Heroes Within

The First Brotherhood

2012-01-03T16:41:00.000-06:00

Before Cassady, Saphron, and Tiberus teamed up against the forces of the western raiders, Cassady was a stuck-up prince, Saphron was a street performer, and Tiberus was a farmer. Cadelia was just a humble kingdom with a fairly small castle. Small enough to be prone to everything.

Luckily for the citizens of Cadelia, the high-esteemed and well-endowed General of the Cadelian Forces, Darbus Fabius, did everything in his power to protect what was to become the greatest power in the Northlands. With the Sword of Cadelia in his left and the Town Shield in his right, he defended Cadelia with honor and pride. He did not know that he was not alone, at least not until after certain circumstances:

In one of the many farms on the outskirts of the city, Phineas Rocket decided that farm life just wasn't what he was born for. His desire for adventure led him out of the Cadelian Fields and into the kingdom itself, where he met, of all people, Aric Girdersen, who was then Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Hierat.

Both of them, along with Darbus Fabius, played an important part in the creation of the First Brotherhood, an organization dedicated to the protection of Cadelia.

Meanwhile, in yet another farm in the Cadelian Fields, Grotto, a cattle raiser, and his sister were catering after Tiberus, their young, reckless adopted little brother. Little did they know, however, that Tiberus was going to be chased out of their ranch, into the busy streets of Inner Cadelia. After the revelation of the legacy of Darbus, his true father, and arduous training, Tiberus witnessed his transformation into the Captain of the Guard of Cadelia.

AQW Designs1

2011-08-10T13:07:00.001-05:00

From now on, I will be periodically submitting drawings and designs for Adventure Quest Worlds, an MMORPG made by Artix Entertainment...

Enjoy the view!!

Dark Warlord Armet - This intricately locked mouthpiece built by Tiberius Fabius restrains certain dark warlords from literally eating your soul.

Dark Warlord Blade - Infused by Tiberius Fabius with the power to drain the souls of its wielder's enemies, the Dark Warlord Blade's single eye targets the next victim. Will it be you?

Dark Warlord Crown - The only way to make your minions obey your every will. Made by Tiberius Fabius.

Dark Warlord Set

Dark Warlord - Evil seeps through your veins and makes you both a skilled warrior and a dark being. Inspired by Tiberius Fabius

Veteran - Created by Tiberius Fabius to show that the ability to battle on for years has made him a war-hardened fighter, ready for anything.

Veteran's Zweihander - Only the most experienced warriors can wield such an honor. Emblazoned within the blade is the name of the creator, Tiberius Fabius.

Yami Bein Double Scythe - Yami Bein stands for "Darkness Bane", and it does its job nicely. Made by Tiberius Fabius.

ATLAS

2011-07-07T11:43:00.001-05:00

Once you appoint yourself to be one of the Anti-Tyranny Legion of Assassin Saviors, there is no turning back. You become an assassin for the rest of your life, taking on the jobs no one would do by their will alone. You are one of the thousands that live to break the Rosstone Empire's tyrranical grasp from our freedom.

You may battle alongside one of the most efficient of our assassins, a Sword User by name James Christopher Merrick, codename M. He is not only an effective close-quarters combat companion, but is also the very tip of our spear when it comes to overthrowing the Rosstones. However, his actions may falter in the presence of another assassin who seems to be his love interest, another Sword User called Silvia Lorette Lester, codenamed L. They are almost equal in skill, though Merrick is also an adept at hand-to-hand combat, a weakness for Lester who is impractically weak despite her efficient sword skills.

You might also meet the mentor of the previous two, a Bludgeon Wielder called Benjamin Hurt. He uses a cross-shaped club which he can also use as a sword at times. His is the way of defense, as he is more expected to take on enemies from afar. His aim is flawless, and his trained eye also makes him a Searcher, which is useful in search & destroy requests as well as some rescue missions.

The ATLAS will accept any and every person willing to fight for their ideals, but they won't allow anyone surrendering their skill to the power-hungry Rosstones. The penalty for cowardice is death, lest the assassin commit suicide for the sake of his/her dignity. Though we have lost many brave and honorable fighters during the course of our 80 years of existence, we have not lost the confidence in that we will someday emerge as the secret writers of the history of HeroVille, and our names shall never be forgotten...

Imagery (and wallpapers!! gasp)

2011-06-08T12:32:00.001-05:00

Lately I've been into drawing my fellow characters. Nice, huh? Well, I've drawn our epic heroes to the extent of actually remodeling them... a bit.

You all remember this rash sketch of the general Brotherhood plot... you know, the one in the original book cover:

The crappy one extracted from the Flash preview...

Well, as you can all imagine, that's a bit old. Ok, now check this out: a salvaged, 9-month-old concept sketch of the Necrolord:

Man, he could steal your life force with his one soul-piercing blue eye.

Also, I've been a bit busy lately, but I had time to do these -- check out these fresh wallpapers featuring the "Heroes of Old":

You' ll be noticing a few things. First off, these are downloadable 1024x768 wallpapers for your desktops (:D) Second, our fellow captain Tiberus is... different.

