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Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

@Eviledd1984 Being that Tavias is now looking for Dalmatian Puppies, would you be interested in Dotty joining his team?

Power Rangers Rebel Force

Michaela

Michaela woke from her sleep. This sleep thing wasn't something she was used to. They didn't really do that in the realm of good magic. Now she was doing it and having strange visions. Some to do with her standing in front of a group of people giving a speech when suddenly she found herself in the nude. She wasn't particularly perturbed by this due to nudity being something of a natural state in the realm. Of course, that also meant that clothes was something that was equally new to her. Walking to the mirror, she looked around for her wand, but couldn't quite see it. This was a place where people aren't all angels, so it's possible it was stolen by a being with evil intent. Looking around frantically, it quickly occured to her that the mobile phone sat next to her bed was the wand. "Humans and their technology..." She sighed, grabbing the phone, she flicked it open and saw the message for them to meet at Overlook. She sighed and flourished the phone before a sparkle of magic exploded around her and she teleported to there, her black clothes materializing around her as she did so. Appearing around the corner in a flash. She then walked around the corner and waited for the others.

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Nope, working on it at the moment.

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Leon and Launchpad listened to Hoshi as she told them about her experiences back home. "Hey, don't worry about your pals and family back home. I'm sure they're all alright." Launchpad laughed, rubbing her shoulder reassuringly. Leon, on the otherhand simply had the 1,000 yard stare. Remembering the horrific things that the Heartless did in legend. Nope, he was thoroughly convinced that all of her friends and family were DEFINITELY dead. But he simply snapped out of the thousand yard stare and said nothing. "Yeah, we've got a place" Launchpad replied, walking back towards the more populated part of Traverse Town with Leon following the pair of them, looking around and bringing up the rear. "So, what's your next move?" Launchpad asked. "Trying to make it home? Got any friends out there you wanna go lookin' for? Because whatever it is, we are here to help you." He thumped his fist to his chest.

"What Launchpad means-" Leon butted in "Is that we have searched far and wide for a Keybarer and are dutybound to assist you in any way we can." He said. Launchpad nodded, before thinking for a second, he then pulled Leon to one side were Hoshi wouldn't be able to hear them.

"Ummm. I thought Nebula wanted us to-" But before he could finish, Leon interrupted.

"Nebula said that the Heartless would be making a move and someone wanted specifically us here for that very reason. Heartless appear and suddenly someone with the power to kill them also happens to wash up here from some world that was just killed? Put 2 and 2 together, Launchpad." He replied in a hushed whisper. Launchpad began counting on his fingers.

"5?" Leon shook his head disappointedly. "You know i'm bad at maths."

"Point is, i think it's obvious to anyone that she's clearly why we were sent here. Someone knew she'd be here and she'd need our help. Our protection." They both then looked at Hoshi.

"So yeah, we're here to help you out in any way you need. Just name it!"

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Dotty/Zen-Aku

Name: Dotty Dalmatian/Zen-Aku (Dotty calls him "Poodlewolf" much to his chagrin)
Age: 4 months/4000 years
Gender/Pronouns: Girl/Male
Sexual/Romantic Orientation: She's a little girl/He's Asexual... Mostly... He still remembers his previous hosts love.
Species: Dog/Duke Org

Appearance

Dotty

Dog form:


Human form:

Zen-Aku

Personality: Dotty is a puppy. She likes to play, go for walkies, chase squirrels and eats far too much. She is also obsessed with Poodlewolf, a multi-media franchise from her own world. She doesn't quite grasp the seriousness of the Heartless problem, seeing as how, when battle is upon her, she slips on the mask and Zen-Aku is the one who actually has to deal with the consequences of battle. She also has delusions of grandeur, seeing herself as the hero in any given situation, regardless of how true it is. She is also likely to drop her entire life story within moments of meeting new people.

Zen-Aku on the otherhand is the exact opposite. He's a dark, brooding, serious warrior. He doesn't speak of himself much and doesn't play nicely with others. He is, however, always interested in testing his skills against strong opponents. Despite being a self-proclaimed monster, he is actually honourable and will always announce himself to his opponents before challenging them. He REALLY doesn't appreciate being called Poodlewolf.
Role(Optional): Civilian/Dark Warrior
World Origin: 101 Dalmatians/Power Rangers
Abilities:
Dotty has no special ablities... Yet... But for the moment, she relies on "Poodlewolf" to do the fighting for her.

