Dreams and Delusion. Where is the line drawn? In this world, it's hard to be sure. Having believed they had overcome a world of Dreams seeping into their reality, a new threat emerges, thrusting them into a game of Delusion.
The Lord of the LABYRINTH, a Delusional God, using them all as playthings, mere toys to be used and discarded. The delusional dream expands ever further, with the threat of death looming over their heads. The LABYRINTH grows, but for what reason?
And now, the border between worlds threatens to shatter, subsuming all into an eternal night. The threat has never been more real than it has now. Even as the confluence of the Arcane subsides, a prophecy long forgotten still rings true.
Kinda a collection of one shots
Most of this is done around 10 pm and 2 am. I checked it later and changed a bit.
Requests are open.
Fluff and angst. POVs change around.
Knight is nonbinary
Me when the. Ok so, I'm god in this world and I take my favorite game and anime characters and put them in one world. Because I've always wanted Klee from Genshin impact and Elvira from Guardian tales to blow up a random village
(World 10 AU) Contempt filled her at the sight of him. He had no understanding of the pain which others suffered when Heavenhold fell and millions were gone. In one instance, she wished he could suffer as she and many others did, and feel the pain many did under their enemies, and the two tortured souls must learn how to forgive in a hopeless and bleak world.
Or: An avid Guardian Tales Player gets transported into Tetis by an unknown being. Now, he needs to do everything in his power to keep this world intact, and make sure that this loop doesn't get destroyed by the upcoming events that will transpire.
What happens when a weak Knight that keeps dying over and over again meets a helpless Queen, that's trying her best not to get possessed, and they decide that they don't want to be so weak and helpless anymore and decide to work together?
Part 2 of the other drabble collection! This will be posted on a daily basis instead of an "all at once" drop. These will be actual drabbles now, the last collection was more one-shotty than anything lol. (Edit: It's fully done! some of these are longer tho so i clearly lied /lh)
And till this day, Lilith holds up to that passion. Erina was fond of that passion. To shoo Lilith away that day, Erina gave Lilith chocolate chip cookies, only to find that next day until next she came to visit Erina for her cookies, so Erina always bakes cookies for her and unexpectedly they became friends.
By the powers bestowed upon me, I command The Rules That Govern All Reality to bless the creation of this Sacred Artifact. Let not a single one of the beings of this realm be able to destroy this Book, and hereby bound the powers inside this system to my chosen Keeper. All of this is done in the name of my existence, as the sole remaining Archangel, AZEL ARC!
Other Characters Lana the Lightning Counter A blond-haired Oni girl who is obsessed with being the fastest one there is. She challenges you once per world/side story to a race. Each time you beat her you get a Star Piece and a Runner Girl card.Voiced by: ??? (Japanese)
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Through Lara, we learn that Lana's bloodline has a power that enables them to run faster than light for just a brief moment, though Lana herself hasn't discovered it yet. Using this power takes a toll on the user's body, and can completely drain their stamina if abused. Lara demonstrates this in World 18 when she exhausts herself using this power to save the remaining survivors, and Lana gets a small taste of it when she has to save her from a pursuing Otherworld monster.
- A Day in the Limelight: Her World 17 and World 18 appearances involve Lana and her mother rescuing the stranded survivors of central Demon World. Neither of these appearances give the Guardian a chance to race against her, as much as Lana would like to.
- Determinator: It's clear her losing isn't going to stop her at all. She does lose this trait slightly during Unrecorded World (having lost her mobility), however, with the help of the Knight, she gets back on track and even wins the race.
- Expy: You can race her to get a star-related MacGuffin if you win, much like Koopa the Quick.
- Fun Personified: Always enjoys a good race no matter what and is always looking forward to the next race when the player beats her. Her stats in the Succubus Cafe minigame lampshade this: Minimal Visual and Kindness stats but sky-high Humor.Which causes her fate and personality in the Unrecorded World to hit like a truck.
