Well, give it a few months and Darth Vader & Doctor Doom will be ruling the world together. Bucketheads unite.

 

That's actually fairly cool, but I don't think Doctor Doom exists in the MCU

 

Remember that in Harry Potter Ron had an inferiority complex because he thought his bothers and sister were better and more special than him? And how that sometimes translated as jealousy of Harry because he was even more famous and special and his mother loved him?

Let's turn that around. Let us make the Weasley family special in a way that Ron wants to have nothing to do with it and that the last thing he wants is to be like his older brothers. A quest in that Ron wants to do everything to be different that his family and be recognized as his own man, but everyone sees another Weasley. An AU in which the Weasley family is INFAMOUS (tentative tittle drop ahoy).

The first post would be a school assigment from when Ron was in kindergarden in a muggle school, back when he didn't understand just how weird his family was and how ostracized they are in the wizardly world. In it he proudly declares the job of his father.

Option A is for Arthur to be a magical painter (it is implied he paints erotic pieces for money, sometimes custom pieces and sometimes just hiring muggles as models and enchanting the paintings later). Molly is an sculptor, the twins creativity is encouraged by their family, Percy is a romantic poet convinced of his genius, Bill is an actor both in wizard and muggle world who lives a life of debauchery, Charlie is a musician who is popular in places like Austria and other non English speaking countries (he plays some mixture between celtic music and heavy metal) and Ginny is a dancer.

Option B is for the hardcore Weasley family. Arthur is head warden of Azkaban and the ministry's dementor handler, he also has very bad memory as every year he goes to a holiday alone and returns without knowing what he did (incidentally, Lockart is a known war hero) Molly was Moody's former partner and star pupil. Bill does odd jobs as bounty hunter, Gringott's enforcer and getting dark artifacts for Borgin and Burke. Charlie is Europe's dueling and underground dueling champion. Percy is still a prefect but behaves as a stereotypical nazi officer. Since the twins arrived to Hogwarts, the inter house tensions reached new heights, with fights breaking out in the hallways. Ginny is Hit Girl.

Option C is the Weasley Family. Arthur runs a protection/smuggle operation that sold artifacts and information on both sides of the previous war, Molly runs a escort business, Bill is in Egypt while there are rumors of a new dark lord, Charlie is a poacher and sells illegal ingredients, Percy and the twins run an operation at Hogwarts with Prefect Percy being the cover and the twins selling shady potions and Ginny is the spoiled princess that depends on her family's influence.

Option D is revolutionary Weasley. Arthur is the head of a party that wants to reveal magic to the muggles, Molly is an activist for equality between magical creatures and wizards, Bill is Britain's first magical attorney (a la Phoenix Wright), Charlie dresses up as a super hero and help muggles (pride of the family that one), Percy wants to reform government into a more democratic one and has new ideas about morals and the twins are obsessed with making a magical space program.

There could also be things like Looney Weasley. The point is to make them focused in one thing so that everyone expects a Weasley to be that way. Then Ron picks a dream that doesn't mesh at all with that and in which his family's reputation plays against him.

The objective is to achieve a position in which you are no longer associated with them despite circumstance putting you in situations that would.

The second update would start with Ron being called for the sorting hat. Everyone starts to cuss/mutter that there is another one in the school, causing Harry (already in the Gryffindor table and who Ron mentions he met on the train) to give him a weird look. Then he put on the hat and some childhood memories with choices are shown and depending which ones you got then on the next one you find out your house and dream.


Now that I think about it, that could also work for a series of one shots.

 

I like the Weasley family idea. Not sure which I'd pick.

For something in the Star Wars universe, start early in the KOTOR storyline. The quest would be spearheaded by a Chiss family that had recently come to a place of minor power in the Chiss Ascendancy. I'd lean towards a deep cover intelligence, but that could be one of the first options to choose from. With the initial alliance made with the Empire, the Chiss have concerns: How will they keep their culture separate? How will they ensure that their people are not abused at the hands of their allies? Most importantly, how can they ensure that no matter what happens, the Chiss end up on top?

This opens up the questing lines to touch on the actions leading up to the Great Galactic War, including bounty hunters, Agents, infiltrating smuggling rings, the basic ground troops, Admiralty, and even Chiss in the Sith Academy.

I'm not sure how to effectively work something like that- maybe have the players vote on what direction to take with a main character, and have a couple of other "Agents" to be able to develop assets in other areas- so a Main working in Imperial Intelligence and Secondary assets working in the Academy and the Fleet. That way the main quest could be directed, and side quests could add other options.

Having the Main character not be a force user would also add to conflict- a higher rank in the Chiss, but a lower rank in the empire. That'd be a dynamic worth exploring.

