Ether's Bane
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I’ve started a Homestuck/Dota 2 crossover fanfic.
It’s a post-Sburb AU where no one died and Prospit and Derse are the equivalent of the Radiant and the Dire. The war only breaks out after Sburb ends.
The premise is, if the characters from Homestuck were the heroes from Dota, what would their lore be?
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Chapter 1: Beta Kids
John Egbert, the Windranger
Role: Disabler / Nuker / Support / Escape
A young boy once stood in his bedroom. Then, on one fateful day, he obtained a copy of Sburb, and nothing was ever the same. He entered the game, eventually ascended to the God Tier, and, as the Heir of Breath, gained powers over wind. He continued to hone his powers, until one day, his mastery of "The Windy Thing" reached such an extent that he could harness his wind powers to shoot his hammers like arrows. When the war between the forces of Prospit and Derse broke out, John retrieved his metaphorical arms, entered the fray, and, as one who truly "inherited the wind", soon took up the title of the Windranger. A veritable force of nature, John puts his wind powers to use on the battlefield, and his hammers fly as true as any arrow does.
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Rose Lalonde, the Dark Seer
Role: Initiator / Nuker / Escape
Rose had always been rather fond of eldritch horrors and wizardry, but little did she know that one day, she would end up one of them.
As the Seer of Light, Rose helped lead the members of her Sburb team to the new session. After the end of Sburb, the conflict broke out, and at first, Rose was ambivalent. However, one day, a mysterious voice started calling her name. This voice gradually led her down a narrow, dark pathway. At its end was a machine, the likes of which Rose had never seen before. Skeptical of this, Rose attempted to leave, but as she started to leave, the machine opened up and started pulling it towards her with its ultra-high suction. Before she was sucked in, she threw in her Eldritch Princess doll in hopes of stalling the machine. It didn't, and after she emerged from the machine, having been sucked in, she had returned to her grimdark state, but she had now taken on several eldritch features. Now, as the Dark Seer, she uses her dark powers to stop any foe in their tracks.
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Dave Strider, the Phantom Assassin
Role: Carry / Escape
Even before he started playing Sburb, Dave had already evidenced a sense of stealth and accuracy, as evidenced by his slicing of an undesired speech bubble. With time, his skill with bladekind and ½bladekind only increased, and before long, he had developed outstanding ability with daggers as well, to the point where his skill with the dagger had surpassed his skill with the blade. Dave didn't think much of this, until one day, when Dave was called upon by an unknown figure to assassinate a Prospitian for a sizable sum. With trepidation, he agreed to it. Although it was not what he had in mind, upon seeing his target, Dave took out his daggers and attacked, then ended it with what could only be termed as a "critical strike". He soon realized that this was really something he could used to. Unbeknownst to him, nobody had even noticed his assassination. To the onlookers, it was as if the Prospitian had been killed by a ghost, thus earning Dave the nickname: "Phantom Assassin".
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Jade Harley, the Lycan
Role: Carry / Jungler / Pusher / Durable
When Jade first attempted to prototype her cruxite piñata to enter the medium, Becquerel, her dog (and First Guardian of pre-scratch Earth) went ahead and prototyped himself. Initially, it was completely unknown what the effects of this would be, besides creating Becsprite. It soon grew apparent that an unwinnable session had taken place, and the Scratch had to be initiated. For this to happen, Jade had to ascend to God Tier, fusing herself with Jadesprite, and in the process, taking on the canine characteristics that Becquerel, and later, Becsprite, and then Jadesprite, had. Years in the future (but not many - actually, just two), Jade came under the control of the Condesce and went into a condition that can only be described as "grimbark". After the end of Sburb, Jade retained her grimbark powers. Now, partially human, partially canine, and partially powered by the Condesce, Jade's combative abilities have been greatly enhanced, and she is a true force to be reckoned with on the battlefield.
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That's it for now. More to come in the future.
