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Eric ([personal profile] overbringer) wrote in [community profile] overbox2014-12-18 11:50 am

Good vs Evil

I'm going to basically just copy/paste Avshar's setting, and then update this post as people offer suggestions.

In a distant land, two kingdoms warred: Videssos and Makuran. They were very different lands, but both honorable and civilized nations. About a generation ago, however, Makuran was invaded and conquered by the barbarian nomad hordes known as Yezd. Makuran now struggles under their new overlords, who have their sights set on Videssos. The most feared general of Yezd is the Wizard-Prince Avshar, who has led Yezd's armies in victory after victory, first against Makuran, and now against Videssos in stinging raids.

The last few months have been quiet, however. Avshar has not been seen along the borders. Rather, he has been seen in Videssos's capital itself, acting as an emissary for prisoner exchanges, arguments over who owns towns on the border, and other such business. He has so far minded his manners enough that he has not forfeited diplomatic immunity, but the Videssian officers and troops are just waiting for an excuse, especially since Avshar saw fit to bring his retinue of "aids", as unsavory a lot as ever there were who are causing no end of complaints amongst the citizens.

With open war on the horizon and an ambassador who's very presence is an open insult, tensions are at the breaking point. The only question is who will snap first.
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[personal profile] charmbuster 2014-12-19 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
MIMETE'S DEAL:

OKAY, so once upon a time in Videssos there was a magus with shiny spectacles who had a cute little daughter and there was a HUGE MAGIC ACCIDENT when she went into his study when he was summoning up stuff and they ended up both getting possessed to a greater and lesser degree, which lead to him assembling a crack team of young lady mages (THE WITCHES FIVE) to assist him (and his lover) in summoning Skotos to manifest fully on the physical plane in order to END EVERYTHING.

Yeah. That certainly was a thing. Anyway, among the six Witches Five (the twins were counted as one witch) was a young lady named Mimete who was shallow and careless and not really as studious as she ought to be, but was hella ambitious and one day after liberally distributing snails all around her main rival's bedroom, Mimete used her magery to contact Alhazred for help "dealing with" said rival and he turned her into a demon.

This had the effect of removing the breaks completely from Mimete (who had been a kind of terrible person to START WITH) and she promptly went about slaughtering the other five Witches, in the process of which... well, stuff got knocked over, potions mixed with potions that they should have never been mixed with and by the end there was one less Perfectly Ordinary Manor in the capital city, one less possessed magus (and daughter and lover), and one more somewhat singed demon.

At which point Alhazred pointed out that since she'd exploded her boss along with everyone else, that meant she was out of a job and added that she could join up with Team Ashvar and spread darkness with them.

And so she did.

Mimete can summon lesser demons (something she could also do in her human days) and she also has a wand that she uses to fling negative energy at people, which she refers to as her 'charm buster' for whatever reason.

PLOT HOOKS:
-- Maybe you met her in her human days?
-- Are you a hot guy? Do you know hot guys? Do you want Mimete to get yandere?
-- Her entire schtick is being cute and perky and VERY PSYCHO, even more so now that she's a demon
-- She's gunning for the number two minion spot
-- Treats other women as bigger rivals than the males in the organization
-- Is nowhere near as competent as she thinks she is
-- Okay she's the comedy relief badguy but she's still kind of scary
Edited 2014-12-19 03:30 (UTC)
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[personal profile] unmasked_nihilism 2014-12-19 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
But what if the number two minion is also a hot guy? What then?
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[personal profile] charmbuster 2014-12-19 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
then they make out

or he rebuffs her and she gets yandere
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[personal profile] unmasked_nihilism 2014-12-19 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
I see.

Not gonna lie, that second one is proooobably the one that's gonna happen.
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[personal profile] charmbuster 2014-12-19 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
I kind of figured that's what it would be.