Spacing Out

If this has been done before, then I apologize. I’m not trying to copy anyone’s ideas. Any similarities to older posts are only coincidence, as I’m not aware of any posts that are like this one.

An AU where the Elgang members never met and aren’t together. Instead, they’re NPCs working at shops or doing other side things.

Elsword is a member of the Red Knights, but spends most of his time in the camps to train new recruits. His swordsmanship is impressive, although he does get a little impatient with trainees that can’t keep up with him. That being said, his harsh training methods are effective at motivating people to do better. Rumor has it that his sister trained him like this, which would explain his behavior.

Aisha is Sander’s local alchemist, and arguably one of the best in Elrios. As a master of the four elements, she helped to improve Sander’s desolate climate and add more vegetation to the land. She’s not all about climate though; thanks to her extensive research into demonic magic, Aisha has invented many new potions that are designed specifically to ward off demons.

Rena is a traveling accessory merchant who trades for rare artifacts. As an elf, she uses her own skills to create elven ornaments that are not only beautiful, but also carry a bit of magic. Some have healing properties, while others can help crops grow better. Such products are extremely rare in Elrios, so people are willing to pay huge sums of money for them.

Raven still seeks revenge against those who took everything away from him. However, he’s also on a mission to rid the world of injustice and criminals. He leads the Mercenary Knights across Elrios in search of convicts to execute. While he has successfully brought down many big crime bosses, his methods have occasionally put innocent people in harm’s way. In Raven’s eyes, the ends justify the means.

After Eve failed to properly revive the Nasods in Altera, she moved on in search of other fallen Nasods. One day, she accidentally stumbled into a hole in the fabric of time and space and ended up in Elysion. The Nasods at Atlas Station and the surrounding areas recognized her as royalty and immediately submitted themselves to her. That was 10,000 years ago. Now, she runs Atlas station with Moby and Remy to ensure that no intruders pass through.

Back at the Hamel Capital, things are not going well. Chung once proudly defended his home against the demon invasion, but after he heard that his father had joined the demons, he went out to investigate himself. He was subsequently captured and corrupted, suffering the same fate as his father. He’s now a mindless drone assigned to destroy Hamel. If only a certain group of adventurers were there to help him…

There’s still hope! The Red Knights and the Hamel guardians have spread stories about an assassin who is operating independently against the demons. Some claim to have seen it before, if only for a brief moment. However, since no one has ever gotten a good look at it, there’s dispute over who, or what, this assassin is. Is it a girl? Or is it a fox? A spirit? Perhaps a combination of all these things? Who knows. Still, her existence would explain the sudden disappearance of some high-ranking demon commanders.

Elesis has risen to become the leader of the Red Knights. Right now, her mission is to take back Velder from demon control. They’re doing pretty well, as they’ve driven the demons back to the Hamel border. Once Elesis is finished here, she’ll provide support for Hamel’s troops. Victory is within their grasp!

Very few people have encountered Add. As the ruler of Henir’s Time and Space, he resides in an alternate dimension. Occasionally, he’ll open up portals to the Elrios dimension to see what people are up to. He tries not to do this too much though, since it warps the fabric of reality in potentially dangerous ways. For example, there was one time he accidentally transported a Nasod into the Elysion dimension. Oops.

Luciela became one of the top demon commanders after leading a coup d’état against Karis and sealing her powers. She then took control in Sander, where her mission is to revive Behemoth and use it to destroy Elrios. She needs to hurry though, as Aisha’s efforts have already forced the demons to retreat several times. Camped in a remote section of the desert, Luciela devises a new plan to help her army regain the upper hand…

Ciel was a former assassin, but he’s decided to settle down and become a blacksmith. He doesn’t stay in one location; he moves from town to town to help out other blacksmiths with whatever problems they have. At the same time, he crafts and sells weapons to his own customers. His gun-blades are especially popular. He’s also a great chef and will often sell food in case wandering travelers are hungry for more than just weapons.

