Thread:LiveandSound/@comment-25555436-20150213043713

If you've seen me around for enough time, you must have seen that I tend to get ideas for different things from time to time, of varying quality and creativity. All these ideas have a connection, a connection that can be further extended easily.

But that connection in itself, is an idea of mine. The most developed idea among my ideas actually. And to fully use my other ideas, one would have to at least know this one beforehand. If I ever talk about Judgement, I mean this.

Note: This is going to be very very very long, I suggest if you plan on reading this to be when you have tons of free-time.

1-Nexus

First of all, there are many universes. Many, many universes, each controlled by a God, who is replaced by their chosen successor from their Universe after 300-500 years (Gods don't live forever here). Each universe has different versions of the same worlds, some even have worlds that other universes don't have, and some may have "rules" different from another universe's.

This isn't about the Multiverse only though. There's a place outside Time and Space, connected to each Universe, and in "contact" with them constantly; information flows into it constantly from each Universe out there, some more than others. That place, it's called Nexus.

At first, Nexus was just a completely blank, void space. But as time went by, elements and things from the many Universes found their way into Nexus, and eventually it became a Mix-and-Match of the many universes. This shows itself in it's habitants, the Fantareals (portmanteau of Fantasy and Real) (If you have any other suggestion for the name, feel free to say it). Since humans are the most common element across all universes, it's not surprising that the Fantareals look like humans. However, what makes them what they are, is their Esperials (Especial+Real).

Each Fantareal has 2 bodies they can alternate between at any time. The 2nd body, is the Esperial, which each Fantareal gets eventually, usually at puberty or close to it. This 2nd body, can be anything, and have practically any abilities. However, what the Esperial is, and it's traits and abilities, all depend on what is the most to the Fantareal: What they love the most, what they adore the most, what they despise, fear...it can be a word, like Honor or Justice, it can be an entity of some kind physical or not, it can even be someone. There's no indication of what will the Esperial be, and once they got it they can't change it.

Given it's a different body, if body 1 is, say, sick, body 2 won't necesarily be sick. If body 2 lost an arm, body 1 will still have that arm. Of note is that the Esperials can look identical or almost-identical to the Fantareal's 1st body, and the change may not be anything other than some extra abilities. Of course, they can also have different traits, such as Split Personalities, Insanity, or entirely different personalities than the Fantareal's, even if it is technically the same being just in a different body.

Esperials range greatly in variety. They can be identical to one's 1st body, identical but with different clothes, like fantastic/mythological creatures, like non-living beings (robots or golems), like Eldritch Abominations, like a copy of someone else, among many other things. It can even be more than 1 entity at the same time. Their powers can also vary, from magic to technology to both to even more extreme things like Blood Manipulation, Blasts of Energy, or even Time Control (Don't worry, I know how to balance things).

There are also Artificial Esperials. These "simulate" Esperials by changing the body of the user into something else, with probably some abilities of some kind. It's not switching to a 2nd body like natural Esperials, but changing the 1st body, and as such damage done to one using an A.Esperial will also affect them when not using it (you lose an arm with it, you lost it without it too). If the A.Esperial is not humanoid-looking at all, like an Octopus or something, then one loses their equivalent to what they lost (if a certain tentacle=right arm, and you lose it, you lose your right arm).

Also, should a Fantareal be strong enough, they can enter a "Release" Mode in their Esperial. In it, they change, become stronger. They can even change into a completely different type of Esperial, and gain/lose traits along with new abilities or completely different ones. However, it only lasts a few minutes, and after the Fantareal is kicked out into their 1st Body, and most fall due to exhaustion along with it.

2-Valhalla

Thanks to being connected to the many universes, Nexus had materials, elements and things from them, which combined allowed Nexus to grow into a huge citadel, divided in different segments each with a very different style. What rules Nexus, is Valhalla, it's government, whose building is located at the very center of Nexus, and it's divided in 2 groups:

-The Aesir: They take care of the most physical tasks, and are in charge of the construction/demolition, the security of Nexus by acting as the police and military of it, and also have a branch dedicated to the development and testing of different Artificial Esperials. Their uniform is a white-and-blue medium/heavy armor. The leader of the Aesirs is the King (Vice-President) of Nexus.

-The Valkyries: They deal with the less physical/direct stuff. Spyonage, assassination, abductions, and other things. They also have branches dedicated to development of different objects that could be used to improve the nation, and other branches dedicated to the investigation of unexplored worlds, and gathering/updating information about them once-explored. Their uniform is Silver-and-Black, and much lighter than the Aesirs's. Their leader, the Valkyrian Queen, works as the president of Nexus.

