HERO x HERO

Part 1: Age of Darkness - A young Teran knight, Alex Smith, finds himself caught in an adventure far bigger than himself, travelling across the country of Tera to find a cure for his friend’s deadly curse, and to stop the evil usurpers seeking to undermine Tera and take the throne.
(10% Complete - Undergoing a complete rewrite.)

• Act 1: Teran Heroes Saga - Alex seizes the chance to prove himself as a hero when his childhood friend returns in search of the Great Sage: someone who can cure her of her horrific curse.

  • Chapter 1: A Sword is a Sword - Alex fails the Knight Entrance Exam at Tera Castle due to his pacifistic nature. On the way back from the embarrassing failure, a coincidence reunites him with his mysteriously-vanished childhood friend, Lily Carnelia.

  • Chapter 2: The Phoenix Clan

  • Chapter ???: The Hiyamese Hurricane

  • Chapter ???: To Become Strong

  • Chapter ???: The Sage’s Apprentice

• Act 2: Phoenix Clan Saga - (Currently being written.)

  • Chapter ???: Lord of the Slimes

  • Chapter ???: The Kabashima Dynasty - The team arrive at Fuhai City to discover the truth of Lily’s curse. Emperor Inazuma isn’t welcoming however, and things quickly turn south.

  • Chapter ???: Trials of the Prophet - In order to forsee their future battles with the Phoenix Clan, Ruby undergoes a series of deadly trials to prove his worth. Meanwhile, Kusaka hangs out with the team, showing off her many inventions.

  • Chapter ???: The Heat

  • Chapter ???: Bluebell City

  • Chapter ???: A Legend Unearthed

  • Chapter ???: The Hero’s Host

• Act 3: Astaroth Saga - The Dark Lord returns with Lily’s power in hand, seizing the throne of Tera with the help of unearthed battle machines called ARMORs. It falls upon this small team of heroes to step up and save the world.

  • Chapter ???: The Unbreakable Legend

  • Chapter ???: The Fuhai Thunderbolt

  • Chapter ???: Rise of the Great Sage

  • Chapter ???: The Battle of Tera Castle - With the help of Kusaka’s latest invention, the team fly up to Tera Castle. After a brief sky battle, Astaroth strikes them down to the castle below, where the fractured team take on the Phoenix Clan.

  • Chapter ???: The Gentle Knight - Among the halls of the Teran Throne, the team come face to face with the Dark Lord of Tera, Astaroth in the final battle for the fate of their kingdom.

Part 2: The Grand Tour - Alex mysteriously wakes up in a kingdom thought long gone, with no way back to Tera. Alongside the mysterious Nora Captio and a new crew of friends, Alex rises to face this new adventure head-on, to find the truth about the legendary ‘Sleeping Treasure of Alta’.
(100% Complete - Completely written from start to finish.)

• Act 1: Alta Islands Saga - Alex wakes up in the Alta Islands, with no memories as to how or why. Alongside Nora Captio, he has to learn the ways of this world, take to the skies and find the truth of his purpose here.

  • Chapter 1: My Friend, Nora Captio - Alex wakes up on Solair Island, with no memories as to how or why. Thankfully, he’s saved by a nomad called Nora Captio, and the pair make a deal to teach each other how to fight and fly.

  • Chapter 2: The Mystery of Kondrai Island - Alex and Nora arrive at a farming island called Kondrai, and end up investigating a mysterious illness wilting and ‘disappearing’ all the crops.

  • Chapter 3: Terror of the Memoreaper - Alex and Nora lose many of their memories on Faritael Island, and with the help of the ordinary Tulip Fable, they delve into the island core to find the cause of this disaster.

  • Chapter 4: The Phantom of the Library - Alex, Nora and Fay learn more about the ARMOR War from the museum of Koraia Island, but adventure calls again when a group of children gets lost inside the island’s infamous haunted library.

  • Chapter 5: Partners ‘Till The End - Alex, Ezri, and the shockingly-revealed Princess Serena IV, are kidnapped and brought to Parrus Island to be interrogated by Captain Valhlat of the Collectors.

• Act 2: Guardian Beasts Saga - Aboard their stolen pirate airship, ‘Hihome’, the crew seeks out the three Guardian Beasts of Alta, and the Sleeping Treasure they guard, while avoiding the Blue Arms and the Collectors.

