Trope Pantheons Discussion

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Edited by Excessive-Menace on Feb 15th 2024 at 12:50:55 PM

First draft of this adoptable. For starters, who is familiar with Fnaf World (if not Mat Pat level)

Chica’s Magic Rainbow, Goddess(?) of Limited-Color Rainbows (The Rainbow)

• Note: Adopted from Aj Wargo
• Halls: Color Combinations (House of Colours), Weather (House of Nature)
• Intermediate Goddess^note technically gender unknown, but is considered female by most
• Symbol: Herself
• Theme Song: "Rainbow Theme"
• Alignment: Chaotic Evil
• Portfolio: Bait-and-Switch Boss, Beware the Silly Ones, Bitch in Sheep's Clothing, Everything's Worse With Rainbows, Faux Affably Evil, Lives in a Crapsaccharine World where Everything Is Trying to Kill You, Jerkass, Intentionally Unbearable And Annoying, Mocks The Player At Every Opportunity, Light Is Not Good, able to Light 'em Up, Rainbow With Only Three Colors, Sore Loser, Smug Smiler
• Interested in: Baal (Diablo), Ratatoskr
• Allies (the ones that are reciprocated): Lotso, The Goose, Jasper Batt Jr, Hazama, Suction Cup Man
• Enemies: Every ascended FNAF deity, The SCP foundation and most of their their oddities, regardless of alignment, The Kid, Rainbow Brite, Rainbow Dash, Weather Report, The Angry Video Game Nerd, BrainScratch Commentaries
• Opposes: The Hall of Darkness and Shadow, Ragyo Kiryuin
• Opposed by: Ho-oh, The Norse gods
• Disrespects: Nobuyuki Sugou
• Disrespected by: Freddy Krueger, the Duck Hunt team
• Fears: Unikitty, Necrozma
• Annoys: Basically anyone who isn't listed anywhere else here
• Chica’s Magic Rainbow is a, well, magical rainbow that is in the titular Mini-Game in Five Nights at Freddy’s World. The game may seem like a Sugar Bowl, but you couldn’t be more wrong, as Everything Is Trying to Kill You, with flowers that shoot their petals at you, bees that shoot laser beams, huge logs that fire out of nowhere and,despite what they say, even the rainbow tries to kill you, especially if you try to turn their voice off.
• They ascended when a rookie SCP worker (likely a D-Class) noticed a three color rainbow in the sky. A weird sight, they thought, but nothing revolutionary. Then the rainbow came to life and started throwing insults at the worker, angry that they called them “nothing revolutionary”. Then the worker made the situation worse by insulting the rainbow back, saying that the rainbow is nothing compared to a sentient fridge or toaster. Upon hearing this the rainbow finally snapped, attempting to destroy the Pantheon with her rainbow cannon. Once more gods caught wind of this rainbow, they were quickly defeated when attempting to combat it. Upon revival, they reported the disturbance to the Main House, which made short work of the rainbow and brought it to the Court. After a fashion, Chica's Magic Rainbow was ascended into the Pantheon under the trope Rainbow Lite, much to the chagrin of those who had to fight her.
• Despite being from an alternate Five Nights at Freddy's universe, the animatronics generally don’t like her due to how utterly annoying they are, and they, in turn, enjoy mocking and insulting them at every turn. Springtrap and Circus Baby, who are the only truly evil ones amid the animatronics, don’t like them, either, with Baby noting that the ending the Rainbow was preventing people from seeing by fighting them was an Early-Bird Cameo for her. Not even Balloon Boy, who is perhaps the most annoying himself of all the animatronics, can stand them, as he usually consigns being annoying to laughing rather than childish taunting. Afton for his part also disrespects Chica's Magic Rainbow for "being ridiculous" instead of "a proper kind of killer" like himself. Freddy Krueger has concurred, making fun of the rainbow for a lack of staying power.
• Chica's Magic Rainbow is, essentially, the Fnaf version of the Duck Hunt dog with Scott Cawthon's tongue firmly in cheek. Oh sure, William Afton is a horrible Serial Killer but she's a Hate Sink in the more...frustrating kind. Before you ask yes, she tried to reach out to the Duck Hunt dog but he thinks her bullying and name-calling is in poor taste; he's fine simply chuckling at the player's misfortune. The AVGN naturally hates having the play against her and wasn't just satisfied when he finally defeated her, but "introduced" a new color to her rainbow; brown. Disgusting as it was, no-one felt all that bad because of how abrasive the Rainbow was. To say the Rainbow was pissed is an Understatement; seeing any episode of the Angry Video Game Nerd will put her into a berserker mode. BrainScratch Comms isn't nearly as crude in how they feel but how they feel is, naturally, deep annoyance at the Rainbow.
• With the bad impression that Chica's Magic Rainbow made upon ascension, she (maybe she, given the female voice) tried to rehabilitate her image by playing on the Rainbow Lite trope. Namely, she tried to make up a sob story she was only mean because she was made fun off for her limited number of colors, hoping to get just enough leeway to get into the House of Gaming. Her goofy, almost cute in a cheesy kind of way let this work for a little bit. It didn't last since she couldn't help making fun of players struggling with levels. The Kid feels the most agitated by the Rainbow, as her game reminds him of his own trials when trying to become the Guy. However, he views their game as worse, as his trials, at least, had infinite lives and did not have someone constantly mocking him, even though there were lots of screwy moments along the way. There are even points in their game where they are the obstacle themselves, regardless of how good the player has been doing, which nothing in the Kid's trials were like.
