Scourge

this is the scourge

### Also Known As

Beast, Chent, Dr. John Ghoul, Mr. Nice, The Nice Guy, The Evil Guy, Man Online, Brainrot Online, Grimace, The Glue, Smough, Pinwheel, The One Who Fucks, The One Who Doesn't Fuck, Akashi Jyo, Taphouse Owner Jyo, The Lover, Fuckley J, Gambit

## Taphouse Information

### Campaigns

Wayfinders (Jack Tyris)Group 13 (Nekridia)
Above the Stars (Misty Vision)
Shadows on the Sea (Ishmael "Fourskin" Goldman)
Where the Winds Blow (Thorc Urzoth)

### Likes

Fun, Gaming, Chilling, Hanging Out, The Guys, Beautiful Women, Swords, Nice Guys, Beautiful Nice Women, Cigarettes, Drunk Driving (Conceptually), Parents Yelling at Children, Runescape, Spiders, God, ASMR

### Hates

Bedtime, People Who Are Mean to Him, Divorce, God, Himself...............

## Scourge

The Scourge (also known as Beast, Chent, Dr. John Ghoul, Mr. Nice, The Nice Guy, The Evil Guy, Man Online, Brainrot Online, Grimace, The Glue, Smough, Pinwheel, The One Who Fucks, The One Who Doesn't Fuck, Akashi Jyo, Taphouse Owner Jyo, The Lover, Fuckley J, Gambit, formerly The Puppetmaster) is the protagonist of the Tarrasque Taphouse and he is freaking sweet. Everyone want to have sex with him and he is just tired of everyone trying to have sex with him even though many of the people are beautiful maidens who any man would be delighted to sleep with. He is also despised by the world, even though he is actually the Creator of the Taphouse (See: Akashi Jyo) and also the one who made the Taphouse awesome, but not the one who made the Taphouse doo doo dog shit. He is The Lover and The Glue of the Taphouse, and is known to believe in "building bridges" as referenced in his beautiful catchphrase: "2022 is the year of building bridges". Everyone fucking hates him and is mad at him all the time but he didn't do anything wrong and it's honestly just disgusting and he often wants to kill himself and makes sad faces because he's really good but everyone thinks he's really bad. He is Mr Nice and is going to save the Taphouse and his marriage (See: The Wretch)

## History

### Origin

The Scourge entered the Taphouse on August 15th, 2020, in the second Great Wave of the modern Taphouse. Scourge was introduced to the community through his friend-turned-rival-turned-lover Ken (See: The Grand Cumulon), who existed within the server as a Loki of the digital age - a schemer and a tormenter of his so-called "friends", Ken sought new ways to twist the lives of those around him and create senseless violence. Ken had often regaled Scourge with Taphouse lore, although at the time much of this lore was still only beginning to twist and unfold. Scourge would offer him advice, quiet whispers in dark corridors, that would give him greater leverage with his manipulation of the Taphouse community. Plans to create wedges between people and use such wedges to secure power were frequently discussed between these two villains. Finally, on that fateful evening, The Scourge entered the Taphouse himself.

The Scourge attempted to go by Chen, but almost immediately had his real name doxxed (See: The Grand Betrayal) and was known for a time as Conor. Initially planning to assist his recruiter Ken in his bloodthirsty warpath, Scourge suddenly discovered that his heart had grown three sizes and was now too empathetic to possibly torment these people any further. Rather than use his new friends such as External Secant Segment and Shammy the Shamrock as puppets in his great scheme, he would teach them the ways of the civilized man - giving them gifts such as pictures of drunk driving, pictures of parents screaming at their children, and pictures of cigarettes. In time, it would be through The Scourge's fine-tuned lens that many of the Taphouse's greatest stories were told (See: The Iceberg).

### Betrayal and downfall

While The Scourge's entry to the Taphouse is often remembered through rose-tinted glasses, described as "a triumph of modern innovation and democratic ideals", and "perhaps the greatest moment of Internet history, buried under vapid shadows of hollow celebrity", his welcome was not quite so warm as one may expect. He remained relatively quiet until his introduction to the Wayfinders campaign later in 2020, nearly culminating in an early disaster as Rocket was brought to the brink of leaving the campaign upon The Scourge pushing his buttons more than was warranted. This disaster was averted by communication and apologies, but disaster would strike in the middle of a Wayfinders session once again: this time, The Scourge had been banned from the Taphouse with no warning or communication, leaving his party members to scramble to resolve the issue.

