Campaigns/GK-Austin 10-3-19/Slapjack

## Backstory

==SPOILERALERT==

Slapjack's dad, Philo, is a retired military vet whose wife fell ill.

Philo had excelled in the military as an engineer to the point he was in the same company as The Prince. The Prince and Philo became close friends during their service.

Running out of options, Philo became desperate. Science nor magic could cure Slapjack's mom's, Horatia, illness. He goes to The Prince.

Upon arriving, what follows is a tense and tough scene. Philo ask The Prince to allow him access to a red stone locked in a cube the two found during their military days. Holding back tears yet in steely demeanor, The Prince refused. Philo saw the stone heal The Prince's broken arm when they found it in underground ruins and got upset. After Philo left, The Prince told his raccoons to keep an eye on him. The Prince knew what his old friend is capable of.

A few days later, Philo rode his hover bike through street and forest to shake any pursuers and arrives at the mountain complex..

Using his military and engineer skills, Philo gets into the mountain unnoticed and walks into a black room only lit by a red stone in a cube. He grabs it. Sensors go off and glowing ruins appear along an arch pattern. Lights come on and Philo sees a Gate with Dyr flowing out. Attracted to energy, it came after him and surrounding machinery and electronics causing explosions. He ran. Running out the front door, the guards and raccoons sent to watch him saw what was following.

"What have you done?"

Out of the chaos, Philo escaped and made it home. He went to his patch-spotted hair wife and pulled the stone out of his bag. It did not glow anymore. In defeat, Philo hugged Horatia.

Hearing hover bikes arrive in front of his house, Philo scooped his son and ran out to the back. Philo strapped his son into a mini-spaceship, gave him a picture of his family, and hit coordinates. As the ship launched, Philo heard the sound of laser rifles cocking to shot. He turned around to see The Prince and his raccoons aiming their guns at the mini-spaceship. Philo tells The Prince he is the one he wants. The Prince tells his men to lower their weapons.

Scared and confused, Slapjack held tight to his picture as he looked out the ship's window. He saw black ooze covering swaths of land. Spilling forth out of multiple Gates. He looked down to see where his father sent him off and saw green lasers blasting where his father stood.

Waking up, Slapjack found the ship being captured by scoundrels. The mini-spaceship made a force landing in their larger ship's dock. The trappers disappointed in not finding anything valuable were going to dispose of the baby raccoon until their leader, an elf, stopped them. He saw opportunity in having a raccoon he could mold. They named him Slapjack, raised him, and taught him their ways.

Fast forward some years.

Slapjack started to wonder about his parents. His home. The trappers always told him the planet was lost but a sliver of doubt lingered in the raccoons head. Slapjack wondered if this is the life his family would want for him. He had memories of his family as good, honorable people, but his last memory is The Prince executing his father.

## Prologue

In a field mission, trappers lowered Slapjack into an underground room by rope. A recent battle collapsed the ground and Slapjack was the only one who could fit in the hole to get the treasure.

Slapjack finds gold and a Gate. He activates it with skill and dumb luck. A balling cow wearing khakis named Moolissa came through the portal. He calms her down but could not get information out of her. Looking at the portal and the hole he was lowered through, he thought of his parents. He shot debris with his laser gun. He gives Moolissa a share of the gold he found and told her to tell the trappers the gate activating cause debris to fall.

"The raccoon didn't make it."

Slapjack entered the portal and came out on top of a mountain. In front of him three humans and a robot stood. In the distance, a dragon flew towards them.