• Despite the vitriol people have for the Rainbow, they did manage to find one ally- the Goose. The Goose enjoys bullying and tormenting people in various ways, usually by stealing their personal belongings, and thus the Rainbow has decided to help him mess with people whenever they can. This usually tends to be them mocking the victim they and the Goose choose to mess with while the Goose tries to steal whatever he can get his beak on behind their backs. Another deity she found common ground with is Lotso, who looks nice but is secretly an evil person. Lotso decided to employ the Rainbow at his temple of Sunnyside to help with trying to interrogate people. The Rainbow's tactic is usually to bother and annoy the victim as much as they can, which gets excellent results. She didn't initially get along with Jasper Batt Jr despite everyone going on about how perfect she'd be for an ally, only to re-evaluate after seeing he too was an obnoxious a-hole with an intentionally annoying boss battle.
• One day, the Rainbow was out on a taunting spree when they came across Unikitty and began throwing insults at her. This went well enough for the Rainbow- that is, until they brought up the sinking of Cloud Cuckoo Land, which made Unikitty fly into a rage. The Rainbow expected an easy fight, until Unikitty actually killed them in one shot. This was reportedly because Unikitty has the power to destroy rainbow colored objects in a single hit, and the Rainbow had never heard about this ability until it was too late. From then on, whenever a deity feels the Rainbow is getting too annoying, they threaten to call Unikitty and that is enough to cause the Rainbow to panic and flee. As for how Unikitty feels about the Rainbow, she notes that the Rainbow looks kind, but is really a jerk, which isn’t nice.
• Their presence was enough to really irk Rainbow Brite. Not only does the trope they bear play on her name, but she was under the assumption that rainbows stood for nice and kind things, not for things that annoyed and bullied people relentlessly. The Rainbow notes that her usual rainbow based powers don’t work on them, and that allows them to bully and taunt her and the Color Kids as much as they like, despite all attempts to keep them away from the Color Castle. Initially Chica's Magic Rainbow tried to hide this behavior by acting like a supportive friend to Rainbow Dash. For a few moments Dash was fooled by the act, until she couldn't help himself and made fun of those in the Wonderbolts who were lagging behind and told them to "git good, scrub". It didn't take long for the pegasus to see the Rainbow for the jerk that she was, and seeing a rainbow act so mean was an unpleasant experience for her.
• Despite how unbearable she is, she is fond of acting "holier than thou" towards the Slimeball Nobuyuki Sugou. Many found this rich as the way he bends the game to be an unfair GM is very in-keeping to the Rainbow's obnoxiously difficult boss battle, but she defends it by saying she may be designed to be intentionally frustrating, but she's not considered a detriment to the story the way Nobuyuki is. Considering even he still has more allies (albeit many of them being like-minded creeps) it comes off as her desperately trying to justify a superiority complex. After all, at the end of the day she's simply a different type of bully than the creep. She is genuinely disgusted by Ragyo Kiryuin and feels she makes rainbows "dirty", though. Of course, considering who Ragyo is her disgust is a step above "Wants a Prize for Basic Decency" behavior.
• Decided to go on a trolling spree with Suction Cup Man and Hazama, tricking members of the House of Gaming to play obnoxiously hard and buggy video games. For the latter, this was more about cooling off than any of his serious villainy, but for Chica's Magic Rainbow, she finally felt like she was getting comfortable with the Trope Pantheon. As a notorious boss, she was amused by the official holder of the trope, Baal, even if he ignores her. One of the trolling ideas she got in her mind was using her rainbow powers to try and mimic the Bifrost, in order to trick the Norse gods into pratfalls. It didn't really go anywhere since they saw threw it, though they are no less annoyed. The Rainbow was hoping she'd get Ratatoskr's attention since he's a shit-talking, rumor-flinging Troll, but the squirrel couldn't care what she thinks.
• It's somewhat important to remember as much of an asshole Chica's Magic Rainbow is, she is still a rainbow with the kinds of powers you'd expect. She can summon mini versions of herself to attack, or the Rainbow Cannon; a three minute charge for an unblockable rainbow-colored beam that causes an instant Game Over. It's something people forget about. There is one deity that doesn't fear this in the slightest, however; Necrozma. This isn't because of its high stats mind you, but that Necrozma absorbs and eats light so it is the perfect predator to a living rainbow, so she fears the legendary. She was interested in another legendary, Ho-oh, due to it being a bird themed on rainbows, but the Fire/Flying type dismisses her as an colossal asshole.

