Once a fortress where wizards honed their eldritch craft, the Scarlet Citadel now holds a sinister reputation—and for a good reason. The dungeon’s well-trod stairs have seen few return from their journeys below. Now, malevolent creatures spin shadowy webs, enchant foul magics, and summon forth dark gods. But for those brave enough, ancient treasures and secrets still lie scattered everywhere.
Come and be the Goddamn Heroes
The Scarlet Citadel is a classic-style adventure for 10 levels of play, With evocative combats and magical mysteries brimming with plots and subplots This takes places in The Midgard setting by Kobold Press. With many new races, subclasses and hundreds of new spells Link to the world map of Midgard https://midgardmap.koboldpress.com/
Greetings aspiring Heroes I am DM Shaugnar or simply Dan. I am a professional DM that has been running D&D 5e games for a long time now. And i am looking for players that are interested in Playing D&D and also find a great and friendly group to play with. Everyone is welcome, beginners and veterans alike. A place where we treat each other with respect. Time slot for this game Wednesdays 7pm EST
In my games you can expect A Good mix of combat and rp A living and Breathing world Great maps, aps all with Dynamic lightning A slightly reworked campaign to make give it that little extra and add in players backstories A game and a DM that welcomes new players Combat, social encounters, RP, Exploration, Mysteries. Many Memorable NPC's to interact with Possibility to continue the adventure beyond Scarlet Citadel A safe space, everyone is welcome. no racism or discrimination All brought to you by an experienced and friendly DM
Rules: Be 18+. Bee a decent person. No racism, homophobia, sexism and so on. No personal attacks, don't be rude. You know the drill. Treat others with respect. if you are unable to do so you will be removed from the game
Game will be run on Roll20 and voice will be over Discord. Sessions will be 3 hours with a short break in the middle
Link to the game on Roll20 https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/373451/scarlet-citadel-a-dungeon-of-secrets-wednesdays-beginner-and-lgbt-friendly-game-come-and-forge-your-destiny
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Once a fortress where wizards honed their eldritch craft, the Scarlet Citadel now holds a sinister reputation—and for a good reason. The dungeon’s well-trod stairs have seen few return from their journeys below. Now, malevolent creatures spin shadowy webs, enchant foul magics, and summon forth dark gods. But for those brave enough, ancient treasures and secrets still lie scattered everywhere.
The Scarlet Citadel is a classic-style adventure for 10 levels of play, With evocative combats and magical mysteries brimming with plots and subplots This takes places in The Midgard setting by Kobold Press. With many new races, subclasses and hundreds of new spells Link to the world map of Midgard https://midgardmap.koboldpress.com/
Greetings aspiring Heroes I am DM Shaugnar or simply Dan. I am a professional DM that has been running D&D 5e games for a long time now. And i am looking for players that are interested in Playing D&D and also find a great and friendly group to play with. Everyone is welcome, beginners and veterans alike. A place where we treat each other with respect. Time slot for this game Wednesdays 7pm EST
In my games you can expect A Good mix of combat and rp A living and Breathing world Great maps, aps all with Dynamic lightning A slightly reworked campaign to make give it that little extra and add in players backstories A game and a DM that welcomes new players Combat, social encounters, RP, Exploration, Mysteries. Many Memorable NPC's to interact with Possibility to continue the adventure beyond Scarlet Citadel A safe space, everyone is welcome. no racism or discrimination All brought to you by an experienced and friendly DM
Rules: Be 18+. Bee a decent person. No racism, homophobia, sexism and so on. No personal attacks, don't be rude. You know the drill. Treat others with respect. if you are unable to do so you will be removed from the game
Game will be run on Roll20 and voice will be over Discord. Sessions will be 3 hours with a short break in the middle
Link to the game on Roll20 https://app.roll20.net/lfg/listing/373451/scarlet-citadel-a-dungeon-of-secrets-wednesdays-beginner-and-lgbt-friendly-game-come-and-forge-your-destiny
Link to the game on Startplaying https://startplaying.games/adventure/clj65fan9000b08mb6v760zap
If you do not have a Starplaying account sign up here https://startplaying.games/referral/ckqo2gzfy23o4bopkamba7goz
It is free to join and a good place to find games. And they take care of payment in an easy and safe way. you never have to share any payment information with me

I hope this is the right place to put this - my character will be soon levelling to level 9, and with 6 levels in sorcerer and 2 already in bard I need to choose a bard subclass.
We have been playing in the Odyssey of the Dragonlords setting - Arcanum World's campaign - for about 3 and a half years now. For those unfamiliar, it is an Ancient Greek-themed world that sees you become a dragon rider and fight some evil gods - classic DnD stuff.
The party consists of a chronomancy wizard (broken as hell), a gorgon oath of ancients paladin, and my character: a shadow sorcerer changeling with a few levels in bard. Our DM has been incredible at facilitating where we want our characters to go, and I have managed to make my sorcerebard a very effective gish. My character has a solid AC because of some mithril armour (boosted by Haste and shield), an amulet of health, and a dancing sword (bonus action attack). We replaced the hound of ill omen level 6 sorcerer feature with the hexblades charisma attack/ damage feature so my melee skills are pretty good. This combined with the amulet of health and AC means I can fight effectively in the centre of battle and hold my own with the paladin: throwing out fireballs and bonus action slicing people with th dancing sword.
If I was power gaming I would have levelled into paladin, got some smites and called it a day. However, my character is in love with the goddess of music and so bard made a lot of thematic sense, and also gave me access to the very powerful 'boreal harp' which has access to control weather, conjure animals, levitate etc.
With the upcoming level up, I am going to need to choose a bard subclass, and I am completely stumped. The option I have been thinking about for a while is College of Swords (my DM has agreed to tweak this so the flourishes can be used a number of times equal to my proficiency bonus rather than only use bardic inspiration). This change would make it way more viable, but I am worried about it becoming less useful down the line. Another option we discussed is College of Creation, which may be more useful for allies but cut down on how much damage I can do. College of Valor seems really boring and kind of useless. College of Eloquence would be cool but would end up not really fitting into the party aesthetic - it would end up with a bit too much main-character energy.
I am open to homebrew if it makes sense; we are playing to have fun, so as long as it seems engaging and interesting, we tend to run with it. The shadow magic of my character has flavoured all aspects of their magic: fireballs are black flame, misty step has me stepping into the shadows, inflict wounds is some form of shadowy poison, etc. If I do go with swords, how could I flavour it to feel in line with the character's darker magic as well as the Greek setting?
The intention is to resume levelling sorcerer after this level so I really only need to worry about level 3 bard characteristics. Any advice would be amazing.

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ULTRA EVOLUTIONS UNLEASHED Discover fantastic new looks and fabulous new abilities with Ultra Evolutions!

• All characters can now evolve to Ultra form and add some swagger to your Squad
• Check out all of the 27 new Ultra Evolutions in the Squad tab in the game.

COLLECT HAMMERS & CUSTOMIZE YOUR PLAZA
The Plaza Shop is open for business!

• Buy tons of top shelf Plaza decorations from the Plaza Builder with Hammers!
• Find Hammers in Battles, from rewards or in the Shop, and use them to build Plaza decorations!

NEW GEM PASS SEASON: MOONLIGHT MATCHUP
Get ready for a new Gem Pass season full of prizes, including the two newest MEGA Units:

• MEGA Magical Shelly: Dazzle others with her sparkling looks and Magic Blastwand!
• MEGA Kitsune Witch: Outfox foes with bountiful Skeleton hordes and a 3-bolt attack!

The MEGA BANK will also return this season, and no longer requires buying a Super Pass!
BALANCING UPDATES
Everyone has a place in Squad Busters, and every unique character deserves its space to shine. These updates aim to help all Squad building choices feel meaningful, and to help enable countless paths to victory!
Character balancing: Supply-focused units have improved abilities to better balance them with fighters

• Chicken gives 1 additional Turbo Boot
• Baby Greg chops trees slightly faster
• Goblin gives more Coins when joining the Squad
• Trader gives 1 additional Gem after collecting enough Coins
• Mavis can now get Gems from Carrots in addition to Coins

Many characters have improved Health to help them last longer in fights, especially ranged units

• +100 Health: Goblin, Chicken, Archer Queen, Witch, Shelly, Nita, Max
• +150 Health: Bo, Colt, Wizard
• +200 Health: Medic, Dynamike, Pam, Penny, Tank (on foot)
• +500 Health: MEGA Dragon Chicken

Summoned unit balancing:
Witch Skeletons have consolidated strength to improve map readability and help unclog Portals

• Witch Skeletons have much more Health, but slightly reduced maximum lifetime
• Witches summon slightly slower, but all at once, to a maximum of 12 Skeletons at a time
• Skeleton Spell deploys fewer Skeletons

Royale King Recruits have been drilled into shape to better guard their King

• Royal Recruits have more damage and tons more Health

MEGA Unit balancing:
MEGA Units appear during matches less randomly, and more often when you need them (sometimes)

• MEGA Units are now much less likely to appear for players with a high position or big Squad
  
  • Instead, they appear more often for Squads that have been diminished later in the match
  • Being close to getting busted and being in low position increases chances to find a MEGA
• Fewer MEGA units will be offered during matches
  
  • MEGA Units will no longer appear until after 2:00 in the match
  • MEGA Units will no longer appear to Squads that already have a MEGA Unit
  • MEGA Units will no longer appear when using an Epic Key or Fusion Key
  • MEGA Units will no longer appear for a while after you refuse one from a Chest

Battle Mods balancing:

• Tree Giants: now have a chance to drop The Log Spell
• Royal Haunt: Royal Ghosts drop more loot to better reward Ghost hunters
• Epic Overload: has been moved to Royal World
• Super Gem Mine: has been moved to Desert World

Other balancing updates:

• Turbo now recharges faster, so there's more running and less waiting
• Monsters now drop more Coins later in the match, to help ease rebuilding Squads
• Greg's Trees, Bea's Hives, and Tank's Tanks reappear faster to improve availability
• Blue Powerup Boxes drop 1 extra Coin to enable faster match starts
• Royal World maps spawn more Guards to help keep up the action

OTHER IMPROVEMENTS & FIXES

• Keep an eye out for Chest Doublers in events and the Shop, and get 2x Reward Chest prizes!
• Invite friends to play Squad Busters and earn Rewards for you and your friends!
  
  • Check out the new Referral tab in your Friends list!
• Daily Deals can now be refreshed in the Shop for Coins
  
• The Chest Ticket refresh timer now pauses instead of resets when filling up on Chest Tickets
  
• Your Squad Next Battle has been updated to have much fewer locked characters per Battle for players before Squad League
  
• Other performance improvements and bug fixes
  

UPCOMING EVENTS & CONTENT
Piñata Festival
Collect Piñata Sticks with friends and earn special Rewards!

• Look for a giant Piñata visiting you Plaza for your chance to collect Piñata Sticks in Battles!
• Collect enough Piñata Sticks to open Piñatas full of Coins and items for your Battle Bag!
• Add friends to your Piñata hunt and make progress together!

Ice World

• 3 New Characters and 4 new Mods!

1. Centralize the Town Hall: Protect your Town Hall with your most powerful defenses. Centralizing it makes it harder for attackers to reach and ensures they need to go through multiple defenses to get to it.
2. Spread out Air Defenses: Place Air Defenses in such a way that they cover the entire base and overlap each other's range. This helps in defending against air attacks, especially from powerful troops like Dragons and Lava Hounds.
3. Create compartments: Divide your base into compartments using walls. This slows down the enemy's troops and prevents them from easily navigating through your base.
4. Protect key defenses: Place your Inferno Towers, Eagle Artillery, and other high-damage defenses such as X-Bows and Wizard Towers in positions where they can cover multiple compartments and defend against various types of attacks.
5. Anti-Queen Walk/Cleaner: Design your base to prevent Queen Walks or make them less effective. Place defenses such as Archer Queen, Hidden Teslas, and traps in areas where Queen Walks are likely to start.
6. Anti-3 Star Layout: Aim to create a base that is difficult to 3-star. This involves spreading out your defenses effectively to make it challenging for attackers to get to the core and take down all your key structures.
7. Trap Placement: Strategically place traps such as bombs, air mines, and seeking air mines to surprise and weaken attacking troops.
8. Test and Adapt: After creating your base layout, test it against different attack strategies in friendly challenges or by participating in wars. Analyze how well it defends against different attacks and make adjustments accordingly.

Nba mock draft 1. Hawks-Alex Sarr C
Alex Sarr is the number one prospect and with a offense that runs through Trae Young, he plugs in as a immediate rim running big with potential on both sides of the floor.

1. Wizards-Stephon Castle PG/SG

The Wizards go all in on upside and bet that there is more to Castle than he showed at Uconn. I believe he has the tool and the work ethic to put it all together and the Wizards get someone to grow along Bilal Coulibaly

1. Rockets-Reed Sheppard PG/SG

The rockets are in a hard position because they don’t need a for sure starter. They select the player who has a play style that benefits all those around him and doesn’t need the ball to succeed. Sheppard lands in a spot where he can continue to be a impactful player and contribute to winning.

1. Spurs-Zaccharie Risacher SF

The spurs biggest Issues are 3 point shooting and defense. they get a lengthy 3&D forward than can immediately plug in as a floor spacer for their new found star in Wemby. He has potential to be more than just a 3&D forward and has a archetype necessary for winning teams.

1. Pistons-Matas Buzelis SF/PF

The pistons get unlucky with the top 2 shooters going in back to back picks before them. They select the next best thing in Matas in hopes that he can become a all around wing that can space the floor for the team and play great team defense.

1. Hornets-Jared McCain PG/SG

The Hornets go against the consensus and try to select their backcourt partner for Lamelo Ball. He can play both offball and on ball in the absence Lamelo. He brings very valuable shooting and is willing to do all the small things to make a team win to a team being built around Lamelo and Brandon Miller.

1. Blazers-Ron Holland SF/PF

The blazers are still trying to find their identity as they hope that Scoot Henderson develops into a star for them. They take a stab at a a player filled with potential at a position of need. Ron Holland offers immediate defense to the front court and has two way potential that the Blazers will try to tap into to build a possible playoff core.

1. Spurs-Rob Dillingham PG

Rob Dillingham lands to the spurs as they look for a pg that can help alleviate shot creating and ball handling issues. Rob is by far the best ball handler in the class and the spurs hope to maximize that while hiding his weaknesses with a potential dpoy superstar.

1. Grizzlies-Donovan Clingan C

The grizzlies strike gold as the second best center falls into their lap. After the loss of Steven Adams really hurt them last season, they bounce back with a great defensive center that can hold down the paint while Ja, Bane and JJJ take over the offense.

1. Jazz-Nikola Topic PG

The jazz are overjoyed a playmaker fall into their laps. They are filled with plenty of scoring guards and finally get their hands on a playmaker that can possibly boost the performance of the rest of the team.

1. Bulls-Kel’el Ware C

The Bulls are in no man land where they seem to want to compete but have not shown they can go all the way. They take a stab at potential right here as they get a bigman to try to replace Vucevic that better complements the team. If Lonzo can come back, Ware becomes an immediate lob threat every game. Ideally they trade up for Clingan.

1. Thunder-Tidjane Salaun SF

The Thunder were the 1st seed and have plenty of depth across the board. They take a gamble on potential with Salaun as he doesn’t need to step in right away, and can observe and improve his game with no pressure.

1. Kings-Dalton Knecht SF

Harrison barnes is getting older and the Kings look like they want to win. They draft one of the most ready players at a position of need that fits great into their fast pace offense and can take a scoring load off Fox and Sabonis. Shooters always have a place on winning teams.

1. Blazers-Cody Williams

The Blazers seem to have their back court of the future already and continue to add to the front court. They get a very lengthy wing with all the tools to be a great player. They invest in their front court so that they can have length and complimentary skills that can benefit their guards while fitting the timeline of Scoot and Sharpe.

so me and a DM made a bet half a year ago, if I could sabotage his campaign without PK'ing, Griefing, Being a Jerk, Murder Hobo'ing, getting other players killed via false evidence etc. I would win a Cookie. I originally said that If I wanted a party to die there's nothing the DM can do to stop me if i put my mind to it. so here is how it went
I proved a point to my DM friend by slowly sabotaging a group i was in over the span of 5 months, I didn't ruin the fun for the other players nor the DM literally no one knew that I was slowly building up the greatest failure the DM has ever seen.
From making sure to be slightly impatient and bringing up interesting places to go that were far away from markets to side track the party so they forget to buy ropes, rations, etc. To outright slowly convincing the party its a smarter idea not to leave traces of people behind since we might have assassins tracking us, which we did have a problem with at one point but I ended it entirely with connections in the underground and the bounty hunter posts.
basically I had the entire party slowly make a habit of relying on effectively luck and my character for getting out of caves and such without leaving escape ropes leading out.
This lead to the entire party getting trapped in a dragons lair after I convinced the bard that its a bad idea to leave openings for things to come in during boss fights, to which he relayed effectively the same ideas to the barbarian and wizard and I chipped in to further side with that idea closing off yet another way out.
When we killed the dragon we all were happy until we had no rope to escape, no way to get out since 3 months prior I convinced the wizard not to get mold earth and if our druid was still alive he also didn't have it but he did have good berry which Is why I made sure the dragons agro was on me when I was in front of the druid so when it breathed it would hit the druid, this caused the druids death since they refused to take shelter and heal up.

Hogwarts
Nestled amidst the picturesque Highlands, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry stands as a breathtaking testament to architectural splendor and enchantment.
As you approach, its grandeur unfolds before your eyes. Towers and spires reach toward the heavens, seemingly touching the clouds, the castle’s facade, adorned with intricate carvings and mystical symbols, tells a tale of centuries gone by, whispering secrets only the ancient stones remember.
Its sprawling structure sprawls across the rugged hillside, forming a labyrinth of corridors, chambers, and hidden alcoves. Within its walls, the castle boasts countless rooms, each one possessing its own allure and mystery.
Yet, it is not just the scale that captivates the senses; it is the palpable magic that permeates every stone, every crevice. The air crackles with untamed energy, as if the very essence of the wizarding world dances within its walls. Whispers of spells and incantations echo through the corridors, mingling with the laughter and camaraderie of students.
As daylight bathes the castle, the windows reveal an its colours, casting vibrant hues upon the ancient stones. When night falls, the castle transforms into a beacon of light, its windows aglow with the soft radiance of countless enchanted candles, casting a warm and ethereal glow.
Magical creatures find their place within the castle’s embrace. From the majestic owls that roost in the Owlery to the mischievous ghosts that roam the corridors. Vines and ivy cling to the walls, their emerald tendrils tracing intricate patterns, as if celebrating the union of magic and nature. With the lush greenery of lawns, gardens, and the Forbidden Forest providing a haven for magical flora and fauna.
In every nook and cranny, Hogwarts weaves a tapestry of beauty, history, and wonder. It is a sanctuary of knowledge, a playground of magical discovery, and a testament to the profound connection between humans and the mystical world that surrounds them. To walk its corridors and gaze upon its splendor is to witness the embodiment of the wizarding realm—a place where dreams take flight and the extraordinary becomes ordinary.
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Greetings Storytellers!
If you’re a Potterhead and you want to explore Hogwarts and the wonderful world of magic then this post might be for you. We’ve read it in the books, we’ve seen it in the movies but now it’s time to create our own role play story, full of new characters, adventures and conflict.
A lot of elements can be incorporated into the story, from the Triwizard Tournament to new exchange students from other wizarding schools!
I am 23 years old, from London and have been role playing for a few years now!
Here's what I can bring to the table:

• I can craft multi-paragraph, though I'm flexible depending on my partner's preferences. I can also manage multiple characters at once during a role play, and ideally looking for someone who can do the same.
  
