changes I made, as I did rework a lot of stuff. Looking back, there are some quite absurd stuff that I wrote in the old post, like 30% Max Health True Damage for example. At the bottom is a full change log that you guys can see, and I will keep that updated if there are any other changes I make before the voting stage.
A lot of my changes where in the spirit of aligning things more closely with how I want this champion to function. I want this champion to be an AP Bruiser of sorts, akin to Gwen, Diana and Mordekaiser in the jungle. I really took a lot of inspiration from Mordekaiser's builds of Riftmaker, Liandry's Rylai's, but I also wanted to make things like Malignance and Blackfire Torch and Nashor's Tooth potentially viable as well. The goal was to make her abilities scale not with primarily damage but with other stats. For example, Vernal Dawn's shielding and Healing is based on Bonus Health, While Steel Sleet Slashes scale with the amount of Strike it can make. This means that you can build things like a Riftmaker and not be punished for building not raw Damage.
The Passive is where I made a lot of changes. Specifically, I reduced the Stack count from 8 and 5 to 5 and 3. Keeping 8 stacks on an enemy is just not viable, given that they will most likely have some form of mobility to get away and let the stacks fall off, or if it is a sort of champion that wants extended fights like Darius, Aatrox, etc then they are going to very much stat check you unless you are in your Spring Form. Overall, the stack count is down, but to compensate the stats and effects per stack is up. Everything comes out roughly even at max stacks. The other major component I changed is how Ability Haste affected Umbara. Now that there is significantly reduced CDR on Mage/AP Items in general, I think it is safe to allow CDR to affect normal abilities now, especially given that the items that have CDR are Bruiser-y items anyway. Ultimate CDR via Ultimate Hunter and Malignance now affect how Primordial Evolution stacks. The one thing in retrospect that I did not want was having players use primordial evolution to liberally change their forms at will, as the entire point of this champion was the 4 Seasons and balancing different playstyles and effects. To that end, I made Primordial Evolution Stacks take much longer to get, however if you really wanted to, then a fully Stacked Ultimate Hunter + Malignance reduced the CD by about 1/3 which is still significant enough that it makes speccing into these items viable, at least at first sight. Beyond that, i also reduced the lock out time of using a stack of Primordial Evolution, as the goal of Primordial Evolution is to give a way for players to get the right/needed/wanted form before major objectives without disrupting the overall cycle of the Seasons.
As I mentioned above, I reworked a lot of how the abilities scale, so that she can be that AP Bruiser Champion. Vernal Dawn no longer has an absurd Healing and Shielding Ratio, but rather now scales with Bonus Health a la Riftmaker, Liandry's, Rylai's etc. This is also much healthier design, as healing and shielding that much is absurd, and this keeps the essence of the ability intact while keeping her on track.
Devastating Drought has a significantly higher AP scaling when Champions are close to Umbara, and deals Max Health Magic Damage, however realistically this would only max out if an enemy is so close that the models are basically overlapping. Its hard to describe and tune such things without a diagram and actual models, so just assume that the scaling is reasonable enough to not be absolutely bonkers for the sake of the champion design. The main idea behind this ability, which is that leveling it up increases the cone size, is still intact, all that is changed is the damage.
Autumnal Awakening got a lot of number re-tuning to make it more balanced and useable. Again, the Stack count is down because 8 is just unrealistic in modern League, and thus the damage has been amped up a bit to compensate. In addition, it now deals Missing Health Damage, and this is because it is intended to function more as a Conditional Finishing tool rather then an engage or simple damage nuke.
Steel Sleet Slashes, I made a lot more conditional but I also reworded a lot of things to be more clear. Most importantly, since leveling up this ability added an additional strike, If it was a simple Pantheon W then anybody in range would get obliterated once you level this up a bit. Pantheon W is anyway super un-fun to play against, so this was an automatic red flag in my book, so I balanced it on when enemies come into and leave the range of the ability. When they leave, there is a small window where if Umbara can reach them again, the ability will resume, otherwise it goes on Cooldown. This way, if you have mobility you can use it to escape the onslaught of damage, and if you do not then Umbara in Winter Form is designed for you to die to.
In terms of build, I really see some combination Rylai's, Riftmaker, Blackfire Torch, Malignance, Liandry's, Demonic Embrace and Nashor's Tooth being core items on her, depending on how you want to play her. Umbara really synergizes with DoT effects and Bruiser items, however hybrid Assassin-Bruiser items like Nashor's Tooth I can see being viable, especially given that she can be a viable assassin for half the time if you spec into it. At the same time, you are Bruiser for the other half the time, and the abilities you have still function on Bruiser items, so you can certainly spec into the other side. In total, I would forsee her having a lot of build variety and the ability to switch gears on a whim.

Change log:

May 11-12, 2024:

• Passive: Bloom of Life
  • Spring Form Passive: Max Stacks 8 > 5, AS and Lifesteal adjusted to be the same at Max Stacks. Spellvamp added.
  • Summer Form Passive: Max Stacks changed from 4 > 3. Bonus Magic Damage Ratio changed from 2.5% > 5% flat. 5% more Bonus Damage at Max Stacks
  • Autumn Form Passive: Max Stacks 8 > 5. Magic Pen per stack increased 5 > 7. 5 Less Magic Pen at max Stacks but still 35 Magic Penetration
  • Winter Form Passive: Max Stacks 4 > 3. MS Slow increased per stack, but overall 10% less slow at full stacks. Changed wording to be more clear
  • Form Transformation will occur out of combat instead of immediatly.
  • Primordial Evolution charge time 120 > 180 seconds.
  • Primordial Evolution lock-out time reduced from 30 > 15 seconds.
  • Max Stacks of Primordial Evolution reduced 4 > 3 (using 4 stacks puts you at the same form, therefore its pointless)
  • Cooldown Reduction now affects Basic Abilities, and Ultimate CDR now affects the time for Primordial Evolution
• Q: Vernal Dawn
  • Shield value changed to (100 + 0.055% Bonus Health)% of Damage stored
  • Heal amount changed to 30/40/50/50/70% of the Shield's Value
• W: Devastating Drought
  • AP Ratio changed to 140-60% Total AP + 10/15/20/25/30% Target Max Health Magic Damage
  • Magic Resist Reduction now applies for the next 8 seconds instead of only benefiting this Ability
• E: Autumnal Awakening
  • Max Stacks reduced 8 > 5
  • Grievous Wounds per Stack increased 10 > 20%
  • Damage per Stack changed to 50/65/80/85/110 + 2/3.5/5/6.5/8% Target Missing Health Magic Damage per Stack
• R: Steel Sleet Slashes
  • Slightly re-worded
  • Reworked slightly
    • Active now empowers Basic Attacks
    • Recast is a Dash + Striked
    • Moving out of range pauses strikes for 3 seconds

This is a long read.
TL;DR: Drake is a creep with a clear pattern of predatory behavior towards many minors and I have the receipts to back it up.
INTRODUCTION
This is a comprehensive post regarding Drake's extremely questionable behavior regarding minors and young women in general. There's more than 70 links in this post to various sources and over 30.000 characters.
If you want to repost, make a YouTube video, an article, a TikTok or Twitter thread then do it - I do not need credit, I do not care - I only want this information to be spread.
This post will serve as an archive that people can refer back to or use as a source to back up their claims.
Let me be clear - I do not like Drake. I've thought the guy was a creep ever since the Millie Bobby Brown video and I despise him - but I'll still try to remain as objective as possible here, you know my bias now though.
This thread is partly based on this thread from 2022
Read this comment for edits I've made to the post.
OVERVIEW
This post is divided into sections:

• The 17 year old at a show
  
• Millie Bobby Brown
  
• Billie Eilish
  
• Kylie Jenner
  
• Hailey Baldwin (Now Bieber)
  
• Cydney Christine (Lil CC)
  
• Aaliyah
  
• Unconfirmed rumors
  
• Lyrics, references, tweets, pictures, ties
  
• (Dis)honorable mention
  
• Final Note
  

THE 17 YEAR OLD AT A SHOW
Drake is performing at a show in Ogden, Denver where he calls a girl up on stage. I really encourage you to watch this yourself, but since I know the majority of you won't watch it, I've described it for you below.
Video starts with her on stage, he asks her name, where she is from, asks the crowd to welcome her to the stage and tells her she looks great. He then asks her to give him two seconds because "I gotta be ready for you".
He wipes off his sweat with a towel and proceeds to take her hand, put it on his shoulder, his hand on her hip/back and they slow dance for a few seconds. He spins her around and stop her with her back facing him. This is when it starts to get.. really weird.
Drake says "I told you I like your hair, right, what is it, like herbal essence or something?" while he's caressing her shoulder and smelling her hair. He says something I can't hear properly, puts the mic down and exposes her upper back and neck by pulling her shirt collar down. The crowd goes wild. He then starts kissing her shoulder and neck, putting her arms around her and fondle her breast.
A few seconds later he picks up the mic again and says "you can't have me carried away again before I get in trouble - how old are you?" She responds "17". The crowd has a mixed reaction - Drake says something that is hard to make out, because of the crowd but when it's clear he says "I can't go to jail yet, man - 17? Why do you look like that? You thick - look at all this!"
It's hard to make out exactly what he says afterwards because of the poor quality (2011 zoomed video at a concert, it's bad..), but he says something about it bringing them (the 17 year old and Drake) to a close and follows it up with "I got one question for you (...) I just want to know if (something about women in Colorado), I should just take one opportunity to take one home?"
The girl nods "As a Colorado woman you'd enjoy that?" "Well, listen 17, I had fun - I don't know if I should feel guilty or not, but I had fun. I liked the way your breasts felt against my chest. I just want to thank you." He then puts the mic down again, grabs her hand and kisses it. You might think that was a little over the top, but he then immediately follows it up by putting his hand on her chin and kissing both of her cheeks, her forehead and then on her fucking lips.
I think he asks her to walk off stage, it's hard to make out, but then he says "It's okay. I'm only 23, I can do shit like that. It's all good, you know what I'm saying" and the video ends.
Addition: I know this girl has said she was not offended, violated, whatever you want to call it, but that's not the point. And I do not mean to sound like a complete dick, but it's not about her - it's about Drake and proving his pattern of behavior over many instances. If you stopped here because she denied it, you completely missed the point.
Drake's age: 23
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN
Now this video was what really made me do a double take on Drake. Now, there's one very important fact to establish here and that is that Millie Bobby Brown at the time of this interview (18. September 2018) is 14 (Born 19. February 2004). I'll quickly transcribe the interview here:
Interviewer:

What about your relationship with Drake, tell me about your friendship, how did this all come about?

Millie Bobby Brown:

I love him. I met him in Australia and he's honestly so fantastic and a great friend and a great role model. You know we text - we just texted each other the other day and he was like "I miss you so much" and I was like "I miss you more". He's coming to Atlanta, so I'm definitely gonna go and see him and I'm so excited.

Interviewer 2:

You and Drake? That's awesome. That's awesome..

Interviewer:

What advice does he give you? What does he say?

MMB:

About boys he helps me, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah he's great. He's wonderful, I love him.

Interviewer:

What's his advice with boys?

MMB:

Ehm, you know.. That stays in the text messages.

I'm sure it's obvious what is wrong here and I don't need to spell it out for any of you, but I do have one thing to add. If Drake is giving advice about boys and telling her "I miss you so much" they must have talked for a while. It's not something you say after knowing a person for a week. We are talking months at least. There's 7 months between her birthday and the interview - did Drake already start talking to her when she was 13? It would make sense that Drake was in Australia during their summer (Dec-Feb) for festivals/concerts/vacation.
Millie has only commented on this once which was a few days later in a story on Instagram
I don't want or mean to infantilize her, but she was 14. She would have no chance of knowing if Drake actually was grooming her. There's not a chance that she could understand the dynamic at play and why it's wrong at that age.
Drake also defended their friendship on the song Another Late Night when he raps:

Weirdos in my comments talkin' 'bout some Millie Bobby, look
Bring them jokes up to the gang, we get to really flockin'

Ironically enough that very same song is also connected to the next person
Drake's age: 33
BILLIE EILISH
The year after the Millie Bobby Brown controversy Drake gets caught texting a minor again and this time it's Billie Eilish. She does a yearly interview with Vanity Fair, and in the 2019 version she's asked who's her most famous contact in her phone. That's when she reveals she's been texting with Drake and that he's so very nice to her. Billie is at the time of the interview (released 25. November 2019) 17 (born 18. December 2001).
Billie did defend Drake and their texting in an interview with Vogue ~3 months later:

“The internet is such a stupid-ass mess right now,” says Eilish, who quit Twitter in 2018. “Everybody’s so sensitive. A grown man can’t be a fan of an artist? There are so many people that the internet should be more worried about. Like, you’re really going to say that Drake is creepy because he’s a fan of mine, and then you’re going to go vote for Trump? What the fuck is that shit?”

On the song Another Late Night where Drake mentions Millie Bobby Brown, Lil Yachty is featured (one of Drake's gho.. co-writers) and he raps the line:

I let her go, she fine as hell but baby wasn't stylish (Yeah)
She had big tits like Billie Eilish but she couldn't sing (Drip)

Now - I know this is not Drake, I just thought it was a 'funny' coincidence that these two women are connected through their shared experiences with Drake and this song. On another note some might say that Drake should have asked Yachty to omit this line if he really was a friend of Billie Eilish since she has been quite vocal about sexualization of herself and women in general.
Drake's age: 34
BELLA HARRIS
This one is pretty fucking bad in my opinion. Bella Harris is the daughter of Jimmy Jam who's a record producer, songwriter etc. and has been very successful. Through him she's been in and around the entertainment/music business her whole life and met Drake that way.
There's an archive of photos posted here that contains the old IG posts she had with Drake. The first one was on May 5th, 2016 - Bella Harris is born 20. April, 2000. She had just turned 16 at the time.
Objectively I think they are defendable since they are all music related - Rihanna concert, Summer Sixteen Tour (ironic name..) and the American Music Awards, but then two years later they reportedly start dating and that makes it really difficult to believe, especially with the last archived photo of them in 2018. Also the same photo that is referenced in this article talking about Drake renting an entire restaurant for an intimate dinner between them.
Note that E! have confirmed it and are not backing down on their claim despite Harris denying it on Instagram.
Her father liked this post on Instagram about the whole situation. It's not particular to the restaurant or previous potential dating it's more so a general declaration of support for Drake, but that includes the PDF-file allegations.
Him supporting Drake made me search for more information, because I wanted to find whether or not he had spoken about it at the time. That led me to this article where her mother, Lisa, is being asked a few questions regarding Bella.

I was surprised Jimmy Jam hasn't introduced Bella to Drake, Rihanna or anybody else in the music world she is interested in meeting.
"No," said Lisa. "She loves Rihanna, she loves Beyoncé. [Bella has met Bey; her brother Max has met Ri-Ri.] She hasn't met Drake. Too old."

Lisa Harris about a photo of Bella (included in the article) - Bella is 14, almost 15 at the time.

I think Drake would behave himself around a child, even one dressed like this, to wit: Mom doesn't think this photo is too sexy, in all its legginess?
"SHE'S WEARING A BATHING SUIT and a coat!" said Lisa. "Sexy? What? My point is it's a body business, so I don't look at it [that way]. It's a posed picture. She has a one-piece bathing suit on. It's artistic."

Drake's age: 29-31
KYLIE JENNER
Ever since the Kanye (also fuck Kanye for the record) vs. Drake beef we (or I at least) became aware of the fact that Drake has had a long relationship with the Kardashians/Jenners and known them for many, many years. In fact Drake performed at Kylie's sweet 16 back in 2013. You know what that Sweet 16 was specifically remembered for as well? Drake kissing Kylie on the cheek in front of everyone, including her then boyfriend Jaden Smith.
That's not out of the ordinary and would be 'normal', if it wasn't for the clear pattern that is going on here, because guess what - 6 years later Drake and Kylie reportedly start dating, well.. dating/fucking/whatever you wanna call it. Admittedly this article is easily dismissed as paparazzi journalism and clickbait, but what if I told you that Drake has rapped this:

Yeah, I’m a hater to society/Real shit, Kylie Jenner that’s a side piece/Yeah, I got 20 muthafuckas in’ Kylies.

You probably wouldn't have heard it, since it was on an unreleased track played on an Instagram Live back in 2020, but it does make it seem pretty likely that he did actually hook up with her, especially considering the response Drake posted

“A song that mark ran last night on night owl sound live set shouldn’t have been played,” he wrote, “It’s a song that leaked 3 years ago and got scrapped shortly after. He was just going too deep in the drake/future catalogue. Last thing I’d want to do is wake up having any friends of mine feeling disrespected so I just had to say that to start off the day.”

Kylie was 22 at the time they reportedly hooked up.
Drake's age at Kylie's Sweet 16: 26
Drake's age when they hooked up: 33
HAILEY BALDWIN (NOW BIEBER)
In 2016 there were reports that Hailey and Drake were dating. Apparently they hooked up at a party that Drake hosted, where another attendee is also mentioned that seems oddly relevant:

Drake and Hailey weren't the only ones getting close, with Kylie Jenner and rumoured new boyfriend PartyNextDoor were seen "making out" at the party.
"It was almost like she was trying to make a statement," an insider added.

Now again - there's nothing illegal in a 11 year age difference and dating a 19-year old as 30. It's weird, yes. But again we come back to the pattern. Why do Drake know Hailey? Through their similar friends and friend group (Kardashians/Jenners). How long has Drake known Hailey? Well, when Hailey was 19, she said they had known each other for a long time.
We can actually get even closer with certainty since we know that Hailey attended Kylie's Sweet 16 in August, 2013. Hailey is born 22. November 1996, so she was also 16 at the time. So it's another girl that Drake has known since she was a minor and started dating when he got the opportunity. This is not normal.
Another pattern that Drake also seem to follow is that likes to hook up with his friends girl. We know for a fact that he hooked up with Lil Wayne's girlfriend while he was in prison. He not only rap about it, but also admit it in an interview. It's not really hard to believe that he did the same with Bieber.
Drake's age at Kylie's Sweet Sixteen: 26
Drake's age when they hooked up: 29
CYDNEY CHRISTINE (LIL CC)
Cydney Christine is a beatmaker and model - she produced the Drake song Money In The Grave and in a Complex interview/roundtable she talks about it and Drake.

Really the only artist I reached out to is Drake. I'd never met him, never spoke to him, I don't know why, but he has been following me for the past like 6 years. I don't know why..

This interview was uploaded 17. December 2019, Cydney Christine's is born 21. July, 1997, meaning she was 22 at the time of the interview and 15-16 when Drake started following her. This is somewhat innocent but strange since Drake is 27 at the time. That's not what is really weird though.
In March 2023, Lil CC is on the No Jumper podcast and here she speaks about Drake and having her debut beat being a Drake single.
Lil CC: I played basketball, right, so he really was a fan or not a fan, sorry, supported one of my teammates at the time um..
Adam 22: And this is when you are in high school?
Lil CC: Yeah, in high school. So he was a fan of women's basketball - high school basketball - I was her teammate so he followed me because of her, and I was like "oh shit, bitch, you got Drake to follow me, like what the hell? Like that's so crazy". So he followed me and I lost it - I have to meet Drake, I love Drake, I've always loved Drake, still love Drake.
There's more to the conversation, but the relevant part is here is that it's just very, very strange for Drake to be a women's high school basketball fan. They are 16 at the time. He's a supporter of a 16 year old female high school basketball player as a 27 year old grown adult man. He has not hooked up with her, dated or anything of the sorts that we know of or that she has told - for the record.
Drake's age: ~27
AALIYAH
It's not like I have whole section for this, but his obsession with Aaliyah is just another part of the pattern. I don't have a lot to contribute here, but if you don't know Aaliyah's story I'd recommend reading her Wikipedia and specifically the section about her personal life. If you think that 'obsession' is too strong a word for how much Drake admires her, I think you should take a look at this Complex article from 2018 and reconsider.
UNCONFIRMED STORIES
(I will continuously update it whenever I find or get sent new information to add here.)

• Back in 2021 Drake was being exposed on TikTok for his 'private Tinder' where one of his guys would go out and the hottest girls in town, interview them and find the one that Drake would like the best.

“He finds the girls and then he interviews them, and out of all the girls he interviews, he picks the one that he thinks is the best,” she continued. “Then, he drives her to Drake’s place, Drake has sex with her, and then he drives her home. So, basically, Drake has his own private Tinder.”

• This girl explaining how her friend was invited by Drake's crew and she was brought along as a +1. No ID check, very young girls. Worth a watch: https://www.tiktok.com/@simonestrauss/video/7365696116085591304
  
• This reddit post - yes I know this is 'so easy to just say', but I think the poster was very right by pointing this out:
  

I'm sure you guys won't believe me, but this is the type of situation where someone vanishing and telling you is the best you'll get.

• This YouTube comment about a girl claiming to be a victim of trafficking in Toronto in 2015 and that Drake had ties in all these circles.
  
• This article from 2016, where Drake and his buddy get aggressive with an amateur photographer for taking pictures of Drake and two women. This isn't strange in and of itself, but then there's this post from 2018
  

From the article:

The mystery women were dressed identically in matching white parkas, skinny tan pants, tan boots and ponytail hairstyles.

From the post:

Maybe this foreign born one named A+ list singerapper should have told the whole story about his split with a fellow foreign born A+ lister. How she caught him more than once with another woman and his fascination for watching porn involving women wearing pigtails.

• This post

This foreign born A+ list singerapper asked for all kinds of photos from not only the 18 year old he is dating but at least two other 18 year old females and he didn't make sure they were 18 before he started asking.

• This post

That teen, who was topless in the dressing room of this foreign born A+ list singerapper last night was nowhere in the ballpark of being legal.

