Prologue 1
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Prologue 2
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Years passed...

The story continued, just as it had been written. Just as it had continued many times before. The change that Light had put all of his hope into, had failed. He had already built Protoman, and sent him in to save mankind. And Protoman still failed. Just as he did countless times before. The Stranger had changed nothing. Perhaps the Stranger was helpless to do anything to give hope to that which was hopeless. Or perhaps, The Stranger's enemies had already beaten him. If The Stranger was trying to help Light, surely his enemies were trying to hurt him.

Light had grieved too long for the son he had built. And he knew that his other son was just as doomed. Sooner or later, he would find out the truth of what happened to his brother. It was best if Light told him, himself. He called him from his room, and said:

"You have heard me tell this story
Many times before you sleep
This time listen carefully

And I will tell you once again
But this time understand that what I'm telling you.
Every single word is true.

You need to know.

There was another who came before you
He was a hero and your brother and my son.
He fought the darkness, the darkness won.

And he fought bravely, and he died bravely
But he was forsaken by the ones he wished to save.
And when he died he died in vain.

You need to know.
You are not him.

That time is coming, and I must warn you
Though it's something that you may not understand
They can't be saved by just one man.

And I am sorry, cause I was wrong
And I'd take away the weight his shoulders had to bear.
Cause when he fell I was the only one that cared.

You need to know.
You are not him.
His fight's not yours."

The boy broke away from his father's hold, ran to the window and looked out over the city. His eyes filled with tears. His heart hurt under the weight of what he'd just been told. How could his father do nothing? How could Light not avenge the death of his brother?

"That story's finished. That story's ended.
Understand there's nothing more that we can do.
And I will not risk losing you.

For if you leave now, you will be fighting
for a people that refuse to comprehend
They have chosen their own end.

So you will stay here. You will obey me.
And I will keep grieving for the son I sent to death.
You are all I have left.

You need to know.
You are not him.
This fight's not yours."

The boy tore past Light. He threw the doors open at the end of the hallway and disappeared into the stairway. Light called after him:

"You cannot win!"



And then, just before Light collapsed in grief and despair, a pair of arms grabbed him. He heard the voice he had heard over two decades ago.

"The world can't be saved by just one man. You're absolutely right about that. That's why he's not going to do this alone, this time. This time, he's going to have friends. Lots, and lots, and lots of friends."

The Stranger grinned, as he pointed up at the sky. Holes tore open in the clouds, smoke, and fog above the City. Then Light saw them. He knew not their purpose nor origin, but he recognized them for what they were.

Ships. Dozens of ships, appearing out of thin air. All of them slowly landing near Light's tenement. As they landed, thousands upon thousands of people poured out of them.

Light looked to The Stranger, and asked, "Who...who are you? And why have you all come?"

The Stranger grinned again, and said, "My name is Thawmus. And we're here because your world is in danger. What could be more fun?"

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Okay, so, official sign-ups for "Thawmus' Heroes" Mafia.

Q: What is the theme?

A: The theme is pretty much that fictional universes are being destroyed, collapsing into one another, and the fictional characters of each universe are working together to try and stop it from happening. The catch is, that there is also a set of fictional characters trying to make it happen.

The good guys are led by Thawmus (no, not an incarnation of me, specifically, an actual character named "Thawmus"), whereas the bad guys are led by.....?????

Think of this as like an All Stars game, except I'm not drawing from pre-created roles, or mafia games. I'm drawing from every fictional medium I want.

All of the characters in these will be favorites of mine. And trust me, I have a new favorite every 15 minutes, so there's a LOT of them. Many of them you will know, many of them you won't.

Q: Can I request a character?

A: Not at the moment, but perhaps in future games in the series.

Q: Series?

A: A-yup. I'm planning on keeping this one going for a long time, if I can. With this theme, the possibilities are literally endless.

Q: I detect a lot of "Protomen" in this game. You even have the lyrics to one of the songs in your initial writeup here. Is this really "Protomen" the mafia game??

A: No. Each game will be staged in a specific universe, and will get an honorary character from that universe, in the game. This game is staged in The Protomen's rock opera. The next, will be staged elsewhere.

Q: I said I was interested in your interest thread. Do I still need to sign up?

A: Yes, please, if you could. I don't want to just automatically count people into a game, if they don't want to play in it. Just because you're interested, doesn't mean you'll definitely sign up right this instant.

Q: When is the start date?

A: We're currently looking at January 4th or 11th

Q: How many players?

A: Going for something between 15 and 20

Q: Is this going to be any fun?

A: I think so!

Q: How's DocDoom's mom?

A: Hang on, I'll have to go to my room to check. She insists on handcuffs...

Q: If those are lyrics, can you link me to the song?

A: Sure thing.

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Players Signed Up (24):

DarqFeonix
DocDoom187
Skykushryd
Rokk_Krinn
HavokandChaos
Amora's_best_friend
tyroman
Iceman
Wade Wilson
carltmc
Truffle Shuffle
kontrol
CarlosMucha
sstralkowski
get_1
Magnito
PaxZRake
MSU
JackofHearts2005
loganspeedo
GreatAurelius1
CrusaderC
disciple1976
VenomdaBomb


For more reading:

Prologue 3
Prologue 4
Prologue 5
Prologue 6
Prologue 7
Prologue 8

In, of course. Hope this opens in time to get me out of a tryptophan induced coma.

So is this based off your fiction writing that initially spawned the name "Thawmus"?

Either way, I'm in.

Yes!!

Hooray!!!

I'll brave some awesome adventures.

Yes, it is, actually.

Sweeet.

I expect source material to be posted at some point

That has been lost for 7 years and counting.

What happened

To make a long story short: http://p066.ezboard.com/brndbz

That used to be one of the most awesome RPG's I've ever played, and it was creative writing based.

The jackass website owner decided that "I own this website" meant that when he got tired of running the site (even though us mods were running the site just fine without him for months, and he didn't have to do jack #### to keep it operational, since ezboard did everything for him.), he privatized every single thread and forum on the site, and eventually downloaded it all and deleted them from the forum.

When asked about it, he said, "I own the website, I own all the content on it. I don't want people thinking otherwise."

Since that time, it's all been in my head, and that's about the only place it'll ever be again.

I don't want you to think that I wrote some epic poetry or something. I didn't. There's only so many ways you can write, "Thawmus punched him" before your writing suffers.

But dammit, that #### was MINE.

I am in

filler

I'll play please.

I have to say, I quite literally had trouble sleeping last night. I've got too many character and story ideas going on right now.

I'm feeling a bit burnt out right now so I'm going to wait to sign up until you know when it will start.

This is going to be intense.

TODAY!!!



At this rate, we're actually looking at January. I'm actually a little more hesitant than Darq is, about starting a game in December, or just before December. People are cramming for exams, writing papers, and getting ready for EOY stuff at work. And, let's face it, school stuff has always interfered with the flow of Mafia games.

If we got a ton of signups all of a sudden, I'd open it Monday of next week. If not, I would plan on January 4th or 11th (leaning toward 11th because I think participation will still be nil until then.)