#each with different groups of spider totems

[vvitchinthewoods]

there is absolutely a D&D club in the Spider Society and you cannot convince me otherwise

[anyaeras]

Moya litttle spider || N.Romanoff

Pairing || vampire Natasha Romanoff x AFAB reader

Warning || smut! ,, they/them pronouns ,, reader has a pussy ,, loss of virginity ,, innocent kink (kinda) ,,  possessive ,, a little manipulation ,, Russian usage 

Summary  || y/n was a vampire hunter in their village ,  ended up being fucked by the queen.

FYI || this is short and just smut plus I spent 20 min on it

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Y/n was a hunter, a human hunter at that, known for being ever so brave, the society was split between multiple species, vampires, being one of the dominating species. humans seemed to be on the lower end of the totem pole and would wallow in fear, cowering down to the enhanced.

Tonight was no different than most, y/n was out with the rest of the hunters in the community, their human town was small, but well-kept, and they did well making a system which became their way of living, a few selective people became hunters each person had a different reason for why they were a hunter, which was the most dangerous job, being a Hunter meant constantly putting your life on the line in order to protect your people, most despised the thought of anybody going through that, yet y/n had no one to care for them anyway, their parents were preoccupied, and they never made any friends, they lived as the "wanderer" inside their small town.

"Come on get your shit and let's go, we need to be quick" Kent called out, he was a tall and large man, he was in charge of the hunters for this community, yelling specifically at y/n, they hadn't meant to fall behind just it was a lot for someone their size to carry, that's what they get for being a hunter, shit they only even took this job to try and prove they were worth something to their parents, to show they were just as good as their brothers....

Running to keep up, already a few steps behind y/n was able to catch up to the rest of the squad.

"Draw your weapons" was ordered after a quick rumble with heard between the bushes. Y/n was fumbling with their bow, proceeding to just brush it off and go for a dagger, removing it from their leg holder. Yet in a flash it seemed something had pulled the weapon away. There y/n watched as the whole team ran, fleeing from the situation, leaving no help or communication with y/n, who out of absolute instant stumble back tripping over a long root, cause them to tumble to the ground, as the hunter was trying to pull themself together getting up to run following their group a lengthy hand was felt grasping their arm , panic set in quickly, now holding no weapons having no way to fight back, all y/n could do was try and run, yet due to the firm grasp it seemed the attempts were absolutely pointless, finally the creature who had a hold on y/n flip them around becoming face-to-face with a vampire...not just a vampire clearly a royal vampire.

"Aren't you a little small to be a hunter Дорогой" the red headed women who stood tall above y/n spoke down to them.

Y/n was in a pickle that was for damn sure, no place to run, the idea that this was the end and that this vile creature who stood before them whom might they add was extremely pretty for being a vampire....well what was y/n to compare it to it's not like they've met any other vampires, the only had any idea about them due to story's which have been told throughout the community....but that's besides the point.

"I am not, I am just as capable to be a hunter as any of those men" every small ounce of braveness was pulled from their body as they stood as tall as they possible could in front of the much larger women.

"Aren't you cute, well I'm sure you are just as strong as those big bad men, but maybe even braver they just took off and left you here for me, isn't that right Дорогой" the soft voice was taunting to the young hunter, yet there was nothing they could do about it, the vampire had moved closer one hand reached under y/n's jaw forcing them to look up at the vampire meeting eye to eye.

Y/n tried to pull away but was to no success, being held in a state with the vampire.

"You smell....devine" Natasha's raspy tone was echoing in y/n's head, yet it was quick when Natasha made a move, pushing her lips into y/n's which when y/n didn't entirely pull away a smirk was stuck to her Crimson lips.

"Don't tell me, you enjoy the big scary vampire kissing your lips? Mmm?" The tall vampire teased get a firm "never"' from the human, but that didn't stop her, moving her kisses lower finally to her delight a strangled moan slipped prompting Natasha to go on, something was drawing her to the human clearly going to keep the small being.

"Y/n tell me are you a virgin?" The supernatural asked stoping the sloppy kissed abruptly to ask, noticing y/n's heart race increase telling they were about to lie

"No, I-I'm not" y/n tried to keep a straight face and seem confident in the lie yet the tell tale signs would clearly give y/n away.

"Would you like to say the truth now? Or will I have to do it for you?" The vampire stated with almost a cold expression, which cause the humans cheeks to rush to a rosey shade, the long skinny hands of Natasha started to rome y/n'a body, slipping down into the waistline of their pants feeling the soft underwear material slightly damp causing the women to let out a small laugh.

"Wow for a human who came to kill me, you seen wildly turned on" the teasing only turned y/n's face an even darker shade of red, while Natasha fingers moved pushing past their panties to run her fingers between their folds, coating her cold long fingers in y/n's warm juices, the action caused a choked moan to slip out from them only leading Natasha to smirk.

"Look at you doing so well for your first Дорогой (darling) you will be such a good pet for me, you'll like the castle, it's so much better than the village you come from" Natasha's words went right past y/n, the new found feeling of pleaser overtook their thought process.

Slowly Natasha kept going enjoying how y/n was reacting, getting them hot and bothered while their cunt was just dripping, easily only one finger slipped into y/n, causing them to Yelp at this brand new feeling

"My oh my y/n tell me doesn't that feel good, letting me play with your virgin cunt, you seemed to be enjoying it" Natasha pushed on thrusting the one finger in and out before adding a second one making y/n back arch

"Oh my god, please please don't...don't stop" y/n pleaded with Natasha the pleasure of being penetrated was mind blowing, y/n didn't have it in them to think logically about the fact a vampire was fingering their pussy, all they could do was melt into her hold.

Natasha speed up the movement of her fingers yet when the feeling of needed to Piss came over them they tried their best to push away from the supernatural.

"N-no please stop...gotta pee" the words made the vampire laugh, she then saw how innocent her pet was.

"Shh no, just let go" Natasha said keeping her voice soft, while her free hand moved from supporting y/n who also was leaning in a tree, to placing pressure on their clit. With all the motion y/n was thrown over the edge with a long moan, y/n's cum flushed onto Natasha fingers, yet the vampire didn't remove herself from their pussy until they had a moment to come down from their high, the vampire held the human up with one arm, removing her other hand from their pants licking her fingers clean before turning back to y/n.

"You'll be such, a good good pet Мой маленький паук (my little spider)

[dzthenerd490]

File: 4.n0m4ly - The Cult of M’rohoj

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SCP: AIJ

Code Name: Bible of M’rohoj

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-AIJ is contained at Site-AR within the Level 3 archives within the Cognito-Hazard Section. It is locked within a standard Para-Hazard Book lock case to prevent SCP-AIJ from unleashing its anomalous effects and quite possibly infusing it into other anomalous books within the section. Any testing must be approved by at least one Level 4 Clearance Staff member or higher and be provided with standard Anti-Cognitohazard Goggles before handling SCP-AIJ. Anyone who takes SCP-AIJ while disregarding either of these requirements is to be executed, there will be no exceptions. In the event of a containment breach SCP-AIJ is to be guarded by Foundation security and AFA-2 units who regularly guard the Level 3 Archives.

All SCP-AIJ instances found in the wild are to be scanned and destroyed immediately. Afterwards the current SCP-AIJ within Foundation custody is to be updated or replaced entirely with a new book that has both the old and new information and scriptures.

Description: SCP-AIJ is a bible of the religion worshiping the chaos god of nightmares known as M’rohoj created by the Group of Interest of the same name. Though originally it was hard to say so as what is within SCP-AIJ is merely random pictures of mutant moths and insects. There are what appears to be descriptions in certain pages, but the words look no different to scribbles. However, all the images and words are visual based Cognito-Hazards, that brainwash the viewer upon contact. It varies between victims, as some only need to view the book for 5 minutes while others only become under its effect after 1 hour of viewing and thus can easily avoid brainwashing. Regardless, once the victim is under the effect, they will become slaves to the will of M’rohoj.