• This one is fucking WEIRD - some guy was jerking off and noticed something. Now there's plenty of reasons as to why they would do this, it's porn and they need a story. But then there's this post from 2017:

This one named foreign born A list rapper is going around telling porn stars he is starting his own porn company. It is just his excuse to have sex with them all and not pay.
Drake

• This Twitter post/video of UK rapper Potter Payper calling out Drake for messaging 'bare young girls in England'.
  
• This entire thread is weird to say the least. More CDAN rumors as well. Read the thread, it's too much to paste and explain here.
  
• Drake paid out $350K to sexual assault accuser - Drake initially filed a lawsuit against Layla Lace/Laquana Morris for civil extortion, fraud, defamation, abuse of process and intentional infliction of emotional distress strongly implying he's innocent - but why pay someone $350.000 then?
  

The former stripper and Instagram model wrote: "Drake forced me to perform oral on him. It wasn't your ordinary oral it was more so a fetish." She then describes how he told her to spit into a cup "until he had measured it."

• This comment about a model claiming Drake 'made girls puke in dog bowls for him'. Now that's a typical thing you can dismiss as a rumor, but the same guy commented 16 days ago and said this:

If Kendrick mentions anything about dog bowls or birthday parties in Toronto, then shit is more serious than we thought

• This interview of Aya (Born 24. April 2007) (a 'dancer' in Ice Spice - Deli and probably known for other things I just don't know her) where she's asked about having sex with Drake. She said she can't speak on it because of 'court'.
  
• This Tweet of a guy talking about his experiences in high school and the hottest girls posting from Drake's mansion and being followed by him "every single time".
  
• The Instagram page of Exclusive Artists Agency is strange and related to Drake. A dude on TikTok went in-depth on it and this is creepy in more than one way.
  

The woman who had a Twitter thread similar to this post that ended up deleting her account made an entire YouTube video out of it you can find here.
LYRICS, REFERENCES, TWEETS, PICTURES, TIES
(Again - Feel free to share with me and I'll add it.)

• On the song Nice For What Drake raps:

You got a baby Benz, you got some bad friends
High school pics, you was even bad then

• This Tweet

"If amazing was a young bitch I'd be going to jail...cause I'm fucking amazing" - Me

• This image of Drake and Malone from Drake's Instagram that's been deleted now. Malone is infamous for impregnating a 13 year old when he was 20.
  
• On the song The Heart Part 6 Drake raps:
  

Just for clarity, I feel disgusted, I'm too respected
If I was fucking young girls, I promise I'd have been arrested
I'm way too famous for this shit you just suggested

• Also on the song The Heart Part 6 Drake raps:

Only fuckin' with Whitneys, not Millie Bobby Browns, I'd never look twice at no teenager

• His connection to Baka Not Nice who Drake is very close with.

In 2014, Baka was arrested and charged with forcing a 22-year-old woman into prostitution and taking her money. In 2015, he pleaded guilty to assaulting the woman and an unrelated weapons charge.

• Adel Nur who has very close business ties to Drake. He's executive producing the show Euphoria together with Drake and they co-own some shady companie(s). Another user went in-depth on their connection here.
  
• J Mulan who's an entrepreneur and close with Drake. This entire thread about her being a trafficker - and especially OP's comments are worth reading .
  
• DJ Eric who's the owner of Area 29, a strip club in Houston. Drake shouts him out in songs and is allegedly also trafficking for Drake.
  

(DIS)HONORABLE MENTION
I know people say Jorja Smith, and I do agree that dating a 19-year old as a 30-year old man is weird and rather pathetic, but every other girl mentioned is related to minors. Their relationship if you can call it that was for sure toxic, and it seems like Drake was a piece of shit abusing the power dynamic between them. This is taken from the Drizzy subreddit, but I can't provide the source since that gets the post blacklisted as it's temporarily banned because of brigading.

In “Summer Games” Drake also says ”I kept it decent, even the secrets, kept it between you and I”. What secrets exactly? Well in Jaded, Drake says this woman “told him all her insecurities”.
It’s also interesting that the song “Summer Games” is about a woman who broke up with Drake right at the beginning of the summer. Drake and Jorja were dating in April of 2017 which is right before the summer starts and only lasted a couple weeks.

But that's all there is to it. I can't dig up anything else, so unless someone have something credible with sources, I don't think there's good enough reason to add her to the list further up.
FINAL NOTE
I know there's very real questions about the reliability of CDAN and that he was exposed, but in the very same article The Daily Beast refers back to one of their old articles on the subject which definitely confirms that he had/have industry ties and do know a lot. Another reddit user dove further in and made some compelling arguments, but remember to take it with a (big) grain of salt.
If you have anything to add, please post it in the comments and if credible/sourced I'll put it in the post. If I got anything wrong please correct me and I'll edit it. If you have sources that contradict anything in the post, please also share them with me and I'll include them.
Please share this anywhere you want. I don't care about credit. If any media outlets wants to use it for their article or whatever, please do - feel free. You do not need to ask permission.

This is a long read.
TL;DR: Drake is a creep with a clear pattern of predatory behavior towards many minors and I have the receipts to back it up.
INTRODUCTION
This is a comprehensive post regarding Drake's extremely questionable behavior regarding minors and young women in general. There's more than 60 links in this post to various sources and it contains almost 30.000 characters.
If you want to repost, make a YouTube video, an article, a TikTok or Twitter thread then do it - I do not need credit, I do not care - I only want this information to be spread.
This post will serve as an archive that people can refer back to or use as a source to back up their claims.
Let me be clear - I do not like Drake. I've thought the guy was a creep ever since the Millie Bobby Brown video and I despise him - but I'll still try to remain as objective as possible here, you know my bias now though.
This thread is partly based on this thread from 2022
OVERVIEW
This post is divided into sections:

• The 17 year old at show
  
• Millie Bobby Brown
  
• Billie Eilish
  
• Kylie Jenner
  
• Hailey Baldwin (Now Bieber)
  
• Cydney Christine (Lil CC)
  
• Aaliyah
  
• Unconfirmed rumors
  
• Lyrics, references, tweets, pictures, ties
  
• (Dis)honorable mention
  
• Final Note
  

THE 17 YEAR OLD AT A SHOW
Drake is performing at a show in Ogden, Denver where he calls a girl up on stage. I really encourage you to watch this yourself, but since I know the majority of you won't watch it, I've described it for you below.
Video starts with her on stage, he asks her name, where she is from, asks the crowd to welcome her to the stage and tells her she looks great. He then asks her to give him two seconds because "I gotta be ready for you".
He wipes off his sweat with a towel and proceeds to take her hand, put it on his shoulder, his hand on her hip/back and they slowdance for a few seconds. He spins her around and stop her with her back facing him. This is when it starts to get.. really weird.
Drake says "I told you I like your hair, right, what is it, like herbal essence or something?" while he's caressing her shoulder and smelling her hair. He says something I can't hear properly, puts the mic down and exposes her upper back and neck by pulling her shirt collar down. The crowd goes wild. He then starts kissing her shoulder and neck, putting her arms around her and fondle her breast.
A few seconds later he picks up the mic again and says "you can't have me carried away again before I get in trouble - how old are you?" She responds "17". The crowd has a mixed reaction - Drake says something that is hard to make out, because of the crowd but when it's clear he says "I can't go to jail yet, man - 17? Why do you look like that? You thick - look at all this!"
It's hard to make out exactly what he says afterwards because of the poor quality (2011 zoomed video at a concert, it's bad..), but he says something about it bringing them (the 17 year old and Drake) to a close and follows it up with "I got one question for you (...) I just want to know if (something about women in Colorado), I should just take one opportunity to take one home?"
The girl nods "As a Colorado woman you'd enjoy that?" "Well, listen 17, I had fun - I don't know if I should feel guilty or not, but I had fun. I liked the way your breasts felt against my chest. I just want to thank you." He then puts the mic down again, grabs her hand and kisses it. You might think that was a little over the top, but he then immediately follows it up by putting his hand on her chin and kissing both of her cheeks, her forehead and then on her fucking lips.
I think he asks her to walk off stage, it's hard to make out, but then he says "It's okay. I'm only 23, I can do shit like that. It's all good, you know what I'm saying" and the video ends.
Addition: I know this girl has said she was not offended, violated, whatever you want to call it, but that's not the point. And I do not mean to sound like a complete dick, but it's not about her - it's about Drake and proving his pattern of behavior over many instances. If you stopped here because she denied it, you completely missed the point.
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN
Now this video was what really made me do a double take on Drake. Now, there's one very important fact to establish here and that is that Millie Bobby Brown at the time of this interview (18. September 2018) is 14 (Born 19. February 2004). I'll quickly transcribe the interview here:
Interviewer:

What about your relationship with Drake, tell me about your friendship, how did this all come about?

Millie Bobby Brown:

I love him. I met him in Australia and he's honestly so fantastic and a great friend and a great role model. You know we text - we just texted each other the other day and he was like "I miss you so much" and I was like "I miss you more". He's coming to Atlanta, so I'm definitely gonna go and see him and I'm so excited.

Interviewer 2:

You and Drake? That's awesome. That's awesome..

Interviewer:

What advice does he give you? What does he say?

MMB:

About boys he helps me, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah he's great. He's wonderful, I love him.

Interviewer:

What's his advice with boys?

MMB:

Ehm, you know.. That stays in the text messages.

I'm sure it's obvious what is wrong here and I don't need to spell it out for any of you, but I do have one thing to add. If Drake is giving advice about boys and telling her "I miss you so much" they must have talked for a while. It's not something you say after knowing a person for a week. We are talking months at least. There's 7 months between her birthday and the interview - did Drake already start talking to her when she was 13? It would make sense that Drake was in Australia during their summer (Dec-Feb) for festivals/concerts/vacation.
Millie has only commented on this once which was a few days later in a story on Instagram
I don't want or mean to infantilize her, but she was 14. She would have no chance of knowing if Drake actually was grooming her. There's not a chance that she could understand the dynamic at play and why it's wrong at that age.
Drake also defended their friendship on the song Another Late Night when he raps:

Weirdos in my comments talkin' 'bout some Millie Bobby, look
Bring them jokes up to the gang, we get to really flockin'

Ironically enough that very same song is also connected to the next person
BILLIE EILISH
The year after the Millie Bobby Brown controversy Drake gets caught texting a minor again and this time it's Billie Eilish. She does a yearly interview with Vanity Fair, and in the 2019 version she's asked who's her most famous contact in her phone. That's when she reveals she's been texting with Drake and that he's so very nice to her. Billie is at the time of the interview (released 25. November 2019) 17 (born 18. December 2001).
Billie did defend Drake and their texting in an interview with Vogue ~3 months later:

“The internet is such a stupid-ass mess right now,” says Eilish, who quit Twitter in 2018. “Everybody’s so sensitive. A grown man can’t be a fan of an artist? There are so many people that the internet should be more worried about. Like, you’re really going to say that Drake is creepy because he’s a fan of mine, and then you’re going to go vote for Trump? What the fuck is that shit?”

On the song Another Late Night where Drake mentions Millie Bobby Brown, Lil Yachty is featured (one of Drake's gho.. co-writers) and he raps the line:

I let her go, she fine as hell but baby wasn't stylish (Yeah)
She had big tits like Billie Eilish but she couldn't sing (Drip)

Now - I know this is not Drake, I just thought it was a 'funny' coincidence that these two women are connected through their shared experiences with Drake and this song. On another note some might say that Drake should have asked Yachty to omit this line if he really was a friend of Billie Eilish since she has been quite vocal about sexualization of herself and women in general.
BELLA HARRIS
This one is pretty fucking bad in my opinion. Bella Harris is the daughter of Jimmy Jam who's a record producer, songwriter etc. and has been very successful. Through him she's been in and around the entertainment/music business her whole life and met Drake that way.
There's an archive of photos posted here that contains the old IG posts she had with Drake. The first one was on May 5th, 2016 - Bella Harris is born 20. April, 2000. She had just turned 16 at the time.
Objectively I think they are defendable since they are all music related - Rihanna concert, Summer Sixteen Tour (ironic name..) and the American Music Awards, but then two years later they reportedly start dating and that makes it really difficult to believe, especially with the last archived photo of them in 2018. Also the same photo that is referenced in this article talking about Drake renting an entire restaurant for an intimate dinner between them.
Note that E! have confirmed it and are not backing down on their claim despite Harris denying it on Instagram.
Her father liked this post on Instagram about the whole situation. It's not particular to the restaurant or previous potential dating it's more so a general declaration of support for Drake, but that includes the PDF-file allegations.
Him supporting Drake made me search for more information, because I wanted to find whether or not he had spoken about it at the time. That led me to this article where her mother, Lisa, is being asked a few questions regarding Bella.

I was surprised Jimmy Jam hasn't introduced Bella to Drake, Rihanna or anybody else in the music world she is interested in meeting.
"No," said Lisa. "She loves Rihanna, she loves Beyoncé. [Bella has met Bey; her brother Max has met Ri-Ri.] She hasn't met Drake. Too old."

Lisa Harris about a photo of Bella (included in the article) - Bella is 14, almost 15 at the time.

I think Drake would behave himself around a child, even one dressed like this, to wit: Mom doesn't think this photo is too sexy, in all its legginess?
"SHE'S WEARING A BATHING SUIT and a coat!" said Lisa. "Sexy? What? My point is it's a body business, so I don't look at it [that way]. It's a posed picture. She has a one-piece bathing suit on. It's artistic."

KYLIE JENNER
Ever since the Kanye (also fuck Kanye for the record) vs. Drake beef we (or I at least) became aware of the fact that Drake has had a long relationship with the Kardashians/Jenners and known them for many, many years. In fact Drake performed at Kylie's sweet 16 back in 2013. You know what that Sweet 16 was specifically remembered for as well? Drake kissing Kylie on the cheek in front of everyone, including her then boyfriend Jaden Smith.
That's not out of the ordinary and would be very normal, if it wasn't for the clear pattern that is going on here, because guess what - 6 years later Drake and Kylie reportedly start dating, well.. dating/fucking/whatever you wanna call it. Admittedly this article is easily dismissed as paparazzi journalism and clickbait, but what if I told you that Drake has rapped this:

Yeah, I’m a hater to society/Real shit, Kylie Jenner that’s a side piece/Yeah, I got 20 muthafuckas in’ Kylies.

You probably wouldn't have heard it, since it was on an unreleased track played on an Instagram Live back in 2020, but it does make it seem pretty likely that he did actually hook up with her, especially considering the response Drake posted

“A song that mark ran last night on night owl sound live set shouldn’t have been played,” he wrote, “It’s a song that leaked 3 years ago and got scrapped shortly after. He was just going too deep in the drake/future catalogue. Last thing I’d want to do is wake up having any friends of mine feeling disrespected so I just had to say that to start off the day.”

Kylie was 22 at the time they reportedly hooked up.
HAILEY BALDWIN (NOW BIEBER)
In 2016 there were reports that Hailey and Drake were dating. Apparently they hooked up at a party that Drake hosted, where another attendee is also mentioned that seems oddly relevant:

Drake and Hailey weren't the only ones getting close, with Kylie Jenner and rumoured new boyfriend PartyNextDoor were seen "making out" at the party.
"It was almost like she was trying to make a statement," an insider added.

Now again - there's nothing illegal in a 11 year age difference and dating a 19-year old as 30. It's weird, yes. But again we come back to the pattern. Why do Drake know Hailey? Through their similar friends and friend group (Kardashians/Jenners). How long has Drake known Hailey? Well, when Hailey was 19, she said they had known each other for a long time.
We can actually get even closer with certainty since we know that Hailey attended Kylie's Sweet 16 in August, 2013. Hailey is born 22. November 1996, so she was also 16 at the time. So it's another girl that Drake has known since she was a minor and started dating when he got the opportunity. This is not normal.
Another pattern that Drake also seem to follow is that likes to hook up with his friends girl. We know for a fact that he hooked up with Lil Wayne's girlfriend while he was in prison. He not only rap about it, but also admit it in an interview. It's not really hard to believe that he did the same with Bieber.
CYDNEY CHRISTINE (LIL CC)
Cydney Christine is a beatmaker and model - she produced the Drake song Money In The Grave and in a Complex interview/roundtable she talks about it and Drake.

Really the only artist I reached out to is Drake. I'd never met him, never spoke to him, I don't know why, but he has been following me for the past like 6 years. I don't know why..

This interview was uploaded 17. December 2019, Cydney Christine's is born 21. July, 1997, meaning she was 22 at the time of the interview and 15-16 when Drake started following her. This is somewhat innocent but strange since Drake is 27 at the time. That's not what is really weird though.
In March 2023, Lil CC is on the No Jumper podcast and here she speaks about Drake and having her debut beat being a Drake single.
Lil CC: I played basketball, right, so he really was a fan or not a fan, sorry, supported one of my teammates at the time um..
Adam 22: And this is when you are in high school?
Lil CC: Yeah, in high school. So he was a fan of women's basketball - high school basketball - I was her teammate so he followed me because of her, and I was like "oh shit, bitch, you got Drake to follow me, like what the hell? Like that's so crazy". So he followed me and I lost it - I have to meet Drake, I love Drake, I've always loved Drake, still love Drake.
There's more to the conversation, but the relevant part is here is that it's just very, very strange for Drake to be a women's high school basketball fan. They are 16 at the time. He's a supporter of a 16 year old female high school basketball player as a 27 year old grown adult man. He has not hooked up with her, dated or anything of the sorts that we know of or that she has told - for the record.
AALIYAH
It's not like I have whole section for this, but his obsession with Aaliyah is just another part of the pattern. I don't have a lot to contribute here, but if you don't know Aaliyah's story I'd recommend reading her Wikipedia and specifically the section about her personal life. If you think that 'obsession' is too strong a word for how much Drake admires her, I think you should take a look at this Complex article from 2018 and reconsider.
UNCONFIRMED STORIES
(I will continuously update it whenever I find or get sent new information to add here.)

• Back in 2021 Drake was being exposed on TikTok for his 'private Tinder' where one of his guys would go out and the hottest girls in town, interview them and find the one that Drake would like the best.

“He finds the girls and then he interviews them, and out of all the girls he interviews, he picks the one that he thinks is the best,” she continued. “Then, he drives her to Drake’s place, Drake has sex with her, and then he drives her home. So, basically, Drake has his own private Tinder.”

• This girl explaining how her friend was invited by Drake's crew and she was brought along as a +1. No ID check, very young girls. Worth a watch: https://www.tiktok.com/@simonestrauss/video/7365696116085591304
  
• This reddit post - yes I know this is 'so easy to just say', but I think the poster was very right by pointing this out:
  

I'm sure you guys won't believe me, but this is the type of situation where someone vanishing and telling you is the best you'll get.

• This YouTube comment about a girl claiming to be a victim of trafficking in Toronto in 2015 and that Drake had ties in all these circles.
  
• This article from 2016, where Drake and his buddy get aggressive with an amateur photographer for taking pictures of Drake and two women. This isn't strange in and of itself, but then there's this post from 2018
  

From the article:

The mystery women were dressed identically in matching white parkas, skinny tan pants, tan boots and ponytail hairstyles.

From the post:

Maybe this foreign born one named A+ list singerapper should have told the whole story about his split with a fellow foreign born A+ lister. How she caught him more than once with another woman and his fascination for watching porn involving women wearing pigtails.

• This post

This foreign born A+ list singerapper asked for all kinds of photos from not only the 18 year old he is dating but at least two other 18 year old females and he didn't make sure they were 18 before he started asking.

• This post

That teen, who was topless in the dressing room of this foreign born A+ list singerapper last night was nowhere in the ballpark of being legal.

• This one is fucking WEIRD - some guy was jerking off and noticed something. Now there's plenty of reasons as to why they would do this, it's porn and they need a story. But then there's this post from 2017:

This one named foreign born A list rapper is going around telling porn stars he is starting his own porn company. It is just his excuse to have sex with them all and not pay.
Drake

• This Twitter post/video of UK rapper Potter Payper calling out Drake for messaging 'bare young girls in England'.
  
• This entire thread is weird to say the least. More CDAN rumors as well. Read the thread, it's too much to paste and explain here.
  
• Drake paid out $350K to sexual assault accuser - Drake initially filed a lawsuit against Layla Lace/Laquana Morris for civil extortion, fraud, defamation, abuse of process and intentional infliction of emotional distress strongly implying he's innocent - but why pay someone $350.000 then?
  

The former stripper and Instagram model wrote: "Drake forced me to perform oral on him. It wasn't your ordinary oral it was more so a fetish." She then describes how he told her to spit into a cup "until he had measured it."

• This comment about a model claiming Drake 'made girls puke in dog bowls for him'. Now that's a typical thing you can dismiss as a rumor, but the same guy commented 16 days ago and said this:

If Kendrick mentions anything about dog bowls or birthday parties in Toronto, then shit is more serious than we thought

• This interview of Aya (Born 24. April 2007) (a 'dancer' in Ice Spice - Deli and probably known for other things I just don't know her) where she's asked about having sex with Drake. She said she can't speak on it because of 'court'.
  
• This Tweet of a guy talking about his experiences in high school and the hottest girls posting from Drake's mansion and being followed by him "every single time".
  
• The Instagram page of Exclusive Artists Agency is strange and related to Drake. A dude on TikTok went in-depth on it and this is creepy in more than one way.
  

LYRICS, REFERENCES, TWEETS, PICTURES, TIES
(Again - Feel free to share with me and I'll add it.)

