Phantom's Wrath

MS undefinedThe Phantom Arc (No official title yet. Feel free to suggest one) is a roleplay story currently ongoing on the RNW discord, mostly lead by Moon Snail. It started on May 8th, 2019, and is still taking place.

Characters
Phantom and their army: Druid's Rebellion Other characters Bold = Made for this series specifically.
 * Phantom: The main villain of the story. They seek to steal the souls of everyone they encounter for an unknown cause. To aid them, they also raise the victims as mind slaves, forcing them to follow their every command.
 * The Phantoms: Phantom's minions. Without their soul, they lose all control they have over their body and mind, turning them into mindless followers of Phantom's desires. They become more powerful when converted, turning them into a major threat.
 * The Druid: The key to stopping Phantom. She's the first person to see Phantom at work and live. She tells Gargoyowl and Sora about them, then arranges the rebellion after Phantom attacks the tavern.
 * Gargoyowl: (TBA)
 * Sora: (TBA)
 * Lucas: An archer who joined the rebellion to avenge his missing brother, who was likely taken by Phantom. He originally went to the tavern to drown his sorrows, but is forced to side with everyone after the attack from Phantom.
 * Robin: Lucas' companion and boyfriend. He's another archer who tries to keep Lucas from acting irrationally because of his brother. Just like him, he has to join the Rebellion to survive Phantom's wrath.
 * Freddy Freaker: Normally a really annoying freak who just tries to con people out of money, Freddy understands the volume of the situation, and agrees to put his greed aside to help the rebellion.
 * Dr. Eggman: Another member of the rebellion... for better or for worse. He doesn't really help that much, due to spending more time lamenting the fact that Shadow fucked and pissed on his wife than anything else.
 * Despacito: (TBA)
 * Moon Snail: A Zangoose boy who's a veteran of the RNW wiki. He becomes a phantom at the beginning of the story.
 * Tommy Turnbull: A very smart 10-year-old kid who owns a small but very powerful robot known as Robotboy. He becomes a phantom shortly after Moon Snail.
 * Lemres: (TBA)
 * Flametail: (TBA)

Current story:
The story begins when Freddy Freaker breaks into Moon Snail's house and delivers him a letter from an unknown sender. Moon Snail reads the letter, which requests that he heads to the swamp on the following day.

The next day, Moon Snail follows the letter's request and goes to the swamp. From there, he becomes the first one to encounter Phantom themself. After they discuss their plans to him, they steal Moon Snail's soul and raises him as the first phantom minion in their army. Tommy and Little My find out about this, and while Little My just walks away after realizing the situation, Tommy demands to know what happened. Phantom explains everything, then offers him the same fate by disguising it as an offer for power. Tommy debates the offer, but decides to accept it, allowing them to take his soul and raising him as another phantom minion.

At the pub, Despacito brings up the fact that Moon Snail and Tommy went to the swamp and have yet to return. As everyone worries about the two, Lemres offers to visit the swamp to try and rescue them. Everyone tries to convince him not to go there, worrying that he might suffer the same fate, but he wouldn't stop at anything to save Moon Snail, and leaves.

Dr. Eggman then makes an announcement calling out Shadow for pissing on his wife, then pisses on the moon so hard that it explodes. Yes, that's a canon part of the arc. Don't ask.

A few days later, Lemres still hasn't returned. Nobody knows why... until The Druid appears to warn Gargoyowl about Phantom. She shows them a flashback of Lemres at the beach, still trying to get to the swamp, before he notices Moon Snail. Not knowing that he's phantomised, he approaches him in joy. Phantom Moon Snail turns around and attempts to attack Lemres, but fails as he dodges out of the way. Lemres demands to know what's going on, but refuses to accept the explanation that Moon Snail was taken by Phantom. After the two fight, Phantom Moon Snail triumphs over Lemres, allowing Phantom to take his soul and raise him as Phantom Lemres. After the two phantom minions flirt a bit, they and Phantom return to the swamp to discuss new plans. Gargoyowl agrees to warn everyone about the situation, and Druid departs.

Later, Sora enters the swamp to learn about the disappearances, and encounters The Druid. She tells Sora that she knows who's behind the disappearances, and explains to her everything about Phantom. She agrees to warn everyone as well, and heads to the tavern. The Druid stays at the swamp for a bit, before Phantom notices her, and threatens to kill her. She panics and teleports away, disappointing Phantom with her "cowardice". While everyone is gone, Phantom Lemres tells Phantom where the tavern is.

Two new figures, Lucas and Robin, enter the tavern. Lucas demands a drink, but is struck down by Freddy Freaker telling him that he isn't legal drinking age. Gargoyowl and Sora then enter to tell everyone that Phantom is coming. Before they can explain anything, Phantom and their minions arrive and start to trash the building. Druid appears and opens a portal to the forest, but Phantom Lemres attempts to strike her with lightning. Flametail reacts quickly, jumping to take the shot, allowing everyone else to escape, but gets turned into a phantom as well.

The escapees, scared by their lack of shelter, suggest building a new one. However, this quickly gets shot down by the fact that nobody in the team can cut down trees. Gargoyowl then suggests finding Moomin and Snufkin, hoping that they can allow the group to stay with them for protection. From there on out, the Rebellion is formed.

to be continued...

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