History Roleplay / TheBalladOfEdgardo

* OffTheRails: If going by [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/The_Henderson_Scale_of_Plot_Derailment The Henderson Scale of Plot Derailment]], the end of the tale would be at least two full Hendersons. It's hard to derail a campaign more than causing the entire ''forum'' (which may have hosted other [=RPs=] that had nothing to do with this one) to be permanently shut down due to the player base rioting in protest of the derailment.

The story can be read in its entirety [[https://1d4chan.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Edgardo here]]. A DramaticReading with added pictures can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxRhAJLd4Ac here]]. See also ''Fanfic/OldManHenderson'' and ''FanFic/ThatGuyDestroysPsionics'', which are similar tales of game derailment.

* AmbiguousEnding: Technically the roleplay forum ends this way; after Edgardo delivers his MegatonPunch unto [=Xer0=]'s barrier in a manner which left [=Xer0=] with practically ''no chance'' to get out of the attack unscathed, [=Xer0=] refuses to reply, instead going into the forums and calling for Anon's blood. Not long after, the forums descend into chaos and by the time Anon tries to log back in the next day, the whole forum has been shut down due to "popular opinion", meaning the roleplay was left unfinished without [=Xer0=]'s reaction, and the exact circumstances of the "popular opinion" which shut the forum down are left unknown. Anon, for his part considers this a win, since, regardless of the circumstances, he succeeded in burning the entire toxic userbase to the ground.

* OrcusOnHisThrone: It's made clear that, if [=Xer0=] really wanted to, he could abuse his mod-pet status to just teleport straight to Edgardo and Squid and mop the floor with them at any given moment, but since that would require him to subject his beloved over-leveled PC to even the tiniest iota of risk, he remains content to just camp safely behind the FirstTown's impenetrable forcefield and treat it like a personal fiefdom while bitching and moaning about the duo on the forums and pushing everybody else, player and mod alike, to go after them instead.

** [=Xer0=]'s "authority zone" includes "the central town where everyone else hangs out," which is also implied to be where new characters first spring into existence, as it's where Edgardo starts and Squid, a similarly low-level outcast, is lurking nearby. This speaks volumes about [=Xer0=]'s character.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [=Xer0=] gets his comeuppance in the form of a fist to the face.

** He's so vile that his own second-in-command admits to only serving him because the alternative is death, and when [=Xer0=] revives Goldnharl [[UnwantedRevival against his will]], Goldnharl [[HeelFaceTurn immediately turns on Xer0]] [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal in disgust]].

* IronicEcho: Both times Goldnharl {{No Sell}}s something that should've destroyed a normal player, Edgardo claims it's "because fuck you, he's Goldnharl". The first time this is said, it's when he shrugs off Squid's trusty punch and immediately counters it, serving as a bitter criticism of Goldnharl's ridiculous power level. [[HeelFaceTurn The second time]], it's the last we hear of him during his LastStand, shrugging off the onslaught of nearly the entire forum, and the same expression becomes an excited proclamation of how awesome he is:

* IronicEcho: Both times Goldnharl {{No Sell}}s something that should've destroyed a normal player, Edgardo claims it's "because fuck you, he's Goldnharl". The first time this is said, it's when he shrugs off Squid's trusty punch, and immediately counters it, serving as a bitter criticism of Goldnharl's ridiculous power level. [[HeelFaceTurn The second time]], it's the last we hear of him during his LastStand, shrugging off the onslaught of nearly the entire forum, and the same expression becomes an excited proclamation of how awesome he is:

* IronicEcho: Both times Goldnharl {{No Sell}}s something that should've destroyed a normal player, Edgardo claims it's "because fuck you, he's Goldnharl". The first time this is said, it's when he shrugs off Squid's trusty punch, and immediately counters it. [[HeelFaceTurn The second time]], it's the last we hear of him during his LastStand, shrugging off the onslaught of nearly the entire forum. The same expression goes from a bitter criticism of Goldnharl's ridiculous power level to an excited proclamation of how awesome he is: