Well, this is something that I recently came up with, and admittedly this is kind of an interesting challenge.
Yeah, I'm back and ready to try my hand at writing Shadowchasers again. I've spent over a year writing an epic story and watched Arc-V, so I think I can probably pull this off.
Yeah, this is as far as I can tell a first, we're moving into the era of Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V for Shadowchasers. So what will all of this mean for the story as we know it? What about the way Arc-V works will that come into play?
Well, wait no longer, I've had a few ideas for how it all works, and I'm sure we can figure it out together.
So, lets begin.
Disclaimer: As before, I still only own what I created.
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PROLOGUE:
DIMENSION DISTORTION
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The Origin Universe, the main base of operations for Morgana's Kin, a universe said to be at the exact center of the multiverse (though this is up for debate). In addition to being one of the largest suppositories of knowledge in the multiverse, its numerous inhabited words include labs and methods of studying ecosystems.
One such world is Niariad, a tropical planet that is often used as a recreation area for members of Morgana's Kin. One popular destination is the Duel Monsters arenas where they can face off against advanced dueling AIs to test their abilities.
And that's what one member is doing there on this particular day.
"I'll banish my Kozmo Strawman to special summon my Kozmo Dark Eclipser!" A woman with short black hair that was dressed in a leather jacket over a blue t-shirt and jeans said as the lanky machine vanished only to be replaced with a massive black spaceship with red lights along it and two large wings and a section that jutted out of the stern (3000/2600). "Now, attack directly with Turbolaser Barrage!"
The ship above pointed its cannons down towards a holographic woman that flickered for a moment before she pointed forward. "I activate the trap card Quaking Mirror Force!" she countered as her trap flipped up and a shield appeared in front of her.
"I activate Dark Eclipser's effect, by banishing the Kozmo Soartroopers in my graveyard..." the first woman said as a card slid out of her disk. "I can negate your trap card."
The barrier in front of the hologram shattered as the lasers hit her and she covered her face as the dust faded.
"Well done subject, Quin Lamont," the hologram said with a smile as she took a bow and the black haired woman bowed back. "Final score, 85%."
"Not bad," a voice said from behind Quin and she smiled when she turned to see an older woman with long red hair and dressed smartly in a buttoned up shirt and long skirt with a long white coat over it. "You've improved since I first took you on as an apprentice."
"Thanks Leslie," Quin said with a smile as she gave the older woman a nod.
Quin Lamont had been the apprentice of Leslie Garrett up until recently when she had graduated. She had come from one of the split dimensions from the main universe that Leslie had been tasked with watching as the Morgana's Kin representative in the Shadowchasers.
Quin was just the newest in a long line of members of the organization that worked with the Shadowchasers. She was still getting used to it honestly, but Leslie had taught her well.
"So, what brings you back to the Origin Universe?" Leslie asked as she looked at Quin curiously. "You don't come here very often."
"Eh, my AI system is down and I needed to look into something for Judy anyway," Quin said as she deactivated her duel disk. "I think my Kozmo deck is just about ready, maybe I should get some more psychic support."
"Do you mind?" Leslie asked as she offered her hand and Quin took her deck out and gave it to her former teacher. "Hmm, interesting, Kozmo monsters are tricky, but you seem to have an idea of what you're doing here."
"Yeah, I really like them," Quin said as Leslie gave her deck back before she took two cards out of her pocket.
"Here, these might help you," she said as Quin looked at them curiously.
"What are these?" Quin asked. "I've never seen cards like these before."
"Trust me, they'll help if you need them," Leslie said and Quin nodded before she started to walk back to the arena. "Celeste, activate duel program level..."
She was cut off when the screen on her duel disk suddenly started flashing and she looked at it surprised. It was a secondary alert system built into their systems when they were needed.
She pressed a button on the screen and a woman with long white hair and dressed in an elaborate outfit appeared on the screen. She recognized her as Alexandra Veidt, the leader of the High Council.
"This is Quin Lamont, what's going on?"
"Quin, we have a situation," Alexandra replied. "I need you and Leslie to report to Tartarus Station immediately."
"Tartarus Station but that's..." Quin said and looked at Leslie.
