**********Loki’s Sanctum**********

Loki cast his stones on the table in front of him. They spoke of destruction on a scale Loki had never seen before. He cast them again. They spoke of a slightly different destruction, but destruction nonetheless. Loki angrily threw the stones back into their pouch.

“You’re wasting your time.” Loki’s companion spoke coming up to him. “We’ve been at it for month’s now, and they always tell you the same thing. Death. It’s why you brought me of all people here to help you.”

“True as that may be, the future is an ever changing construct. It requires constant observation in case we have altered it radically in our endeavors.”

“Loki, your pocket dimension here does not affect the flow of events back home. We can’t affect things there.”

“Perhaps not, but Warp has. Are you aware that Nightshroud freed the Batman?” Loki’s lip curled at his companion’s obvious ignorance.

“Bruce is free?” The companion said, alarmed. “Is he back to his normal self? Maybe he could help us,”

“How long until the fracture happens?” Loki asked, pushing the conversation forward.

“Well, the Kree have amassed at earth as we predicted. Strange is about to unleash the Sleeper and Phoenix is almost due for another breakdown.” Tony Stark ran some numbers through a program. “It should be happening any day now.”

“Is your legion ready to buy us the time we need?” Loki asked.

“Of course. The Beyonder Busters are ready to go. With the energy we have managed to siphon off of Thanos’s Black Gem, they should pack quite a punch.”

Loki stared back at Tony Stark. “Beyonder Buster? Surely you jest.”

“Not me. I prefer straightforward naming patterns.” Tony Stark commented.

“Well, I suppose Iron Man wasn’t a work of Shakespearian brilliance either. I’m going to go check on our guests.” Loki turned and headed to the infirmary. The past few months ran through his head. After the Kree had taken possession of the Beyonder and harvested his parts for their own sick ends, his stones had spoken of one thing: The complete destruction of everything. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Dr. Strange and Phoenix had become harsher and more vicious. Jean had gone from a white lantern to a black one. They wanted to grab as much power as they could to combat the Kree’s new Super Weapon, and they made plans to do so.

Loki opted out of this and returned to Battleworld. There he managed to return the hero’s to earth, save one. Tony Stark, his brother’s murderer, possessed a command over the mechanical realm unparalleled in the cosmos. Loki needed that understanding to lay the groundwork for his plan. With his command of the mystical, and Stark’s mastery of the physical, they commanded an impressive knowledge of the Universe as a whole. Though their experiments had shown them that they didn’t dwell in a Universe.

They dwelled in a Multiverse.

**********The Ruins of Gotham**********

Batman aided Gotham in the recovery effort. It was good to have his head cleared after months of that dark rage that filled it prior to his rescue by Warp and Nightshroud. Batman helped save those he could, but he did so with a heavy heart. The Kree had come, and their power was absolute. Nightshroud kept asking him what his plan was for the future. What he could do to stop the Kree. “Nothing.” Batman spoke, pulling a girl out from under the rubble. As an overlord, he had a plan. It had been brutal, and vicious, and exposed countless billions to execution. But it had a chance of creating a weapon they could fight back with. Bruce sighed heavily, moving on to the next victim. “Nightshroud, Warp.” He spoke into his com device. “I think the only chance for Earth is to side with the Kree.”

“Come now, Dark Knight.” A sly voice spoke. “That’s not the guardian of Gotham we all know and love.”

Batman spun on the spot to see the strangest group of hero’s he had ever seen. Loki stood next to Iron Man, and they were flanked by Wonder Woman, in her traditional Amazonian garb, and a shirtless figure wielding a massive axe that Batman belatedly realized was Thor.

“Get Warp and Nightshroud and come with me, time is of the essence.”

“Where?” Batman asked quickly.

“To Redemption.”

**********Deep below Arkham**********

The Cult of Strange stood chanting above an ancient seal. Strange spread his fingers wide, feeling the arcane bonds breaking one by one. The keys he had collected from the demon lords where doing their job as slowly but surely, the sleeper began to awake.

