Terra 000 and beyond
Jul 18, 2009 19:27:41 GMT -5
Post by Mumiyoshi on Jul 18, 2009 19:27:41 GMT -5
Our RP reality has not just one world but many. Principally, it's divided into seven Series, each with 501 universes in them. There is also Prime Universe (see below). The main RP takes place in the First Series, the universes of which are all called Terra, and specifically on Terra 002. However, several other Terrae in this Series have been mentioned and even RPed on, though nowhere near all of them. Most characters on other Terrae, however, aren't entirely original - they are counterparts of each other, and usually counterparts of characters already met on Terra 002. Counterparts look physically the same as one another (save for minor details like hair colour, or Power-related details, such as eye colour) but have different personalities, different pasts (though in many cases there is a certain degree of symmetry, and people who marry and have children on one Terra seem likely to do so on another) and sometimes, though not always, different Powers (if they have powers at all - I believe people without powers have counterparts too, though naturally we never mention anyone like that XP ). Everyone outside Prime Universe has a counterpart on each Terra in their Series, though not always born at the exact same time and very rarely dying at the exact same time (in fact, it's about the same chance as any two unrelated people dying at the exact same time).
Prime Universe has already been mentioned a couple of times. It was made shortly before all other universes, and is far more advanced in terms of civilisation than any other. Everyone born in Prime is a 'Unique Soul' - that is, they have no counterparts whatsoever. Several characters on the RP, most prominently Omni and his son Tranductus, are Unique Souls. However, while Unique Souls can and occasionally do leave Prime Universe, as Omni and Tranductus have on a permanent basis, a Unique Soul must be born on Prime; if they are born on one of the other universes, even if to two Unique Soul parents, they will not be Unique Souls, and their counterparts will turn up as orphans on the other Terrae. The final point on Unique Souls is that it is possible to become one, but only at a terrible price - you have to absorb the cores (souls) of all your counterparts. If they're still alive, this obviously means murdering them; and even if they're dead, it's still destroying their spirit, effectively killing them twice (even though their memories are still preserved in the absorber). Few people know about this method, and even fewer try to use it. Unfortunately, it has been tried...
Finally, to conclude the introduction to the other Terrae, here are a list of some of the important ones which have been RPed so far and their main characters:
Terra 000[/u]
Originally introduced as a place for Zach to go during an arc of Dan's in which Neon mind controlled everyone on Terra 002, it's the most used of the other Terrae, even with its own thread (since no one wanted to read it on the main except the people in it ^^; ). After its initial appearance, it was reintroduced when Caleb and I were bored and our main characters were on pause. It promptly, quite unplanned, got conquered by Yamiken, who'd just recently been forced to leave Terra 002. Since then, its residents have been through various other escapades too numerous to relate briefly. There may be a timeline for them in the near (ok, maybe not so much) future, so stay tuned for that.
Terra 000 is one of the least developed Terrae. It has no form of central government anywhere, and most of its population live in small villages, or occasionally towns, equally small by Terra 002 standards. There is also no economy; all goods and services are provided for free. This does mean, though, that there is also very little infrastructure; roads, electricity and most other forms of communication are virtually non-existent, or extremely localised. The group, who reside in a wooden fortress rather than a cabin, keep track of threats to the peace via Daniel's cauldron (they may have other methods, but this is the only one to have been used so far). They seem to have for more numerous smaller threats than the Terra 002 group, with at least one of the group usually being on some mission or another, but very few major threats. In fact, one could argue that this group's biggest threat is each other and the secrets they hide...
Noah Pantech
Neon's counterpart and polar opposite, being a bubbly young Light Human who takes great delight in hugging everyone he meets unless they're seriously out to hurt him. Like Skylos on Terra 002, he has a 'no true good or evil' philosophy despite being part of the group meant to protect the world - as such he's also quite good friends with Yamiken. That said, he's no pacifist, and is probably one of the group's strongest fighters with his war hammer and Prism-level Light. However, there is a darker reason behind this; when he was younger, he read Remus' holy book, which centres around worship of Death, and traded part of his sanity for exponential growth of his power. Now, whenever he draws on too much power or gets a deep emotional shock, he goes into a corrupted infused form where, despite a huge power boost, he has virtually no consciousness and operates solely on base instinct. This has only happened twice around other people that we know of - once with his fourth cousin Belak, and another just recently. Both times he has had to go to some sort of power plant on another Terra to drain off the excess power and return to normal.
Noah is currently not on Terra 000. Although he loves everyone with few if any exceptions, he is particularly in love with Ashi, who until recently was in love with him back. However, due in part to a failure by Noah to vocalise his full intentions with her, she lately became interested in Cyrus and started going out with him. On the same day, they announced it to Noah. Misunderstanding abounding all sides, Noah went out of control and tried to kill Cyrus before fleeing the Terra in depression. He was talked out of killing himself by Yamiken, but has for now gone to Terra 105, where he is staying with his family's counterparts there until he can sort his feelings towards Ashi out.
Belak Pantech
Skylos' Terra 000 counterpart, and like Noah is to Neon his complete opposite. Belak turned himself into a Dark Demon after his impulsiveness led him into a situation where Skiazo (Ponic's counterpart) and Micah (Manuel's counterpart) died attempting to rescue him. His power before that hasn't been stated. Even for a Dark Demon, Belak is quite emotionless and logical. He regards his primary motive as protecting Terra 000, although he also cares very deeply for Noah, having stated a couple of times that his fourth cousin is the only thing keeping him sane. On this subject, Belak has in the past had nightmares in which he is a Death Demon who slaughters everyone he knows. This nightmares were stopped from overwhelming by the efforts of Sotec and Daniel, but the same fears still haunt him. Like Noah, he also gets on quite well with Yamiken, who in turn relies upon him for news about events on Terra 000 each time Yamiken comes there, although there is some evidence that Yamiken has developed other methods of surveillance.
Daniel
Danlay's counterpart (not that Danlay is seen around any more ^^; ). A Shadow Wielder sometimes regarded as the leader of the group. He's certainly its brain box, albeit also somewhat reclusive - he spends most of his free time in his basement cooking up potions or, more recently, working his way through the contents of Siddhartha's library. He is as such versed in much lore and other power-related matters. He can be a bit superstitious at times - he was slow to trust Siddhartha - and also a bit prone to overreaction, as referenced by his reaction (some time ago now) to discovering that a counterpart of Yamiken was staying in the fortress (though Spathifos turned out to be a nice Oda). He was the protégé of Skiazo, and harboured a grudge against Belak for some time for his death; he has since however largely forgiven the Dark Demon. He has been known to have some issues in the past with Shadow Sorcery, but provided Terra 000 isn't conquered by anyone else in the future, those are hopefully a thing of the past.
Sotec Sasaki
A Fire Mage, he is Elios' counterpart (not that Elios is seen around much either, although in his defence it's not his fault... much). At over 250, he's considerably older than the rest of the group... nor is he allowed to forget it so long as Noah or Zeak is around. He tries to be something of a big brother of the rest of the group, but has the unfortunate habit of putting his foot in his mouth when he tries to comfort anyone. Like, it seems, most of the rest of the group, he has a darker side to his past - he once went around with Elios trying to kill the rest of their counterparts in order to become a Unique Soul as part of a grand scheme to access the libraries in Prime Universe and so gain the knowledge required to summon an arch-demon into reality, with which they planned to do... something they didn't really think through... at all. Although they managed to kill all their counterparts, they were eventually stopped by Morodin, after which they decided to go their separate ways.
Sotec is currently not on Terra 000. After the recent Noah/Ashi/Cyrus fiasco, in which he failed miserably to do any good, he has decided to leave and travel with Yamiken, who did, in the hopes of something rubbing off on him.
