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TFTK CHAPTER 25: RECRUITMENT UNDER THE TWILIGHT KING

After Zant seized the Triforce of power, the next-most important phase of his plan enters: rebuilding his army. Old allies are in need of rescuing and, conveniently, they happen to be trapped right in his fortress of choice.

aaand welcome back! the next 4 chapters have been up on ao3 for a bit, but i only just got around to the promo art. thank you all for your patience! inspo for the top panel comes from kentaro miura's berserk, chapter 86 [MIND CONTENT WARNINGS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ BERSERK BEFORE], because i wanted this moment of tenderness to look unnerving. YAY <3

speaking of content warnings. CW this chapter for gore and graphic violence. this chapter was betaread, as usual, by @bulgariansumo and @orfeoarte ! thank u so much!

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A ludicrous fantasy Ghirahim would once have mocked was now reality: Zant had claimed the Triforce. Its power thrummed in his veins like a second heartbeat, felt in shocks with the slightest touch. He felt it when Zant’s hand plunged into his chest to take their blade; he felt it when they shared a bed, ramming against his cheek when he laid his head upon his chest; he felt it when they as much as crossed gazes. Always deep, resonant, and rhythmic, the heavy beating of a drum right in his ears. It was alive – breathing that life into that wilted thing of a host, who had died two times too many.

It’d been in his possession for mere days, and already their enemies were grasping for cards. None knew whether to storm wherever he lingered, or to evacuate wherever his serpent eyes sought their next siege. Ghirahim stayed by his side as his scabbard, as his retainer, and, somewhat discreetly, as his lover, march after march, watching the shimmering ocean of battles carried out in their name below, but finding far more intrigue in seeing their flames reflected in the Twilight King’s eyes. There was coldness in them, ruthless like a natural-born killer, but through it burst the sparks of a manic joy. Of elation, that tugged at the corners of his lips. These days, it was getting more and more difficult to read him.

This was the fourth day. They made it to the Temple of Souls in record time. Winter had not been kind to it – where once a labyrinth of lush roses grew rampantly on its estate, there was now a nonsensical mass of dead, black thorns, so brittle to the touch Ghirahim couldn’t imagine them piercing skin. Yet they must have been, because there rang the occasional whine from their soldiers chopping the paths down. Ghirahim quietly thanked the fact Yuga was stuck in prison somewhere in that dark, gloomy building. The Sorcerer surely wouldn’t have liked to see what had become of his prized garden, much less what Zant’s forces were doing to it.

When they broke through this first line of defense, the second stood waiting. Four days was not many to prepare against a siege, but it had been enough for Hyrule to put them in a small spot of trouble. Their forces were struggling, a sea of thorns at their backs to be pushed into, and wooden clubs meeting their match against tempered steel.

But Zant seemed unperturbed. He simply stood and stared at the Temple, watching as the last snowmelt dripped down the balcony. He turned to Ghirahim almost casually, held out his hand, and said, “Perhaps it is a little early for a spring cleaning, but we might as well start, no?”

His Blade answered wordlessly, took his hand. Fingers entwined, they stepped past their frontlines and into contested ground… Only for a shockwave to tear through the opposing forces, and cleave them a path. Those that didn’t perish from the impact launched backward, slamming against the stone staircase leading up to the temple. They traversed this carpet of fallen soldiers almost without a care in the world, undisturbed by those who attempted to break past the force fields around them. Their steps forcing the blood out of crushed organs beneath, crimson splatters colored the ground where petals once lay. The occasional, opportunistic allied soldier would dart past them, but up until the doorway, they cleanly passed down their aisle.

What would normally require a battering ram and the effort of dozens of men, took Zant nothing but a forceful shove of the palm. The stone door before them thudded and shrieked, a spiderweb of cracks digging into its surface. It gave way soon after. Down it crumbled, the parts of it still intact creaking inwards on loose hinges. Past the rubble, dust, and pebbles, the next wave of Hyruleans greeted their intruders. The first fool to close in on them would feel a sword sneak past his gorget, and then, feel nothing at all. Blood fresh on his blade, Ghirahim struck down the next, and the next, and the next, fighting tirelessly to guide the Twilight King through the crowd.

But where were they headed? They knew nothing of where their prisoners were kept. Digging in his memory, Ghirahim recalled nothing vaguely even resembling prison cells in the entire building. The Temple was an archive, a sanctuary, a mansion. It was not meant to know enemies, much less to harbor them. Moreover, the place was a veritable maze. If they ran around recklessly in search of their lieutenants, they would certainly get ambushed.

At the risk of losing his focus, he started to dowse. Yuga… Though a powerful mage, his presence had always been weak. Ghirahim did not typically track smaller targets, but for the sake of speed, he attempted nonetheless. He honed in on a sound, a smell, a memory… Shrill laughter, rosewater, and a wicked glare from across the studio. Weak chimes in his core confirmed his calibration.

Yuga was upstairs. But, barely, it seemed… Whatever that meant. He had no time to linger upon it. Amidst his faltering concentration, Zant had slid in to defend him. This sight filled him with such an instinctual feeling of disgrace he took not a split second of hesitation to grab him by the arm, and promptly warped the both of them to the top of the stairs.

Hyrulean troops were sparser here, but they would not be for long once word spread they’d arrived here. Ghirahim looked left, looked right, hoping for a confirming chime to ring out.

Left wing.

Zant kept pace with him, but Ghirahim felt his burning look of inquiry at his back. “Yuga is kept this way,” he hissed out as they ran down the hall. “It’s best we get to him quickly.”

Oh, he could hear it already. How reckless it was to rush ahead with their troops lagging so far behind. How the path should have been clear before breaking out a prisoner. But the fool dragging behind him now had far too much power to worry about such practicalities. They cleaved through the hallway, right past the windows, the paintings –

… This seemed familiar to Ghirahim. He had a feeling he knew where they were keeping the Sorcerer. Very quickly, he found the thought of it alone tacky.

To his chagrin, they found the jail room a mere few turns later. Steel bars had been fitted over the door and the stained glass windows around it. Before it stood waiting a handful of guards, who rushed toward them at once. Yuga was imprisoned in his own atelier.

Ghirahim sighed and took the first of the guards down. These men were slightly more competent, he noted quietly. They would have to be, considering who they were trying to keep in. It took a few nicks on his skin and clothing for him to find a moment’s respite to turn to Zant.

“You can break through those bars yourself, no?”

He nodded in response, hesitating but a moment to step closer to the door. “Right, before we head inside. Yuga is going to be in an incredibly sensitive state. I think it would be wise if I led the conversation,” Zant said, ignoring the guard rushing towards the both of them until he sent the man sailing down the hallway with a flick of his hand. “I fear you might lack the tact for it.”

“Lacking tact? Me? You have some nerve,” Ghirahim growled, refusing to humor him with his usual light air of banter. “You’ve spent far too much time buttering me up to start insulting me now.”

“It’s just a piece of perspective you lack. I mean nothing bad by it,” Zant responded, his hands raised defensively.

Arms folded loosely as to not lose his grip on his sword, Ghirahim frowned back. “And what, pray tell, is it that I lack? Or do you think me too stupid to comprehend whatever you’ve got planned?”

“Come now, not so hasty. It’s just an observation I made. Your disdain for mortals makes you miss out on crucial details, Ghirahim-ili. Do you have even the slightest idea as to what could make him… Distraught?”

Ghirahim sighed, furrowing his brow. “Yuga is distraught to tears at the drop of a hat, to begin with. Were he to be upset in particular about witnessing the defeat of our Master, or something as juvenile as his precious roses being torn down, he would have little more reason to grieve than I do.”

Rumbling down the hall. Some crowd was approaching, whether friend or foe. They both ignored it completely in favor of their conversation. Zant smirked at Ghirahim’s response. “As I thought. I must specify. Had you listened, you would have caught that Lorule is a kind of mirror world. In it, a doppelgänger of each living being is born… Yuga, as it would seem, fills the role of Ganondorf in his world.”

His esoteric trivia again. Ghirahim found it odd timing, frustrating almost. He certainly didn’t enjoy the implications this one carried. “... I see. What about it?”

“A bit of sympathy is in order, is all. To give you some perspective. To lose Ganondorf, to him, would be akin to tearing your scabbard from you, and leave you without a hand to wield you. You could live, certainly…”

Ghirahim’s furrowed brow relaxed, his face now solemn. Zant was prodding at sore spots and he knew it – Ghirahim had experienced both of those, in relatively short succession, in the past few months. He was forced to speak aloud what he’d kept quietly to himself that entire time. “... But I wouldn’t be complete.”

“Precisely.”

At once, Ghirahim was annoyed. Must he have been reminded of such agonies now, and share them with one he was so cross with? He had long opinionated himself about Yuga’s incessant clinging to what was supposed to be his Master, but this bit of empathetic pampering from Zant drove a nail right into his ire. Yuga was no more special than he. Even less so! What was a failed copy to a loyal blade!? How infuriating.

“Hah! And you speak of tact,” Ghirahim exclaimed, frowning with a nasty grin. He decided there was little point in bickering in the hallway. So he marched on forward, giving Zant a stiff shove in the back to hurry him to the door. “This entire lecture could have been condensed to a simple, ‘Ghirahim-ili, let me handle this’. Not a snide comment necessary!”

Zant hardly stumbled, but easily swayed by him as ever, did exactly as he wanted. “Perhaps you are right, but I wanted to even the scales on the snark you’ve been giving me the past few months, just a little.”