“Strange!” A voice called from across the room. The Coven of Delphi had located the mage at last. “Your plans will not come to fruition!”

“I see.” Strange rolled his eyes. “I have already succeeded. The sleeper will awaken, even if you kill me and my cult. It’s too late. With the keys in the lock, the only way he can be barred again is by my hand. And I don’t think I’ll be doing that.”

“Here.” Warp said, handing out coins to everyone. His sudden appearance was much less surprising than those he surrounded himself with. “We just need to touch Strange with a coin, it’ll reverse the corruption.”

“Who’s coin?” Baron Mordo asked.

Warp smiled “Who’s indeed!” Loki couldn’t be prouder in his agent.

This weeks scenario is the End of the World. As such, it is an epic scenario composed of 4 fights. The first battle is listed below. The next three scenarios will be posted On Wednesday, Sunday and next week Wednesday. The official canon result of each battle will be the one that has the most outcomes posted to the thread. At the end of the forth battle, the World dies.

Part 1: The Sleeper Awakens

Point Value: Play all the members of Team 2. The point value for the battle will be however many points that comes out to.

Team 1: The Cult of Strange
Dr. Strange
Evil Wizards
Cultists
Demons

Team 2: The Coven of Delphi and Loki's Brigade
Coven of Delphi
Loki
Wonder Woman
Batman
Nightshroud
Warp
Iron Man

Special Rules:
This is the real coin! I think so anyway: At the start of the game, randomly deal each member of team 2 a coin card facedown. All of the coin cards should be blank except for one that is kept secret from both players. Coin cards can be given to an adjacent character as a free action. If a character with a card is KO'd, thier coin card is dropped in their space. It can be picked up as a free action by any character.

Touch him with the coin!: When a member of team 2 makes a successful melee attack against Dr. Strange, flip over one of thier coin card. If it is a fake, discard it and Strange ignores the attack. If it is the real coin, reveal the following:


Consequences:

Win


Lose


Part 2: The Seige of New Oa
**********The Siege of New Oa**********

“The Audacity of these earthlings.” Agathon the Accuser said, angrily glancing over the reports that had come to his desk. Most of the world stood defiant against the Kree demands. There were exceptions. Japan had bowed before the Kree. As had large parts of Africa, Central America and South America. But Europe stood United against the Kree, as did Russia and The United States. “Do they not realize the strength we bear?”

“Doubtful, lord Agathon.” His counselor spoke. “Earth is a strange planet, and I have seen them stand against many foes. Even foes that have beaten back the Kree.”

“You speak of your former master, the mad Titan Thanos.” Agathon spoke firmly. “True he met his end here, but he was but one man. We are many, and our power is greater than Thanos’ black gem came close to being.”

“That is all true, my lord, but to the Earthlings, one world ending event must seem very much like the other. Destroying one city, and just one city, showed weakness. I advised from the start that you should have leveled all of the cities at once, and then invaded directly after.”

Agathon sighed heavily. “Perhaps we should have done that. But an opportunity to exert our dominance has revealed itself. Many of Earth’s champions have gathered in a space station they have named ‘New Oa’. They seem to think they are safe in space. Our forces will exterminate these heros, and then we will renew our message to the Earth below.”

“It will be as you say, my lord.” The Ebony Maw agreed.


Team 1: 600 Points

New Oa’s Defenders
This team is comprised of any Hero’s defending New Oa.

Team 2: 700 Points

The Kree

Special Rules:
Space Battle: At the beginning of the Kree Player’s turn, roll 1 die and consult the table below:
1: Direct Hit: Deal 1 unavoidable damage to all members of both teams. Add two destruction tokens to the destruction pool.
2: Glancing Blow: Each Team deals 1 unavoidable damage to a character they control. Add 1 destruction token to the destruction pool.
3-4: Miss
5: Targeted Strike: Deal 1 Unavoidable damage to all members of team 1. Add 1 destruction token to the destruction pool.
6: Inaccurate Strike: Deal 1 Unavoidable damage to all members of team 2. Add 1 destruction token to the destruction pool.