Ashi
A counterpart of Yisha's (I think... do their ages actually correspond?). She is the only member of the group older than Sotec (just), though for a long time she told the rest of the group she was only 17. She is not actually from Terra 000 but Terra 387, where she was born a princess. Her parents unfortunately died when she was young, leaving the responsibility of ruling to her. Unable to cope, she sort help from a sage called Meki, who gave her a book of spells to aid her. Unfortunately, the book's power corrupted her, and she went on a killing spree, laying waste to her Terra and moving on to Terra 189, where she was fortunately beaten and returned to sanity. Horrified at what she'd done, she fled to Terra 000 and tried to pick up a normal life there, eventually joining the group and falling in love with Noah. It took her some time to confess her feelings to him, though by then everyone, including Noah himself, had already guessed him. Noah however, acting by the tradition that one is not allowed to marry until 18, asked her to wait from him to be old enough for that. Ashi initially accepted, though she was ignorant of the tradition behind the request; however, she eventually became frustrated with the wait and switched her attentions to Cyrus, hence leading to the events described in Noah's section. Ashi has since been racked with guilt at the events, blaming herself entirely, although after a day or two she did agree to continue going out with Cyrus in order to give him a decent chance at winning her full love. Her guilt has not been made any better by Kagome, who has blamed her too for Noah's departure.
Ashi is generally sweet and caring, but also prone to massive self-doubt, or, as the case may be, self-blame, often where it's not entirely justified; Cyrus, for example, has often tried to get her to let him accept some if not all blame for Noah's departure, but she has already refused. Ashi also makes no odds about loathing Yamiken; ironically, she actually has more reason than she realises, since it was Yamiken who, quite deliberately, engineered the events leading up to Noah's departure for the stated purpose of breaking Ashi, and perhaps even driving her to suicide, as he believes her one of the few potential threats to his power on Terra 000. Ashi's primary element is Earth, which everyone from Terra 387 uses, but she has also recently begun to use the powers from Meki's book again; these manifest as purple energy with various abilities, and it is unknown which, if any power, they would be classified under (though Oda Mayuri of Terra 060 claims it's Aura). They do, however, give her the extraordinary power which Yamiken took steps to neutralise.
Cyrus
A Storm Human; his Terra 002 counterpart has yet to be introduced. He is from Terra 060, and fought Yamiken along with the group there, which he was a part of; he fled alone to Terra 000 with a lodestone which would allow Yamiken to track his friends down and eliminate them, but was caught by Yamiken there and beaten with the aid of Noah, Daniel and Remus. He was then left in the T0 group's care - unknown to anyone, precisely for the purpose of causing Ashi to ruin her relationship with Noah. As ordained by Yamiken, he and Ashi recently fell in love with one another, although their relationship has been greatly marred by Noah's reaction to it.
Cyrus is generally rather quiet and unassuming, with middling powers of Wind and Lightning. For some time initially, he barely spoke at all, due to his shock at being beaten by Yamiken and the death of his friends on Terra 060. He has since recovered from this apathy, and now spends most of his time trying to care for Ashi. Unfortunately, he has, as much by misfortune as anything else, been possessed by Kagome and placed Ashi in danger, leading to his often feeling inadequate and a burden.
Remus Stratford
Rem's counterpart. Originally a demon hunter like his Terra 002 counterpart, he fought with a flail and a pair of gauntlets which, unlike Rem's, were more focused on mechanical gadgetry than demon orbs. He is extremely arrogant and also has a rather bad temper, although he in reality used to be rather weak compared to the others, and often proved to be a bit of a coward against opponents stronger than him, like Yamiken. Recently, however, he has been transformed into a Slime Human by Siddhartha, and is as such much stronger and able to back up his talk. He hates Yamiken perhaps more deeply than any other member of the group, and fiercely resents being compared to him, which unfortunately he sometimes is due to his arrogance and his tendency not to show mercy to his enemies. He does however have a softer side, and loves Corona deeply - the two have been going out for some time (and unlike their counterparts don't seem to have any trouble staying together). Remus also has a dark secret which until recently was only known to a few others in the group: he worships God, which on Terra 000 is equivalent to worshipping Death. His people have long been outcasts because of this, and victim to much prejudice. He often prays in a room in Siddhartha's dungeon - in secret, of course, until his secret emerged, although he was one time discovered by Sotec, Ashi and Noah (though Noah was already aware of it, having found and read Remus' book). Remus can be a bit of a dark horse sometimes, and has been known to leave the group for prolonged periods if he feels he needs to do something he can't do with them.
Corona Ravioli
Halo's counterpart. She is only a Time Demon, not Storm as well, but is Queen-ranked and has been so for some time now. Like Remus, she can have a rather volatile temper, and is often known to be quite spiteful to those who cross her or say a wrong word to her. She also used to get infuriated when other members of the group left the fortress without notifying her, although either she's relaxed about this now or they've just gotten better at not being missed by her. With all this said, she does care for her friends very deeply; indeed, she probably gets so upset at their leaving without letting her know precisely because of this. Corona also takes great pride in her appearance, and often wears rather elaborate and sheer clothing, not to mention a lot of jewellery. She can also be a bit naughty when it comes to Remus (hint: avoid the windmill), but admittedly only when there's no one else around. Corona also resents Yamiken quite a bit, but seems to have learned to tolerate him to some extent by now, more so than her boyfriend. Finally, she is also quite fond of Noah (most of the time), and was quite sad when he left; before that, when he was rendered unconscious in his fight with Yamiken, she was most traumatised (though for once Sotec managed to cheer her up properly with only a minor gaffe at the beginning).
Zeak Fair
Zach's counterpart. A Lightning Human not seen around very often these days. He has a bit of a punk aesthetic to him, and likes to take long drives on his motorcycle, which when he's not using he keeps in a garage down the road (first left). Gets along with just about anyone, including Yamiken when occasion calls for it. Seems to be particularly good friends with Sotec, and also Tranductus when he's around. Is known to hang out around an oasis in the nearby desert when not driving or hooking up with girls. Two other details worth noting: one, he is almost never seen without his shades - presumably because his eyes are, of all colours, orange. Two, he has a natural phobia of slime, which leads him to be scared stiff by Siddhartha and visits to the underground realm thereof.
Skiazo Shade
Ponic's counterpart and also a Shadow Wielder. Has been dead for many years since an incident where he had to intervene to save Belak. It seems plausible that while alive he was probably the group's leader. Other than all this, little is said about him.
Clyde
Eric (E Link)'s counterpart. His powers are unknown, although he must presumably have some to have survived for this long. Like Eric, he is primarily an inventor who lives not in the fortress with the group but in a workshop down the road (second left). He also seems to have an interest in architecture, or at least the technical side of it. He isn't generally seen much, but seems to get along pretty well with Remus when he does turn up. Doesn't seem to approve of Yamiken either.
Miyamoto Toraken
Musashi's counterpart. For a long time he was considered the group's main, and indeed only recurring, enemy. He is a very powerful Slime Human with no sense of honour, living only to fight. It has in the past taken the entire group to beat him. He was once a hero, and indeed even saved the world from Sousou, but his pride led him to try and brave the Cave of Passing, where he was captured by Siddhartha's father, possessed and turned into a Slime Human. (His powers before this incident are unknown as of now.) He has terrorised Terra 000 ever since. He used to reside in a cavern very near to the fortress; he is able to mask his aura, hence why the group never found him. Yamiken tried to recruit him by beating him in combat, but Borboros interrupted by knocking Toraken out. Toraken has since left Terra 000 to look for challenges on other Terrae; he recently turned up on Terra 002 to challenge Aldaras, for example.
