#tamara kurtz

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The Hole

Contestants Index

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Kinda wild that Cable feels this way about Rusty when he barely knew the kid, he had long been out of the New Mutants and X-Factor when Cable even met him the first time...

[karmirage]

incomplete list of niche characters i restrained myself from submitting to the niche comic character tournament

Ryoko Sabuki/Radiance: 7 appearances. Granddaughter of Gwen Lou Sabuki, whom I did submit. Biggest sensation since Dazzler, which would mean more if Marvel remembered Ryoko existed. Light generation and manipulation, just like her grandma.

Ameiko Sabuki/Goldfire: 9 appearances. The dead sister of Ryoko. I don't think she ever even showed her face in her non-powered form.

Leyu Yoshida/Sunpyre: 9 appearances. The dead little sister of Shiro Yoshida/Sunfire.

Marnie/The Rumor: 9 appearances. Spider-Man side character. Badass old lady. Figured out Peter Parker = Spiderman in like two issues.

Takeshi Matsuya/Wiz Kid: 29 appearances. He's literally so funny to me. I think he should be allowed to say fuck.

Nuwa: 2 appearances, once in an X-Force annual and once in a Tabitha Smith oneshot story. Her personality shifts wildly between those two and they never elaborate on why.

Tamara Kurtz/Dragoness: 28 appearances. Evil and loving it. Has wings, but they're technological, not part of her mutation.

Rina Patel/Timeslip: 19 appearances. No hate to whoever submitted Robbie, but she is definitely the more niche New Warrior.

Georgia Dakei/DK: 13 appearances. I like it when teenagers sass tf out of adult characters I think it is so fucking funny.

Sybil Dvorak/Skein: 44 appearances. her original villain name was a slur and i am SO glad they changed it. canon sensory issues queen. Also evil and loving it. Canonically bisexual (for evil).

Larry Bodine: 1 appearance. This is the guy from New Mutants vol. 1 who killed himself after his classmates joked about outing him. Yes this is the issue of NM with Kitty's infamous slur speech.

Rebecca Littlehale/Lighttrakker: 3 appearances. Kid from Power Pack who could teleport to light sources she could see.

Helen Takahama/Jolt: 74 appearances, which makes her the least niche character here. I need to reread Thunderbolts. In MC2 (Mayday Parker's universe), she was an Avenger.

Charlie Burlingame/Charcoal: 41 appearances. Created by a reader via a Wizard magazine contest. Legal problems means that he was never brought back when he was killed off.

[euripidesredux]

Extended credits for Museum at Tomorrow episode 5

Below the cut are all of the folks who I used (and asked to be credited) for recordings in Museum at Tomorrow episode 5- specifically, the "This is not for You" recordings.

(The list was too long for podcast episode descriptions)

These recordings were mixed into the soundscape of the show, heavily processed- so you may or may not be able to pick out your voice. Each unique recording is preserved as rhythem, timber, and shape within the episode.

Thank you for your work in creating the canvas of this piece.

Kate Bullen

K R Forsyth

Vega Jacobsen

Charlie

Rovi

Grace Gamble 

Wesley Lee Balete

Charlie Sloykowski

JC Hendry

Courtney Brothers

Arabella McDonald

Hanc Finestra

Katie H

Galacticguppy 

Beck Smith

GreenHeronHive

Micheal Vee

Mira Singer

Laurent J.L. Hall

Carley Mothersell

woaaah

cmt

November_Clouds

Elliott Neptune

Enrica Jossi

Ace

Jahan Shah 

Morgan Galagher

Niall LG

  Bates

Caroline Mincks

Daniel Kurtz

AJ Fidalgo

Tani

Shura

Zedek H

Halebop

Malia Northstar

Greg Ruddick

Solstice Hannan

Jessamy Thomison 

Cassie A.

Rachel Spokony

miss mr meow

Arti Richardson

Mattie J.