Flowey is a cutesy-looking flower with a mean, cruel personality. Seija Kijin likes pissing people off by being contrarian.

What good and evil martial artists could urshifu have interactions with?

Urshifu, Legendary Pokemon of Unblockaable Attacks (Wushu Pokemon)

^Kubfu 

^{Gigantimax Forms} 

• Intermediate Gods, Borderline Greater Gods in Gigantimax

• Symbol: The Scroll of Dakrness and the Scroll of Waters

• Alignment: Lawful Good

• Profile: Badass Bears, Bare-Fisted Monk. Badasses Wear Bandanas, Signature Attacks always crit, Unseen Fist bypasses protecting moves, Worse Stats than other Legendaries but great moves, NOT a Single-Specimen Species, gains power through training, Relentless Attacker, Disliked for being too strong in competitive play, Single Strike and Rapid Strike, loves Max Honey, Starts timid and is actually still timid underneath
  • Urshifu Single Strike: Combat Pragmatist, Dark Is Not Evil, Wants to win in a single strike
  • Urshifu Rapid Strike: Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs, Gigantimax can defeat evil foes with a stare

• Allies: Nebby, Chuck Norris
  • Single Strike: Genos
  • Rapid Strike: Ip Man,
  • Parters: Saitama (Single Strike), Bruce Lee(Rapid Strike), Po (Kubfu)

• Rivals: The Regi Trio

• Enemies: Odio (Specifically Ou Di Wan Lee and Odie O'Bright)