It’s a post-Sburb AU where no one died and Prospit and Derse are the equivalent of the Radiant and the Dire. The war only breaks out after Sburb ends.
The premise is, if the characters from Homestuck were the heroes from Dota, what would their lore be?
____________________________________________________________
Chapter 1: Beta Kids
John Egbert, the Windranger
Role: Disabler / Nuker / Support / Escape
A young boy once stood in his bedroom. Then, on one fateful day, he obtained a copy of Sburb, and nothing was ever the same. He entered the game, eventually ascended to the God Tier, and, as the Heir of Breath, gained powers over wind. He continued to hone his powers, until one day, his mastery of "The Windy Thing" reached such an extent that he could harness his wind powers to shoot his hammers like arrows. When the war between the forces of Prospit and Derse broke out, John retrieved his metaphorical arms, entered the fray, and, as one who truly "inherited the wind", soon took up the title of the Windranger. A veritable force of nature, John puts his wind powers to use on the battlefield, and his hammers fly as true as any arrow does.
_____________________________________________________________
Rose Lalonde, the Dark Seer
Role: Initiator / Nuker / Escape
Rose had always been rather fond of eldritch horrors and wizardry, but little did she know that one day, she would end up one of them.
As the Seer of Light, Rose helped lead the members of her Sburb team to the new session. After the end of Sburb, the conflict broke out, and at first, Rose was ambivalent. However, one day, a mysterious voice started calling her name. This voice gradually led her down a narrow, dark pathway. At its end was a machine, the likes of which Rose had never seen before. Skeptical of this, Rose attempted to leave, but as she started to leave, the machine opened up and started pulling it towards her with its ultra-high suction. Before she was sucked in, she threw in her Eldritch Princess doll in hopes of stalling the machine. It didn't, and after she emerged from the machine, having been sucked in, she had returned to her grimdark state, but she had now taken on several eldritch features. Now, as the Dark Seer, she uses her dark powers to stop any foe in their tracks.
_____________________________________________________________
Dave Strider, the Phantom Assassin
Role: Carry / Escape
Even before he started playing Sburb, Dave had already evidenced a sense of stealth and accuracy, as evidenced by his slicing of an undesired speech bubble. With time, his skill with bladekind and ½bladekind only increased, and before long, he had developed outstanding ability with daggers as well, to the point where his skill with the dagger had surpassed his skill with the blade. Dave didn't think much of this, until one day, when Dave was called upon by an unknown figure to assassinate a Prospitian for a sizable sum. With trepidation, he agreed to it. Although it was not what he had in mind, upon seeing his target, Dave took out his daggers and attacked, then ended it with what could only be termed as a "critical strike". He soon realized that this was really something he could used to. Unbeknownst to him, nobody had even noticed his assassination. To the onlookers, it was as if the Prospitian had been killed by a ghost, thus earning Dave the nickname: "Phantom Assassin".
____________________________________________________________
Jade Harley, the Lycan
Role: Carry / Jungler / Pusher / Durable
When Jade first attempted to prototype her cruxite piñata to enter the medium, Becquerel, her dog (and First Guardian of pre-scratch Earth) went ahead and prototyped himself. Initially, it was completely unknown what the effects of this would be, besides creating Becsprite. It soon grew apparent that an unwinnable session had taken place, and the Scratch had to be initiated. For this to happen, Jade had to ascend to God Tier, fusing herself with Jadesprite, and in the process, taking on the canine characteristics that Becquerel, and later, Becsprite, and then Jadesprite, had. Years in the future (but not many - actually, just two), Jade came under the control of the Condesce and went into a condition that can only be described as "grimbark". After the end of Sburb, Jade retained her grimbark powers. Now, partially human, partially canine, and partially powered by the Condesce, Jade's combative abilities have been greatly enhanced, and she is a true force to be reckoned with on the battlefield.
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That's it for now. More to come in the future.
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