“You are very lucky I can’t break through that helmet, Twili.”

“I’m thankful for it every minute.”

With the doorway now free to open, Zant opened the door with silent care and slithered inside. “Yuga, Lord of Lorule. We’ve come to free you from death row,” he announced.

When Ghirahim followed behind him, he realized instantly what Zant must have meant by a ‘sensitive state’. The atelier had been completely thrashed. Broken bottles of pigments littered the floor into a desolate rainbow amidst the toppled furniture. Strewn around the room, some crooked on the wall, were the remains of portraits, their faces burned off. There was but one painting intact enough to discern its subject – though for all of them, it could easily be gleaned. The scene unfolded just by the tall windows, covered in bars and thorns as they were, the grey skies beyond them shrouding the room in a cold, dull light.

Ghirahim felt an icy chill under the golden gaze of his late Master, piercing through him from across the atelier. The last depiction of Ganondorf he might ever see again, rendered in this loving detail, captured him in an instant, with his wild, fiery hair, his powerful build, and that stern, ambitious look that drove him to grovel every time it turned to him. So engrossed was Ghirahim, that he hadn’t noticed the figure wilting before it.

Yuga sat at the base of the portrait, leaning into a nearby chair for support, as if he once had collapsed there and hadn’t gotten up since. He was shrouded in black, the only color on him now being from his own hair. The once so-well-kept ringlets that bounced on his shoulders had collapsed into an unruly mass of curls, and just then, shifted across his back as he blearily turned his head.

Some glint of surprise passed through his face, but Yuga did not seem to have the energy to have it linger. As he turned to them, Ghirahim’s eye landed on one particular detail. In his madness, Yuga had ripped the casing of a decorative pillow to shreds with his teeth.

“... Zant? Ghirahim? You – Am I seeing ghosts?”

Zant stepped closer into the light, a dull white interlaced with the shadows of prison bars. “Worry not for your sanity, Yuga. We are very much alive.”

“But… The Desert… We were certain you had perished,” Yuga tried to reason.

Zant’s helmet clattered and folded in on itself. Beneath it, he smiled sympathetically. “By the skin of my teeth, I survived. I have Ghirahim to thank for it.”

Yuga turned to look at Ghirahim again, who, struggling to keep his expression straight after such a grating comment, nodded in acknowledgement. “I would be glad to see you, but, my friends, look at the state I’m in. My masterpieces. Our army. Our Master,” he prattled on, gesturing pathetically to himself. Before Ghirahim could ponder on how pitiful he looked, Yuga’s words took a bitter turn. “Why didn't you assist us?”

Excuses at the ready as usual, Zant responded quickly. “I was bedridden, still, the day Ganon fell. And if I hadn’t been, I doubt our late Master would have wanted us to come to his aid.”

Barely suspended disbelief crossed Yuga’s squinted eyes. “What do you mean?”

“Ganondorf betrayed us. That desert was meant to be our deathbed, and we failed to comply to his wishes by refusing to be buried in it. I suspect he had been displeased with us ever since our defeat at Death Mountain, and has been attempting to get rid of us since.”

Liar. Filthy, snake-tongued liar.

“... That – I had no idea, to think that he would…” Yuga was still for a long time, for as far as the chaos outside allowed for stillness. “Fool I was. To be so close to him, and so blind to his plans. But what does it matter now? You say you are here to free me. What, exactly, is left of me to free? I’m nothing, now. I’ve failed, I’ve been humiliated, and now, I am more powerless than I’ve ever been.”

And Yuga was buying every word of it like it was on discount. How fragile grief made the mortal mind! It was getting more and more difficult for Ghirahim to mask his disgust. But he could not simply zone out, close himself off from this exchange. These were lies that the both of them would have to hold dear, as to not betray to Yuga that they were complicit in the fall of Ganon. It would be a very, very bitter lie, for possibly centuries to come.

Again Zant walked closer to his frail lieutenant. He stood across him now, mere steps away. “On the contrary, Yuga. You will be instrumental in my plans.”

“... Plans? Oh, Usurper. Don’t tell me,” Yuga laughed weakly.

Those final steps were crossed. Zant hunched down, taking Yuga’s hands in his and squeezing them. “But I am. Yuga, you have wit. You have magic. But more importantly, you have my trust. ”

Zant then laid his hands on his shoulders, staring him down with those wide eyes of his. “Tell me, Yuga. What is it that you wish?”

His solemn chuckling having just come to an end, Yuga’s malicious side slipped through the cracks of his composure. He shook his head, cackling to himself through gritted teeth. His next words were growled through tears. “That horrid land gone. I wish all of Hyrule to fall on its knees before me, its people begging us to forgive what they've done. Then, I want it reduced to dust.”

“Then we share similar goals, Lord of Lorule,” Zant smiled. He sensed weakness and dug his jaws in. “What of our Master? Would you not wish him back?”

Fury bulged through the veins in Yuga’s neck. “... Pay… They’ll pay for taking him from us. From ME! Of course I wish for him. It feels like I’ve lost a limb, Zant. Like a part of me has atrophied. But a childish wish like that…”

Just as Yuga faltered again, Zant held him tighter, leaning into his field of vision. “Would you believe me if I told you, that there is a way? To feel his presence, for his power to dwell in you?”

Yuga’s head fell, his voice whittling down to a whimper. “... Mercy…”

“You say you want vengeance. To reduce Hyrule to dust. Then we have that in common, Lord of Lorule!”

As fiercely as he did tenderly, Zant cupped Yuga’s face in his hands. At once forced to look straight at the other man, the first face he’s earnestly met in what may have been weeks, Yuga widened his eyes in surprise. Then, as the sad figure froze in his hands, Zant lunged down and kissed him firmly on the forehead.

Yuga yelped in surprise, his frame seizing up. Then convulsing, as a powerful pulse emitted from the both of them, strong enough to rattle the room and all its inhabitants. A grey, runed pallor spread through Yuga’s skin for just a heartbeat. As small as that glimpse of power had been, it was enough for him to burst into tears. Clinging to Zant’s breeches, he sobbed, and wailed, and pleaded. As simple as that, a new allegiance was forged.

Ghirahim’s eye trailed from the gray hand stroking and soothing the mourning sorcerer’s shoulder, up to Zant’s face. When their eyes met, a triumphant, subtly vicious smile flashed back at him. What a dangerous ally he’d made.

Time came to free their other prisoner. By now, their forces had fought all the way up to the door to Yuga’s impromptu holding cell. A proper entourage was waiting for them at last. The last words exchanged and his tears dried, Yuga shifted in his seat. In his lap, he still held a black handkerchief, greyed, faded, and laces frayed, where listless hands had wrung the wetted fabric.

Their lieutenant made some wantful gesture behind him. “My crutches, please, I –” He struggled for a moment, hissing against the movement of his sore legs. “My apologies, I haven’t moved from this spot in quite some time.”

One of Yuga’s crutches turned out broken, doubtlessly during the same chaos that razed through the room he was confined in. Yuga paid the rest of the room no heed as they departed, making a clear effort to aim his gaze at nothing but the exit. Unpracticed as he was with but one crutch, Ghirahim joined his vulnerable side. It was a sorely uncomfortable affair. Both of them, in mourning, regretting the death of the one who symbolized their previous Masters. Yet, Ghirahim himself was composed, while the one currently hanging on his arm was a blubbering mess. Hidden behind a black veil was he, with reddened, puffed-over eyes, his gaunt cheeks, and the flaky skin on his fingers, drenched in tear-stained eczema. His despair truly made him ugly.

Though, he supposed Yuga had stayed by his Master’s side until the very end. Abandonment, betrayal, such forces would never come to stifle whatever sadness came to rear its head in the poor wretched Lorian.

Ghirahim knew the raw spot his companion carried on his person now all too well. In his envy of such open weeping, he felt inclined to rip it open. At the risk of a warning glare from Zant, he broke his silence.

“I have to know, Yuga. That final hour. Did he die with glory?”

Yuga swallowed, sucked in a choked breath. He stumbled for a moment. Was it truly so easy to topple his composure like this? How delightfully weak.

“Never before have I seen such power. Such raw, glorious fury, encapsulating all he stood for. He was everything, Ghirahim,” were the words he landed upon, final like the closing of a book.

Their violent chaperones huddled like a shield around the three of them, they traversed the swirling halls of the Temple. They did so in silence, mostly, with Zant too focused on tracking the Ring Spirit’s vague magical aura, and the other pair, too engrossed in their own thoughts to waste any words. The deeper they crossed into the Temple, the less disturbance they received. Snarling against their foes, the Bulblin soldiers guarding their flanks fought off the few that dared pursue them into this labyrinth.

As though breaking free from a spell, Yuga mustered the decency to speak to the one assisting him in walking. He turned to Ghirahim with a slight smile. “You have contempt for him, don’t you, Ghirahim? He broke his promise to you.”

Ghirahim did not respond. The way he shifted his gaze to the floor could have been taken as a refusal to answer, but really, he was just considering the thought for his own curiosity. Contempt? Was he capable of feeling such things for his Masters? How would he go about picking such feelings out from between the mountain of disappointment, sadness, and guilt? This overall inadequacy?

Yuga did not let him consider for long. His smile turned wistful as he spoke. “I tried for you, you know. When he was in one of his rare, fair moods, I’d approach him, and I’d ask, ‘Master, would it really be so terrible if you took him to your next battle? That boy cares for you so, it pains me to see him so neglected’. And do you know what he said?”

