The Irish Tree

Overlord: Momento Mori

Reminder to everyone that hasn't posted yet that I'll be posting the update post within a few days.

From Oubliette to Oublioth [R.I.P]

Hope the Vani portraits thing doesn't get old. Thought it'd be something fun to try out since the original artist had a ton of fun expressions drawn up.

From Oubliette to Oublioth [R.I.P]

@Kazemitsu

Anybody seen a brown coin purse, 27 copper inside?

Going down the dark alleyways, Vani made certain to double check where he was going in case he ran into a dead end. From the way the creeps here were sizing him up, he knew they had no good intentions. After all, he couldn't blame them; Some tall, dark, and handsome guy in clean looking armor strolls into a ruin that looks worse than a sewer in places? Probably an excellent target for a mugging. Thankfully, Vani was terrible with money, so the few coppers clinking together quietly in his coinpurse were...

...Wait, where was his coin purse!?

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Lamenting the fact that whatever money he had got nicked was the least of Vani's worries as the violence broke out. The Paladin was quick to back off from the fighting, only to be knocked down by a fireball going off a fair distance away from his position, knocking the paladin prone, face landing right in a puddle.



"Gods dammit all...first I get pickpocketed, now this!? What idiot went and picked a fight with the EMPIRE? Gaaaah, now they're gonna butcher all of us! Dammit, Dammit, Dammit, Dammit...well, if they wanna pick a fight, I'm not going down easy!" The elf's thoughts were devoted to survival hereafter, rising and beginning his charge towards the fighting to try and break through...only to find a fighter barreling over his head, tossed down the street like a ragdoll. Looking in awe at the massive outlier amongst the generally human soldiers and mercenaries, Vani would grin at Kaze, watching him cut himself a clean path out. Raising his shield, Vani would hurry to try and join into that open space, bashing aside a few imperial soldiers that tried to make a dash to the mercenaries on the other side. Coming up on Kaze's flank, Vani would remember...

This guy was scary strong. Strong enough to fling a man down a street in full plate. As such, Vani would figure that giving him fair warning was a good idea...that, and, he wanted to keep his head on his shoulders.

"HEY! Big, tall, and scaly! You and me, let's cut on through! My shield, and your skill, we'll split that reward right down the middle!" Vani would call out, hoping that the Lizardman was receptive to the idea of working together...and not so open to the idea of betraying as soon as the job was done.

Seeing an opportunity to prove that he would make a good partner, Vani would intercept an imperial fighter with a mace that was approaching Kaze, delivering a swift kick to the stomach before following with a lunge, striking right through the Imperial's heart before chasing after his (hopeful) partner in crime.



"OUT OF MY WAY!" Vani would shout, raising his shield before it became coated in lightning, the paladin charging to try and make a path forward by blasting some poor unfortunate imperial soldier that over-stepped his boundaries, sending him flying into a building with a thundering BOOM as the lightning discharged.

Tree's Garbage Dump

All My Babies Are Toasters

Kongou

“With my brains, your brawn...and MY brawn, we're all pretty much unstoppable. Right?”

BASIC INFORMATION

Age: 16

Level: 23

Gender: Female

Breed: Kangaskhan

Appearance: Kongou is an impressively built young woman, standing at 5'7", and weighing in at...[REDACTED]. Her physique is noticeable, with toned arms and legs, as well as a general glow of health to her. Her eyes are full of an inquisitive energy, as if everything she sees intrigues her and is worthy of her attention.

COMBAT STATISTICS

Move set

Move Set:

• Comet Punch: A series of rapid jabs that, while somewhat inaccurate, pack a lot of power behind each successful hit. Can hit up to 5 times, with each hit having the same amount of power.
• Rage: The user is locked into an enraged trance, causing them to increase their <ATTACK> stat by 1 stage every time they are hit while using it. For Kongou, this takes the form of a basic right hook.
• Leer: Channeling their inner MENACING power, the user catches the opponent off guard with their eyes alone, reducing their <DEFENSE> stat by 1 stage. This works on all foes next to the user.
• Endeavor: Just like papa Crane taught her, a real Explorer never gives up! The user throws every bit of power they have behind a headbutt, resulting in the enemy dropping to the same <HP> Total as Kongou has.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Backstory: All Kangaskhan are born with an innate sense of motherliness. Much like Chanseys, they're just...a Pokemon that does insanely well at being moms. Growing up, Kongou was never in any sort of lack of paternal affection. Whether it be from her Kangaskhan mother or her Rampardos father, the girl was the apple of their eye and hung onto everything they gave her, including a stuffed animal resembling a Kangaskhan's baby-form. However, whereas most Baby Kangaskhan hung onto a toy for a bit until it broke, Kongou would beg her mother to sew her's up again and again, eventually learning how to do it herself.