Those who become enslaved by SCP-AIJ’s influence will begin to construct churches, totems, and charms in honor of M’rohoj. These trinkets and totems normally never look similar to one another. This is meant to represent the nature of M’rohoj, who is supposed to resemble a giant moth, but aspects of his form are constantly changing. Normally these items crafted by victims are not anomalous at first but as time goes one they do have the potential to become anomalous items. However, this is merely a side effect and not the true end goal of SCP-AIJ’s scriptures. 

SCP-AIJ instructs its victims to kidnap victims and have them exposed to its Cognito Hazardous pages. Once there are enough victims they will start sacrificing each other in rituals that will allow them to be mutated by M’rohoj. This ritual normally requires the victim be wrapped around in any available material that can wrap around their body and allow them to suffocate in it. Plastic wraps seem to be the most preferred material, though there are various other ways this can be done such as locking them in a room and flooding it with toxic gas.

After the victim has died they will either immediately or eventually turn into monsters that resemble giant moths. It should be noted these creatures typically have one or more characteristics that are unrecognizable to the species and even considered grotesque. However, the result is not always a moth, sometimes the victims will mutate into something that more greatly resembles a spider or horrific monstrosity with hundreds of legs. Granted for every 20 victims there is only 1 that actually completes the transformation while a majority of the other’s die. The creatures that survive birth are typically called SCP-AIJ-Moth and SCP-AIJ-Spider instances. 

SCP-AIJ-Moth instances are the moth creatures earlier described, they are giant monsters that fly around and typically eat livestock and sometimes the people they come across. They do not rely on stealth as they are not only strong but desire to be seen by as many people as possible. Their goal is to cause panic, paranoia, and confusion among the public, the resulting chaos to feed M’rohoj. 

SCP-AIJ-Spider instances are the soldiers of the cult and great protectors of churches that house SCP-AIJ as well as the SCP-AIJ-Moth instances. They will guard sacred areas typically pretending to be statues and totems until their victims get close. They will gladly sacrifice themselves to ensure SCP-AIJ and SCP-AIJ-Moth instances are protected from all threats. Though they are called Spiders the truth is that they possess far too many legs to be actual arachnids nor do they possess webbing organs or any other organs for that matter. They are merely blobs of tendrils and arachnid-like legs that sting and poison whoever they come across.

Once the church has created a steady supply of SCP-AIJ-Moth and SCP-AIJ-Spider instances to the point there are only a few members left, the next stage begins. The survivors will use their remaining time alive to disregard everything else to create more SCP-AIJ instances until they all die. These new copies of SCP-AIJ are then to be left within the church alongside the bodies in hopes that unsuspecting victims will find them and start a whole new cycle to further feed M’rohoj.

SCP-AIJ was discovered in 2002 when police of [data expunged] within Ontario, Canada found a church containing mutated dead bodies and copies of SCP-AIJ after looking for missing high school students. Once it reached the higher government, the Foundation took over the operation and had all other law enforcement stand aside. Unfortunately, several officers and investigators were reported acting weird and thus had to be turned into Foundation custody for studying. After SCP-AIJ was found it was revealed they were under its effects.

They were able to read the gibberish words within the books and tried to encourage Foundation researchers to let them work. It was thanks to them that the full nature of SCP-AIJ was exposed, though unfortunately all amnestic, memetic, and Cognito Hazard relief treatment wasn’t working so they had to be executed later. The cover story was that they encountered a psychotic cult and were killed along with the high school kids; all four still haven’t been found. The bodies were later destroyed and the church's dismantled with only a few trinkets and totems given to the police force to further sell the cover story, the rest remained with the Foundation. 

However, in 2004 within [data expunged], Thailand a similar scenario was found with more copies of SCP-AIJ. Shockingly these copies, the churches, and mummified corpses of failed experiments show they were much older to the point that they could be decades old. This unfortunately means that SCP-AIJ has already spread around the world and could be anywhere in the world, growing like an unseen cancer. It is for this reason SCP-AIJ is labeled Object Class Keter. Mobile Task Force Demeter-8 “Bug Zappers” is responsible for finding any clues to more SCP-AIJ instances to scan them and destroying them as soon as possible.

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SCP: Horror Movie Files Hub

[svyat0s]

My answers to task 474 #I_am_here_eternity

1. How did you come up with your nickname? Why exactly this one?

Then the three of us changed our family surnames to one - Albireo, a star of creative people, besides, it is beta Cygnus, and one of my psychotype totems is a swan, besides, this is a star system, and I am also a plural. Well, now I’m taking a family nickname - AlbireoMKG (my creative group Albireo, it's in German, so Kreative, not creative). But you already know about this, I’ve told it hundreds times.

2. What is your life motto?

There are no fairy tales with unhappy endings. There are yet untold tales. I took the same phrase as the company's slogan, but shortened it to - Happy-end happens. Always.

3. Your best friend. What associations do you have with him?

Mephis (you can read more about him in my book #Bottomles, it's in russian still, but in the process of the translation.) Huge absurd. Beauty. Spider.

4. To become your friend, what traits does one need to have?

Sincerity. The ability to confirm your beauty. Codependency skills. Lack of personal boundaries. In any situation, choosing me. I am a paranoid possessive maniac, to be my friend, you need to be the same possessive maniac. In general, all those traits that psychotherapists are now trying to level out, convincing people that this is bad. That neighborly relationship, without any conditions to each other, are healthy relationship. So, guys, this is awesomely social, and is suitable at work, in the entrance, and in the store. But this is not a relationship at all. Soviet poet Asadov has a poem A Word about Love. Well, those who know how to love according to Asadov are able to become my friend. And who... who are you contrasting with the Singer of Life as a real poet? Brodsky? Bryusov? Pasternak? Well, to friend and to love according to Brodsky, you won’t be able to.

5.Your hobby.

I collect stones (simple ones, from underfoot, beautiful, with pictures on them, or from different places), stamps, postcards, coins, banknotes, badges. I'm also a writer - but it's not really a hobby; it's the only thing in the physical universe that doesn't piss me off.

[teler-of-gallifrey]

Wait a damn second, this is my tumblr account, I can infodump as much as I want.

Infodump on my fanfiction universe that I've been working on for three years that has been fused by a combination of multiple hyperfixations and being a special interest below the cut.

Okay so it all starts when the Daleks decide to do what Daleks do and exterminate not just one but all the universes by throwing them together with a universe collider (There's also Davros in the background using this as an opportunity to reality bomb the multiverse again). Two important things happen because of this:

1. Samus Aran becomes a spider totem

2. Darksied realizes the Triforce exists

The Daleks of course fail, because that is the other thing the Daleks are good at.

Darksied does more research into the multiverse and finds more fun omnipotence granting toys like cosmic cubes and infinity stones. He then decides to collect them all like they're Pokemon cards. The people of the universes these things are in aren't so fond of the whole part where he becomes a despotic emperor, and naturally fight back. Long story short every universe is torn to shreds, and the only way the good guys win is by taking the five remaining tardises, looping them back in time several times a la day of the doctor, hooking them up to the moment, and channeling all that power through the Three Elven rings to stitch the remains of the multiverse into one, single universe: The Oneverse.

There's a whole lot that happens in the oneverse, so today I'll focus on the Black Maelstroms.