Valhalla is also famous for their most important innovation: the Link Stations. It allows one to travel through time and space, even to a different universe, to a different Link Station. This is part of the reason Nexus has flourished so much, via constant trade with the different universes and secret manipulation of some of them.

Valhalla only installs Link Stations in worlds that have been already explored, and proved to be non-fatal to the general population, along with proving to have some worth in some way. Problems can happen sometimes though, it's not perfect. Usually, when a problem happens one normally ends up in a different world than the one intended, often not in an explored world. The people in charge of exploring worlds are called Scouts, and can be either Aesirs or Valkyries.

The reason it's called Valhalla, it's because of how it recruits most of it's members: Via a device unknown to the public, one can insert information about a dead person, and then use it to "revive" them, by making a copy of that person, then sending it's Soul into that copy. This requires the God of that universe to agree to send that soul to Nexus, but most Gods don't care. Disadvantages are that the information must be detailed and correct in order to make a precise copy, and it can only revive 1 person at a time.

3-The Judgements

Long ago, before Valhalla even existed, Nexus and the Fantareals were discovered by the Gods of different universes thanks to an accident during a discussion between 2 Gods which took them there. They gave them these names. They redid the same accident to get out, and informed the other Gods, who gave Nexus a visit and were surprised by it.

The Gods decided to make Nexus a hub. They offered items from their universes to further it's growth, and the discussions between Gods often took place in Nexus, to not cause damage to one of their universes. They eventually noticed how Nexus didn't have a real Ruler. Since no one wanted to administrate both a Universe and Nexus, they reached a decision: They picked 2 remarkable Fantareals, a man and a woman, a married couple actualy, and turned them into the first Order and Chaos by giving them a bit of their powers (the man became a Order, the woman a Chaos).

They each controlled different sides of Nexus, and later (as it was too much work for just 2 of them) each of them gave some of their powers to other Fantareals to make them Orders and Chaoses (of lesser strength though). However, as time went by, conficts between Orders and Chaoses grew more and more frequent, and while some were just arguments, other times they ended up causing big, unnecesary damage to Nexus. The original Order and Chaos tried to calm down both sides, fruitlessly, and eventually were forced to separate to avoid a rebellion.

Eventually, a war broke out between the 2 sides. Most people did what they could to stay out of the fight, but the war still caused mass destruction to both Nexus and citizens alike. This shattered the original Order and Chaos, and they fell into depression, guilt, and melancholy. Eventually, they killed themselves, and their death was so shocking, the war stopped completely.

The Gods noticed this turn of events, and were not pleased at all. They chose the remaining "leaders" of both sides, and this is where the Judgements began. Each one chose their side's 30 strongest members, which then were forced into an all-out battle to the death. The Gods repeated the Judgements every certain number of years, so they remembered the death and destruction they caused back then.

However, it didn't stay like that forever. In time, rules were added, the number of participants on each side decreased slowly until becoming 4, and Non-Chaos/Order individuals, including Not-Fantareal beings, were allowed to participate. The Judgements went from being organized by the Gods, to being organized by Valhalla. Instead of taking place in just Nexus, it instead took place in different worlds chosen by the King and Queen, with 1-week-long rests between fights, which changed from all-out battles to 1vs1 duels.

Deaths became completely optional. Judgements became more of a battle competition between an Order, a Chaos, and their 4 chosen fighters. People of many many Universes always expected with joy the arrival of each Judgement, for what used to be a punishment for a past tragedy, became entertainment. And that's, where our story begins. In the Judgement 2179.

-Characters

Order

-Kying Fernal: A very old Order. Is extremely serious about the Judgement, and more importantly about winning, but doesn't plan on using any dirty tricks to do it. Constantly pushes his fighters to improve, and aim for the victory. There's a reason for this, though.

-Judicium "Jude" Destino: A young Fantareal man, from the "noble" Destino family in Nexus. Snarky, sarcastic, realistic, and sometimes doubts about himself. His family was murdered entirely by his brother Mobius, and he accepted when he was chosen once he heard that he was going to participate. His sole objective is to kill his brother, he doesn't care much about the Judgement. However, as the story goes, he starts to think twice about taking his revenge. His Esperial is identical to him, but carries a blue-and-gold revolver.