Yuga’s words almost shocked him. Fond reminiscence over mutual loss of a meaningful person. Common among mortals, but unheard of for him. How quaint. He’d never had a conversation like this before. The novelty of it alone made Ghirahim set his frustrations with Yuga aside, if only to see as many sides of this exchange as possible. “No. What did he say?”

Yuga mustered a laugh, lowering his voice somewhat in imitation of their Ganondorf. “ ‘That ‘boy’ of yours,’ he said, ‘is a millennia old weapon. You’d do better not to make him go soft’. A hopeless affair, it was! Even for me!”

The realization that Yuga had vouched for him, pleaded for wishes in his stead, without his knowing or urging, weighed on a part of his mind he didn’t recognize. What a strange favor… Ghirahim looked to the man beside him, now seeing an ally… No, a friend, he hadn’t known he had.

His own ignorance, paired with the thorough typicality of Yuga’s words, brought him a burst of laughter. Yes, that was how their Master was, exactly! “He was right, you know.”

And though Yuga joined him in his laughter, Ghirahim turned away just as his companion was distracted by nostalgic mirth, to hide sadness of his own. That simple exchange confirmed it. The truth settled heavily in his soul. Ganondorf never intended to wield him. Never had, never would. He swallowed the finality of it all and bore the thorns it drove into his throat with silence.

After a long trek through foggy corridors, Zant stopped. To their right stood a door, at first glance unremarkable, with its mundane size and simple wooden frame. Stepping closer, one would notice it completely plastered in talismans. Different colors, shapes, sizes – Ghirahim thought he could even distinguish different scripts. The Hyruleans were thorough with their wards, for even the Demon Lord felt an unpleasant sting standing near the door. Had Wizzro been kept there, these wards would certainly be keeping him firmly trapped inside.

To the living, though, such things were mere strips of paper, and Zant began idly picking at their edges to peel them right off the door. As he did so, Ghirahim cast a bored look to where they came from, squinting against the persisting fog. He wondered if they’d be able to make it back.

With the talismans removed, the lot of them passed through to find some matter of lodging, perhaps one meant for servants or guests. Its furnishings were mostly empty, save for some boxes and trinkets scattered around the shelves. But, more importantly, there sat a plain jewelry box upon the dressing table, a big, bright red talisman sticking it shut.

Zant seemed to notice his gawking and sidled up beside him. “I do believe I have kept you bored this entire siege. If you would like to do the honors…”

Yuga now taken off his hands, Ghirahim accepted Zant’s offer. He approached the box, and though the talisman itched his fingers through his gloves, he peeled it off no problem.

Almost immediately, the jewelry box began to shake. Cacophonous jingling of little accessories grated the ears, until a murky, groaning sound muffled all else. At once, the box shot open, a shadowy form bursting forth with clawed hands and gnashing teeth.

“A damn fool you are, to let me out of –” Wizzro roared, only to sheepishly fold into himself once he saw who stood before him. He let out an awkward chuckle. “Ah, erm, gentlemen. Hhhhi.” His mouth closed, then shifted into an eye, which darted between the three men before him. He lingered particularly on Zant, whose magic output evidently made him the biggest presence in the room. Naturally, a Spirit such as Wizzro couldn’t wrestle his attention away from such a phenomenon if he wanted to. “You’ll have to excuse me for the outburst. You see I’ve been eh, locked in that box for – How long, Yuga?”

“Beats me,” said Yuga, unenthused about being involved in the conversation.

“Yes, you get the idea. Quite a bit. Stewing in rage the whole time. You know how it is.”

Ghirahim raised a brow, having stood there deadpanned this entire exchange thusfar. “Sure.”

“Either way, so,” Wizzro said, turning away from them to hide his face. He rummaged around in the box for a bit, plucked his own ring out, and twisted it nervously around his finger. “There’s something… New, housing itself in you, isn’t there, Zant?”

Zant simply stared.

“I take it we’re under new management?”

Now, Zant smiled. “You learn fast. Yes, Wizzro. I will be requiring your services.”

“How much… Bargaining space, do you allot me, Twili? You should know, a spirit like me is in high demand.”

“I know every inch of that fickle mind of yours, Wizzro. You shall have nothing to complain about. And if you did, I would give you reason not to.”

“ Oh yeah. You haven’t changed. Good, good. Very well, then. When do we start?”

“Right away, Wizzro, my good man,” said Zant, holding out his hand as if offering to shake it. Pointedly, his right, so that Wizzro would have no choice but to join hands with his ring in the middle. Ghirahim exchanged a look with the poor sod as he floated by to accept, and found him more nervous than he’d ever seen him.

The shriek that rang throughout the room the second they shook on their pact confirmed that Wizzro had good reason to be nervous. Something told Ghirahim the conniving rat wouldn’t be giving them too much trouble from here on out. With that out of the way, the group of them, reunited at last, turned back down the hallway. There were still rats in the Temple, after all, and no King worth his salt would be caught dead with vermin in his home.

One last ally remained, and he may have been the most difficult to persuade. Frankly, Ghirahim wasn’t enthused about this one, but they were strapped for commanders. His personal opinions, therefore, meant very little. So, there they stood, at the mouth of the Northern Eldin Cave system. Naturally, as they had succeeded in doing so before, their army would greatly benefit from recruiting an entire clan of dragons. Now that Hyrule had succeeded in doing the same, they could not afford to lose their own.

Thus Zant described it to his co-lieutenants. It was just the two of them today, leaving Yuga to rest and Wizzro to tend to administration. Ghirahim was simply tagging along as his scabbard, as he usually did, these days. To-day, he was glad for it. He wasn’t particularly enthused about the idea of holding a conversation about the dreadful bore that was Volga, Dragon Knight. And he was certain it was Volga they were meeting with. The Dragons of this world hold boundless wisdom, though very few are equipped with the ability to relay it in mortal tongue. This left the Fire Dragons of Eldin with no option but to send their representative before the Twilight King. With the occasional gigantic serpentine head peeping in from the tunnels, Volga met them in solitary attendance, held emphatically close by the entrance of the cave system.

“Sir Volga. We meet again,” announced Zant.

Volga, though clearly displeased by even the sight of his two ‘guests’, kept an impressively stiff upper lip before them. “You know very well I do not bother with formalities. State your business.”

“My conquering of the Seer’s territory surely has not slipped your notice.”

“It has not.”

“You will also expect that I am not content with this alone. Even after Ganondorf’s defeat, Hyrule remains contested ground. Your people, too, have stakes in this. This dwelling alone convinces me. Your relatives hunching through the tunnels behind you, I presume, are far too large, too numerous, to dwell in the caves of a nursery. You wish to expand.”

With a pound of his spear, Volga scoffed, though he did not smile. “Clearly you know everything. Yet you bother to come and interrogate me. Why?”

“I simply thought a little sympathy might prove my good intentions to you.”

Volga, unlike many, saw through Zant’s sweetened words remarkably quickly. That was just about the one of the few things Ghirahim appreciated about him: the man’s resolve was like steel. “Silence! I will not hear another word. Shadow Lord, you are an open book. Next, you thought to offer some grand compromise, a way to use my people as your pawns.

I decline!“

At lack of response, Volga held his pike at the ready, fire pooling from between his teeth. “I will not repeat myself. Leave!”

Zant chuckled from behind his helmet, padding backward in resignation. But Ghirahim could see this surrender was completely false. Inside those massive sleeves, his fingers itched and twiddled. So Ghirahim steeled himself, his hands tense behind his back.

As he predicted, once Zant joined his side, he jerked his head toward him with violent anticipation. With a snap of his fingers, Ghirahim’s cloak disappeared, his chest exposed. Zant hesitated not even a second to rip his scimitar from its scabbard and bear down on the Dragon Warrior with voracity.

Ghirahim, naturally, could not stand idly by. Volga’s fighting style was far more exciting to him than the dolt himself, and Ghirahim eagerly seized the opportunity to witness it up close. With a whirlwind-strength spin of his polearm, gashes formed across the torsos of both Volga’s opponents. Yet it deterred neither of them. Furious blows were exchanged between the embers bursting through the air, the temperature in the tunnels at once reaching a scorching heat. Had it just been him and the Dragon, Ghirahim thought, this battle would have been delightfully equally matched, and he would have been eager to tear victory from his clawed gauntlets at the very last second. As it stood, Zant was there also, weakened only by his lack of killing intent. Ghirahim had almost gotten carried away by the thrill of battle – they were there to oh-so-diplomatically convince Volga, not murder him outright. Playtime was over soon. The butt end of Volga’s spear shot towards him, and he surrendered through a refusal to dodge. As Ghirahim tumbled back onto the stone floor, he watched as Zant stood poorly guarded before the warrior now barreling towards him… And suddenly, the Twilight King disappeared.

There was a mere flash of confusion when Zant vanished from sight. Volga had but a second to check his surroundings before his adversary appeared behind him, his spell-drenched hands now enclosed over his eyes.

A sizzle. He screamed. Ghirahim could only catch a glimpse of what Zant had done between Volga’s frantic clawing at his face, but it was enough to draw the conclusion. Slowly, but surely, a metallic, black mask was spreading across his eyes and fusing to his helmet. As Volga stumbled around the corridor, swinging wildly to find either an anchor or the wicked man who did this to him, the darkness down the cave began to clear.