This all starts during the clone wars for two reasons: The Separatists are pursuing an arms deal with the zebasians, and the Kaminoans need new clone templates because the Jango Fett sample is deteriorating. So the Republic sues with the Galactic Federation (not to be confused with the United Federation of Planets) and they put together a team consisting of:

Samus Aran, (this is before zero mission), who has been noted as a bit of a loose cannon

The Wanderer, who goes by the kind of reverse moniker James Lumstrom, where only those he's close to get to call him that, A Timelord and a Jedi who has also had a problem with going rogue

Turel, an Empyrean and an Iron Marine(if you've played Iron marines, you know. If not, they're aliens with high psychic abilities who are very similar to the Jedi) who is two years from retiring and has said "Fuck You" to every single one of his commanding officers at least twice

Kyra Lindela, a Mandalorian mercenary who had been trying to join the republic army for a while now and who kept one upping them when they refused

and Thacrer Krocikt, a Tusken and one of the only non-Jedi generals in the Republic army, renowned for being extremely competent and respected, but who also caused a good deal of trouble for the Senate by doing things like saying that the clones deserved rights. He was also an extremely capable pilot, on par with Anakin despite not being force sensitive. He quickly became the de-facto leader of the group, with the others submitting to him if there was a disagreement amongst them, so much so that the Kaminoans deemed that if they couldn't get a sample of him that it would be pointless to clone the others (I think the Kaminoans are big into eugenics, it's implied and I'm pretty sure it's outright cannon and they deemed the others too unpredictable without a "suitable handler")

They where each given upgraded arc trooper armor, as part of the darktrooper program (which they where given only the most basic information about) and go on several missions, all successful, and a sort of family dynamic evolves between them, Turel essentially becoming the grumpy grandparent of the group, James and Samus adopting each other as siblings, Tharcer and Kyra doing the same, but with a different dynamic (James and Samus being like two siblings close together in age, while Tharcer becomes Kyra's older brother), and Kyra and Samus begin dating. All goes well until a raid on a zebsasian base housing bio-weapons goes south, resulting in Kyra, Samus, and Lumstrom being trapped in a high-heat area used to store specimens from high temperature environments. They manage to escape, but Kyra succumbs shortly thereafter to infected blisters. They bury her in her armor. Later that night, through the Force, Lumstrom senses the destruction of Gallifrey. Wracked with guilt, as he believes he could have stopped Kyra's death by forcing a regeneration, and tortured by the grief of losing his best friend and his planet and his family in the same day he flees, teetering on the edge of a Timelord victorious breakdown. A few weeks later Tharcer does some investigation and finds out about the Kaminoans plans, including that they have been instructed to collect samples even without consent. Hoping to prevent this, he disappears into the night. Thus the project is deemed a failure and closed, though not before a sample of Samus is collected. Samus stays in the Federation Police force a while longer before leaving to become a bounty hunter, and Turel retires, mourning another lost friend.

Meanwhile, in the Mandalorian afterlife: "Fuck this. I want to propose to my girlfriend. Hey Mandalorian spirit over there, you've been here a while and probably have some pull with the higher ups. Could you get them to send me to space hell?" Kyra asked

"Are you sure you want that?" asked Mandalore the Great. "Space hell really sucks, like, the ground is made of various sized pieces of broken glass, and there's tall grasses made of razor blades, and instead of water they've got sulfuric acid, and the air is mustard gas, during the day it's hot enough that you'll get blisters and at night it's so cold you'll get frostbite. And you'll be completely naked, no armor or anything. Are you sure you want that?"

"Yes" She said. "because if I can walk out of space hell I get to come back to life"

"Okay then" said Mandalore the Great, sending her to space hell. Then it took her a year to walk out of space hell, after which she came to on earth in the in 1998.

[dndbabes]

The Heart of Dunatis

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Tobi does recap.

We head back to Damascus’ house. Naivara puts sleeping Roscoe’s hand into a warm bowl of water which has the expected effect of that action. Roscoe wakes up and removes his pants, Damascus walks in, sees this situation, and turns Roscoe into a sea-sponge in the uh... fluid he left on the table. 

We have quotes of this... event.

Roscoe eventually turns back into Roscoe then puts his pants back on and goes for a long walk. Everyone else ALSO leaves, leaving Naivara to clean up her own prank (and Roscoe’s bodily fluids). (A note from Jesse: DND is a mistake)

Ash and Tobi go fishing for like 30 mins. Ash gets one teeny fish. Tobi, the sheltered church kid, gets 5 big fish, all bigger than the one small fish Ash got. We eat breakfast and all head to Laurel’s house.

She pulls out a small jar of green past. It acts as a v strong healing potion- equivalent to a lvl 2 Cure Wounds. We leave the Circle of The Moon; two stops on the way though, according to Kuori.

The first is a huge clearing with many deer- who don’t see afraid of us. Kuori feels an elk in the clearing. We notice only 1 stump in the clearing, in the shape of an elk’s hoof.

We make one more stop, and set up camp there as it’s getting late. Tobi, Naivara, and Kuori go ahead to the spot, while Ash and Roscoe remain at camp. 

We head to a cave that looks like it has stone teeth lining the entrance. It looks similar to the mouth of a bear. Similar to the elk clearing, there is a stump. Kuori lays his necklace on it, the one with the bear totem on it. No bears come to the entrance but he does hear a very low, heavy breathing from the back of the cave- the inhabitants are asleep.

As Ash and Roscoe get camp set up, Roscoe starts to hear music in the distance, coming from the woods. They start hearing talking and laughing as well. Ash hides, Roscoe continues making camp. Naivara hears it too. Could be wood elves, could be something else. 

Roscoe and Ash can see a small group of figures coming towards camp. They look Ready To Party and... Roscoe ID’s them as Satyrs. Roscoe sits at the base of a tree and begins to meditate.

They’re partying in our camp and a Satyr called “Lil’ Horn” comes up to Roscoe and attempts to start chatting him up. Roscoe isn’t looking at him, and is really only giving one-word answers (if any). The satyr starts mentioning that “She” said they might bump into Roscoe here and hey, he should party with them like old times.

Roscoe says no, and Lil’ Horn mentions that Sybil is still thinking about him. They all move on just as the rest of us get back. Information is shared w the party: Roscoe was told his contract with Sybil was up, and here was there for ~10 years. 

Tobi gives Naivara a couple blue socks that he knit for her.

Travelling! The mountain is pretty chilly and most of the party is feelin the cold- except for Kuori, who is a goliath, and Tobi, who has that warm cloak. We start seeing the “Heart of Dunatis”, the goliath village that Kuori is from.

Some farmland (mostly root veggies), some livestock. Quite a few mountain goats around and many, many goliaths. It’s half out in the open, half in a cave. We pass 3 different fighting rings on the way in. Only 1 appears to be in use. They’re used for: training/sparring, solving disputes, and one is used for money fights. The one being used currently is the one for money.

Tobi Wants To Fight™

Kuori’s name in his culture is “Skullcrusher”. We head to Kuori’s home. He places the claws of the Umber Hulk as an offering as we head there. No one in town recognizes him- he did age 10 years.  The name of Kuori’s mother’s shop is “Goibhniu’s Hammer”. All these names are Gaelic. THAT’S a language w confusing spelling and pronunciation. 

His mother is outside, at work repairing things. For a split second, she doesn’t recognize him. She then gives him a long, warm hug. she’s starting to well up and she asks “Are you ok?” in giant. They continue to talk in giant. We find out her name is “Ironbender.”

She invites us all in, and Kuori starts telling her about everything... including the fight to the death, and everything terrible that he’s done. She's just... glad he’s alive, even if he’s acted poorly.

Meanwhile, Naivara wildshapes into a spider and looks for Ironbender’s room. She sneaks into it and looks around, finding a small chest. Naivara puts the 328 gold in the chest, the gold she had taken from Kuori and promised to give to his family. 

We find out Kuori has a sister, too, named “Kaylie”. She’s in line for being chosen as the next chief. 

Snowball gets fed some goat meat, and we all have dinner. After dinner Ash, Tobi, Roscoe and Naivara go to the fight pit. Tobi takes off his armour in the bar near the pit. The goliaths find him adorable and he’s just... getting passed around like some sort of small dog. They’re also fascinated by Ash and keep trying to pet him.

Tobi and Naivara jump into the ring. Tobi loses, but he gets his own fanclub. They like “Little Green”. Then he and Roscoe fight. He loses again but feels Alive.

Naivara and Roscoe duke it out and, as always, Naivara wins. Tobi fights a drunk goliath (sufficiently drunk himself) and gets knocked tf out and thrown across the ring. Deciding that she’s likely done as well, Naivara carries Tobi back to the house and they both curl up near Snowball to sleep.