That's because I remodeled him to look more like a renowned captain, with a regal robe, but still giving that roughed-up appearance not only with the prosthetic metal arm, but also with a seemingly deep wound in his left eye.

Also, try comparing Necros from the book cover to Necros in the Necrolord's wallpaper. HUGE difference: the one in the wallpaper is more humanoid and actually appears bulky enough to break your bones apart (which is pretty capable of doing either way) whereas the one in the book cover is kind of a blob with skinny fingers.

One last thing: you guys might be wondering, Where the heck is Aric Girdersen? Well, good fans, I still have to redesign that guy because the Viking-ish dude's manhood was insulted by one of my aunts... So I' ll upload Aric Girdersen's muy-macho wallpaper soon.

Hadron II

2011-02-12T20:18:00.000-06:00

Let's recap: Hadron is a human turned cyborg by Trillian. He becomes a respected hero, even though he's a novice.

Well, a few months into the job, someone is already interested in Hadron, and plans to use him as a model to create an army of cyborgs fit for domination. His name is the Scarecrow.

Scarecrow uses magic to counter the technology of Hadron's anatomy. However, Scarecrow is never seen alone; in fact, he is always with his two loyal bodyguards Hex and Jinx, brother and sister, who make Hadron's life a pain.

There's also the fact that Hadron's robotic parts were Trillian's success after a failure caused a previous experiment to become Ripgun, the armor without a body. Although it's infected with a virus, Ripgun seems to control his own consciousness. Even so, he stops at nothing to achieve superiority. When he realizes tha Hadron is a "better version" of his own weapons, he decides to search for him, with murder on his mind...

Derek Daemen "Catastros"

2011-02-12T19:55:00.000-06:00

Remember when I said that the Necrolord was the ultimate evil??

Well, someone has more vile intentions.

Derek Daemen was an average citizen that shunned the world because it wasn't perfect for him. His hate towards everything that existed grew only so much that one day, Necros's younger sister Disordia (more on this later) appeared upon Derek, and, promising great powers that could change the universe, she possessed him, turning him into Catastros.

Catastros, unlike the Necrolord, depends on morphing attacks rather than dark energy. Although Necros is older, wiser, and stronger, Disordia's power can be enhanced depending upon the desires of the person she possesses. In Derek's case, she has enough power to confront Necros and Cassady.

Just as the Necrolord transforms into the Necrowolf, Catastros transforms into the Helldog, a hairless canine twice as large as the Necrowolf.

Trivia #1

2010-10-11T00:09:00.000-05:00

Starting out with my fav, Tiberus:

He's blond.
He's the second character to appear in the most time periods of the Heroes Within Timeline (the first being the Necrolord)
His sword can be considered the Heroes Within average sword: approximately 50% of all existent swords are shorter than it (and the other 50% are longer)
He's the only blond character in Heroes Within.
He has had the most redesigns (this is the designer speakin-- er, writing) concerning mood, armor, weapon, etc.
He is arguably one of the strongest normal-weight characters in Heroes Within, besides The Curse, Hadron, Blackout, Mark Seraph, and the Necrolord.

Cassady/Necrolord:

He was never intended to be a possessed Cassady. He was initially only an excuse for a villain in Heroes Within until the story of Brotherhood unraveled and his backstory as the shadow Necros came out.
The Necrolord is the only normal-weight character that sports gray hair.
Cassady's persona and appearance is almost entirely inspired from Prince Marth from the Fire Emblem games for GBA and NDS.
Originally his cape was going to flare out from his waist (much like Saphron's) but the cape was strapped onto his shoulders to match a more regal appearance.

The Curse:

He is my first hero.
His creation is possibly a miracle since I took no inspiration from anywhere.
He is the only character in Heroes Within to sport more than one outfit.
His first story was titled "The Curse Begins", an allusion to the similarly titled movie "Batman Begins".
He has the lightest armor of all characters in Heroes Within, merely a padded orange shirt (and his titanium-fiber glove)
He is one of the modern Generals in Heroes Within: Invasion.

The Wrath:

He was originally going to be The Curse gone bad, and his original name was The Bad Curse.
He can be easily confused with Blacksheath because of their similar white plastic armor.
His stone hand is on the right, whereas The Curse's is on the left.
A DNA factor gone wrong caused his hair to go completely white (not old people white, but snowy white)

Berto Dodgers:

Is the second character ever invented by me.
Was originally intended to be The Curse's sidekick, but after fixing The Curse's personality as a lone wolf, he got his own lair, uniform, and weaponry.
His other job as a racer was implemented years after I dumped the idea of a retired scientist to spice up Dodgers's characteristics and bring him back to the ranks.
His first name is a fragment of my own name. His last name, however, comes from the Warner Bros famous Duck Dodgers.