Geddy Cary-Avery,

 Ophelia Cary-Avery

Sophie Kaplan

X Speaks

Devin

Craux

Cap

Joe R

Ray Goldberg

Mog

The Marble System

Tina Case

Kate Bullen

Marionette

LD

Maddy Searle

Remi P

Meg Taylor

Beth

Evan Tess Murray

Amanda Jones

Amanda Ehrhardt

Nathan Fisentzou-Haji-Leonti

Johanna Andersson

Tess Huth

@faeriebullshit

Olivia Lion

Ange

Bridget M. Mueting

Wil Williams

Katie Utke

aceofgames

Savy Stay

Graham Rowat

Meredith

spaceacebreakface 

Molly Walsh

Belinda Parker

Erin Celovsky

liz

Caden Osojnak

Danniac 

Ray Schrader

Atlas Byrd

AJ. S.

JayseHasNoGrace

Fay Blackmore

Sharon Peterson

Katharina Abschlag 

Izzy

Ace Tayloe

kat B

Siz Hart

moth

Kathryn Cox

G. Honnigford

Pine Gonzalez

sisyphus

Essay

artie eigengrau

Rook Davis

Izzi Mata

grayson

Tamara Jones

Willow

G.F.

Leigh sharpe

Zelda MacFarland

Arkyn Wolf

Elany

Elaine Wiley

Mary Lewis-Phillipps

Claudia Elvidge

Kei Burke

Katie Vargas

Karleen Preator

Alicia Babich

Jonathan Sciance

Étoile

Hayden Laver

Barrett Vann

S Kramer

Maya Hiers-Lairson

judas

Archer Hickerson

Malinda

Nicole Liang

LF Haye

Louis Carroll

Stefanie K.

Autumn Wang 

jayvin

Badger Merriweather

Aiden

Sender Paulson

vexxervee

Rob Weiner

Peril

Lotte Schmidt 

fynn

Lor

Josie D. 

Jaryn Tyson

Common Blue Icarus

resplendeo

Claire Alpern

skelejor

Matt Weiss

M Zemlock

Kay Eileen

Callisto Holmes

Rhys

Noah Quinn

Sarah Elizabeth

Willow Belden

Amanda McCormack

Esrah Del Carlo

sunny

the Hartmans

Lee Ann Eden

Bob Proctor

Clueless

deda eliensis

Ohallo

Tara Schile

Marzi 

Flameheart Dryad

Sarah Lambrix 

JB Segal 

Ellis C

Ash

Autumn

Jaime Tamar

Haze Peers

Moose

Erin Bevan

Luci Tomich

Bryn

Michael W.

Kim Fukawa

Amy Strieter

Petra Hall

Mal

Charlie Rayshich

Susan Weiner

Everett Blackthorne

Vergess

Tor

ArionWind

M. Alti

N. B. Green

Aiden Nicholson

Jacky Rubou

Nura Lawrence

Gwen Clancy

Ollie M.

Caroline

Duo

Iris

ML Beck

Ray Makowski

Eljay Rich

MV8

Michelle Pigott

Rachel Pfennigwerth

Janika

Jamie Gump

Mason J Miller

Ella Watts

Cole

Mady Oswald

Valerie "ShinyHappyGoth" Kaplan

Anne Baird

Emily Ricotta

el-draco-bizarro

Ansel Burch

Nathan Sowell

LM Heß

Cy

Richard Peers

[ulkaralakbarova]

When architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter Bee goes on a quest with Bernadette’s husband to find her. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Bernadette: Cate Blanchett Elgie: Billy Crudup Audrey: Kristen Wiig Dr. Kurtz: Judy Greer Paul Jellinek: Laurence Fishburne Bee: Emma Nelson Soo-Lin: Zoë Chao Agent Marcus Strang: James Urbaniak Becky: Troian Bellisario Floyd the Pharmacist: Richard Robichaux Ellen Idelson: Kate Burton David Walker: Steve Zahn Judy Toll: Megan Mullally Jay Ross: David Paymer Tom the Blackberry Guy: Patrick Sebes USC Student: Lee Harrington Game Show Host: Patrick Jordan Pablo: Shaun Cameron Hall Tamara the Pharmacy Employee: Kathryn Feeney Lisa Prospective Parent: Amy Rayko Lori Prospective Parent: Nancy McNulty Julie Prospective Parent: Daina Griffith Tammy Prospective Parent: Kate Easton Mr. Hayes: Stephen Donnelly Kennedy: Thalia Torio Architectural Expert: Mark Philip Stevenson News Reporter: Cherie McClain Crew Member Allegra: Maureen d’Armand Captain J. Rouverol: Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson Iris: Claudia Doumit Vivian: Katelyn Statton Snappy Tourist Lady: Jennifer Tober Mike the State Senator: Joe Coyle Construction Worker (uncredited): Alan Lee Baker Stu Reardon (Microsoft Executive) (uncredited): Richard Barlow Airport Traveler / Taxi Passenger (uncredited): Heidi Barrientes Pharmacy Patron (uncredited): Tom Bonello Parent (uncredited): Brian “Wolfman Black” Bowman Audience Member (uncredited): Chris Breen Caterer (uncredited): Gregory Bromfield Kyle’s Friend (uncredited): Zachary Davis Brown Kyle (uncredited): Owen Buckenmaier Passenger (uncredited): Isaac J. Conner Baggage Handler (uncredited): Erik J. Cornelius Restaurant Patron (uncredited): Kelli Culbertson Nigel Mills-Murray (uncredited): Bruce Curtis Passenger (uncredited): Kelley Davis Restaurant Patron (uncredited): Chris Drexel Restaurant Patron (uncredited): Grant Eastey Flight Attendant (uncredited): Amy Lyn Elliott Gary Oppenheimer (uncredited): Russell Bradley Fenton Galer Street School Parent (uncredited): Joe Fishel Restaurant Patron (uncredited): Simone Bruyère Fraser Pedestrian (uncredited): Emir García Tech Enthusiast / Party Goer (uncredited): Peter Georgo School Child (uncredited): Elijah Goulet TED Talk Attendee (uncredited): Ben Guenther Airport Traveler (uncredited): Juliane Hagn Traveler (uncredited): Rene Hamlet Jellinek’s Student (uncredited): Joely Haregsin Coffee Shop Patron (uncredited): Mike D Harris Tourist in Boat (uncredited): Andrew Harvey Parent (uncredited): Adam Hicks Student (uncredited): Jagger Hicks Traveler (uncredited): Liz Higgins Beeber Construction Worker (uncredited): Anthony Holland Airport Patron (uncredited): Tara O. Horvath Pedestrian (uncredited): Wesley Jansen Restaurant Patron / TED Talk Attendee (uncredited): Nagy Jay Space Needle Restaurant Patron (uncredited): Morgen Johnson TED Talk Attendee (uncredited): William Kania Naturalist (uncredited): Brett Kennedy TED Talk Attendee (uncredited): Trudi Kennedy Airline Passenger (uncredited): Micah Knapp Airline Passenger (uncredited): Tiahna Kovarik TED Talk Attendee (uncredited): Mike Kuse Construction Worker (uncredited): Daniel Lamont Cruise Ship Passenger (uncredited): Susan Lang Crossing Guard (uncredited): James Lloyd Cruise Passenger (uncredited): Scott Lockhart Parent (uncredited): Chelsea Long Game Show Contestant (uncredited): Theresa Mangus Airport Traveler (uncredited): Tiffany Sander McKenzie Airplane Passenger (uncredited): F. Robert McMurray Joann Airline Stewardess (uncredited): Kelly L. Moran TED Talk Attendee (uncredited): Sue Danna Myer Microsoft Worker (uncredited): Adam Nakanishi T-Shirt Mom (uncredited): Amy Nelson Airline Passenger (uncredited): Vanessa N. Nelson TED Talk Attendee / Party Patron (uncredited): Ted Opalinski Parent (uncredited): Martin A. Palma Construction Worker (uncredited): Michael Paradise Bus Passenger (uncredited): Edward Pfeifer Airline Employee (uncredited): Jacob Phelps Port Lockroy Tourist (uncredited)...