Siddhartha
The Slime Demon King. He is very young for a Demon King, having inherited the role after his father was murdered by Morodin for reasons unknown. He used to be a villain, having continued his father's practice of possessing powerful fighters and sending them to attack villages; however, he has become friendly after being defeated by Yamiken and the group, and there is a green flame on a pedestal in the fortress' garden which will transport people directly to his porch, from which his underground castle can be accessed by taking two right turns. As Slime Demon King, he is also King of the Dead on Terra 000, and resides in the Cave of Passing. His principal duty is to judge the souls of the recently deceased. Those who lived good lives are permitted to move on; those who did not are trapped in some sort of cauldron in Siddhartha's possession; there is some sort of millennia-old prophecy relating to the use of these souls, but Siddhartha is not permitted to divulge the details of it. Siddhartha seems to perform his duties diligently but without much enthusiasm, preferring instead to train or play pranks upon any of the group visiting him. He is idolised by Remus as Lord of the Dead, and has provided shelter to him when practising his faith. Siddhartha also possesses a certain portrait, always concealed by a curtain, which others are absolutely not permitted to look upon; he has implied that they would be driven insane by it. Finally, Siddhartha also has a most excellent library; see Daniel's section.
Hakumei Kagome
Alice's counterpart. A highly unstable Greater-ranked Blood Demon with an obsession for Toraken. This stems back to when he rescued her village when he was still a hero. She followed him into the Cave of Passing and was there caught by a Blood Demon and turned. The experience drove her utterly insane, and she experiences violent mood swings, sometimes for no apparent reason whatsoever. She has for most of the past four centuries followed Toraken about as a sort of groupie, convinced he reciprocates her "love" (although in reality it's all but certain he merely tolerates her). She is also despised by Sotec; it's hinted she has been responsible for the deaths of some of his friends. She is often very sadistic, killing humans she feeds upon, and very fond of possessing people. That said, she isn't always cruel, and has been quite friendly to Noah in the past, even if she does usually possess him. She used to like Ashi as well until the latter played a role in Noah's departure, which upset her greatly. Has now struck up a friendship with the similarly depraved Phantom Demon Antara.
Antara Ravioli
A 14-year-old Greater-ranked Phantom Demon. Her Terra 002 counterpart is Zoe. She turned up recently and began pestering the group, though in fact, though it hasn't been made plain on Terra 000 yet, she's also Corona's cousin. She is similar in a lot of ways to Kagome, though more consistently sadistic. She gets greatly annoyed at people who look down upon her, often trying to possess them (or worse) to get their attention. She has mentioned that she killed her own parents because they tried to keep her disciplined. She also looks down a lot on anyone she judges inferior for whatever reason.
Oda Sousou / Morodin
A Death Human. Yamiken's counterpart. He no longer resides on Terra 000, and with very good reason. Morodin was once a Light Human called Sousou, but turned himself into a Death Human so that he would never die a mortal death. The process drove him insane however, and he tried to turned his entire world into a world of death. He was kicked out by Toraken into the Time Vortex, but amazingly survived by fusing with the spirit of the former Avatar of Death, hence his renaming Morodin, who was also lost in the Time Vortex. How much of each of the two is present in the resultant character is unknown; what is known that, having built a fortress in the Time Vortex, he is now trying to do to all of Reality what he once tried to do to his own Terra. Distressingly, he has already succeeded in several Terrae; however, he is bound from going to many by a seal on the Altar at the Universal Nexus placed there by the Avatar of Light. For this reason, he desires the Dark Dimension Stone, currently in the form of Omni Pantech along with the Light Dimension Stone, in order to break this seal and travel freely. He is also attempting to absorb all his counterparts in order to travel to Prime Universe. The full extent of Morodin's power is unknown, but he is extremely powerful, enough so to have faced down Spathifos in the past. As well as Death, he has also demonstrated limited abilities in Darkness, as well as the prophetic powers of Time. Finally, he is also very proud of being the only Death Human (other than the current Avatar of Death) to be able to use Bone (capitalised). Avoid at all costs unless you want your character turned into a Death Human.
Anteros
A mysterious man of Eastern descent; his counterparts are unknown at this stage. Fire seems to be his primary power, and he is Green (top) level in it, although unusually for that power he appears to specialise in mind techniques, and has been known to use his powers to hypnotise others. However, he is also quite proficient in Love Demon powers - the rose he always carries about with him seems to have some connection with this. It should also be noted that he has presumably met Chuck Pantech from Terra 002 at some point in the past, since he knows the Light/Dimension Human's method for teaching the seeing of auras. Anteros certainly knows a fair bit about switching universes, to the extent where he can track most people simply through their having used the altar. Personality-wise, Anteros is generally rather sombre and speaks in a very calm and poetic, bordering on archaic, manner. His full motives are unknown; however, he seems to despise Ashi and Cyrus for their actions towards Noah, despite never having met the Light Human - he said he sensed the latter's heartbreak when it happened from the other side of the world. He hence has been making it his mission to traumatise Ashi and Cyrus as much as possible, though up until recently working through the hypnotised proxies of Kagome and Antara. More information on him is presumably to come.
Terra 500[/u]
The most technologically advanced Terra. Up until recently, it was a police state under the rule of the Tyrant Leo Hawkings, who kept control using an army of Void Humans whom he created and personally mind controlled using the core of Spencer Pantech. During this time, a series of draconian (and chauvinist) laws were enforced. Hawkings' principal enemies were the counterparts of the group on T500, led by Spathifos; unfortunately, all but their leader were killed, and Spathifos himself forced into exile, helped by Tranductus. He was unable to evade his pursuers for long, however, who had agents on every Terra and could even switch Series. Recently, however, Spathifos ended up seeking shelter with Yamiken (inadvertently; he had desired to avoid his counterpart, but made the mistake of picking Terra 000 as his destination one day, forgetting Yamiken controlled it), who then helped him launch what started out as reconnaissance mission onto his old Terra but, when Leo Hawkings himself got involved, turned into a coup d'état which placed Spathifos in the role of ruler of his Terra after Hawkings was killed by Yamiken. Yamiken then left, although Spathifos, knowing his counterpart, fully expects him to return one day with a conquering army...
One interesting detail about Terra 500 is that, with the relaxing of the laws governing what could be worn and where after the death of Hawkings, there is no fashion whatsoever, and any outfit can be worn without drawing undue attention. Of the locales on Terra 500 - which is quite possibly entirely metropolis, although this hasn't been specifically stated yet - there seems to be no equivalent of the cabin; featured locations so far have been Spathifos' old apartment, the Science Department of the World Government, where Spencer was detained and Leo Hawkings defeated, Spathifos' new offices, where he can usually be found with paperwork, and the museum where Spencer worked as curator after being freed before his incident with Morodin.
Oda Hikaru / Spathifos
Yamiken's counterpart, and famously the only 'nice' Oda to date ('though that's only out of three met). His core is rather strange; it is a hybrid core which contains Light, Fire and Lunar as separate powers. Like the other Odas, he received it when he was young; and like them, he seems to have had a choice between that one and another, presumably one similar to, or even the very same one, given to Takeshi. He is known to be top-level and highly proficient at that in both Light and Fire (he claims to be able to heal any injury other than death, and is probably quite right) and is presumed to also be extremely skilled with Lunar, seeing as he has practised his powers at least once every morning for the past four centuries. Although Spathifos was a warlord for much of his 'normal' lifespan like his counterparts, he has since then tried to be a healer rather than a fighter, though often finds himself thinking, much to his own chagrin, in military terms. He has implied that, unlike Sousou and Nobunaga at least, he was never defeated and came to rule over his country (he mentions have been a king before being chased off the Terra - and thus a criminal under Hawkings' laws, of course). In terms of personality, Spathifos, like his counterparts, is able to apply himself practically to the task of leading and ruling, but unlike his counterparts does have a human side, and closely values his friends, particularly Takeshi. He is also something of a father-figure to Spencer, both of whose parents died when he was young - or at least he was before the latter's abduction by Morodin, which distressed him greatly. He is now once more on the run, since as Morodin's counterpart he is a known target of the Death Human, and Terra 500 is no longer safe. Taking refuge with Yamiken at Tranductus' suggestion. (On that note, he gets along with Tranductus far better than with Omni, though he seems to have somewhat relaxed his once-rather-vitriolic attitude towards the latter.)
