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I can't guarantee I'll do all of them, but I'll do the most I can (maybe repeat some for the... probably that headcanon cause I got a lot of them). Anyway gonna do my best with these~

The blog will be active for this month for posting, but the ask box will still be closed (this is due to the lore update due to the creation of King Fisher & the high spoilers nature of the blog... plus there is a well of ask I gotta comb through in the main blog... sorry again)

Thanks again to @azzie-tangerine for creating the event and the prompts <3~

Kirby is meant to leave Dreamland so he can become a star warrior and pass the mantle to King Dedede. And honestly, the cappies do go on their little redemption arc. During the Dark Matter Saga with Dedede as well, Kirby does forgive them all, but it's just never really the same.

His desire to leave more comes from Kirby seeing more of the world; he wants more of it. With each adventure, it grows stronger, while Dedede starts to learn what it really means to be a hero from them. And Dedede is reminds him why he wanted to be a hero after being burned out after defeating Nightmare.

When Kirby does make the plans on leaving Dreamland he makes sure to pass the baton properly and gives King Dedede a medal. To show everyone and remind him(Dede) that he is the hero of Dreamland now.

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I can't believe I got this out on time! Sorry, I've been missing in action for a while; work got me swamped. It's always the busiest time of year for me at work, and I always forget to draw a Birthday Kirby piece. It's a humble first piece, but it's a good start (I hope to make this a yearly thing like I do for MK's B-day piece, let's fingers crossed for next year).

Believe it or not, these outfits aren't just for fun.... (foreshadowing)

So as the story goes, Dame Morgan started out as one of Sir Uther's apprentices... along side Sir Arthur & Nonsurat. With Arthur and her being the clear stand outs. The both of them ruthlessly vying for the position as the next leader of the GSA.

However it wasn't always like this... when they were cadets she was the front runner & Arthur was the weakest amongst the three.

Uther initially started off with Arthur as his only student, he possessed a rare light magic (like him). And had high expectations for Arthur, however he wasn't showing the results he wanted... his damage out put was a mere fraction of what his was.

Frustrated, and not wanting to waste his time, he got two more to make up the difference and basically used Arthur as the "bad example.” Nonsurat & Morgan weren’t aware, they were brought in as spares to Arthur (this will come back into play later). Since, the both arrived together, Nonsurat & Morgan they ended up sticking together... they while ignored young Arthur.

While it didn't start off with any bad intentions, but after Uther had propped him up as the "weak link" the two of them didn't know how to interact with him. It was incredibly awkward, so out of fear of Sir Uther... they avoided him all together. 

They followed Uther's example and had a look of disdain for Arthur any time he couldn't keep up with them.... leading to Arthur’s isolation. Little did both of them know these small actions were slowly piling up...

Everything changed once Arthur had developed "sword beam", (a technique he developed based off of Sir Uther's signature move solar slash, out of pure admiration for his mentor). A move he used to beat her in the "deciding duel" for the position of Uther's right-hand man.

"Sword beam" still in early development, while it blew Morgan out of the water... It was too powerful and it went out of control. Arthur kept blasting away by accident... But Nonsurat (believing Arthur was still attacking Morgan while she was down) jumped into fight him.

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Nonsurat: How dare you use a cheap trick to win, fight me instead you coward!?

Arthur *deeply offended* : Cheap trick, coward....but I'm finally strong-

And Arthur who was still hurt incredibly by getting ignored all this time by them... gave no mercy.

Arthur: Fine, you wanna to fight me... *revs up sword beam* WISH GRANTED!

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Arthur took this as the prefect opportunity. TO BE THE STUFFING OUT OF NONSURAT! THIS WAS HIS REVENGE! And Sir Uther (that devil) watching the match go down was grinning the whole time. He was finally getting what he was looking for from Arthur...

At this point Morgan wakes up and tries to intervene, but Arthur just tosses her, only then Uther finally steps in to break it up, but not to reprimand Arthur but... TO PRAISE HIM!

