The Last Oddetsey

[alex_holt]

CURRENT SITUATION SUMMARY

THE TEAM
All of you are RIFT-RESISTANT - which means you *can* realistically fight Old-Vengeance - although it's still not easy, it's essentially the difference between someone blasting you with anti-matter and someone blasting you with normal fire.

Eudial, Marisa, Aurelia, Playzooki, Epsilon and Phantasmic Slammer are aboard Doomforall's Castle. The Shields are still up, and should hold for a while even against the rift attack of Old-Vengeance - this is after all, a Castle designed by the guy who wielded this power for thousands of years.

Professor Vengeance is aboard his counterparts Flagship, currently straddling the line between Prisoner and Guest, and has yet to make a move.

Twitch is still in the air with the remnants of the Old Worlds Society. He can rejoin the others at any time as he is nearby.

Leland Gaunt and Cleo are in the personal guard of Old-Vengeance, who is not aware of their identities.

Khloe has been promoted to a Cardinal in the Church of Vengeance by this point.

Spod drifts through the multiverse in an interdimensional shop, although for his sake better hope the Universe isn't cyclical to the point of symmetry, as his previous universe counterpart just died.

THE ENEMY

OLD-VENGEANCE is a rift wielder of horrific power, and is aboard his Flagship. He has shown enough power to kill two members of the Old World Society with fairly minimal effort, plus break the Sword of the Catalyst, the most powerful member of the team.

In addition, he has some personal guards consisting of:

Leland Gaunt (of your team)
Cleo (of your team)
A crystalline entity of unknown powers
A Possessed Suit of Power Armour with a Giant Laser Gun
A Massive Half-Dragon

THE OLD WORLDS SOCIETY
The Old Worlds Society are NOT Rift Resistant, and can be destryoed by the Rift power, despite their immortality.

The Star-studded man and Spodra were killed fairly easily by Old Vengeance.

The Botanist went straight to the Timesplitting Oak where most of the team are already. He is a pascifist most of the time.

The Night-Pine and Catalyst were both defeated by Old-Vengeance, and are now heading back to join the team.

OTHER CHARACTERS
None of these characters are Rift Resistant, and can be destroyed by Rift power very easily in most cases should they be hit.

Anjushree, the powerful Griffon Mage, is the only character other than yourselves who has any ability to resist the rift, but her speciality is defensive magics.

Somewhere aboard is Katia, Mistress of Kung Shrew. Her allegiances are unknown, but doubtful to belong to Old Vengeance as stealing food is a bit petty.

The entire Spanish Inquisition is aboard, consisting of a primary team of:
Wentworth the Flying Forcefield Bubble Mammoth
Goldsworth Goldenrod Goldenloin the Dwarf
Imogen the Leprechaun
Conesnatcher the Squirrel

A second team consisting of:
Shandra Wolf the 24ft tall woman.
Voxel the crude artificial digital human.
A Trio of Vlobleths - green slime aliens
Mr Rayner the world's greatest master of the piccolo.

Are guarding some civilians, consisting of
Kelpsie the Water Nymph chav.
Kelpsie's Mum.
Sally Streater, former rift wielder and investigative reporter.
Meander, a Donkey who owned some rift books that Kelpsie stole.

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
Other Organizations may have an interest in stopping Old-Vengeance:

The Psi-corps, now freed of the corruption of the rift creature attacking their founder, may be willing to aid in the attack on Old-Vengeance and PTT, given they hold him responsible.

Aurelia is owed a favour by the Trans-Solar Host an army of beings made of light.