• I can adeptly portray both male and female characters, I lean towards writing male characters in romantic scenarios, we will be using celebrity face claims for the characters!
  
• I thrive on out-of-character (OOC) discussions and enjoy delving into topics ranging from literature to gaming. Connecting with my writing partner on a personal level enhances the collaborative experience for me.
  
• Discord serves are my preferred platform for roleplay, providing an organized space with servers and channels to streamline our storytelling experience.
  
• I'm comfortable using face claims to visually represent our characters and am open to collaborative world-building.
  
• Open to NSFW elements both on the more gritty darker side of the story to the sexual elements as well, we can discuss kinks and limits in the chat!
  

If the above appeals to you and you're ready to embark on a journey through the magical halls of Hogwarts, let's connect and weave our tales together.
Looking forward to hearing from you! 🥂
I am 18+ and all participants and characters must also be 18+

The familiar sounds of the office fill the ears of the "Adventurer" as he steps into his home away from home. To him "Familiar sounds" means the voices of about three-quarters of the hundreds of employees who work in this building, thanks to the progressive, passive, perpetual boosts to his senses that he has simply always been accruing. He still can't quite hear everything in the office, indeed as powerful as his senses are he can only actively sense enough space around him to be firmly aware of events occurring about half of the building's length and width away from him at a time, but those are still incredibly powerful senses.
Lucas steps past several cubicles and heads to his own with a calm smile on his face. He actually enjoys his job, not because he finds the work fulfilling but because it presents him with a chance to level up his skills and work towards becoming altogether stronger in a hilariously safe environment. The figure sits in his cubicle and logs into his work computer with a bright grin on his face. As he grabs the last pieces of paper in the backlog that was a big problem when he began to work for this company he feels a pang of pride.
The workday is pleasant enough. He successfully finishes the last pile of paperwork that was considered part of the backlog and this effort is celebrated by his direct supervisor and a few of the friends he's made in his department, a group composed of several men and only a few pair of women, who have been working here for years but lacked the abilities he possesses that allow him to grind out progress at a rapid rate and allow him to improve the work he does every single day without fail. The news quickly spreads throughout the office, and various people, including other departmental supervisors and managers, come to him and congratulate him.
When the day ends Lucas is one of the first people out the door. This is commonly expected Lucas-like behavior at this point so no one bats an eye at it. The figure works and then leaves, and he seems to have an incredibly strict policy about work-life balance to the point that no one from the office has seen his apartment or even seen him outside of the office aside from on social media.
The lad walks towards a nearby mall even as he checks his phone. When the decently cautious man is sure he's not being watched he uses his inventory to swap outfits, changing into something much more casual than his work uniform so he can do his equivalent of trolling. His clothes go from being the professional outfit someone might expect to see an accountant in, to the much more casual clothes of someone who works at a Game Station the local equivalent of a Game Stop.
The minute the figure reaches the mall he relaxes and steps into it with a smile on his face as he is suddenly and powerfully aware of events going on all around him now that the sounds he's been passively hearing for the last few minutes are not muffled by layers of solid American construction. The mall is a favorite haunt of his, a place where there are enough people that even if something goes awry he can pretty easily escape in the chaos and commotion that any sort of hostile actions would necessarily cause. Still, to the figure's credit he has not been caught yet.
The thief begins his training by carefully studying the department store he's in. He can be a bit bolder now than he could weeks ago, as in the time since he began to hone this skill he's enhanced it in such a way that he can teleport objects directly into his inventory, which is a tremendous improvement even if he can't take anything bigger or heavier than a cleaver. He eventually spots a teenager with a wallet that is just visible out of the corner of his pockets. Lucas diligently uses "Observe" on him and the powerful skill is strong enough now that Lucas can use it to determine someone's affiliations. When the young adult spots that the teen belongs to a gang he decides it's worth taking his potentially ill-gotten gains.
The clever trickster points a single finger in the direction of the teen's pocket and silently casts the handy spell. A thin line of energy lances out of his extended digit and sails through the air toward the teenager. When the teen begins to move Lucas hisses in annoyance and expends a bit more magical energy to take advantage of the first skill he's gained as a result of an attribute hitting 50: arcane manipulation.
Days ago the young adventurer's passion for magic and healing resulted in two classes leveling up on the same day: mage and white mage. This resulted in his intelligence going from 49 to 52, and as a result of that he gained the ability to manipulate magical energy, so long as he can detect the magic in question and is willing to spend some magic of his own. In this world, where the figure is reasonably certain that no other magical beings exist, this means that to hone this skill the wizard needs to manipulate his own magic. Still, that hasn't stopped the young professional from tirelessly doing just that.
With a significant amount of focus the mage is able to manipulate the thin beam and twists and turns it so that it circles around the teen before snaking into his pocket and striking the young gangster's wallet. When Lucas feels the wallet enter his inventory he chuckles and makes his way out of the department store. The rest of this particular bout of training is filled with similar feats of arcane finesse and hilariously minor acts that will steal from those willing to enact violence on others in exchange for money. Lucas's clever usage of his skills coupled with his willingness to act in stunningly petty and annoying ways make him great at harassing those he designates his foes. Lucas, lacking an ability to kill those he fights thanks to a drawback affecting him, has thus far refused to actually engage those he has marked as his foes in direct battle but his desire to annoy them has led to willingly target people associated with criminal groups with some of his spatial magic.
In hours the figure is back home and he is toying with the newest toy he's received from his gacha system. A guitar sits on his lap and he fiddles with the instrument, even he listens to a video about how to tune the thing. Lucas is experimenting with something, and behind the tablet he gained some time ago is a book that contains information on tuning guitars. The tablet is in use, recording what the man is up to. An app is in use and it records the sounds the guitar chords make. The self-taught musician relies on some of his new skills for this, as he has only recently gained the "Guitar" and "Guitar Maintenance" skills, and he got them at different times so they are different levels. Nonetheless, the figure patiently records himself, occasionally stopping the recording and examining it. He is diligently using his long-term planning skills and sticking to his broad plan. At the same time the figure patiently uses magic and steadily hones the "Mage" class, using his magic skills to farm multiple sources of experience while adhering to the schedule he has informally given himself.
Eventually the next day rolls around and the figure, predictably, gets out of his apartment and goes to work. If you had explained the concept of "Jumping" to Lucas a year ago and asked him if he thought so much of it would be just working a 9-5 job he'd not have believed you and yet in the context of his experience with the unusual profession a stunning amount of time has just been him being a regular employee of a perfectly mundane business.
Time continues to pass for the would-be adventurer at a steady pace. In this mundane world a figure with legitimate supernatural abilities is a uniquely powerful presence, and this is especially true of one that is determined to keep his head down and nose clean. Lucas's determination to live a regular, relatively risk-free life does not stop him from living, but it does stop him from suffering from some sort of "Middle School Second Year Syndrome" as a result of the fact that he has gained trainable superpowers. Instead of going mad with power or gaining an unhealthy mentality Lucas has just enough knowledge of how jumping works to know that while he might be a big fish in this world he is not a big fish in other worlds like Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, or even something as aggressively hostile and oppressive as the general setting of Minecraft is.
If an objective, impartial onlooker viewing Lucas's life is given the chance to describe the sort of "Television Show" that they are watching, they'd say it could easily be considered slice-of-life. For the first few months of his time here the most exciting times are the rare moments he adds something new to his slowly expanding list of activities and the even more slowly growing list of things he can do, such as when he begins to walk the streets of the city he lives in at night and cast healing, positive, restorative magic on the sleeping homeless people he encounters. This activity ultimately earns him the peculiar title of "Unsung Saint", a title which enhances the effectiveness of his restorative or otherwise beneficial magic on those not aware of the fact that he is using magic on them.
Days of work, training, and controlled, planned forays into new pastimes, turn into weeks of steady and anticipated progress. Weeks of steady and anticipated progress turn into months of upward mobility and the healthy establishments of new baseline feats. That said, eventually progress slows and becomes more difficult for the jumper in a world as relatively safe, for supernatural beings, as this one. It doesn't take terribly long for Lucas to go from a somewhat predictable, fairly focused figure who is very specialized in a number of areas, to a somewhat more well-rounded figure with a steadily increasing repository of skills and abilities, thanks to a subtle shift in growth strategies.
​Just a few days short of eleven months into his stay in this jump, the jumper is facing a new foe but is participating in an activity he's come to enjoy; sparring.
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I dodge a well-aimed right-handed punch intended for my face, though thanks to my agility I easily had enough time to dodge it, It took a long time, from my viewpoint, for it to get close to me so long enough that I only let it get this close on purpose. I'm holding back in terms of my speed and strength but my opponent, a friend I made at the gym a few weeks ago, doesn't need to know that. I have way too many supernatural advantages for it to be a fair fight if I don't hold back.
I give my opponent enough time to register that I've dodged the blow before I begin to telegraph, purposefully, my next attack. I purposefully overextend my left arm and launch a powerful, but slow, strike. The man grits his teeth and moves to intercept my strike. He is fast enough to position his arm in front of it but that is still a mistake. I guide my blow into his arm and watch as he lets out a sincere, pained, grunt. Even with me holding back I still allow DPS to work its magic, and that perk coupled with both my trained and perk-enhanced strength is enough for me to deal him a decently powerful blow.
I retract my fist with a sly smile and note that the bars that cover my field of view are all going up at different rates. The bar for "Brawler", a class that's the result of "Fighter" giving me access to a new class when it hit level 10, my currently equipped class, is going up at a healthy clip as I spar with this man, as is the bar for "Precision Strikes" and "Acting", some of my skills. Most of the things going up at a decent clip are affected by "Jack of All Trades" a perk thatreduces the time and effort it takes for me to train up new skills to around the level of my average. Most of my other bars are only slightly going up, but this is acceptable. This sort of training is vital, long term, for my very survival, and thanks to my perks is pretty easy for me to do.
Behind me I hear a familiar voice cheering; Hannah's. The lovely redhead has begun to accompany me to the gym, but this is a somewhat recent development. Before a few weeks ago we only occasionally saw each other on Saturdays at the cafe she worked at, though we have been texting buddies ever since we met. Marcus, my sparring partner, grins savagely at me as he listens to my friend and gym buddy's cheers.
"I can't let you show me up in front of your girl, Lucas. We're not close like that." Marcus tells me, though the words are insincere. Marcus is a friend of mine, one who has even tasted my food, and that's something I don't let others do as much as I once did, barring people who go to the soup kitchen when I'm one of the volunteers on duty. My cooking can now do some decent stuff so I don't want to get anyone who isn't an ally or someone I need in my pocket overly reliant on my skills. I grin at the muscular bruiser of a warrior and dart back before gesturing for him to come at me like he means it. The man lets out a hearty laugh as he begins to pursue me. He is a touch taller than me and he has muscular, wide arms that take up a lot of space.
I watch, diligently, as he swings them at me when he is in the martial sweet spot of being close enough to hit me with a fully extended fist and being far enough away for me to strike back in an effort to preempt or counter his blow. I dart forward even as he stops advancing and duck underneath the strike before I use an active skill from my "Dancer" class to infuse my agility into my strength and hit him with a blow that disorients him. He steps back, a look of pain and confusion on his face as I step forward and move close enough to hit the man with a much softer blow to the chest. I feel his solid muscles block part of the harm done to him, but the blow is still solid enough that I watch his HP lower.
He gasps in pain and staggers back, and I smile at him and sense my triumph. He's only lost a small portion of his total hit points, but for normal people, one's total stock of HP is an abstraction of their physical health. For me, my HP serves as a skillful shield that protects me at all times, and for me to fall in battle someone has to whittle away my entire bar before they take me out. In fact, right now my HP is not maxed out; earlier I took a hit from Marcus that I'm still recovering from.
I take a step forward before Marcus signals that he needs a break. I laugh, the sound filling the part of the gym we're fighting in, and stop approaching the man. Hannah walks up to the ring and offers me some of her water as I walk toward one of the corners of the small ring. I silently gesture that I'll accept it and she tosses it at me. When the object is in my hand I use subtle telekinesis to mess with my boxing glove just enough to more easily hold onto the water bottle and sip from it. The cool water tastes good, and I smile as I feel it helping me relax as I wait to continue the fight. This is the sixth time I've beaten Marcus, but I'll give the man one bit of praise: he's persistent. He likes fighting enough that he is always eager to try and fight me, and I like fighting just enough to appreciate his resistance to the idea that I can beat him. It's not always easy for me to keep on finding partners that I can spar with.
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In the days that follow this fight, the young jumper continues to spar with Marcus. He steadily trains his "Brawler" class, and takes on class skills that do things like make him a more efficient hand-to-hand fighter, even gaining skills that he suspects, and hopes that he won't need here; like the ability to launch a punch that can inflict damage at a distance.
The figure's volunteering remains a steadfast facet of his in-jump identity. The man gains popularity throughout the place that is, functionally, his hometown, as he becomes a well-known volunteer. He even makes the places he volunteers at more popular, using a steadily increasing amount of local and online popularity to advocate for the organizations he supports. This first began to occur about three months into his stay in the jump, but he really begins to leverage it at the six month mark and he quickly begins to slowly become a minor force in the community, taking advantage of his heavy charisma build to sway hearts and minds to his cause.
His days at work continue to remain fairly unchanged from how they were at the start of his time in the jump, though on very rare occasions he creates reports and the in-jump equivalent of PowerPoint presentations about the data he has compiled to his supervisor. He has also overseen a day of service for members of his department to go and volunteer at the soup kitchen where he volunteered on the day he met Hannah, allowing him a pleasant chance to practice his leadership skills. He earns his first pay raise just under a year into his stay in this setting.
Minor missteps occur along the way, such as the figure overbooking himself during one particularly hectic weekend, which annoys his friends and fellow volunteers but serves as a decently humbling experience for the overly eager adventurer and also shows his friends that he is, ultimately, human.
Lucas continues his relaxed, fairly peaceful days for more and more time. By the time he has been in the jump for a full two years his pre-jump life feels like a memory or a strange dream, though this change to his state of mind does not actually mean he cannot recall such a time only that he has fully acclimated to the realities of being a jumper. At least as much as someone who is still on their first jump can acclimate to such a thing.
A/N: I like this episodic style for the necessary time skips that a standard (or mostly standard) jumpchain story will require. Now I'm gonna say that this style won't be universal across all jumps since some jumps may be better suited to shorter timeframes. Heck some more story-intensive jumps may benefit from longer focuses on individual events and sequences of events, but we've gone past the tutorial phase for this jump and I think minor episodic looks at broad timescales is better than a thousand chapter story that only hits one year in a jump and ultimately gets dropped. That said, I know that I'm not doing this style of writing PERFECTLY, so I hope that I can use this to grow as a writer and to become better able to convey how long time skips affect the characters, relationships, and strengths of the people involved over time. Still, if nothing else this was fun.
ALSO, as an author's note that is unique to the subreddit: this story is being published on Spacebattles and the white line that cuts through parts of the story indicates a narration/viewpoint shift. On Spacebattles and several other places I write there are in-built formatting options that allow you to cut through a textbox with a horizontal line which serves as a visual marker for some significant change to some aspect of the story. The line I made was my attempt to do that here on Reddit. It's... not perfect, but hey I'm trying.