And then, she started asking her electrician father questions about the power plant he worked at. One thing lead to another, and now the girl wants to convert her childhood plaything into a walking talking robot death machine. Since Kongou has virtually no interest in other Pokemon and dating, she has instead gotten creative with making her "babies", various machines in the shape of eggs, or other common Pokemon items. Her Magnum Opus, the "B.A.B.Y", or "Battle Assistant Ballistic Youth" is something she's been constantly working on, and takes with her absolutely everywhere in the shape of an egg-shaped backpack. She has come to the Academy in order to not only gain battle experience to code into her B.A.B.Y., but also to fulfill her lifelong dream of...

...Making the cool weapons that adventurers use.

Personality: A big, warm, and overly nosy figure, Kongou is a very caring and nurturing kind of person. Despite her motherly mannerisms however, she can be a bit too pushy, and a bit too oblivious to how others feel. This can lead her to both annoy others, and potentially smother them if she can't get it through her thick head what it is that they actually want. Her pride in her B.A.B.Y. and her various other items borders on narcissism, and she's easily egged into conflicts. Still, she is a kind person at heart that earnestly tries her best, and tries to make things better for those around her.

Likes:

• Tinkering
• Physical Exercise
• Eating
• Napping

Dislikes:

• Failure
• Insults to her creations
• Cold places
• Cleaning

Strengths:

• Excellent Innovater: Kongou is literally always thinking, to the point that esoteric solutions for problems just kind of come naturally to her. She enjoys building Goldberg machines; Overly complicated and long-winded mechanisms to do something as simple as buttering her toast.
• Technological Savant: Kongou is fond of tinkering with machinery and items, giving her the ability to augment certain pieces of equipment, and maintain virtually any machinery if given enough time to analyze it.
• If it ain't broke, break it: As Kangaskhan are known to be, Kongou is exceptionally strong. She can open literally any pickle jar. ANY. PICKLE. JAR.

Weaknesses:

• Self-Negligence: While most Kangaskhans are the picture of motherhood and health, Kongou is a bit scatterbrained in the matter of self-care. Its not uncommon for her to completely skip out on meals when she's too excited about building something.
• Hot-Headed: Its incredibly easy to anger Kongou, to the point that she'll use Rage at the slightest threat to either her friends, inventions, or herself.
• Touchy Subjects: While Kongou loves showing off her inventions, she absolutely loathes to be criticized for her designs, or her work ethic. She's too prideful, and this can lead her to being petty.
• Abrasive Tempo: Her heart is usually in the right place when she tries to help someone, but Kongou's insistence can often become annoying, especially given how blunt she can be.

Equipment: B.A.B.Y.: The Battle Assistant Ballistic Youth, or B.A.B.Y. for short, is a small robotic facsimile of a baby Kangaskhan that Kongou carries around in a backpack. While its capabilities are limited due to its lack of a good power source, Kongou insists that if it got a Mega boost in its energy intake, it could be as strong as any regular Pokemon. If not stronger. For now, all it functions as is a calculator, paperweight, and adorable night-time cuddling companion. Limited Edition.

Inventor's Tools: Need something built? Kongou carries around an assortment of various tools, ranging from screwdrivers to wrenches, even containing a blow torch...sadly only usable with a fire-type's help.

Overlord: Momento Mori

@The Irish Tree
Do you see any issue with me drafting a few profiles for important NPCs in the Dreamlands?

This 1x1 with Lugubrious is fun, but I'm realizing that the Dreamlands is too complex and nuanced for a single feline to deal with on his own. It'll fall apart if there isn't some kind of staff to keep it running.

@BurningDaisies

That's perfectly fine.

Overlord: Momento Mori

My apologies, turns out I misunderstood how the teleport worked for Chuuni. It functions closer to Light's teleport than I thought.

Overlord: Momento Mori

The Rats sees all, The Rats know all.. The Rats ARE all...! D:

Too bad Isolde and her crew were told not to interfere if they found the powerful entity. Looks like Chuunitrixx is gonna be taking a nap in her own puke until she wakes up, with nobody air-lifting her back to the Chateau~

@Xaltwind

DEY PREY AT NIGHT DEY STALK AT NIGHT, DEY'RE DA RATS!!

Also, Chuunitrixx made it home fine. Enough concreep has been spread throughout the week that she just teleported home after regaining her senses. Gold Eyes is scary, yo.

Overlord: Momento Mori

@The Irish Tree @Enkryption

Well damn. I'm curious to know if Salem's rats would have seen the interaction between Chuunitrix and GoldenEye? Or would there have been some sort of anti-scrying effect? Would Salem have been able to 'feel' GoldenEye's oppressive aura through sight alone, or does actual proximity matter?

@Stern Algorithm

Very likely that Salem saw the whole thing play out, or at least felt it.