Looming above the group of men was the rest of the draconic Clan, glaring at them with piercing teal eyes. Some bared their teeth in rage, tongues lashing and sulfurous drool burning holes into the floor, while others swelled their throat sacs, bright and glowing with kindling flame.

Yet Zant stood comfortably, almost oblivious to it all. Ghirahim came to put himself between the Twili and the panicking knight, with his blade drawn to threaten the foes before them. But something told him that even without this measure of protection, Zant would have had the same poise.

Zant spread his arms amicably. His upturned hands served as a gesture of peace, but the slight shimmer in the air betrayed it as a somatic command also, for shields to protect him from the dragons’ rage.

“You wish to have him back, no? Volga is a formidable warrior.”

Deaf and blind to his surroundings, Volga began to shift, as if cracking through the shell of his current form could save him from this blight. It did not – red scales turned to pitch black, jagged and pulsing with cyan magic. Ghirahim kicked the nuisance in the horn when he threatened to get too close.

Zant continued his oration. “Then hear me! If it is Eldin that you want, then my Kingdom shall have space for you. I merely request one favor in return: assist me in taking over Hyrule Castle. Doubtlessly, the Princess will have similar plans to my own, and I need the might of your people to overpower her.”

The teeth of his helmet clattering to expose half his face, Zant smiled. “Does that not sound so violently simple?”

The serpentine heads above them growled, their wild eyes darting between each other. Some snarled, baring their teeth, others squinted, and yet others bowed their heads in resignation. With the loss of their interpreter, the beasts had no way to communicate with this strange adversary. But, after what looked like some squabbling, of nipping at one another and snorting steaming breaths, the hostile among them hesitantly turned and retreated into the caves. The largest dragon remaining locked eyes with Zant and nodded.

Zant’s gentle smile from before turned into a wide grin. With a clap of his hands, Volga stopped struggling. At once, he shrunk in on himself, his draconian features reverting back to humanoid ones. But he was different from before. His armor remained pitch black, jagged and pointy, his eyes covered by a visor that seemed melded to his flesh.

“I will return him to you when Hyrule Castle is secure and my usurpation is finished,” said Zant, nonchalantly under the eyes of the shocked dragons. Doubtlessly, they expected him to revert the curse. “Until then, he will follow me just like this. I’ve found he gets rather uppity when you don’t keep the reins tight… Now, farewell!”

Volga followed Zant wordlessly, like a drone, as the latter cheerfully turned to waltz right back out of the cave. Ghirahim shot one pitying look at the Dragon Warrior’s remaining clan, whose hearts collectively crumbled, and turned to follow.

With three more high-ranking officials under his belt, Zant’s life as a royal stabilized, turned almost mundane. The Temple claimed as their home base, the next phase of his conquering creaked to a slow start, gears a-turning. Piles upon piles of correspondence stacked on his desk, Zant himself laid low, having his commanders at their territory’s borders keep his little place free from violence. It seemed to be working splendidly, because their pretentious pontifex of a King was taking full liberty to have some time off. Ghirahim stood at the staff entrance of the Temple, hands in his sides, waiting for the shadows in the distance to get a little closer.

Drawing near were Zant, riding the very same Bullbo he once carried the defeated Zelda on (he’d developed a fondness for the beast and was very pleased to discover it was still alive); and Lord Dargas, reigning Duke of Tarm. The plan seemed to be to pamper that wretched noble… Something about guaranteeing them a spot in Holodrum, in case they wanted to expand territories. Ghirahim watched the man fuss over his mustache and depend on three separate pages to get his arse down from his ludicrously sized horse and wondered if they couldn’t have picked some other vaguely rebellious province for that scheme.

Ghirahim stepped aside to let through three Bulblins pulling a cart containing the spoils of their hunt, to find Zant trailing not far behind them. Said Twili came up to him smiling brightly.

Such a smile did nothing to Ghirahim. “So. Did you have fun dodging your responsibilities with our good Duke? I don’t see what you’re stalling for.”

“To you it may seem like stalling,” Zant said, handing the massive spear he’d wielded over to a waiting squire. The weapon was so stupidly large, even an oaf like him wouldn’t miss. “But this, too, is part of politics.”

Ghirahim bumped him just a touch too casually for polite company. Said polite company pranced past them, his suit fully in order and dusted off, and the three of them exchanged a cordial greeting.

Ghirahim’s expression soured the second the Duke was out of view. “You’re trying to win simple favors, now? How very unlike you.”

“Perhaps, but I’ve put it to the test,” Zant began, placing a hand on Ghirahim’s shoulder to lead him into the garden. “For a King, there are two ways to assert his authority. The first would be appeasement; the second, tyranny, forcing obedience purely through violence. Considering your status as Demon Lord, I need not guess which of the two you are more familiar with.”

Ghirahim grinned. “And you are not?”

“Oh, I am. Most intimately, in fact. Tyranny is how I claimed Hyrule initially, and it is how Ganondorf led his army, as well. Coincidentally, both attempts failed, resulting in our deaths.”

“So you’ve decided to play nice,” Ghirahim teased, nudging Zant’s hand so it could slip to the small of his back.

“Not exactly… Relying on appeasement alone would require resources that we lack. Those of noble blood want extravagance and their every wish fulfilled. Which is where my experience with Twilit politics will serve me well…” Zant trailed off a moment, kicking a perished rose branch into the shrubbery. “Tell me, Ghirahim-ili. What impression would it give to freshly war-torn people, to be met with a new competitor of the throne, who immediately throws luxurious parties?”

Ghirahim gave it some thought. “I’d imagine it could go either which way. Either you assert yourself as resourceful, or you might strike them as a pompous prick who doesn’t know how to handle his own wealth.” Which wouldn’t be too far off, he thought to himself.

“Precisely. That is a gamble I cannot afford at this stage. So, we show them hospitality, a willingness to listen to their demands… But, just as Hyrule does, we have a trump card.”

Zant lifted his hand, his long sleeve dropping down to flash the mark of Power.

“Connection to the divine. I have claimed the Triforce of Power, as none before me could ever achieve, and I’ve wielded its power to seize the North. Any unwillingness to cave to my demands will be quickly snuffed out under the threat of such a force.”

“A solid middle ground, then.”

“So you could say.”

“I take it, then, that our Summit is being held soon?”

“Yes. The Duke of Tarm just so happens to be the first to arrive,” Zant said, turning to the stables behind them. Just as he stood and watched, the prey he’d claimed was being wheeled in through the back door – a large boar, only marginally smaller than his mount. Both found it macabre, a bit of a cruel joke, one that made Ghirahim turn back and Zant grin all the wider. “I’ve extended invitations to just about all our former allies. Not a soul will be missing out – Unlike Ganondorf, I will not be playing favorites. Our forces need to know they can depend on us.”

Such a bold comment made Ghirahim shake off his discomfort in an instant. He sidled up closer to his monarch, nudging him through his thick robes. “Ah… So you have no favorites, none at all?”

Zant smirked, locking this boldness in place by curling his arm around Ghirahim firmly, affectionately. “Well… Perhaps, Demonkind as of late, has been landing on my good side quite often…”

Laughing, making jabs, huddled in the arms of a man who could crush him. To once again linger in the shadows of a greater ruler, but never losing prominence – like the gem-lain hilt of a blade glistening in the shade of a warrior’s cape. No longer would he have demand over the absolute spotlight, but rather, he would share it with a King, who in turn was completed by the sword he’d wield, his deadly tool of choice. A thousand years it had been, from his point of view, since Ghirahim had last lived like this. It was as nostalgic, as the lethargy of it all made his skin crawl. For now, it did little good to struggle against his overshadowing. He reminded himself that this feeling was what he’d chased ever since his revival… But his choice of pseudo-wielder was, to put it lightly, irking to a painful degree.

The playing field had to be leveled a little bit. He reached over to deliver a harsh pinch to the delicate underside of the Twilight King’s upper arm and reveled in the pathetic shriek it evoked.

#bearwrites #beararts #ghirazant #zant #ghirahim #yuga #wizzro #volga #hyrule warriors #tftk #loz fanfic

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petitelepus · 4 years ago

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Shattering the Magnus?, Part 1

Me and my friend RunnyInks were talking and bonding over our shared love for Transformers Animated and this piece was born! Please enjoy!

The war was over and Decepticons won. Autobots are reduced to Decepticons’ and your slaves, pets and toys. How did it all come to it? It was Sentinel’s fault.

The war was over. The Decepticons had won and all because Optimus Prime hadn't had Magnus Hammer to fight against Megatron. Why he didn't have it? Sentinel hadn't let Ratchet take the hammer with him back to Earth. Instead, Sentinel took the hammer and sat on his throne, holding the hammer to purely show his status as the new Magnus to Cybertron.

Optimus and his team were defeated and taken as prisoners. Decepticons lead by Megatron himself attacked the Cybertron and they used the Elite Guard to wipe the floor. Autobots didn't stand a chance with Sentinel leading them with his weak leadership.

You and the rest of the Decepticons stood in the middle of the plaza, surrounding the defeated Autobot soldiers and watching as your mighty lord Megatron appeared on every screen and skyscraper, with the Magnus hammer in his hands.

"My Decepticons, this day shall be remembered as the day we took over what was rightfully ours. Cybertron belongs to us!"

Every Decepticon cheered while the defeated Autobots hung their heads in defeat and the civilians covered in fear.

