Kobold King

You'll still never know. There are over seven thousand registered users on this forum, and I won't answer questions about who it is. (Though the more chaotic part of me wants to pick a random inactive female poster on the Introduce Yourself board and claim that she's my mother. That way if she ever did come back online, she'd be confused by all the rumors going around that her son is Kobold King. ) She read the Infinity Blade book, which I've never gotten around to.

She's very inactive, never made more than about ten posts, hasn't logged on in over a month, and I never officially friended her since we decided to preserve her relative anonymity. But yeah, she's awesome. She's the one who introduced me to Brandon Sanderson, in fact, and is the one who first informed me that he had a fansite that I might want to check out. She's also read one more Brandon Sanderson novel than I have, a fact which she frequently throws in my face whenever I mention my rep level on the site. The really funny thing is that both Voidus and mail-mi offered her spiked cookies from the Dark Alley on her introduction thread, which she turned down due to the sage warnings I had given her about "cookies" around here.

Tell her that Kobold King is a creature of great patience and art appreciation, especially when it comes to Epic fan art. (It's rather amusing to me that at least one member of your family now knows my screen name. You may find it amusing that my mother not only has an account here, but she's upvoted a post of yours before. )

...I no longer understand the madness I am looking at. The last one in particular bewilders me on more levels than I could count. But, you may inform your sister that I just handed her another upvote.

Both here and on the Epics of Oregon thread is fine. Looking forward to it! Nudity isn't really an issue here, provided you don't obscenely describe anything. If I'm not mistaken Nighthound from the Portland thread has fought in the nude multiple times now. But if it helps, you could always handwave it and say his entropic decay doesn't effect his clothes. After all, Nightwielder was able to go incorporeal without phasing through his suit, and it's mentioned in Firefight that shapeshifting Epics usually shift along with their clothing. Allowing Ozymandias to maintain his decency would hardly be incongruous in any way.

Poking around a bit is a perfectly valid (and encouraged) course of action. As for backstory: that's all up to you. You could post it all in his official bio here, and we'd read and love every word of it. It would also be quite fine--and it is in fact quite common--to reveal details of his backstory through flashback sequences or through his thoughts on the thread itself. It all boils down to personal preference, and how you'd like to write his character. As a general rule, those of us who make complicated plans for our characters' story arcs and personalities in advance tend to reveal their backstories more slowly. Those of us who create characters with little idea of where they'll ultimately end up tend to reveal more details from the beginning. Either style is perfectly fine.

The turn structure is pretty fluid, actually. We tend to follow a general order just to make sure everyone gets a chance to post, but really, we're not nearly as regimented or precise as we look. As for groups: I'd say it depends on how you want to RP your character. If you'd like him to be not yet fully corrupted, working to keep The Dalles safe from Epic tyrants, then he'd be welcome to join The Dalles City Guard. If you'd like him to follow an Epic zealot in his attempt at taking over the city, then Frequency's gang is right for him. If you'd like for him to a criminal/mobster type working for a larger crime syndicate, then you should consider having him join Quicksilver's gang. If you'd like for him to completely renounce his humanity, allow himself to be transformed into a humanoid panda bear, and lead an army of mutated yet inexplicably adorable monsters into The Dalles, then the Panda Empire would be the perfect place for him. And if none of those sound right, you could always have him show up at the edge of town to form his own faction. We're pretty loose with rules here, so you'd be welcome to try. Just give us some general idea of what you're planning, and nine times out of ten we'll accept it. Oh. My. Stars. That is the derpiest Epic I have ever seen. And the thought of Steelheart finding this on a bridge as he patrols the city just makes it better.

Thanks. Glamour has the ability to control light. He can use that for simple and unconvincing illusions, but he can also manipulate it on a large scale to perform feats like causing flash blindness or submerging a small area in darkness. Like I said before, I liked it. Though it does make me think I should start hinting about more of my Epics' weaknesses if I'm to stay ahead of TwiLyght. Tell her the King of the Kobolds has specially requested her work. Maybe having a royal patron will boost her confidence.

That is seriously awesome. For a moment I thought it was Kelsier based on the cape, but I recognized Steelheart pretty quickly. I definitely get a serious dark-Superman vibe from the picture, and the surrounding buildings are pretty awesomely drawn. I kind of want to see to graffiti that would have gotten her killed in Newcago. How old is she, and how long has she been drawing?

Do we know how precise malatium is? In the belly of a skilled burner, how precise could it be? With practice could Vin have deliberately seen when Rashek was a newborn infant? Could she have seen him naked, the last time he took a shower? Can it see the general history of a physical location, objects and scenery included? (Atium tracks inanimate objects as well as people, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to speculate that malatium is capable of the inverse.) If so, then it could essentially function as full retrocognition, and could be used to uncover any possible secret in a person's past. If any of this speculation is even remotely accurate, I'd be most scared of malatium. The potential for abuse is limitless.

Don't hold out on her. You're the GM; give her the weakness of every Epic in Oregon. I wonder if the Elements of Harmony could neutralize Calamity itself.

For the record Voidus, the only acceptable response to this question is "Okey dokey loki." Though it does raise a pressing hypothetical scenario. If Quota devoted all of his energies into making someone frown while Pinkie Pie tried to make them smile, who would win?

We can always make Baxter Game's cousin an Epic so he can defend their manufacturing plant. "Crafty" Game is sure to be able to protect his livelihood. I... There are no words to describe how many times I burst out laughing at the imagery invoked here. My entire family thinks I lost my mind in front of the computer. I mean, every single line fits a tacky character perfectly. I can totally see Twentydeaths!Lightwards taking selfies with every corpse in Oregon.

