Hey everyone, Razoreagle k'Leshya here. Don't go away just yet! Keep with me to the end, and I promise it'll be worth your time. This is something of an introduction to ease you readers in, see if you're ready to get in the bulk of my story here. This is my first story, so Constructive Criticism only if you're going to criticize. And if you're going to leave a review, remember that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it unless you plan to PM me, alright? Keep It Clean. That said, Let's get right into it.
Just so you lot are aware, I am currently running a poll to help reduce my upcoming writer's block to a manageable amount. Please check my profile for further details. That said, this Foreword is going to help give you guys a sense of what to expect with this particular story in terms of who the characters are, and what the story will entail. Beginning with the last thing first, the story is a warning about how little you actually know about anyone, including yourself. It's also a warning that anyone can change in any number of different ways in varying degrees of severity, even if you think that they can't. And lastly, it's a message stating that anyone can make a sizeable difference in the lives of others.
As for the characters dominating this story...
Elizabeth "Liz" Infernus: A young Kronosite Changeling whose blindness allows her to see the truth, no matter what. Visual deceptions cannot sway or even affect her, as she cannot see them to begin with. She is an orphan at the story's beginning.
Naga, Queen of Serpentia: Elizabeth's adoptive mother, and the sole survivor of her people and kingdom. Was good friends with Elizabeth's grandfather, considering him to be the first father she had known in a long time. She is the leader of a faction known as the Vennominaga Sect when the story begins.
Zordrake Talon Infernus: The father of one son and three daughters, and has two granddaughters, including Elizabeth. At the story's beginning, he is a ryu kitsune, or Xordrayk, meaning that he has powers equivalent to a demigod or minor god. Zordrake is a skilled combatant, utilizing a vast array of weaponry, including a grand majority of the more conventional weapons found in media, including shotguns, bazookas, swords, and rifles, in addition to less conventional weaponry like the lightsaber and Duel Disk. A skilled strategist, Zordrake is ruthless in combat, even utilizing the forbidden seventh form of lightsaber combat. Off the battlefield however, Zordrake is a kind and caring family man and teacher. His past continues to haunt him, however...
Captain Sans Gestell Schaedel: "Old Roger Himself." Literally Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Carribean mixed with Undertale's Papyrus and Sans Skeleton in terms of personality and appearance. Has accomplished a number of comically interesting feats in his time as a revenant, including playing the trombone in spite of a very clear absence of working lips on his mouth (kinda hard to play the trombone without 'em), and having acquired all of his children long after his death had come to be forgotten. A jokester of a pirate, his wrath is said to be terrible to witness and to be on the receiving end of it is even worse, to the point where even onlookers flee at the sight of his eyes glowing...
Natalie Natteschlaenge: A green-scaled Serpentian, this free spirited young woman is to the wind as lightning is to thunder. A powerful Mind Healer, this girl has a reputation as one of the most outgoing members of the Serpentian Royal Guard. Just beware of how you recieve her venom...
Gearmangaia Fireheight: A female Kronosite Mantidian with a kind heart. Somewhat scatterbrained at times, her heart is always somehow in the right place.
Gearinferno Reptirus "Reptile" Fireheight: One of the Serpentian Royal Guard's two residential sentient swamp lizards, and oldest living member of the Fireheight family when the story begins. Reptirus is possessed of a strong sense of honor which is usually hidden by his easy-going personality. Being Dovahkiin, Reptirus has a massive amount of power at his disposal, including a number of powerful forms which he utilizes during combat. Reptirus is easily powerful enough to challenge the Kronosite Dragon King and the mythical Bowsersaurus Rexus Seismoraptor, two of the most powerful beings in the entire omniverse, being possessed of near god-level strength and power.
Spirit Fireheight: A Batman fangirl who actually goes so far as to become a superpowered detective like the caped crusader himself. A Gotham city native, she is accustomed to the strange goings on in her home town, and has actually befriended Killer Croc before the story even begins! She quickly ends up befriending Liz and Geartank when the story begins...
Mara "Shedrake" Syx: Said to be a coldrake with the body of a human, this no nonsense Healer from the kingdom of Valdemar has quite a track record for being the most infamous individual engaged in the medical proffesion in Shallow City on account of the fact that such terrors as Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes, the Black Xordrayk, and Gestell all fear her wrath on account of the saying in Valdemar that a Healer knows how you're put together, and can take you apart in any fashion they so choose...
This story has a number of different settings, including the familiar Earthland Fiore, Gotham City, and Star Wars universe, in addition to the unexplored territory of Shadow Island, with Shallow City dominating the eastern shoreline of the island, and a massive mountain occupying the west. Shallow City melds the Tayledras Vales found in Velgarth with the more modern towns of our world. And last but not least, this story is a melding of all the franchises which I've adored during my school years. Well, most of them anyway. With that said, be sure to check out my profile for the latest updates on this series! In the meantime however, how about spending some time the story's mascot?
*Cat-like ears perk up excitedly* "Razor, you didn't!" Oh, yes I did, kiddo. Would you just do your thing already, everybody wants to see you. "Oh, alright then. When you put it that way, I suppose I must." *Excited Purring* "Hey all! The name's Black Tiger! If you'd like congratulations for making it this far, well, this here's your reward. No need to pout though. Let me tell you, I'm just one of the girls who has an evil beginning, only to end up one of the good guys. In other words, I'm a bad girl which you won't mind joining your company if you don't mind big cats. You'll see me soon enough. We promise."
Jeez, talk about being something of a letdown. Oh well, I guess we'll have to make up for that in the next chapter. And don't worry about saying goodbye, I'm sure we'll all be doing this again soon enough. Until then, zhai'helluva und se ono sverdar sitja hvass!