  • Chapter 6: Dumpster Diving - The team’s newly stolen airship, the Hihome, breaks down almost immediately after their escape, and they make a stop at a garage. Lacking the parts they need, Alex, Nora and Maya dive into the Scrapberg to find them.

  • Chapter 7: The Burning Hot Springs - The team, sans a sleeping Alex, investigate the spa-filled Steamyspring Island, and the boiling hot rain threatening it’s livelihood, apparently caused by a legendary dragon.

  • Chapter 8: Under the Blood Moon - Before the team can drop Luka off before the Blood Moon, the Hihome crashes onto an uncharted island. With no light or escape route, the team have to survive a full night with one of the deadliest monsters yet.

  • Chapter 9: Pressure - Luka gets arrested by the dwarves of Steelhaven Island. To help his case, Alex and Nora volunteer to assist with draining the flood threatening their mines… and the dragon causing them, deep below the water.

  • Chapter 10: The Blastroot Plot - Serena and the team are invited to an event regarding Tera-Alta relations. Things go south when one of the Sages is hospitalised protecting a governor from an explosion. It’s up to the team to find the perpetrator.

  • Chapter 11: The Last Resort - The team investigate around Alta’s premier wingsuiting paradise, Raygale Resort, to find the final dragon.

• Act 3: Helias Saga - The Sleeping Treasure, revealed to be the largest, most powerful ARMOR yet, falls into the control of Helias. Against insurmountable odds, Alex and the Hihome Crew have to pull off a miracle to save the world.

  • Chapter 12: Luka’s Choice - The Collectors seize the team and take them captive aboard the Maelstrom, their flagship. With Ezri’s help, the team have to pull off the perfect escape plan, and get to Ferliza Island first.

  • Chapter 13: The Sleeping Treasure - Ferliza Island. Home to the Sleeping Treasure of Alta. All that’s left is a three-way race between the Hihome Crew, the Collectors, and Helias Rael.

  • Chapter 14: Where Time Stands Still - The Treasure, revealed to be ARMOR Gedan, wipes out the Collectors. To stop Helias from doing the same to Tera, the team go to the forbidden Citadel to defeat him, once and for all.

  • Chapter 15: The Cold - Nora, knocked off the Citadel, is barely saved by Alex, who teleports both of them into the snowy Teran region of Cozenvale. With her fading life in his hands, it’s up to Alex to stay awake… and keep on walking.

  • Chapter 16: The Festival of Unity - When a stroke of luck gives them more time, Alex and Nora race back to Alta to meet Helias at the long-awaited Festival of Unity, where they put their souls on the line to stop him and save the world.

Part 3: Shadow of Necron - Three years have passed since the Alta Incident. Despite the chaos that ensued, life has gone on… despite that, one loose end had still not been tied up, and soon enough, it comes back to plunge the world into jeopardy. Against a force of nature, Tera and Alta have to unite once and for all, and face this threat as one.
(50% Complete - The story is incomplete.)

• Act 1: Evacuation Saga - Three years of peace in Tera come to an end when Necron returns to corrupt the world with an all-encompassing Shadow. With no way to fight back, the team lead a desperate evacuation to the Alta Islands.

  • Chapter 1: The Shock - Necron returns, supercharged with Dark Mana. In a single hour, he assimilates the entirety of Tera Castle. Unprepared and unready, Princess Serena launches a nationwide evacuation to the Alta Islands.

  • Chapter 2: The Siege - The Teran population converge at Bluebell City, but when the magic mirror doesn’t show a destination, Gorath leads a brave siege as both nation’s people board the Teran Express to Fuhai.

  • Chapter 3: The Stand - Gorath’s defeat sends ripples through the kingdom. Despite the tragic news, there’s still no time to rest, as Inazuma Kabashima readies Hiyama for a final showdown against the monster.

• Act 2: Frozen Shadow Saga - Jade’s sacrifice plunges Tera into a brief ice age… but before Alta is ready, two new shadows emerge from the snow to restart the Shadowed assault. Altera has to unite, or face certain death.

  • Chapter 4: Exhale - Jade is gone. Gorath is gone. Everyone else is Shadowed. The survivors, now safe and shaken in the Alta Islands, take a moment to process the shocking events of the day.

