Gameverse Expansion

The Gameverse Expansion is a side-series to Toon Wars Legacy focusing exclusively on game-based projects while staying in line with previously established lore. Almost all of it was developed alongside Dark Disney and takes place after the fact, with the first in the series being Dust and the Sweeper. Multiple one-shot entries under the name, Tales of the Gameverse, would be created to add to the lore and introduce new concepts unique to the universe they're set in; the most significant of which comes from Penelope's perspective during her transition to becoming an Overseer. Since this this still within the mainline Toon Wars Timeline, many events in this series occurs prior to the last Toon Wars Legacy story, Heroes of Power.

## Development

The idea for a full-length expansion to Toon Wars: Legacy isn't new to Frozarburst as earlier attempts at this were done during the run of the original Toon Wars series in the form of Dragon Ball: Ultra Army's cancelled sequel and Maverick Hunter Iris; an actual game-focused story). Both ideas were scrapped with a few elements reused for different content. While writing Dark Disney, Frozar began brainstorming a potential spin-off title centered around Dust and Blinx (two fan-favorites in posts) following the events of the current crossover, starting out as a short parody taking heavy inspiration from *Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged* before evolving into a distinct narrative set in the same continuity as Toon Wars; though it is not required to read prior material as Dust and the Sweeper and other ideas would be written in the style of a standalone title.

Although the initial plan post-Dark Disney was to begin releasing Venomous Syndicate, Frozarburst switched focus to the Gameverse Expansion after noticing his writing and formatting needed further improvement. The modified script format used for all of Toon Wars and it's sequel series would be replaced with traditional prose for Dust and the Sweeper, while goals such as good character chemistry and dynamic action would be carried over from Crossover Forces and The Watterson. To promote the story and expand on the universe, Frozarburst created Tales of the Gameverse: Ori. A short one-shot story featuring Ori after the events of *Will of the Wisps* mysteriously regenerated on Falana directly after the fall of Gaius. Another one, this time during Dust and the Sweeper's release, would take the form of The Sting, centered around an alternate version of the events of *Sly: Thieves in Time* where Penelope never turned to evil and teamed up with Carmelita Fox to take down Le Paradox in an elaborate sting operation.

Like in Toon Wars: Legacy, several original designs taking inspiration from each game would be borrowed for the expansion. However, unlike Toon Wars and Ultra Army, these designs would be much more alien in style, taking heavy influence from the Doom, Half Life, and Mass Effect franchise. Frozar would also collaborate with fans of both Blinx the Time Sweeper and Dust: An Elysian Tail to get feedback on the project and answer any questions; the most influencial being NipChipCookies, who created their own fansite dedicated to the Blinx series that worked as a database for Frozar to reference.

On January 1st, 2022, Frozarburst began releasing Dust and the Sweeper globally on Archive of Our Own, Deviantart, Wattpad, and Fanfiction to critical success, taking the concept splitting the story into 3 volumes from his work on How to train your Hero from over a decade to organize it better as every chapter is posted.

## Storyline

### Dark Disney

Before the main story in the Gameverse, Dark Disney introduced game characters into Toon Wars Legacy starting with Blinx the Time Sweeper, who joined Oswald the Lucky Rabbit's resistance against Mickey Mouse when he began turning Disney into a corporate regime, converting every universe into the Disneyverse. Though many had resisted, the regime had succeeded in not only brainwashing many properties into their own, but also erasing anyone who fought back or were at risk of stopping them, including the destruction of the Time Factory and sacking of Falana. Internally, the Underground's primary goal of overthrowing Mickey's empire became rather divisive as it was believed once they unlock the Elysium Engine powering the Disneyverse, they could go back in time to prevent the Mouse from going rogue. Unfortunately, this could also mean that any canon but dire events in every individual property (such as Penelope turning to evil in Thieves in Time or all the events of Mega Man X and Zero) would play out. But due to the severity of the regime's dominance, it would be best to take this course of action even at the cost of living troublesome lives in the main timeline.

Ultimately, the decision was made to return to the past once Mickey Mouse is overthrown. And with the help of Max jumping from the Toonverse's era to the future, the Underground succeeded in sabotaging the Enforcers' plans to finally be rid of them, destroying vital operations in the Disneyverse before making it to Mickey himself. There, they discovered that Black Hat of the Toonverse was secretly responsible for the global dominion of Disney, influencing Mickey to such a degree that he wound up taking over completely. To stop him, Max and whomever was left of the resistance, including Dust and Blinx, traveled to the location of the Disneyverse's engine, Elysium, which they unlocked to find the corpse of Bimm generating all the magic in the universe. She was temporarily resurrected by the Final Magisword to not only kill Black Hat but reset the timeline altogether, sending Max and company to the distant past at the villain's headquarters to destroy him and his shuttle before the take off for Disney.

With the dark future never coming to be, the Gameverse was restored to normal and Dust reunited with Fidget and Ginger after the events of *An Elysian Tail*. As for Blinx, given that he is a being from outside of time and conventional space, and with the fall of the Time Factory, he decided to remain on Falana with Dust

### Dust and the Sweeper/Blinx and the Knights of Elysium

Dust, Fidget, and Blinx the Time Sweeper defeat the last of the Gaius Remnant sometime following Dark Disney. By now, the people of Falana have vastly improved and are willing to stand against evil. But immediately after their victory, a robot of Sweeper design arrived and was dismantled by the pair. This led to an investigation by Dust and Blinx to the Advanced Regions where rumors spread of an alien race residing on the planet. And while they left to conduct the search, the fallen Moonblood Fuse returned to convert the vegetation of Aurora Village into monsters similar to the ones Ori faced on their world. It was thanks to the efforts of Lady Thethys, Fale, Fidget, Haley, Avgustin, Matti, and Ginger that the creatures were destroyed before they could cause further damage. However, this disturbance led to Tethys conducting her own investigation through the voices of Elysium.