• On the song Nice For What Drake raps:

You got a baby Benz, you got some bad friends
High school pics, you was even bad then

• This Tweet

"If amazing was a young bitch I'd be going to jail...cause I'm fucking amazing" - Me

• This image of Drake and Malone from Drake's Instagram that's been deleted now. Malone is infamous for impregnating a 13 year old when he was 20.
  
• On the song The Heart Part 6 Drake raps:
  

Just for clarity, I feel disgusted, I'm too respected
If I was fucking young girls, I promise I'd have been arrested
I'm way too famous for this shit you just suggested

• Also on the song The Heart Part 6 Drake raps:

Only fuckin' with Whitneys, not Millie Bobby Browns, I'd never look twice at no teenager

• His connection to Baka Not Nice who Drake is very close with.

In 2014, Baka was arrested and charged with forcing a 22-year-old woman into prostitution and taking her money. In 2015, he pleaded guilty to assaulting the woman and an unrelated weapons charge.

• Adel Nur who has very close business ties to Drake. He's executive producing the show Euphoria together with Drake and they co-own some shady companie(s). Another user went in-depth on their connection here.
  
• J Mulan who's an entrepreneur and close with Drake. This entire thread about her being a trafficker - and especially OP's comments are worth reading .
  
• DJ Eric who's the owner of Area 29, a strip club in Houston. Drake shouts him out in songs and is allegedly also trafficking for Drake.
  

(DIS)HONORABLE MENTION
I know people say Jorja Smith, and I do agree that dating a 19-year old as a 30-year old man is weird and rather pathetic, but every other girl mentioned is related to minors. Their relationship if you can call it that was for sure toxic, and it seems like Drake was a piece of shit abusing the power dynamic between them. This is taken from the Drizzy subreddit, but I can't provide the source since that gets the post blacklisted as it's temporarily banned because of brigading.

In “Summer Games” Drake also says ”I kept it decent, even the secrets, kept it between you and I”. What secrets exactly? Well in Jaded, Drake says this woman “told him all her insecurities”.
It’s also interesting that the song “Summer Games” is about a woman who broke up with Drake right at the beginning of the summer. Drake and Jorja were dating in April of 2017 which is right before the summer starts and only lasted a couple weeks.

But that's all there is to it. I can't dig up anything else, so unless someone have something credible with sources, I don't think there's good enough reason to add her to the list further up.
FINAL NOTE
I know there's questions about the reliability of CDAN and that he was exposed, but in the very same article The Daily Beast refers back to one of their old articles on the subject which definitely confirms that he had/have industry ties and do know a lot. Another reddit user dove further in and made some compelling arguments.
If you have anything to add, please post it in the comments and if credible/sourced I'll put it in the post. If I got anything wrong please correct me and I'll edit it. If you have sources that contradict anything in the post, please also share them with me and I'll include them.
Please share this anywhere you want. I don't care about credit. If any media outlets wants to use it for their article or whatever, please do - feel free. You do not need to ask permission.

This is a long read.
TL;DR: Drake is a creep with a clear pattern of predatory behavior towards many minors and I have the receipts to back it up.
INTRODUCTION
This is a comprehensive post regarding Drake's extremely questionable behavior regarding minors and young women in general. There's more than 60 links in this post to various sources and it contains almost 30.000 characters - if you want to repost, make a YouTube video, an article, a TikTok or Twitter thread then do it - I do not need credit, I do not care - I only want this information to be spread. This post will serve as an archive that people can refer back to or use as a source to back up their claims.
Let me be clear - I do not like Drake. I've thought the guy was a creep ever since the Millie Bobby Brown video and I despise him - but I'll still try to remain as objective as possible here, you know my bias now though.
This thread is partly based on this thread from 2022
Read this comment for edits I've made to the post.
OVERVIEW
This post is divided into sections:

• The 17 year old at show
  
• Millie Bobby Brown
  
• Billie Eilish
  
• Kylie Jenner
  
• Hailey Baldwin (Now Bieber)
  
• Cydney Christine (Lil CC)
  
• Aaliyah
  
• Unconfirmed rumors
  
• Lyrics, references, tweets, pictures, ties
  
• (Dis)honorable mention
  
• Final Note
  

THE 17 YEAR OLD AT A SHOW
Drake is performing at a show in Ogden, Denver where he calls a girl up on stage. I really encourage you to watch this yourself, but since I know the majority of you won't watch it, I've described it for you below.
Video starts with her on stage, he asks her name, where she is from, asks the crowd to welcome her to the stage and tells her she looks great. He then asks her to give him two seconds because "I gotta be ready for you". He wipes off his sweat with a towel and proceeds to take her hand, put it on his shoulder, his hand on her hip/back and they slowdance for a few seconds. He spins her around and stop her with her back facing him. This is when it starts to get.. really weird.
Drake says "I told you I like your hair, right, what is it, like herbal essence or something?" while he's caressing her shoulder and smelling her hair. He says something I can't hear properly, puts the mic down and exposes her upper back and neck by pulling her shirt collar down. The crowd goes wild. He then starts kissing her shoulder and neck, putting her arms around her and fondle her breast. The girl on stage looks.. uncomfortable. A few seconds later he picks up the mic again and says "you can't have me carried away again before I get in trouble - how old are you?" She responds "17". The crowd has a mixed reaction - Drake says something that is hard to make out, because of the crowd but when it's clear he says "I can't go to jail yet, man - 17? Why do you look like that? You thick - look at all this!"
It's hard to make out exactly what he says afterwards because of the poor quality (2011 zoomed video at a concert, it's bad..), but he says something about it bringing them (the 17 year old and Drake) to a close and follows it up with "I got one question for you (...) I just want to know if (something about women in Colorado), I should just take one opportunity to take one home?" The girl nods "As a Colorado woman you'd enjoy that?" "Well, listen 17, I had fun - I don't know if I should feel guilty or not, but I had fun. I liked the way your breasts felt against my chest. I just want to thank you." He then puts the mic down again, grabs her hand and kisses it. You might think that was a little over the top, but he then immediately follows it up by putting his hand on her chin and kissing both of her cheeks, her forehead and then on HER FUCKING LIPS. I think he asks her to walk off stage, it's hard to make out, but then he says "It's okay. I'm only 23, I can do shit like that. It's all good, you know what I'm saying" and the video ends.
Addition: I know this girl has said she was not offended, violated, whatever you want to call it, but that's not the point. And I do not mean to sound like a complete dick, but it's not about her - it's about Drake and proving his pattern of behavior over many instances. If you stopped here because she denied it, you completely missed the point.
MILLIE BOBBY BROWN
Now this video was what really made me do a double take on Drake. Now, there's one very important fact to establish here and that is that Millie Bobby Brown at the time of this interview (18. September 2018) is 14 (Born 19. February 2004). I'll quickly transcribe the interview here:
Interviewer: What about your relationship with Drake, tell me about your friendship, how did this all come about?
Millie Bobby Brown: I love him. I met him in Australia and he's honestly so fantastic and a great friend and a great role model. You know we text - we just texted each other the other day and he was like "I miss you so much" and I was like "I miss you more". He's coming to Atlanta, so I'm definitely gonna go and see him and I'm so excited.
Interviewer 2: You and Drake? That's awesome. That's awesome..
Interviewer: What advice does he give you? What does he say?
MMB: About boys he helps me, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah he's great. He's wonderful, I love him.
Interviewer: What's his advice with boys?
MMB: Ehm, you know.. That stays in the text messages.
I'm sure it's obvious what is wrong here and I don't need to spell it out for any of you, but I do have one thing to add. If Drake is giving advice about boys and telling her "I miss you so much" they must have talked for a while. It's not something you say after knowing a person for a week. We are talking months at least. There's 7 months between her birthday and the interview - did Drake already start talking to her when she was 13? It would make sense that Drake was in Australia during their summer (Dec-Feb) for festivals/concerts/vacation. It's probably possible to figure out through social media posts, but I'm not digging that deep.
Millie has only commented on this once which was a few days later in a story on Instagram
I don't want or mean to infantilize her, but she was 14. She would have no chance of knowing if Drake actually was grooming her. There's not a chance that she could understand the dynamic at play and why it's wrong at that age.
Drake also defended their friendship on the song Another Late Night when he raps:

Weirdos in my comments talkin' 'bout some Millie Bobby, look
Bring them jokes up to the gang, we get to really flockin'

Ironically enough that very same song is also connected to the next person
BILLIE EILISH
The year after the Millie Bobby Brown controversy Drake gets caught texting a minor again and this time it's Billie Eilish. She does a yearly interview with Vanity Fair, and in the 2019 version she's asked who's her most famous contact in her phone. That's when she reveals she's been texting with Drake and that he's so very nice to her. Billie is at the time of the interview (released 25. November 2019) 17 (born 18. December 2001).
Billie did defend Drake and their texting in an interview with Vogue ~3 months later:

“The internet is such a stupid-ass mess right now,” says Eilish, who quit Twitter in 2018. “Everybody’s so sensitive. A grown man can’t be a fan of an artist? There are so many people that the internet should be more worried about. Like, you’re really going to say that Drake is creepy because he’s a fan of mine, and then you’re going to go vote for Trump? What the fuck is that shit?”

On the song Another Late Night where Drake mentions Millie Bobby Brown, Lil Yachty is featured (one of Drake's gho.. co-writers) and he raps the line:

I let her go, she fine as hell but baby wasn't stylish (Yeah)
She had big tits like Billie Eilish but she couldn't sing (Drip)

Now - I know this is not Drake, I just thought it was a 'funny' coincidence that these two women are connected through their shared experiences with Drake and this song. On another note some might say that Drake should have asked Yachty to omit this line if he really was a friend of Billie Eilish since she has been quite vocal about sexualization of herself and women in general.
BELLA HARRIS
This one is pretty fucking bad in my opinion. Bella Harris is the daughter of Jimmy Jam who's a record producer, songwriter etc. and has been very successful. Through him she's been in and around the entertainment/music business her whole life and met Drake that way.
There's an archive of photos posted here that contains the old IG posts she had with Drake. The first one was on May 5th, 2016 - Bella Harris is born 20. April, 2000. She had just turned 16 at the time. Objectively I think they are defendable since they are all music related - Rihanna concert, Summer Sixteen Tour (ironic name..) and the American Music Awards, but then two years later they reportedly start dating and that makes it really difficult to believe, especially with the last archived photo of them in 2018. Also the same photo that is referenced in this article talking about Drake renting an entire restaurant for an intimate dinner between them. Note that E! have confirmed it and are not backing down on their claim despite Harris denying it on Instagram.
Her father liked this post on Instagram about the whole situation. It's not particular to the restaurant or previous potential dating it's more so a general declaration of support for Drake, but that includes the PDF-file allegations.
Him supporting Drake made me search for more information, because I wanted to find whether or not he had spoken about it at the time. That led me to this article where her mother, Lisa, is being asked a few questions regarding Bella.

I was surprised Jimmy Jam hasn't introduced Bella to Drake, Rihanna or anybody else in the music world she is interested in meeting.
"No," said Lisa. "She loves Rihanna, she loves Beyoncé. [Bella has met Bey; her brother Max has met Ri-Ri.] She hasn't met Drake. Too old."

Lisa Harris about a photo of Bella (included in the article) - Bella is 14, almost 15 at the time.

I think Drake would behave himself around a child, even one dressed like this, to wit: Mom doesn't think this photo is too sexy, in all its legginess?
"SHE'S WEARING A BATHING SUIT and a coat!" said Lisa. "Sexy? What? My point is it's a body business, so I don't look at it [that way]. It's a posed picture. She has a one-piece bathing suit on. It's artistic."

KYLIE JENNER
Ever since the Kanye (also fuck Kanye for the record) vs. Drake beef we (or I at least) became aware of the fact that Drake has had a long relationship with the Kardashians/Jenners and known them for many, many years. In fact Drake performed at Kylie's sweet 16 back in 2013. You know what that Sweet 16 was specifically remembered for as well? Drake kissing Kylie on the cheek in front of everyone, including her then boyfriend Jaden Smith.
That's not out of the ordinary and would be very normal, if it wasn't for the clear pattern that is going on here, because guess what - 6 years later Drake and Kylie reportedly start dating, well.. dating/fucking/whatever you wanna call it. Admittedly this article is easily dismissed as paparazzi journalism and clickbait, but what if I told you that Drake has rapped this:

Yeah, I’m a hater to society/Real shit, Kylie Jenner that’s a side piece/Yeah, I got 20 muthafuckas in’ Kylies.

You probably wouldn't have heard it, since it was on an unreleased track played on an Instagram Live back in 2020, but it does make it seem pretty likely that he did actually hook up with her, especially considering the response Drake posted

“A song that mark ran last night on night owl sound live set shouldn’t have been played,” he wrote, “It’s a song that leaked 3 years ago and got scrapped shortly after. He was just going too deep in the drake/future catalogue. Last thing I’d want to do is wake up having any friends of mine feeling disrespected so I just had to say that to start off the day.”

Kylie was 22 at the time they reportedly hooked up.
HAILEY BALDWIN (NOW BIEBER)
In 2016 there were reports that Hailey and Drake were dating. Apparently they hooked up at a party that Drake hosted, where another attendee is also mentioned that seems oddly relevant:

Drake and Hailey weren't the only ones getting close, with Kylie Jenner and rumoured new boyfriend PartyNextDoor were seen "making out" at the party.
"It was almost like she was trying to make a statement," an insider added.

Now again - there's nothing illegal in a 11 year age difference and dating a 19-year old as 30. It's weird, yes. But again we come back to the pattern. Why do Drake know Hailey? Through their similar friends and friend group (Kardashians/Jenners). How long has Drake known Hailey? Well, when Hailey was 19, she said they had known each other for a long time.
We can actually get even closer with certainty since we know that Hailey attended Kylie's Sweet 16 in August, 2013. Hailey is born 22. November 1996, so she was also 16 at the time. So it's another girl that Drake has known since she was a minor and started dating when he got the opportunity. This is not normal.
Another pattern that Drake also seem to follow is that likes to hook up with his friends girl. We know for a fact that he hooked up with Lil Wayne's girlfriend while he was in prison. He not only rap about it, but also admit it in an interview. It's not really hard to believe that he did the same with Bieber.
CYDNEY CHRISTINE (LIL CC)
Cydney Christine is a beatmaker and model - she produced the Drake song Money In The Grave and in a Complex interview/roundtable she talks about it and Drake.

Really the only artist I reached out to is Drake. I'd never met him, never spoke to him, I don't know why, but he has been following me for the past like 6 years. I don't know why..

This interview was uploaded 17. December 2019, Cydney Christine's is born 21. July, 1997, meaning she was 22 at the time of the interview and 15-16 when Drake started following her. This is somewhat innocent but strange since Drake is 27 at the time. That's not what is really weird though.
In March 2023, Lil CC is on the No Jumper podcast and here she speaks about Drake and having her debut beat being a Drake single.
Lil CC: I played basketball, right, so he really was a fan or not a fan, sorry, supported one of my teammates at the time um..
Adam 22: And this is when you are in high school?
Lil CC: Yeah, in high school. So he was a fan of women's basketball - high school basketball - I was her teammate so he followed me because of her, and I was like "oh shit, bitch, you got Drake to follow me, like what the hell? Like that's so crazy". So he followed me and I lost it - I have to meet Drake, I love Drake, I've always loved Drake, still love Drake.
There's more to the conversation, but the relevant part is here is that it's just very, very strange for Drake to be a women's high school basketball fan. They are 16 at the time. He's a supporter of a 16 year old female high school basketball player as a 27 year old grown adult man. He has not hooked up with her, dated or anything of the sorts that we know of or that she has told - for the record.
AALIYAH
It's not like I have whole section for this, but his obsession with Aaliyah is just another part of the pattern. I don't have a lot to contribute here, but if you don't know Aaliyah's story I'd recommend reading her Wikipedia and specifically the section about her personal life. If you think that 'obsession' is too strong a word for how much Drake admires her, I think you should take a look at this Complex article from 2018 and reconsider.
UNCONFIRMED STORIES
(I will continuously update it whenever I find or get sent new information to add here.)

• Back in 2021 Drake was being exposed on TikTok for his 'private Tinder' where one of his guys would go out and the hottest girls in town, interview them and find the one that Drake would like the best.

“He finds the girls and then he interviews them, and out of all the girls he interviews, he picks the one that he thinks is the best,” she continued. “Then, he drives her to Drake’s place, Drake has sex with her, and then he drives her home. So, basically, Drake has his own private Tinder.”

• This girl explaining how her friend was invited by Drake's crew and she was brought along as a +1. No ID check, very young girls. Worth a watch: https://www.tiktok.com/@simonestrauss/video/7365696116085591304
  
• This reddit post - yes I know this is 'so easy to just say', but I think the poster was very right by pointing this out:
  

I'm sure you guys won't believe me, but this is the type of situation where someone vanishing and telling you is the best you'll get.

• This YouTube comment about a girl claiming to be a victim of trafficking in Toronto in 2015 and that Drake had ties in all these circles.
  
• This article from 2016, where Drake and his buddy get aggressive with an amateur photographer for taking pictures of Drake and two women. This isn't strange in and of itself, but then there's this post from 2018
  

From the article:

The mystery women were dressed identically in matching white parkas, skinny tan pants, tan boots and ponytail hairstyles.

From the post:

Maybe this foreign born one named A+ list singerapper should have told the whole story about his split with a fellow foreign born A+ lister. How she caught him more than once with another woman and his fascination for watching porn involving women wearing pigtails.

• This post

This foreign born A+ list singerapper asked for all kinds of photos from not only the 18 year old he is dating but at least two other 18 year old females and he didn't make sure they were 18 before he started asking.

• This post

That teen, who was topless in the dressing room of this foreign born A+ list singerapper last night was nowhere in the ballpark of being legal.

• This one is fucking WEIRD - some guy was jerking off and noticed something. Now there's plenty of reasons as to why they would do this, it's porn and they need a story. But then there's this post from 2017:

This one named foreign born A list rapper is going around telling porn stars he is starting his own porn company. It is just his excuse to have sex with them all and not pay.
Drake

• This Twitter post/video of UK rapper Potter Payper calling out Drake for messaging 'bare young girls in England'.
  
• This entire thread is weird to say the least. More CDAN rumors as well. Read the thread, it's too much to paste and explain here.
  
• Drake paid out $350K to sexual assault accuser - Drake initially filed a lawsuit against Layla Lace/Laquana Morris for civil extortion, fraud, defamation, abuse of process and intentional infliction of emotional distress strongly implying he's innocent - but why pay someone $350.000 then?
  

The former stripper and Instagram model wrote: "Drake forced me to perform oral on him. It wasn't your ordinary oral it was more so a fetish." She then describes how he told her to spit into a cup "until he had measured it."

• This comment about a model claiming Drake 'made girls puke in dog bowls for him'. Now that's a typical thing you can dismiss as a rumor, but the same guy commented 16 days ago and said this:

If Kendrick mentions anything about dog bowls or birthday parties in Toronto, then shit is more serious than we thought

• This interview of Aya (Born 24. April 2007) (a 'dancer' in Ice Spice - Deli and probably known for other things I just don't know her) where she's asked about having sex with Drake. She said she can't speak on it because of 'court'.
  
• This Tweet of a guy talking about his experiences in high school and the hottest girls posting from Drake's mansion and being followed by him "every single time".
  
• Shaye G who formerly dated Drake explains alleged threats on HOT 97 ~10 years ago.
  
• The Instagram page of Exclusive Artists Agency is strange and related to Drake. A dude on TikTok went in-depth on it and this is creepy in more than one way.
  
• The woman who had a Twitter thread similar to this post that ended up deleting her account made an entire YouTube video out of it you can find here.
  

LYRICS, REFERENCES, TWEETS, PICTURES, TIES
(Again - Feel free to share with me and I'll add it.)

• On the song Nice For What Drake raps:

You got a baby Benz, you got some bad friends
High school pics, you was even bad then

• This Tweet

"If amazing was a young bitch I'd be going to jail...cause I'm fucking amazing" - Me

• This image of Drake and Malone from Drake's Instagram that's been deleted now. Malone is infamous for impregnating a 13 year old when he was 20.
  
• On the song The Heart Part 6 Drake raps:
  

Just for clarity, I feel disgusted, I'm too respected
If I was fucking young girls, I promise I'd have been arrested
I'm way too famous for this shit you just suggested

• Also on the song The Heart Part 6 Drake raps:

Only fuckin' with Whitneys, not Millie Bobby Browns, I'd never look twice at no teenager

• His connection to Baka Not Nice who Drake is very close with.

In 2014, Baka was arrested and charged with forcing a 22-year-old woman into prostitution and taking her money. In 2015, he pleaded guilty to assaulting the woman and an unrelated weapons charge.

• Adel Nur who has very close business ties to Drake. He's executive producing the show Euphoria together with Drake and they co-own some shady companie(s). Another user went in-depth on their connection here.
  
• J Mulan who's an entrepreneur and close with Drake. This entire thread about her being a trafficker - and especially OP's comments are worth reading .
  
• DJ Eric who's the owner of Area 29, a strip club in Houston. Drake shouts him out in songs and is allegedly also trafficking for Drake.
  

(DIS)HONORABLE MENTION
I know people say Jorja Smith, and I do agree that dating a 19-year old as a 30-year old man is weird and rather pathetic, but every other girl mentioned is related to minors. Their relationship if you can call it that was for sure toxic, and it seems like Drake was a piece of shit abusing the power dynamic between them. This is taken from the Drizzy subreddit, but I can't provide the source since that gets the post blacklisted as it's temporarily banned because of brigading.

In “Summer Games” Drake also says ”I kept it decent, even the secrets, kept it between you and I”. What secrets exactly? Well in Jaded, Drake says this woman “told him all her insecurities”.
It’s also interesting that the song “Summer Games” is about a woman who broke up with Drake right at the beginning of the summer. Drake and Jorja were dating in April of 2017 which is right before the summer starts and only lasted a couple weeks.