Blackout:

His backstory is similar to the Batman's, in the way that he was orphaned at an early age, and to secure justice he became a crime fighter for his city.
He is the only modern character in Heroes Within to wear realistic protective gear (a Kevlar bulletproof jacket)
He originally had a gun that fired rubber pellets that stunned the victim, but the idea was dropped since Blackout relies mainly on hand-to-hand combat.
He is the only hero in Heroes Within to sport comic-hero-style briefs on top of his uniform.

Legion

2010-09-25T13:22:00.002-05:00

Among the few people who praised Dracula during his reign there were magicians who sought to serve him in his castle. Among those magicians, there was a man who planned to overthrow the Dark Lord and replace him as the new Dark Lord. His name was Leon Exodus Grutas.

When Leon figured out that Logan was going to do the job for him, he just tried to gain more power within the castle for the time of their confrontation. However, when Logan found the crystallized Thousand Soul (an orb containing the powerful prayers of a vast but long-dead army) Leon appeared and seized the treasure for himself, only to discover it was a trap devised by Dracula for Logan.

The thousand souls broke free from the crystal container and engulfed Leon, turning him into a demon possessing and being possessed by one-thousand and one souls. He declared himself a servant of the Dark Lord.

I am Legion. I am many... and we are one...

Legion can dissipate into a cloud of souls to avoid physical damage, even from a weapon as saint as the Ghoulslayer. His domain of many souls combined with his old magical powers enable him to use the abilities of each of the thousand dead warriors, including an elongated grasp, an oversized sword, a sudden barrage of horses, an arrow rain, and other attacks common in war.

Like the Necrolord, Legion can also steal his opponent's life force to become stronger.

Marcus Drauffganger Seraph

2010-09-25T13:09:00.001-05:00

During the rule of Dracula, the Seraph family (that is, the remains of the Seraph family) lived in a state of disorder. Their only way to live peacefully was to succumb to the Dark Lord, but Patrick Renvall Seraph wasn't going to kneel to a tyrant, nor was his son, Marcus Drauffganger Seraph.

So, in order to end this nonsense, Mark traveled to the evil lord's domain, only to encounter another person that shares the same grudge: Logan Anderson.

Mark Seraph is an adept weapon wielder, holding any kind of melee weapon (he hates guns) His two favorite weapons are the Seraph Hatchet and the Valmanway Sword.

Belmont Magnums

2010-09-10T08:36:00.001-05:00

The twin Belmont Magnums are two guns equipped with stake-shaped bullets that encase holy water, garlic, and a small but effective wooden crucifix, all to promote its effectiveness in unholy creatures.

It's name comes from the Belmont family line, a family tree of Vampire Hunters destined to destroy Dracula during his rise from the dead. Simon, the first Belmont to become a Vampire Hunter, merely used these as a last resort, for his Vampire Killer more than did the job for him. But it still was and still is an effective weapon against vampire ghouls, lycans, lich people, and other undead creatures.

Ghoulslayer

2010-09-10T08:31:00.000-05:00

Logan's Ghoulslayer is an elongated blade forged with sterling silver and the essence of garlic, cooled down in holy water to give it the holy ability to hurt and kill the evil creatures roaming around the world. At first it served merely as a collectible, adorning the living room of a vampire house in 762. It was passed down from the Anderson vampire family, and when Seamus Anderson owned it during Logan's birth, his death penalty left the Ghoulslayer buried in the ashes of his house.

Logan found it fifteen years later when his grandfather, Tiberus, led him to see his father's fate. Since then, Logan has taken his duty less like a game and more like a responsibility and a mission, to destroy the vampire clans.

Logan Anderson

2010-09-10T08:25:00.003-05:00

The year is 785. The events set up at Brotherhood are now history, and the new trouble rises as, within the chaos that bound the ruins of Cadelia, one man rose to high power. One tyrannical leader with enough power to rouse fear upon his people... Count Vlad Tepes of Wallachia: Count Dracula

The vampire kingdom has then flourished, for ten years. During that time, one vampire knight, Seamus Anderson, fell in love. With a human girl called Angela Fabius (Yep, Tiberus had kids)

And so young Logan Anderson was born, half-human half-vampire; half-holy, half-tainted. Seamus's penalty for mating with humans as well as Angela's unfortunate fate during childbirth left Logan orphaned for fifteen years. Then he found Tiberus, his grandfather, who showed him his legacy, his true identity, and his mission:

To fully recover his true vampire powers, he must drink the blood of vampires.

And the fall of the Vampire Kingdom began, with Logan taking the life (and blood) away from the most vicious vampires and ghouls with his Ghoulslayer and his Belmont guns. Tiberus, war-hardened with the events in the Cadelian Wars and the Merow False Hand Crisis, aided Logan with his veteran captain skills in the sword as well as a new array of weapons, ranging from the Captain's Shotgun to the Feather Dagger.

But when Adrian Farenheights Tepes (Alucard, Dracula's 20 year old son) steps in to stop Logan's onslaught to start his own, it is up to Logan to avoid Alucard's rage and defeat Dracula, once and for all.

The Heroes Within Timeline

2010-07-19T17:55:00.005-05:00

To avoid any historical confusion anywhere 'within' the blog, I have decided to practically write a summary of the Heroes Within future series of books that tell what has happened in Heroville during the past 1300 years.