Roscoe loses real hard against a goliath. After that, we all find ourselves to rest. However... Under Roscoe’s pillow is a small, wooden box with leaf and vine embellishments. Inside the box, he finds a set of cards. They’re similar to tarot cards, but each one has himself on them.

One of the last ones, named “The Prisoner”, shows him encased in a emerald prison. Above him, is Sybil.

In the box there is a small note that reads “To Roscoe.”

[ax2batterie]

First of all,  Holt got the party together and told them what Bard had said, to make sure SC wins but not by much. Party is like yes SC is crazy and Wress is jerk (I’M GONNA GET STABBED). But they all agree to try and hurt one of the sisters to distract and run away. Then they split into groups to go face the boats of Raven. The groups are Kellyn and her followers (Tadala and the Kroliki) and Holt. Althea and Erdyn and Kahtlaygo are the other. Kellyn sends the kroloki to go sink some boats and they eat crystals from Tadala and get BUFF. Erdyn talks to the birds to let him know when the group is done. They split.

Erdyn turns into a crocodile and gets a few, Althea airbends. The swamp creatures also attack. They kill enough and the rest surrender going “We’re not paid enough for this!” and take off. Kellyn and co handle theirs. Kellyn sets two boats on fire with flaming sphere (which has a rose in the fire). Tadala puts a man’s head on a pike. They surrender, saying “We didn’t expect fire throwing demon ladies!” and then Kellyn has them take off. The groups meet back up. Tadala and the kroliki go to make grim totems out of dismembered corpses to scare off the human forces. Althea recognizes an attack plan and some go to scout. They come back with news of lizardfolk, but corrupted lizardfolk, heading for the camp.

Wress gets the door open, only for RAVEN TO APPEAR THAT BASTARD. He shows up going “Thank you for opening the door, I wasn’t able to get the keys but you were.” Wress tries to shoot him (FRIKKIN 29 TO HIT) and misses. He’s like “Well it’s a race to the gold” yadayada. Little shit. This floor is super distoreted, hallways moving, a heartbeat all around, red pulses, mirrors showing violence, chaos, confusion, and death. The weeping angels are back AND there are giant spiders.

Wress walks along, gets hit with a red pulse and a scene. It’s SC still in the torture chamber, but Wress’s body is now a skeleton. She’s alone and can’t focus on anything. A voice starts talking to her, being creepy. SC is like who are you. Voice goes “I am justice. Don’t you want justice? I can fix everything. Get you out Just say yes. Invite me in. You want them to suffer this is the right decision.” Wress is very disconcerted and creeped out by this.

Keeps along and eventually gets another scene, picking up where it left off. Words that Wress didn’t hear were said and a shadowy figure with red eyes hits SC, who is suddenly in horrible pain (worse than the torture). Something eating away at her. She hears voices and sees strange shimmers, piano music from a chasm. She remembers things. She doesn’t want to kill them but make them suffer and break their minds. Then flashes and she uses dark magic to subdue those who wronged her, and their families and strangers who got in the way. Brings them all to that that torture chamber and shatters their minds. Then she fills a goblet with her blood and makes them drink it. Scene end.

Continues along, then another. Time has passed but SC doesn’t care. Makes sure the Warcinvey don’t survive. The prisoners are corrupted and all goes to plan. She searches out Lukeras and hunts her. Flash forward and Justice says to conscript her rebel friends, now there’s a rebellion and people fighting the Warcenvey and then each other. SC keeps hunting and the sickly prisoners get worse. End, keep going.

I throw a nAT 1 and the spiders get Wress and web her and her weapon. Clones and angels coming. Gets overtaken and blacks out and then wakes up in a different place and doesn’t know where she is. Another scene.

SC is on a plain of black glass, doesn’t know how or why. What am I doing, wasn’t I killing someone? Claws herself out to her mind. She watches as her body commands an army against the Warcanvey, tells them to hold the line while she unleashes a secret weapon. It’s a bunch of ghouls, the prisoners are the secret weapon. Tells her army to advance and they don’t want to. Calls them obstructions and starts throwing fireballs. Some go forward and attack and others don’t There will be no disobedience, the door will be open. SC goes this isn’t me, Justice what are you doing?! And Justice banishes her back to the black glass. End

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Best storylines- spiderman

‘LIFE STORY’

Life stoy is by far my favourite spiderman story to emerge in recent years and would act as a perfect book to read for my users as it is basically a love letter to all things spiderman. spidermans character is 57 years old and this books premise is what would have happened if the same amount of time passed for Peter. each issue is a different decade and showcases everything great about his character.

‘GOBLIN NATION’

One of my favourite spiderman stories doesn't even feature spiderman, well it does in a way. the superior spiderman featured his longstanding villain take over the body of spiderman by swapping brainwaves leaving peter parker trapped to die in doc ocks decaying old body, but since i cant include it as its not technically spiderman i thought id feature the next best thing, spiderman return.

the superior spiderman end when norman osborn as the green goblin takes over new york and otto octavious realises that for all his resources and tech and ambition, he lacks the self-sacrificing nature that truly makes Spider-Man a hero for the ages. His decision to die so that Peter can live again is a perfect end-cap to a years-long character arc. And the scene where Osborn realizes he’s no longer battling Octavius ranks one of my favourite if not my favourite spider man moment

‘NO-ONE DIES’

It goes without saying that Spider-Man is a character all too familiar with death. From his Uncle Ben to Gwen Stacy and countless others in between, Peter Parker has dealt with death more than most other Marvel heroes -- with the deaths in Peter’s life having a tendency to be permanent too, unlike most comic book characters. One such casualty was Marla Jameson, wife of J. Jonah Jameson, who died taking a bullet for her husband after mad scientist turned Spider-Slayer Alistair Smythe incited a violent crusade against the Jameson family. this makes spiderman sadly relive all those who hes lost over the years blaming himself for their deaths. 

this is spiderman at his best, we see the character as the wisecracking optamistic hero that can and has done amazing things, but at his core he does what he does cause he is racked with guilt even by situations in which he was helpless which is why he makes the decision form this story out that ‘ no one dies’ under his watch. an impossible standard which defines the character in  a great way for new readers.

‘SPIDER-VERSE’

this story explores the Spider-Man mythos on a Multiversal scale, while featuring relatively few characters outside the world -- or worlds, as the case may be -- of Spider-Man. Bringing together the various incarnations of the webhead from across the Multiverse, “Spider-Verse” sees the return of Morlun, one of the most terrifying villains Spidey has ever faced, as well as his family, the Inheritors, as they embark on a violent crusade to consume the life force of every Spider Totem in the Multiverse.

Featuring the likes of Superior Spider-Man, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Ham, Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Woman, Silk and Miles Morales, just to name a few, the event sees the disparate group of Spider Totems work together to put a stop to the Inheritors’ reign of terror.  its a facinating character study in a unique way because it shows so many variations of what the character could have been or in fact could be and is now a staple of the spiderman mythos, but maybe isnt the best for new readers because its a bit like throwing them into the deep end.

‘KRAVENS LAST HUNT’

Kraven’s Last Hunt is one of the most memorable Spider-Man stories of all time, without a doubt. The story features Kraven the Hunter completing the ultimate challenge – “killing” Spider-Man, his ultimate game, and replacing him, only to allow Spidey to awaken to see how thoroughly defeated he’s been. Though predominately a story centered on Kraven himself, this arc does hold some nice moments for the newlywed Peter and Mary Jane. Here, we get the first real test of their resolve as a married couple when Peter is “killed” by Kraven, causing him to disappear for two weeks. Upon his return, we witness Spidey’s devotion to his city as he leaves his new wife at home to capture the murderous Vermin, who Kraven has set loose upon New York.

even though its one of the best spiderman stories its a story about the villian, what happens when a villian achives his ultimate goal its proably not the best for a new reader.

‘SPIDERMAN-BLUE’

i mentioned how great the colour books in my hulk post and the spiderman version blue is no exception. Blue takes a look between the panels of spidermans formative years, in this case Spidey's budding romance with Gwen Stacy – which grows complicated by his first meeting with Mary Jane Watson. the series is framed around Peter speaking into an old tape recorder on Valentine’s Day, trying to capture his feelings in a recording to Gwen that she’ll never hear.

The story is honest and heartfelt, capturing one of Peter’s greatest tragedies through the eyes of the modern day incarnation of the character. which is why its great for new readers.

‘THE NIGHT GWEN STACY DIED’

The death of Gwen Stacy in the now-iconic “The Night Gwen Stacy Died” may well be the most famous event in comic book history, and there’s good reason for that. Arguably the most significant turning point in Spider-Man’s entire career, the story also signalled a huge turning point for the comic book industry at large. Serving as Spider-Man’s greatest failure, the death of his first true love traumatized Peter Parker for years to come, forcing him to evolve as both a person and a hero. Meanwhile, the story also shocked comic book fans and creators, with the thought of such a major supporting character being killed -- especially in a book as child-friendly and optimistic as Spider-Man -- being previously unheard of.

‘MARVEL KNIGHTS:SPIDERMAN’

Marvel knights is a mature look at the spiderman character following him struggling to protect his family and friends as a villian discovers his secret identity. the story shows him face against a new and improved version of the sinister six, the sinister 12. in essence it iss quintessential Spider-Man. and a great character study at whats most important to him, those he loves.

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Dear Fathers of White Boys: What Color is the Future?

“If you’re [a] white man in the USA, it’s open season on you.” — Bill O’Reilly

“The white man is a low person on the totem pole. Everybody else is above the white man." — Dennis H., registered Democrat and Trump supporter

“There is no doubt that blacks, minorities, and people of color had it rough for many decades. Women, especially in the workplace, had the system tilted against them. We get it... But that was then, and this is now. And two wrongs don’t make a right. The sorry truth is that the pendulum has swung way too far in the other direction.” — Wayne Allen Root, “Why 2016 is the year of the angry white male”

The way some white men tell it, they are the true victims in modern America. According to this narrative, white men face more bigotry and discrimination than any other group, and are targets of the most insults and suffering. Women, blacks, Hispanics, you name it: everybody else has more power and influence than white men. This isn’t just a whisper from the digital fringe; it is a mainstream talking point I’ve heard repeated by friends and family. 

As a white man, and the father of a white boy hurtling toward manhood, I have to ask: Is it true that white men are discriminated against? That white men don’t have opportunities anymore? That everyone else is running the country?

Census data tells us how many Americans fit the label of “white man”:

The shaded area marks 31%, the white and male portion of America’s population. The chart also marks a smaller number, 24%, who are white, male, and age 18 or older: white men, apart from boys.

If we believe race and gender are truly irrelevant to merit, and if we believe America offers truly equal opportunities to everyone, then we should expect that people in jobs of legal power and cultural influence would resemble the overall population. Groups that face discrimination — such as white men, perhaps?—would have less representation in these jobs.

Let’s take a look at government, law, business, media, and a few other fields.

(Footnotes and data sources below. Download this chart: PDF or PNG.)

Not one of these matches the U.S. population. And this is after decades of increasing diversity. If the theory is that white men face greater discrimination than anyone else, the data is overwhelmingly clear: Right now, white men run America. They have far more positions of legal power and cultural influence than suggested by a level playing field, much less one tilted against them.

So, if you’re the father of a white boy, remember: Your white boy today will be a white man tomorrow. You are raising someone who is more likely to have influence and income throughout life simply for being born with a certain sex organ of a certain color. This isn’t fair, but it is true today and for the near future.

I am not saying he will have it easy. Far from it. It is important to acknowledge that I have faced difficulties in life, and worked hard. But it’s equally important to acknowledge that most of life’s situations would have been a lot harder if I were anyone but a white man.

Melanin and genitals are traits, not merits or faults. At birth, they are received through zero effort by the recipient. Without paying attention, it’s easy to overlook white and male as an advantage because it feels like normal life. But one man’s normal is not a reliable measure of other people’s struggles. It is also easy to feel like our identity or work ethic is under attack when someone illuminates our outsized privilege; but the honest response is humility, not denial.

Dads, our influence on our sons’ values will have amplified impact on the world compared to women and minorities. We must teach our sons to value truly equal representation and fair opportunity; to believe people should advance by skill and intelligence, rather than color or sex; to use privilege as empowerment to “seek justice and help the oppressed,” as the prophet Isaiah wrote.

We will only understand racism and sexism through the people oppressed, and we will only solve racism and sexism through the people in power. The next generation of white men needs a clear view of their role in this arrangement. To quote Spider-Man, “With great power comes great responsibility,” although Jesus said it much earlier: “To those who have been given much, much will be required in return.”

Someday, I’d like our sons to be able to write: Right now, everyone runs America.

Versions of this article appeared on The Good Men Project and Medium.

FOOTNOTES

* Racial identification varies among survey data. For example, U.S. Census data considers Hispanic an “ethnicity” separate from “race” (White; Black or African American; Asian; American Indian and Alaska Native; Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander). Other data treats Hispanic as a race alongside White, Black, etc. In addition, some surveys allow indication of single or mixed racial heritage. When possible, the “white” bars in this chart represent white single-race non-Hispanic people, and otherwise accepts each survey’s definition of “white.” In Census data: if we include all white single-race people, Hispanic or not, the white percentage rises from 62% to 74%; the percentage of white males rises from 31% to 36%; and the percentage of white males 18 and older rises from 24% to 28%. Also, Americans of any gender and age whose race is white mixed with another race account for less than 3% of the total population.

** Most of the data represented here used a strictly binary gender scale, without consideration of LGBTQ characteristics.

A. 24% shows the percentage of white single-race non-Hispanic males Americans age 18 and older. The larger number (31%) is the most commonly-cited percentage for white male Americans, but it includes children and teenagers, who are unlikely to hold any of the occupations listed.

B. These male/white percentages were mathematically interpolated from other percentages, as they were not stated in the sources, and underlying data was not available for independent calculation. The larger number is the probable percentage while the smaller number is the least possible percentage. The range of difference is visually indicated with lighter shading. The true percentage may be more than either number shown, but it cannot be less than the smaller number, assuming slight accommodations for rounding.

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Wheeler, Russell. “The Changing Face of the Federal Judiciary.” Brookings Institute, 2009. http://bit.ly/demographics-4

George, Tracey and Yoon, Albert. “Gavel Gap: Who Sits In Judgement on State Courts?” American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, 2016. http://bit.ly/demographics-5

Bekiempis, Victoria. “The New Racial Makeup of U.S. Police Departments.” Newsweek, 2015. http://bit.ly/demographics-6

Jones, Stacy. “White Men Account for 72% of Corporate Leadership at 16 of the Fortune 500 Companies.” Fortune Magazine, 2016. http://bit.ly/demographics-7

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). “Diversity in High Tech.” U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2014. http://bit.ly/demographics-8

Crow, Portia and Kiersz, Andy, “These charts show just how white and male Wall Street really is.” Business Insider, 2015. http://bit.ly/demographics-9

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Smith, Stacy L.; Choueiti, Marc; and Pieper, Katherine. “Inclusion or Invisibility? The Comprehensive Annenberg Report on Diversity (CARD).” Institute for Diversity and Empowerment at Annenberg (IDEA), USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism, 2015. http://bit.ly/demographics-12

Hunt, Darnell. “The 2016 Hollywood Writers Report: Renaissance In Reverse?” Writers Guild Of America, West, 2016. http://bit.ly/demographics-13

Papper, Bob. “Women, minorities make newsroom gains.” Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), 2014. http://bit.ly/demographics-14

American Society of News Editors. “2016 ASNE Diversity Survey.” American Society of News Editors, 2016. http://bit.ly/demographics-15B

