Evil Cleradin, where Henry is an evil deity that kidnaped Mike and Will when they were kids
Mike was destined to be a great paladin/knight, and Will destined to be a powerful wizard.
But while they were playing outside, Henry trapped them in another dimension. They disappeared for a long time until Henry decided to return, but he has two big devoted followers and allies (kinda under a mind control spell)
The rest of the Party (+Jonathan, Steve and Nancy) get together to save the kingdom
Jonathan and Nancy of course recognize their brothers, and feel betrayed. But also it doesn't make any sense, how could those two sweet kids accept being with the evil man?
So the mission becomes discovering what happened, trying to bring Mike and Will back to their senses, defeating Henry, and saving the world.
A little bit of backstory facts that I'm brainstorming:
- The Party are all friends and most of them keep their classes, maybe Max changes to a rogue. I don't know that much
- Jonathan and Steve are paladins
- Hopper is the king, and he's married to Joyce She used to be a healing wizard who, after an accident, could no longe use her magic as before.
- Will was very excited to be like his mom, Jonathan wasn't as interested
- Jane is a sorcerer, protected and then adopted by Hopper, which makes her a superpowered princess because I love her and she's the best
- Dustin and Lucas have a personal vendetta against Henry, because during one of his past attacks he severely injured Eddie and Max, leaving them incapacitated for a time. Max recovered, but Eddie was almost completely out of commission. He's still alive and helping Dustin, but Dustin is very mad
- Robin is also alive and well, she lives with Joyce. She does a lot of course, but what matters is that she's happy and safe because I love her I need her to protect Joyce (Robin and Joyce family bond)
- Will and Mike don't remember their past that much, these people look familiar, but they can't say exactly why.
- Henry manipulated them into believing they couldn't trust anyone but him. However, even trapped in a spell, they are actually devoted to each other
- I haven't decided on a class for Jonathan yet; I'm torn between artificer and paladin, because I want him and Steve to be paladins with a very gay rivalry.
- After saving everyone it just becomes Will and Mike learning to not be followers anymore, learning that they don't need to fight or worship anyone anymore
Note: This was written with my limited knowledge of D&D and Medieval media. I'm basing this on what I've understood from comments on a post I made a while ago and others I've read.
If anyone has ideas for this AU that they would like to share, you are welcome!