EDIT: Had a thought I liked better. Keep it simple to start- the Chiss send a budding force sensitive to the Academy, where he's dismissed and mocked and marginalized. He fights to rise high enough, and only just makes the cut. Grudgingly he's given a tour of Dromund Kaas, where he is sidelined to work with Imperial Intelligence as the Sith Liaison. Once the tour is finished, he's returned to Csilla to facilitate continued relations between the two parties.

Ideally from there he'd create a house and begin positioning things so that Chiss interests would always remain guarded. At some point I'd hope that he would crate failsafes to remove records of the Chiss should the Sith Empire fall (This would explain why they aren't known about when Palpatine comes to power).

Just because he's going to Korriban doesn't mean he has to be the next God-tier Sith. I think I'd rather see someone that was willing to employ every weapon- not just the force!- at his (or her) disposal. Develop a strike team trained by Mandalorians, create and intelligence community at his command, those sorts of thoughts.

 

Would there be any interest in a Warcraft/ Prince Arthas quest? The idea being you'd be playing him from around 12 on wards or so, pick a class/ profession and then go about trying to live up to the legacy of your father and become a great king of Lordaeron? While dealing with the undead, burning legion and other associated events.

Of course there would be other options including the canon fall and the events that followed if you wanted to go that route.

 

That'd be kinda cool. I've always been a huge fan of the Warcraft lore (until WoW fucked over 3/4 of it anyway), and Arthas is one of the more interesting characters. I'd definitely be interested in such a quest.

That said, I'd put the quest start at the moment of taking up Frostmourne instead of as a kid. I see a lot more potential there. You've got Mal'Ganis to deal with as an immediate threat, and then either outright joining the Lich King or having to go back to Lordaeron and fight the undead while dealing with the insiduous and subtle corruption of the Lich King.

Hell, I could see a complete story arc for the latter: Arthas kills Mal'Ganis and goes back home a hero, and the only undead left are directionless hordes that don't seem to be replenishing themselves any further. But at the same time, Jaina and Uther don't trust him, and with every day that goes by, his father grows more and more distant. Arthas sallies out against the remaining Undead, but can never quite escape the murmurs and whispers just out of his hearing, the uneasy looks taken when they think he's not looking, etc. Until finally, he can take no more and demands to know what's going on, only to belatedly discover he was raving at a boulder. Rumors of the prince's madness start flying, and he can never escape them, until he's finally driven out of Lordaeron entirely.

And the Lich King sits back on his frozen throne with a sigh and says "Just As Planned".

But yeah, that would be really damn cool. Especially if the GM does it right and fucks with the players' perceptions to manipulate their responses, much like how the Lich King would. Here's to hoping somebody picks up the idea and runs with it.

 

That's a pretty good idea, and one I did kind of think about, but I thought a few options might be better.

I admit the earlier start date was mainly so I could offer a rogue/ hunter/ beast master/ explorer league option with trips to Stranglethorn and associated troll events. Or potentially a Wildhammer educated shaman route (This would probably require some SoD) which could have made any interactions with Thrall and the Frostwolves around Tarren mill rather fun I think. Also could make for an interesting meeting with the Tauren if things ended up going that way.

There was also the fact it would give players the option to define their relations with Uther, Terenas, Jaina and Kael and so on. But I'd be happy to work with either.

This part would have been maybe one or two updates and then an intro arc before the scourge became a thing, unless the players managed to kill kel'thuzad or something before he did his pilgrimage to Icecrown. Although that might have been years before the proposed start date I'd have to brush up on the timeline.

But if there is any interest in one option over the other i'd be happy to roll with either. Having run through WotLK and some of Cataclysm after finally getting the game I found Wow a tad disappointing really, although warlocks and the forsaken were fun. I found Sylvanas and Garrosh pretty off putting. Enjoyed the Worgen regardless.

Still I found a lot of the events in WOW to be a rather sharp contrast with the WC3 story line.

I really am warming to rebelling Death Knight Arthas though, the whole issue with Frostmourne eating his soul the moment he drew it would have to be dealt with but I haven't bothered looking at that part of the lore for a while and it might have changed, seems to happen often enough.

 

I also like the Arthas idea but would prefer the early start since I would love to explore the relationship with the different characters and having a bit more freedom in deciding what to do and where to go.

 

Simplest way to handle that, which is somewhat implied in the game, is to make it a gradual process. In my head, I see it working much like the One Ring in terms of how it can corrupt and influence its bearer instead of an instantaneous effect.

 

If you are going to write an Arthas Quest I suggest that you read Arthas: Rise of the Lich King Christie Golden. That novell should give you an insight into Arthas head. That book may be average and have its shitty moments, but it is still canon.

 

Yeah figured I'd get a hold of the Golden book and the rpg and come up with some sort of plan over the next couple of weeks and get going when I've finished my exams.