  • Chapter ???: Powerless - Alex travels to the Dark Island in search of the 4ᵗʰ Sage, Thurso, but the surprising return of Helias takes his attention, and Alex delves deeper into the forest to learn the ways of magic… and the truth about his own power.

  • Chapter ???: The Witch’s Domain

  • Chapter ???: Weight of the Worlds - Ruby, using the magic mirror, teleports into the Chaos Witch’s Domain, to find her before she heals and hopefully bring back his beloved best friend.

  • Chapter ???: Here Together

• Act 3: Necron Saga - Altera has been united, and everyone’s friends have been brought back from darkness. With nothing left to do, the world braces itself for the fight of their lives, united as one against Necron’s Shadow.

  • Chapter ???: The Legend of Alex Smith - It becomes clear that Necron is too powerful to be defeated through any ordinary means. As such, Altera retreats to the Citadel to plan one final stand against the monster… a stand Alex will have to lead.

  • Chapter ???: For Altera - All of Altera, united as one, launches a final attack on Necron from the heavily-fortified Citadel. It’s all or nothing, and the fate of the planet rests in their hands.

Part 4: Concrete Jungle - Ruby, lost in time, finds himself without his friends and without a purpose, lost in a world completely unlike his own. When a stroke of luck gives him a home, it’s up to Ruby to… well, he’s going to have to figure that out on his own.
(50% Complete - The story is incomplete.)

• Act 1: Bad Future Saga - Ruby appears 2000 years in the future, without a way back, or even a purpose. With the help of new friends, Ruby discovers everything there is about this new world… and everything there is to himself, too.

  • Chapter 1: Prologue - Fresh from the Shadow War, Ruby arrives terrified and panicked in an uncertain future world, where he’s immediately greeted by hostile security robots, from whom he’s saved by a construction worker called Raheem Amidina.

  • Chapter 2: The Way Life’s Meant To Be

  • Chapter 3: Ring Ring

  • Chapter 4: Bad Romance

  • Chapter 5: Welcome to the Internet

  • Chapter 6: Auld Lang Syne

  • Chapter 7: Top of the City

• Act 2: Freedom Saga - Mara’s long-lost sister re-emerges, working for a magical drug gang called Illumina. The team have to decide how far is enough to go, and how deeply they want to sink their lives in the name of freedom.

  • Chapter 8: Stayin’ Alive - As Raheem’s money dwindles under his flatmates’ weight, Ruby is forced to confront a new kind of frontier: the job market.

  • Chapter 9: Time Warp - While Mara heads out to reunite with her band, Ruby and Raheem delve into ‘Time Travel For Dummies’ to find a way to get the ninja home.

  • Chapter 10: The Chosen One - Mara’s trauma resurfaces when she witnesses her sister’s apparent return in a shocking assassination attempt on the famous tech genius, Mallow Baker.

  • Chapter 11: Beneath the Mask - In order to keep him safe from Illumina, Hana reluctantly brings Ruby to her apartment for the week, losing her closest secret in the process.

  • Chapter 12: Murder on the Dance Floor - In order to gain access to Illumina City, the team infiltrate a notorious illegal nightclub headed by the flamboyant brother of the gang’s boss.

  • Chapter 13: No Surprises - Ruby faces an honorbound duel with Ronin, and a mere 12 hours to prepare for what could be the final fight of his life. As the duel looms closer, the question on everyone’s mind envelopes both: who’s going to live?

  • Chapter 14: Escape from the City - Ruby, Raheem and Hana leave Lumina City on the long, long road to Illumina’s perception-blocked hideout. On the way, Raheem shares his backstory with the ninja while they set up camp for the night.

  • Chapter 15: Runamok - Ruby and Raheem don disguises and enter Illumina City in search of Mara.

  • Chapter 16: Mesmerizer - While Viper keeps Ruby at bay, Mara faces the Boss in his throne room in a furious battle for her sister’s freedom.

  • Chapter 17: Baggage - Ruby faces Mara in a terrifying fight for her freedom. As Raheem and Hana battle their way toward the arena, the fates of SAGE and Illumina fall into unexpected hands.

• Act 3: GVNR Saga - GVNR, growing impatient with Ruby, and now uncontested by Illumina, plunges the city into martial law. Ruby and his friends’ days become numbered, and their hiding places slowly count down to the final battle.