Zen-Aku is a Duke Org, an incredibly powerful monster who channels his power through Dotty in order to manifest his true form. By putting the mask on, she becomes Zen-Aku. Zen-Aku has the following abilities:
*Thunder-Dash: Pouncing forward and turning into purple energy to tear through his enemies.
*Thunder (The spell)
*Auto-Regen
*Cresent Wave: Swinging his sword, he can unleash a force of cutting energy blade that flies towards his enemies.

Weaknesses:

*Puppy Mind: Dotty is VERY easily distracted. Especially by certain words such as "Walk", "Play", "Park", "Squirrel" and "Dinner"
*Mask: If Dotty can't put the mask on, she can't summon Zen-Aku's power.
*Just a little girl: Without Zen-Aku's power, Dotty is just a regular little girl. In human form, she's physically about 10 years old.
*Not unlimited: While Zen-Aku is very powerful, Dotty's body is an immense drag factor on his abilities. Indeed, a 10 year old girls body was not designed to channel that amount of power. There is no definitive amount of time, but if she spends too long in that form, then she will just pass out.

Powers:

*Super Jump: Can jump 50ft straight up in the air
*Super Strength: Can lift half a ton with relative ease, with a full ton being about his max.
*Super Durability: Zen-Aku's thick armour is very hard to punch through and covers the entire of his body.
*Super Speed: Zen-Aku can run at 50mph without magic, but by pouring magic into his body, he can move almost 4x that speed for short periods.
*Super Stamina: Zen-Aku can perform at peak performance for as long as needed.

Alignment: Chaotic Good/Lawful Evil
Backstory: Orgs. A race of monsters formed from the pollution of Earth. The mightiest of them are the Duke Orgs. How Zen-Aku came to be is a mystery even to himself, but he served 4000 years ago when Master Org tried to destroy the earth. But he was defeated and his power sealed into a mask which was then used to kill his former master. After the war was lost for the Orgs, Zen-Aku's mask was lost to time, tumbling through the many worlds, stolen by some as a trinket to be bargained with, or as a weapon to be used by others. But it wasn't until a strange woman dropped it while making an escape that the mask found its way into the hands (Or paws) of someone who could use it. Dotty was born to Delilah and Doug in the house of 101 Dalmatian Street, a house entirely owned and ran by dogs and sustained with a combination trust-fund and music royalties by the pets of her ancestors Pongo and Perdita who had founded the house many years ago.

Dotty was OBSESSED with Poodlewolf, a franchise of games, movies and TV shows about a half-poodle, half-wold hybrid who was tortured by the dichotomy of his birth and how he belonged no-where, while still fighting for what he knew was right. One day, when playing in the garden, she found the mask had dropped in the garden. When she grabbed the mask, she didn't understand when someone else grabbed the mask from seemingly no-where and she was dragged through a portal. Whoever tried to grab the mask flung her about a bit, trying to make her let go, but she wasn't the type to. Eventually, the forces of the portal dragged her away to an unknown place where she landed, with only the mask. Even worse, she quickly learned the one irrefutable fact about fear. Nobody is afraid of being alone in the darkness... People are afraid of NOT being alone in the darkness. And not alone she was. Small creatures with beady yellow eyes stared at her, slowly closing in. She was terrified, unable to think about anything other than saving herself. The mask was a scary looking one, she hoped that by putting it on, she could scare them off. But as soon as she pressed her muzzle into the mask, a transformation occured. She found herself floating in a void watching as someone protected her from the dark creatures. Destroying them. He felt dark, distorted, but... But something about him felt... Good.

Soon, the pair found themselves alone. He told her that he was Zen-Aku and it was his duty to destroy the world in the name of Master Org, but he didn't know why that was his duty. Soon he sat down and began wondering what his purpose was now that Master Org was gone. Dotty suggested that maybe it was destroying these shadow monsters, just like Poodlewolf did. Zen-Aku wasn't entirely sure that was his purpose, but little girls are insistent. Zen-Aku was going to push her into the back of his consciousness, but quickly learned that that wasn't going to work as he soon passed out. Dotty woke up a few hours later with the mask in front of her. Reaching out with her paws, she realized that... She didn't have Paws... She now had hands. She was a pet now, just like the pictures of Roger from around the house. Now hearing the voice of Zen-Aku in her head whenever she stared into the mask, Zen-Aku theorized that it was probably to do with her young body and his magics causing all of this to happen. Dotty quickly thought... She was now human, but she had the mind of a dog, and she had a dark, broody mask that gave her dark magical powers... This mask was clearly Poodlewolf. And no matter how many times he tried to correct her, Poodlewolf he would always be. And so, Dotty set off in this brand new world to right wrongs and save the day as the one and only Poodlewolf. Zen-Aku, not seeing any way to particularly stop her or do anything else is reserved to help her until something better comes along.
Other:

