I wake up and see blackness or is it whiteness? I couldn't tell and it is hard to remember what I was doing before this. I believe I was talking to some people, and something happened. A flash of light with a voice that said something about a refresh. As I try looking around to see something I notice I have no body and so no, wait, how do I to know if I'm turning? I don't know how long I waited but I should be panicking, right? But after some time, a blue box appears.
Greetings [???] you must be wondering what is going on? Well do not worry too much about it but to keep things simple, I have decided that your world was too boring, so I changed things up a bit and sent all of you to a new world! But life's not fair and not all start the same and you are one of the lucky ones as I'm putting you in the role of one of the Fiend Princes.
I couldn't tell if I was reading the words or if they were being spoken but as it finished what it was saying, I could feel a fog leave my mind and I could start thinking clearly.
"What do you mean, you are putting me in the role of a Fiend Prince?" As I spoke, I could hear my voice echo in the nothingness of this place.
More will be explained about what a Fiend Prince is when you are making it yourself. But this world I made has some important entities that need a bit of spice to them and so some of you are there to give them that. Sorry but I am in a bit of a rush, and you are not the only one like this so only one more question.
'Wait only one more question! I have only asked one well. I need to make it a good one.' As I thought about my question, I realised that the black and or white of this place was slowly changing. Then I had my question.
"What is my role to be exactly in your world?"
Hmm that's one I haven't heard yet before, not the worst one but definitely an interesting one. In a way, any role you want if you try hard enough but I did make it easier for you and others to be the roles I pick and some guidelines to encourage you in that role. But for you, you are a close ally to the Fiend Emperor, but you have sadly been sealed away and limited in what you can do. Well goodbye, I hope you entertain me well.
And that was it the blue boxes were gone, and I was left in the nothingness with still many more questions and no answers. But with the blue boxes gone, I could feel the mind fog coming back. I try to hold it off but with no way of knowing how it worked, it slowly started taking over my mind. Just before my mind was completely consumed, a new blue box opened.
Greetings Fiend Price this is your creation screen where you will make alterations to your new self.
Name: [???]
Race: [Fiend Prince]
Subrace: [???]
Skill: You will start with 3 master ranked skills, 5 adept ranked skills, 7 journeyman ranked skills.
Abilities: Will be selected after creation.
Knowledge: You will start with 2 advanced research. (Note you might be given more after creation.)
Patron Style: Choose a type of patron style.
Stats: Will be shown after creation.
Spell/Techniques: You will pick 3 and the rest will be given after creation.
As I was reading the box, I felt the mind fog start to receed. 'I will have to hope that I don't stay here too long, or I might lose myself.' As I finished reading the box, most of the fog had left my mind.
"Why is my name in question marks? My name is..." But I couldn't bring myself to say my name as a new blue box appeared.
Please choose your new [Name] but remember, names have power. Your old one and new name have power. When you pick your new name, it will alter aspects. So, when picking your name keep in mind what the name means to you.
[Name]
"Well, that's giving me some anxiety. Why does a name have to be so important?" As I think of what name to choose because I don't want a cringy name especially if it will affect me! Then a name came to me, one I have always liked and if it's some type of fiend then it's perfect.
Name: [Helmer] has been selected analysing memories...
Name has been analysed, titles selected.
Lord of Nightmares
Emissary to the Fiend Emperor
Deal Master
"Wait what do titles do?" As I wait nothing happened well, I hope thing will make more sense later when I'm "Created" as I move to the next option.
Subraces
Black Inferno Demon - A demon that didn't just embrace the abyssal fire but was in turn embraced back. All shall burn under my winds.
Akackorn - A fiend that uses the bodies of the dead to make it stronger and will attack others to add to itself. You will make a good heart.
True Nightmare Demon - A demon that can take on the form of other creatures' fears and nightmares. I am your fears, I am your nightmare mortal!
Dark Blood Heart Demon - A Demon that corrupts the hearts and feelings of creatures and puppets them. All will fall to my plans.
Quagmire - A fiend that latches onto others and takes control with its shadowy vines slowly turning them into loyal servants before moving on to a new one. Join my hive, you might enjoy it.
Black Inferno Demon
This is one of the heights of power for fiends that follow the path of fire. Known for their overwhelming offensive power.