"The observation point for the prison planes, yes..." Alexandra said. "You'll understand when you get here, but its urgent. We don't need to cause a panic right now."
Quin and Leslie exchanged a look before they nodded. "We'll be there immediately," Leslie said.
Alexandra nodded as Leslie held a hand up and a portal formed in front of them. The two women exchanged a look as if trying to figure out what might be on the other side before they walked through it.
They just had to hope that this wasn't going to end badly.
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The Tartarus Station was a facility that had been constructed to keep an eye on high profile prisons. A running joke in Morgana's Kin was that it was where you got sent if you screwed up really badly, but actually the women who worked there were well paid and well regarded.
They had to be given that they were often the first warning if a deity was about to escape from their prison.
"Madam Councilwoman," Leslie said with a bow of her head as they entered the monitoring station and saw Alexandra standing there. "What's going on?"
"We're getting an unusual amount of activity from the Standard Dimension," Alexandra said as she turned to look at them. "Specifically, there's energy flowing into one of the prison planes from it and part of the Abyss."
"Odd," Quin said. "The Standard Dimension has mostly been quiet in terms of inter-dimensional activity lately. Well, at least Shadow or Divine related activity."
"Well, it seems like that's changed," Alexandra said and looked worried. "We're going to have to investigate this, especially given the Abyssal connection."
There was a long pause as the woman stood there a moment. They all knew there was one lingering question. The prisons monitored by Tartarus Station were where the most dangerous of gods were trapped away by other gods. Any one of them being released would be bad enough, but none of them wanted to ask the question.
"Which, prison is it?" Quin finally asked.
"Tharizdun's," Alexandra said simply.
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SHADOWCHASERS:
HARBINGER
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AN ARC-V SHADOWCHASERS FIC BY
RUIN QUEEN OF OBLIVION
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CHAPTER 1:
HERO SPIRIT
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Welcome to Paradise City, the city where action duels took off, and most recently, became the center of attention once more because of a whole new style of dueling called Pendulum Summoning.
Its, been an interesting few days in the city ever since Yuya Sakaki defeated the Sledgehammer in a duel. Most of the duelists in the city were a buzz about the new Pendulum summoning and wondering how exactly it was supposed to work.
But me? Well, I admit I was curious but I had more important things to deal with, I mean my job is to duel but its not like any of us really know anything about Pendulum summoning or will have to face it.
So, what was I doing right then? What I did every other day really, I was on patrol in Paradise City.
My name is Eva Roman, and I'm a Shadowchaser.
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A small shadow moved through the front lobby to the Leo Corporation. They paused a moment as a security guard went past them as they hid in the shadows before they quickly moved forward again.
After a few minutes they reached their intended destination and pushed the door open. They looked around carefully before they slipped inside and took out a small device, using it to turn off the local security as they headed for a computer on the desk nearby and started typing.
That's when the lights turned on and the figure nearly jumped out of their skin. They were short and at first glance would be mistaken for a human, but the woman standing opposite them knew better.
"Metais, I see you're trying this again," she said and crossed her arms as she looked at the gnome.
She was a taller woman with long dirty blonde hair tied into a braid. She was dressed in a red tank top and blue jeans with a silver colored coat over it. She smirked a little as she saw the Gnome. "Still trying to work on your fancy new duel disk?"
"I'll make it work, I just need access to..." Metais said.
"Yeah, I know, you need access to Leo Corporation's files on ARC," the woman said with a shake of her head. "Look, its not a bad idea, make action duels accessable anywhere, but you shouldn't break the law to do it."
"I can't afford to buy a system and no one will let me get access to their's," Metais said with a shake of his head. "So what are you going to do Ms. Roman? You're just as bound by the rules as I am."
Eva Roman shook her head and took out a duel disk before she activated it and the disk formed in front of her. "You really need to learn a better way to do this."
"Yeah, yeah, I know," Metais said as he activated his own duel disk. "Lets duel then."
(Eva: 8000) - (Metais: 8000)
"I'll go first," Eva said as she drew her opening hand. "And I'll start with my Foolish Burial spell card, so I can send one of my monsters from my deck to my graveyard."
"Still using zombies huh?" Metais said as Eva took a card from her deck and put it in the slot in her disk.