• Urshifu is a Legendary Pokemon Hailing from the Galar Region, specifically the Isle of Armor. Unlike most legendary Pokemon, Urshifu is a specifies: they begin their lives as Kubfu, who then train under Pokemon Trainers before they adopt the Single Strike or Rapid Strike style. However, both styles of Urshifu have the ability Unseen Fist, which allows all of their contact moves to bypass defensive measures such as protect with no damage penalty. Due to this ability matching the trope Unblockable Attack, the Court of Gods decided to allow two Urshifu, one of each style, as well as a Kubfu to ascend as the representatives of the species. Rumor is that they are actually a family, but this has never been explicitly confirmed.
• In the world of Pokemon, the move Protect is learned by nearly all Pokemon, and is essential for allowing creative strategies and entertaining games in competitive battling. However, Urshifu's Unseen Fist ability allows them to attack through Protect and similar moves (Spiky Shield, Baneful Bunker, etc.) with attacks that make contact. Even Detect, which dodges moves, is not safe. Coincidentally, their signature abilities (Wicked Blow, Surging Strikes) are contact moves with perfect accuracy; additionally, they are also guaranteed critical hits, which allows them to ignore any decrease in Urshifu's attack or increases in the target's defenses. This makes Urshifu a nigh-unstoppable attacker, and many trainers have complained about the Pokemon's effects on the battling meta. In the Pantheon, their ability to ignore most defensive abilities has also made them a dreaded opponent, as instead of blocking or dodging blows a fighter must face Urshifu head-on. Here a list of some abilities that Unseen Fist and Wicked Blow/Surging Strikes circumvents:
  • ^Shields  Lord Camelot, Steven's Shield, Ultimate Shield, Tetrakarn, Invisible Woman's Forcefields
  • ^{Abilities that increase Defence}  Rakukaja, Potion of the Turtle Master

• Unlike other Legendary Pokemon, Urshifu works very closely with humans, as Kubfu requires the guidance of a human trainer to achieve its full potential. As the Pantheon is full of Strong Martial artists, the Urshifu have befriended many of the good-aligned martial artists in the Pantheon; on the other hand, because they believe that martial arts should be a force for good, they adamantly oppose evil martial artists like Ou Di Wan Lee.
  • Urshifu Strike believes in ending fights as quickly as possible, and fosuces one One-Hit Ko's with its special move Wicked Blow. One day while walking around the Pantheon, Urshifu witnessed a monster attack by a Gohma Striker. The pokemon was just about to run into the fray and penetrate its shell, but he was beat to ``punch`` by Saitama, a bald superhero who nearly vaporized the beast in a single strike. In awe of this power and heroism, Urshifu followed Saitama around night and day until the caped Baldy accepted it as a student and partner pokemon. Through this connection, Urshifu has gotten to know other heroes beyond the martial arts sphere, such as its fellow student Genos. The pokemon also respects Li Shuwen, whose unique technique allows him to kill opponents in a single strike, although it's not sure about the "kill" part.
  • Urshifu Rapid Strike strives to emulate a river, with nonstop strikes and flexible pressure. During a martial arts tournament in the Pantheon, this pokemon had the good fortune of being matched against the one and only Bruce Lee, founder of Jeet Kune Do, a style with one of its most important precepts being "Be Like Water". When Urshifu tried to use its signature Surging Strikes, the master expertly parried and countered the first strike, circumventing Unseen Fist. After the tournament ended, the Wushu asked Mr. Lee to be its trainer and teacher, to which he agreed. Through Bruce, Urshifu also got to befriend Ip Man and Chuck Norris, his teacher and greatest rival. Chuck is impressed by both Urshifu but thinks that the Single Strike style is more his speed.
  • Unlike Urshifu, Kubfu is just a trainee, so it often studies different martial arts texts in hopes of developing its skills. When one of the Kubfu found about a golden scroll that contained the secret to "limitless power", it decided to visit the last deity to hold the scroll, Po, to investigate. Po explained that the scroll didn't actually have anything on it, and instead offered to help train the little bear. Now that Po is the Kubfu's trainer, thew two spend much of their days eating and training.

• Apparently, these Pokemon's power comes from a special organ that gives it "Fighting Energy", which it can then release with special breathing techniques.
• Other pokemon
• Honey

The Collector is a young kid who likes to play kid friendly games while just so happening to be able to create entire universes unto their own, so they could very easily hijack her games to make them not harmful. They also had a shadow form from when they were sealed away and cast the section of the Boiling Isles under their archive and beyond into permanent star filled night.

Also, Would anyone mind having Belos get put back into Motivations for Evil? I know the old Hunters page was cut, but he is still representing Heroic Wannabe, and since that is part of the impetus for him to become a Witch Hunter to begin with, thus him getting put right back where he was is only natural.

