DUNGEONS & DRAG-QUEENS: CAPED COSPLAY!

Happy Valentine's Day! Been busy drawing Templar Knights comic... OK let's see here...

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The long house party came to a rowdy midway when two tanners were bickering about the best types of leather. This grew into a town-wide debate, leaving the king, Bruce Baker, his entourage, and the wizard alone.
The whole thing with Wes and the rainbow magic seemed to fizzle the crowd. People lost interested because there was just too many colours and the leather debate was far more interesting.
So, as the night eased one, Rhys and Wes sat among the social elite (read: NPCs with names). The conversation was minimal. Then, Aridath noticed Wes' armlet and was startled. "By the lords of heaven. What is that?"
Without explaining where it came from, Wes shrugs.
"That is the Enemies Mark! Do you come from the Dark Army?" Aridath presses.
"They were coming from the north..." Bruce Baker pointed out thoughtfully.
"And they do not want to marry a pretty girl like me..." Olas added.
"They didn't even know where they were when they got here," the weary king said.
"How incredibly queer." Aridath began pacing and casting glares at the armlet. Finally he reached for his staff and spun around shouting, "Begone Foul Demons!"
However, Rhys and Wes were unmoved.
"Ah, well. They check out. Tell me more specifically what that armlet does. If it is the artefact I believe it to be, we are all in grave danger." Aridath shrugged.
Without anything of importance to add, Wes was interrupted by Bruce Baker.
"What danger is there above the war? Our people are dying. Our crops are withered. There is naught to live for but tomorrow. Speak of this danger."
"That amulet, if memory serves correct, is the Armlet of Ocilon. The single most powerful thing ever. It channels the soul of the user at a great cost for great powers." Aridath looked thoughtfully into Wes' eyes. "This one is already susceptible to the alure. We must destroy it. To save the future."
"Grand!" Harry cheered and smashed his axe against Wes' unsuspecting wrist. Luckily the armlet is indestructible, or Wes would be right-handed suddenly.
"Fool! You cannot destroy it with any natural weapons. Only in the place it was forged can it be destroyed." Aridath turned attention to Wes. "The place far north, within the unholy grounds of Frankfoil... In the mountain named Hellopleasesaveme."
A chill crackled thought the air at the mere mention of that demonic mountain.
Looking incredibly skeptical at the wrist of Wes, Bruce said, "It is a gift. We should use it against the enemy!"
"Impossible. It serves but one master. Shthuli."
"The Undead One?" The king wondered quietly.
Licking his lips and reaching forward to pinch the air, Bruce Baker snidely announced, "One does not simply walk into Hellopleasesaveme."
"Alas, no. Let us form a... Fellowship to get it there."
"That sounds trademarked," the king remarked.
"And silly," Olas said shyly.
"Then a Suicide Pact!" Aridath cheered.
"Yes, much better! The Suicide Pact of the Armlet. I like it." Aridath thumped his fists together as way of triple stamping a double stamp.
That is when Alex Rift and Diamond arrived. It is short work reuniting, which you can discuss after this post, and the King decides to send Aridath, Bruce Baker, Harry Trotter, and Olas Baker along in what was firmly dubbed the Suicide Pact of the Armlet.
Once everyone was settled (and pretty much ignored anything the adventurers had to say about all this) the king explained your mission.
"Please destroy the Armlet of Ocilon inside Mount Hellopleasesaveme. How your reach there is your own choice. To aide you on this journey I shall provide this loyal servant. It is a row boat. It fits magically inside your pocket and will apparate when you attempt to cross a river. However, large lakes or y'know... Large oceans and stuff... Those don't work so well with it."
TA-DA! You got the Boat!
ARIDATH JOINED THE PARTY!
"I am a wizard only in fame and power,"

BRUCE JOINED THE PARTY!
"There is no end to the troubles I see."

HARRY JOINED THE PARTY!
"I have a pet owl."

OLAS JOINED THE PARTY!
"I can paint with the colours of the wind."

So how this'll work, is you will each take on a character as your own. So... First come first serve. They will level up and gain skills as you see fit. With one stipulation: they will have predefined Power Pools. So you will have to work within those confines. Each player can only have 1 underling.
If you find and want to swap out for another character that's ok. Underlings have fixed equipment, and no inventory. They are basicly extra HP and skills.
If your underling dies, then you can also find another or stay solo.

I'll work on the characters' stats / starting skills, while you guys discuss/post.