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Nonsurat: SIR UTHER, HE DESTROYED THE TRAINING GROUNDS, WITH AN UNTESTED, & UNCERTIFIED TECHINQUE AND ENDANGERED MORGAN HE SHOULD BE REPRIM-

Sir Uther: The match ends when I say it does... it seems you've forgotten. *eyes blazing* DARE YOU TAKE THAT TONE WITH ME!

Nonsurat: I'm sorry sir, I thought-

Sir Uther: The only one who needs to be reprimanded is you, interfering & initiating another duel at the same time but- ... judging from the beating you received, there seems to be no need of that! *laughs* Ah, yes Arthur, well done!

Arthur: Really so, I'm not in trouble. ...

Sir Uther: No, no, no far from it my boy! You've finally earned your seat at the table and-*pats him on the head* a place at my side.

Arthur: Wait so I won...- *starts to tear up being praised by Uther for the first time* I'm your-

Morgan: HE'S YOU'RE RIGHT-HAND MAN!?

Sir Uther: Is everyone forgetting their bloody manners today!

Morgan: But I thought, he nearly-

Sir Uther: Hard times create strong men *glares down at Nonsurat & Morgan* You may both go to the hospital wing, your transgressions shall be forgiven today after all... *looks at Arthur with a wicked smile* you two have served your purpose.

Morgan: Wait what do you mean... *knows what he's implying...*

Sir Uther: Let this be awake up call~ *Turns back to Arthur* Come now, Arthur why the tears? (the moment he realized he could use Arthur's affections to control him).

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Not only did it, (sword beam) impress Sir Uther, it flattered him immensely. Along with winning the title of "right-hand man", from that day on Arthur had become Sir Uther's favorite; his "golden boy". An embarrassing defeat for Morgan... the previous "weak link" had managed to best her.

The fluctuation of power it brought out the worst in all of them: Arthur's arrogance & Morgan's jealousy... (It would be the equivalent of: if Zuko managed to defeat Azula in there youth and then managed to become the favorite)

Which Uther highly endorsed, a venomous strategy that he banked on to create the strongest warriors, in the GSA and it succeeded. Feeding Arthur's paranoia to raise the bar higher. "Remember I expect nothing but perfection, I'd hate to see you fall to being the weakest, again..." Where as for Morgan & Nonsurat, Uther would get them to follow suit by comparing them to Arthur. "If Arthur were here he would've done it far better~"

It was infuriating for the both of them... especially Morgan. She hated nothing more than being compared to Arthur. It was like a reminder of her failure; making Morgan fire on all cylinders!

SHE WAS FAR MORE THAN A MERE SPARE!

Despite Arthur having the lead, there was still a chance for her to be Uther's successor. That chance came in the form of an old man... Merlyn! The only criminal that "Mister Golden Boy," could never capture! She wasn't able to catch Merlyn either but still.... IF SHE MANAGED TO CAPTURE THE OLD ROGUE THAT WOULD DEFINITELY PUT HER IN THE LEAD AGAIN!)

But Merlyn seemed to always have the upper hand! Taunting them to no end, trying to be friends with them!? As if she wasn't even a threat to this looney old man! And from what she heard from Nonsurat... the mage was trying the same thing with him as well. Must be a form of insult (Little did she know it was for something far greater...)

Yet for Arthur pursuing this magical menace had changed him... he's become more quiet, far less prideful and kinder- to them... wait what?! However, rather than seeing this as a change in his character... Morgan saw it as: since the blockhead was thwarted he had nothing to brag about anymore... or he was merely trying to get their guard down as a new tactic.... (But he was really trying to better himself and reconcile with me)

Anyways, thanks to Merlyn shenanigans; rumors of the Ancients & the GSA's corruption started to spread like wildfire! Thanks to that the temple had to do some major PR damage... Which led to them needing a new fresh face to the political world... Lady Celestine. Her new found friendship with Queen Minerva was a great asset; a willing patron and more importantly, access to Halcandra's technology.

And guess who Absalom (the High Priest) chose to serve as her bodyguard... Morgan. This cut Morgan's time on the war effort immensely (cut in half to be exact). How was she suppose to capture Merlyn first, while babysitting this prissy priestess. And it seemed like, the lady was just as naive as Sir Uther said she was.