His fighting style is based around using a Tarot Deck. In his Esperial body, he can create Tarot Cards, and blow them up with his gun to summon something, most of the time an entity of sorts to carry out something, though some work more like spells. He uses some cards of the Major Arcana. In Release Mode, his clothes become White and more elegant, he gets a second gun, and he can also use more cards of the Major Arcana.

Rival: Mobius Destino. Based on: Persona 3+Persona 4.

Explanation for Esperial: He has always refused to believe Fate existed, much less that it could be "read". He thinks life is just a series of coincidences and consequences set up by all of us. He obtained it long before his family was murdered.

-Elizabeth Hawthorne: A young Fantareal woman. Quiet, cynical, pessimistic and beats herself up most of the time. She was part of an army in another world, though she refuses to give any details about it. She has always been jealous of her sister Rosamaria, especially now that Rosamaria is the Valkyrian Queen.

Her Esperial is similar to herself, but with a light, shining armor and more pink hair, along with a small amount of psychic powers and a big ass sword she can easily wield in 1 hand. The sword constantly an easily breaks as she hits people with it, and the fragments levitate slowly. She can use her powers to then send these fragments flying towards her oponents. Her Release Mode has her armor become heavier-looking, and golden, along with a big increase to her psychic powers.

Explanation for Esperial: Feeling constantly like she was always in her sister's shadow, she always wanted to "stand out" more.

"Rival": Lissandra. Based on: Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)+Infinity Sword Elsword (Elsword).

-Ravenant: Not her real name, but her Demon Hunter codename. Serious, fearless, has no sense of humor and it's constantly training. She's a Human, and as such has only her skills to fight with. Ever since her family was attacked by a god of vengeance (Do not confuse with the Gods that administrate each universe), she has decidedly chosen to exterminate him as payback, abandoning her family in the process. That was 15 years ago. She's pretty much the strongest member on this side.

Her fighting style is what I consider a combination of Raven's and Adam's here; she uses a long gunkatana that is constantly sheathed. Whenever she's going to attack, she performs very quick slashes and shots, followed with some fire magic from her magic glove on her left hand (nothing too powerful however). Then she either sheaths it again, or proceeds to enter a more defensive stance similar to Kendo (or what I believe it is), focused on evading, then countering the oponent, using more strength than speed here.

Rival: Revenge. Based on: Raven Brawnen (duh)+Celtic Lady of War Scathatch.

-James: He doesn't have a last name. A big, strong black man. Calm, peaceful, and gentle. A man you can trust even if he was your enemy. Records say that he was related to a certain incident involving the deaths of at least 2000 soldiers, but he refuses to say anything about it. He's married, but ran away once he found out his wife was pregnant due to certain reasons.

His fighting style is focused almost entirely on punching things. He's surprisingly agile, and very strong, easily capable of breaking walls and floors when he chooses to. He also shows a rather fast recovery rate, and can easily resist and keep fighting even when blinded, deafed or impaired by something.

"Rival": Alex Vendaval. Based on: Sage+A character from another idea of mine.

Chaos

-Imperatrix Destino: Jude and Mobius's grandmother. A very smart, strong, manipulative, calculating woman, not above using others for her own goals, though doesn't complain if she has to do it herself. Doesn't care much about the Judgement, but doesn't plan on being defeated.

-Mobius Destino: Jude's younger brother. Quiet, always looks sad or confused, constantly says the wrong words when speaking (for example, calling his grandmother "mother"). His family had always shown more attention towards Jude, leaving him as the Unfavorite, which combined with being socially rejected by others, led him to follow Imperatrix's advice and kill his entire family. Though he feels very guilty about this.

His Esperial looks like himself, but can "asimilate" others, killing them and giving Mobius all their memories and knowledge, along with the ability to change into them in both personality and body when using his Esperial, though he still keeps his skin, eye and hair color. Mobius himself only has some lightning skills. His mother used Fire and Ice. His adoptive sister was extremely agile and often used knives. His father was similar to James in terms of strength. His dog was strong itself. In Release mode, Mobius is himself, looks like himself, but gains the abilities and skills of all his family except Jude and Imperatrix.

Explanation for Esperial: He always desired to be like the rest, and often tried to be like them for others to accept him.

Rival: Jude. Based on: Kano (Kagerou Project).

-Lissandra: An orphan, and the youngest of all the fighters, being about 15 years old (or her people's equivalent of that). Optimistic, friendly, adorable sometimes. She has no idea of who her parents are, and hopes to one day meet them. She constantly has nightmares about a woman with black hair, black eyes with white pupils, and extremely pale skin, wearing a big, elegant, gothic dress. She's had these nightmares almost all her life.