Overlord: Momento Mori

My apologies for the wait! Also @IceHeart I wasn't quite sure how to bring in your two new characters into the plot, since having Rodias just whoopsie-doodle his way into the bath would be stretching the timeline more. I will work on addition to the post as soon as I think of something.

As for everyone else, let me know if anything needs to be changed or added.

Overlord: Momento Mori

@BurningDaisies@Xaltwind@Rockin Strings

Team Floofs and Goblins

Once all preparations were made and the group set out for the area described by Rodias, the threesome would be capable of traveling swiftly in the midst of night. Along the way minor signs of cultist activity, as well as a few patrols would prove to be only minor speed bumps to the three otherworldly beings, each possessing enough strength to fight off an endless army of the basic peasantry who were armed with little more than a dull knife and a flimsy sense of self worth. It wouldn't be until they reached the more central area of the forest that Gromgard would begin to notice the trademark footfalls of Goblins upon dirt...the likes of which didn't belong to him.

Goblins dressed in similar garb and masks to the cultists were observable while the group trekked, giving them the idea that whatever this cult was, it at least had enough power to bring a group of monsters beneath it. Ashara in particular however would note something sinister arising from the area. Something...or someone powerful was dwelling within. At least on par with herself. An overwhelming sense of malice seemed to reverberate across the woodland, as if whatever deranged madness present in this cult was all concentrated into one being.

...Also, Chompy Bits might get a bit of inspiration from how intricate their ritualistic dismemberment seemed to be from the semi-fresh corpses strung up. Maybe they could share tips.

@Xaltwind@Guess Who

Team Bookworms

Once the twosome had convened and received the bag of Olms from Rodias to use as payment, the two women of learning would depart. They had a singular objective: To find a library and learn everything possible about this world, as well as to find a way to make money. Charme was given whatever alchemical materials that were found usable in this new world; After all, even low level medicinal herbs could make a basic healing potion with her skillset. The two would encounter little trouble on their way to the city...save for the occasional traveler gawking at Charme. Kath dressed far more humbly, and as such was spared from ogling.

Their journey to the city east of Amberden was relatively quick, especially given that the two had magic on their side. The city’s cobblestone roads and simple, yet cozy architecture gave the area a feeling of warmth to it. It wasn’t an exceptionally busy city, but more than enough business was being conducted at the marketplace that they could easily see all the different races prowling about, many of which they wouldn’t recognize from YGGDRASIL. The Library, as they would be told after asking a passerby, was up the hill and near the governor’s mansion. It was free for all to partake in, so long as they could pass a test of literacy. One that could easily be passed with Kath’s already established Cipher.

@Stern Algorithm@Lucius Cypher

Team Maid and Monster

Mamoru’s appearance thankfully didn’t cause any problems on her arrival into the city. It seemed that though Dragon-Scarred were more common amongst the general populace, a good number even receiving her kindly...though, the glances burning against her back let her know that it was a unilateral acceptance. They would direct her towards the Lord’s Manor, the Duke of Amberden who was living there. The Governor seemed to be a seperate body, as his residence was much larger. Humans were simple, at least.

The various maids and butlers tending to the gardens and grounds would turn their nose at her garb, but would eventually consent to giving her a chance to make an impression on their lord. They didn’t seem to suspect her of carrying anything, which made the simple slip of the wrist to deposit Salem’s remotely controlled verminoid doll in a potted plant in passing, giving the doll ample opportunity to explore at his leisure.

Mamoru however would immediately be greeted at the door by a man well into his years, easily approaching 60 judging from the growing grayness of his hair. His eyes were serious and bagged, as if he was plagued by long nights of unrestful sleep. Looking her up and down, a certain sneer crossed his face before he said: ”A Dragon-Sworn...the last thing I need is more of your kind. What do you want?” he would ask, kind in no part to Mamoru. It was clear that this man held a disdain for whatever “Dragon-Sworn” were, and that they were different from “Dragon-Scarred”, as many of those roamed the halls as maids and butlers.

@Archmage MC

Team Homebodies

Rodias was genuinely surprised that Light wasn’t in the least bit excited to play board games. Mostly since, as far as he knew, Fredrik was a huge tabletop nerd. I mean, who else makes a bunch of Cthulhu related things tie into an NPC but someone that played too many non-electronic RPGs? Still, Rodias wasn’t able to just skip straight to fighting. Foreplay always came first.

Picking out the Dice Beasts game, Rodias would begin a thrilling game of random chance with Light, culminating in the overall result of the games being 6 to Light, and 3 to Rodias. Seeing that the game had quickly worn its welcome out, Rodias would smile at Light, saying: "To be honest, I was never much good at any of the Chateau’s games. One time, Lord Loss stripped me of all my gear. Took a week of me running around the Chateau naked before he gave it back to me." With a light chuckle, Rodias would rise and begin leading Light to the Beast Pen arena. It was a perfect place to spar without fear of death, and largely any status effects would be removed after both participants left the arena. Standing a fair number of paces away from Light, Rodias would lower his stance, exhaling as the full brunt of his presence, prepped for combat, laid bare for Light to see. He would wait for her to make the first move in their spar, curious to see the vault guardian’s fighting style.