[bad-comic-art]

X-Men #15 (1992)

[why-i-love-comics]

Dragoness info page

[thisiswhatwereupagainst]

Dragoness aka Tamara Kurtz is a member of the MLF (Mutant Liberation Front), a terrorist organization similar to the Brotherhood of Mutants. While one would at first thing her mutation is her wings, those are actually mechanical, attached to a jetpack on her back. Her power is in fact to shoot bio-electric stinger blasts. However, given that in one alternate reality, her wings were organic rather than mechanical, my headcanon is that she did originally have real wings, but they were taken from her by humans. It would account for her hatred of humans and being driven to the MLF, as well as why she would even think to use mechanical wings in the first place (most mutants never think to augment themselves further like that) and chose her codename based on said wings instead of her bio-electric powers. They’re obviously the bigger part of her identity for her. I also headcanon her as bi-racial. She says that her mutation was, like Sunfire, caused by her parents being exposed to the nuclear fallout from Hiroshima. But, she’s a redhead with a Western name, though at one point she’s drawn with black hair instead. So my headcanon is she’s part white, part Japanese, has naturally black hair, but often dyes her hair red.

[girlsofcomics]

Dragoness

-Real name: Tamara Kurtz

-A.k.a.: Vultura

-Publisher: Marvel

-Type: Mutant

-Afilliations:  Mutant Liberation Front, Reavers, X-Men

-Powers: Generates bio-electric blasts, artificial wings, blast power, gadgets, heat generation, intellect, leadership, power suit

[thecorteztwins]

Dragoness aka Tamara Kurtz is another minor 90s X-villain of mild interest to me. What’s odd about her is that her wings aren’t actually her mutation at all, they’re a mechanical contraption attached to a jetpack on her back. Her mutant power is generating shocks of bio-electric energy. So I guess if she didn’t use the fake wings, her codename would be…Shocker or Stinger or something. Both of those are already taken by other X-villains though, so maybe that’s why she got the wings!

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The Tournament of X

Contestants Index

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Cable just gacks Sumo with a headshot, and the rest of the MLF aren't even willing to throw down for like a second to try and get the very thing they were sent here to get, just leaving it to be picked up by Cable...

[inclineto]

Books, July - August 2020

The Lawrence Browne Affair - Cat Sebastian [interesting: I liked this a whole lot more on rereading than I did the first time]

Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back - Mark O’Connell [much funnier than I expected a book featuring this many libertarians to be; also, god damn Ayn Rand and her community- and compassion-fearing nihilistic fanboys]

Queenie - Candice Carty-Williams

Solitaire - Kelley Eskridge * [the only surprise is that I waited until Day 111 of isolation to reread this]

In Praise of Paths: Walking Through Time and Nature - Torbjørn Ekelund, translated by Becky L. Crook *

Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado

Crystal Line - Anne McCaffrey

A Children’s Bible - Lydia Millet *

Daughter of Witches - Patricia C. Wrede

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller [you know, I can understand why other people despise this take, but it worked for me]

Folly - Laurie R. King

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld - Patricia McKillip

Boyfriend Material - Alexis Hall [The novel version of spending Friday night home alone on the couch with red wine and French bread-and-butter. Highly satisfying in the moment, and ruthlessly wink-and-nod in-the-know about (a particular sort of) internet culture, in a way that means it should be read now and not later. Although it probably doesn’t really need to be over 400 pages long, I’m not sure what I’d cut, and anyway there’s PINING. (But also: I think this needs a warning for somewhat disordered eating, which is a) a minor but believable characterization detail, and b) not the point of the novel at all, but c) it nagged at me in a really unpleasant way throughout until it was acknowledged)]

An Extraordinary Union - Alyssa Cole

Spirits Abroad - Zen Cho

The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s - Maggie Doherty

The Ten Thousand Doors of January - Alix E. Harrow

Something to Talk About - Meryl Wilsner

The Terracotta Bride - Zen Cho

Under Another Sky: Journeys in Roman Britain - Charlotte Higgins

Stormsong - C. L. Polk

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong

The Only Gold - Tamara Allen [new favorite terrible penis euphemism: “the instrument of contention”]

The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin

The Snow Queen - Eileen Kernaghan

Wives and Daughters - Elizabeth Gaskell [her character sketches, my god: ”Let Cynthia be ever so proud, ever so glad, or so grateful, or even indignant, remorseful, grieved or sorry, the very fact that she was expected by another to entertain any of these emotions, would have been enough to prevent her expressing them.”]