"You'll see what I have in mind, for now I'll set one card face down and summon Mezuki in attack mode!" She said and a demon appeared in front of her with a horse head and wielding an axe.
"You know I never understood why that guy was a zombie," Metais said with a frown.
Eva was about to say something but she didn't have an answer to why either. "I'll end my turn there, lets see what you can do."
Metais drew a card and looked at it for a moment before he selected another card. "I'll set this monster in defense mode and set two more cards face down," he said and a horizontal card appeared in front of him followed by two face down cards.
"Not much I see," Eva said, though she was worried about what those face down cards would be.
"I'll end my turn there," the Gnome finished.
"My draw," Eva said as she drew her next card and looked at her hand. Okay, I've got something that can work here, but I just have to make sure that he doesn't destroy the monster I need first.
"So, what are you going do do now?" Metais asked with a smirk.
"I'll set one monster in defense mode, and attack your face down monster with Mezuki!" Eva said as a horizontal monster appeared in front of her before the horse headed demon ran forward and slammed his axe down on the face-down card.
Only to be met with a metallic clang and thrown back by what looked like a cement mixer. Only this one had eyes and what looked like the image of polymerization on the side (0/2200).
"Is that, a cement mixer? Eva asked and blinked in surprise.
"That was my Mixeroid, and its defense is a bit too high for your Mezuki to break through," Metais said. "Is there anything else you want to do?"
Vehicroids, that figures, they'll start out weak but if he has any of the fusion monsters I might be in trouble, Eva thought as she looked her hand over for a moment, there was nothing new she could do. "I end my turn there."
(E: 7500) - (M: 8000)
Metais drew his next card and smirked as he set it on his disk and a blue and yellow submarine appeared in front of him with two eyes and arms (800/1800). "I summon my Submarineroid in attack mode."
"Crap..." Eva said and flinched a little.
"I take it then you know how my monster works, now attack her with Subterranean Sneak Attack!" Metais ordered as the submarine dove into the floor and fired a torpedo at Eva which exploded.
"You know... there's something I never understood about that," Eva said as she got to her feet. "Its not really a sneak attack, you're telling me its attacking."
"Well, you see... never mind," Metais said as he switched the card horizontal and the submarine crossed its arms to protect itself. "Since Submarineroid attacked you directly I can switch it to defense mode."
Fortunately, I have just what I need to get past both of them, Eva thought to herself as she looked at her hand.
"And with that I end my turn," Metais finished as he looked his hand over and nodded.
(E: 6700) - (M: 8000)
"Then its my draw!" Eva said as she drew her next card. "I normal summon my Shiranui Solitare!"
A ghostly howl sounded as a man appeared in front of Eva. He was dressed in robes with a vest and orbs over it, he had long brown hair and held a staff out in front of him (500/0).
"A Shiranui monster?" Metais asked.
"That's right, my deck is filled with them," Eva said as she looked down at her duel disk. "The Shiranui are more than just your average zombie deck, and I'm going to show you just what I mean. I activate Shiranui Solitare's special ability!"
The ghostly spellcaster started to chant before he vanished and a new ghostly howl was heard as a flame appared in front of Eva. A flaming sword appeared with a spectral figure with long light purple hair and dressed in an armor robe behind it (800/0).
"Its still not strong enough to do the job," Metais said, but he had a bad feeling about this.
"It doesn't matter, my Spectralsword is a Tuner monster," Eva said with a smirk. "And I'll tune Spectralsword and Pyramid Turtle together."
The two monsters flew up and rings formed around Pyramid Turtle as light flew into it.
"Force from beyond the grave, spirits of the unknown flame, come together to create a new force to bear on our foes."
(2* + 4* = 6*)
"Synchro Summon, Shiranui Samuraisaga!"
The monster that appeared had black hair tied into a ponytail. He was dressed like a samurai warrior with red and black clothes as he drew his sword as white flames danced over it (2500/0).
"Now Shiranui Samuraisaga, take out his Sumbarineroid with Burning Sword!" Eva commanded as the samurai ran forward and held his sword high as he prepared to attack.