Ingham, Tim. “Billboard’s Power 100 Shames The Music Biz And Should Trouble Us All.” Music Business Worldwide, 2016. http://bit.ly/demographics-16 

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U.S. Census Bureau ACS PUMS 5-Year Estimate, 2015. Data USA. http://bit.ly/demographics-18

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Madden NFL 20 and other games coming to Xbox One this week

Madden NFL 20 and other games coming to Xbox One this week. Madden NFL 20: Ultimate Superstar Edition (July 30, 2019) WAYS TO PLAY Face of the Franchise: QB1 - Be the Face of an NFL franchise where the decisions you make matter in your journey to become an NFL Superstar. Create your own College Quarterback to play through the College Football National Championship playoffs and the NFL Combine for your shot at the NFL Draft and to be the face of a franchise in a new and personalized career campaign centered around you. Once selected to a team, engage with Madden’s new Scenario Engine which generates personalized playable scenarios, events, and dynamic challenges that build the story of your unique NFL career. Franchise - Simulate a full NFL career and leave your legacy as a player, coach or owner with single-player and multiplayer online-connected leagues. Compete with up to 32 teams in your quest for a Super Bowl Dynasty. Complete with an annual Pro Bowl and Seasonal Awards. Ultimate Team - Compete in the ultimate NFL fantasy team-building mode featuring your favorite NFL players from the past and present. Play games, collect rewards, and upgrade your team with daily, fun and engaging challenges with live NFL content all year-long. Exhibition - Compete in head-to-head online and offline games (single and multi-player) or single player offline against the CPU. Customize your game settings including time of quarters, rules, stadiums, and uniforms. GAMEPLAY Superstar X-Factor – Feel the emotion, personality, and power of NFL Superstars with Superstar X-Factor, an all-new abilities progression system that reveals special abilities for today’s most exciting NFL Superstars when certain objectives are met in games. Combined with authentic personality & real player motion, the stars of the NFL truly come to life in Madden NFL 20. Take full control of player development with new ways to customize player abilities. Unique Playbooks – Playbooks are calibrated to be more unique from team to team providing more variety for strategic game-planning and in-game adjustments. Run/Pass Options – Run/pass option plays are now available to call, bringing even more NFL authenticity to today’s play-calling. On-Field Trainer – Learn how to improve as a Madden player with this cohesive, modernized teaching system that introduces new in-game mechanics over time as you progress through your gameplay experience. New Pump Fake mechanic – Pump-fake to a specific receiver and fake out defenders with a new double-tap ‘throw cancelling’ mechanic. NFL Pro Bowl – Play the annual Pro Bowl within Franchise mode and ‘Face of the Franchise: QB1’ featuring all-stars from the AFC and NFC. Superstar-Driven Play-Calling – Play-calling tailored to the Superstars on your team to quickly get your stars involved when you need them the most. New celebrations – Over 20 new TD and First Down celebrations added to bring more swag to the biggest plays on the gridiron. Mutant Year Zero: Seed of Evil (July 30, 2019) Seed of Evil is an expansion to the award-winning tactical adventure game Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden picking up where the original game ended and offering hours of more gameplay, new locations to visit, and a new leading character! Continue the main story and explore many hours of all new content. Expand your team with the veteran stalker Big Khan the moose and get ready to defeat a new threat to Dux, Bormin, Selma and all the others. In Seed of Evil you must solve the mystery of the powerful and ominous roots which have taken over the Ark. Discover huge new maps, battle new enemies, improve your mutations, get your hands on all new gear, defeat foes trying to take back lost ground and face off against a vicious new adversary. To play Seed of Evil it is highly recommended to have finished the main story in Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, because of story spoilers and the level range of the new content. Continue the main story See what happens after the ending of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden. Continue into a new future for Bormin, Dux, Pripp and all the others at the Ark. How will they deal with what they have learned?New mutant: Big Khan You can now add Big Kahn the moose to your squad of mutants. He is a veteran stalker who has been exploring the Zone alone. He is not only skilled at doing critical hits but also has the unique mutations Ground Pound and Flame Puke, which make him excellent at dealing with groups of enemies.Face a new threat The Ark has suddenly become enveloped in mysterious roots and many of its inhabitants do not seem to be their normal selves. Even the Zone Ghouls appear to have been taken over by this new menace and it is up to your team of stalkers to set things right!Hours of new content Take on new enemies in places like the Hall of Electric Coffins and Mausoleum of Suburbia. The new story in Seed of Evil offers a host of new challenges and brutal fights. Get ready to rethink your tactics as you face off against brand new enemies.Improve your mutations Upgrade Bormin’s Hog Rush to Bear Smash for increased power and Corpse Eater to Corpse Feaster so that regaining lost HP no longer costs an action. Upgrade Dux’s Moth Wings to Wings of the Sniper which removes all range penalties.Retake lost territory Revisit places like the Spear of Heavens or Sea Titans as Zone Ghouls and police bots once again encroach upon places you have already cleared. This time they are stronger than ever! The Blackout Club (July 30, 2019) The Blackout Club is a first-person co-op horror game centered around a group of teenage friends investigating a monstrous secret beneath the skin of their small town. 1-4 players explore procedurally-generated missions against a fearsome enemy you can only see with your eyes closed. Features: A Modern Horror Setting To Explore: A beautiful and modern neighborhood full of houses, woods, and a very mysterious subterranean network of tunnels.Cooperative Gameplay: Drop-in/Drop-out multiplayer sessions for 1-4 players.Each Night A New Adventure: Missions are procedurally-generated and vary according to player level and progress.Richly-Simulated World Supporting Many Play Styles: Players have the freedom to go through the game at their own pace and choose the paths they take through the world.Character Growth & Customization: Players get to create their own character and customize them by unlocking new clothing, gestures, and hairstyles.An Unseen Threat: If players are not careful and draw too much attention to themselves, "The Shape" will come for them. Super Wiloo Demake (July 31, 2019) Wiloo and Agatha need to rescue their dog from the clutches of Dr.ETvaldo! Roll, fly, jump, and shoot your way across a variety of different platforming levels using unique power ups to reach the end of the level. Can you defeat all 5 bosses and rescue your buddy? With 3 different difficulties, experience the quest that you desire with easier or devilish challenges. Features: Traverse 50 levels across 5 different worlds with unique themes.Vibrant 8-bit visualsConquer 5 malicious bossesPick from 3 difficulties to suit your playstyleUse fun power ups to defeat enemies The Tower of Beatrice (July 31, 2019) The life of a thief isn’t easy: always hiding in shadows, clients cheat, traps bite… Working on a contract for a mysterious client, you'll need to infiltrate the tower of the powerful sorcerer Beatrice, steal her Book of Recipes, and get out alive. Along the way you will enter a demon's dreams to discover his most intimate desires, accept a gift from a Granny-spider, start the Clock Tower, feed a snail, make a tea for a demon, piece together a skeleton, and finally fix your own fatal failing. Features: Six floors – each with its own atmosphere and moodSurprising and charming residents – demons of Fire, Frost and Dream, Iron Maiden, Hungry Chest, and many othersAlchemy! Discover many interesting recipes!Unique puzzles ranging from simple to brain bendingAtmospheric and immersive soundtrackMany allusions to famous games, movies and books – spot them all! Pilot Sports (July 31, 2019) PILOT SPORTS, brilliant gaming fun for the whole family! Split screen mode for up to 4 players, over 50 different courses, the widest variety of aircraft and thrilling challenges provide for all sorts of gaming enjoyment! Features: 7 TYPES OF CHALLENGES! Beat the best times in the different game modes!OVER 50 COURSES! The key emphasis is on variety. Complete over 50 courses and set your sights on new records.8 CHARACTERS! Choose your favourite pilot and explore the tropical island paradise together with your favourite figure!FLYING FUN USING DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT! Soar through sensational and tricky courses with the double-decker, a jetpack, parachute or hang glider!BONUS: Beat records and unlock new courses for explorers! Solo: Islands of the Heart (July 31, 2019) Solo: Islands of the Heart is a game about love. About love as fuel, the force that drives us. Love is a universal feeling, but each of us experiences it in a different way. Solo – Islands of the Heart explores the theme of love in an introspective way, allowing players to identify and reflect on their own experiences. The world is divided into archipelagos, with each island representing a unique puzzle. Solving puzzles will award the player with a Sleeping Totem, awakening them to answer a question about love and relationships. As with love, most puzzles have no unique solution. Using boxes, each with different properties and behaviors, players can build their own paths to the Sleeping Totems on each island. Nature and contemplation are also a huge part of Solo: pull out your camera and capture the moment, play the guitar, feed the animals or just sit on a bench and think. The Church in the Darkness (August 02, 2019) No one is forced to join a cult. It welcomes you. It understands you. It envelops you until the words become more than truth—they make you whole. In the late 1970s, the charismatic Isaac and Rebecca Walker lead the Collective Justice Mission. Labeled radicals and feeling persecuted by the US government, they relocate their followers to the one place they believe they can create a socialist utopia: the jungles of South America. There they build Freedom Town. But relatives left behind in the US become worried: what exactly is going on at this compound in the jungle? You play as Vic, an ex-law enforcement officer who has snuck into Freedom Town to check on their nephew, Alex. Whether you choose stealth or violence, you must infiltrate the commune, find out what’s going on within, and locate your nephew, before it’s too late. How dangerous are the Walkers? How far will you go to uncover the truth and save Alex? Could it all have turned out differently? Features: What ending will you get? Will you get Alex out, whether he wants to go with you or not? Will you confront the cult leaders? Will you join the cult?Unlock every ending for each scenario by trying different play styles or making different choices.Multiple ways to play: Avoid detection completely, taking out guards and civilians non-lethally, or kill anyone who gets in your way. Interview characters from Freedom Town and search for clues. Documents and letters scattered around camp will clue you into the true nature of the commune.Fully voiced game, starring Ellen McLain (best known as GLaDOS in Portal) and John Patrick Lowrie (the Sniper from Team Fortress 2) as the cult leaders, Rebecca and Isaac Walker. Varenje (August 02, 2019) "All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it." ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Get yourself a little summer's day with a raspberry jam adventure! Varenje is a cute colorful adventure with a number of puzzles and mini-games made by artists for anyone that considers games to be an art. Eight unique & gorgeously hand crafted chapters await you. Hours and hours of game play will take you to a far away enchanting place. Our hero was spending summer happily at the cosy cottage until curiosity forced him to sample an unknown berry at the stream. Before he knew it, everything had become incredibly large, and he was reduced to the size of a bug! Trying to understand what happened and how to return things back to normal, we set off into the invisible to the human eye tiny world, where worms, beetles and spiders live their life, and build bizarre vehicles, in disguise so that humans do not realize. Our new friends will surely help us by discovering the secret healing potion, which will return us to our previous dimensions. All we need is to collect enough raspberries to cook grandmother's jam. And as we all know - this is a remedy for all ills! Asdivine Menance (August 02, 2019) A century after the events of Asdivine Dios, peace has finally settled in. That is, until a visitor from another world suddenly shows up proclaiming the entire universe is about to be destroyed. Hearing this, Izayoi sets off in an attempt to reverse this seemingly pronounced fate with a trio of very idiosyncratic spirits as they criss-cross four worlds in search of an answer. But what is the answer they find...? Experience immersive turn-based battles with cooperative attacks and new limit break skills! With all quests, collecting and crafting, the battle arena, and even post-game content, Asdivine Menace comes packed with enough elements to satisfy JRPG-hungry gamers. As Izayoi deepens his bonds of trust with his spirit companions, their fates together move in new and meaningful directions! Features: Travel the galaxy to bring the truth full circle in an epic fantasy RPG!Experience immersive turn-based battles with cooperative attacks and new limit break skills! Meow Motors (August 02, 2019) Meet the kitties, the main heroes of the new go-kart racing game! You will take to the track and play as one of a dozen colorful cats memorable for their different characteristics and unique personalities. Overcome various difficulties of the tracks drifting through mines and bombs, stop and slow down your competitors by blasting them with bubble gum and other astonishing weapons. And don't forget to gather power-ups along the way if you want to be the fastest driver on the track! The game will amaze you with: Dynamic gameplay that has three different modes: circle races, drifts, and 'strike' mode20 different tracks where kitties will compete10 kitties with unique abilities that will help you gain an advantage10 power-ups with unique effects to defeat your competitorsCharge your power-ups and get a more powerful effect!Overtake opponents, drift and get bonuses for it. Go grab your kitty and start your first crazy ride! Super Star Blast (August 02, 2019) Super Star Blast is a space shooter with challenging levels of increasing difficulty. All enemies must be shot down to finish a level and go to the next one. A scanner around the player tells roughly where the enemies are located. The player ship can fly forwards to attack and backwards to fight during the retreat against the opponents. After clearing a level you can purchase equipment to boost the ship, as well as extra shields and firepower or more ships. In local multiplayer mode, up to 4 players can fight together trough the levels (campaign mode) or can get each other in a battle (competition mode). Features: Massive challenging levels of increasing difficultyEnemies with unique flying and fire characteristicsUpgrade center (agility, fire power, shield, ships)Single player campaign2 – 4 player local multiplayer coop mode (split screen)Simple and clean 3D space graphics Read the full article