Well he still has The Witch Hunter so until such time as the guy who was apparently decided to take that mantle actually ascends, he should stay there for the time being. I mean I haven't seen any indication of that other guy ascending any time soon.

Edited by ForgoLight on Feb 15th 2024 at 2:39:16 AM

. He should be cut from Villainous Jobs, imo, given the previously agreed upon deal with Hamana.

Edited by Shinobi on Feb 15th 2024 at 3:37:49 AM

Oh yeah, if it's not a problem I would also like to rework Beatrice, Goddess of Memetic Trolls

The Golden Witch, who has lived a thousand years. She has surpassed the limits of humans and, like demons, will sometimes appear in response to the summons made by humans, to offer her power in exchange for a price. During the Ushiromiya Family conference of 1986, she slaughters the Ushiromiya family on the Island of Rokkenjima in order to resurrect herself. Meanwhile, she plays a game with Battler Ushiromiya over whether the murders were done with magic or human means. Her trolling of Battler has become infamous, and memes portray her as an all-powerful tricker leading Baqttler around the circles.

Someone has suggested that Asterix and Obelix might be better together as joint gods of the Undefeatable Little Village and I would like a second opinion on that please.

They also suggested the druid Getafix for the role of god of Druidic Sickle.

Getafix is a druid that uses a golden sickle for harvesting ingredients for his potions. He carries it around with him all the time. He has to use the sickle to cut the mistletoe for it to have any magical properties. If it is ever broken then he has to get a new one or he can't make the magic potion and he refuses to go the meeting of Druids without since all druids at the meeting carry Golden Sickles.

Edited by neoamon on Feb 15th 2024 at 1:14:38 PM

You still have to explain how Asterix and Obelix fit Undefeatable Little Village.

I am not nominating them yet I want a second opinion.

Asterix and Obelix are the two strongest Gaulish warriors that live in an unnamed little village that regularly defeats the armies of the Roman Empire that are trying are trying to conquer the Undefeatable Little Village so that they can say that they rule all of Gaul. They are nearly always together on adventures with the exception of Asterix first adventure.

Edited by neoamon on Feb 15th 2024 at 1:34:57 PM

If we're in the spirit of suggestion, I would like to know if anyone likes my proposals for Disenchantment or not

• Elfo, God of Word-O-Names: in the world of Disenchantment, all elves have a name that describes their personality/job/ect, then an o at the end. Like Rulo who's king, Shocko who does shocked expressions ect...except for Kitty. One of the main characters is Elfo, a, well, elf. Trogs turn out to have a similar naming theme, which foreshadows they're part of the same species. Ironically Elfo is only half-elf. Where in Naming and Epithets would this go?
• Queen Dagmar, Goddess of Poisoned Chalice Switcheroos (Hall of Toxicity)-Dagmar, ultimately the Big Bad and Evil Matriarch of the series, tried to poison her husband Zog with petrification with a poisoned chalice. However a young Bean trying to get grapes caused the chalices to be switched around. Zog believed the poison was meant for him however he had no idea she was Evil All Along until she was cured from petrification, believing instead some other enemy must've been behind it

I will give both of them a

Ignore this, my bad.

Edited by Weirdguy149 on Feb 15th 2024 at 9:21:17 AM

@neoamon

I support fusing the profiles for Asterix and Obelix, myself. Are you accepting thumbs up for it, now?

@RJ: The rainbow would definitely be enemies with Rainbow Dash.

@RadioRavenRide: Rachel (of the Animorphs) turns into a bear during battle.

Standard repost time. Also, I'm planning to put this on Fantastical Settings; should I make it into a proper Pantheon page soon? Or does the trope better fit another hall?