"I activate Supercharge, since you attacked while I only have roid monsters, I can draw two cards!" Metais said as he drew two cards while the sword connected with the Submarine and it shattered.
"Too bad your monster is still destroyed," Eva said and looked at her hand and then her face down card. "I'll end my turn there."
Metais drew his next card and looked at it before he slid it into his duel disk. "I'll set this card and set a monster in defense mode!" He said and two cards appeared in front of him. "And I'll activate my field spell, Megaroid City!"
The room around them changed as a towering building appeared behind them. It looked like some sort of port building with roads and tubes jutting out from it. He smirked a little as he looked at the cards in his hand again.
Great, this could be trouble, Eva said as she looked her hand over and then back up at the large building. I better deal with this quickly, he's probably got something big planned right now.
"Next, I'll switch Mixeroid into attack mode!" Metais continued as the living cement mixer switched into attack mode. "Now Mixeroid attack Mezuki with Mix-Up Punch!"
The machine let out a honk before it rolled forward and swung its tire at the horse-headed demon.
"Mezuki, fight back!" Eva said in surprise as Mezuki swung his axe at Mixeroid but Metais just discarded a card from his deck and the machine punched through Mezuki. "What? How did you..."
"My field spell, by discarding a Vehicroid from my deck, I switched the attack and defense of my monster," Metais said as he smirked. "I'll end my turn there."
(E: 6200) - (M: 8000)
"You just made a big mistake," Eva said as she drew her next card. "First, I start out with my Samurai Skull in attack mode!"
There was a ghostly laugh as a grinning skull appeared in front of her with big teeth and a long tongue. It was wearing a samurai helmet and laughed as it floated there (1700/0).
"And when my Skull is summoned, I can take a zombie from my deck and send it to the graveyard," she said and picked up her deck before she picked a card and slid it into her graveyard. "Think of him like a monster version of Foolish Burial."
"Your zombies are getting creepier and creepier," Metais said as Eva put her deck back in the slot. "I don't get why you even use them, they're not exactly what I'd expect from a Shadowchaser."
Eva looked down at her deck, she had her own reasons for using zombies. She wasn't about to tell him those reasons, but she used them to remember someone, someone she had lost who was a zombie duelist.
She sighed a little and shook her head, that was not something she needed to dwell on right now. Her deck was her own, even if she had been inspired by someone, she had built it on her own.
And that was enough to keep her going.
"That's my business," she said and hit a button on her duel disk. "I'm activating the special ability of my Mezuki, by banishing it I can bring back one zombie from my graveyard."
"So? You don't have anything too powerful in there," Metais commented. "Unless..."
"Unless I'm bringing back the monster I discarded for my Foolish Burial, and I'll bring back one of the strongest monsters in my main deck!" Eva said as she took Mezuki's card out and pocketed. "So welcome to the field, Despair From the Dark!"
The monster that appeared was a spectral zombie that was partially black with horns with reddish-orange flames and long purple claws (2800/3000).
"Now Shiranui Samuraisaga, attack his Mixeroid with Burning Sword!" Eva commanded as the samurai ran forward and held his blade aloft. Suddenly the mixeroid knelt in defense mode and the sword slashed through it. "What?"
"I activated my Desert Sunlight trap card, which switched it to defense mode," Metais explained.
"Fine, I'll take out your face down monster then with Samurai Skull!" Eva said as the skull sent a fireball at the face down card, only to have it bounce off of a small helicopter. "Okay, this is getting annoying."
"You could just give up," Metais said.
"I think I'll pass, Despair From the Dark, take out his Gyroid with Darkness Rend!" Eva said as the spectral monster pushed forward and slashed at the helicopter as it shattered. "I end my turn there."
Metais drew his next card and smirked a little. "I summon my Truckroid in attack mode!" He said and an 18 wheeler appeared in front of him with the same eyes as the other Vehicroids (1000/2000).
"Let me guess, you're going to attack and use your field's effect again," Eva said with a frown as she crossed her arms. "Your monster better have one heck of a special effect."
Really I just need to stall long enough to get the big guy out, Metais thought as he looked at the two cards left in his hand. "Alright, I'll attack your Skull with Truckroid, 18 Wheeler Pummel!"