Akechi Takeshi
Mitsuhide's counterpart, although he's seen far more screen time than his T2 version. As mentioned above, like Spathifos, he has a peculiar hybrid core; his is the exact opposite of Spathifos', with Darkness, Ice and Death. Unfortunately, the Death part seems to have attracted the attention of Morodin at some point in the past, who saved Takeshi and thus placed the Dark Human in his debt. Unlike Mitsuhide on T2, he has remained fiercely loyal to Spathifos throughout his service to his master (possibly because Spathifos isn't a megalomaniac). He usually tries to stay with Spathifos at all times, considering himself his master's protector and not unjustifiably so, but did remain on T500 when Spathifos went into exile before, and has been asked to remain behind this time also in order to govern in Spathifos' absence. Like Spathifos, he has trained regularly with all his powers and is extremely skilled with them. He can sense people even if they are concealing their aura by sensing gaps where there should be an aura; he hence takes it upon himself to accost all comers to T500, and confront them if necessary. It is known, however, that there is some way of concealing ones presence even from this method of detection - something which Takeshi himself knows how to do, though whether he can see through it as well has not been said. Although Takeshi is logical most of the time, he has expressed an internal preference for the presence of other Dark Humans such as Yamiken (even though he suspects Yamiken of plotting to take over T500 one day). Finally, Takeshi has a very strong sense of honour, which will even override his obligations to his master - hence he chose not to intervene when Morodin turned Spencer, even though he witnessed the entire event, since he had a debt to Morodin for saving his life.
Spencer Pantech
Skylos' counterpart. He used to be a Void Human, and bore a marked similarity to Omni, which he worked on as much as possible, seeming to want to be a second version of his ancestor. He was kidnapped by Hawkings to build the latter's army of Void Humans; he was kept in some kind of stasis throughout this period but freed upon Hawkings' death, after which he became curator of T500's main museum. He is something of a know-it-all with a passion for knowledge, readily absorbing any information which comes his way. He can also be quite conceited at times, and his pride is readily inflatable, often prematurely (he recently took great pride in having 'caught' Yamiken up to no good, completely oblivious to the fact that Yamiken still managed to mislead Spencer as to his true intentions). Spencer is however no longer a Void Human; he was recently caught by Morodin, who desired to assimilate his core for his extensive knowledge (particularly on Crystal Demons, since Omni's transformation into one previously caught Morodin off-guard). Morodin did indeed assimilate Spencer's core, stealing its Void powers and replacing them with Death; Spencer is now, as such, a Death Human. Fearing the reaction of Spathifos and Takeshi to this turn of events (probably unjustifiably so), Spencer immediately begged Morodin to take him into his custody, which Morodin consented to on the condition that Spencer obey him without question. Spencer now lives in Morodin's fortress in the Time Vortex, where he is being trained in his new powers by Hashiba Kozaru. He is currently showing extraordinary promise, impressing his new sensei on several occasions - though the latter does not always say so lest Spencer's ego get carried away.
Terra 060[/u]
Cyrus' home Terra. It has been conquered by Yamiken. It used to have a group similar to Terra 002's, who resisted Yamiken when he became and of which Cyrus was a part, but they have been defeated and presumably either captured or killed (at least two, Neon and Caleb's counterparts, have been confirmed dead).
Cyrus
See Terra 000.
Azred Sasaki
Elios/Sotec's counterpart. How he is alive when the afore-mentioned supposedly managed to kill all their counterparts has not been explained yet (although as his creator I can testify that there is a proper explanation
). He used to be some sort of monk who headed a temple comprised mostly of Wind Humans (though with the occasional Lightning Human or even, like Cyrus, Storm Human). The temple has since however been ransacked by Yamiken after Inu Pantech took refuge there. He and his close friend, Ferla, have therefore decided to leave Terra 060. If they already have and where they went after that has not been said.
Miyamoto Ferla
Musashi's counterpart. A Lightning Human, who mentored Cyrus in that side of his powers. Seems to be fairly similar most of the time to Musashi in terms of personality, though perhaps without the same drive for battle (or particular sense of humour). Also likes and greatly respects Mayuri despite the latter's brusque demeanour and apparent disdain for wasting time on other people, including Ferla.
Oda Mayuri
Yamiken's counterpart. So far the only Oda met who shows no interest in power of the ruling kind of any sort. He instead lives as a recluse up in the mountains with his wife, Kazehime. He seems to be highly knowledgeable about Power, but has no time for other people, and resents most if not all intrusions upon his peace and quiet. Though, that said, there are some indicators he's not quite as anti-social as he tries to appear... if cornered, at any rate.
Xenon Pantech
Neon's counterpart. Powers unknown. Was very good friends with Cyrus when they were growing up. Apparently he was generally cheerful and carefree, but had darker moments and seemed to resent being a part of the Pantech family in some way, for reasons unknown. Died saving Cyrus from Yamiken.
Inu Pantech
Skylos' counterpart. Powers also unknown. Mentioned as being something of a dark horse and also, like Xenon, resenting being a Pantech, again for reasons unknown. Along with Xenon, he briefly joined Yamiken against the rest of their group, but fled after Xenon's death and later tried to kill Yamiken in retaliation - this incident appears to have been fatal for him.
Terra 001[/u]
One of the few Terrae to have been primarily RPed on the main rather than T0's thread. A very picturesque and beautiful Terra mentioned to be a sort of holiday destination for inter-Terra travellers (kind of like a spa resort, I guess). Used to have a group corresponding to Terra 002's, but most of them are dead, and of the two who are still alive only one still resides on Terra 001. This is because Remedio, Rem's counterpart and one of the two who left, somehow came across the Violet Dimension Stone. It possessed him slightly and he conceived the plan of stopping all evil on Terra 001 by taking control of it himself and locking it. This latter action of course had the effect of 'killing' the Terra, ruining its beauty. Remedio also possessed all of his former friends other than Jacques, Jack's counterpart, who went into hiding. The possession seems to be one that destroyed the minds of the group in the process, thus in effect killing them already. However, Omni suspected there might be something of interest on this now-locked Terra (and to be fair there was, more than even he knew) and used Hanzou's core to unlock it one day. He then took the T2 group and Yamiken along with him to explore it. They soon met Jacques, who asked them to free his friends by killing them and then stop Remedio. Jacques, a Time Human, would then be able to regenerate the Terra to its former beauty with the help of one of the group (Neon as it transpired). The group, Yamiken and Omni did so, and the Dimension Stone was recovered from Remedio, though only after it possessed Jacques and made him try to destroy the Terra utterly, though he was stopped by Neon playing the countering song, instead regenerating it. The Dimension Stone was then absorbed by Omni. Masamune and Skylos subsequently found the Light and Dark True Demons cores here; Borboros soon turned up on Terra 002 to retrieve them. They were later restored to corporeal form by Naga. Remedio meanwhile left the Terra in order to travel others and find redemption. Jacques remained.