8th Century (as depicted in Heroes Within: Brotherhood Parts I and II)

The Brotherhood (Tiberus, Cassady, and Saphron) tries to end an endless struggle where they need to balance their lack of troops with the oncoming hordes of Raiders, but as the heat of an endless war grows, Aric arrives to make life hell for our three knights:

The battle against the Raiders takes a turn for the worst when Aric's kingdom interferes and decides to attack anything on its path.

Heroes Within: Brotherhood Part I

The situation abruptly gets even harder as yet another force emerges and seemingly takes over the Northlands by taking over Cassady. When this unknown entity identified as the Necrolord loses in single combat against a vengeful Saphron, he has no other choice but to escape, hurting his arm in the process.

A year later, we find the two Cadelians trying to reveal the truth behind Saphron's fire powers. This takes them to another country called Merow where castles are not wide but tall, and villages exist. But when people start suspecting Tiberus as the Necrolord's hiding identity, Saphron takes it into himself to again find the Dark King and vanish him from the world.

When the Necrolord finally gets the guts to appear, he shows that his hand (the one he hurt severely during Saphron's revenge) had been fixed using dark power voided within flexible glass. When he realizes that the two heroes are not alone, but have a family backup, he finally disappears, never to bee seen again... until:

17th Century (as depicted in Heroes Within: Renegade)

King Rawtern and his children, Rawthorn and Miriam, rule over Hirovilas, formerly Cadelia. When an ambassador, by the name Eltheon, from the kingdom of Pildin arrives, they have no idea who they are meddling with, for Lord Eltheon had previously been possessed by the Necrolord, who had his own plans.

In no time, Rawtern is assassinated, Rawthorn and Miriam are kicked out of Hirovilas, and Necro-Eltheon takes over as King. Prince and princess escape to the Martis Forest, where a group of native gypsies welcomes them as a part of their tribe. During their time in the forest, Rawthorn encounters childhood friend Rhodas among the war-like natives, and he sets on a plan to re-enter Hirovilas, overthrow Eltheon, and claim his throne.

Still nobody knows of the truth behind Necro-Eltheon. But that changes when Rawthorn begins to have visions of a golden warrior advising him not to take Eltheon lightly, because there is more power within him than what man can understand. When Rawthorn discovers the truth, he becomes more cautious and redesigns his battle plan.

Later on, a call of war arises as the natives try to distract Eltheon's powerful army. Rawthorn enters the throne room and confronts Eltheon, but when Eltheon proves himself a corrupt legionaire, the Necrolord realizes this body is out of his control, and leaves Eltheon to confront Rawthorn himself.

To liken the odds of battle, the golden warrior appears before the final battle, revealing himself to be the very spirit of Tiberus. Two swordfights ensue, Rawthorn vs. Eltheon, and Tiberus vs. the Necrolord. When Rawthorn kills Eltheon, the Necrolord suddenly has a change of heart and disappears again.

21st Century (as depicted in Heroes Within: Retribution and Heroes Within: Invasion)

Heroville becomes a thriving city for crime, and it's up to the heroes living in and out of there to cleanse the city. But the heroes themselves are in a strong quarrel against each other. And it's Berto (AKA Me) who has to unite them into the Alliance of Recurring Superheroes, Old and New (ARSON) to form a barrier against all evil.

Their capacity is tested when the archenemies of each hero return, united and led by the Necrolord into a reborn brotherhood, the Brotherhood of Recurring Atrocious Villain Organizations (BRAVO) and yet another war is launched. When Berto realizes that the Dark King yields to nothing but 'The Light of Good', he has no choice but to create yet another hero, one pure of heart and soul. Then Aether was born.

Aether single-handedly defeats the Necrolord in combat, and imprisons him in another dimension, where he is kept guarded by Aether himself.

About a few months later, Greg reports a strange sight on his neighborhood: a hole about an inch wide everywhere, floating in the middle of the street. When special forces are sent to investigate, one soldier realizes it's not a hole, but a purple light field emitted by a floating diamond.

When this obviously greedy soldier tries to take the gemstone as his own, he accidentally cuts his finger, but when he tries a second lunge, his hand transforms into a Hulk-esque purple hand, and then his own body morphs into a strange, alien hominid that looks like a gorilla with the head of an alligator.

The diamond disappears, and in its place a dimensional hole opens and gets larger by the second, yielding troops of alien infantry that start attacking Earth. Greg and a few survivors to the attack escape to the ARSON HQ, where Berto was discussing about a similar diamond found in Tech Square and in Farewell Desert. When Berto learns about the invasion, it's too late: battalions of aliens stream out of four dimensional holes in the world: one in the Desert, one in the City, one in the Town, and one in the Forest.

To be continued... is what I would say, 'cause that's where I left off.