Preface: In a lot of these trades you could add or subtract a pick or two based on how you view certain guys, please don't get too caught up if I had a guy traded for 2 1st and you think it should be 3. We see plenty of trades in the league be holy overpays or teams moving off guys for a lower price than we as fans anticipated. Also, a good bit of these trades have big names in them and are just fun/what-if scenarios.
Detroit Pistons

• Pistons Receive: Draymond Green & 2029 1st Round Pick Swap via GSW
• Warriors Receive: Troy Brown Jr, 2027 2nd Round Pick via BKN or DAL, 2029 2nd via MIL

Pistons bring back the hometown guy. Help set some semblance of a culture in Detroit. Get a 1st Round pick swap when Cade should be peaking and Warriors are in their post-Curry era.
Warriors focus should be flexibility, would likely have to attach pick(s) to clear cap space, retool around Curry either in free agency or at the next trade deadline cycle (move on from CP3 and others), and could use 2nds to grab other role players.
Washington Wizards

• Wizards Receive: Duncan Robinson, Jordan Hawkins, 2025 1st Top 3 Protected via NOP, 2026 2nd via LAL, 2027 1st via MIL, 2029 1st Swap via MIA
• Heat Receive: Brandon Ingram & Kyle Kuzma
• Pelicans Receive: Jimmy Butler

Wizards are in the asset collecting stage. Whether or not it is the Pelicans/Heat that will trade their guys— the Wizards should look to have their hand in any mid-to-large level trades that take place this offseason and take on cap for assets. It doesn’t move the needle for them now but gives them more ammo later.
While Pat Riley may stand firm on his word and keep Jimmy, there is still a chance he gets moved this offseason. Getting back two wing players on relatively good contracts (Ingram expiring) and Kuzma making a fair $23M, which is a good salary-matching number for trades, might be a better alternative than extending Jimmy Butler. The Heat would also maintain a relatively good fit around Bam and see if BI can be a more consistent contributor under Spo-- then decide to extend him or let him walk after the season.
Brandon Ingram has been shown to take a backseat in the playoffs, and the West is only getting more competitive. While Jimmy isn’t a prolific shooter he would help stabilize their offense and take their defensive potential to the next level. They should seek more shooting even with the emergence of TM3 to feed off the slashing style of their top guys. The Pelicans would have to extend Jimmy and their cap situation would get tighter but their next goal should be moving McCollum off the books anyway. I'd make that move and figure everything else out later.
Charlotte Hornets