Terra 001 seems to comprise solely of an arrangement of islands floating above a beautiful, azure sea (although it was much less beautiful when the Terra was locked). Since these aren't very big, though, one presumes there must be other landmasses elsewhere, although possibly simply more islands. The equivalent of the cabin seems to be some sort of underground hideaway, where Jacques stayed when hiding from Remedio. On the central of the arrangement of islands introduced so far is a large fortress, which Remedio made his main base; on islands around it are a collection of temples, which used to house generators for a shield protecting the main fortress. It was in one of these temples that Masamune and Skylos later found the True Demon cores.
Jacques
Jack's counterpart and a Time Human. The only known inhabitant of Terra 001 now that his old comrades are dead or, in Remdio's case, have left. He seems to manifest most of his powers in the form of songs which he plays on hisflute(?) (that was Neon...) harp. Some of these are very potent, and also very dangerous if they are interrupted or otherwise go wrong. More info when I re-read this arc to refresh my memory.
Prime Universe has already been mentioned a couple of times. It was made shortly before all other universes, and is far more advanced in terms of civilisation than any other. Everyone born in Prime is a 'Unique Soul' - that is, they have no counterparts whatsoever. Several characters on the RP, most prominently Omni and his son Tranductus, are Unique Souls. However, while Unique Souls can and occasionally do leave Prime Universe, as Omni and Tranductus have on a permanent basis, a Unique Soul must be born on Prime; if they are born on one of the other universes, even if to two Unique Soul parents, they will not be Unique Souls, and their counterparts will turn up as orphans on the other Terrae. The final point on Unique Souls is that it is possible to become one, but only at a terrible price - you have to absorb the cores (souls) of all your counterparts. If they're still alive, this obviously means murdering them; and even if they're dead, it's still destroying their spirit, effectively killing them twice (even though their memories are still preserved in the absorber). Few people know about this method, and even fewer try to use it. Unfortunately, it has been tried...
Finally, to conclude the introduction to the other Terrae, here are a list of some of the important ones which have been RPed so far and their main characters:
Terra 000[/u]
Originally introduced as a place for Zach to go during an arc of Dan's in which Neon mind controlled everyone on Terra 002, it's the most used of the other Terrae, even with its own thread (since no one wanted to read it on the main except the people in it ^^; ). After its initial appearance, it was reintroduced when Caleb and I were bored and our main characters were on pause. It promptly, quite unplanned, got conquered by Yamiken, who'd just recently been forced to leave Terra 002. Since then, its residents have been through various other escapades too numerous to relate briefly. There may be a timeline for them in the near (ok, maybe not so much) future, so stay tuned for that.
Terra 000 is one of the least developed Terrae. It has no form of central government anywhere, and most of its population live in small villages, or occasionally towns, equally small by Terra 002 standards. There is also no economy; all goods and services are provided for free. This does mean, though, that there is also very little infrastructure; roads, electricity and most other forms of communication are virtually non-existent, or extremely localised. The group, who reside in a wooden fortress rather than a cabin, keep track of threats to the peace via Daniel's cauldron (they may have other methods, but this is the only one to have been used so far). They seem to have for more numerous smaller threats than the Terra 002 group, with at least one of the group usually being on some mission or another, but very few major threats. In fact, one could argue that this group's biggest threat is each other and the secrets they hide...
Noah Pantech
Neon's counterpart and polar opposite, being a bubbly young Light Human who takes great delight in hugging everyone he meets unless they're seriously out to hurt him. Like Skylos on Terra 002, he has a 'no true good or evil' philosophy despite being part of the group meant to protect the world - as such he's also quite good friends with Yamiken. That said, he's no pacifist, and is probably one of the group's strongest fighters with his war hammer and Prism-level Light. However, there is a darker reason behind this; when he was younger, he read Remus' holy book, which centres around worship of Death, and traded part of his sanity for exponential growth of his power. Now, whenever he draws on too much power or gets a deep emotional shock, he goes into a corrupted infused form where, despite a huge power boost, he has virtually no consciousness and operates solely on base instinct. This has only happened twice around other people that we know of - once with his fourth cousin Belak, and another just recently. Both times he has had to go to some sort of power plant on another Terra to drain off the excess power and return to normal.
Noah is currently not on Terra 000. Although he loves everyone with few if any exceptions, he is particularly in love with Ashi, who until recently was in love with him back. However, due in part to a failure by Noah to vocalise his full intentions with her, she lately became interested in Cyrus and started going out with him. On the same day, they announced it to Noah. Misunderstanding abounding all sides, Noah went out of control and tried to kill Cyrus before fleeing the Terra in depression. He was talked out of killing himself by Yamiken, but has for now gone to Terra 105, where he is staying with his family's counterparts there until he can sort his feelings towards Ashi out.
Belak Pantech
Skylos' Terra 000 counterpart, and like Noah is to Neon his complete opposite. Belak turned himself into a Dark Demon after his impulsiveness led him into a situation where Skiazo (Ponic's counterpart) and Micah (Manuel's counterpart) died attempting to rescue him. His power before that hasn't been stated. Even for a Dark Demon, Belak is quite emotionless and logical. He regards his primary motive as protecting Terra 000, although he also cares very deeply for Noah, having stated a couple of times that his fourth cousin is the only thing keeping him sane. On this subject, Belak has in the past had nightmares in which he is a Death Demon who slaughters everyone he knows. This nightmares were stopped from overwhelming by the efforts of Sotec and Daniel, but the same fears still haunt him. Like Noah, he also gets on quite well with Yamiken, who in turn relies upon him for news about events on Terra 000 each time Yamiken comes there, although there is some evidence that Yamiken has developed other methods of surveillance.
Daniel
Danlay's counterpart (not that Danlay is seen around any more ^^; ). A Shadow Wielder sometimes regarded as the leader of the group. He's certainly its brain box, albeit also somewhat reclusive - he spends most of his free time in his basement cooking up potions or, more recently, working his way through the contents of Siddhartha's library. He is as such versed in much lore and other power-related matters. He can be a bit superstitious at times - he was slow to trust Siddhartha - and also a bit prone to overreaction, as referenced by his reaction (some time ago now) to discovering that a counterpart of Yamiken was staying in the fortress (though Spathifos turned out to be a nice Oda). He was the protégé of Skiazo, and harboured a grudge against Belak for some time for his death; he has since however largely forgiven the Dark Demon. He has been known to have some issues in the past with Shadow Sorcery, but provided Terra 000 isn't conquered by anyone else in the future, those are hopefully a thing of the past.
Sotec Sasaki
A Fire Mage, he is Elios' counterpart (not that Elios is seen around much either, although in his defence it's not his fault... much). At over 250, he's considerably older than the rest of the group... nor is he allowed to forget it so long as Noah or Zeak is around. He tries to be something of a big brother of the rest of the group, but has the unfortunate habit of putting his foot in his mouth when he tries to comfort anyone. Like, it seems, most of the rest of the group, he has a darker side to his past - he once went around with Elios trying to kill the rest of their counterparts in order to become a Unique Soul as part of a grand scheme to access the libraries in Prime Universe and so gain the knowledge required to summon an arch-demon into reality, with which they planned to do... something they didn't really think through... at all. Although they managed to kill all their counterparts, they were eventually stopped by Morodin, after which they decided to go their separate ways.
Sotec is currently not on Terra 000. After the recent Noah/Ashi/Cyrus fiasco, in which he failed miserably to do any good, he has decided to leave and travel with Yamiken, who did, in the hopes of something rubbing off on him.