Karre

Name: Karre
Age: 18
Gender/Pronouns: Male
Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Unknown
Species: Genome

Appearance

Personality: Karre is a complicated man. Always has a smile on his face, always seems to look on the bright side of things and always seems to be the emotional rock of whichever group he's in. That being said, Karre is rather tortured within by how he was born to destroy. But his most enduring character trait is his eternal love for his twin sister. She may be twisted by Garlands teachings, but he can see past them and he knows that deep inside, Am is terrified to back down from anything, because if she backs down now, she's afraid she'll never be able to stand up again. He knows he can get through to her. He knows that one day, they will be able to forge their own path as individuals and hopefully as siblings, rather than the Angels of Death they were born to be.
Role(Optional): Paladin
World Origin: Terra
Abilities:

Swordsmanship (Karre has been taught by Garland the ways of the blade. He's incredibly proficient with his lightsaber.)
Maniuplation (Karre was born as an Angel of Death. He was custom designed by Garland to be the perfect instrument to convince others to go to war, everything down to his very voice was designed for manipulation. He doesn't LIKE this ability, but it's still an inescapable part of himself.)
Piloting ability (Karre has been trained to fly almost any ship he comes across, from Airships to Gummi-ships to even Space Ranger starcruisers, he is something of an ace.)

Weaknesses:

Am (He is a good person, he tries to do good things, but when it comes to Am, he will stop at nothing to bring her to the light. This leads him to make rash, impulsive and downright BAD decisions in an attempt to reach her. He also shares something of a telepathic link to her. Every so often, he will get twinges of feelings that she has and this can manipulate him as well.)
Premonitions (Karre will, every so often, see glimpses of the future, this leads him to second guess everything when this happens.)

Powers:

Telekinesis (He can pick things up with his magics and throw them around or bring them to his hand.)
Shock (A bolt of blue lightning that shoots out and damages enemies with Holy damage.)
Stop
Cure
Panacea

Alignment: Lawful Good
Backstory: Twins. A vision born from the ancient minds of Terra. When the heartless came and consumed the heart of their world. The Terrans created their ultimate fall-back plan. Garland. An advanced AI given an organic body to carry out his simple task "Save us all." While the Terrans sealed themselves away in stasis pods, Garland worked tirelessly to find a way to revive the heart of the world. But after so long of searching, he came to a realization. There was NO way to revive what was dead. But there may be a way to take one from another world. Once again, Garlands work ran into a dead end. There was no way to bring another Heart of the World to Terra. But then the only other option dawned on him. If he couldn't bring the heart to terra, then he'd have to take terra to the heart.

When people on a world die, their hearts rejoin the Heart of the World and the heart is given to a new life-form that is born on that world. So is an endless cycle. But, what if instead, he siphoned them off. The Hearts of Terra being switched with those hearts going to that worlds heart. Eventually, his people would all be saved. He found a neighbouring world and chose that as the sacrificial lamb to do it. But the Heart of that world was stubborn. It wouldn't let the hearts of its people go and it wouldn't accept the new ones in... That was, until a terrible war broke out on that world. So many hearts flooding too the heart at once was overwhelming it. Some slipped through the cracks, the Terran hearts slipped in and Garlands vision became clear. He needed war. War too terrible for any Heart of the World to process. To this end, he began creating servants to spread that war.

With the help of a man with a key for a sword, Garland developed a brand new race of beings. Genomes he called them. Bodies without hearts. But the Genomes were... They were unimaginative... Time and again, Garland failed to create creatures that could think for themselves. Without a heart to guide them, they simply did as they were told. Until the man with the key suggested that they put a heart in them. Taking the heart of Terra's champion, a warrior called Karream and putting it into the new Genome created something unexpected. The heart split into 2 and so did the Genome, creating the twins. A boy and a girl. Garland named them Karre and Am. Garland raised the babies alongside his Genomes. Teaching them to read, to write, to fight and to manipulate. To create war.