Along with that she had heard (from Sir Uther & Absalom )... because of an accident she was unable perform magic properly (All she could do now was blow bubbles & conjure up illusions), and was confined to the temple. No wonder, Sir Uther loathed her... Astrals were born to be warriors and all she had to do was "sit there all pretty" and offer up prayers for the war effort! And for all the time she spent with her, it was clear she had no idea what was going on! And Morgan despised every minute with her...

Escorting her to all her humdrum charity events, laborious balls and the worst of all her insufferable tea parties! She shouldn't be here, sitting through Queen Minerva rambling on about how she was going to "bring back chartreuse!"

NO! SHE SHOULD BE OUT THERE, ON THE BATTLEFIELD!

It was clear that she didn't see her as her guard, but a "gal pal" she could drag along! "Morgan let's go to the garden we can smell the roses together-", " Why don't you help me pick out the tea set we should use~", or "Morgan did you know that-"

GAH! WHY DID SHE HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS DITZ! SHE SHOULD BE OUT THERE HUNTING MERLYN!

Thankfully for Morgan, the majority of the time she spent was praying and meditating in the temple and all she had to do was sit outside and watch. And from time to time Nonsurat would swap with her, which she (Celestine) didn't mind, however made sure it was never Arthur... the lady always made herself scarce avoiding Mister Golden Boy at all cost.

Understandable (to her)... Assuming what she knew of Lady Celestine; the lady probably heard of his bloodlust and found the idea of him to be "gastly & utterly repulsive". And was scared away. Well, at least she could say they had one thing in common, but still she desperately wished she wasn't saddled with her.

Eventually Morgan's prayer's were answered, once Absalom saw Sir Arthur's popularity amongst the masses... He made him Lady Celestine's new bodyguard. If they presented the GSA's model soldier as this holy man, maybe it could win the favor of the people again.

Morgan was excited about the news...but that excitement dwindled a bit once she saw Uther get upset, "his star pupil" being pulled away. Why didn't he get this angry for her...

The real conundrum was this: despite the many falters in the capture of Merlyn, Arthur's popularity amongst the masses sky rocketed... they all seemed to be enamored by Merlyn the champion of the people vs. Sir Arthur, going toe to toe with each other. He had become just as famous as the rogue himself.

Was Absalom's PR strategy that good... or was it something else!? His identity of being this "cold stone killer" or "the next Uther" was getting washed away. This whole thing caused Arthur's career to expand to a more diplomatic role... along with being the people's favorite knight. And yet her & Nonsurat were still seen as Sir Uther's military dogs. (Why did this never happen when she was Celestine's bodyguard...)

The main issue was that every being in the galaxy seem to want Arthur to be the next leader of the GSA... "The Future King!" She was so sick and tired of hearing it. At the very least she could find solace in the fact that the two people she was annoyed with the most were stuck together. Last time she check Celestine wanted to get away from him... and Mister Golden boy was probably loathing his time with her just as much as she did before.

(Sorry Morgan, but Arthur was having the time of his life being with Celty...)

Strange enough, Morgan & Nonsurat's stayed friends; it was the hatred of Arthur & the blatant favoritism of Uther had for his "golden boy", made it him (Arthur) unbearable. Nothing like a common enemy to bring people together.

Even though they had this mutual hatred for Arthur, Nonsurat didn't seem to have the same fire as she did... or so she thought. Once Sir Uther officially named Arthur his successor, he had become even more vicious than her. Nonsurat seemed determined to never let Arthur sit on the throne. While they were good friends: it was a friendship that was built on the hatred of another... one not built to last.

Then the two most catastrophic events in GSA history happened: The Rampage of Celestine & the Birth of Meta Knight. Which led Sir Arthur to resign his position & his title as Sir Uther's right-hand man.... resulting in Uther disowning Arthur....

Which was the happiest day of Dame Morgan's life, finally karma! She heard Arthur received a terrible trauma to his head... maybe he lost is common sense and it's what made him want to keep this monster child (Meta). Well whatever the reason, no longer was her "The Future King..." he was now "The Once Future King..." a name that will certainly bring him shame till the rest of his days.