Upvotes: 4 (neoamon, PuzzarianIdeal, RJ, Menace)

The Monster Sanctuary, Divine Small, Secluded World

^{Map of the Sanctuary} 

• Description: A magical island sealed off from the rest of the world, with many biomes.
• Symbol: A Blob
• Theme Music: Welcome to Monster Sanctuary
• Alignment: True Neutral
• Portfolio: The Place, Retraux Metroidvania with plenty of Sequence Breaking, home to all sorts of monsters, Death Is a Slap on the Wrist, After-Combat Recovery, Water Is Air, many areas contain Optional Bosses and/or Superbosses.
  • Keepers' Stronghold: Hub Level
  • Mountain Path: Green Hill Zone
  • Blue Caves: Underground Level, Noob Cave, has a Cave Behind the Falls
  • Stronghold Dungeon: Down the Drain
  • Ancient Woods: Home to the Tree of Evolution and most kinds of goblins, has an underground Blackout Basement
  • Snowy Peaks: Slippy-Slidey Ice World
  • Sun Palace: Houses an artificial sun, full of Control Room Puzzles
  • Horizon Beach: Beach Episode with an Under the Sea section
  • Magma Chamber: Lethal Lava Land
  • The Underworld: Big Boo's Haunt
  • Mystical Workshop: Eternal Engine, Steampunk
  • Abandoned Tower: It's All Upstairs From Here, The Very Definitely Final Dungeon
  • Blob Burg: Secret Level, home to Cute Slime Mooks
  • Forgotten World: Jungle with giant mushrooms, Lost World, home to the World Tree
• Domains: Magic, wilderness, seclusion, sprite art, mythology, monsters
• Sacred to: The Spectral Familiars
• Visitors: Reimu Hakurei, The Searchers, Beatrix LeBeau, Cassette Beasts party members, Kuneko
• Banned from entering: Dr. Eggman, Pokémon Hunter J, the Monster Hunters
• For as long as there has been life in this world, there have been monsters, beings of powerful might and magic. They come in a variety of forms, such as animals, plants, living objects, and ethereal spirits. People who raise monsters from hatching are called, Keepers. 490 years ago, they went to war with kings who wanted to exploit nature at the expense of monsters. To end this war, the four Spectral Familiars created the Monster Sanctuary, an island magically sealed off from the rest of the world, where monsters and Keepers can live in peace.
  • Most people in the Monster Sanctuary live in the Keepers' Stronghold, a stone fortress that was created by the Spectral Lion. There are plenty of services for Keepers here, such as shops that sell goods for adventuring, and a blacksmith who upgrades monsters' equipment. Above it is the Infinity Tower, where Keepers and their monsters can test their skills in battle.
  • The Mountain Path is west of the Stronghold. It's full of weak monsters, making it the perfect place for young Keepers to start their journeys. However, the grasslands above and the caverns below are filled with secrets. It contains a series of stone tablets that tell the history of the Sanctuary in rhyming couplets. It's also home to Old Buran, a man who raises Blobs and trains new Keepers.
  • The Blue Caves are below the Stronghold, and filled with moss and mushrooms. It's full of high ledges, making it difficult to navigate without the aid of double-jump boots and flying monsters; fortunately, the former can be found here. In 490 AC^note After Creation, several Champion monsters — wild ones that are stronger than usual — mysteriously appeared here, and the latest generation of Spectral Keepers met each other when they set out to investigate why. The lower levels are filled with water. At the deepest point is a door that can only be opened with the five Sanctuary Tokens.
  • The Stronghold Dungeon is also below the Stronghold, east of the Blue Caves, and contains the Sanctuary's only prison. It was designed for monsters who like to live in dark, damp places such as sewers, so the water is green. It also hides an ancient library. Will, Keeper of the Spectral Toad, was interested in it... and so were the alchemists who tried to take over the Sanctuary.
  • The Ancient Woods, east of the Dungeon, is home to the Tree of Evolution, which stands on the spot where the Monster Sanctuary was created. Keepers can use special items, called catalysts, here to permanently change certain monsters into different (but not necessarily stronger) forms. It's also home to most of the goblin tribes, including their king. While goblins can be hatched and raised like any other monster, they're just as intelligent as humans, and can talk and form societies. It also has an extensive system of dark, underground caves filled with rare monsters.
  • Snowy Peaks, west of the Mountain Path, is perpetually frozen. Its inner caverns are full of giant crystals created by crystal snails, one of the oldest species of monsters. The icy lake is so cold that it's impossible to enter without warm underclothes made by a woman who lives at the summit. It's home to a ghost known only as the Frozen Oracle, who gives Keepers advice on how to protect the Monster Sanctuary, and makes them fight a Champion Akhlut (an orca with legs) as a test of their worth.
  • The Sun Palace is below the Snowy Peaks and west of the Blue Caves. It's a golden temple created by the Spectral Eagle that houses an artificial sun which protects the Sanctuary from natural disasters. Its caretaker says it represents the peace Keepers should strive towards. An alchemist tried to upset the balance by shifting the sun towards darkness, but the caretaker's Koi (not to be confused with mundane koi) sacrificed itself to return it to normal. After this, monsters in the Sanctuary became able to shift towards light or darkness, giving them alternate forms that are stronger and have different colours.
  • Horizon Beach is east of the Ancient Woods. It's home to a ranch where Keepers can leave their monsters, and is the Sanctuary's only link to the outside world; ships are occasionally let through the magical barrier. In the east are cliffs that only monsters with the best flight capabilities can reach. 300 years ago, it was home to Captain Carter, a pirate whose ship could pass through the barrier at all times. In the present, his descendant challenged three of the Spectral Keepers to find his family's treasure in the undersea caverns.