Fallen into the Pit - Ellis Peters

These Old Shades - Georgette Heyer *

The Genius of Birds - Jennifer Ackerman

Two Rogues Make a Right - Cat Sebastian [conclusion: the Sedgwicks are simply too wholesome for my taste, but I’m probably going to end up rereading the one with the vicar and the ducks anyway]

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire - William Dalrymple [dnf]

The Doctor’s Discretion - EE Ottoman

The Bishop’s Heir - Katherine Kurtz

The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly - Jamie Pacton

This Other London: Adventures in the Overlooked City - John Rogers [dnf]

Death and the Joyful Woman - Ellis Peters

The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water - Zen Cho

The King’s Justice - Katherine Kurtz 

Catherine House - Elisabeth Thomas

Flight of a Witch - Ellis Peters

Blackfish City - Sam J. Miller [dnf]

Crooked Hallelujah - Kelli Jo Ford

Devil’s Cub - Georgette Heyer * [on the one hand, it’s appalling that we’re meant to cheer for Dominic; on the other, chapter 18 is a comic masterpiece]

A Duke by Default - Alyssa Cole

The Night Watch - Sarah Waters

 It Takes Two to Tumble - Cat Sebastian [just as I predicted! and I remain unconvinced by these ducks; after all, I have met a duck]

Hild - Nicola Griffith

Water, Ice & Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes - Bill Green [dnf]

Have His Carcase - Dorothy L. Sayers [I do appreciate how Sayers juggles tonal registers, in order to break up the novel’s prevailing humor - ”A solitary rock is always attractive. All right-minded people feel an overwhelming desire to scale and sit upon it.” - with those raging gratitude-and-obligation scenes and the occasional peek at decisions mercenary and necessary.

A Study in Honor - Claire O’Dell [there’s something interesting here about the world-building dangers of using the present to establish the near future with too much specificity - I know most the books Watson is reading; I like many of them; I realize they’re name-dropped in part as thanks and homage; and I still found myself thinking, “has no one written anything since 2015?”]

The Sugared Game - KJ Charles [no surprise, Maisie and Phoebe are my favorites...now kiss]

Sorcery and Cecilia, or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: being the correspondence of two Young Ladies of Quality regarding Various Scandals in London and the Country - Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer * [yay!]

[foundfamilyftw]

Campaigns

1. Ascension

- PC’s: Arson (Austin) and Lasey (Cameron)

- GM: Talon

- Summary: Two kids, one school, SO many issues. Lasey and Arson may have been taken to the GATE academy for very different reasons, but a shared attitude and general attraction lead them to meet and as they learn to get along, their destinies pull them further and further apart. Here’s hoping they can get around demon dads and mind possessing moms and being the Chosen One destined to kill your boyfriend if he steps too much out of line... oh, and then there’s high school too. Here goes nothing.

Important NPCs: Quentin Tyler, Envy, Maria and Asher Vernathian, the Curator, Merlin, Morgana, Mordred.

2. Descendants

- PC’s: Liam (Carter), Ash (Talon), Gene (Austin) and Ken (Kenzie)

GM: Cameron

- Summaries: Think Disney’s Descendants but different studios are different kingdoms - and everything is a lot less magical and a lot more gritty. In this world, it was Simba who United the Disney kingdom and became its King. He who banished all the “bad” people. People who now have kids. Fifty years later, Simba’s youngest daughter is determined to give those kids a second chance. And, of course, everything immediately goes wrong. Nothing is like it seems in a world where the good guys play villain and the bad guys are just trying to catch a break.

Important NPCs: Jessie, Tamara, Ten, Gia, Diane and the Lost Boys, Lyran, Disney original related characters, Matty, Harey, Fichi, Ian.

BONUS: Dungeons and Disasters

Characters: Hum, Victor, Iss, Bai, Ander, Tersa, Amanda, Zara, G, Sylvia, Girl, Kurtz, Lenor.

Summary: Many worlds collide when everything is at stake. Personal drama must be put aside as these thirteen people come together to save the world. Yeah, yeah, we get it. Superheroes, end of the world, usual stuff. The interesting fun things are in the characters themselves, as they explore sexuality, gender, love, hate, checkered pasts, new beginnings, trauma, and the healing that comes after. What’s a superhero franchise flavoring in the middle of your queer drama am I right?