Nonsurat, however didn't seem as thrilled as her. In fact Nonsurat was locked in a daze... Maybe he was still suffering from his injuries from the rampage, or just in shock from it. She also was still reeling the events of that day... not in a million years did she think Lady Celestine was capable of that.

Well no matter, one's curse star, is another's lucky star... she even found herself somewhat fond of Arthur's little bat baby, if it wasn't for him Mister Golden Boy would've never fallen from grace!

NOW NOTHING CAN STOP HER FROM-

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Cut to the current time line, a month after Sir Uther's assassination... and Sir Arthur becomes leader of the GSA?! After three recounts (resulting in ties) Arthur wins by a land slide. And she lost due to someone's endorsement... NONSURAT!? The only person she still considered her friend and he back stabs her like this!?

She didn't know what baffled her more... the fact that Arthur won even after falling from grace & being MIA for 120yrs, and showing up like some hobo. Or the fact that her spar mate, (since she was a cadet voted) for their sworn enemy. Nonsurat hated this man, just as much as her for years! And even plotted to take him down with her and yet Nons chooses him (Arthur).

Of course, her and Nonsurat had one last blow out fight, demanding an explanation for his betrayal. Trying to reason that, he could see Morgan breaking at the seams, due to Uther's influence. Taking on the role as leader would be too much for her and the galaxy needs a different leader, it needs Arthur... Hearing him verbalizing it just made her spiral even more... THIS IS WHAT SHE'S BEEN WORKING FOR HOW DARE HE!? Pretty soon she was cursing the whole organization :

There shouldn't have been a vote in the first place, she had done everything Sir Uther ordered to the letter... AND THAT DAFT DECREPIT OLD FOOL, HE DARED NOT CHOOSE HER!

When Uther was in his fits of insanity, she was the one who held the fort down, when Arthur abandoned his privileged station to look after nightmare's spawn, she was the one who willingly took on the brunt of Arthur's work. When Yamikage date breached their system, she was the one who cleaned up Dragato's mess! All these years, working sleepless nights, writing mountains of paperwork, tearing through monster infested battlefields, and for what!?

SHE DEDICATED HER LIFE TO THE CAUSE AND SHE WAS THE ONLY STRING KEEPING THIS RAT WHOLE TOGETHER! AND THIS IS HOW THEY REPAY HER, THE INGRATES, TO HELL WITH ALL OF THEM!

Feeling she was cheated out of her destiny she left to find her own way in the world... Promising she would all make them pay for choosing Arthur! A promise she would fulfill indeed... and the center piece of her revenge would be the very person who betrayed her, Nonsurat.

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The sad truth of the matter was that Morgan was right! Logistically she was the only one who remain faithful to Uther. All the while Arthur & Nonsurat were double crossing him. So she was the rightful he heir...

These are just the major points I wanted to bring up and though she is a villain I still wanted to keep some sympathetic notes to her...But she never got the AH-HA moment of realizing it wasn't worth it, Uther wasn't worth it...

And Arthur knows that better than anyone... The way he see it, she's moving in the only way she knows, with anger. While he wants to help her, he knows it's her choice... which is why he keeps the door opened for her. And against his better judgement, his love & empathy trumps that all... Similar to his the original King Arthur, his kindness for her will lead to his down fall.

But the real tragedy is this, Morgan's denying herself the chance to talk to the two people who can truly understand what she's going through... Arthur & Nonsurat.

Like I said before, there are a couple of things I'm keeping hidden. And her evil plans still are being kept a secret... Do really you think all she wanted was the GSA... No, she's not stopping, their she's taking it ALL!

I ended up doing something rather simple (plus, I didn't have time to do a big showpiece this year) compared to my two previous years (my first & my second). For this year, I wanted to showcase the KBASW's Meta Knight! Basically, this is his final armor set by the end of the story.

I remember when I first saw Meta Knight in the show ("Kirby Right Back At Ya"), as a kid, he was always my favorite. Every time it was a Meta Knight episode, it was always a banger. My first (and favorite) episode is "Crusade for the Blade." It's what got me into the show, the lore, and the games, and will always hold a special place in my heart.