The Jade Monk is an artifact crafted ten thousand years ago by five powerful monks in the high reaches of the Himalayas. Here, they channeled their mystic energy to create an object of limitless power. To wield the power of the Jade Monk is to wield the power of the universe. It was a time of desperate measures, and the monks created it to end the cataclysmic war that had ravaged the planet.
With the end of the war, and the closing of the Dark Portal, the artifact should have been destroyed. But pride overcame them. They secreted it in the most inaccessible place, as a talisman should times ever turn dire again. It should have been destroyed, but it resided in a secret cave, and in the minds of the Five. When it was time for the Five to depart the world of Men, they left clues across the world - physical and metaphysical - that would lead the worthy to the Jade Monk.
Now, ten thousand years later, mankind has unwittingly opened the Dark Portal again. Experiments at CERN have led to the discovery of wormholes in space, and unbeknownst to the brilliant scientists of the world, a dark army is amassing at the other side of the portal, waiting for the right moment to shroud the world in eternal darkness.
Only the Jade Monk stands between utter destruction and salvation. An obsessed old man is trying to find the location and the nature of the Jade Monk, for he is one of the few 'madmen' who foresee doom. Descendants of the Five, men like him have been hunting for centuries for the Jade Monk and now they see the signs of the end. They know that the Five will be born again, to save the world.
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So, basically, the plot will involve me (the obsessed old man), putting together a team of five men and women who he believes to be the reincarnation of the Five. With them, he will attempt to find the Jade Monk and use it before the portal is breached. This will be a mixture of modern day setting and fantasy powers. The cast is certainly not limited to five.
Please let me know if you are interested
With the end of the war, and the closing of the Dark Portal, the artifact should have been destroyed. But pride overcame them. They secreted it in the most inaccessible place, as a talisman should times ever turn dire again. It should have been destroyed, but it resided in a secret cave, and in the minds of the Five. When it was time for the Five to depart the world of Men, they left clues across the world - physical and metaphysical - that would lead the worthy to the Jade Monk.
Now, ten thousand years later, mankind has unwittingly opened the Dark Portal again. Experiments at CERN have led to the discovery of wormholes in space, and unbeknownst to the brilliant scientists of the world, a dark army is amassing at the other side of the portal, waiting for the right moment to shroud the world in eternal darkness.
Only the Jade Monk stands between utter destruction and salvation. An obsessed old man is trying to find the location and the nature of the Jade Monk, for he is one of the few 'madmen' who foresee doom. Descendants of the Five, men like him have been hunting for centuries for the Jade Monk and now they see the signs of the end. They know that the Five will be born again, to save the world.
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So, basically, the plot will involve me (the obsessed old man), putting together a team of five men and women who he believes to be the reincarnation of the Five. With them, he will attempt to find the Jade Monk and use it before the portal is breached. This will be a mixture of modern day setting and fantasy powers. The cast is certainly not limited to five.
Please let me know if you are interested