The truck rolled forward and its forward wheels started to spin as it swung at the skull.
"And as you predicted, I'll discard this monster from my deck to switch its attack and defense points," Metais said as his monster's attack rose to 2000 as its attack connected and the skull shattered. "And that's not all, your skull gets equipped to my Truckroid!"
The back of the truck opened and the skull flew into it as the truck took on more of a skeletal look with the helmet appearing on its cab and its attack rose to 2700.
"Okay, that's definitely not good," Eva said as she looked at her hand. "But its still too weak to defeat my Despair From the Dark."
"I know, but as long as my field is active it doesn't matter," Metais pointed out. "I'll end my turn there."
(E: 5900) - (M: 8000)
"Alright, its my turn!" Eva said as she drew her next card. "And I'll summon my Shutendoji in attack mode!"
A red skinned oni appeared in front of her with wild yellow hair and spiked armor. He was carrying a large jug that he took a drink of and smiled wickedly (1500/800).
"Great, another Yokai," Metais said.
"You know it, these guys have really useful effects for a Shiranui deck, for example I'll use his effect and banish two cards from my graveyard and draw a card," Eva said as she took two cards out of her graveyard that she showed as Shiranui Spectralsword and Shiranui Solitare before she drew another card. "And I get to return one of my banished Shiranui monsters, so welcome back Shiranui Spectralsword!"
The sword wielding ghost appeared in defense mode.
"Now, I'll play the card I drew, my Twin Twisters!" Eva said as she put the two cards into the slot as two tornadoes shot out.
"NO!" Metais shouted.
"That's right, so I can destroy both your field spell and my Samurai Skull!" Eva said as the field shattered and the truck returned to normal as its attack fell back down to 1000. "Now you're up first Shutendoji, attack that Truckroid with Sake Rage!"
The Yokai took a long drink and let out a roar as energy flew into his claws. He rushed forward and slashed at the living truck and it shattered with a beep.
"Now its your turn Despair From the Dark and Samuraisaga, attack him directly!" Eva said as her monsters ran forward and slashed at Metais who fell back from the attack. "And that's it for my turn."
I just hope that I can deal with whatever he has planned, she thought as she looked at her hand. If I'm lucky, I'll win this duel on my next turn, but there's no way I'll be that lucky.
(E: 5900) - (M: 2200)
Metais drew his next card and laughed as he put it into his disk and the city appeared around them agian. "I drew my second copy of Megaroid City!"
"Great..." Eva said. "What are you going to do with it though?"
"You'll see, first I summon Expressroid!" He said as a train appeared with eyes appeared in front of him (400/1600) and two cards slipped out of his disk. "I now get to add two Vehicroids from my graeyard to my hand. I'll choose my Submarineroid and the Steamroid I sent to my graveyard before."
Okay, that's not good, I know what he can do with those two monsters, Eva thought.
"Now I activate the ability of my Megaroid City, so I can destroy my expressroid..." Metais said as the living train shattered as he took a card out of his deck. "And I can add a monster to my hand. And I'll add my Vehicroid Connection Zone!"
"Oh crap..." Eva said.
"Then you know what this means, I fuse together Submarineroid, Steamroid, and Drillroid!" Metais said as the Submarine, a living train, and a large monster with a drill on its face appeared and went into a vortex. "Machines crafted by mortal hands, come together to form a force beyond compare!"
A monster appeared in front of him, it at first resembled a submarine but it also had treads and a massive drill with claws and tank treads. It glared down at Eva who took a step back with her monsters (3000/2000).
"Welcome to the field, Super Vehicroid Jumbo Drill!" Metais said and smirked. "And I'm not done yet."
"What else are you going to do?" Eva asked with a gulp.
"I'm using Mixeroid's effect, I can banish it and 4 other Vehicroids to summon a level 5 Fusion monster," Metais said as the monsters appeared and flew into the Mixer. There was a moment as they waited to see what happened and it vanished in a flash of light, replaced with a living tandem bike (1600/1200). "And that gives me my Pair Cycroid. Now, Jumbo Drill, attack her Spectralsword with Drill Destruction!"
The giant machine dug underground and started to dig forward towards Eva's side of the field.
