Submitted by Heather on Tue, 11/28/2006 - 23:42
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Well, the season is already underway, so perhaps now is a good time to think of ideas for an overall story-arc for the season. Clearly there'll be a bit of 'finding other people and getting to know them' going on, but as with our other seasons, an idea of where we want to go will help get a cohesive story happening.
So, Big Bad ideas, anyone? Maybe Aidan's artefact could come into play, with some of the ideas Dave was tossing around in his proposals thread. Or does anyone have any ideas about an arc they'd like to see? Float those ideas here, guys. The more the merrier. :)
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LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
There has been some talk between a few of us about Valerian coming back, and his crew having abit of a power struggle with Dalton Corps. How do people feel about that?
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
Valerian is a good baddy...but Dalton Cops is much of a mystery to me. Can you give us a bit more info on them?
On Valerian: What might motivate him to come back to LA After he and his cronies got so badly beaten before? Could something be wrong with Jade that he needs womtething from LA to cure her? For some reason, a Valerian who is motivated by love for his daughter to face the site of his greatest defet has some appeal.
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
I think news might have also reached Valerian that the people who defeated the Brotherhood before are no longer a factor.
Anyway, what I understand about Dalton Corps (Kris / Robin should know more) is that they've been consolidating power over the underworld, including various vampire gangs. Kris mentioned something about possibly developing them as a BB in the sense of someone like Wolfram & Hart.
We're going to a slightly darker labn version (hey, I like), so I think a Valerian / Dalton conflict becomes one that . . . well . . . it makes choosing sides harder. I know Jasmin is probably more disposed to help Valerian (Vampire unity!) for instance, but that doesn't mean that someone else won't necessarily side with Dalton.
Anyway, to work on the Jade idea some. Perhaps a problem with her status: I think she's someting of a half-vampire, if I remember correctly (in fact, the only one we have) who has begun embracing her vampiric side. This might well end up causing problems. We can even work the artifact in; it becomes the key to fixing Jade, as its function is as a sort of soul-splitter.
Which would be why other people (who aren't already lacking a soul) to go crazy. The soul is usually too firmly anchored to be ripped away. You have to be in the right sort of situation for it to work; where, in this case, it would effectively allow the completion of the transformation (either full vampire or full human; guess which Valerian prefers).
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
To Expand on those ideas (if I may):
The artifact is an ancient 'Alchemical' device that 'purifies' the essence of the weilder. If one is already 'pure demon' or 'pure human' then it does a lot of damage mentally - making humans into beings of pure lust and rage and making demons into virtually catatonic drooling vegetables.
But a vampire - which is a mix of human and demon can choose whether to enhance his rage and evilness and become MORE demonic...or turn inward to find any shreds of soul that might cking to the flesh and enhance and draw them out becoming more human-lke possibly even restoring a soul to the creature (but not guaranteed).
For Jade (or Connor were we to find him) it could make them fully human or fully vampire. Always, the choice lies with the wielder unless they are already 'pure'.
The reason it doesn't affect Aiden is that his soul is shattered between LA and RBC and so is beyond the power of the device...but it can 'distill' him back and forth between the dimensional planes.
This device might be one of a series of magical devices that Valerian is seeking in an effort to save Jade's life (including rumors of a Master Alchemist with a Philospher's Stone) - as her form is still mortal despite his trying to 'turn' her the usual way. For some reason her hybrid form won't turn in the typical manner - although it unlocked her powers it failed to make her immortal.
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
I wonder what Alessa would choose...
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
Dave, that is evil. Quick, someone direct Steve here! Say that because thinking about the characters we have present or proposed:
Angus - Alchemist.
Erin - Human / Sidhe mix
Jasmin - Vampire
Aiden - Vampire (though not affected)
Kobra - Human / Demon
Cadee - arguably human / demon
In fact, the only completely `normal` people are Shuzuri-san, whose name I probably just mangled the hell out of, and Cole.
I like it, though one thing I'd like to recomend: the enhancement can be one of two things. Either a willfull act or subconcious. The subconcious takes over when it's not willfull, the effects less pronounced, more subtle, and blah blah blah. Also directed by the subconcious of the person within the effect field.
So... to use an example. Someone like Spike around it might find himself, after a few hours, immune to the cross and holy water, or able to tolerate sunlight for a brief period without smoking (since the Judge complained about the humanity in him - a metaphysical change reflecting the change within). On the other hand, Angelus finds himself becoming more powerfull and "Devolving" before his normal time.
Both of these slowly wear off when not in the presence of the device. But again, that's subconcious. One can go either route conciously, which might involve some fancy ritual work.
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
What about Kyle? He's a technically a pure demon but was once human. So a similar effect to Spike? (has humanity in him)
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
Arguably human/demon, I like that. :D I'll use it in Cadee's profile.
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
Possibly - though I should also note that I see Cadee as being more towards the human side. Really, it ends up depending on the exact circumstances. But I can see a LOT of possibilities from the device working in this way. Even getting a few ideas myself, which include Jasmin never, ever getting a soul. ;)
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
I like it! Too bad it has the ability to make Cole go insane hehe
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
Too bad? :twisted:
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
Well Cole, having been insane before, should be in a position to know that something is going on. ;)
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
It depends on your definition of 'Pure' doesn't it? It could be somethng like the definition of 'virgin'. Cole has been 'contaminated' by magic so to speak. Would it make him more 'magical?' vs. more 'animal'? All of us share a dichotmic nature. perhaps the insanity that Aidan's friend experienced was the "cold hearted killer' vs the 'caring human being' that all soldiers struggle with at some level or another?