Important side characters: Elaine, individual families, Aelryn, the Fairy Queen/King (Titania/Oberon), and the Bad Guys™️

3. Friendship Camp

- PC’s: Sabrina (Talon), Skylar and Aleksander (Austin)

- GM: Cameron

- Summary: When society first learned that there were super powered people out there that could likely kill them without even trying, it was bad enough. But there are aliens too, and that’s a whole new world of worry. Thankfully the government only shared these truths when it was time; when they were ready to handle it. In order to integrate the super people with the normal people, there’s a camp where everyone between the ages of six and eighteen can go to get to know each other and realize that at the end of the day, we’re not that different.... Right?

Important NPCs: Carrie, Sonya, Delia, Evan.

4. Heroes Rejection

- PCs: Gina (Cameron) and Simon (Talon)

- GM: Austin

- Summary: Everyone knows Superheroes are the good guys... right? Even when they work with the government, and really only do what they do for public popularity? I mean some of them are straight up evil and do really terrible things, but that doesn’t mean that we need to start a whole organization to stop them right? Or to expose them? Well, actually, it’s worse than Gina Redder even realizes. She might have gotten out, but her siblings haven’t. Now she has to team up with fanboy Simon who not only loves heroes - he worships them. Good god this is going to suck.

Important NPCs:

5. Kraven

PCs: Iss (Cameron), Nea (Daphne), and Kris (Austin)

GM: Talon

Summary: Gala Nea is an alien spy on the run from her government after finding out that they’re not fighting to help planets, but to colonize them. Kris is a trained assassin, who escaped from his family at a young age and is now trying to make a better life for himself. And Iss... well they’re just there. A normal librarian, who happens to have shadow powers and play vigilante at night. What do they have in common? Nothing. They’ll have to work together to save the world anyway. Heroes, am I right?

Important NPCs: Sadie and her kids, Kris’ pack.

5. Kraven (alt universe)

PCs: Aiden (Cameron) and Kris (Austin)

Summary: Kris never ran away from home, and years later, he’s now the leader his parents always wanted him to be. He’s also dating everyone in the pack, and they’re all dating each other as well, which his parents aren’t as thrilled about, but whatever am I right? No one’s perfect. And that was life really, until Aiden popped up out of nowhere and now he’s here too and Kris’s parents seem to be okay with that. For some reason. What’s the worst that could happen? Well, the end of the world. For one.

Important NPCs: The Pack, Kris’ parents.

6. Legacies

- Important PCs: Maiya, Sylvia, Quinn (Cameron) and Zeke, Andy, Torun, Ryand’r, Asher, Arson. (Austin)

- Summary: All your favorite DCU characters have grown up and have kids of their own now - more than they themselves even know. When Jason Todd turns out to have not only one daughter the League of Assassins got their hands on but two, things are about to turn on their head. “Villain” and “Hero” kids meet and mix more and more until friendships and romances bloom - and that’s just the tip of the ice burg on how crazy things are about to get.

- Important NPCs: DCU relatives, Alex West.

7. Monster of the Week

PCs: Missy (Cameron) and Jezerin (Austin)

GM: Talon

Summary: Missy is an odd ball. She believes in aliens and monsters and magic, in a small town in the middle of nowhere. If any of that stuff were to happen, it wouldn’t be here. Or that’s what everyone says. Her best friend Jezerin turns out to be a supernatural creature all on his own, which unlocks a whole world Missy may not actually be equipped to handle. But when has that ever stopped her? At the end of the day, if she doesn’t do something no one will. That’s all that matters to her.

Important NPCs:

8. Norse

PCs: Maiya (Cameron), Torin (Austin) and Ace (Carter)

GM: Talon

Summary: After a run in with a crazy ghost spirit thing made of smoke out to destroy everything, Torin, Ace, and Maiya have become unlikely allies. And now they’re traveling the world together. At first strangers, then friends, and now practically family, the more they learn about each other the more they discover there is something very wrong with the world. Ragnarok is just a children’s story... or, so it seemed, until sign after sign starts adding up. Now they might be facing the end of the world while they’re trying to sort out their trauma. Let them live their lives!

Important NPCs: Galen, Stephen, Torin’s family, the Norse Gods.