But that's all there is to it. I can't dig up anything else, so unless someone have something credible with sources, I don't think there's good enough reason to add her to the list further up.
FINAL NOTE
I know there's questions about the reliability of CDAN and that he was exposed, but in the very same article The Daily Beast refers back to one of their old articles on the subject which definitely confirms that he had/have industry ties and do know a lot. Another reddit user dove further in and made some compelling arguments.
If you have anything to add, please post it in the comments and if credible/sourced I'll put it in the post. If I got anything wrong please correct me and I'll edit it. If you have sources that contradict anything in the post, please also share them with me and I'll include them.
Please share this anywhere you want. I don't care about credit. If any media outlets wants to use it for their article or whatever, please do - feel free. You do not need to ask permission.

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Everything hurts.
That was Ktotssu’s first thought when she woke up. As the tranquil inertia of unconsciousness slowly began to fade, she stared at the sterile lights above her in confusion.
“What?” she struggled to form the shape of words through her dry mouth as she twitched in the soft, warm bed she was in.
Then, the pain subsided, and the itching started. Her chest, her foot, her whiskers. It itched everywhere. She realized that her arms and legs were not responding to her controls as she tried to raise them to scratch herself. And then as quickly as it came, the sensation left.
“Where am I?” she mouthed. Her voice did not come out as anything but a wordless moan.
An unseen hose snaked itself through her lips, hydrating her vocal cords.
“Where am I?” Ktotssu asked again, unsure who was even supposed to answer. This time her voice came out somewhat audibly.
“You are in a medical facility, Ktotssu. You were in a space battle. Do you remember?”
And then it all came back to her.

Black Site Deimos

Ktotssu glared at the alien interrogator sat in front of her in silence. She wasn’t sure what it was, but it certainly was not one of the Lesser Predators she’d ever encountered. Not that she’s seen many in person. Only a few prisoners. Now the shoe was on the other paw.
The only thing that was clear to her was that she was a captive, and her fluffle must have lost the battle, or she would not be here.
“I just want to talk, Ktotssu,” the alien said to her. “Trauma manifests in many ways, including memory loss. Unlocking your memories can help you heal, and that’s what we are here to do today.”
Seeing no response, the alien sighed and continued, “Ok, let’s start from how you got here. You are a seven whiskers captain of the Znosian Navy. Your ship was the Birtevrut. It was heavily damaged in the battle. Then, you gave the orders to abandon ship. What happened next?”
What happened next was her sensor officer ruined her plan to go down with the ship. She knew that would have been wasteful and frowned upon, but she’d grown irrationally attached to it…
He picked me up against my protest, unceremoniously stuffed me into a lifepod, and then everything went black when the sedatives kicked in.
She’d never experienced its unpleasant side effects before, but she’d heard that the life pods came with extremely potent drugs that were used to trigger their innate hibernation instincts. It appeared to have worked.
“Good — that’s really good — so you do remember everything,” the alien said. “Your sensor officer. What was his name?”
Wait, what?
“Your sensor officer. His name, if you can remember?”
Did it just read my thoughts?
Screw that! I’m never going to tell them anything about my crew, especially not my sensor officer— nope, can’t even think of his name or his personal significance to me.
“That’s okay, Ktotssu. We already know about Sensor Officer Vnamja. He’s a six whiskers, right? In fact, we rescued him around the same time as you, and he is recovering very nicely too. We just wanted to confirm that your memory is working properly.”
She felt a sigh of relief, then suspicion. After all, these people were predators; they were the enemy.
They might be telling her lies for all she knew.
“True, I guess you have no reasons to trust us. But we did rescue you—”
Yeah, rescue me. After they blew my ship and crew to bits. My crew. I wonder what happened—
“We managed to get most of your crew, the ones that got out in a pod anyway—”
“Get out of my mind, Lesser Predator!” she screamed in frustration, abandoning her vow of silence.
“Interesting. You use the term Lesser Predator. Is that an official categorization or are you just assuming we are one of them?”
“You are a predator, are you not?” Ktotssu countered. “I’ve never seen a picture of your species before, but it doesn’t take a xenobiologist to figure it out. I can see from your face. Those forward-facing eyes, the pointy canine teeth. Ugly face, just as the Prophecy made you. Whatever your abomination species is, you are with the Lesser Predators!”
“Again, fascinating. Above average reasoning skills, mixed in with a sizable dose of bigotry. I can see why they made you captain. Most of your crew didn’t connect these dots immediately,” the alien said, almost patronizingly, as it jotted something down on a tablet in front of it.
“My crew. Where are they?” she demanded.
“I think we got most of them. But that depends. How many crew members did the Birtevrut have?”
“I’m not telling you, savage monster!”
“Alright, well, let me just put it this way. We picked up 314 life pods from around your ship. Your escape pod technology is very impressive, by the way. Those hibernation drugs are interesting. Most of them survived the process.”
314? 412 minus 314 is — oh no! I take full responsibility for revealing state secrets to—
The alien continued without skipping a beat, “That’s alright, Seven Whiskers. This is a safe space. No one needs to blame anyone for anything here. You don’t have to take responsibility for what you do here. Some of your peers find that to be unsettling; others find it a relief. But the most important thing is that you don’t blame yourself for what is happening right now. We already know most of the information we are asking you about. For example, your friend Vnamja gave us an accurate crew count when he woke up. He is your friend, right?”
“Yes,” Ktotssu grinded out through her gritted teeth. “Can I see him?”
“Of course. In due time. We just need a little more information from you. You see… my superiors need to see some results before they would allow you visiting privileges. We have to give them something so they can give you this, you understand?” The alien almost sounded apologetic.
Maybe I can figure out how little information I could give out without them figuring out that is what I’m trying— ah never mind.
Get out of my mind! Stupid Lesser Predators. Stupid Lesser Predators. Stupid Lesser Predators.
“We can talk about anything you want to talk about, Seven Whiskers. Nothing critical. We don’t need the location of your home world Znos or anything like that; for one, we already know where that is.”
Stupid Lesser Predators. Stupid Lesser Predators. Stupid Lesser Predators.
“Since you don’t have a strong preference, how about let’s start with your ship’s previous posting over Plaunsollib?”
Kara peered intently at the exhausted creature slumped on the table through the one-way mirror. “Have we been able to get anything useful from these science experiments?”
“We did get the mind reader working for the Buns,” John replied, wiping his brows. “Factual information is easy; the engineering team is reading technical specifications off their minds by just making them visualize their manuals. The hard part is getting her cooperation in helping us evaluate things where she has much better context than we do. For example, I was trying to get at the relationship between their deceased fluffle leader and the fleet master Ditvish. Ktotssu figured my trick out and shut me down pretty quickly, but… she did reveal that the relationship was indeed unusual for an Eight and Ten Whiskers.”
Kara’s brow furrowed. “It’s too bad you’re not a trained interrogator, but none of the qualified ones are even allowed to know information this sensitive—”
“Adapt and overcome, Kara. Adapt and overcome. I’ll work at that link: it did seem to be important.”
“Alright, boot, you do you… The Navy did say that information on Ditvish is high priority for them,” Kara mused. “We need to know how and when he would respond to these Anaconda raids.”
“I doubt Ktotssu knows much about that. She’s three steps down the top of the ladder,” John speculated. He paused. “Though she did seem to think she was favored by him for some reason. Maybe. Or maybe it’s nothing.”
“Whatever it is, so far, all the other prisoners have given us are ‘dunno, maybe he’d check the combat computers’, and if we wanted that level of perceptive insight, we could have just asked the Puppers. Anything you get is already far more valuable.”
“Well, that’s better than having to go old school,” John shrugged.
“Old-school?”
“Become their friend, gain their trust, get them to reveal a few secrets, and then beat the rest of the information out of them with a hammer. You know? Haven’t you seen those old movies—”
“Why? Because I’m old? What are you trying to say, John?” she smirked.
“I’m just saying—”
“Get with the times, John. Beating prisoners is ineffective. Says so right in the handbook. Much easier to literally pry the information out of their minds with neuroscience. Don’t even need a warrant to do that with alien prisoners too: it’s all very convenient. I wonder when the lawyers are going to get around to that.”
John sighed. “Mind reading. You know… Pavlov would be sooo disappointed with what we did to his legacy.”
“Hey, any cooperation incentive is on the table too. If you can find out what these little critters want other than our extinction, I’ll nominate you for a Nobel Peace Prize myself. Just don’t offer her some barbecue; I hear their ship security officer didn’t take too kindly to that in the previous shift when the MPs started eating their lunches in front of the prisoners…”
“I’ve got some news for you,” John said to Ktotssu, flipping through a report in front of her. “There was a fleet action today. We raided another one of your supply convoys. That’s the sixth so far. They must be hurting for supplies over Datsot by now.”
No response. The mind reader drew a blank too.
“How would you feel about that if you are in charge of the Datsot Invasion Fleet?”
Stupid Lesser Predators. Stupid Lesser Predators. Stupid Lesser Predators.
“That one again, huh? This last raid was led by the Malgeir. Sixth Fleet. I believe you’re familiar with them. Took out the whole supply escort flotilla without any losses. Very impressive for a bunch of stupid Lesser Predators, I must say.”
Impossible. They must have been— Nope. Stupid Lesser Predators. Stupid Lesser Predators.
“Yeah, a month ago, I’d have thought so too,” John continued without missing a beat. “But the Sixth Fleet has really stepped up since then. They’re just taking apart these small Znosian formations piece by piece. Defeat in detail, that’s what we call it in our Navy. Very sophisticated. I wonder what the fleet master Ditvish is going to do next. He must respond somehow, right?”
Come for your home world. Burn, burn, BURN everything down. Cleanse your heretical species from the galaxy. You want to read my mind? Here are some fun images for you!
John chuckled. “Yeah, I’m sure that’s what he would try if he knew where we were. Too bad he’s too busy personally sweeping his overstretched supply route now, trying to find Sixth Fleet wreaking havoc in his rear.”
Why is he personally sweeping the route? He’d just send Skvanu out— Oh no. No, no, no.
“Skvanu, huh? Let me see,” John smiled as he pulled up a profile on his tablet, spinning it around to show her the screen. He pointed at the mugshot. “That’s the guy who was in charge of that other raiding fluffle, right? Tall for your species, described as handsome? Chatty, unorthodox, given a wide latitude to run his own outfit? It is interesting that the Ten Whiskers keeps promoting these kinds of characters in his fleet. Are you a little bit like that too, by the way?”
Stupid Lesser Predators. Stupid Lesser Predators.
By the Prophecy, that is a great-looking picture of Skvanu— Don’t drool. Stop looking.
Stupid Lesser Predators. Stupid Lesser Predators.
“I guess we got the Navy their next target,” John speculated.
Kara nodded. “Yup. But enough about finding ships to blow up and assholes to assassinate. Hersh and I were going over the intelligence we got from these guys, and we have a new idea about what to do with these prisoners,” she said, her eyes glinting with a mix of mischief and excitement.
John raised an eyebrow. “Why do I get a bad feeling whenever Hersh is involved?”
Ignoring him, Kara continued enthusiastically, “Okay, so this plan is kind of a longshot. But what we’ve been doing, reading minds to get information, and cutting enemy supply lines… it’s just so… inside the box. You know what I mean?”
“N—no. Not really.” John shook his head in disbelief. “What we’re doing here is not unconventional enough for you two?!”
“John, I keep telling you. There’s more than one way to skin a Bunny.”
“More than one way to skin a— you know what, Kara? Never mind,” he sighed, throwing up his hands.
“There’s the Navy way, and there’s the fun way.”
John let out a resigned noise. “I can’t wait. What do you want me to do?”
“Just keep talking to the prisoners. In fact, let them mingle, like really mingle. It’s time we got to really know our enemy.”
“I’ve got some good news for you, Ktotssu. You’ve been approved to see members of your crew on a one-on-one basis,” John said warmly at the prisoner.
Stupid Lesser Predators. Stupid Lesser Predators. Stupid Lesser Predators.
“Ah, the silent treatment today, huh? I was just here to let you know the good news. We can start with a meeting with your security officer; he keeps demanding to see you too. How about that?”
That asshole? Why did they have to pick the one guy on the ship I don’t care for—
John grinned. “I’m just messing with you. These are supposed to be a reward for helping us out. How about your friend, Vnamja?”
“Yes, that will be fine,” Ktotssu said glumly.
Stupid Lesser Predators.

MNS Oengro

The crew cheered as the hangar bay director pulled down a curtain to reveal the ship silhouettes of the eighth convoy they’ve intercepted etched into the wall of the hangar bay. It hadn’t taken much convincing for the Malgeir to adopt this practice from their new allies. A massive cake was wheeled out — custom baked and delivered by a couple of Terran culinary officers on the Nile: it featured colorful frosting arranged in the cartoonish shape of an ugly Znosian caricature with an eye-patch hogtied up on a roaring spit roast. An impromptu line of eager spacers formed near it, with the Terran officers trying their best to hold back the crowd before they could locate some disposable plates…
On the bridge, Mark smiled at the display and winked at Grionc. He held up the glass of champagne he was sipping up to her. “Here’s to number nine.”
She returned the gesture. “Oh? You’ve found another target for us?”
He leaned in closer so they could talk more quietly. “There’s always another target. This next one is a little different though.”
She downed her glass and looked more seriously at him. “Different, how?”
“Remember when I said we’re not just trying to keep our heads above water?” Mark asked.
Grionc recalled the conversation. “Sure.”
“Ok, good. Let me ask you something else. Have you ever gone fishing?”
“Fishing?” she echoed.
“Like on your home planet or wherever. You ever tried to catch an aquatic animal? For food? You guys do that, right?”
Grionc squinted at him, trying to see where he was getting at. “I’m from the city, Mark. We don’t have wild aquatic animals where I came from. But… I am aware of the concept.”
“I’m from a landlocked district, and we didn’t do much fishing there either. I learned it in survival training. To fish on Terra, we stick these little bugs on the end of a metal hook tied to a long string. When the fish come up for food and try to devour the insect, they get stuck on the hook and we pull them up out of the water.”
“That’s… not how we do it, but I can… see that working.”
Mark continued, “And when we are trying to catch bigger fish, we don’t use small bugs, because the big fish won’t go for small bits of food.”
“For big fish, you use big bugs?” she extrapolated.
Mark chuckled. “Almost. To catch big fish, first, we catch the small fish with insects. Then, we leave the small fish on the hook and wait for the big fish to get interested.”
Her eyes lit up. “So… who is our big fish?”
“Funny you should ask,” Mark said, producing his datapad in his hands for her. As she started to skim over the document, he continued, “We did some digging, and I wouldn’t underestimate our prey this time if I were you.”
“Looks like we’re going to need some new… fishing equipment,” she said, still reading.
“Hey, you’re catching on… that’s coming in the next resupply. I think we’ll make fishermen out of all of you.”

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Chapter 49: Fearless II

Clocks tick, your days are numbered in low digits - Prodigy, Mobb Deep - Drop a Gem On Em - This is harshest diss line of all time because Tupac literally died 19 days after the diss track dropped, indeed very low 2 digits, yielding eeriest coincidence of all time in whole rap history. It made many people directly suspect the Mobb in the involvement of Shakur's murder. Mobb Deep pulled off it from the radio airplay but still left on the album, making the duo only NY cats who had the balls to respond to Tupac Shakur in his lifetime (in fact there's video footage of Havoc, Big Noyd and co blasting the diss track in LA in 1996).
Slugs go touchy-touchy, you're bleeding lovely with yo spirit above me; or beneath me; your whole life you lived sneaky, now you rest eternally sleepy. You burn when you creep me, rest where the worms and the weak be - Biggie - Long Kiss Goodnight - This is coldest diss line I have ever heard because to this day I can't believe a man, a living human can be this cold to an another human, let alone already deceased man; this was Biggie literally spitting on Tupac's grave. It's crazy that he assumed that he would simply get away with this line alone, going to Cali afterwards as if nothing was ever going to happen. I am pretty sure he got murdered in a retaliation of someone from West Coast holding up for their coast.
Em, you claim your mother's a crackhead and Kim is a known slut so what's Hailie going to be when she grows up? - Ja Rule - Loose Change - this is arguably more disrespectful one than cold. Here Ja makes three different points

1. he refers to Em’s mom’s crack addiction
2. he refers to Kim being slut
3. he says Hailie’s future doesn’t look bright since his mom and grandma are slut and crackhead, respectively.

Complete list of every hero spell and item that is still missing lore text. Below is a list of hero spells and items that currently have missing lore text (the flavor text you can find at the bottom of most spell/item descriptions). Each listing also has the amount of time in days that it has spent without it's lore text. Creep and summon abilities are not included.
Ancient Guardian (Neutral Item) 142 days
Aviana's Feather (Neutral Item) 142 days
Doubloon (Neutral Item) 142 days
Khanda (Item) 142 days
Light Collector (Neutral Item) 142 days
Nemesis Curse (Neutral Item) 142 days
Rattlecage (Neutral Item) 142 days
Safety Bubble (Neutral Item) 142 days
Unwavering Condition (Neutral Item) 142 days
Whisper of the Dread (Neutral Item) 142 days
Counterspell Ally (Anti-Mage) 270 days
Friendly Shadow (Bounty Hunter) 270 days
Work Horse (Centaur Warrunner) 270 days
Crystal Clone (Crystal Maiden) 270 days
Dead in the Water (Tidehunter) 270 days
Corrosive Weaponry (Alchemist) 380 days
Strafe (Clinkz) 380 days
Tar Bomb (Clinkz) 380 days
Glacier (Drow Ranger) 380 days
Megameepo (Meepo) 380 days
Megameepo Fling (Meepo) 380 days
Parting Shot (Muerta) 380 days
Mind Flare (Nyx Assassin) 380 days
Dumb Luck (Ogre Magi) 380 days
Noxious Plague (Venomancer) 380 days
Lightning Hands (Zeus) 380 days
Blood Grenade (Item) 380 days
Cornucopia (Item) 380 days
Daidem (Item) 380 days
Dandelion Amulet (Neutral Item) 380 days
Defiant Shell (Neutral Item) 380 days
Disperser (Item) 380 days
Duelist Gloves (Neutral Item) 380 days
Gossamer Cape (Neutral Item) 380 days
Harpoon (Item) 380 days
Martyr's Plate (Neutral Item) 380 days
Pavise (Item) 380 days
Phylactery (Item) 380 days
Spark of Courage (Neutral Item) 380 days
Vindicator's Axe (Neutral Item) 380 days
Little Friends (Enchantress) 619 days
Disseminate (Shadow Demon) 619 days
Shield of the Scion (Skywrath Mage) 619 days
Ogre Seal Totem (Neutral Item) 619 days
Blood Mist (Bloodseeker) 801 days
Demonic Cleanse (Shadow Demon) 801 days
Warp Flare (Tinker) 801 days
Decoy (Hoodwink) 1121 days
Hunter's Boomerang (Hoodwink) 1121 days
Depth Shroud (Slark) 1121 days
Beserk Potion (Alchemist) 1234 days
Blink Fragment (Anti-Mage) 1234 days
Hairball (Bristleback) 1234 days
Silken Bola (Broodmother) 1234 days
Jetpack (Clockwerk) 1234 days
Normal Punch (Dark Seer) 1234 days
Fireball (Dragon Knight) 1234 days
Reverse Time Walk (Faceless Void) 1234 days
Liquid Frost (Jakiro) 1234 days
Solar Bind (Keeper of the Light) 1234 days
Tidal Wave (Kunkka) 1234 days
Nihilism (Leshrac) 1234 days
Ice Spire (Lich) 1234 days
Ghoul Frenzy (Lifestealer) 1234 days
Horn Toss (Magnus) 1234 days
Cold Blooded (Medusa) 1234 days
Dig (Meepo) 1234 days
Death Seeker (Necrophos) 1234 days
Fire Shield (Ogre Magi) 1234 days
Hammer of Purity (Omniknight) 1234 days
Roll Up (Pangolier) 1234 days
Fan of Knives (Phantom Assassin) 1234 days
Concussive Grenade (Sniper) 1234 days
Demon Zeal (Terrorblade) 1234 days
Flamethrower (Timbersaw) 1234 days
Defense Matrix (Tinker) 1234 days
Silent as the Grave (Visage) 1234 days
Voodoo Switcheroo (Witch Doctor) 1234 days
Swiftslash (Juggernaut) 1509 days
Gobble Up (Snapfire) 1509 days
Spit Out (Snapfire) 1509 days
Terror Wave (Terrorblade) 1509 days
Craggy Coat (Neutral Item) 1621 days
Havoc Hammer (Neutral Item) 1621 days
Magic Lamp (Neutral Item) 1621 days
Vampire Fangs (Neutral Item) 1621 days
Stone Form (Visage) 2256 days
Trap (Templar Assassin) 4314 days
Spirits In (Io) 4328 days
Spirits Out (Io) 4328 days
Shadow Poison Release (Shadow Demon) 4433 days
Exort (Invoker) 4489 days
Quas (Invoker) 4489 days
Wex (Invoker) 4489 days
Ethereal Jaunt (Puck) 4933 days

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Ok so granted i have only seen this once and it must have just been in passing channels via cable box as a kid in the mid or late 90’s but judging by scenes it was about demons or supernatural beings causing havoc on the people and i will be paraphrasing if i am using the correct word in a bit. Ok so from what i remember going on as people were staring to be killed was a fireplace spit out fire like if it was alive and not just doing its job like a fireplace does and lit some people nearby on fire. If i am not mistaken there was a piano nearby said fireplace that also took a life of its own and started scaring people with its piano wires if the fire didn’t kill them. There was more drama in a hallway filled with suits of armor and those also came to life and the part that i remember most one of them got a hold of a scared man and killed him by swinging a mace if the weapon name is right into the man’s face and it left the exact marks of the weapon on his head almost perfectly like if his face was made of bloody play dough which was the shape of the ball and spike shaped weapon. This is the second thing i can remember is a young woman was talking to the demon/being thing who must have been who was causing the mayhem to what i assume was to stop his evil work i don’t remember what was said but she stopped him by reaching into his chest and i guess with magic she pulled out something that was lighting up her fist and forgive me for this next part but she started repeating a phrase something like and again please forgive me “Nip, Sugar Rum, Na-heem” and it started to weaken the demon thing so she kept of repeating the phrase and i believe that “killed” him and the movie ended

creatures left the cave and caused havoc. The giant, fluffy, rainbo-colored creature caused danger by blowing strong winds with it’s giant snout. The short, scaly creature is causing damage by spitting acid everywhere. Oh no.