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Golems

I’m receiving some hate-mail from Social Justice Warriors (the wrong types, that even attack people that use mythological creatures) these days for using golems, Djinni, Rainbow Serpents (which I don’t even use, but that aside), Rakshasa, Naga and Akhluts, so especially for them here a little post about Golems. xxx luv ya’ll

There are multiple types of Golems in Mythika, all made out of their own materials, and mostly used by powerful magic users as guardians, bodyguards and trackers/assassins.

Golems are mostly build into humanoid forms, but some creative/insane architects and dwarves gave their own spin to their design.

Automaton or Iron Golems are the most numerous of golems, they are most common. They are only human sized, but entirely made from iron, making them much more durable and powerful than a normal human soldier. Though they lack a serious conscious and intelligence they can still perfectly follow simple orders such as attack, defend and search. 

There is also the Khalkotauroi, which is a Automaton in the form of giant fire-breathing iron bull, not unlike D&D’s Gorgon Bull. They are mostly used as mounts by Dwarves and Dactyl. 

Talos are enormous bronze, gold and silver Automatons the size of giants or even titans, they are extremely rare as they cost a lot of time, magic and resources to build.

Normal Golems or Stone Golems are made entirely from rocks, gems or stones, the most common are made from common rocks, the more expensive and powerful are made from pure diamond. They were the first Golems to be ever constructed and so the name-holder of the construct group. They can only understand follow, attack and defend orders, anything other makes the Golem lose control and attack anything around it, even its own creator.

Wulgaru or Wood Golems are made out of common wood or magical rune-incanted wood. The lesser Wulgaru resembles pretty much a scarecrow made from wood, the greater Wulgaru is much like a animated totem-pole incanted with powerful rune-tattoos which give them all types of blessings. They are often used by Druids to protect forests, groves and gardens from interlopers. Some Wulgaru however broke free and gained intelligence-scores, they still protect forests, but they see everything as interlopers, even creatures that are gentle to nature.

Pua Tu Tahi or Reef/Coral Golems are made from all types of corals, they were first created by the Siyokoy, but later also by human mages. They are often encountered underwater, in reefs or on beaches. These hostile living coral reefs attack most creatures they spot, especially land-based creatures. They are made out of sharp coral stone and so attacking the creature with melee attacks risks shredding your own armor and flesh. Inside greater Pua Tu Tahi live all types of other sea monsters such as Stella (Giant Starfish), Shen (giant Clams) and Indus Worms, these creatures all help in attacking the Pua Tu Tahi’s target. While smaller Pua Tu Tahi resemble humanoid golems, the elder and greater Pua’s resemble crabs, spiders or other forms.