Karre and Am shared everything, they were as one. Garland creating suits of armour to protect them from the Heartless that might try to take their hearts. Karre didn't think too much of anything until one day. The vision. The horrible vision. Am in unimaginable pain. She was destroyed and Garlands mad plan to save his people the reason. At that moment, Karre knew that he couldn't continue. Now, Karre waits on Terra, trying to whisper in his sisters ear to question everything and to give up on becoming the Angels of Death that Garland had created and raised them to be. Waiting for the opportunity to escape with her.
Other:

Finished the character sheets. I don't imagine these two will make an entrance for a while, but for when anyone wants to visit Terra, maybe while looking for information about the Nobodies.

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Also, who would be interested in having Karre and Zen-Aku as their partners?

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One world that i was hoping for us to do at one point is a mini-campaign i wrote while sick in bed with the 'Rona in 2022 with nothing to do but sit there and write. Also, Disney+ had just uploaded the entire of Fillmore and i loved that show as a kid.

After the Sorcerer escaped from Norrisville high ((The party kinda released him earlier in the campaign, because they are idiots who don't understand that actions have consequences)) things seemed to calm down... (Or you can base this after the point where the Sorcerer lost most of his power when he lost the Chaos Peals) However, this all changed when a new transfer student arrived at Norrisville high, one Adrien Agrest from Paris. Shortly thereafter, new monsters started appearing similar to the ones that mysteriously stopped appearing in France recently. Then things went from bad to worse when a foreign exchange program transfered one Marinette Dupain-Cheng to the school, also from France. It was then that a heroine by the name of Ladybug showed up and started to fight the monsters alongside the Norrisville Ninja. Then, after that, a third hero showed up calling themselves Chat Noir. With regular robot attacks included in this, Norrisville High have decided to bring in the Ninja and these new heroes and bring them under the school's control. Naturally, none of them agreed to that. So, in response, Norrisville has brought in a ringer in order to end the problem. A new Safety Patrol that has been given full authority to bring the Ninja, the Bug and the Cat in by any means necessary. Cornelius Filmore and Ingrid Third are now heading up something of an Inquisition, questioning students to find the heroes civilian identities.

The party seemed to enjoy it well enough when i ran it. And if anyone wants a copy of the PDF i wrote, just pm me.

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@King Kindred With the "Villains taking over their stories" idea, i recommend looking at the Lorcana disney card game. Specifically the Floodborn villains. Pretty much, the game has 3 types of characters:

Storyborn: How they appear in the movies
Dreamborn: How they appear in Lorcana's specific story
Floodborn: How they appear in the Bad ending of their orginal story (E.G. Jafar ascends to become a veritable god of magic, while Aladdin is leading a resistace against him. Gaston uses Belle's Fathers inventions to keep Belle away from Beast so that he remains in Beast form, Hades actually succeeds in taking over Olympus by giving Hercules his godhood and distracting him with being a hero to humanity while Hades ascends to become King of the Pantheon, etc.)

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@King Kindred Well, on the Am and Karre front, would it be ok to go with the Garland backstory in this way:

Garland is who Xehanort worked with back in the day to perfect the Nobody creation technique, then they went their separate ways. Garland has created Am and Karre as his Angels of Death, and much like in FFIX, during their first story, Am ends up killing the old man in frustration of his attempts to limit her power. After Am kills Garland and Terra, she throws her lot in with whoever seems more story appropriate at any given point. Maybe one of the Villains of the World, maybe Xehanort, maybe Maleficent, maybe the Organization. At this point, her only goal is to get Karre back on her side so they can spread war together, just like dear old daddy wanted.

The important thing is that Garland doesn't survive long enough to muddy the waters of the story, he's simply "The mad genius who was the first to perfect the Nobody creation technique. He had his own plans to save his world, but dies before he can go through with it and instead, Xehanort made off like a bandit with his notebook on how to do it." Sort of like Ivo Shandor in Ghostbusters.

This is assuming that Xehanort is still behind the Organization in this game. If not, replace Xehanort with whoever. But in any case, a Final Fantasy character has an important role in the story, but it's more of a foot-note rather than another whole long and messy storyline we need to worry about.

If it's still a no, i'll shut up about Garland and move on.

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How would you all feel about Mickey Mouse's House of Villains being how the full story ends here?

@King Kindred

In all seriousness, i LOVE House of Mouse and am pissed that Disney won't upload it to Disney+. Especially at this time of year, because Snowed In At The House of Mouse is one of the most underrated christmas specials. Plus, so long as we get that kick-ass musical number.