Her fighting style revolves around the manipulation of darkness and shadows, both to blast her enemies with or to slash them. Later on, she gains the ability of controlling the dead along with some purple fire abilities.

"Rival": Elizabeth. Based on: The Fallen Petals RWBY Ship.

-Revenge: Not his real name, but that's how he calls himself all the time. A god of vengeance from Ravenant's universe. Calm, collected, condescending and serious, and seems to have participated in a previous Judgement. Records indicate that he wasn't always like this. For reasons unknown, he doesn't want to be a god of vengeance anymore, and constantly tries to push Ravenant to kill him, even attacking her family and hurting her with a spear of vengeance to make her want to kill him.

His fighting style is based around the creation and use of spears made of "justicial fire" (green fire by any other name), usually to throw though he's also very good at using them at close combat. He can also create shields and swords, but prefers spears. He's skilled in a good variety of fighting styles, and can dual wield with no problem at all. He also can use the justicial fire to directly burn his oponents.

Based on: Kalista (League of Legends).

-Alex Vendaval: (this one is much more detailed) A young human barely older than Lissandra. He had an intense crush on a girl at his school, to stalker levels, but the girl turned him down when he invited her on a date. This made him fall to a rather angry depression, and played tons of videogames to try to ignore the pain at least for a while. Including a whole new MMO, that apparently used Virtual Reality for a greater experience via special helmets. Thinking it's BS, he made a character there (physically identical to the girl he loved), and started playing. Then it turned out it was real.

At first he had some fun, and met other players, though he still couldn't stop thinking about that girl. However, when he tried to logout, he found out he couldn't. The other players soon tried and failed too, before a voice resounded everywhere. Apparently, someone had altered the game somehow to trap the gamers. This took Alex into a panic. The voice however, said that if at least 1 player was able to kill the "final boss" of Olympus (a dungeon), he would let everyone out. The game devs tried to get the players out of there, but failed, and as such they were forced to do what he said. News about what happened to the players spreaded across the city in months. Some players weren't as worried, as they figured that if they died they could revive. Turns out, they couldn't, though others could take their items if they died.

Alex himself, was worried about many things. First of all, he was trapped in the game, in a girl's body that looked just like the one that broke his heart, and to make things worse, he was kind of a noob, which caused many problems to the other players, including the deaths of 3 players, including a tank, which seriously hurt how the other players saw him. This, combined with his inferiority issues, didn't have a good effect on him, though a girl, a healer, befriended him and tried to help him. As the players proceded through Olympus, Alex reflected on his life and how it's been for him, eventually leading him back into depression, and not even caring anymore. The mistreatment from most of the other players didn't help.

This eventually led him to perform what he considers his first, and last, success. After killing a boss in a Timed Battle, the players proceded to the gate to the next area. However, the boss got back up again. Alex decided to close the gate once everyone else crossed it, trapping himself with the boss. He fought against it, though it was difficult he didn't give up. At the end of the fight, he was able to kill the boss, but soon died due to the DPS of one of the boss's attacks.

In the meantime, Imperatrix was going to explore some worlds to see if she found someone good enough for the Judgement. Due to a problem in the Link Station, she ended up inside the game's world. She explored the place until she found Alex fighting the boss, and killing it before soon dying. Impressed enough by his performance in that fight, she contacted Valhalla using the emergency-communicator given to her just in case a problem happened at the Station. Back at Nexus, Valhalla proceded to take the information of Alex Vendaval before his character was erased, and the revival was a success...almost. Since the information used was of the character, this meant that Alex was alive, but in his character's body, that is identical to that girl he loved. He wasn't happy about neither this, nor the idea of having to fight even more right after what he went through. Due to the "mistake", Valhalla gave him a customizable prototype A.Esperial, that should allow him to change into his "original body" whenever he wants.

His class was a Cleric, which here is a combination of Healer and Warrior. He uses a double-edged spear, and his fighting style consists of multiple, quick and precise attacks with it, combined with some buffs and wind attacks, and likes to fight in the air and jump towards his oponent like a windy Dragoon. Due to his revival, he can use all his skills when in "Cleric Form", even though he's outside of the game, though he can't use them when in "Alex Form".

"Rival": James. Based on: Kirito (SAO)+Kain (Dissidia Final Fantasy) (only regarding the fighting style).

And...that's all for now, getting sleepy. Feel free to comment, I needed to get this out of my chest. 