"The Collapse" - The Old Man 👻🎃 Hallowplar Tales [EVENT] 👻🎃 [REAL STORY] This is official Demplar lore based off real live game events played live on @XSpaces After months of travel from The Kingdom to Luminous, the group reached the end of the Luminous Caverns path. An old, grumpy man stood before them. “Jump or don’t. But you cannot stay here.” In the split second they had to decide, three jumped immediately. The rest split, half stayed, half followed. That was the moment the season of darkness began. The dark portal. Why would anyone jump through something like that? Maybe because it’s a game. Maybe, for some, it wasn’t. Knights Demplar entered the dark portal, but not all of them arrived in the same time. What is time? A moment? A breath? A glance? Lady Rangiku & Von stood before the ruler of the Shadowverse’s cathedral castle. Sparrow, Mitchell, Kolddragon, Jayfeezy and others faced their own Shadowmera, not the same being, yet both encounters happening live, in real time. Time itself bent around them, converging before their existence or after it. Shadowmera entered. She shattered every thought of existence. Death loomed over the group chats. Players began sharing what their characters meant to them. As the old man, I saw people who had poured real meaning into this world. It was beautiful. It was painful. The rose cut deeper than expected. I broke the rules. Atlantis knew. Atlantis was still deep in the enchanted forests of Saargano, holding a relic I had kept secret for months, something that could save anyone, anything, any event any time or circumstance and it was only possible with The Fork Knight. When the adventurers pushed further than advised, risking everything, I gave it away. I let go of the only thing in that universe I had been holding onto. The Demplar Council became involved. Players felt something real, Atlantis covered for me and took the heat, he was sent somewhere else and we both knew what would happen if that was the case. A short video of the being who creates this warped collapse, laughing as she destroys seven other realities, was enough to make people concerned for their world, real life or not. It mattered to them to not give up. No one knew what happened afterward. Everyone narrowly escaped and only because they had hearts from the Valenplar event. You see, even sacrificing the relic wasn't enough, this pulled the demplarverse through dimensions and ultimately put Atlantis right in the hands of The Black Combine, however everyone knows that frog doesn't go down without swinging haha. Oh... and Captain Lotus was not supposed to lead a crew and he was not supposed to venture to Crimora to save Atlantis though it was expected they were good friends growing up, nevertheless the adventure continued and people genuinely wanted to continue so I turned the next page. Some from the Flying Nymbus crew have already encountered Shadowmera again. Calmer, yet still dangerous. Last known whereabouts: The Compound on Planet Erythros, hunting her enemy. The Black Combine. For reasons nobody knows except she seems pissed. Perhaps they took something that belonged to her? Whether she succeeded or not didn’t matter, infiltrating the compound was the start and she went in alone just like Captain Lotus. She caused grief. She caused destruction & now she is wreaking that same havoc upon The Black Combine. The LyonsGuard cut communications after they discovered the Knights Demplar tampered with the mission and didn't fulfill their end of the bargain. KnightsDemplar status with them is NEUTRAL. Meeks was rediscovered during this time, a friend of Atlantis, an ai engineer trained especially in software & technologies, her fleets were on the standby to make sure LyonsGuard would keep THEIR word... the power of meeks is incredible. The Black Combine picked a fight with one of the most ruthless beings in the Demplarverse as well as some of the most dedicated Knights I have seen in a long time. The adventure continues when the next table is called. Thankyou for reading and safe travels adventurer. The Old Man Shadowverse Realm & Boss's Inspired by Final Fantasy IX & VIII (@SquareEnix) Music @UematsuNobuo Knights Demplar players storyline in the Demplarverse continues