  • The Magma Chamber is beneath the Ancient Woods. The magma level was so high that most of it was inaccessible until Will read out a runestone inscription by the legendary hero Siegmund, which magically lowered it. It's home to Rhazes, and alchemist who has no interest in conquest and just wants to practice his craft, who sells potions in his workshop. The most experienced Keepers can test their mettle in duels against the 25 Legendary Keepers in their hidden room.
  • The Underworld can only be accessed from the door in the Blue Caves. It's a dark, dreary place with a sickly green sky inhabited by undead and occult monsters. It was abandoned a long time ago, so it's full of crumbling ruins, including a tower with pillars that must be moved in order to access certain rooms. The alchemists stole Leonard's Familiar here.
  • The Mystical Workshop is above the Stronghold Dungeon. It was built to maintain and repair Steam Golems shortly after they arrived in 278 AC, but they soon learned to replicate themselves. Now, it's inhabited by all sorts of mechanical monsters. While most of the Sanctuary has medieval technology, the Workshop is filled with gears and pipes. At the very top is a statue that reveals a connection between the alchemists and the occult.
  • The Abandoned Tower is above the Mystical Workshop. It requires the powers of all four Spectral Keepers to access, and for good reason: at the very top is the Sanctuary Genesis, where the alchemists planned to use the powers of the four familiars to recreate the Sanctuary in their image. Its purple, brick walls are crumbling, and it's inhabited by the strongest monsters.
  • Blob Burg is hidden west of the Magma Chamber. For a long time, Old Buran was the only person who knew about it, for it can only be accessed by activating three hidden blob statues. Blobs are a common sight throughout the sanctuary, but almost every species of them lives here. The water is green, and slime drips from the rocky walls.
  • The Forgotten World is below Horizon Beach, and was sealed away for over two thousand years, so it's inhabited by ancient monsters that can't be found anywhere else. The ground is covered in giant mushrooms and vines. Millions of years ago, the Twelve Celestials planted the World Tree here to bring forth life and magic. If it dies, so does all other life on the planet. Later, the Celestial Dragon tried to conquer the world, so the other Celestials, led by the Celestial Raven, fought back. The last time they clashed, three thousand years ago, the Dragon killed the Raven and cursed the Forgotten World with ice. Now, only four of the Celestials remain: the Spectral Familiars, who have only a fraction of their former power and had forgotten all about this.
• The Spectral Familiars are very strict about who is allowed in the Monster Sanctuary. People who would exploit the monsters, such as Pokémon Hunter J and Dr. Eggman, were instantly banned. While the Monster Hunters try to preserve ecosystems in their own world, the Familiars firmly insisted that hunting is off-limits here. Neither visitors nor locals are allowed to take the Sanctuary's monsters into other parts of the Pantheon in case they wreak havoc. Surprisingly, the Monster Sanctuary quickly formed diplomatic ties with Paleo Pines, another sparsely-populated island where people live in harmony with the wildlife.
• The Pantheon has plenty of humans who befriend fantastical monsters and command them in battle, and many of them were interested in the Monster Sanctuary. These visitors are warned that they should only let their Mons fight the wild monsters in self-defence and as a last resort, but they're free to challenge keepers to duels. In a Keeper Duel, each side has three monsters on the battlefield at a time. Most of the Pantheon's Pokémon Trainers were surprised by this because they'd never participated in triple battles, and they were even more surprised to learn that monsters can have multiple status effects at a time, which is impossible in the World of Pokémon. In fact, stacking multiple statuses is a common strategy among experienced Keepers.
• Many gods from similarly secluded fantasy lands were drawn to the Monster Sanctuary. Reimu Hakurei protects the barrier around Gensokyo, a safe haven for all sorts of creatures from Japanese mythology, who are at risk of extinction due to humanity's waning belief in them. She's most interested in the Sanctuary's east Asian-style monsters, such as Tanukis, Sutsunes, and Fenghuang-like Radugas. Meanwhile, Genki (who had previously been trapped in a copy of Monster Rancher) was ecstatic to find out there was a whole Dominion full of Mons in the Pantheon now, and invited the rest of the Searchers to explore it with him.
• Beatrix LeBeau is the only visitor who's ever ventured into Blob Burg. While exploring the Magma Chamber, a Lava Blob took a liking to her and guided her there through a secret crevasse. It took her to meet the King Blob, who sensed she had an affinity for slimy creatures. While Blobs don't produce plorts, unlike the Far, Far Range's slimes, Bea enjoys taking care of them from time to time.
• The Cassette Beasts party members decided to explore the Monster Sanctuary because it reminded them of New Wirral, the world-between-worlds they all met on. They split up once they got there. When Eugene encountered a Goblin Archer in the Ancient Woods, he tried recording it on a whim because it suited his aesthetic. To his amazement, it worked, so he told the others once they regrouped at the Stronghold. Meanwhile, Felix bumped into Kuneko, who decided to explore the Sanctuary because she thinks fighting the wild monsters will help her master the four elements. Since she's a monster, the Familiars can't exactly object to this.