Megatron continued, "As my first order as your new ruler, every mech or femme who identified as an Autobot is therefore from this day onward nothing but a slave to serve their owner! For those who took no action during the war, don't be afraid, you are all welcome to live with us in harmony. Taken that you don't have anything against your new management..."

No one fought against your lord's orders and the air was filled with cheering Decepticons. You were so happy your armor rattled against your protoform and you and other Decepticons clapped each other on the back for the good job you all did. The first thing your lord Megatron did was to arrange you all a place to stay.

You were one of the Cons who got their new home quickly because you fought in frontlines in Team Chaar. You got yourself a nice spacious apartment, but just as you were done settling down, you got an invitation from your commando's commander Strika to join her in a secret location.

You transformed and quickly flew to the spot she had told you to meet her at. You rushed to meet her and saw that the whole team was there already. You transformed and saluted her. "At your service, Strika ma'am!"

"You came. Good." Strika turned and motioned you and others to follow her into the building. "We're late!"

You all followed your superior and teammates to the darkened halls when you started to hear things. Shouting and cheering. The deeper you ventured the louder voices got. When Strika pushed curtains to the side you saw the source of all the noises.

A bar? Cons left and right were drinking, eating, and laughing. You looked carefully and you almost jumped out of your armor. All the Cons present were the biggest and most vicious Decepticons who had been in war. You could see the Shockwave himself nursing a drink and the triple changer Blitzwing... Right at a table with Megatron himself!

You felt like a sparkling having its first piece of oilcake. You were a soldier in front lines, yes, but you had never met the Megatron himself.

"Strika, over here!"

Strika followed the voice and you, Cyclonus, and others followed her to the table where... Megatron himself sat!

A huge Con with one crimson optic waved at you. You recognized him, he was Lugnut, one of Megatron's greatest warriors. Strika sat next to the mech and motioned you all to take a seat around Megatron's table, which you did. Suddenly Megatron stood and cleared his intake and the whole bar went quiet and all optics were on the warlord.

"I think you all deserve to know why we are here." Megatron cleared his intake, "Because you all fought by my side, I see that it's only fair you get your reward before others. You all get to choose your slaves first, here and now!"

You all cheered and curtains were swept aside and lights were pointed on the mainstage. A mech you knew as Swindle walked up to the spotlight and smiled as he welcomed everyone, winking at Megatron's way.

"Now you know I don't do these things for free, but when the good old warmonger like Megatron asked me to deal with these little Autobots, how could I say no?" The mech laughed and snapped his servos as the first line of Autobots were brought to the stage. They were some nobodies you had never seen but bidding still started strong.

A waiter brought you drinks and you idly sipped yours as you watched Autobots being bought and taken from the stage by their new owners. Oil Slick, Blackout, and Spittor got themselves some nice bots and left to take them to train their slaves. Time passed, but Swindle kept the auction interesting and cons left one by one until only your table was left.

"And now everyone, the bots you have been waiting for...! Team Prime and Elite Guards!"

You watched with optics wide how the Team Prime who fought so hard against Megatron was brought to the stage. They were all chained in stasis cuffs and were unable to fight back. You browsed your options when you heard something.

"UNHAND ME THIS INSTANCE! DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM? I DON'T BELONG HERE!"

Your optics widened as you watched a dark blue bot with orange lines being dragged by two huge bouncer Cons to the stage. Swindle chuckled and as he motioned towards the mech, the light followed and shined on the Autobot.

"Here we have THE MAGNUS, whose thirst for power cost Autobots everything! Can I get a laugh?" Swindle asked with a laugh of his own and the elite Cons around you laughed.

The blue bot grounded his denta together in fury and he opened his mouth to yell, but this blue and red in cuffs hushed at him. "Just play along Sentinel...!"

"YOU MIGHT HAVE NO SHAME IN SERVING THESE SCUMMY DECEPTICONS OPTIMUS, BUT I AM THE MAGNUS AND-!" He got cut off as one of the bouncers snapped a gag over his mouth and the whole room laughed as he tried to shout over his gag.

"Now that we got a good laugh, would anyone like to throw a joke? No, seriously, I'll auction him for laughs!" Swindle laughed but he stopped the moment you jumped up and slammed your hands on the table. "I'll take him!"

"Ha ha ha, now that is a good joke! Got anything else?"

"No, seriously, I'll take him!" You shouted when suddenly a huge shadow fell over your form. You turned and saw the Megatron himself looking down on you. You swallowed and bowed. "My lord."

"You have been a promising soldier. Are you certain you want this Autobot?" He asked and you nodded. "I have never been this certain, my lord."

Megatron stared at you for a minute before he looked at Swindle and nodded. "Give her the false Magnus."

"Yes, lord Megatron." Swindle grinned and snapped his servos and the bouncers picked up the struggling Autobot and gave him to you. You grinned as he glared at you and you were about to leave when one of the bouncers slipped you something.

"What's this?"

"The key to the gag. Though, if I was you I'd throw it away. This bot is obnoxious."

Sentinel shouted over his gag and you hushed at him like a carrier would and nodded to the bouncer. "Thanks, but I'll like them loud."

With that done, you left. It was interesting, but you couldn't help but to feel content when mechs and femmes left and right looked who you got in your claws. The Sentinel Magnus, one who had doomed them all. You got to your apartment and when you had made sure that your door was locked, you took out the key and waved it at Sentinel's face.

"Wanna talk, big boy, or would you prefer to have the gag on?" You asked and if the looks would kill you would be a melted pool of metal by now. You laughed lightly and opened the gag and put it away. The second the gag came off, he started shouting.

"I demand you release me immediately you disgusting Decepticon or else!"

You laughed and leaned down to get a better look at him and you pinched his cheek. "Now you know I can't do that! You wouldn't survive a day on the streets! You know what they do to a failure Magnus like you?" You laughed and Sentinel's glare on you hardened.

"Oh, how I look forward to having you with me." You said with a smile when something suddenly hit your cheek. You blinked and touched your wet cheek and came to the conclusion that Sentinel had just spit on your face.

How insolent. You should punish him. Anyone else would have done the same if he had done that to them. You imagined all the ways you could punish him. A good whipping with electro whip would certainly be in order, but you weren't that mean. He made an honest mistake, he didn't know any better. You could forgive him that.

You wiped the oral lubricant with your servo and looked at it before bringing it to your lips and licking it off. Sentinel squinted his bright blue optics at you defiantly, but that defiance was wiped off as your crimson optics shrunk into slits and you flicked your long forked glossa against his cheek, smearing your own oral lubricant at him.

"Oh, I'll enjoy playing with you...!"

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calamumnomen-official · 5 years ago

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Ideas for Talents in Overwatch 2

(From my Reddit account)

One of my biggest fears for the sequel is that talents will only be for the heroes chosen for Story missions. I wanted to see how hard it would be to make talents for all 31 heroes. It only took me a day, so if I could do it I don't see why the entire Blizzard team couldn't.

Reinhardt has at least 7 talents, so I came up with 8 talents for each hero to round it out.

(Talents with * are official talents revealed in gameplay or BlizzCon)

Tank Talents

D.va

Level 1

Game Over- When Mech health reaches 0, mech will fall apart as usual, but each piece explodes to deal 50 damage

Landing Zone- Call Mech produces larger shockwave that knocks enemies back and deals 100 damage

Level 10

Shooting Star- Ram into enemy with Boosters to set them on fire

Micro Flares- Micro Missiles shoots flares that can intercept projectiles in midair

Level 20

Build Up Charge- Mech draws in enemies before it Self Destructs

Disassembly Matrix- Barriers do not block projectiles while under Defense Matrix, enemies covered by Matrix take more damage

Level 50

Defensive Dome- Defense Matrix covers 360 degrees in 7.5 meter radius

Photon Cannon- Micro Missile fires the projectiles from Pilot D.va's Light Gun instead

Orisa

Level 1

Mobile Barrier- Protective Barrier hovers in front of Orisa instead of being placed on the ground

Charger Shield- The Supercharger is protected by a 300 HP barrier

Level 10

Fusion Charge- Critical hits from Fusion Driver charges your Ultimate faster

Cease!- Halt! stuns all enemies it passes through before it activates

Level 20

Ubercharger- Supercharger gives Fortify effect to all allies boosted by it

Citizen's Arrest- Halt! holds enemies in place for 4 seconds, but they spin around the way they used to in Zarya's ultimate

Level 50

Immovable Object- If you are hit by a melee attack while Fortified (Talon Assassin or Talon Heavy's charge) the damage is deflected back to attacker and they are stunned

Fortification- Fortify increases health by 300 Armor

Reinhardt

Level 1

*Fire Burst- Fire Strike explodes every time it deals damage, lighting nearby enemies on fire

*Frenzy- Rocket Hammer swings faster after consecutive hits

Level 10

*Impact Converter- Rocket Hammer damage recharges your Barrier Field

*Amplification Field- Barrier Field increases damage of friendly projectiles passing through it

Level 20

*Balderich's Stand- Gain armour and damage when your barrier breaks

*Fault Line- Earthshatter does more damage in a narrower cone

Level 50

*Epicentre- Earthshatter travels in all direction

Forward Assault- Charge can pin up to 3 enemies at once

Roadhog

Level 1

Barbed Hook- Chain Hook stuns enemy even after they are released

Sinker- Scrap Gun reloads automatically when you successfully hook an enemy

Level 10

Slag Metal- Whole Hog sets enemies on fire

Junk Ball- Scrap Gun alternate fire headshot does triple damage if it hits before detonation