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Commander Siyel sat down and tried once more to reconcile the shitstorm that the day had turned into. It had started off so promisingly, she had finally secured Slake and had been one step closer to unveiling a fundamental truth about the criminal underground that ran rampant in Cheenha. And yet as always she had found the thread cut before she could successfully tug on it. Still, this was by far the closest she had gotten before. That's what made the failure sting so much, the pain of knowing just how close she was to figuring this whole mess out.
She sat at her desk, her horned head falling forwards into her hands as she growled to herself in frustration. She sat back in the soft, padded ranx-leather chair and eyed the small wooden cabinet next to her desk. She shook her head slowly before muttering, “Ah.. to a hel with it.” Siyel reached out a long fingered hand and keyed the activation code to the small locked cabinet and licked her lips with her blue tongue.
The door swung open with a click and revealed the contents. A set of crystal glasses and several bottles of pale pink liquor seemed to smile at her, beckoning like long lost friends. She found herself moving on instinct, she grabbed a pair of cups and one of the bottles before pouring two shots of the liquid. She set the bottle down and stared at the second glass with a heavy heart.
She had given up drinking the day her husband had been killed, she had told herself that she would not imbibe again till she had solved the mystery. But seeing his favorite crecini ale in front of her, the bubbles forming on the glass and slowly rising to the top. It was almost too much. She swept her arm out angrily and scattered the glasses off her desk, the clatter of them hitting the floor as loud as gunshots to her ears in the enclosed office.
She stood suddenly, her tail stiff and her eyes following the path of her destruction. There was alcohol splattered across the floor in front of her desk. The smell of it conjuring memories she couldn't bear to think about. She made a desperate grab for the bottle and took a long and satisfying pull from the source. The lukewarm liquor burned a trail from her mouth to her belly, a deep satisfying fire that simultaneously warmed her body and dulled her mind.
As she placed the bottle back down on her desk she frowned at her own weakness. She took another drink, the liquor burning like coals as it traveled down her throat and seemed to light a fire in her middle. She smiled widely at the sensation, it had been three years this month since the accident. She had been planning to go and visit their grave but hadn’t yet made the time as busy as she had been.
She sat back into her chair with a heavy sigh, the bottle clutched in her hand like it was her only lifeline. She closed her eyes as she took another long drink and then coughed as the same old feelings tore into her weakened and tired mind. “Oh, Zad.. I miss you and Davi so much. What did I do to deserve this..” She sobbed to herself quietly as she looked out the shuttered window that sat across from her desk. The alcohol was slowly taking effect, but not nearly fast enough to block out the past.
The night was cold and dark outside, but the darkness held no answers as she fell into that buzzing blissful oblivion that only heavy drink can offer. The pain of the long day fading in her mind as she took another drink. The healthy buzzing sensation in her mind made her think of Balinski and she sat up straight in surprise at the sudden tangent.
She thought about the feeling of the large man’s protective arms sweeping her up off her feet, the look in the cyborg’s remaining eye as he had carried her as easily as a child. She cursed and threw the nearly empty bottle across the room, the thick glass didn't break though. Instead it simply bounced off the wall and left a neat semicircular dent. “No! You know what has to happen..” She started to say before she slumped back down into the chair.
She shook her head, she couldn't think those kinds of thoughts anymore. Not when they would only ever lead to more pain. She cringed inwards at the thoughts that chased her conscious mind, she was losing control.
With a jolt she realised that she didn’t seem to regret the notion. She was tired, tired of the corruption and death. Tired of the endless killing and the thought of all the good lives lost in the pursuit of her hopeless goals. She would never find out who was responsible, not alone anyways. She once more thought of Balinski, but this time she thought about how fast the man had gotten through to the bottom of cases that had held up the CPD for what seemed like months or years.
She sat up straight again as she smiled widely, her white molars flashing in the dimly lit office. She nodded. “Yes, there’s somebody who can cut through the red tape.” In her somewhat inebriated state it all seemed so clear now. The puzzle pieces that had been spinning in the rear of her mind were slowly connecting together as if guided by some powerful inner force.
He had the remarkable ability to get to the bottom of things that otherwise seemed obfuscated by the constant bureaucratic ranxshit of the department. She shook her head as her tail lashed behind her through the small hole in the seat. Yes, she would use him to cut through to the meaty core of the problem. She would keep him close, just because he was such an effective tool and not for.. She shuddered as the thought of the man’s face once more rose unbidden in her mind. Not for any other reasons.
Siyel leaned back into the chair and closed her eyes. She was still wearing her messy uniform and the damaged body armour a-top it. But despite everything that had happened she felt safer in this office than in her own house, and so she stayed. The night getting darker despite the muted neon glow of the city without that glinted off the shattered glass and spilled alcohol that lay upon the floor.
She closed her eyes and found sleep soon after. Her dreams muted and grey, the thought of something large and powerful stalking her making the nerivith woman mew pitifully within her nightmares. But at every turn the monsters were blocked by a towering saviour that banished these imagined demons back to hell with a thunderous pistol. The green glint of a cybernetic eye showing from the dark, shadowed clothing they wore over their cybernetics.
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Balinski was awoken by something prodding him in the ribs. He grunted painfully as his bruised body reacted poorly to the intrusion.
Sitting up, he looked around the room. Caesar seemed to already be up and about, it must have been her that had awoken him. He took a deep breath and risked a stretch, his back muscles protesting as the scent of food reached his sluggish mind. At the same time he heard a whine from Caesar as she looked up longingly at the two plates of slightly steaming food that sat atop the rolling table by the bed.
With a jolt he realised that his previously discarded clothes were missing and he jumped to his feet. He looked around the room frantically until his eyes alighted on a bundle by the door on a clothing rack. He walked over to it stiffly and realised with a small chuckle that it was his clothing.
His coat and shoes looked to have been washed, the trench coat was still full of holes though. The singed and frayed edges flashing conspicuously now that the garment wasn't covered in blood and dirt. He pulled the coat on with some difficulty, his shoulders were stiff beyond belief and his back was killing him. At least his arms and legs were fine, he hadn't really taken the time to give them a once over to make sure the various bullet and laser impacts had not damaged them. He did so now and was relieved to find that, while a little scuffed up, his cybernetics were in remarkably good condition.
He was going to have to schedule an inspection of them to make sure, but they would be fine for the moment. He needed to get ready to go and find out what was going on.
As Balinski pulled on his boots he saw Caesar perk up and then climb slowly to her feet and let out a yawn. He smiled and walked back to the edge of the bed before sitting on the light blue mattress. He patted the bed next to him and Caesar put her paws up on it and then whined pitifully while giving him the most annoyingly adorable puppy dog eyes.
“Oh you lazy grub. Fine, I’ll help you.” He chuckled at her antics as she grumbled in mock annoyance, he wrapped an arm under her front and hauled her onto the bed where she proceeded to flop back down into the covers. “You want breakfast or not? I’m not going to feed you like you are some sort of roman potentate.”
Caesar understood part of the reference, likely not getting the full meaning. She huffed anyways, understanding that he wasn’t going to feed her morsels from a silver dog dish. She scuffled a little closer to the edge of the bed where he placed the plate of bland hospital food in front of her. He chuckled as she took a sniff and then recoiled visibly.
“It’s not going to hurt you. Eat it, I promise I will get you something better later.” She looked at him flatly, one of her little brows raising slightly as she gave him a very undog-like look. He chuckled again. “Okay, you don't have to eat the scrambled eggs. Here, I’ll trade you my sausage patties for them. Ok? Happier now you little picky princess?”
She seemed indeed happier with this arrangement as she scarfed them down. He ate his double helping of unseasoned eggs slowly, making sure to chew and savour every bite in an effort to annoy his furry companion. She pointedly ignored him, turning her back to face him as she looked at the small bedside monitor.
Balinskli shook his head slightly. She was such a drama queen at times.
As he finished the last few bites of fluffy egg he heard the door open and looked up, surprise crossing his features as a pair of officers stepped inside and nodded to him. After a second another person strode through the door and caused him to jerk upright. It was Siyel, the tall alien woman looked scruffy and tired but seemingly in good spirits as she stopped a meter from his bed and looked around the room briefly.
She gestured to him and then spoke quickly, her long tufted tail wagging slowly behind her at ankle level. “Oh good, I was looking all over for you before I realised that you would most likely be here.” She walked around the bed to where Caesar was still pouting and crouched down to look at her. “I am glad to see you are doing so much better Caesar.” She smiled as the pup gave her an encouraging woof and tail wag.
Balinski wiped his mouth and placed his wide brimmed hat on his head, standing up and taking a single step towards the wall. “What’s the message?”
She cocked her horned head. “The message? I’m not sure what you mean.” He raised a hand to explain but she continued over the top of him. “Well, it’s not important right now. I came down here to tell you that the prisoner you captured did in fact have knowledge of the attack. He cracked about thirty minutes ago, I just came from his cell.”
This caused Balinski to straighten. That was in fact news of the best kind. Especially after the horrendous actions of last night. “What did that frillhead say?”
She smiled, her fungivore teeth flashing at him as she answered slowly. “He told us where the attack was staged from. I already have a task force gearing up and ready to move out. I was just waiting for my number one warden.” She paused and gave him a pointed look.
Balinski felt a little odd, that look seemed to convey more meaning than he was picking up from her speech alone. He wondered what had changed between them after yesterday, thoughts of how overly protective he had been of her arose unbidden to his mind. Maybe she was trying to tell him to lay off a little?
He decided that he would just take her words at face value, much less danger of misinterpretation that way. “Gotcha. Caesar, are you feeling good enough to move out? I know the doctor stimmed you up with some quickheal last night after the surgery. Oh don't give me that, let's go.” He prodded her as she pretended to be asleep.
Siyel shook her head and glanced his way, the light glinted off her violet eyes and gave him pause. For the briefest of moments he thought she had the same look on her face as last night, when he had carried her through the halls away from danger. But in a flash it was gone, replaced by the same stern look she seemed to have permanently plastered on her face. Had he imagined it or was he simply going crazy. ‘Well, Crazier.’ he thought silently with a chuckle under his breath.
“Okay, I’m ready.” He checked his shoulder holster and belt ammunition. Everything seemed to be in order and Caesar hopped to the floor with an annoyed sound that he chose to ignore.
Siyel smiled slightly and mentioned as they walked to the doorway, “Oh, I had somebody pick up that gauss cannon you were using. Consider it yours if you want it. A little thank you for services rendered in the attack last night.” A was a little taken aback by that show of generosity. A new or even used GR74F would have set him back a few tens of thousands of osmir if he had purchased one on his own and likely would have been heavily scrutinised by local authorities.
He gave her a gracious nod, it truly was an incredible gift. “Then I gladly accept. I will put it to good use I can assure you.”
She nodded sternly as they exited the room flanked by the two officers, “I know you will.”
He followed her quickly down the stairs and through the hospital wing. The precinct was attached to the local medical structure in such a way as to be indistinguishable from the outside. It helped to have the two in such close proximity when some of the officers and those they might have to bring in sustained injuries.
She led him and Caesar along corridors that still had bloodstains and bullet holes in the dark carbcrete. He glanced at them, anger filling his heart at the sight of such desecration. This place was a monument of order and stability in the chaos of the huge city, and all these lowlife scum had done by kicking the hornet’s nest was piss off every single officer in the entire district. If not the whole city.
He still had that sour taste in his mouth from when he had learned there were traitors in their midst, how many more of them drew their salaries from both the city and its slimy underbelly. How many more of these so-called officers of the law were breaking every oath they had sworn to? He broke from the dark line of reasoning,
They skirted around a conspicuous stain on the floor and then turned another corner, entering into a much larger room. It looked similar in structure to the building’s main entrance except that it seemed to lead to some sort of internal garage. Siyel led them across the space with only a few head nods to others that walked past. He wanted to stop and ask what the plan was, but he could tell from her determined walk that now was not the time.
They walked through a series of doorways, each one now accompanied by a CPD officer in heavy riot gear and holding a number of powerful weapons from shotguns to beam rifles. He glanced to her and she smiled. “Enhanced security measures. It was decided that after the disaster of the attack that we could benefit from a little extra combat readiness. Also, Brigadeer Dreenth has agreed to beef up our arsenal after the incident.”
She tossed her head at the remark, her short black hair bouncing around her long curving horns. “Beef huh? Like what?”
She made a nonchalant gesture and remarked calmly, “Oh nothing much. More power armour for additional Havoc units, a shipment of small arms and some surplus tanks.”
That caught him off guard. His remaining eye widened under the shadow of his wide brimmed hat. “Tanks? Like what, Quintens?”
She shook her head as he followed her into a large open space filled with scurrying officers and police vehicles. He could see a few longsword class APCs as well, their dark blue armour plates giving them a distinctly sinister vibe. “No, I only wish we could get so lucky. No, the governor shuffled half a dozen Tumbler Type-Ys from mothball. Sure they are thirty year old models, but I will take what I can get.”
She didn't seem to miffed about it and he could very well guess why, the Type-Ys were still classified as medium tanks. They were bonafide combat vehicles with thick armour and designed to pack a hell of a punch. Any one of them could single handedly have turned the enemy assault back on its own before it had even begun.
He noticed one of the APCs ahead had several familiar looking figures surrounding it. As they drew near he recognised the officers of Delta squad, the same ones that had helped when he had taken down Slake the day before. ‘Had it really only been a day?’ he thought to himself.
The cracked duracrete scuffed under his boots as they came to a stop. A tall slaaveth man with a damaged head fin stepped forwards, it was Jerg. He snapped a crisp salute to Siyel who returned it as he said, “We are locked and loaded, ready to roll on your command. We will take the fight back to these Drekking sludge slurpers.” He spoke with a gurgle of hatred in his voice.
He glanced at Balinski and gave him a respectful nod that he returned. Siyel gestured to the vehicle, “Well, load up. We will meet you on site.” She glanced at Balinski, “Follow me, we are riding in the Beast.”
He smiled and just motioned for Caesar to follow. “What’s the Beast?”
She pointed to a nearby vehicle and he found himself impressed in spite of his misgivings. Calling the monstrosity that sat before him the Beast made much more sense. The vehicle was large, larger even than the APC that Delta force had climbed into. It was also tall, at least four meters from the base of its tri-wheels to the top of its armoured cupolas. From the rear arose a complex looking mast of antenna and communications equipment that looked more fit for a radio station than a vehicle.
He stepped closer, the next thing that impressed him was the design of the vehicle itself. It had tri-star wheel arrangement with the fully articulated triple wheels capable of handling almost any type of terrain. All twelve were driven at once but only eight seemed to be in contact with the ground at any one time. He wondered to himself what kind of torque that must require, but given that he could see the tell-tale radiator vanes of a nuclear reactor on the rear he surmised that the monstrosity didn’t lack for power.
She stepped up to the front of the aptly named Beast and walked up the ramp that was hanging down from the side of its cabin. He ascended into the cabin behind her and was immediately surprised by the fact he could stand inside. Not comfortably, his head was pretty much touching the roof and it caused him to stoop to avoid knocking off his hat.
She turned and then took a seat at a small console station next to a large atraxses officer wearing a CPD emblazoned sash. They looked to be female, but it was remarkably hard to tell from the angle he was at. Both male and female atraxses were rather large and bulky.
Siyel gestured for him to sit as well as the ramp closed and the vehicle began to shudder slightly. “Welcome to my mobile command vehicle. I was able to beg this off of Major Davy in precinct four as it had been sitting in storage for months. It's a fully articulated and combat capable mobile outpost with all the bells and whistles.” She gestured excitedly to something besides him and he had to do a double take as he realised he was sitting next to a fully operational autokitchen.
“What in the, you can cook in here?” He asked dumbly.
Siyel nodded with a grin and turned back to her monitoring station before slipping a pair of multi–species headphones over her horned head. Clearly the vehicle was made for extended deployments, though he wasn’t really expecting this jaunt to turn into one. He sat back in the seat, it was nice not to be worried for a change. The armour plating on the Beast would resist anything but high calibre anti-vehicle weapons.
He felt the large armoured vehicle buck slightly. They were underway to the location it seemed and he still didn’t know what had happened. He swallowed and then waved a hand towards Siyel. The large atraxses woman grunted in mild annoyance as she was temporarily distracted by his antics and he gave her an apologetic gesture.
Siyel pulled the headset off the ear facing him and muttered distractedly, “Hmm? What do you need Balinski?”
He shrugged his shoulders as he asked her the plan. “So, what are we on route to exactly? I know you said you got the location from that near braindead filthwallower, but what did they tell you actually?” He rubbed his hands together. Not exactly worried, but apprehensive about the true nature of the situation nonetheless. Caesar laid down at his feet as he worried, her body pressed against his legs as she closed her eyes. He smiled, she always found the time to get some rest. Given the night they had, he wasn’t that surprised she was still tired. He certainly was.
Siyel sighed and then took off the headset, placing it around her neck. “The man you arrested broke under some pretty heavy questioning last night. He wasn’t very bright it seemed, but he was smart enough to be let in on some of the more sensitive details of the mission. Such as the fact that the entire operation was organised in order to kill Slake before he could reveal any information. They had hoped to catch us out at Slake’s compound in which case we would likely have all been slaughtered.” She grimaced at that, less total officers would have lost their lives in that case, but it wasn't something she could have controlled.
He raised a hand. “Hey, we did the right thing at every step of the way. You did the right thing.”
She nodded her head, her raven hair shifting from behind her horns a little at the motion. She brushed it back into place as she answered, “Yea, I know that objectively, Balinski. But no amount of telling myself that is going to bring back the good men and women that died in the line of duty last night. By the powers that be..” She trailed off for a few seconds. When she looked back at him the determination had once more masked her emotions.
She waved a hand at the computer readouts in front of her. One in particular caught his attention. “This is a small laundromat located about sixteen blocks from the precinct. Practically within spitting distance, well.. it isn't quite as mundane as the faded lettering of its exterior might otherwise have you believe. It turns out that Sleeves and Crease is a front for the Pit Vipers organisation.” She explained.
Her matter-of-fact statement took him a second to register. “Wait, the Pit Vipers gang operates out of there? This close to the precinct?” She nodded solemnly. “Then we are almost there, that's only a few minutes drive!” he exclaimed.
“Yes, and it pains me to admit that I had suspected there were close operating gang facilities. What with so many places for them to hide in the city or its underground. I am surprised it took us this long to figure it out.” She seemed a bit upset by the news. And he could very well understand why.
He looked at the screen again, the small building was the first floor of a larger complex. It looked as innocuous as it was drab. Not at all something that would act as a face for one of the most notorious blood hungry murder gangs in the city. The pit vipers were known for their extreme violence, last night’s attack had all the hallmarks of their cruelty.
Balinski checked his cybernetic diagnostics briefly and then cracked his neck. “Okay, so when we go in there, what exactly am I looking for?”
Siyel turned towards him and made an almost apologetic gesture, he saw her tail coil into the small of her back in a gesture of compunction. Her hesitation gave him pause. “What. What is it?” He was wary now.
She pushed herself away from the computer for a moment as she gestured to the screen. “You aren't going to be participating in this raid Balinski.”
As far as bombshells went, it wasn't a nuke. But he still opened his eye wide in surprise. “Not going on the raid? What the shit do you mean?”
Siyel tapped on the keypad and brought up a list of officers. Amongst them the members of Delta squad were first and foremost. “I have the best that is available going in there. You are injured and tired and far from your best right now.” He tried to protest but she locked down, her tufted tail lashing behind her now. “No, you listen to me. You are one of the best assets I have at my disposal, and I will admit that freely. Don't let it go to your head. Anyways, I am keeping you here to watch and observe. I need your expertise to make sure that we don’t miss anything.” She gestured for him to move his chair closer to the computers.
He looked down and noticed that the chair was mounted in a rail, he undid the lock and moved smoothly to her side where she showed him how to open the control panel. He could see everything, the helmet feeds of the officers, the live feeds from the vehicles and even a picture of himself seated next to Siyel. He looked over his shoulder and located the camera, it was sitting in the open and not at all hidden.
From the telemetry data that was tracking on one of the lower screens he could see that the first units were already on the street that approached the laundromat. The back doors of the APCs slamming open and heavily geared delta squad forces spilling out. He watched as several of them that he recognised as being in Jerg’s squad ran to the front door of the laundromat and took up positions on either side.
The store was dark and the flickering neon sign out front displayed that it was closed. That wasn’t an issue, in fact it was much better that way. Much less chance of civilians being caught in any potential crossfire.
Siyel had replaced her headset and was now speaking over the comms. He couldn't hear what she was hearing and looked around for a spare headset while she directed the scene, “Yes, forwards more and to the right. Watch out for the glass, there could be armed assailants within. Yes they would.. no.” She continued speaking as he found one and slipped it on, he had to remove his hat in order to wear the headset properly.
He heard one of the officers on the ground speak up. “We are in position. Mark?”
Siyel nodded, “You are good to go, mark one.”
Balinski looked back at the screen. A large figure in heavy riot gear scuttled to the door, it looked like a vinarfel male. Not Daryon then. The figure raised a siege ram and swung it at the door with inhuman insectoid strength and the door evaporated into a cloud of splinters and debris as the delta force operatives rushed inside the building in a wave of armoured fury.
Continued in E2:P7
==End of Transmission==

At twelve years old, I made the biggest mistake of my life.
I became a local child star in a town full of psychopaths.
I won't say it was my conscious decision. Mom had been pushing for me to attend auditions since I was a preschooler.
It was obvious from a young age that my mother wanted me to be on TV. Instead of toys, she bought me a camera to ‘film’ my own movies, and started a private social media account documenting my progress. But I was still a kid. I wanted to play outside with my friends, not drive for four hours out of town to an audition for a kids commercial. I made it clear I had no interest in being on TV. Even if it looked cool, the idea of being in front of a camera made me kind of nauseous.
However, my mother was pretty dead-set on me becoming a child actor when pre-teen and teen productions started airing on local TV. The TV studio in town was fairly new, expanding local shows to all demographics. Think of it like a bootleg Disney. The owner was an unknown Korean billionaire who, instead of setting his sights on larger cities, decided to build a kids TV studio right in the middle of our coastal town, which, ironically, became the heart.
This post would be a cry out for help, if our town existed. To you guys, we’re nothing, just a blip in the middle of nowhere.
You won't be able to find us or the shows, and that's why I'm fucking terrified.
The new studio was built on top of an old cemetery.
Initially, townspeople protested, until the owner poured money into the town itself, buying a new academy for the high school, and personally paying for every senior college tuition. This guy clearly wanted our town, and he would do anything to get it. Bright Smiles Studios.
Which is an ironic name, considering what they are presently.
Anyway, they had surprisingly good TV.
Their productions were original and fun, like Nickelodeon with a lower budget.
One of my favorites was called The Pirate King, a live-action game show where contestants would have the chance to become mini swashbucklers, under the guidance of the starry eyed pirate king.
That was the only show I wouldn't mind being on, but it was impossible to get an audition. We did try, but no matter how many strongly worded emails my mother sent the director, begging him to give me a chance, it was always a polite, No.
The main young crew members had already been established, so I had zero chance.
With The Pirate King being their most popular show, local kids either needed connections to become a contestant, or wealthy parents. I had neither, so I became a casual viewer, tuning in every Saturday morning to watch my favorite swashbucklers causing havoc.
The Pirate King ran for three years before being abruptly pulled off air for seemingly no reason.
I thought it was a dud at first.
Instead of showing new episodes of The Pirate King, they played the local news instead. Mom suggested they were taking a break, so I went to look for older episodes. But they were gone.
I strictly remembered watching the previous week, because Jinx, my favorite character, severed the head of the evil statue controlling the contestants. I remembered pausing halfway through to freak out, trying to show Mom. But that week’s episode was gone too.
I waited a whole week for The Pirate King. We were left on a cliffhanger, with the kid crew becoming official members and crowned with their pirate hats.
Them becoming an official part of the crew had been an ongoing plot point for a while as the show found its footing, slowly becoming more of a drama with scripted lines. I wasn't interested in the gameshow aspect, I wanted to know more about the world.
Topper and Jinx started as stowaways, and Leia was a princess from The City Of Diamonds. For a gameshow, the story easily pulled me in. The Adventures of four young stowaways joining the dreaded Pirate King’s group. They had come so far, and I could tell the pirate king had taken a liking to them.
Every episode, he started with a question: Will my four friends become official members of the Starry Eyed crew?
He paused, playfully pushing Topper to walk the plank.
“Or will it be over for them?”
And after two years of waiting, we were going to get our answer.
The last episode ended with Jinx, Topper, and Leia kneeling on board their ship.
The Pirate King made them take the pirate oath, gifting them with their own starry eyes, and, with a nod and wink at the camera, he announced his new crew.
*Join us next week where we meet a whole new group of young piratteesssss!”
The camera zoomed into the crowd of contestants, while the main crew members waved at the camera with wide smiles. I knew their starry eyes weren't real, but they looked so cool.
I never got to know what happened next because the show went off air.
Bright Smile Studios issued a statement claiming the four main crew members had come into contact with a mysterious illness. I thought it was the flu, though Mom told me they were very sick.
Apparently, during filming, the kids fell into the water and contracted some kind of bacterial infection.
I was already sceptical as a curious eight year old.
I could understand one of them getting sick, but all four?
At the same time?
The Pirate King ended with no satisfying conclusion, not even a scene with the kids being real pirates.
Saturday morning TV became boring. The studio tried to bring in copy-cat replicas, but neither of them were good enough. There was a gameshow with a similar concept, but instead of pirates, it was spies. It was for older kids, so there was a lot more drama.
But again, it wasn't The Pirate King. We had all grown up with Topper, Jinx, Leia, and Bellamy, so losing them was jarring.
Without their familiar faces on our screens every Saturday, the kids in my town slowly started to lose interest.
I was semi watching the spy show until the main leads died in an explosion escaping their evil parents.
In reality, the two left for college, abandoning their contracts.
Mom tried to get me to audition for that show, but you had to be at least fifteen.
Eventually, even Spy Children! devolved into another generic gameshow.
I got bored, and watched Spongebob on cable, instead.
For my twelfth birthday, Mom surprised me with an audition for a brand new production.
Cabbage Patch was Bright Smile Studio's latest attempt at making another Pirate King. This time for older kids, the age range for applicants was 11 to 13. I had seen advertisements and casting calls all over town.
Mom didn't tell me, but she had already signed me up and received a call back. So, instead of presents and birthday cake, I was being dragged to the other side of town for an audition I was barely interested in.
The whole thing was a full day process.
The first round of auditions in the morning were part of a group. I had to stand in a line with a group of kids and speak the lines on a crumpled piece of paper. Then we had lunch, and Mom ran off to grab snacks from the convenience store. The other applicants had already made friends, and the only kid who talked to me had thrown up from nerves and was cut from the process.
So, that left me standing in the main reception area, trying to force down a candy bar.
Mom bought me three candy bars, a can of soda, and a gas station sandwich.
She left me to join the other parents in a separate waiting room, which left me and my shitty tuna mayo sandwich against the world. The room with the rest of the applicants was too loud, so I ventured into the main visitors reception.
There were posters of all of the studio’s works, with the majority being their most popular.
I was admiring a huge framed photo of the pirate king himself, when the door opened and then slammed shut. I caught a shadow striding toward the automatic doors, before freezing in place.
“Luke.” the woman at the desk peered over her laptop, her tone a warning.
“Don't go wandering, young man.”
“I'm not.” The shadow grumbled, and I twisted around.
I wasn't expecting to see Jinx from The Pirate King.
The guy was a high school kid at this point, sixteen or seventeen years old.
He looked different from his kid self, taller, dark brown hair poking from a baseball cap. His present attire, a short sleeved shirt and shorts tranformed him into a normal teenager, no longer a shipmate. On the season 1 poster behind him, Jinx was a six year old swashbuckler with a laughing grin.
This guy resembled an average kid with a video game addiction.
His behaviour, though, was odd.
It was weird, like watching an episode of Animals Do The Funniest Things.
Jinx acted like a predator closing in on prey. He moved slowly, almost like a Pink Panther skit, taking long strides across the room. When he was caught, the woman shooting him a warning look, the junior pirate held up his hands in mocking surrender.
But he didn't give up.
After studying her movements and waiting for the exact moment her attention was caught, he tried again.
This time, almost like a cartoon, catapulting into an abrupt sprint.
He made it halfway towards the automatic doors, before, “Luke!”
Jinx stopped, freezing in place.
“What are you doing?” the woman let out an exasperated sigh, slamming the space bar. “Do you want attention?”
“No.” the boy muttered.
“Good.” she said, going back to her screen. “I know it must be extremely hard not to be annoying, but I'm sure you can find a way to entertain yourself.” the woman sighed. “Where is Evie?”
Jinx blew a raspberry. “Don't know, don't care.”
After eyeing the elevator behind her, the guy gave up, leaning against the wall by the exit with his arms folded, a sleek pair of raybans shading his eyes.
I half wondered if he was hiding his starry pupils. It was a nostalgia trip just being in his presence. Reality hit, though, and I reminded myself The Pirate King was fiction. Jinx was just a kid. Still though, he was looking pretty good for someone who had supposedly contracted a deadly disease.
I couldn't help myself, making my way over to him in hesitant strides.
“Excuse me,” I didn't mean my voice to squeak. Jinx was like my childhood hero. He made me realize I could be a pirate too if I sent my mind to it. Jinx revealed in season two that he suffered from ADHD, and the whole episode was dedicated to proving that kids with colorful brains could be pirates too.
I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of seven, so Jinx’s speech really hit me.
Obviously, the content was kid friendly, with the usual life lessons coming into play. But it was a rush to see a kid just like me, defeating the bad guys and saving the crew. Jinx highlighted his struggles with concentration, especially when fighting, telling the audience, “Sometimes, my brain is too loud.”
When The Pirate King was kidnapped, along with the rest of the kids, Jinx had no choice but to believe in himself, accept his brain was beautiful in its own way, and save the day. And he did, managing to take out the bad guy of the week, single handedly saving his crew.
Until then, I saw my ADHD as a weight suffocating my chest.
In school, ADHD meant I was different.
But Jinx taught me I was more than that.
I was a special kind of pirate.
That's what I wanted to tell the guy, but my words twisted up.
“Jinx?” was all I could say. “From The Pirate King?”
The kid plucked off his raybans, and I swore I caught the slightest sparkle in his iris, just like in the show, like his eyes were filled with starlight. I started to get giddy, already choking on what I was going to ask him. Did he ever become a pirate? Why did the show end? What disease was he sick with?
But the one burning question that had been driving me mad since the cancellation managed to slip out of my mouth before I could choke it back.
“What do your starry eyes mean?”
I didn't realize I was yelling, until the woman working at the desk told me to hush.
Jinx lazily dragged his gaze to me like I was a specimen in a jar.
Instead of answering, the kid’s gaze snapped to the candy bars in my hand, his lips curving into a smirk. He scoffed, and something in me snapped in two.
The pirate was looking at me like the kids in my school. Jinx cocked his head, mocking his character's smile.
“Jeez, don't you have enough candy, Chubs?” he laughed loudly, and I felt my entire world crashing down. I had been struggling with my weight for a while. I never thought my favorite pirate would point it out so cruelly too.
Do not meet your heroes.
I was paralysed, my mouth still frozen in a grin.
“I'm a big fan.” I kept talking, choking on words flying out of my mouth, and I hated myself for it. I hated him for looking down at me like I was worthless.
Jinx nodded, his eyes going skyward. “Coooooooool.” he said dismissively.
I tried again, getting progressively more choked up. “You were my favorite pirate.”
“I’m not a pirate, Chubs.” he slipped his glasses back on.
“Luke.” the woman scolded, “You cannot blame Nibiru for your attitude.”
“I'm not blaming Nibiru,” Jinx retorted, knocking the back of his head on the wall with a groan, “Can't you see I'm talking to my adoring fan?”
He said fan like spitting venom, with a giant dollop of sarcasm.
I felt my cheeks going scarlet, my eyes filling with tears.
The woman sighed, her gaze glued to her laptop. “Be nice to the kid or you're going back into Q, young man. Your choice.”
Jinx groaned, jumping up and down on his heels. For a seventeen year old, he was acting like a child. Settling me with a patronising smile, the boy was suddenly bursting with energy, as if he'd just inhaled helium, jumping in front of me like a cartoon character.
“Aww, I'm so glad you like the show!” He said, forcing a painful grin, reminiscent of his pirate self. “That's like, suuuper great! Have a funtastic day, all right? Don't do drugs! Drugs bad!”
I must have looked on the edge of breaking into sobs when Jinx’s demeanour softened.
“Do you believe in God's, kid?” he asked in a low murmur.
His question took me off guard. “Like… Medusa?”
Jinx scrunched his nose up. “No, you idiot! Jeez, you're like, too stupid to function. I mean, like actual God's.”
“Luke, stop being a dick.”
Topper, another member of the Pirate King crew, was standing in the doorway. The last time I saw Topper, he was a prepubescent little kid giggling at the camera. This guy was hunched over in a sweatshirt and jeans, hiding under blondish curls. Like Jinx, he didn't suit modern day clothes. I preferred him in his pirate costume. Unlike Jinx, Topper didn't have starry eyes.
His smile wasn't exactly friendly, more of a quirk of amusement. Still, at least he wasn't being an asshole.
There was something in his face I wasn't sure I was allowed to see.
Darkness, evident in shadowed eyes and pale cheeks.
Jinx and Topper had been sick, but this was different.
Deeper, like something had twisted them inside out.
Luke ignored his pirate crewmate, shaded eyes on the ceiling.
“The kid doesn't belong here,” he grumbled, “You, of all people should know that.”
Ouch.
Two members of my favorite pirate crew were confirming my worst insecurities, and somehow, I couldn't move.
“But I didn't even want to be on TV,” I didn't mean for my voice to break, anger and pain twisting in my voice. “It was my Mom’s idea to bring me today.”
“Then leave.” Jinx didn't look at me, though I caught urgency in his tone.
“Fucking run.”
Topper nodded to me, pulling his hood over his curls. “Luke is being an asshole as usual,” he shot the other boy a pointed glare, “But… he's right.”
Gesturing to the door, his lips formed a small smile.
“If you don't want to be here, kid, I want you to walk out of that door, and don't turn back.” His eyes darkened.
“Run.” Topper repeated Jinx’s words, and it was the plea in his words, the slight twist in his lip that was trying to scream, but kept collapsing into a smile. That is what sent me backing away.
Jinx and Topper were both telling me to get out in their own way, and I was slowly starting to notice the slight glint in their eyes. They were scared.
Topper kept shooting glances at the woman behind the desk, Jinx inching toward the door.
Topper’s eyes reminded me of staring directly into a starless sky, a vacancy that had aged him way beyond seventeen.
They were scared, I thought, glancing at the mysterious woman behind the desk.
Of her.
I thought she worked at the studio, but the more I caught the boy’s frantic eyes, as well as Jinx’s strange behavior when I met him, trying to Pink Panther his way towards the door without being caught.
This woman was a guard.
Something ice cold crept down my spine, phantom bugs filling my mouth.
What did she say to Jinx again?
“Hey, Chubs.”
As if the kid was reading my mind, Jinx lifted his head, gesturing toward the door.
Go!
I did my best to nod, before I backed into something warm.
And smelled overwhelmingly of my mother’s perfume.
“How dare you talk to my son like that.”
Mom’s voice came from behind me, her tone startlingly cold.
Mom pushed past me, ignoring my attempt to stop her. “I don't care who you are,” she spat at the two of them.
“You're a pair of washed out ex child actors who haven't been relevant in a long time!” she laughed, and I wanted to bury myself in the ground. She ignored my attempt to drag her away.
“And you have the audacity to speak to my son like that!” Mom gently tugged away from me, using her stern tone, “Wen, let go of me, honey, these kids need to be taught a lesson.” I could already hear her voice breaking.
Mom was seconds from crying, and the two ‘pirates’ were barely paying attention to her. She stepped forward.
“How dare you tell my child he is not good enough!”
“Uh, Ma’am.” The guard spoke up, only for Mom to cut her off.
“Look at you!” She scolded the two guys, “I remember you when you were little kids.” Mom made a wet sounding sputtering noise. “Oh, how the mighty have fallen!” Mom folded her arms like she'd won. “I don't know why you're smiling,” she spat at Jinx. “You should be ashamed of yourselves! Two unsuccessful brats bullying my child.”
Jinx surprised me with a harsh laugh.
“You've got no idea what you're talking about, lady,” his tone darkened. His lips curled into a smirk. “In fact! Do you want to know the real reason behind our cancellation?”
Mom shrugged. “You were clearly big headed.”
Jinx winked. “Nah. It's a little crazier than that.”
“That's enough, Luke.” the female guard stepped in. “Go to the Q room.”
Her gaze flicked to Topper.
“Both of you.”
“Wait, what did I do?” Topper demanded. “He was the one being a dick!”
Jinx laughed bitterly. “That's rich. Throwing me under the bus as usual, Topper?”
Topper’s eyes narrowed. “It’s Ace!” he twisted to the guard. “It's not my fault Luke’s got the sea in his head.”
The other boy scoffed. “At least he speaks to me. And I'm not even twenty yet.”
“That's not a good thing!” Topper snapped back.
“Don't argue. Q room.” The woman pointed at the door. “Now.”
Mom nodded, satisfied. “Exactly what these bullies need,” she said, “A well needed time out.”
Topper made the mistake of rolling his eyes, and my mother blew up.
Luckily, I managed to grab her, pulling Mom away.
“I'm reporting the two of you!” Mom shrieked. “And to think children actually looked up to you!”
“Oh, please do!” Jinx said, the guard striding over to the two of them, grabbing both pirates like they were her own children. Jinx tried to snatch his arm away with an uncharacteristic hiss.
I could tell from the way Topper was wincing, the woman's grasp was a little too tight.
She marched them over to an elevator, the two of them stumbling with her.
“Get off of me,” Jinx gritted out, “I can walk on my own!”
When the door between us slammed shut, I caught the latter of Jinx’s words.
“Report us all you want, lady!” he yelled, “Ow, that hurts! You can't stop me from–” the boy shouted something unintelligible, his voice collapsing into angry muffle-yelling.
After whatever that was, I wasn't sure I could continue my audition like nothing happened.
Mom ruffled my hair and gave me a hug.
“Ignore them.” she said, cupping my cheek. “You're going to be great, Wen.”
The second part of the auditions were individual ones.
I stood in front of a panel of four adults, stumbling my way through my lines.
Mom told me I did so well. I wasn't sure about that.
Three days went by, and Mom got a call while I was watching TV.
I got the part of Dex.
I mean, that's what I guessed. There was no other reason why she would be trying to cartwheel across the kitchen.
I thought it was a joke, but nope.
The producers of Cabbage Patch, and the Mayor (who had a little too much creative control) wanted me to come for a chemistry read with the other kids.
Cabbage Patch was like a kids version of Friends.
Five friends living together in a colorful house. The show was primarily for young teenagers, so there was an educational aspect.
After reading lines with the other four chosen kids, I was given the role of Dex, the middle school drop out.
Cabbage Patch was filmed on a mock set in Bright Smile Studio's, and it became my second home. I was there from 7-12 every weekday, and Saturday morning. It was fun to film. It was basically a never-ending party surrounded by cameras. We were given candy and sugar to hype us up, and were encouraged to act as crazy as possible.
Think of Friends, but it's a colorful kids sitcom with educational aspects.
As the middle school drop out, I was usually the instigator for the rainbow sprinkle parties.
Cabbage Patch quickly became more popular than The Pirate King, with kids across town turning into the local channel every weekend to watch us throw food and learn about friendship.
Mom was convinced I was a local celebrity.
It did feel like it. The kids at school wanted me to shout my catchphrase, “What's GOING on here? Cabbage Patch party!” every time I stepped into class.
For a while, I was on the top of the world.
Fast forward four years, however, I was starting to understand why The Pirate King boys told me to run.
I was fifteen years old, sitting in an adult club, opposite the Mayor of all people. I had lost all my baby fat, and I could finally look at myself in the mirror without wincing.
Puberty had been good to me, but I never forgot Jinx’s nickname. Chubs.
By now, I was fully aware our beloved Mayor was more corrupt than a fucking dictator. Next to me, Harry, a member of the Cabbage Patch gang, was completely out of it, his head of red curls nestled on my shoulder, half lidded eyes skating the ceiling.
I met Harry as a bright eyed thirteen year old obsessed with Pokémon.
I nudged him, and he made a groaning noise.
I was already uncomfortable in a club full of adults.
“Boys.” The Mayor cleared his throat, dropping a baggie of white powder.
Harry leaned forward, sliding over the powder with his index. I didn't even know he was conscious. “Thank ya.”
I lost Harry when our director encouraged us to take cocaine to exaggerate the zaniness of Cabbage Patch.
He was fired, of course. But the damage was already done. I had lost my friend to constant paranoia, breakdowns, and sudden, abrupt bursts of energy. Harry was the best person ever when he was high, and a tyrant on a come-down.
In a town that clearly did not give a fuck about its kids, Harry’s problem was ignored.
The Mayor coughed promptly, jumping to his feet. I had a feeling there was another reason for our meeting.
He would send an assistant if he was just handing over drugs. “I was never here.”
Harry laughed, offering the man a two fingered salute.
“Aye, aye, captain!”
I got home that night, coming face to face with my mother.
“Wen.” she folded her arms. “You stink of cigarette smoke.”
“I was studying late,” I lied. “With Harry.” I shrugged. “He… smokes.”
Her expression brightened. Any mention of Cabbage Patch made her smile.
I wondered what she would say if I told her I was in secret detox.
“Well, get some sleep,” she said. “You have a recording in the morning.”
Mom kissed my forehead, and I mumbled at her to go away.
That was the last time I ever spoke to my mother.
Our last normal Cabbage Patch recording was mundane as usual.
I wasn't a fan of my costume for that day, neon pants and a bright yellow shirt.
Iris was talking to me about something, her girlfriend, maybe, I wasn't fully listening. I think she was talking about her outfit, another colorful explosion.
The four of us were squeezed together on the couch for the opening shot, and I was staring dazedly at a new light situated in front of us.
It was too bright, too invasive, like invisible tendrils poking at my eyes.
“What's that?” I nudged Harry on my left, who was still on a comedown.
We were getting better, but Harry was already addicted, already going out every night for his next fix. He was a coked up mess. The local gazette was going to have a field day with him.
“Dunno.” Harry responded in a dull murmur. Pulling his knees to his chest, he made a snorting noise. “I think it's to make us more zazzed.” His eyes lazily rolled to me, and he winked.
“Since coke is baaaaaaad, like, obvs.”
I could see so much of Jinx the pirate in him.
Not exactly a good thing.
“They're called concentration lights,” Iris murmured. “For Harry, clearly.”
Harry nudged her with a laugh. “You love me.”
The girl shuffled away from him. “You smell like Coachella.”
“Is he still using?” Matthew twisted around, whipping off his rainbow glasses.
I didn't reply, Harry muttering for the boy to shut the fuckety fuck up.
I should have been paying attention to Harry’s behaviour, the way he couldn't keep still, the slightly manic look in his eyes.
His lips slowly curling into a grin, dead eyes settled on the camera.
“Action.”
One word.
One light, bright enough to blind me.
We began our opening friendship song as usual, but once my vision had cleared, my body wasn't working the way it should. At first, I thought I was having a seizure, or a stroke. My body stiffened up, the left side of my face drooping. The world went deathly silent apart from a single ringing sound, like a coin rattling in my skull. Then… pain.
It hit me in writhing waves, first across the back of my head, creeping down my spine, an invisible monster clawing into my skull. Something wet, something ice cold, was running down my chin.
Blood.
It was all over my hands, soaking the front of my shirt.
My body moved like it wasn't mine, my neck snapping into place.
I looked directly into the light, hypnotised by its beauty.
Dropping onto the ground on my hands and knees, I was straddling something warm, a moving form that kicked and screamed beneath me, an animalistic shriek rattling my skull. But I shut it up, grabbing its shoulders and slamming its head into the floor. The moving form didn't have a face. I only felt its warmth.
Giddy, I ran my fingers across the surface of their skin and then plunged my fingers through, using my teeth to get deeper and deeper, until that warmth was in my mouth, slithering wetness dripping and caught between my teeth. Sound returned, slamming into me. I was screaming. No, I was laughing.
My mouth was full of something wet, something mushy and hard to swallow.
But I kept eating, gnawing into warm, slithering jelly that squelched at the back of my throat.
I was aware of panic around me, but it only motivated me to dive to my feet.
I started forwards, giggling, waving my hands in front of me, grasping slithering sausages.
In the corner of my eye, Iris was standing on the couch, bouncing up and down, half of her own face clenched between her nails, her lips spread out into a skeletal grin. Her movements excited me. I wanted to join her. But I also wanted to hide what was in my fist.
It was mine.
Crawling onto my stomach, I remember feeling like a wiggly worm.
I stuffed the warmth into my mouth, joining in with the others’ squawks.
It was a game for us, the others trying to snatch pieces of flesh from my fists.
In reality, I had chewed through half of the camera guy. His brains stained my hands.
I started towards our Mayor, who, to my confusion, barked at the cameras to keep rolling. “This is it,” he said through gasping breaths. “This is enough!”
His eyes went skyward, lips stretching into a cry of mania.
“Is this what you want, Nibiru?” he demanded. “Instead of our children?”
Half conscious, I grabbed him by the neck, sinking my teeth into her flesh.
She tasted so good, laughing, her giggles turning to gurgles.
“Now this,” he declared, when I dug my teeth in further. Harry was dead, his trembling body still writhing, his jaw moving like he was still eating, gnawing on thin air. Iris's head was there one minute, and gone the next, spraying me in scarlet. Matthew was a pile of wriggling mush on the ground.
“This is what he wants!”
Our director’s half lidded, mutilated eyes were on me.
And, sobering up, I became aware of what I was doing.
What I had done.
And why Jinx and Topper told me to fucking run.
It's been two years since Bright Smile Studio's officially declared ownership of me.
Nibiru, a God I didn't even know existed, has been pulling the strings since the start.
My town has been subtly giving him children through the years, in the form of contestants on Bright Smile Studio's shows.
But then he demanded the four members of The Pirate King's crew.
I watched it on TV.
What I thought was a fictional bit, I was witnessing them pledge themselves to thee pirate king.
Nibiru.
Our town told him he couldn't have them, and that's why we’re here.
Presently, I haven't seen my Mom in three years, and the sky above our town turned dark six months ago. The real world continues as normal, and we are stuck in endless, suffocating shadow.
A giant pirate ship sits in the centre of our town.
We’re told to ignore it, but I mean, who could ignore something like that?!
We’re not allowed outside (for our safety) but I only see hell through my windows.
I see crowds of people brainwashed by a God whispering in their heads.
I'm told to plug my ears, but I can still hear him.
His voice carries on an invisible wave, crashing into my mind.
Cabbage Patch is now the only source of entertainment for the Pirate King himself, the newly appointed Jinx, who was crowned seven months ago. There was zero point in trying to hide the pirate crew from Nibiru. He found them, and filled their eyes with stars.
Now, we are under their rule. Four ex local child stars given God-like abilities.
God help us.
Cabbage Patch has been twisted into a psychotic game.
Instead of ending with our friendship is magic song, we are forced to brutally eat sacrifices for Nibiru.
The worst part is, he just brings them back whenever he likes.
So, nobody really fucking dies.
It's not like we can control this.
Whatever that light was, mixed with drugs, it turned us into something no longer human, a God’s executioners.
Thankfully, I don't remember most of it.
We call it Zazzing. We start the song, zaz out, and wake up covered in blood.
During our first Zazzing, most of us died. Harry from blood loss, Iris's head blew up, and Matthew’s body turned to jelly. I can vaguely remember choking up mangled pieces of my own lungs— only to wake up two days later with nothing but a bad migraine.
To this God, we are dolls made of flesh and blood, dancing on strings.
I tried to get in contact with Mom, but I can't leave the studio.
The Mayor told me to not even try. If not, I would be volunteering myself to Nibiru. Except last night I broke down.
I needed to find my Mom.
I'm used to being covered in someone else after a recording.
Their remains stain me, and I feel every single person ingrained into my skin.
Blood doesn't even feel real anymore. It's like being covered in gunk.
After showering, I headed down to the main reception area.
The guard behind the desk was reading a scrappy copy of Metamorphosis.
I started toward the door slowly, holding my breath.
“Excuse me?”
I froze. The voice was a little boy standing behind me.
Deja-vu hit like ice cold water.
“Dex?” The boy wasn't smiling. His eyes were hard, mouth twitching into a scowl. “Why did you destroy our town?”
I was so fucking tired, and this kid was staring at me like I was a murderer.
Well, in his eyes, I was.
“My name is Wen.” I grumbled. “Get out of here, kid.”
He folded his arms stubbornly. “I want to join Cabbage Patch,” he said. “So, my Mom and little sister will be safe.”
“Aren't you like eight?” I said dryly.
“And a half!”
Instead of responding, I took the kid’s shoulders gently.
What I wished Jinx had done with me.
I marched him over to the door, and shoved him through the two guards blocking my way.
But I managed to catch a slither of the outside.
Iris and Harry joined me, the two of them freshly out of the shower.
I think they were looking for their parents too. We pressed our faces against the door, peering into the dark.
There was a thick fog in the air, a crowd standing on the streets, and among them, was my starry eyed mother.
She was like a zombie, her head tipped back, wide, moonlit eyes on the sky.
I tried to get to her, but the others dragged me back.
“It's not worth it.” Iris told me.
Harry punched me in the face, hard enough to knock me out. I didn't blame him. I was so close to stepping outside.
I woke up maybe 20 minutes ago.
Harry has an old iPad he's been using to play Genshin. But he's crashed.
It has the internet, so this is a call out to you, Mom.
I know you're in the crowd, and I know you worship our pirate king. I saw you, Mom, I want you to wake the fuck up.
I’m so fucking scared.
Mom. Please help me.
I don't want to be on TV anymore.

