Scuffed Kingdom Arc List

## The List of all arcs in the Scuffed Kingdom DnD Campaign

### Introduction Arc

The 4 kingdoms on the continent of Verdonia stand tall as within the Kingdom of Fantasy, Draconheim, prince Rodd Giddens the 2nd walks through the roads of the capital to meet up with his friend Jack Lance. Jack meets Rodd in the street and they walk and talk about how they have been doing as Rodd is a prince and Jack is a genius commoner and the latter explains that he has been asked to join the adventure’s guild but declined it as they remember their promise they made years ago. They two head to the royal library because Jack has to return borrowed magic studies book and as Rodd waits for Jack to finish the sky turns dark and lights appear in the darkened sky. In the Kingdom of Advancement, Chromium-ZT the technology research institute is preparing for a big day as they will soon by visited by the King Oswald Palaski. A young genius named Ben Pollito is walking as a senior researcher is explaining to them that when the king comes he will have the honor of presenting the Andromeda suit, a power suit made for military combat that the King will wear. A few hours pass and the sky turns dark over the Kingdom, In the Kingdom of Cuisine Cake Towers a 35 year old man named Mykul Halleran meets with his son Fred Halleran. The two head to a restaurant that Fred made a reservation for and the two talk for a while and Fred talks about work as he is a member of the government and they eventually get to the topic of his mother but then the sky turns dark over Cake Towers and the two head outside. Visible from all kingdoms a large armada of differing space ships hover the planet and a large holographic screen is displayed and the face of a purple alien dressed flashily appears. This alien announces to the planet that they are the PredaStar Dominion Empire and have come to claim their planet but will take their time and toy with the residents, 3 smaller ships float above the capitals of each and beams of light from them each shoot into the locations of the kings. In Draconheim Rodd and Jack rush to the castle after seeing this light while civilians panic from the sudden declaration, when the duo get to the castle a large bipedal wolf like beast covered in black exoskeleton stares at Rodd and lounges at them. Rodd’s father the king blocks the attack but gets flung into a wall with immense force and the 2nd knight of the council Tadivere grabs Rodd and Jack running them to safety via the King’s order. In Chromium-ZT Ben sees down the hallway the king and his robot android advisor Jethro chased by a green slime blob that is dissolving dead bodies of guards. Ben goes to the king to help with an experimental plasma sword that injures the blob with the blade of heat but it responds by dissolving the handle which makes Ben back away unable to attack. The acidic slime rushes towards the three but Jethro grabs the two and propels them away while taking slight damage that makes him slam into a pipe dropping the two. Buster’s Square is engulfed in flames as guards are levitated and brutally whip through by flesh tendrils coming out of a floating eyeball. The eyeball makes it way to the fruit loom where the king is and Fred rushes in with Mykul yelling not to and inside the eyeball alien floats the king with Fred running towards it with a pipe to protect his king and Mykul forcibly grabs Fred and against his yelling runs him away from the Fruit Loom while the king is whipped through and killed. Rodd is held back as his father tries to fight the beast but gets thrown around and coughs blood. While being rag dolled Rodd uses earth magic to surf on a rock to the beast and get to his father and the beast tries to claw at them but Tadivere blocks the blow momentarily allowing Rodd to speak to his father. Rodd pleades with his father to not die but the king explains that Rodd will inherit the throne and tries to tell that the original story of the Kingdom’s founding is missing information about the first knight king’s wife being important but coughs up more blood and he falls limp in Rodd’s arm. Jack yanks Rodd away so Tadivere can get away from the beast and it gets ready to chase but stops. The king of Chromium-ZT has been lead into a room where he is cornered but takes damage while giving a chance for fellow researchers to run away. As acid destroys his back he unleashes a Bomb he had on him which splatters the slime creature and in this moment orders Jethro to take Ben away which happens. In all three countries a beam of light from the ships land on the alien creatures retracting them and the big holographic screen announcing the end of the game setup and for all humans to be ready for their impending conquest.