• Hornets Receive: Jalen Green, Cam Whitmore, Dillon Brooks, Jock Landale, 2024 1st via HOU (#3), 2025 1st via OKC or BKN, 2026 1st via BKN, 2027 1st Swap via BKN
• Rockets Receive: LaMelo Ball, Grant Williams & 2024 1st via CHA (#6)

Consider this a thought experiment on which side of the fence you are on about the health of Lamelo Ball. Yes, this is a trade that could easily get you fired if he consistently plays 65+ games instead of the ~30ish he has in the last two seasons. I’m not saying it should happen but if you’re on the side of it probably being a consistent theme that he'll be missing the majority of a season every other year this would be an interesting haul for the Hornets. Swap picks this year and get the future Brooklyn picks which as a franchise seem very lost right now— plus it gives you some freedom to push to compete knowing you'll probably have some good picks to fall back on. The Hornets hope to have Jalen Green become a more efficient scorer and get to pair Whitmore's massive frame alongside Brandon Miller which would be intriguing.
Rockets are meddling in that play-in tier. Alperen is him but you may have to take a gamble on another “him” to move into that next echelon. The Rockets would be insanely good at playmaking inside and out pairing Sengun and Ball. Move off the Dillion Brooks overpay and get you a guy that if he plays 65+ plus games you might be in the running for the 4-6 seed every year, if he’s hurt you didn’t give up your own picks to do it.
Toronto Raptors

• Raptors Receive: Karl Anthony-Towns
• Timberwolves Receive: Bruce Brown, Kelly Olynyk, Jalen McDaniels, 2026 1st via IND 1-4 Protected & 2028 1st Swap via TOR

I never really know what the Raptors intend on doing each transaction cycle but with the Timberwolves cap situation forcing them to make some decisions— the Raptors might be able to poach KAT for a reasonable price. They can buy a high-level shooting big to play off Scottie and RJ. I could see Masai fighting tooth and nail to only give up 1 moderately protected 1st round pick here.
YES, the Timberwolves have just made the WCF, and if they make it to the finals and win they may bite the bullet and be willing to have one of the highest payrolls in the NBA for years to come. But let's say they don't... they may look to avoid some of the constraints that come along with being over the aprons. They could potentially get under the tax aprons with this move, and get some rotational guys that could play and contribute in a competitive Western conference.
Brooklyn Nets

• Nets Receive: 2024 1st via BKN, 2025 1st via OKC or BKN, 2026 1st via BKN, 2027 1st via BKN Swap, Dillon Brooks
• Rockets Receive: Mikal Bridges

Nets get your picks back. I don’t care if they didn’t accept the Rockets offer, run it back. Or send Mikal somewhere else (Cleveland?) to get those picks back.
I'll give you another Nets trade if you're tired of the Mikal talk.

• Nets Receive: Devonte Graham & Zach Collins
• Spurs Receive: Ben Simmons

The Nets get rid of basketball squatter, Ben Simmons, which is a win in my book. Focusing their time and resources on their other guys.
Spurs finally get someone who will pass the ball to Wemby. The Spurs are no strangers to letting guys rest and fully rehab. Simmons most likely won't ever be that all-NBA level defender and distributor again— but as a rebuilding team, you might as well see what you can salvage. Also, Simmons is in the last year of his contract-- they could resign him if he shows signs of being a guy who wants to play basketball or use his vacant salary to round out their roster around Wemby.
Atlanta Hawks

• Hawks Receive: Marcus Smart, 2024 1st via MEM (#9), and 2026 1st via OKC, HOU or LAC
• 76ers Receive: Dejounte Murray
• Grizzlies Receive: Clint Capela, 2024 1st Pick via PHI (#16) & 2027 2nd via MIL

Atlanta has one of the more intriguing offseason decisions coming up with them now owning the first overall pick in the draft. They have a plethora of tradable contracts and only one true untouchable in Jalen Johnson. They could run it back with Sarr or Risacher added in but I believe Murray will be shipped out of Atlanta to "recenter” their team around Young, Johnson, and whoever the first overall pick. They get to try their hand at the other renowned defensive guard over the last 8-years to put next to Trae Young. They could also pick up a fake first in 2026 to attach with players in future deals. The Sixers would hope to get Murray back to displaying the defensive tenacity he showed on the Spurs (he has been less locked in as of late) while still maintaining the ability to go after a high-end free agent(s) before extending Maxey. The Grizzlies get an expiring contract and high-level rebounder in Capela after moving on from Steven Adams to put next to JJJ. Losing Marcus Smart would be a tough pill to swallow, he’s the guy you never want your team to get rid of when they have him but the Morant, Smart, Bane lineup is less than optimal— especially when you can move Bane back to the 2 and slide G.G. Jackson into the 3. Moreover, moving from #9 to #16 may not be that much of a drop off in talent in this year's draft and the Grizz could either stay put and draft or trade that pick for a rotational guard.
Chicago Bulls

• Bulls Receive: Chris Paul, Gary Payton II, 2026 2nd via ATL
• Warriors Receive: Zach LaVine

Bulls bring in CP3 as a mentor for Coby White, they hope to flush out the MIP runner-up potential to the fullest. They could also flip GP2 or buy him out later down the line as they have a solid backcourt rotation already. Get off of LaVine's contract.
For the Warriors, they would hope that LaVine can return close to all-star form, he feels like a guy who would fit into the Warriors movement shooting philosophy. Also, feels like he would become a fan favorite in San Francisco.
Miami Heat

• Heat Receive: Collin Sexton & Omer Yurtseven
• Jazz Receive: Tyler Herro

It's time for the inaugural Tyler Herro mock trade. If you're the Heat you give Danny Ainge a ring and see if he's still interested in Herro. Check the DARKO DPM, Sexton or the sexGod is coming-- He had a very efficient season in fewer minutes this year in Utah. Get a dog and bring Yurt back for the vibes. Heat could include Duncan and take a gamble on Spo's ability to resurrect Collins or Clarkson.
I don't know why the Jazz would do this. I don't know why Danny Ainge does half the things he does, good or bad. All I know is Danny Ainge likes Herro a lot and maybe likes his ceiling a touch more than Sexton.
I'm picturing Ainge and Riley sitting in a sauna turning the temperature knob up and seeing who submits first... winner gets a pick-swap.
Philadelphia 76ers

• Sixers Receive: Deni Avdija
• Wizards Receive: Paul Reed, 2024 1st (#16), 2026 1st via OKC, HOU or LAC, 2027 2nd Round Pick via MIL

A dream scenario here for the Sixers as they need to fill the spaces between Maxey and Embiid. Avdija has great length which shows up on the defensive end and has excellent rebounding efficiency from the 4 spot. His shooting improved this last year and would be a massive payoff if it cracked the 40% percentile on 4-5 3PA per game for the Sixers. Wizards likely view Deni as a cornerstone piece (I just really want him on the Sixers).
The Wizards could fetch a higher price for Avdija by holding onto him for one more year and letting him improve (which I believe he will do). The sell here is you get more 1st Round Pick equity to spend while you’re still searching for a legit franchise cornerstone and a solid rotational big in Reed after losing Gafford (Gafford is better than Reed). The Wizards reportedly want 3 first-round picks this year which the Sixers could supply plus additional capital to sweeten the deal.
Indiana Pacers

• Pacers Receive: Luke Kennard
• Grizzlies Receive: Jalen Smith, 2025 2nd via CHA, 2025 2nd via IND & 2028 2nd via DAL

The Pacers move on from a guy who has fallen out of their playoff rotation and snag Kennard who fits their run-and-gun style of play. Grizzlies pick up Smith to bolster their frontcourt depth and could pair his length with JJJ to make for some nasty interior defense.
Orlando Magic *unserious\*

• Magic Receive: Robert Williams & Jevon Carter
• Trail Blazers Receive: Nikola Vucevic
• Bulls Receive: DeAndre Ayton

The Magic are in big need of a real rim protector and Robert Williams is a high-level rim defender. His biggest detriment to the Magic would be his spacing as he'd occupy driving lanes for Banchero and Wagner. The other side of this trade is more of a funny scenario to me as I think the Bulls front office would do this trade to prop up a former #1 pick as a sign to the fans that they are serious about contending, which they aren’t.
Cleveland Cavaliers

• Cavs Receive: Lebron James (Sign-and-Trade) & Kelly Olynyk
• Lakers Receive: Darius Garland & Georges Niang
• Raptors Receive: Jarrett Allen, 2024 1st via CLE (Draft Night #20), 2025 2nd via MIL, 2027 2nd via DEN

Preface: This only works if Lebron wants out. The Cavs get to roll organically into the Lebron farewell tour and try to retain Mitchell long-term by pairing him with Lebron. Lebron, Mitchell, and Mobley have a very similar feel to the Lebron, Wade, and Bosh Heat… not quite as good of course but the archetypes are there. Also, pick up a stretch five in Olynyk which Lebron would appreciate. The Lakers have limited leverage because Lebron can opt out, so they might as well get an All-Star level talent in return for him. Raptors just try to get in the mix, by picking up a young center and some draft capital.
Milwaukee Bucks

• Bucks Receive: Cody Martin
• Hornets Receive: Pat Connaughton & Andre Jackson Jr