"I activate my trap card, Shiranui Style Samsara, so I can banish..." Eva started.
"Sorry, I activate my trap card Emergeroid Call which stops your trap and sends any other copies you have to the graveyard!" Metais countered as the trap shattered and he took a card out of his graveyard. "Which means my attack goes through!"
The giant machine came out of the ground and the swordmaster shattered and hit Eva.
"And that deals trampling damage, now I'll attack you directly with my Pair Cycroid!" Metais said as the bike sped forward and hit Eva and sent her sprawled over. "And I'll end my turn, which means my Pair Cycroid leaves. Its your move."
The living bike shattered into pieces.
(E: 1300) - (M: 2200)
Eva drew a card and flinched. Well, this will at least stall for time, but with that effect I'm going to lose life points eventually, she thought as she looked her hand over and then back at her monsters, she had an idea.
"Are you going to make a move?" Metais asked.
"I'll set one card face down and switch Despair From the Dark to defense mode," she said as the spectral monster knelt in defense mode. "I'll end my turn there."
"Then I'll end this now!" Metais said as he drew his next card. "Perfect, I'll make this even better by playing Limiter Removal!"
Eva looked up passively as the massive machine glowed with energy and then grew even larger and its attack rose to 6000.
"Now, take out that Samuraisaga with Super Drill Destruction!" Metais said as the machine went underground again and headed for the Samurai.
"Go trap card!" Eva said just as the dust was thrown up from the attack.
"I win," Metais said with a smirk, as the dust faded however Eva was still standing there with a trap face-up. "What? You activated a trap card?"
"My Defense Draw to be exact, which means I can draw a card," Eva said as she drew a card. "And this duel isn't over yet!"
"Yeah, yeah," Metais said. "I end my turn, and thanks to my Vehicroid Connection Zone my monster isn't destroyed by Limiter Removal."
The machine returned to its normal size as its attack fell back to 3000.
"But you still have to get around it," he said with a smirk. "I know that's not going to be easy with a zombie deck."
"Don't be so sure, I'm going to end this now!" Eva said as she drew her next card and smiled a little. "It doesn't matter what I drew though, because I can activate the effect of my Spectralsword in my graveyard. By banishing it and another zombie, I can synchro summon a monster. So I'll banish, my Samuraisaga!"
Metais' eyes went wide as he took a step back as the two monsters appeared above Eva.
"Lord of the undead, master of the secret flames, appear before us in this game!"
(2* + 6* = 8*)
The monster that descended was a man dressed in elaborate white, purple, and red robes. His face was covered with a mask and in one hand he carried a flaming sword and in the other he carried a hilt made of flames (3000/0).
"My Shiranui Shogunsaga!" Eva said with a smile. "And I can activate two effects. First I can banish one monster to increase my Shogun's attack, and also my Samuraisaga I banished lowers your monster's attack by 500!"
First the samurai appeared and ran forward and flew into the giant machine as its attack fell to 2500. Then a card slid out of Eva's disk and a skeletal undead dragon appeared behind her.
"That's, Berserk Dragon!" Metais said in shock.
"That's right, I sent it with Samurai Skull's effect, he's one of the most powerful zombies in the game so I use him to power Shogunsaga!" Eva said as the dragon's spirit flew into Shogunsaga and its attack rose to 6500. "Now Shogunsaga..."
"No, no!" Metais said. "I was so close!"
"Attack his Jumbo Drill with Slash of the Sacred Flames!" Eva said as the Shogun ran forward and slashed at the Drill with both its weapons and the massive monster creaked before it shattered, sending Metais flying back.
(E: 1300) - (M: 0)
"Come on, that's not fair..." Metais said.
"Sorry, but its over," Eva said as she took out a jewel and held it up as Metais vanished in a flash.
She gathered up her cards and walked out, she just had to hope that she wouldn't run into security.
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"So, did you stop Metais?" A woman with short white hair dressed in a buttoned up shirt and long skirt asked as Eva walked in.
"Yeah, no real problem there, he put up a challenge though," Eva said as she stretched a little and sat down on the couch in the Shadowchasers HQ. "Thanks for the tip back there Charlie, I just wish he'd try to do this legally."
