AudaciousThe Ancient Harmony Arc: The first major arc created by whizzball1, it follows Ruby and Soren as they struggle with the primal Lord and Lady of Chaos in different ways. It begins with Ruby and Soren being chased by the Order, a group that wants to destroy the Lord of Chaos--without reincarnations--and let Order rule the land forever. They want to do this to prevent a prophecy that states that, on a certain day, the first Lord of Chaos will return and wreak havoc on all of Existence.
Eventually, they succeed in luring and capturing Ruby, and use her to get Soren there. Once he does, he has no choice but to let them destroy him to save his sister and his home. When they do, however, the stability of the universe plummets and it begins to fall apart. The only way to save it--and Ruby--is to bring Soren back, and Ruby recalls something special that happened the last time they escaped from the Order--a spark. She touches her horn to Soren's and it resurrects him.
However, it is found that the day spoken of in the prophecy is just a minute away. And as it ticks over, the first Lord of Chaos, Svár, breaks free from his seal inside the Lords' collective mind and takes over Soren's body because Soren's death had destabilised the seal. Svár leaves before they can do anything.
As time passes, Ruby begins to feel changes. At random times, she seems to lose control of her body and someone else momentarily speaks in her place. Eventually it is revealed to be Rovnováha, the first Lady of Order. Because of Soren's death and the breaking of Svár's seal, Nova's seal was loosened and it began to slowly dissipate. Because of this, her consciousness slips into the controlling mind--Ruby--and now Nova's mind is overtaking Ruby's mind against both of their wills, because there isn't space for both of them.
They race to find a solution, but they can find nothing at all, even near the end of the process. All hope seems to be lost. And then Ruby is stolen by a mercenary, taken to Svár's current world of operations. The group, aided by slip-ups from the mercenary, solve the mystery of where Ruby has been taken and who had hired the mercenary--Svár--and then they formulate a plan to take her back.
Kelly, a girl with the powers of chaos, aids them in reconnaissance, because she has had contact with Svár before, and they figure out what they need to do--go through a series of Bunk Bed doors and overcome challenges. Each Bunk Bed door takes them past a layer of a powerful shield around a bunker where Ruby is housed. Such precautions were taken on Ruby because if Nova overtakes her mind completely and forces her out, a great and devastating magical explosion would result.
They make their way through the challenges, finding a loophole to save themselves from challenges tailored specifically to kill each of their number, but just as they are about to reach Ruby, Svár blocks them indignantly. However, they surprise him with the most chaotic attacks they can think of, all at the same time, and one of them bursts through the door to Ruby, taking her and teleporting out of the bunker.
The incredibly stressful situation coupled with the inevitable doom about to befall Ruby pushes her to unlock a great power buried in her mind. With this power, she balances Nova and herself in the controlling mind and defeats Svár, sealing him away and returning her brother. However, before Svár disappears, he casts a spell on Guide, who had pretended to be the mercenary so she could provide the "slip-ups" that led the group to Ruby, to kill her slowly and painfully.
Nothing they can do can reverse it, until Soren finds that he has unlocked power of his own--just like that of Svár. He uses it to reverse the spell and a happy ending is had by all...
But the mystery remains--why had Svár become evil? According to Nova, it had been as if his morals had just suddenly disappeared one day. But they don't see the need for that just yet...
Eventually, they succeed in luring and capturing Ruby, and use her to get Soren there. Once he does, he has no choice but to let them destroy him to save his sister and his home. When they do, however, the stability of the universe plummets and it begins to fall apart. The only way to save it--and Ruby--is to bring Soren back, and Ruby recalls something special that happened the last time they escaped from the Order--a spark. She touches her horn to Soren's and it resurrects him.
However, it is found that the day spoken of in the prophecy is just a minute away. And as it ticks over, the first Lord of Chaos, Svár, breaks free from his seal inside the Lords' collective mind and takes over Soren's body because Soren's death had destabilised the seal. Svár leaves before they can do anything.
As time passes, Ruby begins to feel changes. At random times, she seems to lose control of her body and someone else momentarily speaks in her place. Eventually it is revealed to be Rovnováha, the first Lady of Order. Because of Soren's death and the breaking of Svár's seal, Nova's seal was loosened and it began to slowly dissipate. Because of this, her consciousness slips into the controlling mind--Ruby--and now Nova's mind is overtaking Ruby's mind against both of their wills, because there isn't space for both of them.
They race to find a solution, but they can find nothing at all, even near the end of the process. All hope seems to be lost. And then Ruby is stolen by a mercenary, taken to Svár's current world of operations. The group, aided by slip-ups from the mercenary, solve the mystery of where Ruby has been taken and who had hired the mercenary--Svár--and then they formulate a plan to take her back.
Kelly, a girl with the powers of chaos, aids them in reconnaissance, because she has had contact with Svár before, and they figure out what they need to do--go through a series of Bunk Bed doors and overcome challenges. Each Bunk Bed door takes them past a layer of a powerful shield around a bunker where Ruby is housed. Such precautions were taken on Ruby because if Nova overtakes her mind completely and forces her out, a great and devastating magical explosion would result.
They make their way through the challenges, finding a loophole to save themselves from challenges tailored specifically to kill each of their number, but just as they are about to reach Ruby, Svár blocks them indignantly. However, they surprise him with the most chaotic attacks they can think of, all at the same time, and one of them bursts through the door to Ruby, taking her and teleporting out of the bunker.
The incredibly stressful situation coupled with the inevitable doom about to befall Ruby pushes her to unlock a great power buried in her mind. With this power, she balances Nova and herself in the controlling mind and defeats Svár, sealing him away and returning her brother. However, before Svár disappears, he casts a spell on Guide, who had pretended to be the mercenary so she could provide the "slip-ups" that led the group to Ruby, to kill her slowly and painfully.
Nothing they can do can reverse it, until Soren finds that he has unlocked power of his own--just like that of Svár. He uses it to reverse the spell and a happy ending is had by all...
But the mystery remains--why had Svár become evil? According to Nova, it had been as if his morals had just suddenly disappeared one day. But they don't see the need for that just yet...