Don’t have much to say here. Pat Connaughton is probably the one contract they could/should move to snag a veteran who’s a bit younger than Pat but with more versatility at the wing spot, they’d pray for Cody Martin to pop off their bench. I just don’t see Doc playing young guys unless his hand is forced. Hornets take a flier on Jackson. You could toss in some protected seconds to the Bucks to replenish their draft stores.
New York Knicks

• Knicks Receive: Matisse Thybulle, Robert Williams III & 2025 2nd via CHA or MIN
• Trail Blazers Receive: Bojan Bogdanovic, 2025 1st via MIL, 2025 1st via WAS (will likely convey as 2 seconds in 2027) & 2025 2nd via BKN

Who knows how a 36-year-old Bojan recovering from a foot injury will look next year? They'll likely lose Hartenstein in free agency (if they don't use his bird rights) and will need someone who can play a similar role. Get some athletic freaks and depth that Thibs can use to carry out his war crimes.
Trailblazers eat the Bogdanovic contract for draft capital.
Boston Celtics

• Celtics Receive: Corey Kispert
• Wizards Receive: Jaden Springer, Neemias Queta, 2024 1st via BOS (#30) & 2027 2nd via POR or NOP

There’s something about Kispert that feels like he should be a Celtic… I don’t know what it is. The C’s need win-now contributors and could look to move the 30th pick. Kispert is a solid rotation guy that the Wizards like and would be somewhat hard to pluck him from them. I think it’d be worth a shot for the C’s to kick the tires and find out his value.

This book was a ya fantasy and first of a series. The main character was a girl who worked at a place that had wizards that could get hired to do jobs I think. I think she had a Volkswagen Beetle like car that was possibly sentient. The cover had the car in like a dump.

Oh gee. Should I drown myself for that one time I saw that rainbow but was depressed more by it because I felt so numb.
Nah I’ll pass. 😂
The Death Cell is still the most terrifying place in the Wizarding world in my opinion but mostly because of its clinical setting.
Oh was there a dementor here? Those things that suck all hope and light from your soul and surrounding? Wow. Nothing has changed at all. 🤩
I think what I’m trying to say is. I’m not ok right now.

TL;DR

This is a summary of the wildest playthrough I’ve ever done in my attempt to collect all of the Dark Urge endings and see lots of unique story elements.
I set out to create a whimsical idiot who stupid-ed her way through major plot points so that I could see unexpected outcomes. I did not expect to experience the gut-wrenching, Shakespearean tragedy that this story became.
This post is quite long. I wanted to share it with this community because the experience genuinely left me speechless and I thought you might appreciate it. What Larian has created with this game is beyond next level. Contains MASSIVE SPOILERS, you’ve been warned.
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I am on a personal quest to collect all of the possible endings for Dark Urge. I wanted to do this in a way that was meaningful and honest to the character I created. I love the role playing aspect of this game, I was super into LARPing as a kid and have been known to play DnD on occasion as an adult. I completed the game 3 times prior to this run: good guy Tav (saved the world, got the nice party etc), once as full on psycho Dark Urge who destroyed the world for Daddy, and once as Full Redemption Dark Urge who fully rejected Bhaal at every turn and also saved the world. So at this point, I know most of the possible storylines and plot points.
I really wanted to get the very bad ending I had heard about: the one where Dark Urge accepts Bhaal but decides to save the world and ends up going crazy. So I set out to figure out what a character would look like whose fate would naturally lead them to this path. I also wanted to see some of the more niche story elements that I had not yet experienced. I metagamed this a bit (I don’t know if it’s possible not to once you’ve played for like 800 hours) and worked backwards from the major plot points that I wanted to see to settle on my character’s personality.

Meet: Ceres

Asmodeus Tiefling. Storm Sorcerer. All around hot mess.
One of her first great ideas: watching a monster be born because it looked cool.
Her key personality traits:

• Confused as all hells but trying her best to make good decisions
• Fear motivated
• Foolish (some might say just plain stupid)
• People pleasing
• Indecisive
• Generally just a hot mess
• Has a nasty habit of overestimating her own abilities and cleverness (high Cha, low Int and Wis will do that to you)

Alignment: Chaotic trying-to-be-Good
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Below follows the major defining events that happened in each act for her, and the tragic conclusion to what I initially thought might be a silly romp of a stupid character. Some of this I metagamed, but much of it happened organically.
Note: I played on Tactician as I normally do, so some of the encounters I had the freedom to redo to get an outcome I wanted. This being said, I rolled with mistakes and events almost all the time. The only encounter I ended up reloading several times was Orin… jeez that fight is a bitch when you are squishy.
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Act 1

Ceres saved the goblin Sazza and let her escape, only to realize that she would then bring word of the location of the grove where her people were camped to a pack of vicious goblins. Off to a great start.
She killed Karlach because she fully believed Wyll and the “Paladins of Tyr” that Karlach was a monster. Then she instantly regretted it because she killed one of her own people. Her and Wyll talked about this and both felt terrible. She agreed whole heartedly to help Wyll rescue his father to make up for this.
Ceres stole the idol of Sylvanus while the druids were chanting, because she thought that her and Astarion were clever enough to do it without getting caught and she loved the kiddos who had put her up to the task. She ended up starting a huge battle by accident where many of her people were killed.
When she got to the goblin camp, she spoke to Sazza who told Minthara where the grove was. Terrified to blow her cover and get killed while surrounded by enemies, she agreed to help Minthara. Once Minthara left, she freed Halsin and he helped her kill Dror Ragzlin. So at least that was one problem solved.
She helped Zevlor defend the grove, but it was a close call. The afterparty was… subdued. Zevlor even commented on how so few of his people still remained. No Druids were left, save Halsin.
Ceres then tried to redeem her cowardly blunders by rescuing some Gnomes in the Underdark and helping out the Myconids as best she could. But her idiocy once again got a lost Dwarf killed when the mushrooms exploded around him.
After allowing Lae’zel, her most trusted companion, to enter the Zaithisk, she saw the vision of the legions of Githyanki being consumed by Vlakkith. Terrified of this vision and of the Gith in general, she offered the prism willingly to the inquisitor when asked. Upon entering the prism, she knew she couldn’t do what the goddess had demanded. She trusted and respected her dream guardian. She ended up having to kill the Githyanki leader she had tried to trust.
She then went after the legendary "Blood" she had heard about, but ended up blowing up an entire building full of people in the process. Lae’zel was incredibly mad at her. Thankfully, she heard the wisdom of Voss when he came to her camp, and trusted Lae’zel to choose what to do with the new information about Vlakkith and Orpheus. She agreed to help Lae’zel however she could. She owed her that much.

Act 2

Gale professed his love to her and they spent a magical night together. But he said he loved her immediately and it really scared her. It was too much too soon, and she told him as much. He sulked and was upset with her for the rest of their time together. She didn’t know it at the time, but she threw away her best shot at a nice supportive partner.
Instead of the hopeless romantic Wizard she could have loved, she fell for the broken shell of a man that is Astarion. She believed she could be happy with him, even though she didn’t fully understand their relationship and neither did he.
Ceres reached the Nightsong, but was truly terrified of Balthazar. She figured that maybe her best chance of getting to meet the Absolute and figure out what the hells was going on was to fulfill her promise to Z’rell and send the Nightsong to Ketheric Thorm. He seemed to know her from before, and figured that maybe getting close to him was the best way to solve the mystery of her past and of the tadpoles. In doing this, she lost one of her best friends. Shadowheart left in anger, never to be seen again. Needless to say, her plan was a very bad one.
She refused to kill Isobel or kidnap her per Z’rell’s direction, as she knew this would doom many good people. As punishment, Ketheric sent her to Balthazar’s necrotic laboratory where she had to fight her way out of some evil wombs that silenced her magic.
Live Ceres reaction: her plan is not going well... again.
She found Mizora stuck in a pod and attempted to free her to help her friend Wyll. But as she was very unobservant and failed to read either of the buttons, she pressed the wrong one and killed Mizora instead of freeing her. Wyll ended up as a pile of ash back at the camp. Her crew was quickly dwindling.
Somehow through all of this, she managed to defeat Thorm, spare all of the Harpers from dying, and lift the Shadow Curse. She sought the forgiveness of Dame Aylin for what she had done, and received it. Isobel was reunited with her love and Ceres was relieved to see that some good had come from the mess she had made.
The following night, Astarion had to tie her up while she went crazy trying to kill him. He was kind and expressed empathy. She thought maybe there was hope for her after all. At this point she was wildly in love with him but was scared that her feelings and her messed up brain had put him in so much danger.