9. Sovereignty

- PC’s: Lane, Lio (Cameron), Marzia, Quil (Austin) Korey, Stacey (Carter).

GM: Talon

- Summary: A new generation of Vernathians are forced to team up with those available to them as Quil makes decisions that leads to Arkon’s escape from prison. Now stronger than ever, and prepared to do anything he has to in order to gain power and position once again. Can these strangers find a way to work together or will their incapabilities be their downfall?

- Important NPC’s: Arkon, Volt, Crimson Fallout, the Vernathian family, Quentin and Envy.

10. Mistborn

Player Character: Whyck (Cameron)

GM: Talon

- Summary: Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson is a very good book that Talon has been trying to get Cameron to read for a while, so he made a campaign based off of it. Seven years before Vin became the protagonist she’s known as, Whyck is nineteen years old and has just met Tren Veritas after finding out that, apparently, Whyck is a Mistborn. Having grown up a skaa and raised by Tovar (the thieves guild leader) Whyck’s entire life is about to turn on its head as ze is swept into the world of the nobles, where she has to remain if they want Tren to keep teaching him how to be a Mistborn. In this new world of gossip and boredom and balls and pre-made food and so. Much. Etiquette. Whyck will meet Ellend, a fourteen year old that instantly connects with him. They’re fast friends.... and Ellend’s older brother, Zane, is there too. There’s a special connection between them that Whyck is convinced doesn’t exist... a connection he can’t think about when there are inquisitors on his trail, a destiny she was born for, and several galaxies of all kinds of different Magic’s that Tovar wants to explore with them. If only they could leave all the people Whyck loves - and the dangers that come with them - to follow her.

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La actividad internacional volvió en Chile con el clásico Orlando Guaita

Fuente: FEDACHI Atletas de la Argentina, Brasil, Colombia y Ecuador, junto a las figuras locales, animaron este domingo 24 de octubre el retorno de las competencias internacionales a Chile con una nueva edición del torneo Orlando Guaita, en la pista de San Carlos de Apoquindo, en Santiago. Entre los atletas chilenos, la representante olímpica Karen Gallardo y el ascendente Lucas Nervi -reciente campeón sudamericano u23- volvieron a mostrar su poderío en la prueba de disco. Nervi se mostró nuevamente sobre los 60 metros (60.98) mientras que Gallardo encabezó la clasificación femenina con 54.14, seguida por Catalina Braov (51.52) y la flamante recordista ecuatoriana Merari Herrera (50.12). Otra de las recientes ganadoras en el u23 de Guayaquil, Berdine Castillo, logró ahora los 800 metros con 2m09s50 y la misma prueba, en hombres, fue para el juvenil Joaquín Adolfo Campos con 1m51s82. Y en 400 llanos los triunfadores fueron Martina Weil con 53s.12 en damas y Rafael Muñoz con 47s.58 en hombres. Procedente también de Guayaquil, la brasileña Thaina Guerino Fernandes (FOTO) volvió a liderar el salto en largo con 6.35 m., mientras su compatriota Guilherme Kurtz ganó en 3.000 metros con 8m.33s.91, tras lograr tres pruebas en los recientes Juegos Universitarios de su país, en Brasilia. El ecuatoriano Marcos Morley Herrera se adjudicó los 110 metros vallas en 13s.84. Y los atletas argentinos también se destacaron. Florencia Lamboglia fue la vencedora en los 100 metros femeninos con 11s.59 (viento en contra de 0,4 ms), registro que la eleva al tercer puesto del ránking permanente de su país. TErminó delante de la local Javiera Cañás 11s78 y de la juvenil argentina Valentina Polanco (11s.85). Lamboglia y Polanco se unieron luego a Leslie Tamara Lucero y Melanie Rosalez para marcar excelentes 45s.75 en la posta femenina 4x100. Otro argentino de buena labor fue Carlos Layoy con sus 2.20 m. en salto en alto, donde terminó delante de los juveniles locales Pedro Alamos (2.12) y Nicolás Gabriel Numair (2.09), en una especialidad que contó con seis atletas por arriba de los 2 metros. Read the full article

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Nation X #1 - "Cold Shoulder" (2009)

written by Chris Yost art by Michele Bertilorenzi & Antonio Fabela