Level 20

Stored Fat- Gain 150 additional HP if Take a Breather is used at full health, for a total of 750 HP

Funnel- Whole Hog fires in a tighter spread instead of a cone

Level 50

Chem Pump- Damage taken during Take a Breather heals for 50% of damage taken

Scrap Blast- At point blank range Scrap Gun knocks back enemy

Sigma

Level 1

Iron Core- Accretion knocks down enemy for maximum amount of time regardless of distance

Reconstruction- Experimental Barrier is restored by 50% of max health when taken down

Level 10

Asteroid- Accretion launches in straight line at faster speed

Kinetic Converter- Kinetic Grasp heals and boosts healing received from allies

Level 20

Optimal Barrier- Experimental Barrier does not take damage while it is being deployed

Gravity Anomaly- Gravitic Flux draws in enemies into area of effect and deals constant damage until the slam

Level 50

Gravity Well- Enemy is briefly held in place if both Hyperspheres hit

Black Hole- Kinetic Grasp draws in every projectile that enters a 5 meter radius and gives shields for 100% of the damage

Winston

Level 1

Primeval Rage- Surrounded by electricity during Primal Rage to deal extra damage

Take Off- Surrounding enemies are set on fire when Jump Pack is triggered

Level 10

Re-entry- Enemies get knocked down if you land on them with Jump Pack

Projector Error- Barrier Projector explodes when it expires

Level 20

Electrobarrier- All enemies inside Barrier Projector are electrocuted

Primal Beast- The extra 500 HP during Primal Rage is converted to armor

Level 50

Malfunction- Tesla Cannon does extra damage to barriers and reloads while damaging them

Giga Coils- Tesla Cannon reloads and increases damage by 33% with each kill, maxes out at 100%

Wrecking Ball

Level 1

Multi Claw- Grappling Claw has 3 charges

Blazing Speed- At high speed enemies struck are set ablaze

Level 10

Meteor Mines- Mines float above out of sight and come crashing down when enemy is detected below

Adaptive Drop- Gain 100 shields for every en enemy hit by Piledriver

Level 20

Rocketball- Use Piledriver even when on the ground

Billiards- Enemies take bonus damage if they are knocked into each other or walls

Level 50

Volatile Mines- Destroy one mine to set off entire field at once instead of each individual going off automatically

Eruptive Shield- Whenever Adaptive Shield takes damage, it explodes and deals damage to nearby enemies

Zarya

Level 1

Frontline- Damage boosted when shield health is depleted

Plasmathrower- Particle Cannon sets enemy on fire at high energy

Level 10

Power Surge- The more enemies caught in Graviton Surge the higher Particle Cannon damage is

Particle Charge- Damage blocked by barriers give extra ultimate charge

Level 20

Event Horizon- Enemies caught in Graviton Surge take extra damage

Damage Conversion- Damage blocked by Projected Barrier boosts ally's damage

Level 50

Shield Network- Projected Barrier covers up to 3 allies in a group

Energy Conversion- Plasma Barrier converts damage into healing by 50%

Damage Talents

Ashe

Level 1

Double Barrel- Coach Gun has 2 charges

Firing Squad- B.O.B will focus fire on any enemy who mark with a sniped shot, shooting with firearms on both arms

Level 10

The Muscle- B.O.B knocks enemies down

Speed Charge- Headshots give extra ultimate charge

Level 20

Sensor Fuse- Dynamite explodes automatically once it is close to enemy

Black Powder- At close range, Coach Gun burns enemy

Level 50

Nitro- Dynamite sets the terrain on fire

The Gunner- B.O.B is equipped with shotguns

Bastion

Level 1

Ironclad- Take 50% less damage during transition between Recon and Sentry

Artillery Elite- Sentry weapon can deal headshots

Level 10

Incendiary Rounds- Tank rounds set enemies on fire

Assault Shield- Use Self-Repair to deploy a 400 HP barrier in front of you for 4 seconds

Level 20

Configuration: Grenade Launcher- Tank rounds contain shrapnel

Upgraded Repair- Self-Repair heals in a 200 HP burst

Level 50

Treaded Feet- Move faster in Recon form when not firing or healing

On-Field Repair- Take 50% less damage while healing

Doomfist

Level 1

Unstoppable Force- Rocket Punch works in any direction you aim like Genji's Swift Strike

Fisticuffs- Successful damage with any ability fully restores ammo

Level 10

Perfect Defense- There is no limit to shields gained by The Best Defense

Knockout- Rising Uppercut stuns enemy

Level 20

Extinction Event- Meteor Strike has an explosion with 16 meter radius that deals 150 damage

Seismic Strike- Seismic Slam always does maximum damage

Level 50

Shatterwave- Rocket Punch can knock back multiple enemies

Newton's Law- Enemy struck by Rocket Punch damages and knocks back other enemies it rams into

Genji

Level 1

Assassin's Blade- Swift Strike damages enemy by 20/sec for 4 seconds

Hyper Agility- You can triple Jump and wall climbing is indefinite

Level 10

*Dragon's Breath- Dragonblade shoots out a projectile

Steady Blade- Deflected projectiles are automatically returned to the attacker, no aiming required

Level 20

Perfect Parry- Deflected projectiles double in power

Sojiro's Teaching- Swift Stike cooldown instant if you cut more than one enemy

Level 50

Dragon of the North Wind- Dragonblade surrounds you in a cyclone that slices up enemies that get too close

Scatter Shuriken- Fan of Blades shurikens split into 9 shurikens and ricochet

Hanzo

Level 1

Skywalk- Lunge has 3 charges and wall climbing is indefinite

Assassin's Arrow- Storm Arrows slow down enemy

Level 10

Dragon's Fang- Storm Arrows pierce through enemies and barriers

Quick Charge- Headshots give extra ultimate charge

Level 20

*Sojiro's Guidance- Arrow hunts down all enemies detected by Sonic Arrow

Taser Arrow- Sonic Arrow stuns enemy

Level 50

Dragon of the South Wind- Dragonstrike sucks in enemies that stray too near

Simple Geometry- Fully drawn arrows and Storm Arrows ricochet

Junkrat

Level 1

Parting Gift- Total Mayhem drops a trap and grenades that go off when the trap activates

Hunting Gear- Steel Trap has 3 charges and Concussion Mine has 3 charges

Level 10

Armed Trap- Steel Trap explodes when it is triggered

Scrap Frag- Frag Launcher rounds contain shrapnel

Level 20

Oil Drum- Concussion Mine sets enemy on fire

Gaspowered- RIP-Tire sets enemies on fire, runtime is longer

Level 50

Sticky Bomb Launcher- Frag Launcher shoots grenades that only explode in proximity to enemy. They don't bounce instead sticking to any terrain. Up to 10 can be on field at a time

Tire Spikes- RIP-Tire damages enemies it makes contact with, HP is Armor

McCree

Level 1

Take Cover- Combat Roll has 3 charges

Fully Loaded- Fan the Hammer always fires 6 shots

Level 10

Steady Hand- Fan the Hammer has a tighter spread, can headshot

Standoff- Taking damage speeds up time Deadeye needs to deal killing blow

Level 20

Blinding Flash- Flashbang not blocked by barriers, blinds enemy for 3 seconds

Dust Roll- Take no damage during Combat Roll

Level 50

Shootout- If killing blow is lined up before enemy gets behind wall or barrier, they are not safe from Deadeye

Crack Shot- Consecutive shots rack up damage 25%, up to 100%

Mei

Level 1

*Shatter- Frozen enemies shatter when killed dealing damage to surrounding enemies

*Cold Snap- When exiting Cryo-Freeze, nearby enemies are frozen

Level 10

*Hypothermia- Blizzard instanly kills enemies below 200 HP

*Snowball Effect- Bowl forward with Cryo-Freeze to knock over enemies

Level 20

*Frostbite- Frozen enemies take more damage

*Polar Vortex- Blizzard covers a greater area and ignores line of sight

Level 50

Spinechilling- Enemies freeze faster the lower their health

Brain Freeze- Headshots give extra Ultimate charge

Pharah

Level 1

Aerial Refuel- Jump Jet fully restores fuel

Crowd Control- If Rocket Launcher hits enemy directly, splash range is doubled to 5 meter radius

Level 10

Emergency Fuel- Hold jump to descend slowly when Hover Jets fuel runs out

Lift Off- Jump Jet burns nearby enemies

Level 20

Concussion- Concussive Blast stuns enemy on direct hit

Mortar Barrage- Barrage sets the terrain on fire

Level 50

Flash Barrage- Barrage fires flares that negate incoming projectiles

Strike Down- Enemy killed by Rocket Launcher or Barrage explodes to deal 100 damage in 5 meter radius

Reaper

Level 1

Soul Eater- Enemies drop souls that heal 50 HP

Shade Gate- Shadow Step makes you invisible for 10 seconds

Level 10

Hellstorm- Death Blossom launches 12 grenades that deal 100 damage each

Harvest- Headshots give self healing for 100% of damage dealt

Level 20

Gift from the Devil- If a shotgun is fully depleted when it's dropped, it will self destruct and spew shrapnel

Demon Form- Drain health from nearby enemies in Wraith form, deals 20/sec, heals 10/sec for each enemy affected

Level 50

Hellfire- At pointblank range shotguns set enemy on fire

God of Death- Every kill boosts damage by 30% for 10 seconds, capped at 120%

Soldier:76

Level 1

Recharge- Ammo restored while dealing damage, similar to Symmetra's primary fire, also slowly reloads over time