Act 3

She finally discovered who she was and was beyond terrified to be the daughter of an evil god. She sought the council of everyone at camp. Jaheira and Astarion were very supportive and told her she would be ok if she stayed strong… something she did not excel at in the slightest. Astarion told her that “the life of a mind-addled slave is worse than death”. This ended up being the most hypocritical thing he ever said to her.
She fell a little in love with Halsin, and was surprised and a bit excited that Astarion was ok with it. She still felt a little weird about being in an open relationship but felt encouraged by the possibilities for a time. They both made her happy for different reasons, and she enjoyed fighting by his side. Her final team was Astarion, Halsin, and Lae’zel.
Via the encouragement of her most trusted advisor Lae’zel, Ceres signed the deal with Raphael. She failed at lying to the Emperor, who was very mad at her for what she had done.
Gale expressed to her that he wanted the Crown of Karsus. After much debate, she was convinced by his arguments that he could do better than Karsus and could reforge it. She felt terrible for having broken his heart before and so encouraged him to go after his dreams. After all, she had encouraged Lae to stand up to Vlakkith, so Gale should stand up to Mystra too, right?
When they were ready, it came time to face her partner’s oppressor. After defeating him, Astarion insisted that taking his place and taking the power was the right thing to do. So she helped him. They were both driven constantly by fear, and she empathized deeply with his desire to be rid of that fear. It was the second biggest mistake of her life. (FYI - I metagamed this part. I knew full well what I was getting into here, I've done both paths of his romance before. It was a key part of her story.)
She didn’t want to be made into a vampire spawn. But at the insistence of someone she truly believed she loved, she went along with it. He became controlling and abusive. But she figured that after all the wrongs she had done and all the people she had gotten killed, she probably deserved this life.
This was confirmed to her when she submitted to the Mapping of the Heart in a place called the House of Grief. The priestess there told her she had a wayward heart, and explained that this meant she was incapable of allowing herself to feel happy. She then discovered that the priestess was a Sharran and was actually searching for Shadowheart, who had abandoned Ceres long ago. She told them as much and they tried to kill her. So she had to kill them. She then found two people chained up in a secret room. She couldn't free them.
After confronting her past and killing her sister Orin, she faced a terrifying choice: kill the world for the god that made her, or die. Already used to being treated like a possession by her partner and terrified to die, she agreed to accept Bhaal’s favor. She was distraught when she had to kill the kind and supportive (not to mention living legends) Jaheria and Minsc, and that she roped her other companions into this mess. This was truly the biggest mistake of her life. She was horrified of the monster she had become.
Seeing that she had been party to forcing Halsin into killing so many of his former allies, she broke it off with him. She was ashamed that her actions had put him into such a position, and was afraid of what she might do to him. She believed she did not deserve someone so good.
She accepted from then on that she would be a slave to at least one dark master for the rest of her days. At this point she had completely lost all sense of autonomy: trapped between a controlling partner who had hypocritically turned her into the thing he hated, and the god of murder who gave her the ultimatum that she must kill the world.
In a last ditch attempt to salvage what she could of the mess she had made, she tried to be brave and take down Gortash the tyrant. She attempted to help the Gondians that he had captive but she failed to deactivate a device and the whole Iron Throne was reduced to rubble before she could help them. She felt absolutely horrible that, once again, her foolishness had gotten so many killed.
After defeating Gortash, she spoke to the god Bane himself, who told her she was well on her way to serving him and his goals. The idea that she could be working towards the ends of an additional dark power was too much. She was overwhelmed with the grief of trying and failing to be a good person for so long.

Endgame

Upon reaching Orpheus, Ceres wanted desperately to side with the Emperor, whom she had trusted the whole time. But with an ultimatum from her most trusted friend Lae’zel, she chose to free Orpheus. She felt proud that she had signed the contract with Raphael for a good reason. She upheld her contract, and never entered the House of Hope.
After defeating the Netherbrain, she knew there was no way she could act upon what Bhaal had insisted that she do. She could not doom the whole world after she had already doomed so many people before. She wanted, more than anything, to be a good person in spite of all her failures. She allowed Orpheus to destroy the brain, knowing full well she had condemned herself to a terrible fate.
Her friends left her one by one. Lae’zel upon her new red dragon, Gale to find and claim the Crown of Karsus for himself, Vampire Lord Astarion and Halsin to the pub to grab some wine and celebrate. She smiled for the last time.
The last smile of a doomed soul.
She felt the rage of the god she had defied boiling up inside her. But now she was tired. Tired of being controlled, being abused, tired of the blood and death. In a single act of courage she had never before possessed, she ended her own life, rather than become the murderous puppet of her father Bhaal. The last words anyone ever said to her in life were: “What in the hells do you think you’re doing?”
After causing the needless deaths of so many due to ignorance and carelessness, Ceres finally did something good for the world. Her ending was just for her. She had lived her whole remembered life trying to help others get what they wanted and living with the consequences of her foolhardy choices. In the end, she got what she didn’t know she wanted: peace. Floating alone in the void, she met a familiar face. For the first time in her miserable existence, someone named her “hero”.
(Queue massive waterworks from me, I'm tearing up again writing this)
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In the End

Ceres broke my heart in ways I never expected. It was a beautiful roller coaster of a story that really hit home with me. Ceres unintentionally embodied many of my greatest personal flaws, and it showed me much about the folly of trying to please others. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to create a more compelling character.
If you have, for some reason, taken the time to read all of this: Thank you so much. If you have any character stories you'd like to share, please pass them along. I'd love to read them.
And a huge heartfelt THANK YOU to the team at Larian for creating a truly epic masterpiece. I genuinely can’t believe I got this experience from a video game. It is a wonder.
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PS - because she never even set foot in the House of Hope, Raphael was still alive in the end. He came to find her in the afterlife and deliver a monologue about Gale going after the crown and his plans to rise from the ashes of the divine civil war he was sure Gale would cause. I presume that, in a few hundred years, there will be an epic showdown between Dekarios the Divine and Raphael. And Ceres will watch from the afterlife, calmly, with a smile on her face and no more voices in her head.

Cawthon, Scott. The Bobbiedots Conclusion: An AFK Book (Five Nights at Freddy’s: Tales from the Pizzaplex #5). Scholastic Inc, 2023. 

I am looking to identify a game that I used to play when I was 5-6 years old, so my memories about it are very blurry. However, I remember that it was a ninja/samurai or maybe wizards platform game. The first stages were in the woods, and the art style was very Japanese, similar to Samurai Shodown. Take this memory with caution because I don’t know if I’m mixing it up with Samurai Shodown (which I used to play a lot in the same place). However, I remember that one of the mechanics of the game was picking up swords or weapons to power up.

This post is to share my thoughts on the common question: "Why does Gojo need to return?" and the sentiment of Gojo having fulfilled his narrative purpose.
Although I'l have to begin this with saying that it would be incredible if Gojo truly returned in the chapter where Todo, the character who lost his hand, showed us how it was not his end. He had the ability to adapt and show his inner strength.
After the death of "the strongest", could Gojo show us his resilience?
Gojo's role in the narrative
I've read people saying that he has fulfilled his narrative purpose as a mentor passing the figurative torch down to his students but JJK's narrative has always been propped up by utilising Gojo's importance to jujutsu society and not just as a mentor.
Yuji is very much the typical "fish out of water" main character. He was new to the jujutsu world and through his fresh eyes, the audience learns about how the jujutsu world works. Yuji is the heart of the series but jujutsu is not integral to his identity. Yuji's identity is his desire to help others. His pure, kind character adds emotional depth to the story. He goes through pain and suffering and forges bonds with characters in a way that the strongest of the series can't such as Sukuna and Gojo.
For Gojo, jujutsu is his identity. His birth shifted the balance of the world. He is the strongest modern jujutsu sorcerer and is invested in jujutsu's future. Despite not being the main character, he is framed as "the chosen one" archetype within the world of JJK.
In fact, it might be easier (and also lamer) to understand this by saying Harry Potter's role is split into two. Gojo holds the significance that Harry had in the wizarding world. Yuji has the friendships and the personal ties with the villain, Voldy/Sukuna. But I think Gojo and Sukuna are parallels of each other too, because in other circumstances, Gojo could have been like Sukuna.
If you also know about Bungou Stray Dogs, I think Atsushi and Dazai are pretty similar to Yuji and Gojo. Not completely but there's some similarities there in terms of their roles in the story.
Continuing on...
What's interesting is most of the narrative is driven forward by Gojo and even revolves around his emotions and desires. Gojo was the one who kept Yuji alive. The massacre in Shibuya Arc would not have occurred if Kenjaku couldn't catch him off guard with Geto's appearance, his best friend. This also required Kenjaku to keep himself hidden from Gojo up until that point, a villain basically revolving his entire plan around him. And of course, Gege had to explore Gojo's character in Hidden Inventory Arc in order to make that trick believable for the audience. And his absence is what led to the stakes being raised and make the world of JJK become more grim, Gojo was everyone's hope.
Gojo's unsealing was needed as that's what propelled the final showdown in Shinjuku. If Gojo is returning, I believe Gojo's death had a similar role to his sealing. It's to allow the other characters time to shine because ever since Gojo's death, it's been people jumping in one after the other to fight Sukuna. Gojo returning may also allow us to see all of them collaborating, with the return of characters that some thought were goners like Megumi and Nobara (i talk more about this later on).
But Gojo's death is also a new beginning for him.
Gojo has always been a psychologically stagnant character. Ever since birth, his existence is centred on his inborn gifts. His identity was based on his strength and he has always leaned into it, right up until his death. We know that his strength was also a burden. Besides from the physical challenge that Toji presented him as a teenager, Gojo has never gone through a true enlightenment.
An example is Toji who left everything behind and that allowed him to become stronger.
Another example is Maki, who became much stronger after Mai's death but we could sense a major shift after her time in the simple domain with the sumo wrestler. As that's when she became awakened, not when she physically got stronger because of Mai.
Gojo has never undergone that kind of mental growth. Even when he unlocked RCT and became the strongest, he became more fearful. He became aware that he could not protect or save others. He trained a lot more, had infinity on all the time and went on missions alone.
Gojo not being a fully realised person, as we can see with other characters in the series, actually hinders him. This was not a problem for Gojo when he was alive because he was so immensely strong. It was not until death that I believe he could actually reflect on whether he led a life that was true to himself.
The story has placed so much emphasis on Gojo's existence in the jujutsu world ("Satoru Gojo bursts onto the scene!") and a lot of it is on him being very pivotal to it. And I genuinely think that out of all the characters, Gojo's awakening is probably the most important. Not for what it means to this current fight, but what it means for the jujutsu world. Did the most gifted sorcerer of their time really give up because his natural talents weren't enough? Genuinely, I think for the jujutsu world, it says a lot more if Gojo could return after his defeat and no longer being the "strongest". Because not everyone can be born like Gojo Satoru, but I think it's pretty meaningful for him to show how he defines his strength rather than his strength defining him as that encourages sorcerers to be resilient even if they're not naturally gifted. And I mean, you could quite literally see that with Todo in this latest chapter who could still come back even if we thought he lost the most important part of his technique/strength.
Weakened Gojo
I want to address people thinking that Gojo is happy being killed by Sukuna because he went all out and thinks he would not be happy returning weakened. Gojo returning, we would assume is him becoming enlightened, so he has increased mental strength. I would not be surprised if that made him potentially stronger in a way even when his skills are nerfed. Perhaps that also includes him collaborating with his students.
Students surpassing Gojo?
so i know there's a lot of emphasis on students surpassing him and i personally feel this is a very subjective thing. but i'm going to talk about it based on the narrative, we are introduced to the story with yuji, megumi and nobara as his students. and even though gojo has other students, major ones like yuta and maki, yuta's story was basically done in jjk0 and maki's character exploration is more tied to her being a woman with a handicap in the jujutsu world. like narratively speaking, it's much more significant if megumi and nobara makes a comeback. and yes, i know the surpassing thing can be simply someone like yuta surpassing him. but what is the joy of yuta surpassing him when we know two of the characters in our main trio is buried in the ground . and i'm pretty sure they will return because gege intentionally left their fates open-ended by dropping hints that they could come back from their situations. some people think gojo being back might be what helps us get back megumi. and again, in terms of the narrative, one of gojo's stronger narrative purposes is to talk to megumi about his dad. in fact, i even personally think that's a bit stronger than the "passing the torch" one but all of this is just my opinion. and again, i think it's subjective because i know you might just consider them defeating sukuna as surpassing him.
Finishing blow
i still think yuji will deliver the finishing blow,. in fact, i've always thought he would die doing so. and he would be surrounded by gojo, nobara and megumi - can't imagine my boy being happier than that and it's fulfilling his grandpa's wish. so because i personally subscribe to this theory, i never really doubted that yuji will finish sukuna even if gojo returns.
Final thoughts
I'm prepared to be trolled by Gege.

