Now that you've gotten through that bullshit that was the useless and half-assed exposition I think you deserve a reward. I know! How about we introduce the character's Titles, I'm sure you've been asking yourself what they are.

Let's just go down the chain starting with Mark.

Mark Critch - Page of Space

Mark is the game's Space player, giving him dominion over all that has a physical form. While this is true about the Space aspect, he is limited by the Page class. A Page must earn their powers and greatness. However, if a Page can truly realize their potential, it is one of the most powerful classes.

Brandon Samuels - Heir of Doom

While this class may sound awesome, having the Doom aspect is not all it's cracked up to be. Doom players are not simply the bringers of destruction, they are also given the job of trying to use their abilities to help the party survive. Doom players have been reported to have prophetical visions of their co-player's being killed or injured. The Heir class simply implies that once he has died, Brandon must actually become Doom, he will have to be death and force others to their fates.

Alex Rogers - Mage of Void

While this one sounds awesome too, once again, this is one of the hardest roles to fulfill. Void players are responsible with creation, as well as destruction. While Void players give things their physical forms, they also must lead to the ultimate end of their creations, as they, like all things must return to the void; ashes to ashes, dust to dust. As for the Mage class, Mages are given magical power through their aspects, giving Alex a large amount of power, yet so little he may actually have. Void aspect is not fun.

Jeremy Barett - Seer of Time

Time players are able to travel through time, sounds cool, right? Well it's not all fun and games, Time players are very limited in their powers, as one mistake can lead to them landing in a doomed timeline. This is not a likely problem for Jeremy though because he has the Seer class. Seers are responsible for seeing the bigger picture, giving Jeremy the ability to tell what will force him in to a doomed timeline. Seers are also responsible for coordinating the efforts of their team, giving him essentially command of the operation.

Jonathan Cantry - Rogue of Breath

Jon has the Breath aspect giving him dominion over the wind. While this sounds cool it's also very limited. Breath players are powerful indeed, but they also have power only in places where they have room to use their power, otherwise they might hurt themselves in the process. However Jon is really powerful when this is combined with the Rogue class. Rogues both steal and give to others via their aspects meaning Jon can literally take people's breath away, and make them suffocate.

Nathan Maddison - Prince of Mind

As a Mind player Nate has the ability to use his mind to a much higher capability. Mind players often have some cool powers to boot, such as telekinesis, mind reading, and mind control in some extreme cases. Mind players will usually be able to use slight mind reading to understand how an enemy thinks and how they might attack. While there are many good things about the aspect there are also many drawbacks, letting yourself in to the mind of others isn't always good for one's mental health. The Prince class is for those who use their aspect to destroy things directly. Using their aspect to it's fullest power to wreck things.

With your reward for making it through the exposition out of the way, let's go back to Alex as he enters his first gate.

Skype Call:

BS - Well it's done you can go down to your planet now; but by down I mean up.

AR - What do I do?

BS - Climb to the highest floor I've built so far and hop through the portal.

AR - Sweet!

BS - WAIT! Before you go.

AR - What?

BS - I forgot to tell you about your consorts.

AR - My consorts?

BS - They're races of creatures who inhabit each planet. They are usually the favorite animal of the hero who goes with that planet. But there are a few exceptions.

AR - So, look for my favorite animal?

BS - Well, it's more like look for weird human-animal hybrids that live in towns.

AR - Got it!

Skype Call End

As you head up, you stop by the bathroom and get a good look at yourself in the mirror. You see your tall and slender figure. Your wide glasses act as frames for your almost useless eyes, seriously without those glasses it's all blur. Topping this all off is hair that is a mix of blonde and brown, mostly blonde.

You wash your hands and head up the new stairs your server has put in leading to new floors, yet unexplored. As you ascend the stairs you can hear imps have made your new floors their homes, better clear them out.

5 minutes later...

Well that takes care of that, now back to the portal. As you enter a room conveniently marked by a stack of PGO's (Perfectly Generic Objects) and a sign on the door reading: Portal 1 - Player Planet. You enter to find nothing in the room with the exception of a floating, spinning portal in the center of the room. You hop in.

As you drop onto the planet you first notice the ground is of hard stone. As you look around you see walls extending into long hallways in all directions. You clutch tightly to the necklace your sprite gave you, nice of the dragon to give you a quick way back. As you proceed through the maze twisting and turning as you grow more and more lost, you see something move out of the corner of your eye. You look, but see nothing there, you grow more frantic and pick up your pace hoping to escape your pursuer. As you turn the corner you see a larger opening the grounds peppered with large stone huts.

You look into the village to see several lizards moving around and talking with each other. These must be your consorts! As you begin to enter the village the shape that was following you leaps in your path.

"Who are you?" It screams in a scratchy and high-pitched voice.

"I'm Alex, who are you?" You reply with growing curiosity, yet minding you distance.

"I a this a member of this town's guard and you are entering this land without proper authority!" His voice rises and he begins to turn red as he grows angrier.

"I thought I was welcome here, I live up there," you gesture to your home floating high above the stone walls and clouds of this world.

"Oh! I am deeply sorry sir, it's just I did not take you for a Mage when I first saw you," He grew less red but continued to stay a nice hue of scarlet, showing his embarrassment.

"Mage?" You say confused and pondering what he meant.

"Well, yes you are the one who lives in that house yes?" He asked seeming to grow more and more confused.

"Well, yeah. I mean that is my house." You say still trying to wrap your head around his sudden change in attitude and formally addressing you as if you were of higher rank.

"Then you are the Mage of Void. You are our hero!" He became incredibly happy as he said this and his voice was loud as he said the word "hero."

"I am your hero?" You still had no idea what this strange fellow was talking about.

"Oh, I see! You have not realized your potential yet!" He sounded sad yet happy at the same time, the mix of finding you hero, yet realizing he knows nothing about being a hero. "Well," he continued, "Then I shall take you to our leader, King Grold!"

As he leads you through the town of, what you now understand to be chameleons, he shouted about how the Mage of Void had come at last. When the people heard this they began lining the streets cheering "Mage! Mage! Mage!" as you walked past.

"Hey what do you call this place?" You ask with honest wonder

"Well, this town is our capital of Bedrock. This planet is known as The Land of Rock and Claustraphobia." He answered as if he answered these questions frequently, "The palace is just ahead, inside is Grold."

As you enter the great stone palace you see that it is adorned with all types of precious stones and metal. The roof is a mosaic made of precious stones depicting a figure in a dark blue cape holding a sword. The sword is embedded in what appears to be a jet-black frog of immeasurable size in comparison to the warrior depicted.

"I see you enjoy our depictions of yourself." A golden, crowned chameleon says as he sits atop a jeweled throne.

"Of me?" You ask perplexed and also amazed

"Well, our oracle told us of the Mage of Void and how he shall save our land from Kek."

"So this will happened in the future?"

"Yes, however it will take you a long time and you must climb to the highest reaches of Skia to defeat Kek."

"How do I get started? Can you help?"

"Yes! Oh, I forgot to introduce myself I am King Grold!"

"Well, King Grold, how do I start?"

"Your journey starts here, but first, you must awaken. Luckily for you, that is something I can help with!"

END OF CHAPTER 4