"Well, it was better than the alternative," Charlotte Vaughn, better known as Charlie said as she gave her a nod. "The problem however is that while you were busy, someone else broke into the files."
"Wait, what?" Eva asked and jumped up.
"Yes, we think that Metais may have been a diversion," Charlie said with a shake of her head as she pressed a button on her duel disk and transferred a file over to Eva. "This is the security footage from the heist."
Eva opened it up and blinked when she saw a vortex appear as a woman that was hidden by shadows stepped out. She went over to a computer console and started to type at it, taking out what looked like a card and holding it up.
"I call upon the Electric Virus!" She said in a voice with a slight british accent as a monster that looked like it was made of electricity appeared and flew into the computer.
After a few minutes she finished what she was doing and picked out a jump drive and returned to the portal which closed behind her.
"Who was that?" Eva asked as she looked at Charlie.
"We have no idea, not helped by the fact that she escaped," Charlie said with a shake of her head. "We'll have to keep an eye out if its Shadow related, but for now its out of our jurisdiction."
"Right, well I have a call to make," Eva said and started towards her bedroom.
"Calling your girlfriend huh?" Charlie asked and Eva's face turned red as she turned back to look at her.
"She's not my girlfriend, we're just friends!" Eva said and Charlie just laughed as the older Shadowchaser stormed off.
"Right, just keep telling yourself that," she said with a laugh.
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Well, there you have it, finally we have chapter 1 of Harbinger. There's still a bit to do, so I hope you look forward to it.
Next chapter, we meet the third member of the Paradise City Shadowchasers as they go after a criminal that has a deck that puts him at a disadvantage. What happens next? Find out in chapter 2, "Thunder of Ruler."
But we're not quite done yet, I've made a series of files based on organizations that Morgana's Kin has met in the multiverse. You're of course free to use them in Shadowchasers fics or elsewhere.
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Chapter 1:
The Pale Children, Servants of the Mother.
Osilius, Universe SC-1529.
Among Demons there are few who have earned more of a reputation, but at the same time been more of an enigma, than Pale Night. The mother of demons who makes her home in the 600th level of the Abyss upon a kingdom of bones.
It is said that she was the one who created Demons as we know them. However whatever her motivations are, she seems to have no interest outside of the Abyss, and as such has little followers in most corners of the multiverse.
The one exception is the planet Osilius in the Universe designated SC-1529, a world that is plunged into endless darkness after its star was consumed by a Star Eater being. How Osilius survived is unknown, but no matter how, it is a world consumed by chaos and madness.
While most of the factions on Osilius presents no real threat, the one exception is the cult known as the Pale Children. Under the Lich-Priest Rannith, the Pale Children follow the will of Pale Night, using things like demonic grafts to grant themselves demonic power with the intention of becoming demons themselves with enough power.
The Pale Children have something that makes them even more dangerous. They have also gained a lot of technological skill including cybernetics, making themselves into deadly mixtures of cybernetics and demonic powers.
What the ultimate intention of the Pale Children is unknown. What worries us however is that unlike most of their followers, the Lich-Priest seems to have direct contact with Pale Night herself, which has lead to some speculation as to the true nature of the Priest and whether or not he may actually be the Mother of Demons' Proxy.
The followers of the Pale Children tend to include Demonologists, Necromancers, and other dangerous spellcasters that can draw on darker powers. They are not to be taken lightly if they are encountered, but for now they have not pushed out of their home universe.
Story Ideas: The Pale Children are for the most part confined to their home universe, but there is always a potential for them to leave it and spread out. Any story involving them would likely involve Pale Night in some way, whether or not she actually grants them power is up to you.
Alternatively it is also possible that Pale Night has no real stake in this. Given that she is suggested to be more or less retired, its possible that there is another Demon Lord manipulating the Pale Children to make them think they are in the service of the Mother of Demons.
If this is the case, well, the sky is truly the limit.
Deck Ideas: As it stands, the Pale Children know nothing about the game of Duel Monsters, but if they ever entered the Shadowchasers universe they would likely adapt as needed. Fiends and Zombies would not be out of the question as well as machines.
As for the Lich-Priest, well, one can only imagine what horrors he'd have waiting in his deck.