I want to see a live-action revival. Maybe we start with a Charmed reunion movie about Wyatt's wedding. Maybe Wyatt is marrying Marina, the daughter of Ava Nicolae, but she's cursed and they can't marry until the curse is broken or something. This could introduce us to the whole Halliwell family- Wyatt Matthew, Christopher Perry, Prudence Melinda, Priscilla Jane (P.J.) Parker Elise, Peyton Maria, Katherine Rose (Kat), Lana Mae & Henry Jr.
As for a revival series, the storyline could be something like this:
Setting: circa 2034, San Francisco
The Halliwell families have gathered to mourn the loss of their loved ones- Phoebe & Coop Halliwell. Their house was destroyed in an explosive attack that took their lives, and their daughters were left homeless. P.J. & Parker have moved into the Manor with their Aunt Piper, Uncle Leo & Cousin Mel. They've taken over the spare rooms that belonged to Wyatt & Chris (Wyatt moved into a condo with his wife Marina, and Chris lives at his club "Aftershock"- the former P3 which Piper gave him ownership of to focus on her restaurant). During the wake back at the Manor, Peyton asks her Aunt Piper if she can stay and live with them for awhile too, revealing that she's too emotionally distraught to go back to UCLA. Piper graciously tells her the Manor is her home too.
That night, Piper sneaks up to the attic to meet Paige who orbs in. Together, they secretly summon Grams & their mom Patty, as Piper knew it'd be pointless to try and summon Phoebe & Coop so soon after their deaths. But they wanted answers, and to understand why this happened. The Power of Three was now officially broken, with no long-lost sister to complete the trio. Grams explains that it's true that with Phoebe gone, Piper & Paige were no longer Charmed. But she assures them they still have their Wiccan powers, just not the collective Power of Three. Patty adds that the Power of Three was not gone, only dormant. Paige asks how they're supposed to vanquish the demons who killed Phoebe and Coop without the Power of Three? Grams replies that they can't. Piper flips out and blows something up in anger. Parker, who had been secretly listening behind the attic door, freaks at the sound and runs back downstairs before she's found eavesdropping. It is then that Grams clarifies. It is not Piper and Paige who will vanquish the demons responsible, but the new Charmed Ones. Paige asks "and who are the new Charmed Ones supposed to be?" Patty replies, "the ones whose powers were bound by their mother" to which Piper reluctantly recalls "who had a terrifying vision of their very evil future."
Phoebe's daughters are each dealing with their parent's deaths differently. P.J. is in denial, using her career as a photojournalist and her sexual trysts with her friend Trent Newsom to numb the pain away. Peyton is fighting through waves of depression, finding comfort with her cousin Mel and Aunt Piper. And Parker...well she's pissed. Her outlet starts with beating the crap out of big guys at the local gym using her MMA skills and progresses to her going full slayer mode & hunting down demons & vampires with her satchel of potions, backup spells, and a set of wooden stakes. But Parker is also feeling guilty. Guilty that she didn’t have the power to save her parents. Guilty that she survived while her parents died trying to protect their powerless daughter. After all, she was the only one home with them that night. P.J. was out with Trent and Peyton was away at college. She swears to herself that she will avenge her parents death, and find the demons responsible. But before she can do that she needs to find a way to trigger the long dormant powers she knows she has somewhere deep inside.
At some point after this, we discover that the BOS has been kept locked away in the attic for years. We learn this happened after a Christmas debacle involving a 14 year old Chris accidentally summoning Goblins, wrecking havoc on the manor, injuring a few, and which led to the sisters deciding it was best for their young kids to practice magic at Magic School and keep the BOS from them until they were mature enough to handle it. Parker finds out Mel knows where the key to the Attic is.
On a dark, stormy night, beneath the light of a full moon, Parker swipes the key from her aunt's bedroom while she's away at work, and sneaks into the attic. She finds the dusty old BOS in its rightful place and starts flipping through it looking for the demons who killed her parents. A teary eyed Peyton walks in and asks what Parker's doing up there. But before Parker can reply, the BOS starts flipping on its own, landing on the Dominus Trinus invocation. As Parker begins to read the invocation aloud, P.J. arrives from work. She calls out "Hey anyone home?" As Parker completes the reading, the Manor begins to shake, P.J. holds onto the staircases banister for support and looks up to see the chandelier glowing a bright PINK color. The shaking stops, right as the power goes out. P.J. whips out her phone flashlight and runs up the stairs frantically calling for her sisters.
(INSERT BIG SISTER SCOLDING HERE)
Holding her phone flashlight over the BOS, Parker can't find the demons responsible for her parents murder. P.J. makes her lock the attic back up and put the key back where she found it before their Aunt finds out. Parker shrugs her off and says she's heading to Magic School to find answers. P.J. & Peyton pursue her down the stairs....
MY REASONING
Phoebe & Coop dying would allow for Alyssa & Victor to return only in certain episodes as spirits. And thus, allow some space between the actresses....
Of course, this would be set sometime in the 2030's, so Holly, Rose & Alyssa could play 60-year-old versions of themselves & Wes & Drew could pull off being in their early 30's with a shave, some hair dye & make-up. All the kids would be anywhere from 22-32 years old.
ALSO, I want to see Shannen back playing Prue as either an Elder or Angel of Destiny. My headcanon says she was turned into an Angel of Death for a few years after her demise to learn to accept it. When the Elders or Angels of Destiny saw that she had finally accepted it, she was promoted to either an Elder or Angel of Destiny😉
THE LOST YEARS (2007-2011) Phoebe was into holistic care and decided to give birth to all her daughters in the Manor, the way she was born, with help from Leo & her sisters. She thought it was "safe" since they "destroyed" the Nexus. But by the time she gave birth, the spiritual energy from the Nexus had begun to refill itself, making her daughter's just as susceptible to turn evil as she and Wyatt were.
(2012/2013?) When her daughters were little, they were briefly kidnapped by the demonic sorcerer Corvalus who had found the wizard Glenwyn's scroll containing a prophecy about a new Charmed Power, a new trio of sisters, arising from the Warren line that could be swayed to evil. He then kidnapped Phoebe's daughters, believing them to be the fulfillment of this prophecy, to raise them evil. When the Charmed Ones found Corvalus, vanquished him, and rescued the girls, Phoebe touched Glenwyn's scroll and had an astral vision that her daughters would become the "evil Charmed Ones" controlled by some unknown Great Evil in the future. To prevent this and protect them, she bound their powers. Her daughters grew up having only basic witch powers like spellcasting, scrying, potions, etc... and believing the lie their mother told them their whole lives- that they were just late bloomers like their Aunt Paige and that "someday" their powers would kick in.
That's a bit of what I have right now.... let me know what you think, or what you'd improve?