Once Blinx and Dust arrived to the Advanced Regions, they learned that the Time Sweepers thought lost in the Regime Incident had in fact survived and evacuated to Falana as per the late CEO's instructions. Their guide, the Administrator Aegis, was converted into an AI that led them to the planet. Unfortunately, he along with the Cat-Sith were effectively enslaved by Benito, the leader of the Tom Tom Gang, who recovered the Big Crystal and used it to render all the Sweepers obsolete. This, in truth, was the result of a deal he struck with Mickey prior to the sacking of the Time Factory, filling him in on its location in exchange for leaving the pirate be. With that said, Blinx, with Dust and the other Time Sweepers' help, along with a few renegade Tom Toms, scaled the tower and gave chase to Benito, putting an end to his rule once and for all.

After all was said and done, peace was momentarily achieved before the ultimate return of the creator of the Gameverse, Trio, who was the combined form of the Time Goddesses driven insane prior to Dark Disney. Not only was she the mastermind behind Fuse's return, but she also turned out to be Lady Tethys' mother, revealing the water goddess to be Mina in disguise. Over the ages, Trio fed off the hatred and war of Falana to free herself from captivity deep beneath the world and used her magic to possess Mordecai under everyone's noses. By the time Benito was slain, Trio's plan had already been set in motion as she began terraforming the Gameverse world by world until no one was safe. Though she attempted to trap Dust, Blinx, and a few of their allies in different points in time, Tethys managed to send them to the time of Ahrah's creation, not only finding all but one of the Blades of Elysium but also learning of a hidden bunker created by the CEO protected under a partnership with the Moonbloods years ago. Using their stasis tubes, they slept until they were back in the present and returned to Aurora where the Time Sweepers and people of Falana now work together to plan against Trio and save the universe.

### Tales of the Gameverse

#### The Sting

In an alternate version of Thieves in Time, Penelope created the Time Machine piloted by Le Paradox and his gang like in the original form of events. However, when tested for the first time, it was rigged to send them forward a few days in the future rather than several centuries in the past, leading to Interpol storming the blimp and apprehending the criminals. All besides Penelope, who revealed along with Officer Carmelita Fox that she tricked the gang into believing she wanted to be rid of the Cooper bloodline and used the blimp as a demonstration for what her and Bentley's company is capable of. Seeing how successful the jump was and knowing crooks like Paradox would want to get their hands on the technology, Penelope and Bentley opted to have the time travel project scrapped. On the plus side, Interpol and PentleyTech now work in tandem with each other following the field test, greatly improving on each other's security based on their adventures with Sly.

#### Tail Reverso

Sometime after Solatorobo (and by extension, *Kadenz ~closing melody~),* a museum is opened for retired DAHAK models and remnants recovered from the hybrid project brought in by Merveille Million. She invited her son, Red Savarin, along with his friends Waffle, Alecia, Flare, Elh, and Stare, and gave a tour of all the technology she was able to find. However, one of the most mysterious objects even she wasn't certain of was in the form of a computer terminal with an onboard AI. It explains that it was constructed as a last resort to rebuild the human race based on the genetic code stored in its database. However, seeing how unstable the hybrid project became, and re-evaluating the history of humanity, the AI believed its mission would only lead to them repeating previous mistakes in the form of war and extinction, thus updating its objective to perfect the hybrid project and leave room for them in society by purging half the current population of the Earth. To do this, it seized control of the unmanned DAHAK's in the building, forcing the visitors to fight back to reach the terminal again and destroy it. Thanks to Merveille, the server was contained to the museum, so the AI wouldn't be able to spread anywhere in the world once disabled. But, while they fought, an exhausted Stare Pris took a nap in one of the deactivated stasis pods, which accidentally activated as a security measure when the AI attacked.

Centuries later decades before Dust: An Elysian Tail, a young Geehan and Bram discovered the museum buried underneath the outskirts of Aurora Village. A timid Geehan climbed inside to found the loot when he stumbled across Stare's pod, shutting it down and releasing her; albeit after suffering from side effects due to prolonged stasis as opening it too soon could've led to the same mental deterioration as was seen with the hybrids. With nowhere else to go, she tags along with the Warmblood to get coffee.

#### Ori

Directly after the finale of Dust: An Elysian Tail and Will of the Wisps, Ori (or possibly a copy of them) was plucked from their Spirit Tree by the Goddesses of Time and Space and sent through hyperspace to the outskirts of Everdawn Basin on Falana. Though confused as to where they regenerated, Ori did like on Niwen and Ibel and began repairing the damages from the Gaius War with but a touch. Eventually, Fidget stumbled across them and initially believed Ori to be a reincarnated version of Dust who was consumed by the lava at the volcano. She quickly caught onto this being false and invited Ori to partner with her as the Warmbloods and Moonbloods begin recovery from the war.

Ultimately, Fidget would reunite with Dust sometime later after he was shielded and teleported to safety at the end of An Elysian Tail, and Dust would come to meet and befriend Ori when he returned to Aurora Village.

## Time Placement

It's heavily implied and even mentioned in Dust and the Sweeper that it and any other material in the Gameverse Expansion exist after the end of Dark Disney, often referencing a change in the timeline (specifically when Bimm force reset every universe to help Max stop the regime). As a result, any prior events of individual games occur like normal, but the outcome of every title is much different from the original, such as Dust and Ori surviving the end of An Elysian Tail and Will of the Wisps as a result of a mysterious extraterrestrial force, or everything in Thieves in Time not happening due to Penelope never betraying Bentley.