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06/30/2025
The Champion of Luna…it has to work. This monster is the strongest creature I've ever been able to summon. It has to beat Dark Guardian. It has to.
Cheveyo Qua
Lost as always
Cheveyo pointed at the spectral falcon on his field. "I activate the effect of Hidden Spirit Totem-Falcon to draw a card for every Hidden Spirit monster is sent to the graveyard." He drew two cards. "And finally, I activate the final effect of the Totem to gain 1000 life points as well."
Cheveyo- 2450
Guardian- 1075
The Guardian started to laugh. "It's pitiful…you think that monster can match my creatures?"
"Champion of Luna, attack Gate Guardian!" The beast warrior howled in rage and charged towards the composite god.
"Reveal A Hero Emerges!" The Guardian's single card in its 'hand' appeared on the field. "I special summon Kazejin (2400/2200) to the field!" A new god of wind appeared on the field. "And then I activate the effect of Kazejin! Direction Squall Barricade!" A wall of wind launched up and stopped the Champion of Luna in mid-attack, forcing it back to Cheveyo's field.
Cheveyo grimaced and fanned out his four cards. "I set these four cards face-down on the field. At the end phase of this turn Hidden Spirit Totem-Falcon returns to my hand." The spectral bird disappeared and he picked the card up off of his disk. "End turn."
A card appeared behind the Guardian. "Now you are at your end. Dark Guardian, Dark Shockwave!" The huge Guardian hefted it axe and brought it hurtling towards Cheveyo's fusion. "This is the end, because Dark Guardian cannot be destroyed as a result of battle! That means your monster is destroyed!"
Cheveyo slammed the card in his hand into his graveyard. "I discard one card from my hand to activate Champion of Luna's special ability! Now for this fight it cannot be destroyed in battle with a monster that has the same attack at it does!" The werewolf threw up its spear and caught the huge axe. Both monsters struggled and then broke away from each other.
The Guardian clenched its fist. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Cheveyo drew. "Champion, attack…"
"Reveal Provocation!" One of the Guardian's two set cards flipped up. "This trap forces all attack mode monsters on your field to attack one of my monsters!" Dark Guardian started to laugh louder.
Champion of Luna snarled behind its silver mask and launched forwards, ready to try and suicide itself into its enemy.
Cheveyo paled and slid the drawn card into his graveyard. "I discard Dark Gray to negate the battle damage." Both mighty monsters clashed and then returned to their respective fields.
The Guardian of Memories sneered. "Take a look at the situation now. Every turn you must discard a card from your hand to keep your monster alive, and it can do nothing but attack my Dark Guardian every turn."
Cheveyo growled. "End turn."
A card appeared behind the Guardian. "Dark Guardian, attack now!" The monster drove its axe downwards towards the Champion.
"Champion of Luna special ability activates! I send a card from my field to the graveyard to make my monster impossible to destroy in battle with a monster of equal attack power!" Both monsters clashed, sparks raining down over the field and then they returned to their fields. One of Cheveyo's set cards disappeared.
Guardian smirked. "Reverse card open! I activate my continuous trap card Destiny Battle!" Kazejin exploded into dust. "By sacrificing one monster on my field I can force the highest attack monsters on both of our fields to battle!" Dark Guardian drove forwards again and its axe hurtled down towards the Champion of Luna again. "You're finished!"
Cheveyo snarled and another of his set cards disappeared. Both monsters slammed into each other and broke off.
Guardian smirked. "End turn!"
Cheveyo drew and the Champion of Luna charged towards the Dark Guardian. "I discard Nimble Momonga!" Both monsters clashed once more and broke away. "I can keep this going as long as you can!"
"No you can't! Reveal One on One Combat!" The Guardian's set card flipped up. "Now the most powerful monsters on our field will now do battle!" Both monsters skidded back and then charged towards each other again. They clashed once more and were both blown back by the force of their strikes.
Cheveyo looked at his last card. ("If I activate it then I'll be able to buy myself some time. But if he attacks…") "Reverse card open!" His face-down card flipped up. "Penumbral Gateway is a magic card that activates when there is a Hidden Spirit monster in play that has 2000 or more attack points." The card began to glow. Champion of Luna faded away. "This card activates and removes the monster from play. Now I pick up a Hidden Spirit monster from my graveyard, and then I take one magic card from my graveyard and place it into my deck. When this card is removed from play the removed from play monster is special summoned to the field!"
He slapped the picked up monster down. "I summon Hidden Spirit-Fianna Galliard in defense mode!" (1000/1000) The monster that resembled Conn appeared on the field in a crouching position. "When this monster is summoned and there are no other cards in play on my field I may activate one of three effects. Moonlight Caern does not count, and that's good because I can only activate the third effect if it is in play! Now I activate one magic card from my deck!" He held up Pot of Greed. "So I draw two cards!" Sliding two cards off of his deck he watched as the smiling green card faded away and Champion of Luna reappeared on the field. "End turn!"
A card appeared behind Guardian. "You won't be able to keep yourself alive for much longer! I play my Pot of Greed!" The single card split into two cards. "Then I discard a card from my hand to activate the equipment magic card Control Thoughts! This card forces one monster in play to obey me!" Lightning flashed out of the card and struck the Champion of Luna. "Heed my orders!"