Nargun or Magnetic Golems are strange Rock Golems with magnetic abilities as they were created by nature itself, when lightning strikes a Magnetite rock when it lies in any water source the rock is animated into this dangerous golem. Fighting a Nargun with metal armor and weapons is very difficult and proves fatal in most cases, as the magnetism is powerful and always on. Many crushed metallic armors (with skeletons still in it), tools, treasures and weapons are decorating their rocky bodies. Nargun often reside in lakes, underneath waterfalls or in streams, as the water will rid their bodies from the metallic parts often. Nargun are the most intelligent of the Golems.

Invunche are the most evil and cruel of the Golems, they are also known as Flesh Golems. Lesser Invunche look like deformed humans made out of parts of different victims, their legs are often stitched to their heads, as these monsters are mostly created to create a sense of fear into anything they encounter. Greater Invunche are truly horrifying creations that use the skinless flesh of bears, humans, dragons and everything mixed together in some sick abomination. Invunche are pretty intelligent for a Golem as the spirit to animate them is from a tortured humanoid.

Jenglot or Doll Golems are nasty voodoo dolls brought to life with souls from the cursed dead. They use the voodoo needles as weapons and terrible curses to bring much bigger victims down. They love to steal hairs or blood from other creatures so they create a link with the victim, torturing their own doll-like bodies will destroy the flesh of the creature they made a voodoo-link with.

Tupilaq or Bone Golems are very small but very powerful, they can easily break a full grown human male in half with little effort. They are animated by using the souls and bones of powerful creatures such as giants, whales or other such powerful creatures.  

Terra-Cotta Warriors or War Golems are mostly used in great wars, each terra cotta soldier is infused with the soul of a warrior, and the Terra-Cotta Chariots infused with the souls of legendary warriors.

Tatty Bogle, Cucay and Bubak or Scarecrows are also Golems. They are mostly build by Hags and placed around their gloomy huts to guard their treasures or used in hunting children for them.  Tatty Bogle resembles are normal Scarecrow, the Cucay is a Jack-o-Lantern like Scarecrow, more plant than construct, and the Bubak is a very ancient and powerful form of Scarecrow, being more intelligent than a human and more cruel than a demon, they carry a sack with them at all times, this magical sack can store much more than one would think.

All Pictures found on Google, taken from D&D, Pathfinder, Magic The Gathering Card Game, and Final Fantasy.

[zolzhin]

An Old Alpha

(The leadup to the meeting between Zolzhin and @themagicalmercantile This is my attempt at getting back into the writing game. Here is hoping.)

Deep in the forests of Ashenvale, in the hidden places, dwelled the elves. They slipped between the trees and sat beside ancient pools. Yet long before their presence, long before their existence, it was the home of the wild. There were ancient places, perhaps not of power, but of splendor. Untouched by the hands of humans and their industry, nor even the magical properties of the elven tree tenders. No, these untamed places had only been trodden by paws and claws, those wild animals that came even before the elven druids. And also, perhaps troll feet.

Zolzhin crept through the forest with all the stealth of a wraith, ears twitching and nose sniffing the air for any telltale sounds or scents. Like a prowling cat he moved, sometimes on all fours like the animals he tended and mimicked. Not a single branch was stirred by his passing, not a single leaf misplaced by his tread. There was no confidence in what he did, the arrogance of a skilled hunter, no this was the caution of a wild animal that knew it might be prey. His scent neutralized by tonics, his form’s outline dappled by the furs and armor her wore, he might have been tracked by the most skilled, but those few so skilled even knew he existed. And that was how he liked it.

He did this across the planet, in places unknown to even his brethren. In places inhospitable and unknown, shunned and ignored he made the homes he loved. No other creature besides his wild beast kin had he ever brought here, this place of hidden wonder. The only one who he ever offered, Tamatala, his one friend from the Tauren Tribes, had never made the journey with him. There was a bitter sadness that he could not share these things with others, could not trust in the intentions of his acquaintances, but truly these places were the last sanctuary he could offer. To lose them, would end him.

Parting fern fronds and thick hanging ivy, one would not have seen nor understood that this area was any different from the surrounding terrain. It was close and cramped, overhung and dark. Yet there was a quality about it. A sort of symmetry not found in wild nature. Perhaps how the vines fell in a wall around the area, perhaps how the grass and leaves were even underfoot, or simply the unusual privacy of it. For here, in this forgotten corner of the forest, was one of Zolzhin’s beloved creches. His first and most beloved.

Wolf pups started from their fitful dreams of hunts and play at the sensing of a new presence. No sound betrayed him, but his very aura seemed to disturb and change the air around him. With joyful barks and warbles of pups still learning their voice they tumbled over one another to get at the old beast master. The smile on his lips was genuine, one he did not often share with humanoids. Other animals stirred amongst the beds of moss and strewn leaves. The soft hiss of raptors, barely stirring in the early morning cold, chittering from above as spiders small and large descended on gossamer strands, the plaintive croak of nesting birds further above, and even the cackling laugh of a hyena pup as it rose up to follow the wolves.

They smelled his gifts, each one eager to receive its offerings. The creche housed the small and the weak, those needing aid and time to recover. Some would stay in the creche, guarding and defending newer charges. Others would go out into the world to further their species in the wild. Each was beloved of the old troll, though treated with dignity and respect, in his own traditional way. Packs were slung off his back, and the gifts given forth. Meats for the hyena and its brethren wolves, who set about the food with ravenous delight. Wriggling offerings of lesser insects to the spiders which retreated quickly to their silken homes. For the raptors and birds above he set their food to the side so they could take once they roused better, secure in his gentle training of the beasts that their food would not be disturbed unduly.

As the animals either woke slowly or ate quickly he sat back on his haunches and watched. His ragged bony frame curled into itself, until he wrapped his arms around his legs, and became almost a tiny box of flesh and bones. He rested his narrow jaw upon his knees, tusks jutting out in front of him and over his arms. He sighed deeply, watching the simple joys the animals showed.

It was always the hardest thing, living with the silence he surrounded himself with. Too many hours to think and reflect, too little to keep his mind focused. When one grows old, one thinks about their mortality, their legacy. Who would carry on his legacy? Who would maintain the creche’s and their natural wonder when he finally met his end? And as the years kept turning for him, it was getting closer and closer. He could not avoid the reaper forever. Less and less he thought about his past, pained and fraught with dishonor. With the passing of Vol’jin his chances for ever being accepted back into his tribe were long gone. Who would even remember his misdeeds to forgive them? Could he ever even forgive himself, with no one left to forgive him first?

These black thoughts traveled with him, followed his footsteps like a hunter. They always found him, caught up with him. Yet what to do about them? The pups had finished their meals and most went back to romping and playing, now fully roused for the day. The littlest pup, whom Zolzhin saw instantly was Chaloo, padded up to the distraught troll. Still licking its chops of stray blood it head butted the old beast master’s foot. It was a quick thing, a silent thing. A young pup telling its old alpha to get up and get going. Zolzhin let out a chuckled breath, nodding. Chaloo was right of course. Alphas didn’t mope, alphas worked.

So then what was the work? Provide for the creches of course, but there was more. Legacy. Perhaps the target should be in finding another. A younger creature who could take up his work. An apprentice. It was an ill formed thought, a swift minded plan, but it suited the old beast master. As he uncurled himself from his little box of self-pity he was resolved. This is what he would do.

But FIRST, there were a group of gnomes which had displeased him. Alphas also punished those who came against the pack. Tracking down the little “voles” as he knew them, would be a good exercise in his hunting ability. They might even lead him to further gains for his creches. Voles always had fancy things to sell off to people.

Shifting his treasured gun into his hands, caressing his fingers over the totems and fetishes which adorned it, he cast one last look over the denizens of this creche and silently promised to be back soon. But there was work to be done. Alpha work.