Facts:

I've been holding on to these stories for 4 years.
The first character I have ever created, the Curse, is 7 years old.
The names of the Alliance and the Brotherhood are so crappy that I think the previous two names look better.
Vlatmoor Epikha was just an excuse to give the characters a home. A month later, Heroville was born.
All characters started out as childish sketches of "cool" people.
All the heroes and villains are physically me, but with their respective alterations.
My favorite part of sketching these characters is the way I draw their hair.
That said, I have changed their hairstyles four times, the first being a "Spike" style, followed by an "Emo" style, succeeded by an "Average" style, and finally I ended up with an enhanced version of the first style.
This may be the longest post I have ever written on any blog I manage.
My dad probably is looking at this and saying, WOW, my son has quite an imagination. If that's the case, thanks, Dad, you encouraged me to write these ideas down, and you helped me discover that I can do that through blogging. I love you.

Signed,

Adalberto Hernandez Rivera

Rawthorn

2010-06-24T16:06:00.002-05:00

Put it this way:

It's been centuries since the Northlands became just a legend, but Hero-ville still doesn't exist. In fact, we're located at a point in time when our heroes' land was known as Hirovilas.

During these hard times, Hirovilas was ruled by the good king Rawtern, whose son, Rawthorn, is the subject of our blog post. He has a sister named Miriam, and he has sworn to protect her at all costs. Rawthorn himself is small, but as brave as he is strong and sturdy. One blow from his fist takes out a heavyweight bully (which was necessary during Hero-ville's Age of Darkness) and his stout soul kept him going, sometimes pushing him into a ravenous rampage.

This story dates back to the XIX century in the timeline of Hero-ville.

As Rawthorn was throwing coins into the wishing well in the village (present-day Tech Square) word reaches his ears that King Rawtern suddenly died. In a desperate but vain attempt to figure out the cause of his father's mysterious death, Rawthorn suddenly encounters a foreigner, a Pildin corrupt named Eltheon, sitting on the throne, wearing Rawtern's crown on his head and Rawtern's blood on his hands.

Rawthorn is suddenly banished from Hirovilas and thrown into the developing Martis Forest, where an elf, by the name Rhodas, decides to help him restore his place as heir to the throne. It is during Rawthorn's return that he suddenly has strange dreams, dreams of a warrior in shiny armor teaching Rawthorn how to stand firm against everything.

(This golden warrior is an incarnation of Tiberus Fabius, LOL)

With support from his forest friend, aid from his beloved sister, and advice from his spirit companion, Rawthorn must master his own fears, draw his slender sword, and strike down Eltheon and his minions.

All while having to resist his absolute love for Millie, Eltheon's daughter.

Gerard Blonski

2010-06-07T22:33:00.003-05:00

2454. Man flew away from Earth shortly after the discovery of a way to extract the energy from the nuclear fusion that makes stars shine. The Sun we know is no longer a sun; it's a giant mass of hardened rock and gas. Earth is a solid ball of ice, Jupiter is 20 times as large as it was, Saturn lost its rings and cracked in half.

The people of the Earth, led by a tyrant governor named Jules Patrick, have fled to the open space, sapping the stars from their energy. They became known as the Government.

In short, man has taken the crap out of all the stars in the galaxy. All except one star named Ultima Centauri. A baby star in the midst of the Eagle Nebula, open to the greedy hands of the Governor.

But then Project Star appeared. Project Star was a society of philosophers, scientists, but most of all, defenders of the stars. They were against the Government, and they even waged war with the Government, in the called Stellar Battles. Although they were reserved for great wars, everyday they risked their lives to protect Ultima Centauri.

One such protector was Commander Gerard Blonski.

Blonski was no weakling scientist. The Stellar Battles had hardened his will and body in a way that his brutality against the Government's army knows no boundaries.

Berto Dodgers (II)

2010-06-07T22:15:00.006-05:00

I've decided to get a little more into one of our first superheroes in this blog. As I have said before, Berto Dodgers is a retired but not unemployed scientist that works on the safety of Hero-ville. He usually wears a black uniform covered in a brown cloak, and we can't forget the goggles he inherited from his father.

BUT

Berto Dodgers has been known to assist racing tournaments, championships, and, recently, a grand prix. His vehicle, the Soaring Dodge, has best acceleration, but rudders are a little outdated, making twisted raceways his main weakness. Its huge turbines account for a speed of 1.3 kilometers per second (nearly half of Mach 10 speed)

Dodgers plans to either buy or design resistant turbines that can go at Mach 10 or faster. But in the meantime, his first worry is the battery power on his motor. A single-cell battery (105 V) heats up fast, and with no coolant during a race, this is quite a risk for any racer in Hero-ville. He has been saving for a dual-cell battery replacement (210 V) but his wish is the battery pack (1050 V) for best endurance and good handling.

Overall, the Soaring Dodge could be better, but right no it's OK. It actually made it through the Hero-ville Main Championship. Dodgers has enlisted into the new Vlatmoor Epikha Tournament for Amateurs (V.E.T.A. <= LOL the things I come up with) and is now finishing on the vehicle's final repairs...