I like the latter one too. Eh, that one's okay I guess. Which Epic gets the dubious honor of Weird Al's "Tacky"?

...For an Autumn/Glamour shipping scene, about Glass' broken heart? ...Yeah, I'll have to work on that. His first post may be a bit disappointing since all he's doing is riding in a helicopter. But with any luck, once I actually start bringing him into the action he'll get some badchull scenes.

I might see what I can do after I finish my Dalles posts. The Metal sounds absolutely terrifying. Writing these guys is telling me about their characters. Badchull!Glamour's theme song is "Radioactive," Vondra's theme song is "The Warrior Song," and Deathwish's theme song is Captain Hammer's part of "A Man's Gotta Do."

I want to see the look on Moral Guardian's face when he meets his new stepson.

Cats are awesome animals. (And Baxter's cat shares a name with the sweetest, most loving cat I've ever known.) And I'm glad you liked the Glamour post! I've been looking for an excuse to set an action sequence to "Radioactive" for a while now. Wow. She radiates disapproval almost as much as Moral Guardian. They should totally get married.

Backtrack internally debated whether he should get up. There were a bunch of pros and cons to consider. Pros: the floor was not a dignified place for an Epic and it would do wonders for his self-image to get up and look in control of the situation. Cons: there's a sparking sparklemancer standing over me and I just got teleported and I'm probably in Koschei's office and MV might be my girlfriend now and Shiny Sparkle's flirting with Autumn AND SHE HAS MY GLASSES and there's a cat nuzzling my face down here and I really don't want to get up... And so he remained on the floor, trying his best not to audibly whimper. "We brought a patient," Shiny Sparkle said smoothly, smiling at a gun-toting soldier with a bandage around his head. Something about the bandage wrinkled at Backtrack--wasn't this where Koschei worked? Koschei could heal with a touch, no need for band-aids. Alone with his fear and confusion, Backtrack worked up the nerve to start petting the cat as he cowered on the floor. Whoa, oh, oh Whoa, oh, oh Whoa, oh, oh Over his experience as an Epic, Glamour had found that there were few situations that Imagine Dragons couldn't solve. Need to wake up early in the morning? Set "Radioactive" as an alarm. Trying to tune out one of Arsenal's boring speeches? "Radioactive," any day of the week. Sitting in a convoy while being transported to the site of a samurai panda invasion? Well, there was really only one choice. I'm waking up to ash and dust I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust I'm breathing in the chemicals-- "Abner, we're approaching target. Prepare for engagement." Glamour glared at the driver for interrupting the rhythm, but nodded in acknowledgement. The convoy speeded to a stop, facing a crowd of human-shaped panda bears in wooden armor, apparently engaged in tearing apart a storefront. A couple raised crossbows and began pelting the side of the truck with their bolts. "Sparks, Abner, get out there!" the convoy leader shouted angrily. "Alright, jeez," Glamour snapped, throwing open a door and hopping out. The panda men eyed him with their big adorable eyes, hefting swords and maces as they took a combat position. Glamour smiled at them all, and slid a pair of dark goggles over his eyes. I'm breaking in, shaping up, then checking out on the prison bus This is it, the apocalypse Whoa The panda crossbowmen raised their weapons again, lifting bolts. The soldiers behind Glamour were cursing, shouting for him to get a move on. They didn't understand. One couldn't work a feat of god-like magic until the right part of the song had come on, but they were too worried about getting stuck with panda-bolts to realize it. A bunch of whiner babies, was what they were. I'm waking up-- I FEEL IT IN MY BONES ENOUGH TO MAKE MY SYSTEMS BLOW Welcome to the new age, to the new age Welcome to the new age... The soundtrack hit the loud and dynamic part, and Glamour burst into action. Clapping his hands together for effect, he sucked all the light out of the sun. The city for hundreds of yards around grew pitch black, every particle of light beamed into Glamour's personal stock. At the third repetition of "to the new age," he blasted the bear people with pure light. They growled in alarm at the darkness, but screamed in agony at the light. Beams of solid daylight erupted from Glamour's hands, pouring into the pandas' eyes like lines of fire. The beams coursed like a writhing dragon through the air, brighter than the sun. The soldiers behind him weren't even the direct target, but they shielded their eyes nonetheless. The pandas had no such protection. The glowing light poured into their eyes, blinding them in a flash. It was as if they'd stared into the heart of the sun or stood too close to a nuclear blast. Their retinas burnt from the abundance of pure photonic energy, causing them to shriek in pain. Wooden weapons clattered to the ground as their bearers collapsed, clawing at their eyes and howling in agony. The soldiers took their chance, bagging a couple over the heads for further study. The rest were opened fire upon, their black and white fur mixing with their blood on the city streets. Glamour grinned. This was true Epicness. Standing here, the power of sunlight at his fingertips, song pounding in his ears, there was no denying Calamity's might. He was an Epic in his glory. Radioactive! I'm radioactive...

I want to see that. I'm done with a brief Backtrack PoV, and with a scene showing how Glamour's fighting against the pandas. I also wanted to get Vondra, Arsenal, and Deathwish PoVs, but I'm going to have to put them off until after lunch. Should I post the Backtrack/Glamour scene now and add the others later, or should I wait and post them all together in an hour or two?

Reader's in the Scary Tunnel?

Thanks. Right now I'm writing up a post for all my Dalles characters, showing all of them responding to the invasion. We can work out how to arrange the time skip once I've brought all my characters up to the current date.