### 1st Round: Preda-Ball Arc

A week as passed since the first invasion of the PredaStars and all Kingdoms are trying to resolve their issues as each as taken up a new Ruler. Draconheim fell to the prince, Rodd Giddens after his father’s death and Chromium-ZT and Cake Towers came under control of Ben Pollito and Mykul Halleran respectively via elections. Crowds of civilians watch as Ben and Mykul walk down the road to Draconheim’s castle as a meeting between the three kings has been called for. Mykul accompanied by his son and adviser Fred walk towards Ben with the monarchs introducing themselves as this is their first meeting, Ben is quite stoic and quiet while the older man Mykul is bold and loud, their conversation is cut short as they arrive and are welcomed by the Knight King, Rodd and his adviser Jack Lance leads them all to a large table to have their meeting. They spare any small talk and arrive at the big topic, the alien invasion that occurred and what they should do about it with Ben being most vocal in the fact that they need to keep all information tightly kept as they don’t know if the invaders have ways of listening to them. The other agree and they talk more on the subject before they send Jack to bring the Tri-Treaty document, a agreement that has been renewed for generations that state a neutral pact between the countries. After a discussion the Tri-Treaty is renewed as to reassure the people already on edge with the invasion, with no further topics to discuss the three part ways with the news of the resigning being made public but inside the castle Rodd returns to his study as he ponders the meaning of what his father told him. 3 more days pass from then as the sky turns dark over Chromium-A and the light of two space vessels descend from the clouds, a holographic screen displays the being seen in the first invasion known as Zograts the Galactic Gamestar. Zograts boldly proclaims to the nation that they are the targets of the first round in their conquest tournament they are playing to take over the planet, the Preda-Ball Game. The smaller of the two ships releases a large energy barrier that engulfs the entirety of Chromium-A while the other leaves and Ben is seen informed of the situation while he sits in his office stagnant. Rodd who was making a call to the Adventurer’s Guild about the whereabouts of a old magic relic is notified and so is Mykul by their Advisors. Rodd uses his regalia enscribbed with GaiaScript to teleport to Chromium-A while Mykul makes an order for soldiers to head to the city from the outside and provide assistance if possible. Inside the barrier smaller barriers about the size of a few neighborhood blocks are erected trapping people inside while Ben orders Jethro to scan the barrier as he is conscious of the unknown technology. Rodd arrives and finds the two offering assistance by attacking the barrier but does no damage to it which prompts Ben to touch it which summons a one eyed Bat with a tech pad that explains the game inside and asks if they would like participate which they all do and enter the barrier but they make a call for a soldier to come as they need a 4th person for the game. In this waiting period Mykul and the Soldier arrives and the 5 venture forth and find a playing field where the watch the losing civilians explode as a penalty but the kings are then asked to play and accept having the soldier sit out instead as to not endanger them. The game of Preda-Ball commences and the Kings quickly learn the rules and dominate the weak alien foot soldiers called the Mooksters by slaying and making the winning the point, Rodd after the easy win gets Ben’s permission to call all available soldiers towards their mini barrier as they learn that they can end the game by beating the Host and plan to find them with the help. The 4 wait patiently because Rodd is creating a plan but Mykul goes of separately finding a lone child whose parents died in a match and takes the kid with him to flee but gets chased by Mooksters and cornered as a call is sent to nearby players that people are needed for a match. The main group of Rodd,Ben,Jethro, and the soldier rush to Mykul and the kid’s aid immediately. A match begins and with the group now understanding the rules that do well in the game but it takes a minute since the kid was included meaning Jethro had to watch but they still pulled weight and the game ended successful for the group while leaving them injured through. Jethro reports that the host of the round has been found while Mykul teleport away to bring back medical supplies for the group and after everyone heals up they head out to the reported location. Arriving the monarchs are met with a crowd of soldiers fighting Mooksters. The crowd opens making a path for them that they go through and are met with a medium sized hole-ridden ball that has a skull coming out of it that says it’s name is Vinya. The alien host makes short conversation with the group and they engage in combat with Rodd strangled by its vines but Mykul’s explosive gun pellets ignite the ball and it screams in pain as it heads to a Mooksters taking over its body and continuing the fight. The fight is relatively easy for the kings as they dismantle the ball and Ben kills it for its crimes with a pulse blast that splats it, the remaining Mooksters are defeated and Mykul immediately rushes away back to Cake Towers and Rodd argues with Ben about orphans before leaving as Ben starts reconstructing and evacuation attempt. Hours later in Ben’s office Jethro reminds Ben of his schedule and reminds him that he is meeting the CEO of SMARTBOY Company in 4 days and also to approve Earl Zooback’s request to send his forces into Chromium-A to track down a petty human supremacy group that has been spotted.