Focus Fire- Heavy Pulse Rifle more accurate for 6 shots instead of 3, maximum spread is tighter

Level 10

Shoulder Check- Sprint directly into enemy to knock them back

Multiple Hostiles- Tactical Visor can target up to 3 enemies

Level 20

Hyper Rockets- Helix Rocket makes enemy explode to deal 100 damage to surrounding enemies

Boosting Field- Biotic Field boosts damage by 30%

Level 50

Hardened Veteran- Tactical Visor deals more damage the less health an enemy has

Biotic Shield- Biotic Field deploys a 250 HP barrier

Sombra

Level 1

System Failure- Enemy immobilized when hacked

Firewall- Hack puts a 50 HP barrier in front of you when hand is raised

Level 10

Covert- Damage does not remove Stealth until you are under half health

Reversion- Translocator works like Tracer's Recall, restoring health to what it was when you placed it

Level 20

Marionette- If you hack an enemy that's at critical health, they fight on your side until they die

Critical Failure- EMP cuts the targets current HP in half

Level 50

Turn Coat- Targets hacked by EMP fight for your team for duration of hack

Cheap Shot- Shooting an enemy in the back deals critical hit

Symmetra

Level 1

Gamma Ray- Photon Projector attacks go through enemies, alternate not blocked by barriers

Symmetry- Up to 6 Sentry Turrets can be deployed

Level 10

Crystalline Barrier- Photon Barrier does not expire until it is destroyed

Electro Turret- Sentry Turrets shoot electric current to hit multiple enemies. Has less range but deals 60 damage per second

Level 20

Shield Generator- Teleporter replaced by Shield Generator that increases health by 50% in shield form

Nuclear Fission- Primary Fire max damage builds up faster and lasts longer

Level 50

Sentry Orbitar- Sentry Turret orbits around you at chest level, hold key to have it follow ally

Photon Fortress- Photon Barrier has 3 charges, 2nd charge requires 840 points, 3rd charge requires 420 points (nice)

Torbjorn

Level 1

Flaming Hammer- Forger Hammer damage gives twice the ultimate charge

Red Hot- Rivet Gun spews flames during Overload

Level 10

*Flame Thrower- Turrets shoot out flames

Heat Wave- Molten Core heat reaches upward to damage enemies midair

Level 20

Melting Point- When Molten Core is shot out, it goes straight through enemies and barriers

*My Babies- Place 3 miniature turrets

Level 50

Extra Supplies- During Overload, Alt and Primary Fire are combined. Fire 10 shot spread and the 70 damage rivet in one shot

Power Up- During Overload, turret is upgraded to Level 3

Tracer

Level 1

*Adaptive Reload- Pulse Pistols reload when using any ability

*Chain Reaction- Pulse Bomb triggers a secondary explosion on all enemies caught in the splash

Level 10

*Flash- Blinking through an enemy damages

*Hindsight- Recall triggers additional damage to enemies marked by Pulse Pistols

Level 20

*Vortex- Enemies are pulled towards the point of Recall and snared

*Speed Kills- Killing blows speed up cooldowns

Level 50

Slipstream- Shooting an enemy in the back charges ultimate faster

Time Anomaly- Enemies that survive the Pulse Bomb are greatly slowed down

Widowmaker

Level 1

Reposition- Grappling Hook has 2 charges

Kiss of Death- Fully charged scoped shots poison enemy during Ultimate

Level 10

Merciless- In full-automatic mode, headshots deal 2.5x the damage

One Shot- Headshots give twice the ultimate charge

Level 20

Crippling Venom- Venom Mine slows down enemy

Optimized- Scoped shots always at full charge

Level 50

Lethal Gas- Venom Mine effects last until enemy reaches half health or death

Phase Shifting Rounds- During Infra-Sight, scoped shots go through everything, even walls

Support Talents

Ana

Level 1

Heavy Tranq- Enemy does not awaken from Sleep Dart until it expires, even if they take damage

Nanobolster- Nano Boost fully heals and increases speed by 50%

Level 10

Expertise- Consecutive shots increase effects by 50%

KO Drug- 5 consecutive scoped shots put enemy to sleep

Level 20

Alchemy Grenade- Biotic Grenade heals allies over time, poisons enemies

Quick Dispatch- Kills give extra ult charge

Level 50

Nanite Darts- Nano Boost has 2 charges. 2nd charge requires 1575 points

KO Grenade- Biotic Grenade sleeps all enemies

Baptiste

Level 1

Anti-G- Hold jump in midair to glide

Matrix Shield- Amplification Matrix negates enemy damage

Level 10

Skyshooter- Healing and damage increased in midair

Reinforce- Use Regenerative Burst to make Immortality Field invulnerable

Level 20

Undertaker- Kills speed up Immortality Field cooldown time

Immortal Hero- Immortality Field heals 50 HP/sec, health does not drop below half

Level 50

Immortal Warrior- Immortality Field boosts damage 30%

Rejuvenation- Regenerative Burst increases maximum health

Brigitte

Level 1

Chain Extension- Rocket Flail extends to hit more enemies and from farther away

Suit Up- Repair Pack armor is permanent

Level 10

Booster Mace- Whip Shot can pin enemy against wall to deal 210 damage

Embolden- Inspire healing boosts the more enemies hit in one swing of Rocket Flail, Inspire heals barriers

Level 20

Shield Blast- Shield Bash can stun multiple enemies

Build 'em Up, Break 'em Down- Kills restore Repair Packs and Inspire heals in burst

Level 50

Invigoration- Armor gained from Rally restores over time like shield health until it is depleted

Deflector Shield- Barrier Shield increased to 400 shield and reflects projectiles

Lucio

Level 1

*Healing Wave- Soundwave heals 25% of allies' max health

*Mashup- Both songs take effect during Amp it Up

Level 10

*Beatmatching- Damage dealt during Speed Boost adds bonus healing to Healing Boost

*Fortississimo- Projectiles added to Primary Fire burst for each enemy struck by Soundwave

Level 20

*Power Skating- Soundwave's damage and knockback scale up based on your forward speed

*Accelerando- Critical hits speed up Amp it Up cooldown

Level 50

Blastwave- Knock enemy into wall with Soundwave to stun them and deal extra damage

Wall of Sound- Enemies caught in Sound Barrier when it's cast get stunned

Mercy

Level 1

Battle Angel- Caduceus Staff engages healing and damage beams simultaneously during Valkyrie

Get back in the Fight- Ressurect is instant and has 2 charges

Level 10

Shining Beacon- Stun enemies when flying with Guardian Angel

Herald- Double and fully restore HP when Valkyrie is triggered

Level 20

Guardian- Guardian Angel teleports you to ally

Leader's Devotion- When ally is being damage boosted, they get heal themselves for 30% of damage they deal

Level 50

Miracle Worker- Ressurect multiple allies during Valkyrie

Acceleration- Damage boosting an ally increase the rate they charge their Ultimate

Moira

Level 1

Dual Orb- Biotic Orb heals and damages, has 2 charges

Phase- Fade poisons enemies you pass through

Level 10

Biotic Bomb- Biotic Orb explodes when it expires

Cellular Increase- Ally under Biotic Grasp effect receives less damage

Level 20

Danger Zone- If you are at critical health, self heal is 100% of damage. If ally is at critical health, healing is boosted 50%

Disseverance- Choose between either doubling the damage or doubling the healing of Coalescence

Level 50

Strangle- Biotic Grasp damage increases over time like Symmetra's primary fire, goes from 50 to 100 to 150

Biotic Tracker- Healing Orb follows ally, Damage Orb follows enemy

Zenyatta

Level 1

Despair- Enemies marked by Discord Orb receive 3x the damage from critical hits instead of 2x

Emblazon- Ally marked by Harmony Orb receives 25% less damage

Level 10

Comfort- Harmony Orb can go through walls to heal ally

Amass- Amount of enemies in vicinity increase amount of projectiles in Orb Volley. 2 enemies gives 6 orbs per volley, 3 gives 7, caps off at 8

Level 20

Turmoil- Discord Orb target takes more damage the less health they have

Eradication- Orb Volley pierces though enemies and barriers

Level 50

Ascension- Team becomes invincible during Transcendence. Even heals dead allies, resurrecting them after 4 seconds

Yin and Yang- Harmony and Discord can be both be cast on target to triple respective effect, 90 healing/sec for ally, +75% damage received for enemy

(I'm looking forward to feedback and any ideas other people might have)