When the gunman advanced toward the mosque, killing those in his path, Abdul Aziz didn’t hide. Instead, he picked up the first thing he could find, a credit card machine, and ran outside screaming “Come here!”

Aziz, 48, is being hailed as a hero for preventing more deaths during Friday prayers at the Linwood mosque in Christchurch after leading the gunman in a cat-and-mouse chase before scaring him into speeding away in his car.

But Aziz, whose four sons and dozens of others remained in the mosque while he faced off with the gunman, said he thinks it’s what anyone would have done.

The gunman killed 49 people after attacking two mosques in the deadliest mass shooting in New Zealand’s modern history.

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He said he could hear his two youngest sons, aged 11 and 5, urging him to come back inside.

The gunman returned, firing. Aziz said he ran, weaving through cars parked in the driveway, which prevented the gunman from getting a clean shot. Then Aziz spotted a gun the gunman had abandoned and picked it up, pointed it and squeezed the trigger. It was empty.

He said the gunman ran back to the car for a second time, likely to grab yet another weapon.

“He gets into his car and I just got the gun and threw it on his window like an arrow and blasted his window,” he said.

The windshield shattered: “That’s why he got scared.”

He said the gunman was cursing at him, yelling that he was going to kill them all. But he drove away and Aziz said he chased the car down the street to a red light, before it made a U-turn and sped away. Online videos indicate police officers managed to force the car from the road and drag out the suspect soon after.

Originally from Kabul, Afghanistan, Aziz said he left as a refugee when he was a boy and lived for more than 25 years in Australia before moving to New Zealand a couple of years ago.“I’ve been to a lot of countries and this is one of the beautiful ones,” he said. And, he always thought, a peaceful one as well.

Chapter titles

Maps

Indexes of characters and places with pronunciations

Numbering books in a series on the spine

Add Sketches in the book to add visual context while not giving up on the written visual input.

Use alternative fonts instead of being boring and JUST using bold and italics

Important footage

“Hey man that’s not bad!”

“It’s not that great!”

“No it’s good man!”

“Maybe though, add some shading around where the head shadows the neck.”

“Make sure you it’s obvious where the light source is coming from.”

“It will help give the drawing more volume and depth.”

A staff of resurrection that has seemingly unlimited charges, but will only reverse any given cause of death for a particular person once. The staff’s wielder has intuitive knowledge of whether a hypothetical demise would be sufficiently novel to qualify for reversal, and can advise her companions accordingly.

Healing potions that take the form of sugary baked goods. They’re affordable and effective, and their enchantment keeps them just as fresh as if they’d been baked that very day. Unfortunately, their supernaturally delicious aroma cannot be blocked by any barrier, serving as a constant torment to any party that carries them.

An automaton that can repair any injury, but must remove the affected limb – or what remains of it – for cleaning and servicing, a process that takes 1d6 hours. The patient is magically sustained throughout and suffers no ill effects other than being deprived of the use of the limb. Asking it to repair a head or torso wound is not recommended.

An un-sword that, when correctly wielded, can un-wound a target, restoring health and bodily integrity – although no conventional character class is proficient in the un-sword, and so most attempts to make use of it fail. It can also be difficult to locate if misplaced, being an object that can only be described in terms of what it isn’t.

Aries: Spiritualist(fated guide)

Taurus: Cavalier(Beast Rider)

Gemini: Psychic(mindtech Discipline +Psytech)

Cancer: Oracle(Black Blooded oracle)

Leo: Ranger(wild hunter)

Virgo: Paladin(gray paladin)

Libra:Inquisitor(Law domain (legislation subdomain))

Scorpio: Mesmerist(eyebiter)

Sagitarius: Monk(zen archer)

Capricorn: Bloodrager(Primalist+Abyssal bloodline)

Aquarius: Wizard(Spell slinger)