Ken (See: The Grand Cumulon) had continued his warpath, even without The Scourge, and while the poor Scourge had believed he was doing a great job befriending his new acquaintances, he had failed to adequately curry favor. The Brits (See: The Brits) had taken issue with Ken, leading to a mass ban as Ken and all those associated with him were immediately removed from the server. Within several hours, Rocket, who had once been at odds with Scourge, had managed to negotiate his safe return to the server - while Ken would return only shortly after as well, it was clear that Scourge's kind heart and boundless wisdom and good looks had begun to bear fruit. However, Scourge would remember this day forever - "The Day Those Fuckers Robbed Me and Screwed My Shit and Fucked Me Over" - and it would leave a permanent scar on his trust of the Taphouse's administrative department.

### The Dark Ages

In the fall of 2021, Scourge found himself torn away from the Taphouse - he had grown apathetic towards these sick, perverted pieces of shit and their sick and perverted games. Directly replacing no-good rascals like Shammy the Shamrock, External Secant, Angel and Ken were the beginning of senior year in college and a burning passion for Runescape - one that had existed prior, but would be given greater fuel over the coming months. There was little news from Scourge between August and October, before Scourge finally began to return in November following mental health struggles - unbeknownst to him, the Taphouse community had successfully fostered codependency and Scourge returned to the Taphouse with all the dignity of a sick, mangled mutt bleeding out on the side of the highway.

### Creation of The Scourge and Kipfucker era

The beginning of 2022 was the beginning of a new era for Scourge - "the year of building bridges", as he would describe it. The Lover-Hater dialectic form (explained below) was in its prime at this point in time, as "The Scourge" and "The Glue" both arose from the Taphouse's ever-changing needs for love and hate respectively. Marriage to The Wretch (See: Kip) took place in this timespan as well. While Scourge spent little time in campaigns - Wayfinders had returned from hiatus in late 2020, but was still infrequent - he continued to develop his presence in gaming, streaming, and general voice chats, building a powerful rapport with his peers.

Unfortunately for Scourge, this would not be entirely cheery, as on January 26th, 2022, he would have his Quest Giver status indefinitely revoked. Scourge would be given no cohesive explanation, as he had run extensive one shot campaigns before, had not abused his power, and was frankly a beautiful quest giver. This tragedy, compounding upon the banning incident of 2020, would invoke a true spite towards all Taphouse bartender figures, leading to a dangerous and truly psychotic break in the Scourgean dialectic as the Scourge persona took a lasting form.

At the end of January, Scourge would enter his Kipfucker era, as he lured Kipley (see: The Wretch) into his lair with various treats and dancing fruits and hypnotized them with his seductive charisma and undeniable sexual allure. However, it is commonly known that contrary to what this might suggest, Scourge is actually the groomee of this relationship, and is often put into dangerous and precious situations in this relationship, such as crossing a tightrope over a pit of lava and running away from large monsters in the wilderness. However, he has been gaslit into believing that he is happy with The Wretch, so he does not leave.

## Scourgean dialectic

Scarcely acknowledged at the time, a discovery that would go on to be lauded by historians and philosophers past his time as a turning point in human thought was Scourge's development of the Scourgean dialectic. Inspired by the Hegelian form of thesis and antithesis, and incorporating Marx's material approach, Scourgean dialectic would often reject the capacity for synthesis, existing in a state of perpetual turmoil. Furthermore, this dialectic would focus on social constructs of love and hate within the Taphouse - beginning from a thesis of love, an antithesis would be developed through a strong toxic atmosphere of hatred towards Scourge from his fellow man. With each dialectical transformation would come a transformation of identity - The Nice Guy, The Evil Guy, The Glue, and Scourge have all been widely posthumously recognized as manifestations of dialectical evolution.

## Family life

Scourge is married to The Wretch (See: Kip). While Scourge's parents are unknown, it is known that Kiri is Scourge's uncle. Scourge is likely to have additional family members spread throughout the world beyond the Taphouse - he is known to have sired a nephew named Glizzy who is completely unaware of the Taphouse and its far-reaching malaise. Scourge is also a part-time lover to his best buddy in the whole wide world, Ken (See: The Grand Cumulon), even though Ken is a piece of shit who should die.