Cheveyo smiled slightly. "Are you so sure?"
"What?"
The Champion of Luna howled and flexed its muscles, the electrical bonds shattering. "Champion of Luna, thanks to its parts from Silver Fang Philodox, cannot be taken control of."
"Dark Guardian, attack now!" The huge monster drove its axe down towards the wolf warrior.
Cheveyo discarded a card from his hand. "Champion of Luna's special ability lets it withstand the fight!" Both monsters clashed and then broke away.
"Gate Guardian!" The composite god released a wave of energy that slammed into Fianna Galliard and blew it apart. "And now I finish you off with the effect of Destiny Battle!" Gate Guardian exploded. "Attack Champion of Luna now!" Dark Guardian roared in rage and charged, slamming into its enemy again.
"I discard!" Cheveyo slammed the last card in his hand into his graveyard and both monsters broke away.
Guardian sneered. "End turn!"
Cheveyo drew. "I play Monster Reborn! Hidden Spirit Totem-Owl (300/500) in defense mode!" A spectral owl with golden symbols in its feathers appeared on the field. "Now as per the effect of Provocation Champion of Luna attacks Dark Guardian!" Both monsters slammed into each other and then broke away as the owl spirit disappeared. "And the effect of my monster lets me add Polymerization and one Hidden Spirit monster into my hand!" He held up two cards. "End turn!"
A card appeared behind the Guardian. "Now your duel ends! First I activate The Forceful Sentry!" Holographic representations of the two cards in Cheveyo's hands appeared up in the air. "I select Polymerization!" The magic card faded away. "That card goes back into your deck! Now Dark Guardian, attack the monster now!" His monster charged and slammed its axe down against the weapon of the Champion.
Cheveyo discarded the card from his hand and both monsters broke away from each other.
The Guardian of Memories snapped his fingers and his final monster, Nightmare Eye, exploded. "Attack again!" Dark Guardian stopped in mid-withdraw and charged in again, slamming its weapon against the spear of Champion of Luna. "You have no cards left to sacrifice!"
"That's not true." Cheveyo closed his eyes. "I discard Moonlight Caern to save my monster." All around them the stones fell away, leaving the two standing in the damp cavern once more.
Both monsters broke away and the Champion of Luna shrank down into its human form. (2800/2800)
Guardian snickered calmly. "End turn. You have lost the card that gave your monster the power to match mine in battle. Now during the next turn I'll destroy you."
Cheveyo looked down at his deck and frowned. ("There's nothing left for me to do. I tried my best, but I couldn't hold against the wild assault of the Guardian…") He clenched his fist. ("Mother…forgive me…he had me in the perfect lock…all I could do was defend.") His eyes snapped open. ("Wait a second!") He drew. "Champion of Luna, attack his Dark Guardian now! Finish this fight!" The warrior started to run towards the mighty spider-legged monster wildly.
"You can't hope to win. So come and meet your end like a warrior!" The Guardian of Memories started to smirk…until he saw the look in Cheveyo's eyes. "What are you smiling about?"
Cheveyo held up the drawn card. "You removed the one thing keeping your Dark Guardian safe! From my hand I play Shrink! This quickplay magic card cuts the attack of one monster in play in half!" Waves of energy flew from his card and hit Dark Guardian, shrinking it down to the size of a tank. (1900/3500)
"I'll still survive the damage!" The Guardian of Memories began to smile, but faltered as he realized Cheveyo had beaten him to it.
"Champion of Luna special ability number three!" The warrior flexed its muscles, energy flowing through it. "When the attack of a monster on your field is reduced by the effect of card I control, then the drained attack is added to Champion's attack strength until the end of the turn!" (4700/2800) "Attack now! Fianna Deathblow!" The warrior pulled its huge Claymore free and slashed into the shoulder of the tank-sized monster. A wave of force slammed into the Guardian of Memory and dissipated it.
Cheveyo- 2450
Guardian- 0
Cheveyo took a deep breath, and then dropped to his knees. ("I've won…")
And so you have won brave warrior. By believing in the strength of your duelist skills and the spirits of your ancestors you have succeeded. For this I would congratulate you. However, now is not the time for congratulations. It is the time for learning your very nature.
You are one of the Forsaken. A werewolf who is the ancestor of a mighty warrior who slain Father Wolf. With the death of Father Wolf, the patriarch of all Uratha, by the claws of his own children your ancestors have sealed your fate. Repent or live in the blood that is yours to keep…that is your choice.
I am the Guardian of Memories, and I have kept the history of the Forsaken safe for the longest time. As appointed by the Dark Halo, I am to test all challengers with a Duel. You have succeeded, and your reward will be to know the truth about your mother, your heritage, and your existence.
Your mother was Chenoa Qua, or 'Dove of Peace' as known by her pack mates. She was a kind woman even after her First Change, though after that she was never the same. In a way she was better off, and in another way she was worse. Better in that her unique gift to sense the feelings of everyone was put to good use, and bad in that her gift was scarred, as was she. One year after she had you her pack had to retrieve her to protect you from death at the hands of enemies of the Uratha. It was a sad time in her life, and she cried nearly every night because she could no longer see you. You were her pride and joy.