If the destruction pool reaches 30 tokens, reveal the following:



Part 3: The Phoenix Unleashed
Jean Grey stood in the graveyard she had raided so many months ago. Her hunger was growing again. It would only be a matter of time until she had to feed again. To make matters worse, she was the last of the Overlords still standing. Superman was in captivity, Batman had been changed back as had Strange. Wonder Woman was missing, presumed dead in the destruction of Asgard. Miles above, Jean could tell that a war was being fought for the station the Hero’s had dubbed New Oa.

A tremor in reality.

Jean Grey’s attention turned to more local matters. In Arkham, something was stirring. The Phoenix force tied Jean Grey into the universe in a way few beings could match, but what was rising in Arkham rivaled, maybe even surpassed her connection.

The black Phoenix spread around her as she flew towards the small town in Massachusetts. She found her way bared by a group of curious individuals. A quick scan told her all she needed to know. These where the so called Guardians of the Galaxy. But they had curious companions. A smile spread across her face as she recognized the various members of the different lantern corps.

“You have assembled quite the rainbow,” She spoke to the assembled force. “Let me unite them under the black!” A burst of energy tore through the surrounding area as the full might of the Phoenix was brought to bear.

A fracture in reality.

Team 1: 1000 Points
Guardians of the Galaxy Space Team
Kyle Rayner
Arkillo
Drax
Larfleeze

Team 2: 1300 Points
Phoenix (Dark Phoenix Cyclops Works Well
Zombies and Black Lanterns

Special Rules:
I command the dead: When a character is KO’d, roll 1d6. On a five or six, fully heal the character, and it joins team 2.

Unite the Light: Whenever a lantern injures the phoenix, place a color token on her that corresponds to their color. When a Lantern damages Phoenix, increase the damage by 1 for each color token other than their own on phoenix.


Part 4: The End

The End

“53% of the way there.” Tony Stark told Loki, checking his sensor. It was happening exactly as they had calculated. “Right no track.”

“Yes…” Loki was distracted. Everything was happening as the stones had predicted so long ago. Events that initially seemed harmless were ramping up towards a final, cataclysmic confrontation. “Did you notice Alan Scott has been killed?”

“I did.” Stark answered. “He was a great man. One of the best of us.”

“Hardly.” Loki scoffed, coldly. “He was second tier at best. But he did have his moments. Ultron killed him, and has taken down several Kree battle cruisers. It’s funny that he’s popping up with hours to go, seeing as he was one of the first heralds.”

“Loki, sometimes I almost like you. But then…” Stark paused to collect his thoughts. “You really don’t care about anyone except yourself, do you?”

“Stark…” Loki spoke, anger flaring up in him. “I’ve sacrificed more than a mortal like you could ever dream of sacrificing. I have saved this world several times over, and if we live to see another sunrise, it will be by my hand.” Loki’s mind wandered to a beach in Themyscara hundreds of years ago. “And if I could achieve that while sacrificing myself, I would. Without a second though.” Bitterness ate inside him. For as long as he could remember, that bitterness was there. Bitter he wasn’t his brother. Bitter his love wasn’t reciprocated. Bitter his father would torture him for a thousand years. Bitter that mortals could interfere in his plans. Recently though, Loki had begun to let some of the bitterness slide, and found it freeing. After years of playing the hero, Loki found himself fond of the role.

He also found it amusing to see the heroes of earth struggling with if they should trust him or not.

“Well,” Stark looked flustered. “We better go. My calculations say if we can pull this off, we need everything, and everyone in Arkham.”

“I’ve gathered the heroes. The Elder God is awake. The Kree with the Beyonder power should be arriving any minute, and Phoenix has just touched down.”