Demons who are 'tainted' by feelings (to quote the Judge) are impure. and so they can be either overwhelmed by their feelings (become lethargic or moreose) or ... if they are truly 'pure' then they would be probably unaffected.
What would it take to have a truly pure human? Shuzuri-san - whose monk-like qualities have purged her impurities from her?
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
Hello all. Sorry it´s taken me a few days to swing back through. My attention is split in like 4 diffrent directions. I´ll get my char profile up with a little bit about how he gets to LA... just need some time to ponder, and have the time to sit down and write it. lol stay tuned there.
From the go I have had the idea that Aidan´s past regarding that artifact would catch up to him in the sense that his Commanding officer would catch up to him somehow. Whether or not some troopers come along is up in the air. Might make for a good element for the story arc, I´ll leave that up to y´all.
I like Dave´s "evil ideas" for the artifact. I´ll leave that one open to group discussion. So have at it. :) Whatever everyone wants to do with it is fine with me.
From the start Aidan is a little crazy. He was the guy in his unit that got in nice and close to kill sentries and specific targets, and he enjoyed it too. So the aritfact can very easily cause all sorts of internal conflict with him, and cause the inner demon that is rolling around in him to come out in grand fashion once things get moving in LA.
Errr. Hmmm. I can plug him into whatever arc that comes up basically. I just need to get used to how things are done here- bear with me it´s quite diffrent from what I am used to.
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
Ok, I was just chatting with Lou about her half-Sidhe and the possibility of her meeting Matthias - and I had one of those sudden 'evil thought' alerts. :)
What if the artefact Aidan has belongs to the Sidhe, and they want it back before it wreaks untold havoc on Earth? Not that Sidhe traditionally care much about humans, but it may well affect them too. So they send Matthias and tell him if he fucks this up like the Cloch Cosan his life won't be worth living. (Yeah, I know that introduces some similarities to our Season 1 storyline, but only superficially.)
So we have a situation where Valerian has learned of this thing and wants it to 'fix' Jade. Aidan has it and has no clue what it is or what it does. The artefact, in the meantime, is screwing about with everyone it comes into contact with because of its properties as 'soul-splitter'/'soul-decider'/whatever.
The Sidhe work out they've lost their funky device for trimming toenails or whatever the hell THEY use it for, and send Matthias to get it back. In the process, he encounters Jade again (digging up those memories) and he finds a hitherto unknown half-Sidhe wandering about the place... :)
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
But wait, there's more. lol
Dave came home and we talked about this idea a little more and we have come up with the following:
The artefact is part of a larger device the Sidhe use to distill their own essences and make themselves 'pure' Sidhe. They also use it in the creation of some of their half-breeds, by sacrificing a tiny fraction of everyone's "Sidheness" to put into the new being (similar to the way Darian and Loki were created - the whacko who made them maybe stole this device). This could also explain why Loki is still around - the Sidhe want to use the device to remove the tainted traces from Loki, but they don't have it anymore.
For a long time it was inert, hidden in that cave, but now that Aidan's unearthed it and brought it to LA, it's sucking bits of what it perceives as "impurities" from those it contacts. Those impurities have to go somewhere, and without the rest of the device attached, they're winding up in the collective Sidhe. They aren't the least bit happy about this, which is why they're sending Matthias as their most experienced Earth agent.
*phew*
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
Ooooh, I like that last part - it would really tie in with a little sub-plot I've been working on for Erin. :twisted:
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
That means that somebody is going to write Jade, right? Have you talked with April? I dont think she'll come back, in that case... Who's going to write for her?
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
ohHHhhhh its all about the faeries now.....looks like I killed off Darian too early eh lol...
I like the idea,
Are we going to try and include Dalton Corps in this at all? Robin, Kris any thoughts on your end?
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
She has effectively become an NPC. Which is the fate of all uncontrolled PCs unless expressly stated otherwise.
She will be written by whoever is writing at the time (same for Valerian)
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
It just sort of happened. Not sure how it happened, but it did. I'm willing to run with it however. The Fey stuff we wrote WAY back in season one is pretty original and doesn't cross anyone else's universes. So it'll be fun to flesh it out somewhat.
Dalton Corps would almost certainly be interested in a device that could effectively 'purify' spirits - talk about a powerful tool for Necromancy! BUt I've not seen anything from the Las Vegas contingent much lately...
LA By Night II - Season 1 Story Arc?
I think it works well that we have a storyline that can occur beyond any one character - obviously Aidan will be a driving force in bringing the artefact to LA, but beyond that most major characters seem to be NPC's (Matthias, Valerian, Jade) which means anyone can write for them.
I do like the idea of expanding on our fae universe (not least because I have a fae character now :P) We've had some very good sub-plots involving the fae in the past, so it'll be interesting to see what comes of this (and Dave's suggestions in the other topic sound fantastic!)
There's also a lot of scope for other individuals (like dalton corps) all wanting to get their hands on the artefact!