Edited by NitroIndigo on Feb 15th 2024 at 7:21:07 PM

Here's your final .

In that case, to both proposals.

Edited by Shinobi on Feb 16th 2024 at 1:01:18 PM

I'll add it to Fictional Settings when I'm on my desktop. I realised that the trope Small, Secluded World isn't exclusive to fantasy.

I am accepted thumbs for both Getafix as well as the Asterix and Obelix fused Undefeatable Little Village profile. Thank you.

Edited by neoamon on Feb 15th 2024 at 7:53:27 PM

Monster Sanctuary is up. I noticed someone removed a lot of profiles from that page, presumably moving them to sandboxes. Does anyone think Fantastical Settings and Video Game Stages are ready?

Both Halls look ready to me.

From what I've seen, 1 is enough but it is good to wait for more approvals to be safe.

Edited by Excessive-Menace on Feb 16th 2024 at 2:33:25 AM

Do I need more consensus to launch them?

Before the changes will be made for the Dominions, I'm thinking if my old profile, New London, would take Glacial Apocalypse over Endless Winter given that in the beginning of Frostpunk (via one of the expansions), the world was sunny before the storms hit, thus hinting that it was an apocalyptic event. Also, New London should be in Fictional Settings, not Fantastical Settings.

for the trope change, and I moved it back to Fictional Settings, which I still think should be renamed to "Other Dominions".

Also, on second thoughts, I think Ooo should be there too because Cataclysm Backstory isn't inherently a fantasy trope.

Edited by NitroIndigo on Feb 16th 2024 at 1:14:03 PM

How about naming it Fictional Dominions?