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Hi
I’m back again, reborn as I’ve been locked out of mine old account ( u/Chewy971 )
I’m re-releasing this part as I’ve made changes to some of the scenes and added a bit more lore.
Anyways, here we go.
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deep sorrow.
A mournful poem.
A glint of steel.
A horrible pain.
A freeing relief.
Jin's heart swirled with odd feelings and fading memories as he opened his eyes slowly. He moved a heavy hand to the front of his eye, shielding them from the blinding light.
" Wha- What happened," he mutters, his voice a deep grumble as his parched throat tries to produce the sounds.
He moves to sit up only to find his body arguing against it. A dull pain encompassed his entire body, making even slight movement an exercise of will.
"Come on." He said pushing through the pain as he slowly but surely sat up. With this small victory achieved he took in his surroundings.
The sight took his breath away.
He was perched on top of a large hill, surrounded by other hills of various sizes. The area was enveloped in a dense fog, that made the terrain progressively harder to see. the hills were covered in an assortment of trees that he had never seen, some bore a dark almost black bark with cyan leaves, and others had a light brown bark with yellow leaves.
After gawking at the sights, he turned his attention back to himself.
The first thing he noticed was his armor and weapons.
Everything, from his dou to his kabuto was fastened to his person. His katana was strapped to his side along with his Wakazatiz and tonto. He even wore his mempo over his face.
'Had I fallen in battle?' He thought to himself, racking his brain trying to remember what battle he lost but he only remember drinking tea in his lord's castle. He worriedly checked himself for any injury but found none. Not a speck of blood stained the raven colors of clan Kibishi.
'So I wasn't in a battle...Good.' With a sigh of relief, he got up and dusted himself off. 'Ok, need to get moving.' He looked around once more and chooses a direction at random to walk in. He was only two steps into his journey before he tripped.
Jin stumbled to catch himself 'The hell..!' eyes widened With surprise in response to what he saw. What Jin tripped on was a man.
The first thing Jin noticed was the checkered heraldry. Striking red and brilliant blue, with a deer with a magnificent rack of antlers as the center piece.
The next was his armaments. Donning layers of plates and rings of steel and armed with a simple yet decorated sword and shield, he look the spitting image of a man built for war.
The last was the small movements. slightly muffled groans and muttered curses in another langue that hinted at his condition.
'This strange warrior must be in the same predicament as me. Maybe if I help him up he could help me understand our situation.'
Jin bent down to shake the warrior to see if he would wake up.
"Hey are you al-," The warrior started with a yelp and punched Jin in the face with a gauntleted fist, causing Jin to stumble back.
The warrior was quick to his feet, unsheathing his sword and pointing it at Jin while presuming a battle stance. The warrior shouts something at Jin but he was unable to understand his words.
"Please calm yourself, I just wish to talk," Jin spoke calmly to the warrior, nursing his jaw.
The Warrior didn't relent, not understand Jin either. The Warrior shouts more as he takes a step towards Jin.
"Put away your weapon," Jin warned, placing his right hand over the hilt of his sword and freeing the sword with his left thumb.
The stranger didn't listen.
With a sudden lunge, the warrior closed the distance with surprising speed slashing at him. Jin deftly dodged each blow before drawing his blade, countering with the draw.
It was Jin's turn to go on the offensive. The samurai slashed at the warrior with a fury of blows, some of which was then blocked by the warrior's shield, the others bounced off his armor.
The two fighter broke apart, breathing heavy and on guard. They circled each other waiting, daring the other to attack.
During the lull in combat, Jin examined his opponent. He took note that the blows that struck true bounced of his armor, leaving nothing but a scratch. The warriors swings were practice and swung with intent, there was no doubt that if the sword landed true it would at best dent is armor and at worse...
Jin held his sword firm, glancing at the weak points in armor. "Neck, armpits, thighs..." his mind raced with plans, abandoning his attempts to persuade his adversary.
The two fighters went back and forth for a few moments before the warrior gained the upper hand. After Jin delivered a crushing blow to the warrior's shield, he uses his blade to trap Jin's katana between it and his shield, attempting to disarm him. Jin being the quicker fighter caught on, letting go of the blade and sweeping the legs of the warrior.
The warrior fell to the ground with a thud, releasing Jin's katana that landed a few feet away. Jin quickly pinned the warrior to the ground, aiming the tip of his tonto at the warrior's throat.
"I don't wish to fight you, see reason," Jin commanded, hoping that now that he was victorious the stranger would capitulate.
The warrior growled something in his tongue grabbing the sword in his gauntleted fist that held his shield and raised a dagger Jin didn't know he had. Jin prepared to trust the tip of the tonto into the throat of the warrior as the dagger drew dangerously close to Jin's own throat. The blades almost made it to their targets when a booming voice stopped both of their actions.
"Stop fighting!" The voice boomed, startling both warriors.
Jin looked around the area but only found trees, grass, and fog. The voice seemed to resonate from every direction.
"Put away your weapons." The voice demanded.
Jin scoffed at this. Why should he? This man had tried to kill him, he should end him here and now before this deranged lunatic gets him!
He almost did.
A strange and powerful compulsion to obey overcame him and he found himself removing himself from the stranger and returning his tonto to its sheath. He swept a weary eye on the stranger, only to be surprized to see the warrior get up and do the same.
"Good," The voice softens, taking on a kinder tone. " I didn't bring you to my world so you could kill each other."
The warrior yelled something, franticly looking in all directions.
"Yes, I am the one that brought you here." The voice hummed thoughtfully. " You seemed to be unable to understand each other." She chuckles to herself " No matter, I'll fix it."
A warm glow envelops both Jin and the warrior.
"Sorcery!" The warrior exclaimed, getting a chuckle from the goddess.
It was indeed sorcery. How else was Jin supposed to explain why he could now understand the warrior that mere moments ago spoke jibberish?
" There, I have gifted your mind with the understanding of all languages. Now you will have no problem understanding each other or anyone else here."
"Um, thank you." The warrior said, bringing his hand to his throat and giving it a test by saying random words.
Jin was astonished, he could tell that the warrior was speaking the same langue as before, but the words now made perfect sense to him as if he spoke Japanese.
"By Saint George..." The warrior breathed in disbelief.
"No need to thank me, it is my gift to you. It is the least I can do after bringing you all the way here to my world."
The last few words snapped both warriors out of their astonishment.
" Your world?" Jin and the warrior questioned in unison.
"Yes, my world. You see I am one of the gods of this world and I am in desperate need of champions."
Jin's head instantly began to swim as he took in the information. How could he be in a new world? He was in the lands of his lord no more than five minutes ago he was sure of it. He was inclined to disbelieve that she was a goddess, but after being on the receiving end of a miracle he had no choice but to believe her. What really stuck out to him was the "Champions" part.
"Champions? Hmm..." was Jin's response
"Yes, why else would you be here," she said happily.
"... Why are we here?" The warrior asked, scratching the back of his helmet.
An exacerbated sigh escaped from the goddess.
" My world is endangered." The goddess sated simply and slowly. "The forces of evil reap havoc across my world threatening to upset the balance and strip me of my power."
" And why choose us and not one of your own?" The warrior continued, still confused.
"Your people are strong and have been valued by gods as champions since we first discovered you and as strong as my people are, they are not cut from the same cloth as you are!" She exclaimed as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
our people? What does she mean by that?' Jin pondered.
"Anyways, You only need to worry about killing my enemies" The goddess gave a sadistic chuckle, sending a shiver down his spine.
"I don't take orders from you!" The warrior exclaimed, shaking his fist at the sky.
Jin looked at the man with mild panic. Who does he think he is to refuse a god? does this man have a death wish?
"Oh, is that so?" The goddess voice gained a dangerous edge. Jin suddenly felt an intense pain like that of a red hot poker being stabbed in his head, causing him to fall to his keens clutching his head. The warrior following soon after, suffering the same. "And what makes you think you have a choice?" Her voice was eerily calm, masking her rage.
The warrior struggled under the pressure for a moment, until his resolve was broken. "I yield!" He finally yelped.
The pressure let up in an instance, causing both combatants to collapse to the floor. "Any more objections?"
The warriors got up on one knee and bowed their heads, breathing heavily. "No... My lady." The warrior said through gritted teeth.
"Good!" The Goddess exclaimed, her tone taking a total 180. "Now we can get back to your purpose, slaying those that wronged me."
The two warriors stayed on their knees in silence as they listened to their new master speak.
"The hoards of the dark gods plunge into my lands as we speak, raiding my lands and slaughtering my people. As I've stated earlier, you will be my champions and fight off these brutes in brutal fashion." Her tone was cheery, like a person telling a stranger about what a good day they had.
"My lady, if I may ask," The warrior spoke up, a trace of fear evident in his voice. "How can we face such an army? We can't fight alone! Not even with your powers! (Strong as you may be...)" He add on the last part quickly.
"I'm not." A gust of wind picks up, parting the thick fog and flowing in the direction of a road. " Take this road to the city of Arlon, the people there are loyal to me and will fight on my behalf. Go to the king of the Cunics and show him my mark."
The warm light enveloped the left palm of Jin and the warrior as it began to glow. A complex design of a tree appears on their left palm. The warrior yelled in shock, causing Jin to sigh in annoyance. It wasn't like he wasn't shocked either, but the warrior's constant yelling was starting to wear on him.
'And I'm supposed to work with this man.' Jin inwardly spat, looking at the still-flabbergasted warrior who was staring at his palm.
" This road will also take you to a village on the way. It's about a day's walk from here. If you show them my sign they will surely help you."
Jin picked himself up and bowed deeply at the air. " Thank you for the gift."
"Oh, yes, thank you." The warrior followed and bowed, differently to Jin.
"Now go, there is no time to delay." A gust of wind picks up and the presence that Jin felt evaporated.
"... I think she left." The warrior announced unhelpfully.
The pair turn to face each other. They stare at each other awkwardly for a few minutes, eyeing each other up, before the warrior moves forward.
"Umm, it's nice to meet you." He said taking off his helmet, showing the plain face of a younger man than Jin was expecting (possibly in his early twenties), with red hair that was buzzed on the sides and bright blue eyes the color of the sky. A cheeky scar on his left cheek, faded and old, hinted that the young man held some combative experience. " My name is Henry Thatcher of Runested," He reached Jin and outreaches his hand with the biggest and most genuine smile a man could muster " A pleasure to meet you! And sorry about earlier..." He turned his eyes away at the last part.
Jin removed his mempo and bowed. " Jin Kibishi of clan kibishi, the pleasure is all my."
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Or don’t, I’m not your mother.

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Step 2: gather ingredients: Cat claws, river water, dandelion poofs, needle, rusted nails, hammer, storm water, ash, black salt, wooden coffin box, paint, photo of abuser, paper with abusers full name and date of birth, broken glass, liquor, matches, wax, eggs shells, broken glass, graveyard dirt, cactus thorns, red pepper, vinegar, cayenne pepper. Ideally would like to have an object from this person to put in the box (preferably hair)
Step 2.5: I would like to say his name while I'm at the river gathering water. I heard river spirits are a bit wild and if you whisper a name to them they will real havoc on said person.
Step 3: in the small wooden box I will put in all the ingredients, the paper with their name and date of birth along with their picture will be nailed inside the box with a rusted coffin nail.
Step 4: I will go to the oldest cemetery in my town preferably at the witching hours between 12-3 am, kinda scary tho. Before entering I will leave an offering to the cemetery guardian usually at the gate or largest statue if there is one. The offering will be some spare change. Still in the cemetery but far from the graves I will conduct the spell. I think the cemetery has a cross section (cross roads are great for spells)
Step 5: I will paint the box black and cover it with homemade sigils, for whatever nasty effects I desire to happen to this person. I will dig a large hole and place the box in the hole. I will light the candle I brought with me and seal all the ingredients with wax inside the box
Step 6: Then I will hammer a coffin nail through the closed box. I will take a shot of the liquor I brought with me and spit it on to the box. Then use my matches to light the box on fire and watch it burn. While burning I will chant what I want to happen to this person and certain aspects of the spell. Then I'll bury it.
To start off I am cursing a close relative. And yes, they do deserve it for various reasons, I'm not going to get super into (child abuse, domestic abuse, etc.) I've been following this person closely waiting for them to get any sort of karma or punishment for their acts which it's been years now and nothing has happened, go figure. Sadly the law has also not punished them at all, they are still close with that side of the family who supports them despite the abuse. I would like to curse the rest of them too, but right now the abuser goes first.