Brotherhood Preview

2010-05-06T21:08:00.004-05:00

Sorry to burst your bubble, but Heroes Within is not going to be published or anything because of countless copyright infringements (I blindly included Batman, Star Wars, and Narnia. What a mess!!!) But still, I wrote another story for you, based on Herovilas' "Heroes of Old" (Aric, Saffron, Cassady/Necrolord, and Tiberus)

Here's a preview of what I have so far:

The Northlands

2010-02-03T21:36:00.003-06:00

The Northlands was Vlatmoor Epikha's former name. It is in the Northlands that Cassady, Saffron, and Tiberus are located.

During that time, all three of them are friends and share their battles. They celebrate together, host games at the fair, and Cassady even puts up special dinners with the other two. Cadelia, the castle, stretches from the Northlands all the way to the limits of The Raiders. The kingdom of Cadelia was the most prone to attacks due to lack of resources and men-at-arms.

Tiberus Fabius

2009-12-17T22:25:00.006-06:00

During Heroville's Age of Gold, when the Northlands were still a land full of castles, when the Necrolord was still King Cassady, there was a farmboy in Cadelia with the name Fabius. He was found orphaned in the streets of the city by Cadelia's cattle raiser, Grotto. Since then, Fabius has taken care of the farmland without any sense of his true identity.

Until he is persecuted by soldiers.

When Grotto reveals Fabius as the son of the Cadelian General, the boy sees to it that he finds the General so as to know his true destiny. He then is easily promoted to Captain of the Guard in the Northlands.

During the Northlands War, he lost his left arm in action, and Ergos replaced it with a new metal harpoon-ish one.

Aether

2009-10-03T10:34:00.003-05:00

The All-Father was disappointed. Just as every hero in Hero-ville was powerful, they couldn't match his own power. And so, the All-Father decided to create a hero, a figure as honorable as the All-Father himself. A human with celestial powers of ethereal origin... an Aether being.

Aether was quite the icon in Hero-ville. Even Hadron or Blacksheath, two of the most powerful heroes, could do him in. For it was so that the ethereal powers reached astonishing lengths, and the power itself was as cutting as a blade, that it marked Aether as the most powerful being in Vlatmoor Epikha (besides the All-Father, of course. And not to mention the No-Father)

Necrolord´s True Story

2009-09-15T16:09:00.005-05:00

There was a time where the Necrolord was plainly Lord Cassady Moores, king of what was then Cadelia (located in the Northlands, within present-day Hero-ville) But during those times, terror was striking Hero-ville as not only Aric's Armies, but a constant threat of Raiders from the west pushed the kingdom of Cadelia to conflict.

During the War of the Northlands, Cassady was stricken with a shadowy figure that completely conquered him. Suddenly Cassady overcame a sudden change in appearance. His face went pale, his hair gray, and his eyes blue. He only appeared as a haunting figure, until a thousand years later, when he would try to avenge his defeat by conquering Hirovilas... but he failed at that, too.

He appeared as a powerful deity once Heroville was full of crime and evil.

Heroes Within Teaser

2009-08-23T00:02:00.008-05:00

For those who wanted the true "essence" of the site, here's a teaser of what's to come!! Enjoy it as you would a preview at the theater!! Oh, and please follow with your Gmail account (those who have, of course)

Vlatmoor Epikha Guide

2009-08-20T09:46:00.004-05:00

Vlatmoor Epikha is the land that resulted after a clash in my head that I pinpointed as a "Big [Humongous] Bang" making a sort of continent for my fellow characters. It is composed of a large land with a small sea (Stirring Sea) conected to the ocean (Bellwick Ocean) via a canal. The ocean itself contains two large islands (Bullwick Island and Isla-Cruces/Isle of Cross) The continent contains four important spots: Martis Forest, Farewell Desert, the ancient Pildin Village, and of course the famed Hero-Ville.

Hero-Ville City is located on the northwest corner of the continent, surrounded by the forest, the ancient Hero-Ville Castle, and the mansions of two bachelor heroes. Beyond the mansions, there's the official Hero-Ville Stadium, centered among the countries. To the south of the Stadium, Blacksheath stands as vigilante upon his lair and the Hero-Ville Castle north wall. To the southeast of the castle lies Cair Paravel, which closely guards the river that connects both water bodies. To the west, Martis Forest can be located, but it can only be entered by the north, where a small bird-like statue marks the entrance.

To the northeast of the Continent lies Farewell Desert, a wasteland where you'll die if you don't know how to walk around: ancestors erected a totem in the center of the Desert to guide the traveler who knows how to get to it. Once you get to it (and get proper orientation on the four winds) you can be certain that the Pharaoh's Palace lies at the north, and that Martis' legendary Jaguar Shrine lies to the southeast.

To the south of the Jaguar Shrine (and still with sense of orientation) you can reach two ancient guard towers that mark where the Desert ends and the Pildin Country starts. Head more to the south, and you'll reach the ruins of what used to be a great trade center in ancient times. Stop there, for if you head farther to the south, you'll be swallowed by the large wormhole that leads to the Necrolord's large Palace. Instead, head west until you reach the shore, and look around for a tall building. That's The Curse's HeadQuarters.