However, darkness arrived that made her sorrow small in comparison. Its name is Adder Man. As you know, there is a realm of spirit beyond this one. From this world emerges the monsters you use, but also emerges spirits of all elements of your reality. Pain, Joy, Water, Curiosity…all of these are spirits. And that is only the tip of the iceberg. Even I am one of these spirits, one of Memory.
Adder Man was a mighty spirit that originally commanded all of the forests in the place called Denver. It drew its power from every tree, and was so mighty that it could destroy anything in its territory without even having to manifest itself. However, this changed with the arrival of man and civilization. As Adder Man's power diminished, it went into sleep to try and figure out how to defeat the thing that threatened its power source. Unfortunately for it, when it awoke its power was nearly destroyed completely. It had only option left…to invade where spirits are not welcome. In the realm of man it tore open a hole in reality, giving spirits the power to enter the human realm and do as they pleased.
And so its target was a place called Manitou Springs. It was a peaceful town until the arrival of the Adder Man's 'army'. Now the whole place is a form of hell. Filled with spirits who control humans on a whim…and things do not get easier either.
This place was the territory of your mother and her pack. They, one night, tried to face the Adder Man directly.
"I know that you are here! Come out! I challenge you to a duel for control over Manitou Springs!"
They lost…all of them. Your mother's soul was consumed by the spirit judges of the Shadow Realm. As were the souls of her pack mates. There is nothing left of them, except a place. That place is Manitou Springs. So now you must go there and challenge him. Adder Man cannot be allowed to achieve its goals, or else the rift in space will spread and slowly but surely the chaos of Manitou Springs will cover the earth.
You are of the Blood Talons. You are Rahu, of the Full Moon. You are the warrior; you are the one who leads the charge, and the last to leave the fight. That is your birthright. Child of the peaceful dove and one who wanders like the wind. You are Cheveyo Qua, but you are more than that.
"I am the forest. You cannot defeat the forest, weak child. I am the Adder Man."
("For my son…I must continue!")
Adder Man- 12000
Chenoa- 0
("I lost…Cheveyo…")
"Let the judges of the Shadows consume your life. In the name of the game invoked by the Dark Halo, I banish your soul!"
You are Lost as Always. And yet now, you have found your way.
Fong was the first to feel the approach from within the cave. "Something is coming." He wasn't going to get happy yet though. Win or lose, the body of the entrant walked out of the cave.
"Cheveyo…" Conn stood up as well.
Nikolai continued to look outwards, his eyes closed. ("He has succeeded, I can feel it. But now the question is where we go now.")
Jill stood up. Next to her Fire Claw continued to look out disinterestedly at the forest floor.
Cheveyo stumbled forwards numbly, his mussed-up hair hanging in his eyes.
"He lost…didn't he…?" Conn clenched his fist.
Cheveyo stumbled past him, and then past Fong. He kept moving, past Jill and Nikolai. Fire Claw stepped aside and then all five of them watched as he wandered down the path to the trees.
"Did he lose?" Conn looked at Fong.
"No. He won. But what he saw was not what he wanted to see." The old man bowed his head slightly. "But that is our life. It is not one of happiness, lest everyone we love would not be in danger."
Cheveyo kept stumbling, his shoulders trembling. His right fist was stuck in a constant state of clenching, blood dribbling down to the forest floor. Finally he stopped and slumped against an old tree, sliding down until he now sat against it. ("……..") An image flashed in his head.
"Let the judges of the Shadows consume your life. In the name of the game invoked by the Dark Halo, I banish your soul!"
He felt it. The red hot Rage…the fire…and this time he didn't resist. He let it permeate into his very core with a dark snarl. ("……")
An echoing howl shook the forest, sending birds for miles flying in terror. Then trees started to fall, one by one.
When the Hidden Spirit Pack ran to the destruction site, they found a naked Cheveyo sobbing on the ground, surrounded by a dozen felled trees.
06/29/2025
My mother died. All of this time searching, only to learn she is gone. There is no way to bring her back. I have been living a lie. Chenoa Qua is a soul forever lost to the shadows. There is no more hesitation in my soul. With my last breath I swear the Adder Man will fall…
Cheveyo Qua
Lost but Found
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To be continued…
Hey there ya blokes, Conn Ronain 'ere! We keep tryin to figure out what's wrong with Cheveyo, but he ain't talkin. And then to top it all off a Ridden shows up. Hey Fong, what're you gettin so mad for? What's so special about this poor Spirit-possessed fool?
Next Episode: The will of battle; the mirror into a grandfather's soul
To falcon demon general: So was it to your liking?
To john: Dark Guardian is an anime card.
To LucienShadowMaster: Wrong on all three accounts actually. Well, partially right on one.
To Adriel: Yes…Luna is a concept much like Memory.
To Seeker of the Soul: I honestly haven't decided yet.
To G.O.T. Nick: I'm glad you like Fong, because he's starring in the next episode.
To Rex: There's nothing wrong with a little Ichigo cameo.