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irolf7 · 7 years ago

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One Piece 1100+ Episode Details Leaked, Navy Captures Luffy And More The theory was posted on forum few months back and we just saw this and we wanted to share this with you guys, it’s shocking to see that some things are already came true as written in the story like Luffy beating cracker with help of Nami, Nami abusing the vivre card, Pudding helps Sanji, Jinbei finally joins strawhats and there are few things in this that are questionable however the story seems legit, it’s up to you, I just want to share it with you guys! I’m not adding the part that already happened in the manga, I’ll be continuing from what is yet to come. Jinbei also managed to join the Strawhats, they escaped big mom’s territory and went to Wano kingdom where preparations were made to attack Kaido. The attack was scheduled 2 weeks after Luffy arrived, so that Luffy can heal and then train his haki along with Zoro, and Sanji. Law is also preparing the strategy. 2 weeks later, preparations were made and their alliance were on the move ( samurais, minks, ninjas) they went to Kaido’s territory. they saw captain Kidd, Hawkins and Appo along with each of their crew displayed in big cages. Jack(one of the calamity and Kaidos right hand with a bounty of 1billion) suddenly appeared and attacked the Strawhats. Zoro,Sanji and Jinbei stepped in and had their hands full dealing with Jack, while Law and Luffy went straight to get Kaido. the other 2 calamities showed up. The 2 dukes of zou (nekomamushi and inuarashi) and the 3 legendary warriors of Wano dealt with the other 2 calamities. while the strawhat crew, Trafalgar’s crew, the mink, the samurais, the ninjas engaged in battle on the rest of Kaido’s army. Law and Luffy were finally able to get in touch with Kaido (who was sleeping while the battle happened) Luffy immediately used gear 4th and smacked his face. Kaido was grazed and woke up. The battle began against Kaido(a yonko with a 5.2 billion bounty). Law and Luffy were completely overpowered. Usopp released Kidd, Appo, and Hawkins along with their crew and were able to join the battle. the 3 captains (Kidd,Appo,hawkins) went for Kaido’s head and helped Luffy beat Kaido. it was a 5 vs 1. Luffy, Law, Kidd, Appo,hawkins vs Kaido king of beast. they were all still no match but they gave Kaido a hard time with their strategy. meanwhile, Sanji was knocked unconscious and had his leg broken but he dealt a big damage against Jack, Jinbei was also a big help but he took Jack’s stongest blow to protect Sanji who was already unconscious, Jinbei was completely defeated. now what’s left was Zoro vs Jack (battle of the right hand men). both of them were badly injured, but Jack still has the upperhand. Zoro was able to open his left eye which was preserved and only used as a trump card. it was a strong sense of observation haki so that’s why his agility and focus increased greatly, not minding his surroundings, big destruction and slashes were over the place affecting everyone. Zoro finally defeated Jack with his last final blow (his greatest attack) ”asura tensei”. the battle with the other 2 calamities were still ongoing. the dukes and legendary samurais were able to match the calamities, but at the end the calamities beat them all. The calamities were severely injured. one calamity (Jin with a bounty of 900million) was finally finished when Usopp, Brook and Robin stepped in. while the other calamity (Doom with a bounty of 800million) was also finished by general franky and monster chopper combo. the Luffy and Law alliance is winning the war with the help of the 3 supernovas and their crew that was captured by Kaido. the battle was ongoing for 3 days. Kaido’s crew was defeated but the Strawhats took great damage also with Sanji and Jinbei unconscious and on the brink of death along with the dukes. now what’s left was Kaido. the Strawhats and the others were resting at the battlefield, all of them were injured and couldn’t even walk properly. Zoro wanted to help but his body wont move because of a great fatigue caused by opening his left eye. all they could do was trust in their captains. Appo and Hawkins were severly injured after getting a direct hit from Kaido. Kidd Law and Luffy started to injure Kaido. Kaido started fighting seriously. destruction were all over. Kidd, at that moment was able to use his awakening and dealt a very big amount of damage to Kaido. Kidd used all his energy and fought as hard as he could, but Kaido unleashed a great shockwave. destroying half of the kingdom island and the sea was separated. Appo was the first person to be defeated in that fight. and then followed by Hawkins. Law was able to hold off Kaido but Kaido took care of Law in a split second using Kaido’s full power. Kidd was still able to damage Kaido and put up a good fight but Kaido broke his legs and Kidd was unable to fight. Kaido had taken the greatest damage and was starting to fall but he remained tough and strong. Luffy, who was also severly injured,started screaming all over the place and used his greatest technique which is only used for yonkos, the strongest technique Rayleigh taught Luffy. ”gear 5th” everything in it’s path was destroyed. Kaido was unable to keep up with Luffy because he is injured and can’t dodge attacks anymore. Luffy was able to do the finishing blow his gatling canon. everytime Luffy uses gear 5th, his body gets crushed because of the pressure. so for every attack he does, there’s a recoil damage to himself, breaking each of his bones. Luffy was able to maintain in that form for 45 seconds. Kaido was unable stand after that, but 45 seconds was still short to completely defeat an injured Kaido. even after the finishing blow Kaido still remains conscious. Luffy wasn’t able to stand up, he lost his gear 5th and tried his normal pistol punch before he pass out. Kaido also used his final attack. they exchanged blow. Kaido was unconscious and was completely defeated. Luffy also stopped moving after the great damage his body could ever taken. everyone was happy. and marine ship observers witnessed the fight and reported it to the whole world. while everyone was rejoicing, they notice Law was shouting and crying. Luffy wasn’t unconscious,… but he was dead, his pulse has already ended for almost 5 minutes. willpower was the only thing that made Luffy fight back at the end even his body already gave up the fight. he was able to bring a miracle on that impossible fight. everyone was emotional. Zoro was in shock that he spaced out of what happened to heir captain. Law remembered that he has the ability to give immortality to a person but he also heard rumors that it could bring someone back to life in exchange for his fruit and the host’s own life. the marines arrived and tried to capture the pirates who were injured. Law has 24 hours to revive a dead body and can’t afford to battle against the marines again. Law then carried Luffy and turned Luffy and himself in to the marines, in exchange to let the others go. everyone was shocked and angry. Law shouted and said he will save Luffy no matter what, just trust in him. it was a good deal for the Navy to capture both Law and Luffy. The captain of the marine fleet respected Law’s decision and took Law and Luffy. Law explained to the Navy to let him operate Luffy. it was too much for a consideration, Law begged and bowed his head, crying, The captain of the marine fleet had a past and was saved by Garp when he was little. he always respected Garp. So he wants to return the favor by letting his grandson live just for a while because even if Luffy survives he will be executed in Marineford. he will take the blame for letting Luffy live. Law performed the operation and was a success. Luffy was breathing again but unconscious. Law then suddenly collapsed and was declared dead. the Navy was shocked of what just happened and made a big news about Law’s death for Luffy’s life. Luffy was then locked to impel down and was scheduled his execution. Luffy was grieving after hearing the sacrifice of Law. The news for the execution was spread all over the world, shanks was shocked that he beat Kaido but he was also shocked that Luffy died and then resurrected and is gonna be executed. but shanks decided that Luffy needs to overcome this trial and he will not help the war. the Strawhats got the news that Luffy was alive and gonna be executed. they were relieved but sad at the same time because of the loss of Law. Everyone all over the world reacted to the news and a war again was about to happen. at the date of the execution. the Strawhats made their first entrance at the frontline of Marineford, followed by the strawhat 5600 grandfleet. Zoro led the opening impression by shouting loudly directly to Luffy who was in the platform execution. Zoro said sorry and bowed his head crying. he swore that he would save Luffy at the cost of his life, he knelt down and swore his loyalty as his right hand not to let those horrible event happen again. pointing his sword to the Navy. he said he will kill himself if he fails. everyone was shocked of how the vice captain swallowed his pride for his captain. the Strawhats were crying and each made a vow. Bartolomeo also slammed his head on their ship and swore to be loyal to the Strawhats forever, and then followed by everyone. More ships came which no one expected even the Strawhats. the whole army of alabasta came, the army of king Riku from dressrosa, the army of fishman island led by the 3 prince, the former whitebeard pirates who wants to protect ace’s brother, the former prisoners of impel down who were with Luffy, boa hancock (who just resigned from being a warlord and joined help fight the Navy) with the kuja pirates and amazon lily warriors, the mink tribe led by the dukes, the Wano kingdom, and Trafalgar Law’s crew who were crying about the loss of their captain but they still want to protect what their captain protected. a huge island ship showed up at the side. it was the revolutionary army, monkey d. dragon showed up, the most wanted man in the world (everyone was shaking in fear the same way they did to whitebeard). he said he has no business with Luffy, he will step in the war if the pirate crew he hates the most joins the war (he was referring to Blackbeard). But he will allow ivankov’s and sabo’s division to join the war since they are Luffy’s friends. finally at the opposite side of dragon, the Blackbeard pirates showed up and said he has no plan on fighting the revolutionary, he just wants to see how the war will end. the revolutionary and the Blackbeard pirates were just observers on the war. a small ship arrived, it was Rayleigh. saying good job on defeating Kaido and he will help because his crew is outpowered. Luffy cried in tears and said he will never die, he will become pirate king. garp’s face was kinda worried of how it will turn out. he decided if Navy will be successful in defeating the pirates, he will have no choice but to step in and fight the entire Navy to save Luffy. he could not make the same mistake again. Navy was so shocked that many big time pirates and people showed up just for Luffy. No matter how people look at it, the people trying to save Luffy has the upperhand advantage, looking at the people, it has more reinforcement than whitebeard’s reinforcement during ace’s execution. the Navy was worried on how to deal the war. akainu shouted the Navy will win, a big ship came behind the Navy and it was the world government army along with the strongest officers they have the 5 heavenly bodies, which were the 5 old legendary men along with the agents cipher pol. dragon was shocked and said if the world government joins, so will he. the revolutionary’s goal is to take down the world government in the first place. people started calling it the war of the best of the best. Zoro started the war by giving a straight slash in which was blocked by mihawk. and the war began… As per this article this was the actual plot Oda had in mind. this was from a forum discussion. someone translated it from Japanese to English. He was a former graphic designer of one piece but he gave this information to a Japanese forum and later was translated to English. It’s up to you guys if you want to believe it or not but this is promising!

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