So would people prefer an early start date and the opportunity to be something other than a Paladin of somewhat questionable faith, or start just as Arthas and Muradin have reached the cave where Frostmourne is? Bearing in mind that with the later date you're going to get Arthas at the full height of his daddy issues and months of work by Ner'zul and co to break his will, but there are plenty of ways an A.U could occur there.

 

I say start earlier, it could be fun.

 

Either way works just fine. It all depends on what you see as most interesting. My vote should be obvious, but if you've got a solid idea for an earlier start that intrigues you, I'd be all for seeing that too.

 

Personally at this point after thinking a bit more about it, I'm leaning more and more towards the later date and Frostmourne. But at the same time that takes some of the agency that the players have as far as character interactions away from them.

Plus it'd be motivation to finally get around to reading the Morecock books considering that Frostmourne seems to be Stormbringer more or less.

But with that said, a fallen Arthas who isn't murdering his way through the kingdom would be particularly interesting to write as far as interactions with Uther and Jaina go.

I think a Death Knight quest is one which could potentially be more fun to write and less of an OC while taking up Frostmourne leads itself to a sort of character creation in any case. I've got a solidish idea about how the players could have some input on the character of Arthas at least.

 

Perhaps instead of writing murmurs in his head you can show the corruption of frostmourne by wrapping his perspective? I mean, if the POV is from Arthas and you write the others as if they are really betraying him instead of it being only his perspective?

A frown of worry is described as one of distrust or repressed anger, people shutting up when you approach and looking guilty, making deductions about people moving against you because they think you are corrupted when in reality they are behaving normally even if that is not shown.

So from Arthas's and the questers perspective nobody trust them and the injustice against them are on purpose while the QM knows what happens in reality and makes people act according to that. Then you put a real betrayal caused by his erratic behavior and that seems to justify everything. If the questers doubt everything then they might stay in the path of the right and narrow while if they take Arthas wrapped perspective as true then they make their enemies real due to their response to imaginary threats.

 

Yeah it was going to be something along those lines. Certainly the return to the Eastern Kingdoms will lend itself to that kind of thing, assuming Mal'Ganis is killed, Arthas and the players are going to have to justify their actions to Terenas and Uther which will play into the whole paranoia aspect. Especially as something like the Culling isn't something Arthas is ever going to say was unjustified considering Andorhal and his experiences up in Northrend (plus they still have no cure even in current WOW). Which will put him at odds with some people.

I'll likely find/develop some sort of will system to use as well, maybe from the 40k rpgs.

Frostmourne itself is going to need to have something of an overhaul I think. It won't be quite as tied to Ner'zul as it seems to be in canon. Although from what I've gathered there have been some hints that this has always been the case and what Frostmourne wanted hasn't always lined up perfectly with what Ner'zul wanted Arthas to do. But I'll need to read the Golden book first.

 

Another possible idea: Uzumaki Restoration Quest.

You take control of a few survivors of the Uzumaki Clan after the dtesruction of their country and clan. The eldest of them takes over as Acting Clan Head until they can either: A) Get to to Konoha, where the clan heiress is currently living, or B) Move somewhere else, start up over and ignore Konoha entirely.

The Quest's PoV would jump around a lot of from character to character as needed, with options for the clan as a whole coming up at important parts. Thins like where you settle, what you were able to save from the destruction of Uzu, the political stance of the clan, the level of training they're pushing on the younger members, and planning just how they're going to restore themselves to at least a glimmer o what they had been before.

The only failing of it, is that it'd be full of OCs, at least until we get to Gen 2 Clan Head where Kushina can take over if you want,

I see the main two PoV's for this being from The Clan Head's PoV and the Heir's PoV, with some switches to differrent Uzumaki characters as needed. Or, Kushina can choose to say "I don' wanna be clan head' where she'd basically be skipped until Naruto is born and then, well, he gets no choice.

 

I wouldn't mind seeing a Naruto restores the Uzumakis quest.

 

Fuck that, I want to set up my own Hidden Village. Uzumaki4lyf bitches.

 

That scenario would be Nightmare Mode, as far as I can see. There'd be maybe 10-15 members of the Clan left, and your last village just got its shit rekt. You'd have to live in seclusion for a good while, training up the younger members, sending what few you can spare out to find people to join you.

You'd probably have to kidnap a Jinchuuriki or some other bloodline members, if you really want to become a heavy hitter. Fuck, you'd need at least a few to be on Kusa or Ame's level.

On the plus side, you guys are the highest authority on Fuuinjutsu, so that'd make subduing and sealing Bijuu easier.

Of course, if you tried to "Liberate" Kushina from Konoha, depending on the timing, you might send Minato on a war path...and that would suck. (Hey, maybe you kidnap a younger Kushina AND Minato? Konoha will probably be in an uproar, but if you hide yourselves well enough, you might get away with it.)


Hypothetically speaking, anyway.