Alleyway Bar

The Alleyway Bar was bar and RP location run solely by Kothar Demsworth before being blown up by Solace no more than two weeks after its opening, and being closed down for good. Throughout its short life, the bar was extremely successful and sold many types of drinks, including but not limited to all colours of Rosharan wine, whiskey as well as its personal special of root beer. It was used as a drinking ground, battle field, and personal study by its inhabitants.

## Events

The Alleyway Bar was one of the most eventful threads outside of a guild war in the Alleyverse.

### **Opening:**

The bar was opened up in July 30th by Kothar Demsworth, and was planned to be a success from the get-go. As well as its customary wooden bar table, the bar also kept many tables in its interior as well as outdoor seating placments (though these never got used) and a second floor, complete with its own interior and balcony seating arrangements. It also housed private booths along its sides for any private conversations, as well as a private study room for Kothar himself.

Almost immediately after its opening, customers started coming, the first of which was Rashan, followed by Elkanah, TFA, Soul and Voidus' Rock. Kothar chatted with Rashan until which Elkanah and TFA came. TFA started conversation with Rashan and Elkanah listened quietly, worried that the men were speaking of assassinations. Soon after, Soul arrived and joined the conversation with the other Ghostbloods (TFA and Rashan), and suggested that Rashan get into a brawl to pick him up from his sadness. Voidus' Rock also appeared and contributed to the conversation, but got drunk quickly.

### **Rise in Popularity:**

In the very same day the bar opened, it flared in popularity all among the Alleyverse, quickly becoming known as a place for men and women to meet together and have a laugh, regardless of their guild. Over the next day and the days after, the bar was visited by a number of NPCs as well as some more characters. Among them were Tevarah, Tessi, Mejin, BoS, Leya, and Kane/Shelan.

Tevarah entered with his spren, Tessi, trailing behind him, and he sat down before ordering a root beer from Kothar. TFA tried to capture Voidus in an aluminium box but was stopped by Rashan, and Mejin entered nervously, taking her place on one of the stools. BoS also made her way in, being led to the bar by her current master, a portly man. Leya and Kane/Shelan also entered, slightly crowding the bar, worrying Elkanah even more.

Leya began talking to Voidus' Rock, her sole reason for arriving at the bar, asking him about how to recreate the Knights of Crystilia in the Alleyverse. The Rock responded favourably to her ideas of having conjoined hemalurgic spikes.

Kane/Shelan, who everyone thought was just Kane, also entered, slamming an amberite mug down and immediately requesting root beer. He also started soothing everyone in the bar and took his place on a stool immediately next to Mejin.

Sensing the discomfort and being warned not to speak of assassinations in the bar, Tevarah requested a private booth for Voidus' Rock, TFA, Soul, Rashan and himself, and asked for the wine to come non-stop to the booth. When in the booth, Soul exited the bar to kill a few NPCs and came back, relaxed. Tevarah noticed Rashan and Voidus was drunk and prompted Rashan, saying he could find his family's murderers. The rest of the bar continued as normal, with Elkanah receiving and replying to odd Rathm's being sung to her by Voidus' Rock.

Tevarah and Rashan planned to leave for their mission, but Rashan said he last one last thing to do.

### **The Assassination of Leya:**

One of the biggest events associated with the Alleyway Bar and one of the prime reasons for its downfall is the event known as the Assassination of Leya, in which Leya, a Knight of Crystillia, was assassinated by Rashan Caer, a Scadrian Twinborn. This assassination and the battle ensuing afterwards destroyed the bar completely for the first time.

The assassination happened around 6 days after the bar's initial open, and started when Leya was contacted by Rashan, saying that he had some information from the Ghostblooss to parlay to her. When Leya accepted, Rashan led her into a dark room (the personal study the bar had) and locked the door, signalling to a briefcase on the table he wanted her to open.

Suspicous, Leya asked Rashan to open it. Rashan obliged, opening the briefcase, which revealed a piece of paper with a question written on it: "Any last words?". Rashan then shot Leya multiple times in the head, assassinating her and rendering her dead. Leya would go on to try and make a bargain with Death and ultimately fail, forever killing her.

### **The Alleyway Bar Battle:**

The Alleyway Bar Battle was the fight that broke out in the Alleyway Bar about 6 days after its opening, almost immediately after the Assassination of Leya by Rashan. It lasted a long time and ended up with almost the entire bar destroyed.

After Rashan assassinated Leya via pistol, the gunshots could be heard throughout the bar, which attracted the attention of many. Kothar, the owner and barkeep of the bar, reacted first by arriving at the door of the study (where Rashan had killed Leya) and Pulling the door open, having his coins on the ready. Soon, Soul and Kane/Shelan joined him, each with their swords and warhamer respectively.

At this moment, Solace also entered the bar, asking for a drink. He was politely denied.

At the sight of the three justice-bringers, Rashan tried to escape via steelrunning but was quickly caught by Kane/Shelan using bendalloy, who also Leeched him. Rashan responded by Elsecalling Kane/Shelan into the Cognitve Realm to drown. Kane/Shelan only managed to survive by creating a small perpendiculapurity utilising all of his Investiture, reappearing in the Physical Realm.

Elkanah was having too much, and so she grew a tree in the bar using the surge of Progression, using it as cover from the battle and shielding her from Tye various attacks being thrown about. Voidus' Rock was also displeased at the turn of events, as he'd had a favourable conversation with Leya only a few minutes before.

Solace got mad and calmed the fight down.

### **Aftermath**

After the fight was over, Mace popped in to kill Voidus, Soul started attacking everyone before being stabbed by Rashan, almost everyone left, Devaan entered and became an honorary Ghostblood, Kane/Shelan entered and took Ida's oathstone, who had turned her master to dust, Mejin tried to clean some debris up but Kane/Shelan blew up the bar, which then got fixed by Voidus Prime, before being blown up and fixed by Kane/Shelan. Most people punched him for that, but Solace was extra made and blew him up, which ultimately ended up in Typhoon (Rohan) replacing him, and with the bar being destroyed not two weeks after benign opened.

Rashan also sweared the first ideal, becoming a Truthwatcher.

Later, Yzabet and Seekrador entered, though the fun was already over.[1]