Ashi
A counterpart of Yisha's (I think... do their ages actually correspond?). She is the only member of the group older than Sotec (just), though for a long time she told the rest of the group she was only 17. She is not actually from Terra 000 but Terra 387, where she was born a princess. Her parents unfortunately died when she was young, leaving the responsibility of ruling to her. Unable to cope, she sort help from a sage called Meki, who gave her a book of spells to aid her. Unfortunately, the book's power corrupted her, and she went on a killing spree, laying waste to her Terra and moving on to Terra 189, where she was fortunately beaten and returned to sanity. Horrified at what she'd done, she fled to Terra 000 and tried to pick up a normal life there, eventually joining the group and falling in love with Noah. It took her some time to confess her feelings to him, though by then everyone, including Noah himself, had already guessed him. Noah however, acting by the tradition that one is not allowed to marry until 18, asked her to wait from him to be old enough for that. Ashi initially accepted, though she was ignorant of the tradition behind the request; however, she eventually became frustrated with the wait and switched her attentions to Cyrus, hence leading to the events described in Noah's section. Ashi has since been racked with guilt at the events, blaming herself entirely, although after a day or two she did agree to continue going out with Cyrus in order to give him a decent chance at winning her full love. Her guilt has not been made any better by Kagome, who has blamed her too for Noah's departure.
Ashi is generally sweet and caring, but also prone to massive self-doubt, or, as the case may be, self-blame, often where it's not entirely justified; Cyrus, for example, has often tried to get her to let him accept some if not all blame for Noah's departure, but she has already refused. Ashi also makes no odds about loathing Yamiken; ironically, she actually has more reason than she realises, since it was Yamiken who, quite deliberately, engineered the events leading up to Noah's departure for the stated purpose of breaking Ashi, and perhaps even driving her to suicide, as he believes her one of the few potential threats to his power on Terra 000. Ashi's primary element is Earth, which everyone from Terra 387 uses, but she has also recently begun to use the powers from Meki's book again; these manifest as purple energy with various abilities, and it is unknown which, if any power, they would be classified under (though Oda Mayuri of Terra 060 claims it's Aura). They do, however, give her the extraordinary power which Yamiken took steps to neutralise.
Cyrus
A Storm Human; his Terra 002 counterpart has yet to be introduced. He is from Terra 060, and fought Yamiken along with the group there, which he was a part of; he fled alone to Terra 000 with a lodestone which would allow Yamiken to track his friends down and eliminate them, but was caught by Yamiken there and beaten with the aid of Noah, Daniel and Remus. He was then left in the T0 group's care - unknown to anyone, precisely for the purpose of causing Ashi to ruin her relationship with Noah. As ordained by Yamiken, he and Ashi recently fell in love with one another, although their relationship has been greatly marred by Noah's reaction to it.
Cyrus is generally rather quiet and unassuming, with middling powers of Wind and Lightning. For some time initially, he barely spoke at all, due to his shock at being beaten by Yamiken and the death of his friends on Terra 060. He has since recovered from this apathy, and now spends most of his time trying to care for Ashi. Unfortunately, he has, as much by misfortune as anything else, been possessed by Kagome and placed Ashi in danger, leading to his often feeling inadequate and a burden.
Remus Stratford
Rem's counterpart. Originally a demon hunter like his Terra 002 counterpart, he fought with a flail and a pair of gauntlets which, unlike Rem's, were more focused on mechanical gadgetry than demon orbs. He is extremely arrogant and also has a rather bad temper, although he in reality used to be rather weak compared to the others, and often proved to be a bit of a coward against opponents stronger than him, like Yamiken. Recently, however, he has been transformed into a Slime Human by Siddhartha, and is as such much stronger and able to back up his talk. He hates Yamiken perhaps more deeply than any other member of the group, and fiercely resents being compared to him, which unfortunately he sometimes is due to his arrogance and his tendency not to show mercy to his enemies. He does however have a softer side, and loves Corona deeply - the two have been going out for some time (and unlike their counterparts don't seem to have any trouble staying together). Remus also has a dark secret which until recently was only known to a few others in the group: he worships God, which on Terra 000 is equivalent to worshipping Death. His people have long been outcasts because of this, and victim to much prejudice. He often prays in a room in Siddhartha's dungeon - in secret, of course, until his secret emerged, although he was one time discovered by Sotec, Ashi and Noah (though Noah was already aware of it, having found and read Remus' book). Remus can be a bit of a dark horse sometimes, and has been known to leave the group for prolonged periods if he feels he needs to do something he can't do with them.
Corona Ravioli
Halo's counterpart. She is only a Time Demon, not Storm as well, but is Queen-ranked and has been so for some time now. Like Remus, she can have a rather volatile temper, and is often known to be quite spiteful to those who cross her or say a wrong word to her. She also used to get infuriated when other members of the group left the fortress without notifying her, although either she's relaxed about this now or they've just gotten better at not being missed by her. With all this said, she does care for her friends very deeply; indeed, she probably gets so upset at their leaving without letting her know precisely because of this. Corona also takes great pride in her appearance, and often wears rather elaborate and sheer clothing, not to mention a lot of jewellery. She can also be a bit naughty when it comes to Remus (hint: avoid the windmill), but admittedly only when there's no one else around. Corona also resents Yamiken quite a bit, but seems to have learned to tolerate him to some extent by now, more so than her boyfriend. Finally, she is also quite fond of Noah (most of the time), and was quite sad when he left; before that, when he was rendered unconscious in his fight with Yamiken, she was most traumatised (though for once Sotec managed to cheer her up properly with only a minor gaffe at the beginning).
Zeak Fair
Zach's counterpart. A Lightning Human not seen around very often these days. He has a bit of a punk aesthetic to him, and likes to take long drives on his motorcycle, which when he's not using he keeps in a garage down the road (first left). Gets along with just about anyone, including Yamiken when occasion calls for it. Seems to be particularly good friends with Sotec, and also Tranductus when he's around. Is known to hang out around an oasis in the nearby desert when not driving or hooking up with girls. Two other details worth noting: one, he is almost never seen without his shades - presumably because his eyes are, of all colours, orange. Two, he has a natural phobia of slime, which leads him to be scared stiff by Siddhartha and visits to the underground realm thereof.
Skiazo Shade
Ponic's counterpart and also a Shadow Wielder. Has been dead for many years since an incident where he had to intervene to save Belak. It seems plausible that while alive he was probably the group's leader. Other than all this, little is said about him.
Clyde
Eric (E Link)'s counterpart. His powers are unknown, although he must presumably have some to have survived for this long. Like Eric, he is primarily an inventor who lives not in the fortress with the group but in a workshop down the road (second left). He also seems to have an interest in architecture, or at least the technical side of it. He isn't generally seen much, but seems to get along pretty well with Remus when he does turn up. Doesn't seem to approve of Yamiken either.
Miyamoto Toraken
Musashi's counterpart. For a long time he was considered the group's main, and indeed only recurring, enemy. He is a very powerful Slime Human with no sense of honour, living only to fight. It has in the past taken the entire group to beat him. He was once a hero, and indeed even saved the world from Sousou, but his pride led him to try and brave the Cave of Passing, where he was captured by Siddhartha's father, possessed and turned into a Slime Human. (His powers before this incident are unknown as of now.) He has terrorised Terra 000 ever since. He used to reside in a cavern very near to the fortress; he is able to mask his aura, hence why the group never found him. Yamiken tried to recruit him by beating him in combat, but Borboros interrupted by knocking Toraken out. Toraken has since left Terra 000 to look for challenges on other Terrae; he recently turned up on Terra 002 to challenge Aldaras, for example.