  • Chapter 18: Mr. Blue Sky - Six months have passed. Ruby is now comfortably living in the future, despite the city’s increasingly hostile crackdown from the uncontested GVNR. With Illumina gone, it’s only a matter of time until ARMR Corps find them.

  • Chapter 19: Lucky - Despite the ever-tightening security around the Construct, Ruby goes on a night out with Hana to the movies.

  • Chapter 20: Chase - The team’s apartment gets doxxed, and ARMR Corps immediately seizes it while they make their getaway. Everything falls apart as the team make their way to Jade’s Tower without being seen.

  • Chapter 21: Bye Bye Bye - Hana’s neglectful mother reaches out to her, claiming to have changed her ways. Despite the team’s protests, Hana leads them to Baker Corp. to at least hear her out… and perhaps show the world a thing or two.

  • Chapter 22: Watch It All Fall - With ARMR Corps hot on their trail, the team decide to take the fight straight to GVNR, smashing into her server complex, and making a mad dash to the ARMR Core to end the chase once and for all.

  • Chapter 23: Till It’s Over - With nothing left to lose, Ruby challenges GVNR to a duel, exposing his location in the process. With the entirety of ARMR Corps on his trail, a citywide manhunt begins.

  • Chapter 24: Epilogue - Ruby ascends into ARMOR Gedan to duel GVNR in one last desperate bid for the lives of his friends.

Part 5: The Dark World - Six more years have passed, Alex and Serena have disappeared, and the Cloud Sea is dying. In this final chapter, all of Altera unites to find the truth of the dark world, unite the world once more, and save the world once last time.
(10% Complete - Heavily work-in-progress.)

• Act 1: Dark World Saga - Alex wakes up in a dark world unlike anything he’s ever known. With the help of a skittish stranger called Ambor, Alex embarks on a desperate journey to find his fiancée, and a way back home to Altera.

  • Chapter 1: Into Darkness - Sir Alex and Queen Serena disappear on the dying Cloud Sea as a whirlpool drags them into the Dark World of Onda. The knight wakes up alone, save for a lone traveller called Ambor, who he ventures with to find his fiancée.

  • Chapter 2: End of a Life - Ruby reappears outside Ezri’s fishing village, alongside an absolutely livid GVNR. Fresh from the future, Ruby leaves toward Fuhai Island to find his sister… and come to terms with the choice he made.

  • Chapter 3: The Iron Incursion - Ambor introduces Alex to the true rulers of Onda: a violent mechanized militia known as the Iron Incursion.

  • Chapter 4: The New Empire - Lily reluctantly seeks out Helias Rael for help finding GVNR. With his help, the awkward pair find the overlord in the middle of building her new ‘empire’, painfully clinging to any semblance of her past life in the future.

  • Chapter 5: The Thousand Year Stare

  • Chapter 6: The Secret of the Sea - Fay interrogates Planc for a way to Onda. After a gruelling mental war, they come to a reluctant compromise and leave for the Dark Island. Lily meanwhile grows closer to GVNR, and convinces her to come and help.

  • Chapter 7: First Contact - Alex and Serena, much to Ambor’s terror, attack an Iron Incursion facility in an attempt to free the slave miners within. Suddenly, a third party intercepts to finish the job, and kidnaps all three of them into the dark unknown.

• Act 2: Ondan Resistance Saga - After the miraculous return of a dear long-lost friend, Alex and Serena join the resistance against Iyrrhon, the Iron Incursion, and the powerful Great Witch of Onda… Jade’s mother.

  • Chapter 8: Boot Camp

  • Chapter ???: The Great Witch

  • Chapter ???: Off The Rails

  • Chapter ???: Heartaches

  • Chapter ???: Reunion

  • Chapter ???: House of Cards

• Act 3: Iyrrhon Saga - The leader of the resistance is kidnapped, the rebel base is compromised, and the fall of Altera is imminent. Despite that, heroes from all worlds still converge upon Onda to save the planet one last time.

  • Chapter ???: Raise Your Sword - Alex rallies the Masqueraiders to continue the fight against Iyrrhon, launching a final campaign to gather allies in secret from around the world before the warlord’s final drill into the Cloud Sea.

  • Chapter ???: Mass DisARMORment - Ruby leads a small strike team into the Incursion’s most important ARMOR factory to prevent a future catastrophe.

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  • Chapter ???: Through The Fire And Flames

  • Chapter ???: Be The Hero