Now you can head south until you hit shore, then head east to the modern Pildin City. Head a little bit more to the east so that you can find Pildin's main port. Set sail and head southwest to Isla-Cruces. Cross the small river that slices this cross-shaped island in two, and keep heading southwest to arrive at Herot. Get out from the southwest exit, and head to the nearest port. Then set sail to the west.

After half a day (depending on your speed, the wind, your sails, and many assorted other stuff) you will reach Bullwick Island. Remember this route, for it's the only one that heads for Bellwick Island. Our journey ends in the northern lighthouse. You cannot set sail from here for three reasons:

There's no port on the other side.
There's a cliff on the other side.
There's no port nearby where you stand.

This makes it for a tour of our heroes' world! You can wait for the real map to show up, at about 5:30 pm today!!

Aric Girdersen

2009-08-17T15:52:00.004-05:00

Aric Girdersen, son of Earl Girder, is a proud warrior and is about to be a true grown-up. He is happy because he inherited many things from his ancestors, his favorite being a pair of golden daggers said to be from a true Berserk. He was also the first to tame a dragon in years.

He is now King and protector of Herot. He would give anything to go have an adventure, but his loyalty to his people is prior to his lust for adventure.

His constant hate towards Cassady is quite noticeable in the way that a war had been started over a simple argument between the two.

Heroes Within: The Invasion Sneak Peek

2009-08-17T10:07:00.003-05:00

Hero-Ville... it has a peaceful town, yet such an action-packed city. Our heroes stop at nothing to stop villains from destroying such splendor. Until someone, or something, emerges from the ground, and begins engulfing the world in its electric grasp. Is the Alliance (and the Brotherhood) fit for this kind of threat? Will the new disaster end our world forever? Find out on MY NEW BOOK -

Heroes Within: The Invasion

Hadron

2009-08-17T09:55:00.003-05:00

Hadron is an ordinary teenage school-boy, or at least he was until he fell off a cliff beside the school grounds. He was gravely fractured and wounded. A scientist found him and took him to her lab.

Her name was Trillan. She had cured Hadron's wounds and replaced broken bones with steel rods and mechanized devices for easy movement. Hadron could move again, but now that he was a cyborg, how could he pass customs if there were metal detectors everywhere?

Trillan secretly decided to turn Hadron into a weapon, devising hand pads capable of shooting blades, laser, ion, and assorted other projectiles. She also manufactured flying boots for him, using nitrous for propulsion. In time, Hadron became a big icon in Hero-Ville.

Hadron is part of the Alliance.

Saphron

2009-08-07T10:42:00.007-05:00

Once, in the days when Northlands and Merow were bound together as one country, terror and evil stalked the world. The King of Merow, Faethel Spatha, and his queen decided to forge a group where their children would join forces to defend the Northlands at all costs. Each of them has special characteristics that added up to their skills:

Saphron is the Sword of Fire and Earth. The reflective big brother, thinking on his surroundings. He's also swift.
Echo is the Sword of Wind and Water. The youngest of all, but when she hears or makes a decision, she is fit to keep with it at all times.
Daygon is the Sword of Stone and Ice. Younger than Saphron, but equally mature, and powerful in his own.

These brothers are known as the Spatha Brothers, for each carry a Claymore Sword. Each of these special Mages hold control of two elements each. This makes them stand out not only as one of the most ancient of heroes in present-day Heroville, but also the greatest.

Blacksheath

2009-07-24T23:46:00.004-05:00

Blacksheath is Blackout's twin brother and, therefore, his nemesis. He is similar to him in more than appearance: Seamus Turner is also a genius, and he also invented gadgets for not-so-heroic uses. The only difference (besides their logo, of course) is that instead of iron knuckles, Blacksheath goes by retractable sables, somewhat like katars. You could tell Thomas from Seamus by the fact that (while practicing moves) Seamus cut his face slightly, leaving a scar on his right eye.

Blacksheath is part of The Brotherhood.

Necrolord

2009-07-21T15:02:00.005-05:00

Necrolord has been the lord and keeper of necromantic (black/evil) magic for 1,300 years, never giving up the throne. His powers make him more of an adept as you'd think, since his fledglings have for long seized innocent souls and corroded them to make more of their kind. However, Necrolord's only weakness is the fact that only Aether can beat him, for he has the powers of light.

Blackout

2009-07-21T14:42:00.004-05:00

When researcher Thomas Turner was fired from his own company (the Steve Jobs style) he could find nothing good to do in Hero-ville's Tech Square. But he forgot one thing: Tech Square is a crime nest. He decided to use his knowledge in gadget-mechanization and design to manufacture steel knuckles and a convertible gun set.

He starts out in Tech Square. But when his fame shoots up, he came up with his name: Blackout. He was later used by the CIA to track down the Haven Hag, Hero-ville's most lethal criminal. This led him to a traveling experience; from Canada to Russia (tundras), Argentina to Egypt (deserts), Brazil to China (forests), Blackout designed new suits to cover up such things as weather resistance and camouflage as well as air-conditioning for when he is hot on the dunes.