Siddhartha
The Slime Demon King. He is very young for a Demon King, having inherited the role after his father was murdered by Morodin for reasons unknown. He used to be a villain, having continued his father's practice of possessing powerful fighters and sending them to attack villages; however, he has become friendly after being defeated by Yamiken and the group, and there is a green flame on a pedestal in the fortress' garden which will transport people directly to his porch, from which his underground castle can be accessed by taking two right turns. As Slime Demon King, he is also King of the Dead on Terra 000, and resides in the Cave of Passing. His principal duty is to judge the souls of the recently deceased. Those who lived good lives are permitted to move on; those who did not are trapped in some sort of cauldron in Siddhartha's possession; there is some sort of millennia-old prophecy relating to the use of these souls, but Siddhartha is not permitted to divulge the details of it. Siddhartha seems to perform his duties diligently but without much enthusiasm, preferring instead to train or play pranks upon any of the group visiting him. He is idolised by Remus as Lord of the Dead, and has provided shelter to him when practising his faith. Siddhartha also possesses a certain portrait, always concealed by a curtain, which others are absolutely not permitted to look upon; he has implied that they would be driven insane by it. Finally, Siddhartha also has a most excellent library; see Daniel's section.
Hakumei Kagome
Alice's counterpart. A highly unstable Greater-ranked Blood Demon with an obsession for Toraken. This stems back to when he rescued her village when he was still a hero. She followed him into the Cave of Passing and was there caught by a Blood Demon and turned. The experience drove her utterly insane, and she experiences violent mood swings, sometimes for no apparent reason whatsoever. She has for most of the past four centuries followed Toraken about as a sort of groupie, convinced he reciprocates her "love" (although in reality it's all but certain he merely tolerates her). She is also despised by Sotec; it's hinted she has been responsible for the deaths of some of his friends. She is often very sadistic, killing humans she feeds upon, and very fond of possessing people. That said, she isn't always cruel, and has been quite friendly to Noah in the past, even if she does usually possess him. She used to like Ashi as well until the latter played a role in Noah's departure, which upset her greatly. Has now struck up a friendship with the similarly depraved Phantom Demon Antara.
Antara Ravioli
A 14-year-old Greater-ranked Phantom Demon. Her Terra 002 counterpart is Zoe. She turned up recently and began pestering the group, though in fact, though it hasn't been made plain on Terra 000 yet, she's also Corona's cousin. She is similar in a lot of ways to Kagome, though more consistently sadistic. She gets greatly annoyed at people who look down upon her, often trying to possess them (or worse) to get their attention. She has mentioned that she killed her own parents because they tried to keep her disciplined. She also looks down a lot on anyone she judges inferior for whatever reason.
Oda Sousou / Morodin
A Death Human. Yamiken's counterpart. He no longer resides on Terra 000, and with very good reason. Morodin was once a Light Human called Sousou, but turned himself into a Death Human so that he would never die a mortal death. The process drove him insane however, and he tried to turned his entire world into a world of death. He was kicked out by Toraken into the Time Vortex, but amazingly survived by fusing with the spirit of the former Avatar of Death, hence his renaming Morodin, who was also lost in the Time Vortex. How much of each of the two is present in the resultant character is unknown; what is known that, having built a fortress in the Time Vortex, he is now trying to do to all of Reality what he once tried to do to his own Terra. Distressingly, he has already succeeded in several Terrae; however, he is bound from going to many by a seal on the Altar at the Universal Nexus placed there by the Avatar of Light. For this reason, he desires the Dark Dimension Stone, currently in the form of Omni Pantech along with the Light Dimension Stone, in order to break this seal and travel freely. He is also attempting to absorb all his counterparts in order to travel to Prime Universe. The full extent of Morodin's power is unknown, but he is extremely powerful, enough so to have faced down Spathifos in the past. As well as Death, he has also demonstrated limited abilities in Darkness, as well as the prophetic powers of Time. Finally, he is also very proud of being the only Death Human (other than the current Avatar of Death) to be able to use Bone (capitalised). Avoid at all costs unless you want your character turned into a Death Human.
Anteros
A mysterious man of Eastern descent; his counterparts are unknown at this stage. Fire seems to be his primary power, and he is Green (top) level in it, although unusually for that power he appears to specialise in mind techniques, and has been known to use his powers to hypnotise others. However, he is also quite proficient in Love Demon powers - the rose he always carries about with him seems to have some connection with this. It should also be noted that he has presumably met Chuck Pantech from Terra 002 at some point in the past, since he knows the Light/Dimension Human's method for teaching the seeing of auras. Anteros certainly knows a fair bit about switching universes, to the extent where he can track most people simply through their having used the altar. Personality-wise, Anteros is generally rather sombre and speaks in a very calm and poetic, bordering on archaic, manner. His full motives are unknown; however, he seems to despise Ashi and Cyrus for their actions towards Noah, despite never having met the Light Human - he said he sensed the latter's heartbreak when it happened from the other side of the world. He hence has been making it his mission to traumatise Ashi and Cyrus as much as possible, though up until recently working through the hypnotised proxies of Kagome and Antara. More information on him is presumably to come.
Terra 500[/u]
The most technologically advanced Terra. Up until recently, it was a police state under the rule of the Tyrant Leo Hawkings, who kept control using an army of Void Humans whom he created and personally mind controlled using the core of Spencer Pantech. During this time, a series of draconian (and chauvinist) laws were enforced. Hawkings' principal enemies were the counterparts of the group on T500, led by Spathifos; unfortunately, all but their leader were killed, and Spathifos himself forced into exile, helped by Tranductus. He was unable to evade his pursuers for long, however, who had agents on every Terra and could even switch Series. Recently, however, Spathifos ended up seeking shelter with Yamiken (inadvertently; he had desired to avoid his counterpart, but made the mistake of picking Terra 000 as his destination one day, forgetting Yamiken controlled it), who then helped him launch what started out as reconnaissance mission onto his old Terra but, when Leo Hawkings himself got involved, turned into a coup d'état which placed Spathifos in the role of ruler of his Terra after Hawkings was killed by Yamiken. Yamiken then left, although Spathifos, knowing his counterpart, fully expects him to return one day with a conquering army...
One interesting detail about Terra 500 is that, with the relaxing of the laws governing what could be worn and where after the death of Hawkings, there is no fashion whatsoever, and any outfit can be worn without drawing undue attention. Of the locales on Terra 500 - which is quite possibly entirely metropolis, although this hasn't been specifically stated yet - there seems to be no equivalent of the cabin; featured locations so far have been Spathifos' old apartment, the Science Department of the World Government, where Spencer was detained and Leo Hawkings defeated, Spathifos' new offices, where he can usually be found with paperwork, and the museum where Spencer worked as curator after being freed before his incident with Morodin.
Oda Hikaru / Spathifos
Yamiken's counterpart, and famously the only 'nice' Oda to date ('though that's only out of three met). His core is rather strange; it is a hybrid core which contains Light, Fire and Lunar as separate powers. Like the other Odas, he received it when he was young; and like them, he seems to have had a choice between that one and another, presumably one similar to, or even the very same one, given to Takeshi. He is known to be top-level and highly proficient at that in both Light and Fire (he claims to be able to heal any injury other than death, and is probably quite right) and is presumed to also be extremely skilled with Lunar, seeing as he has practised his powers at least once every morning for the past four centuries. Although Spathifos was a warlord for much of his 'normal' lifespan like his counterparts, he has since then tried to be a healer rather than a fighter, though often finds himself thinking, much to his own chagrin, in military terms. He has implied that, unlike Sousou and Nobunaga at least, he was never defeated and came to rule over his country (he mentions have been a king before being chased off the Terra - and thus a criminal under Hawkings' laws, of course). In terms of personality, Spathifos, like his counterparts, is able to apply himself practically to the task of leading and ruling, but unlike his counterparts does have a human side, and closely values his friends, particularly Takeshi. He is also something of a father-figure to Spencer, both of whose parents died when he was young - or at least he was before the latter's abduction by Morodin, which distressed him greatly. He is now once more on the run, since as Morodin's counterpart he is a known target of the Death Human, and Terra 500 is no longer safe. Taking refuge with Yamiken at Tranductus' suggestion. (On that note, he gets along with Tranductus far better than with Omni, though he seems to have somewhat relaxed his once-rather-vitriolic attitude towards the latter.)