Abilities: Heal by fire, All Is Ash, Abyssal Wings and Aura of the Black Inferno
Akackorn
This is one of the heights of power for fiends that follow the path of augmentation. Known for incredible physics that very few can equal to but are considered fiend beasts.
Abilities: Greater Life Steel, Undead Potential, Shifting Mind and Unrelenting
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True Nightmare Demon
This is one of the heights of power for fiends that follow the path of fear. Known to be the source of all nightmares of the world and more.
Abilities: Nightmare Aura, Shapeless, Nightmare Sense and Horizon Walker
Dark Blood Heart Demon
This is one of the heights of power for fiends that follow the path of blood. This type of fiend is known for causing betrayal and inciting rebellion against its enemies.
Abilities: All Is Blood, King of Blood, True Break and Golden Tongue
Quagmire
This is one of the heights of power for fiends that follow the path of control. A small fiend that finds other creature to take control of and turns them into thralls.
Abilities: Undetectable, Hive Mind, Over Mind and Flesh Warper
As I look at the different subraces and try to find more information, it made me realise that it tells me almost nothing and I start cursing at whatever made this system! Well, I first remove the Akackorn because I don't what to be stitching body part on to me as well, I'm supposed to be trapped so I doubt I will find many bodies. Then I remove the Dark Blood Heart Demon and the Quagmire as I don't see myself as a parasite or someone who likes making people betray each other. So that leaves the True Nightmare Demon or the Black Inferno Demon. I like the sound of the Inferno Demon, but I am trapped somewhere so I doubt overwhelming will be too helpful. So, that leaves me with the True Nightmare Demon, and I like the sound of some of its abilities, especially Horizon Walker.
I open the skills list and if I had a jaw, it would have hit the ground, they just seemed to be endless number of skills all the way from clearing to flame control and so on. As I start wondering what to pick, I see an option to "Pick appropriate skills for your creation" I thought about it for a second before picking it as it would take too long to go through all of them.
Skills
level 107 - Shadow Magic (Master)
level 105 - Sneak (Master)
level 103 - Contractor (Master)
Level 90 - Dark Magic (Adept)
Level 89 - Bargaining (Adept)
Level 86 - Dream Weaver (Adept)
Level 71 - Crafting (Adept)
Level 70 - Blood Magic (Adept)
Level 69 - Unarmed Combat (Journeyman)
Level 67 - Pierce the Veil (Journeyman)
Level 57 - Tactics (Journeyman)
Level 53 - Sense Motive (Journeyman)
Level 49 - Self Awareness (Journeyman)
Level 47 - Life Magic (Journeyman)
Level 45 - Tracking (Journeyman)
As I look over the skills that were picked for me, I notes some strange skills like Dream Weaver, wondering what does that even do and why is Sneak master rank? Also, I have Life magic, that's a weird one as well but no use thinking on it now, I will do it when I have a body I decided.
Next, I move onto the Knowledge Tabe to see what I got and again, it had a lot of options not as many as the skill but still a lot. I started looking over the massive list and narrowing down the options to seven.
Knowledge (Research) Magical Architecture - Castle (Advanced) Homunculus Creation - Humanoid (Advanced) Magic Theory - Shadow (Advanced) Artificer - Clothing - Cloaks (Advanced) Magical Architecture - Housing (Advanced) Demon Crafting - Nightmare (Advanced) Portal Creation - Dreams (Advanced)
Even knowing that I can only pick two options, witling it down to just seven was still difficult as I just wanted all of them. Even now I just want to pick all of them, but I just don't know what I will have when I'm created. But after looking over the seven options, I remove the Magical Architecture options as I might be by myself and building anything will be difficult to impossible. Next, I remove the Artificer, Homunculus Creation and Demon Crafting as I don't think I will have anything to make cloaks with. And no matter how much I want Homunculus Creation as it seems so cool, being able to craft people just doesn't seem likely becaise I won't start with any resources to make then. As for the Demon Crafting, the boxes said that I might start with some more research, and I am a Fiend Prince so I probably will start with it.
So that leaves me with Portal Creation and Magic Theory. Portal Creation might allow me to escape my prison and these portals should use dreams, right? As well I'm a True Nightmare Demon so that should mean something. With Magic Theory should help me understand my magic. Well, that what I hope, at any rate.