Bug/Normal: Balcoon (A giant worm with a growing/shrinking sphere)
Species: Magnegrube
Planet: Areoukos
Appearance

• Grub/Catterpillar like body with the front standing upright
• Size of a large mastiff
• Whole body is covered in cream colored oil.
• Very little detail

Powers and Abilities

• Wall climbing
• Matter Ingestion
• Possesses the ability to inflate a white sphere around body made up of its external oils up to the size of the average house
  • Objects/organisms fully incased in the white sphere can grow or shrink in size including itself
  • Sphere pops quickly afterwards usually after size is changed.
  • Sphere visibly blinds targets within it

Weaknesses/Drawback

• Heavy cumbersome movement
• Can’t shrink objects smaller than the size of a large grub
• Can’t grow objects out of its inflated sphere
• Shrunken lifeforms can grow back to their original size by eating, their metabolism will be focused on restoring size
• Sphere size doesn’t expand when grown, but does shrink if it’s body is smaller
  • Size limits still apply

Species/Planet Fact: One of the goals of the old Magnegrube empire was to grow the entire planet to be the largest one in the solar system for a sense of dominance. However even with most advanced (at the time) technological pushes, they cannot grow objects past their natural limit. Eventually the empire fell, and the plan was disregarded as a crazed ambition of an outdated time. Though, a modern spiritual successor to this ambition was formed as an underground facility launched out small capsules holding shrunken genetically altered eggs and technology. Hoping those offspring, engineered to be more aggressive, will eventually grow and takeover any planet they’ll land on, maybe even surpassing their growth limit one day.
Bug/Grass: Ultimate Fallinator (See original in Grass types)
Appearance

• Loss of legs
• Red and brown stripped body
• Larger body
• Flower head is more bulbous and has two black compound around it.
• Large cannon like accessories on side of body
• Stinger-Like horn

Powers/Ability

• Flight
• Sturdier fireproof body
• Powerful stinger-like horn
• Side accessories launch out multiple globs of a honey like substance
  • Sticks onto most surface
  • Extremely hard to come off
  • Spreads onto any other surface that touches it
• Passively sends out a stream of small bee shaped bacteria from accessories.
  • Bacteria flies out at high speeds and can hone in on objects with the honey-like substance no matter how small the amount is on them, from across planets
  • Each bacteria Explodes on collision with targeted objects
  • When not honing in on a target bacteria will fly around main body, and protect it from attacks exploding when taking hits, that the main body can endure

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

• No longer has telepathic command over pollen-like bacteria
• Can’t pick up objects with bacteria
• Loss of legs
• Loses some agility for extra speed/momentum

Bug/Fire: Ultimate Cockroast (See original in Fire types)
Appearance

• Has a new Crab-like body form
• Radioactive green coloring
• Cockroach like antennaes
• Large glowing square mark on body

Powers/Ability

• Vacuum Adaptation
• Thermo Adaptation
• Energy Immunity
• Molecular Regeneration
• Powerful stinger-like horn
• Body shoots radioactive rays that mutates organic matter, into radioactive mutated edible mass

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

• Looses internal cooking lava fluids
• Regeneration is a slower process with his body starting out incomplete to eventually fully regrowing
• Smaller mouth, limited diet.

Bug/Water: Myliobarroform Nemetrix Predator of the Fortmolus (See Concher in Water Types)
Appearance

• Small flat triangular body
• Mouse like fur and features
• Long tail that naturally rests on top of its body

Hunting Method

• High animalistic intelligence
• Agile Movement
• Slight Gliding Jumps
• Sharp Teeth
• Matter consumption
• Burrowin
  • Hides in burrows usually out of consumed matter, especially carcasses/fortmollus shells
• DangeProximity Sense
• Tail launches out a fast needle/arrow-like electrical projectiles
  • This projectile follows the ionized trail left by prey/shelled objects
  • When it hits between the snail like body and the and the outer shell, it’ll disconnect the shell and de-snail an object. Or if it hits a smaller, more critical area in the main Fortmolus, the Formolus body will lose its shell, therefore all of their projectiles, and their shells bodies will die off within minutes due to the atmosphere.

Planet/Species Fact: With Myliobarrowform main hunting behavior being hiding away directly from prey, and taking potshots when its safest mostly from a distance. Like mice on earth, their species have been a symbol/word associated with cowardice, and weakness to the Formolus who value honor and glory with up close and personal fights. However with one famous dominant Fortmolus empire falling to an unexpected Myliobarrowform strike, some modern rebel alliances adopted their safe and “cowardly” tactics to take down the dominant subspecies of their time. But in response punishments for using these tactics have become marsh harsher than any other crime on Venidicus.
Bug/Elctric: Trojan Horse Nemetrix Predator of the Harattnip (See Web Work in Electric Types)
Appearance

• Red and Black Horse like body
• Full body made out of red digital markings/texts
• Fiery aura radiating from body

Hunting Method

• High speeds
• Super heated body through any point of the body
• Electricity/Data absorbtion
• Body can phase into technology with force (Usually from a hoof stomp)
  • Once phased in devices will superheat and eventually corrupting the data to the point of easy absorbtion
  • When this happens to the Harattnip the “Data” it’s body will feel superheated as the “data” stored inside its abdomen will spread into all of its body causing irreparable “brain damage/death”

Planet/Species Fact: The Trojan Horse started a collection of undetected viruses from various computers downloaded on Harattnip. They gained artificial intelligence from a sudden overheating in their located computer system, gaining their forms based off the concept known as the “Trojan Horse”. While the majority of the population do not communicate and only has animalistic intelligence, there have been a few special cases that have mutated or, reprogrammed themselves to utilize communication to trick their prey. Example cases are known as the “SPIDELOVEYOU” and the “Neighgeriean PRINCE”.
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Bug/Flying: Pyrosprite Nemetrix predator of the Dipterak (See Invincibug in Flying Types)
Appearance

• Small incredibly smooth human like appearance
• Appears to have a skirt made of red feathers
• Gains a more rough/warted frog like body when it body becomes polluted or, dirty

Hunting Method

• High Flying leaps
• Fire immunity
• Heat sense
• Extendible tongue
• Feathery “skirt” molts onto an object causing the appearance of massive wear and tear, pollution, and or just really dirty or ugly, before briefly igniting all the impurities off completely cleansing the object.
  • The dirty appearances delicious and attracts Dipteraks
  • The brief fire caused by this ignites most other living organisms, especially Dipteraks where the distress caused by their bodies combusting, will hijack their natural reflective instincts

Planet/Species Fact: The Spark cleaners are highly valued service animals trained to the dominant non-Dipterak species thanks to their ability to both clean and hunt down Dipteraks. They require specialized training by handlers as not to cause any destruction by their literal “cleansing power of fires”. But due to the Pyrosprite’s social personality, a few rich folk hold these more so as pets which more often than not, causes their homes to burst in their flames, leaving the wreckage to become food to be entire parties of Dipteraks.
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Bug/Ice: Ult Igloon (See Original in Ice Types)
Appearance

• Abdomen in now a giant steel like orb made out of various “metal bricks”
• Round head that can’t fully extend outside of “entrances”
• Retractable spikess
• Loss of Limbs

Powers/Ability

• Controlled High-speed Rolling
• Retractable Spikes
• Full 360 vision
• Self Regeneration
• Giant metal cannonball-like projectiles out of entrance
• Main head has better sight than it’s full vision outside of the body

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

• Permanently semi-retracted in abdomen
• Can’t extend abdomen
  • Lack of movement options especially vertically
• Self regeneration can only heal surface level injuries

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Bug/Ground: Sleetgale Nemetrix Predator of the Scerra (See Doom Beatle in Electric Types)
Appearance

• Round Body
• Shovel-Like beak
• Large blue and white wings

Hunting Method

• Drops a pellet that freezes a single object mass (Particularly an orb created by a Scerra)
• Releases snow from mouth, and creates strong winds with wings.
  • Frozen objects (especially movable ones like a Scerra orb) collect snow from the beak and continuously grow as it’s pushed by the winds “snowballing and entrapping prey inside the snow. (This snow is a particularly sticky substance).

Planet/Species Fact: Snow proof protection equipment are common amongst the Scerra people for generations, usual in form of gloves to push back against the snowballs created by the Sleetgale. There was once an ancient hero who used this equipment to push back against a Sleetgale snowball the size of an entire nation. That story has inspired a sport where Scerras would try to push against a Sleetgate snowball as big as possible. While most normally test them out in controlled environment with simulated or trained Sleetgale there are those brave to push their limits in the wild. Casualties aren’t unheard of in either environment.
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Bug/Rock: Ultimate Household (See original in Rock types)
Appearance

• Stone grey with neon blue/yellow streaks
• Massive Size increase, body becomes more square shaped
• Head becomes more reptilian

Powers/Ability

• Now able to hold an entire city block on the back
• Controls electronic/mechanical objects within the area
• Controls the weather directly on its back, can cause natural disasters
• Telepathic communication with everyone on the city block

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:

• More limited sensory of city block on back than base form
• Harder time controlling large numbers of multiple technology on back

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Bug/Fighting: Float Stinger (Boxing Butterbee obsessed with a fair fight)
Species: Anthohamid
Planet: Wimabee
Appearance

• Anthropomorphic Bee like body
• Large butterfly wings
• Boxing-gloves like front hand

Powers and Abilities

• Expert Boxing Skills
• Size/strength adjustment particularly to the proportions against a specific opponent
• Power nullifying honey spit
  • Includes Alien abilities, and magic
  • Affects normally intangible targets
  • Disables technology

Weaknesses

• Honey doesn’t affect natural flight or strength
• Violently compelled to fight
  • Specifically a fair fight
• Will adjust powers and size to be proportionate to specific opponent, even when the opponent is normally weakesmaller than itself naturally
• Mentally compelled to fight in a traditional boxing style and not break any rules when fighting

Planet/Species Fact: According to legend the world of Wimabee, and the Anthohamid were initially as a sport between various ancient hyper-powered individuals created in an ancient time of god-like figures with various powers on a universe-scale that they have become unmesureable in their strength they. But to properly challenge themselves, they creates a series of sports against each other, creating a material that will hold back their god-like powers to truly test their skill at a viably competitive level. After their time, their arena would become the planet of Wimabee, and the Anthohamid were created to continue tradition of fair sports between powerful gods.
Bug/Psychic: Hivematter (Adaptive Human Hive)
Species: Darwasp
Planet: Hexasocal
Appearance

• Humanoid body with yellow/white hive
• Lack of facial features
• Beehive pattern across body with hexagonal craters
• Large bulbous head where the craters rise up
• Various white larval bodies that internally inhabit body and protrude into external craters

Powers and Abilities

• Internal Larval bodies act as all necessary internal bodily functions, and capable to reproduce.
  • All larval bodies act as collective mind.
• Able to withstand bursts of damage/stress
• In response to stimuli/stress Larval Bodies will create additional body features/functions to adapt to it.
  • Examples: (Gills for Underwater areas),A Prehensile Tail (For grabbing objects traversing through high up areas), Heatproof skin in hot environments/ fire damage), Dark Vision (For dark areas), Magnetism (In Response to Steel Areas)
  • Includes Internal Anatomy (Shield Mind from Telepathy), (Acidic Blood for those who would try to drain them, (Resistance to toxins)

Weaknesses

• Larval bodies instantly die out of body
  • Only one is needed to survive, but the fewer there are the slower the adaptations are made
• Larval bodies can’t make adaptions to themselves
• Adaptations are only reactionary to stimuli that causes stress (Physical or mental), and cannot be used to challenge or prepare for upcoming stresses.
• Adaptations take time to create (These are caused by the Larval bodies so this can’t be adapted)
• Adaptations usually have weaknesses
• Loses a lot of durability after first major hit of damage and are more susceptible to a different kind of stress

Planet/Species Fact: Almost every species have the same adaptational abilities of the Darwasp, causing them to individually evolve in a matter of minutes, it is also covered in predators who are all individually extremely competitive and constantly trying to consume each other. The Darwasp are the only species to not primarily be aggressive as a species (though its not uncommon for individuals to hunt and even cannibalize), they live in the most dangerous biome that constantly changes at a pace most other species will die due to being too slow for adapting except the Darwasp due to their noticeably higher adaptation rate.
Bug/Poison: Scorpain (Scorpion that hurts anything on contact)
Species: Toscarp Planet: Forneur
Appearance

• Thin Body
• Scorpion head
• Hairy Body
• Long Lanky Ribbon-like arms
• Long Dragged out Scorpion tail
• Big meaty scorpion claws

Powers and Abilities

• Toxic Sweat/Hairs covering body
• Toxins stimulate intense pain skin contact, no matter the species in quick burst, a single touch can feel like a punch from a pro boxer.
  • Toxin able to soak through most materials and even through skin
  • This amplifies physical force that comes with it
• Heat/Energy resistance
• Burrowing
• Durable/Squishy Body
• Extremely Durable Attachment at end of tail

Weaknesses

• Low Energy/Slow Metabolism
• Toxins does not affect material that cannot feel pains
• Vulnerable to piercing weapons

Planet/Species Fact: Due to them having nearly invulnerable bodies that defend themselves on contact, the Toscarp have low metabolism and spend time isolated basking in one spot where they idle their time. Some Toscarps participate in hunting culture, and have higher energy than their relaxed counterparts. They gain this excess energy by hunting down and consuming predators that attack with projectile from higher grounds. They locate them by finding corpses on the outside/surface that are marked with these projectiles.
Bug/Ghost: Silk Cover (Silk worm that string shots targets into the phantom zone)
Species: Phantamorph
Planet: Purpa
Appearance

• Legless body
• Wrapped in thin silk
• Caterpillar like head

Powers and Abilities

• Levitation
• Intangibility
• Releases intangible strings that wrap around targets (living or otherwise)
  • Connected targets become intangible, and able to levitate, and mute (to everyone except other targets and the Phantomorph itself.
  • Able to extend range of strings/targets up to 30 feet or retract target with tethered body.

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Weaknesses:

• Can naturally be harmed by sound/sonic waves, and extreme temperatures
  • This includes connected targets
  • When harmed it may lose focus and disconnect tethered targets
  • Size limit on what the projected string can attach
• Low Movement

Planet/Species Fact: Their internal organs are 99% fluids, these fluids are found in various streams on the planet of Purpa, where fertilized eggs are dumped into them to develop into full Phantamorphs. These liquids also have the intangibility giving properties their strings can infiltrate. Other incompatible species who stay in there long enough will eventually become intangible, mute, and able to levitate, even invisible in extreme cases and can only interact with the natural strings the Phantamorphs expel. Dunking incompatible species, and even alien invaders is often performed as an unusually cruel prank or even punishment.
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Bug/Dragon: Wyrmoil (Embodiment of ‘the worm turns’)
Species: Angellid
Planet: Turnterra
Appearance:

• Black Scaled Worm Like body
• Beady Eyes
• Fanged underbite
• Has a much largewyrm dragon like form with collosal fangs

Powers/Abilities:

• Able to separate body into worms
  • Worms are all of one mind
  • Worms separated could number in the hundreds of thousands
• When any worm separated is destroyed, it leaves a colorless/odorless mark on the target that is near impossible to remove
• Regenerates from liquid mark
  • Mark evaporates or precipitates outside of object before regeneration
• New regenerated body is much larger, stronger, faster, and durable, with large jaws.
  • Attribute increase with the amount of liquid it regenerated out of, could reach the size of twice ultimate way big if every single mark is collected, body from one mark is the size of a car.

Weaknesses

• Regenerated body can’t split into worms
• Regenerated body has a fast metabolism and will revert back into its normal body after not eating for a little while.
• After regeneration, other liquid marks will soon evaporate and disperse
• Can’t regenerate in a space too small (ie a predators stomach)

Planet/Species Fact: Angellids are frequently visited by different types of alien predators who consume or destroy their individual worm bodies and fly back to their home planet, where naturally their giant monstrous forms regrow and wreak havoc, some even conquering the planets they’ve been Shanghaid. But authorities have been called about this, and all the alien Angelids were brought back to their own world. However this lead to the discovery of one planet where there was no powerful Annelids to be found, but a predator much worse. No documents have been made on this discovery for it has became too unsafe to not be sanctioned off. But it left an impact on the people of Turnterra, spreading as a worldwide ‘boogeyman’.
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BUG STL: Trainpede (Milipede Train playing ‘Snake') Species: Scolductor
Planet: Trake
Appearance

• Segmented Milipede body
• Metallic Exoskeleton
• Train ‘cowcatcher’ shaped head.
• Initially 6 segments (Length of two couches)
• Height and width of a dog

Powers and Abilities

• Web Crawling
• Flexibility
• Steel Body
• Picks up high speed and momentum
• Metal consumption via Ram Feeding
  • Can self cannibalized itself
• After consuming enough metal, it grows another segment to body gaining extra speed/momentum
• Able to split off segments of a body like a train car
  • Cut body can act like a projectile with remaining momentum
• Able to regenerate head from any open facing section once body is cut off.

Weaknesses

• Can destroy its own body by running through itself
• Loses momentum when it splits itself
  • When at 3 segments it’s only as fast as a normal bike
• Relies on momentum to chew metal quickly

Species/Planet Fact: Scolductor mainly live in bustling metropolis, going from place to place at high speeds, metal bodies are often crashed into, and consumed just as fast. It happens so often that the common Scolductor don’t bother on maintaining long bodies, unless their dedicated high speed military/sport racers. But the minimum is around 4 body segments, a 3 segment body is usually not fast enough to ram feed metal and grow a segment. So they would rely on the help of others, or at worse be tweeted as second class citizens. But some cities have underground communities where short body Scolductors will climb out at night and roam the streets.
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Bug/Dark: Incogsquito (A Giant bug in the trench coat the teenage mutant ninja turtles wear)
Species: Nosee’us
Planet: Arthrobond
Appearance

• Anthropomorphic body with a mosquito like head
• Wears a trenchcoat-like coat
• Also outfitted with a fedora hat

Powers and Abilities

• Specialized Pheromone excretions
  • These Pheromones causes living individuals to perceive them as an ordinant/unimportant individual, basically someone in the background/not worth interacting.
    • If suspect by another individual, they can escape field of view and become unsuspecting once their back in line of sight
  • Comes with the psychological push on others to not avoid interaction/scrutiny
  • If captured in a photo/video, the pheromones will shade out its body
• Mosquito-like mouth performs blood absorption
  • This can either feel like either a bug-bite or a rain drop

Weaknesses/Drawback

• Though digital capture shades him out, it negates its unsuspecting effects
• Pheromones do not affect technological senses/beings
• Can be suspects by others through force of will, or if the situation demands itself to be scrutinized
• Pheromones don’t work on targets if physical contact made between the two
• Pheromones do not affect other Nosee’us

Species/Planet Fact: Multiple technologies, especially bioengineering kind shave been made on Arthrobond that has their identity hiding pheromones effect them even on photos/videos. Even some smaller niche technologies where they purposefully stop exerting pheromones. How and when they should expose themselves to other worlds for they are really unknown, is an ongoing debate amongst the species, with very few gaining a name from themselves, and there’s an active effort to make their entire planet off the radar. But now it’s unanimously agreed to keep the planet more hidden since the rest of the solar system is at war.
Bug/Fairy: Dust Sprite (Chaotic Pixie dust unleashing Moth fairy)
Species: Dunfust
Planet: Tinkepan
Appearance:

• Large colorful wings with a rug like texture/pattern
• Fat silverfish like body
• Wears a tunic

Powers/Abilities

• Special Dust gathering/generation
  • Once this dust makes contact with skin or lungs on a target, it causes a series of physical and/or mental changes. Including but not limited to (Polymorph, Change in gravity, Allergic Reaction, Increase/Decrease of Speed, Loss of Energy, Hallucination. Memory altering, Size Change, Voice Change, Duplication, Personality Alteration, etc)
  • Flight
  • Dust can cover body add for cushioning/protection

Weaknesses

• Dust needs to make near immediate skin or lung contact to take effect usually dissipates if left in the aiground
• Dust effects are always temporary and never lethal (Duration depends on volume usually 5-20 min)
  • Even occasions where death is seemingly brought by effects are reversed (Ie if dust causes person to turn to glass and they shatter, they’ll reform once dust is removed)
• Dust effects are random and may end up doing negligible or even beneficial effects on the targets

Planet/Species Fact: Tinkepan is normally a boring plane field/forest. But can be altered by the reality warping dust carried by the Dunfust. Contrary to the nature of their abilities Dunfust aren’t particularly creative, or fun loving creatures. They only use their reality altering dust to terraform the planet for temporary shelter or self defense. But there are a few more wondrous and artistic sections of the world that has somehow been permanently altered suggesting a history or even an ancestral species with a more creative culture.

Hello and I wanted to ask about your disses within your world, I have my disease here and let me show you
The John Doe Epidemic started in the winter of 1916. After a small cargo vessel (full of european refugees) arrived from Royan, France. And arrived at the port of Wilmington, NC. After arriving the passengers disembarked, but the crew and passenger were sick with diseases. It quickly spread throughout the port and surrounding Wilmington area, around 5 months later Mexico declared war on America and invaded , now with soldiers in transit the disease spread even faster, quickly going into 10 different states within 5 days and soon half the US by the 7th week. And by early to mid 1917 the disease was now within Mexico causing havoc for both sides, and it was soon exposed to poison gas and mustard gas. Deployed by both sides, it mutated and a new strain was developed, it also reached Canada from American citizens fleeing Teaxs and the surrounding states. With Alberta being the first Canadian territory to be infected, the Orginal symptoms were: Extreme cough, fatigue, fever and body temperature exceeded 100 degrees, infection of the mouth, nose, and throat, swelling of fingers (depending on the persons eating, drinking, and cleaning habits it would also swell the toes, stomach, and backside) and cause severe respiratory problems and even cardiac arrest or seizures. With the new Strain it now irritated the skin, caused swelling of the eyes, and a unbearable burning sensation within the eyes, yellowish spots to appear on the Nose, mouth and neck. And now would cause symptoms similar to drowning. With the blockage of the nose and mouth. When ever a person coughed or tried to sneeze it would be stuck and have no where to go. Pooling within the body and in some cases the person would drown in their own fluids, people also could not drink or eat without having to cut open such areas to allow air flow and food. But this may cause infection and lead to death even quicker,
All in all it lasted from the winter of 1916 to mid 1923 7 million people lost their lives 4 million American soldiers and civilians, 1 millions Mexican troops and civilians. And over 2 million Canadian civilians….this dsses was caused when several French civilians and French soldiers who had deserted, were low on food and starving they found Several dead Does, either shot or blown apart by bombs, the ate without question. With hunger being so much it didn’t matter that dear were rotted and decayed, with maggots and flies and other incest within them, the disses is supposed to be within the maggots and larvae being digested it came in contact with human bacteria and mutated and evolved over time as the French were on the ship, the disses could be spread by touch, cough, spit, or even wearing someone clothes or sleeping area (such as a tint of cot)
I would appreciate feedback and also the way your disses works also