Akechi Takeshi
Mitsuhide's counterpart, although he's seen far more screen time than his T2 version. As mentioned above, like Spathifos, he has a peculiar hybrid core; his is the exact opposite of Spathifos', with Darkness, Ice and Death. Unfortunately, the Death part seems to have attracted the attention of Morodin at some point in the past, who saved Takeshi and thus placed the Dark Human in his debt. Unlike Mitsuhide on T2, he has remained fiercely loyal to Spathifos throughout his service to his master (possibly because Spathifos isn't a megalomaniac). He usually tries to stay with Spathifos at all times, considering himself his master's protector and not unjustifiably so, but did remain on T500 when Spathifos went into exile before, and has been asked to remain behind this time also in order to govern in Spathifos' absence. Like Spathifos, he has trained regularly with all his powers and is extremely skilled with them. He can sense people even if they are concealing their aura by sensing gaps where there should be an aura; he hence takes it upon himself to accost all comers to T500, and confront them if necessary. It is known, however, that there is some way of concealing ones presence even from this method of detection - something which Takeshi himself knows how to do, though whether he can see through it as well has not been said. Although Takeshi is logical most of the time, he has expressed an internal preference for the presence of other Dark Humans such as Yamiken (even though he suspects Yamiken of plotting to take over T500 one day). Finally, Takeshi has a very strong sense of honour, which will even override his obligations to his master - hence he chose not to intervene when Morodin turned Spencer, even though he witnessed the entire event, since he had a debt to Morodin for saving his life.
Spencer Pantech
Skylos' counterpart. He used to be a Void Human, and bore a marked similarity to Omni, which he worked on as much as possible, seeming to want to be a second version of his ancestor. He was kidnapped by Hawkings to build the latter's army of Void Humans; he was kept in some kind of stasis throughout this period but freed upon Hawkings' death, after which he became curator of T500's main museum. He is something of a know-it-all with a passion for knowledge, readily absorbing any information which comes his way. He can also be quite conceited at times, and his pride is readily inflatable, often prematurely (he recently took great pride in having 'caught' Yamiken up to no good, completely oblivious to the fact that Yamiken still managed to mislead Spencer as to his true intentions). Spencer is however no longer a Void Human; he was recently caught by Morodin, who desired to assimilate his core for his extensive knowledge (particularly on Crystal Demons, since Omni's transformation into one previously caught Morodin off-guard). Morodin did indeed assimilate Spencer's core, stealing its Void powers and replacing them with Death; Spencer is now, as such, a Death Human. Fearing the reaction of Spathifos and Takeshi to this turn of events (probably unjustifiably so), Spencer immediately begged Morodin to take him into his custody, which Morodin consented to on the condition that Spencer obey him without question. Spencer now lives in Morodin's fortress in the Time Vortex, where he is being trained in his new powers by Hashiba Kozaru. He is currently showing extraordinary promise, impressing his new sensei on several occasions - though the latter does not always say so lest Spencer's ego get carried away.
Terra 060[/u]
Cyrus' home Terra. It has been conquered by Yamiken. It used to have a group similar to Terra 002's, who resisted Yamiken when he became and of which Cyrus was a part, but they have been defeated and presumably either captured or killed (at least two, Neon and Caleb's counterparts, have been confirmed dead).
Cyrus
See Terra 000.
Azred Sasaki
Elios/Sotec's counterpart. How he is alive when the afore-mentioned supposedly managed to kill all their counterparts has not been explained yet (although as his creator I can testify that there is a proper explanation
). He used to be some sort of monk who headed a temple comprised mostly of Wind Humans (though with the occasional Lightning Human or even, like Cyrus, Storm Human). The temple has since however been ransacked by Yamiken after Inu Pantech took refuge there. He and his close friend, Ferla, have therefore decided to leave Terra 060. If they already have and where they went after that has not been said.Miyamoto Ferla
Musashi's counterpart. A Lightning Human, who mentored Cyrus in that side of his powers. Seems to be fairly similar most of the time to Musashi in terms of personality, though perhaps without the same drive for battle (or particular sense of humour). Also likes and greatly respects Mayuri despite the latter's brusque demeanour and apparent disdain for wasting time on other people, including Ferla.
Oda Mayuri
Yamiken's counterpart. So far the only Oda met who shows no interest in power of the ruling kind of any sort. He instead lives as a recluse up in the mountains with his wife, Kazehime. He seems to be highly knowledgeable about Power, but has no time for other people, and resents most if not all intrusions upon his peace and quiet. Though, that said, there are some indicators he's not quite as anti-social as he tries to appear... if cornered, at any rate.
Xenon Pantech
Neon's counterpart. Powers unknown. Was very good friends with Cyrus when they were growing up. Apparently he was generally cheerful and carefree, but had darker moments and seemed to resent being a part of the Pantech family in some way, for reasons unknown. Died saving Cyrus from Yamiken.
Inu Pantech
Skylos' counterpart. Powers also unknown. Mentioned as being something of a dark horse and also, like Xenon, resenting being a Pantech, again for reasons unknown. Along with Xenon, he briefly joined Yamiken against the rest of their group, but fled after Xenon's death and later tried to kill Yamiken in retaliation - this incident appears to have been fatal for him.
Terra 001[/u]
One of the few Terrae to have been primarily RPed on the main rather than T0's thread. A very picturesque and beautiful Terra mentioned to be a sort of holiday destination for inter-Terra travellers (kind of like a spa resort, I guess). Used to have a group corresponding to Terra 002's, but most of them are dead, and of the two who are still alive only one still resides on Terra 001. This is because Remedio, Rem's counterpart and one of the two who left, somehow came across the Violet Dimension Stone. It possessed him slightly and he conceived the plan of stopping all evil on Terra 001 by taking control of it himself and locking it. This latter action of course had the effect of 'killing' the Terra, ruining its beauty. Remedio also possessed all of his former friends other than Jacques, Jack's counterpart, who went into hiding. The possession seems to be one that destroyed the minds of the group in the process, thus in effect killing them already. However, Omni suspected there might be something of interest on this now-locked Terra (and to be fair there was, more than even he knew) and used Hanzou's core to unlock it one day. He then took the T2 group and Yamiken along with him to explore it. They soon met Jacques, who asked them to free his friends by killing them and then stop Remedio. Jacques, a Time Human, would then be able to regenerate the Terra to its former beauty with the help of one of the group (Neon as it transpired). The group, Yamiken and Omni did so, and the Dimension Stone was recovered from Remedio, though only after it possessed Jacques and made him try to destroy the Terra utterly, though he was stopped by Neon playing the countering song, instead regenerating it. The Dimension Stone was then absorbed by Omni. Masamune and Skylos subsequently found the Light and Dark True Demons cores here; Borboros soon turned up on Terra 002 to retrieve them. They were later restored to corporeal form by Naga. Remedio meanwhile left the Terra in order to travel others and find redemption. Jacques remained.
Terra 001 seems to comprise solely of an arrangement of islands floating above a beautiful, azure sea (although it was much less beautiful when the Terra was locked). Since these aren't very big, though, one presumes there must be other landmasses elsewhere, although possibly simply more islands. The equivalent of the cabin seems to be some sort of underground hideaway, where Jacques stayed when hiding from Remedio. On the central of the arrangement of islands introduced so far is a large fortress, which Remedio made his main base; on islands around it are a collection of temples, which used to house generators for a shield protecting the main fortress. It was in one of these temples that Masamune and Skylos later found the True Demon cores.
Jacques
Jack's counterpart and a Time Human. The only known inhabitant of Terra 001 now that his old comrades are dead or, in Remdio's case, have left. He seems to manifest most of his powers in the form of songs which he plays on his