Blackout is part of The Alliance.

James Chaoz

2009-07-14T22:44:00.006-05:00

It was a great day for a couple of pals at the Laboratory of Gemstone Research. Their wealthiest pal, James, had all the oohs and aahs for his important discovery: powerstones. He discovered that these rare gems conceal powers beyond imagination and logic, and he also patented a way to extract and harness the power. But when an experiment goes wrong and his test powerstones blow up in shards, there's not a victim in the room more gravely wounded than James.

He was cut by a series of Chaos Emerald shards. He quickly discovered that he had plasmoid energy running through his veins, nerves, and muscles, meaning that he could morph plasma into a formidable projectile weapon. But one thing he didn't know, was that chaos meant chaos; he was slowly being conquered by the spirit of the powerstone: Chaos.

When he was hunting down his friends (their powerstone cuts also made them develop powers) it was because Chaos had possessed him. When James finally realized that he was being controlled, he decided to fight Chaos himself. He did. Internally.

Little by little, Chaos was putting pressure to his body, making him twist in pain and agony, until finally James could grab the spirit with his hands, push plasmoid energy into his soul, and make him a solid creature, solid enough to throw out the window to oblivion. Or so he thought...

He still possesses plasma powers. He still has great wealth. But he has something more than that: he also has the feeling that somewhere, out there, Chaos is still alive, recovering... waiting...

Chaoz is part of The Alliance.

Shato

2009-07-14T22:28:00.004-05:00

A couple of great wealth lived a great time. They were living in Martis' golden years, and the blessings kept coming. For at the dawn of the first day of the first month, their first child was born.

This little boy, on account of being with a rich family, was the witness of many country achievements, including the opening of their first Church, the inauguration of [what would later be the largest and best of all] Port Progrezzo. And the worst, the launching of the first airplane. It is about at the time they were flying over the forest, that the mother accidentally dropped the baby boy...

The Martis Gypsy tribe Commander found the infant sound asleep in a bundle of leaves fully known as a chimp nest. The stand-out warrior took the boy and raised him as his son. And it has been this way for almost 13 years (it might be helpful to add that he christened him "Shat-Aaw" which means "enlightened")

He grew up to be a great Troop Soldier, despite being barely 13. He had quick reflexes and even quicker moves. His dexterity was that of a shaman warrior. By now the whole tribe had begun to know him and like him.

Even the King of the Martis Gypsies had sympathy on him, and since he had no heir, he decided that on the day he passed away, Shato would cover him up. Yep, he was going to be King of the tribe.

Until he met a stranded city girl in the forest called Andrea...

Berto Dodgers

2009-06-08T21:26:00.000-05:00

2005. The world is in complete panic. The International Laboratory Associates, ILA, has been working on ways to at least postpone Global Warming. Among them, American/Mexican Dr. Roberto Dodger Estrada had found the solutions. But discrimination is afoot, and anyways ILA didn't even know the man. He was expelled from ILA.

Frustrated on his dreams, Roberto cursed his father, for he too was a scientist. When he took out his father's googles, however, he got an idea. He began work on his never-published blueprints. In two days, he had twin blasters, steel alloy dettach/attachable tentacles, command bracelets for a prototype X-14 protector protocol, and a pair of gliding air-shoes. This man now does what he can to stop the major Earth enemies in the world.

The Curse

2009-06-01T17:06:00.001-05:00

About 10,000 years ago, when the world was yet in its primitive beginnings, there was a cursed village, cursed beyond modern Homo sapiens's imagination. People's stories as well as recent evidence suggests that when darkness in the village was at its peak, a boy was born; quite savage and fierce-looking at first, but what evidence shows is that he was born with one hand armed with the tail of a snake, but the other was a stony hand. He was truly a weird boy.
At his 12 years of age, this boy came to use his natural weapons very well. He used the tail as a whip, and his stone hand was quite a punching glove (this led to the early boxing in Persia where fighters only wore one stone gauntlet) The boy eventually lifted the curse off as if he were a curse himself. The village christened him "The Curse"

The Ice Age came. With it came the cold, and the ice, and the freezing. The Curse thought it was another curse and said he could lift off the threat just as he did with the village. But he was a mortal. He exceeded his limitations. And so, in the middle of the journey "to the house of Evil on the top of Mt. Takapeltas," he froze.

10,000 years later, he was found along with a mammoth on a bog. Well preserved because of the ice and in perfect shape, the 10,012-year-old child was unfrozen by the CIA in an attempt to enforce the laws. They saw his stone hand and whip, and were amazed at the coincidence between Persian boxers and this boy. The CIA implanted a TranslaChip, and the boy spoke, "I am The Curse, slaughterer of demons, ripper of curses, and tearer of witches. What is thy bidding?"

Since then, his multi-functional sunglasses, titanium glove, leather/steel whip, and Kevlar boy clothes have accompanied him in his many adventures.

The Curse is part of The Alliance.