Stark was momentarily speechless contemplating the raw power that was assembled. “I’ll get my metal suit.”

The End

Team 1: 1000 Points
Loki
Thor
Wonder Woman
Batman
Nightshroud
Warp
Iron Man

Team 2: 1000 Points
Any other heroes

Team 3: All the Points
Team 3 is not run by a player. It is composed of the cosmic beings that are gathered at this location. These figures should be randomly placed on the board, and they should all have line of fire and range to each other.
Phoenix (1000 Points. Recommended: Dark Phoenix Cyclops)
3 Beyonder Accuser (1000 points each. Recommended: The Beyonder)
The Elder One (1800 Points. Recommended: The Specter, Spirit of Vengeance)


Special Rules:

Last Man Standing: Team 1 and 2 are friendly to eachother. When using The Titan's Battle, you can attack anyone you want.

At the beginning of Player 1’s Turn, roll 1 die and consult the following chart:
1: The Black Flame: Place 1 black lantern or zombie character adjacent to the highest point character on Player 1 and 2's team and make an immediate attack. Then place 3 black lanterns or zombies next to Phoenix.
2: Burn in Eternal Night: Phoenix uses pulsewave. Her range is not cut in half, and she deals 2 hits when she does.
3: Madness Takes Hold: The Highest point character on both players teams makes an immediate attack against the character closest to them, if able. If they are not able to make an attack, give them two action tokens, cackle and pull out a clump of your hair.
4: Wrath of the Ancients: The Elder One makes a ranged attack against the character closest two them, using any powers it has available to it.
5: Kree Backup: Place an accuser next to the lowest point character on both players teams and have it make an immediate attack.
6: Our Power is Beyond All Else: Roll 1 die. On a 1-3, the Kree attack the highest player character they can attack, or they move adjacent to the highest point character they can. On a 4-6, they attack the highest point character they can.

The Titan’s Battle: At the end of your turn, take an action with any character on Team 3.

As Do the Rabble: At the end of your turn, have all Kree and black lantern characters attack the character nearest them, or move them adjacent to a member of team 1 or 2.

Outcome: When one hero is left standing the game ends. I will be selecting one of the hero’s that survived for a… special role in the next ark. After the game is over, read the following:

.......whelp.

*me right now*

I feel like that old woman who swallowed a fly... But really, this is excellent work Mikki. I am eager to try out this first battle.

Also wanted to respond to this. First off, anytime I miss an event deadline I feel terrible about it. I am extremely dedicated towards trying to create enjoyable missions and events and keep this awesome group alive. Admitatedly, I have a tendancy to promise more than I can deliver sometimes. What I can promise is that I won't miss an article deadline. I've been writing for about 2 years now and have never missed a deadline, even when I was deadtired and an emotional wreck after my first sons birth. So you can always count on an event and an update every other week.

The off week events, missions and whatever are things I try to keep up since this community is so active, but I will occasionaly get slammed with real life.

That's fair. I don't ask you to string yourself out. We share a profession and I understand very much the toll it takes (outside of family life and any other factors).This is why I no longer run events or DM in dungeons and dragons (or read, write or draw) anymore. My comment meant to ask what was proper and what was not. I care not for the frequency of the missions you offer, but for a simple "Can't do it right now".
All in all, I get it and am on your side, Mikki.

I get this. I'll try to make sure to post somethign if I can't meet a certain deadline.

And don't worry, there aren't any hard feelings.


Now I'm going to get back to destroying the world.

Well dang, I'm gonna miss this universe we created.

pretty sure its just the story arc title.
i doubt the universe will be gone

Unless Cthulthu eats us all...

Are there still plans for Wanda to team up with the The Order?

I seem to remember that still being the case.

i believe we basically have a general freedom to do whatever we want to do outside of the build guidelines (special rules not numbers and all).

So unless mikki directly says we can't do X then we are probably allowed to tell the story how we want/need