@Xaltwind

Team Eye in the Sky

All at once, one of the ESPER wings would be made aware of a tremendous spike in power as...someone, or something in Amberden momentarily undid whatever False Data spells they had up, revealing their true natural level…

Of 100.

@Lugubrious

Team Nefarious Hand Rubbing

Rodias was beyond thankful that nothing interrupted his trip to visit Graft this time. After all, talking business meant that one had to keep their head cool...and, getting pissed and killing someone for speaking out of turn wasn’t a good way to do that. Graft was a shrewd businessman, a dangerous combination of brilliance in exploiting things to make a profit, but having the far-sightedness to realize that just brutalizing and enslaving the people will only cause problems later on, despite the initial advantages. Rodias likened it to a strategy game where you could either get a large sum up front from a resource by destroying it, or a permanent small percentage each turn from keeping it around. Only an idiot would take the lump sum. That would be like writing a book and not wanting any royalties. Rodias had a problem with bartering away what they had...but, he already had a solution in mind for that. More worrisome was the idea Graft put forth. Ruling the world with coin...Rodias thought it sounded good. But then, it probably sounded good to the highest percentage that owned the world back where he once lived. But...who was to say he shouldn’t just do what they did? Live it up, and step all over those beneath him for daring to be born in the way? The palpable feeling of the temptation wrapped around his heart for a moment, before Graft began explaining the functional uses of Amberlyte.

So, it was toxic in a way...that was worrisome. But, Graft seemed to have already thought of effective ways to utilize this toxicity that plagued one’s mana. It was an item type that had never been implemented in YGGDRASIL; Probably because Leak was considered so annoying, the developers were afraid of giving players access to it. Rodias was hoping that it would prove more useful, but an MP Sapping powder was a potent tool indeed. Finally sensing a turn in which to speak, Rodias would chuckle, having fully considered the implication of ruling the world. "As interesting as ruling the world might be, I’m afraid I’d either get so bored I’d become a tyrant, or that I would simply be too poor at it. But, I am a fan of increasing our wealth subtly. What I’m not a fan of however is bartering off the guild’s possessions…"

Rodias would stand slowly, tracing a hand along the chair’s arm as he smiled ever so faintly, a look of nostalgia on his face. "Its pure selfishness Graft, pure and simple. And yet, I can’t bring myself to just...sell off the things my friends treasured. Besides, there are other ways we can bring in start-up revenue," the Sable Lord said, regaining his neutral expression as he turned once more to Graft. "We’re going to have one of our members pose as an Adventurer. And then, we’ll create a disastrously strong threat...but not so dire as to draw the strongest in the land. And then, we’ll ‘invent’ a hero. Even a medium tier threat to a city would warrant lavishing a savior with riches, no?"

@DracoLunaris

Team 'Zouyu is banned from using Triple Maximize'

Zouyu tried to keep up with the conversation at hand, eyes spinning in his head as most things went over his head. But...he did understand two things: Everyone seemed mad at Chuunitrixx...and it was because she wanted to prevent things like his toy being eaten by Chompy Bits from happening. This would cause a certain guilt to build in the weretiger’s gentle heart, which would show rather plainly given Zouyu’s simple nature. But, Kaldorna agreed to help train him, so he would at least have something to look forward to. That and...seeing Ashara again. Remembering that hug, Zouyu’s cheeks would grow a tinge pink on the mounted travel, before Zouyu would strangely ask Kaldorna: ”Um...Kaldorna...do you know if Ashara is...m-mating with anyone?”

That awkward conversation aside, the journey the beast-hunters undertook on behalf of Rodias would lead them nearer to the coast than before, allowing them to see more of the coastal life. Large crustaceans the size of boulders slumbered beneath the sands, waiting to feast on the drifting kelp and various small sea life brought along by the waves gently lapping at the shoreline. Given the nearly impassable mountains in the area that the Chateau rested upon, this area had likely never once seen the kiss of humanity’s expansion. Save for the washed-up wreck of a sizeable ship that rested on the beach, marooned on the shoreline. Seeing that ship, Zouyu’s eyes lit up. ”Is...is that a ship? Maybe there’s stuff in there Rodias might like! Oh, but uh...we’re supposed to just look for animals. Right?” he questioned, prompting the vampires to evaluate if the wreck was worth looking for. The large crabs seemed to be incredibly docile despite their relative strength. And, judging from the luster of their shells once washed, they would be delicious to eat.