### 2nd Round:Hide&Seek

One day after the attack on Chromium-A Ben has gathered his people and is making his speech addressing the current situation. Ben calmly reassures the people and boldly claims that the aliens will be defeated. The next day Rodd gets up and gets dressed properly before taking his carriage and riding towards Yuuville. After a lengthy ride, Rodd has made it to Yuuville the home of The Adventurers Guild. Guards open the door and the people inside watch as Rodd is escorted to a locked hallway which goes up and eventually to a large fancy door. Rodd walks through and is met with the bowing Guild Master, Elion. Elion lifts her head and Rodd takes a seat and they have a short conversation about government founded quests for adventurers with the purpose of collecting magical artifacts. Rodd also shortly brings up his idea for an entertainment sport but is pushed away as Elion asks if he is looking for something specific which Rodd answers he is searching for the Cloak of Unseen. Elion remarks that an A Ranked adventurer has it as a spoil from questing which Rodd asks to meet. After a short break a voice is heard and a man’s face appears in the air thus providing authenticity. Elion introduces the man as Wells the Undetectable, Wells upon his introduction quickly states that he knows what Rodd wants and declines as he doesn’t believe Rodd is fit to be king. Rodd tries to calm the man but he states he doesn’t recognize Rodd as a leader due to his age and thus challenges him to a 3v3 team duel in a few days time for the cloak which Rodd has to agree too. The foul mouthed man leaves and after a short conversation with Elion Rodd takes his leave aswell. During his ride the sky above Yuuville darkens and a console ship emits a barrier and Zograts appears on a holographic screen. Zograts announces the beginning of the 2nd game called Hide and Seek stating the rules are simple, find and kill the hiders before they kill you the seekers and the screen cuts off. Rodd orders his guards to leave and protect civilians while Rodd uses a spell to track some Mooksters who think they are sneaky. Rodd trying to conserve power takes damage but is the winner of his small bout while on another side Mykul teleports to Yuuville. Having heard the announcement Mykul is fighting of Mooksters and displays impressive strength obliterating them with his explosive shots as on another side Ben does the same before encountering frozen humans on the street. During an inspection 4 Mooksters appear and while Ben begins combat Rodd also arrives and the two make short work of the aliens before during an attempt to thaw the frozen people a hand appearing from seemingly nowhere is about to grasp Rodd’s shoulder. The hand is kicked away swiftly as a light armor clad knight recognizes as Kaymos appears protecting Rodd, the group see a lizard and octopus like alien who introduces themselves as Zunazeo the host of this round. The Knight King tries to attack as Zunazeo emits cold clouds that obscure his movements and allow him to escape. The group makes chase to find him as his defeat will end the game and on the way they meet with Mykul and fins Zunazeo’s cloud in an alleyway where they had to spot him before he ran away and thus a battle begun. The group of kings overwhelmed him but he gained a chance to flee after taking a few injuries and they have to play the hide and seek game again before Zunazeo lunges at Rodd faster than he can react pummeling him with his tentacles which create crystal on Rodd as 8 fists slam him into the floor. Kaymos immediately activates a smoke magic spell increasing his speed which she uses to dice up Zunazeo taking of tentacles before Mykul and then Ben launch their projectiles which fry the host ending the game. Rodd is immediately taken away and Mykul who was poisoned by an attack from Zunazeo returns home to get treatment leaving Ben alone who watches the nearby statues until help comes and then leave him to sleep before his meeting with the CEO of SMARTBOY. The next day Rodd awakens and talks to Kaymos and Jack about the 3v3 duel and after sending Kaymos to retrieve information Jack tells Rodd he received a letter from the 1st Knight of the Council, Gaerqiroth Cinderjaw boldly stating that he is on the way and is gonna kidnap him soon. In Cake Towers Mykul is stuck in his hospital bed as he heals from the foreign poison and Fred has visited regularly but in one visit he shows Mykul of the news about weird disappearances in Pickle Valley. The young boy has much work so he leaves but drops a paper from his brief case that he doesn’t notice. Mykul reads and fins out he was comparing the alien poison to a unknown chemical that was found in his wife’s blood when she had died shortly after Fred’s birth, Mykul folds the paper and later gives to Fred acting like he didn’t see it.