The Rooters Arc

***The Rooters Arc*** is a story arc in *Clock 10: Choose Your Own Adventure*. Chapters touching on the story began during the *Alien Force* era, though it did not become a primary story arc until the *Reboot* era, being the third story arc of those chapters.

## Episodes

### *Reboot*

* *Revenge of the Swarm*
* *Let There Be Carnage*
* *Girl's Night*
* *No Honor Among Bros*
* *...Nor Iron Bars a Cage*
* *The Perfect Girlfriend*
* *The Rooters of All Evil*
* *Lusus Naturae*
* *Weapon XI*

### Main Protagonists

* Clockwork Firefly
* Hope Spellbinder
* Rook Blonko
* Jerry
* Taryn Firefly

### Main Antagonists

* Proctor Servantis
* Swift
* Leander
* Phil Billings
* Aggregor
* Ragnarok
* Devin Levin

### Servantis' Servants & Amalgams

* Kevin Levin
* Argit
* Elena Validus
* Michael Morningstar *(flashback)*
* Pierce Wheels *(flashback)*
* Helen Wheels
* Manny Armstrong
* Alan Albright
* Cooper Daniels
* Heather Spellbinder
* Fistrick
* Frightwig
* Acid Breath
* Thumbskull
* Molly Gunther
* The Warden

### Minor Characters

* Terry Firefly
* The Magistrata
* Kolar
* Princess Looma Red-Wind
* Daiko
* Galapagus
* Asor
* Uzatmak
* Einfrieren
* Axial
* Revned
* Olycka
* Victor Validus *(flashback)*
* Kevin's Mother *(flashback)*
* Hex Spellbinder *(flashback)*
* Kwarrel *(flashback)*
* Morgg
* Judicator
* Xingo
* Psyphon
* Slix Vigma
* Octagon Vreedle
* Rhomboid Vreedle
* Kentro
* Stick Doug
* Magister Hulka *(flashback)*
* Kolar's family *(flashback)*
* Vilgax *(flashback)*
* Julie Yamamoto
* Bryk
* Plen Stroff
* Grick
* Morty
* Tini Rau
* Luhley
* Fistina
* Brophis
* Bromoeba
* Leadfoot
* Zombozo *(flashback)*

### Elena's Illusion

* Jimmy Jones
* Rook Bralla
* Rook Da
* Rook Shar
* Rook Shim
* Rook Shi
* Rook Clock
* Dr. Pang
* Emperor Milleous
* Namron
* Conduit Edwards
* Clancy
* Lillimusha DiForestini
* Captain Nemesis
* Ilma Nar
* Blukic
* Driba
* Magister Patelliday

### The Afterlife

* Taryn's Parents
* Geralt Firefly
* Cassie Davenport
* Dingley Davenport

## Deaths

* **Taryn Firefly:** Unintentionally killed by Way Big, who had believed her to be Servantis while under the influence of the Null Void's hallucinogenic dust
* **Galapagus:** Killed by Aggregor and D'Void after being banished to the Null Void by Hope Spellbinder
* **Aggregor:** Killed by Olycka who disrupted the gravity of his molecules, turning him into an unstable puddle of flesh
* **Ragnarok:** Killed by Asor as retribution for killing Daiko
* **Proctor Servantis:** Killed by Heather Spellbinder upon finding out what he did to her
* **Victor Validus:** Killed by Servantis when trying to speak out against his experimentation on children
* **Kwarrel:** Killed by Morgg for helping Kevin escape Incarcecon
* **Morgg:** Unintentionally killed himself when trying to kill Glitch Trials, who accidentally redirected the blast right back at him
* **Daiko:** Senselessly killed by Ragnarok during the siege on the compound
* **Eunice:** Killed by Phil Billings during the siege on the compound
* **Kolar:** Unintentionally killed by Dragon Queen when trying to defeat Elena Validus

## Music

The following tracks were listened to the most in regards to getting inspiration for this story arc.

* *Lusus Naturae* by Jeff Williams
* *Inside* by Casey Lee Williams
* *Here We Go* by Chris Classic
* *Cost of Being Useful* by Koh'd Arc

## Trivia

* In the flashback for *Lusus Naturae*, Devin Levin mentions a babysitter named Harvey. This is in reference to Harvey Hackett, who is shown in *Clock 10 vs. The Negative 10: Part 2* to have become Kevin's step-father at some point after Devin was locked into the Null Void.
* Unsurprisingly, the Rooters arc had several story beats be inspired by *RWBY*:
	+ Two of the songs listened to whilst writing and planning the arc are directly from the *RWBY* soundtrack, while another is a fan-made *RWBY* song. Additionally, *Lusus Naturae* would also be an episode title, as well as the codename given to Kevin by Servantis, who also sang the song during the eponymous episode.
	+ The protagonists being divided among different teams in *No Honor Among Bros* was inspired by a similar event happening in *RWBY: Before the Dawn*. It goes even further that the teams would be made without much structured decision making, being left up to chance, with the teams in *Clock 10* going through a tournament (at least partially inspired by the Vytal Festival Tournament as well), while those in the *RWBY* novel went through initiation again. In both instances, the actual leader of the organization (Jerry and Theodore) were given the idea by one of their most trusted (Molly Gunther and Xanthe Rumpole), the latter of which was brainwashed by the main villains (Proctor Servantis and Jax Asturias).
	+ The Warden's existence beneath the Rooters compound was inspired by the Apathy beneath Brunswick Farms. This idea is a repurposed one which was scrapped from the Galactic Monsters arc, in which Zs'Skayr would have had several Reputanti located beneath Zs'Castle Zs'Skayr, though it was scrapped as *Anur Vladias* was already a crowded episode, and was then added here, with only the Warden rather than a group.
		- The Warden's cavern having the remains of failed Amalgams is a nod to a similar cavern once found on Ego in *The Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3*, in which his children who couldn't use the Spark like himself or Peter Quill were left to die.
	+ Elena Validus' illusions used to torture Clock directly allude to those made by Neopolitan to torture Ruby Rose in *RWBY* Volume 9. The various portraits (including the one of Victor Validus leaving the portrait he was in being like Roman Torchwick doing the same in his portrait), individuals whose deaths were either indirectly or directly caused by Clock torturing him physically and psychologically, and the offer to give up his current identity for the chance to have something new.
	+ Rook Blonko's identity as the Sigil of Revonnah is similar to that of Jaune Arc as the Rusted Knight. Both take on armor sets colored white with yellow/white that cover their entire bodies, including a knight helmet, and bear a new title. Servantis taking brief control over Rook also alluded to the theory the Blacksmith had taken control of Jaune to make him the Rusted Knight. Rook's allusion to Jaune technically began in the Negative 10 arc, with Ashvallen's murder of Rook Da paralleling that of Cinder Fall's murder of Pyrrha Nikos, however, the parallels between the Sigil and Knight did not start out intentional, as Rook's introduction as the Sigil of Revonnah was prior to first shot of Jaune as the Rusted Knight.
	+ The deaths of Galapagus and Daiko allude to those of Tortuga and Clover Ebi of the Ace Operatives, along with Asor's reaction to both alluding to Harriet Bree's reaction to Clover's death.
	+ Eunice's death alludes to that of Penny Polendina in Volume 3.
* Aggregor's death alludes to the one Derrick J. Wyatt had posed for if the character had been present for the Rooters arc.