Now what does it mean by Patron Style? Will I be giving people power, or will I be some type of Dark God? Well, these only one way to find out.
Patron Style (Due to your actions you will have five chooses) Dark Whispers - Forces on creatures that are at their moment of weakness. Though The Veil - Forces on creatures that are looking for lost secrets. Blinding Truth - Forces on creatures that are trying to reveal posts, schemes and hidden truths. Guiding Vengeances - Forces on creatures that want vengeance. Gray Background - Forces on creatures that are spies and gathering information.
Well, they all sound interesting but as usual it gives almost no information. The thing that made this character creation screen did a shit job they couldn't have at less given more information.
"Hmmmm..." As I look over the options. I guessed this is like what type of boss I want to be. I do like the sound of Though The Veil and Gray Background. As I like the idea of helping people find lost knowledge and as for the Gray Background, I always felt like I blended into the background so spying and finding information would suit me quite well. As for the others, they sound a bit unpleasant. Like for instant, Dark Whispers I don't want to talk to people that are having a mental breakdown. Plus, the other just sound difficult to manage while Blinding Truth just seems like a riot, and I don't want to have control over what I'm doing. With Guiding Vengeances, this just sounds like you point and hope the person does what you want.
So that leaves the Gray Background and Though The Vail. How much I want to pick Though The Vail but it probably wouldn't be too useful as it sounded like whatever set all of this up is starting close to the beginning of whatever is happening. So I doubt they will be too much forgotten knowledge around and that tells me I'm going with the Gray Background choice.
So, onto the last part of all of this is what spell or techniques will I pick. But for a change there is a bit of information about spell and techniques!
With your choices in the Skill Table options have changed about what spells and techniques you can have.
(Note: I know you mortal will have some questions about the different between spell and techniques. Spells are magical constructs that use mana while techniques will add effects to skills that use stamina.)
p.s. This is the standard but not everything is set in stone.
"Interesting, who knew how useless you can be! You only said what the standard is... But you are not going to reply so I'm taking to myself." Well, what are my options then. Like the skill and knowledge Tables there were quite a lot of options but unlike the skill and knowledge options they were about one hundred. So, after a bit of searching, I found the five that might be helpful.
Spell/Techniques Shade Walker - Sneak (Technique Master) Calling of Night - Dark Magic (Spell Master) Ancestor's Assault - Blood Magic (Spell Adept) Ejection of Souls - Unarmed Combat (Spell Journeyman) Void Temple - Dream Weaver (Technique Adept) Nightmare's Breath - Unarmed Combat (Technique) Blood Reaping - Blood Magic (Spell Adept) Mass Call Dark Reflections - Shadow Magic (Spell Master) Devils Tongue - Contractor (Technique Master)
They were quite a lot but one thing I did find interesting was that I could only pick techniques and spell that where at the highest rank for that skill. I also found about four other spells/techniques that didn't follow the standard. Like one life magic technique that was called Vitality Sight and it did almost make the list, but I didn't see myself needed it in the near future, so I cut it out.
So out of nine choices, I can only pick three. Well, I'm keeping Shade Walker as I should at least have one master rank technique. As for the other two that was much harder but, in the end, I picked Void Temple and Mass Call Dark Reflection. The reason for Void Temple was that is sounded defensive, and I was lacking in any defensive options. And Mass Call Dark Reflection sounded like area of effect spell, and I needed a spell so yea....
As I finish picking my options all of the boxes disappear for a second. But only for a second, as the nothingness starts to churn and it stopped being nothing or did it become something? As a pain started growing it was like all of my nonexistent nerves were individually and personally stabbed with acid tooth pick that caught on fire and this was only the beginning. As time stopped meaning anything I stopped meaning anything as my mind, body and soul where loving torn apart bit by bit. I begged it to stop, I screamed, cried and pleaded but nothing.
Slowly I could see multicolored miasma around myself as I was stiched back together, bit by bit. But as more of myself was rebuilt, the miasma slowly peeled back layer by layer until I was on a throne in a small old broken wooden shed.
When I was able to regain control over my body, as I sat there for who knows how long. It felt like year, or it could have been seconds but then I did decide to move. The first thing I did was cry because of the pain, because of what I have lost, my friends and family and that I might be alone for who knows how long.
Knock, knock, knock.
"My lord have you finally awaken?"