- Game-Breaking Injury: Winds up ruining her legs during world 10's Time Skip. Seems to be an outright Career-Ending Injury but she regains her motivation as the story progresses and promises to recover.
- Handicapped Badass: Lana is still faster than the Invaders when she's stuck in a wheelchair, but has lost her ability to navigate obstacles as easily.
- Leitmotif: Lightning Counter. A variation that plays during the World 11 race, and another that plays for the World 13 race. A slow and emotional version of her theme is used near the end of the World 11 race, playing when she manages to run with her legs and win the race when she was supposed to have been permanently crippled. Afterwards, a chiptune-style variation plays in World 13, and a remixed version plays in World 16 during the Best Clone Contest sidequest.
- Identical Grandson: Lana looks very similar to her mother Lara and her ancestor Kiri, enough that the Knight initially confuses them for Lana at first glance.
- Le Parkour: Lana makes up for the Knight obtaining Sprint Shoes by being capable of jumping past various hazards in future races.
- Once a Season: Each world and side story contains a race against her in some form. Zigzagged in World 10, where the race is Lana fleeing Invaders. She can still easily outrun them, but has to face quite a few hazards due to being in a wheelchair, and in World 16, where both you and Lana instead run for your lives in the Best Clone Contest against Loraine's clones.
- Stable Time Loop: Lana was bestowed her title Lightning Counter by her mother Lara. Lara got the idea for the title from you after you confused her for Lana and beat her in the past during the Folktale side-story. And you got it from Lana the first time you met.
- Suddenly Voiced: As a result of the Japanese version adding partial voice acting for Chapter 10 and, retroactively, Chapter 1.
- Taunt Button: There's a couple of side stages where you control Lana. During these stages, you can press the attack key to yell "Lightning Counter!"
- Unexpected Gameplay Change: The "race" in the Once Upon A Time In Burywood side-story is in starships, and your goal is suddenly to shoot her down within the time limit.
- Her "race" in World 10 is you taking control of her while she wheels away for her life from the Invaders. All the while her music theme plays.
Cecil A vampire idol that appears in each world/side story, attracting crowds with her singing.
- Background Music Override: Cecil's singing overrides the area's music as you approach her. It's subverted during Demon World, where when she starts to sing, the demons nearby start throwing stuff at her, causing her to stop and the music of the level to begin again.
- Black Sheep: Is this for most of the demons in Demon World, to the point where she was almost killed by a group of punk vampires just because she's willing to play to humans. This is because, five years before the start of the game, she was falsely accused of being at the epicenter of six high-profile murders, the victims being people who were close or related to her in some way or another. Even when it was revealed that the perpetrator was Queen Lilith's out-of-control android assistant Vicky and its creation Android Erina, the damage to her reputation had already been done.
- Break Them by Talking: If you encounter Cecil in Kama-ZONE, you can earn silver coins by having her scatter a group of monsters. She does this by dissing them via hip-hop.
- Canon Immigrant: From Dungeon Link.
- Last Episode Theme Reprise: When she starts singing in World 11-6, it's to the game's title theme.
- Speaking Simlish: Her songs are all in a nonsensical language that doesn't match anything else in the game.
- Wandering Minstrel: Given that she appears in each world, she travels around quite a bit.
Hero Kaden Kaden during the events of Dungeon LinkA legendary Hero that appeared in Kanterbury 500 years ago, succeeding the previous Hero Erina, and preceding the current Hero, the Knight. His adventure is documented in the prequel game Dungeon Link. He suddenly vanished while seeking out a certain legendary sword and having Heavenhold constructed in preparation for a dire threat to come centuries into the future.
To see what he had become, see the Dark Unique Heroes page on the Plague Doctor.Species: Human (Formerly)Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Japanese), Kang Soo-jin (Korean), Zach Aguilar (English)
- All for Nothing: It's implied that his quest on "Dungeon Link" ended up this way, as when he disappeared, the world turned into the state it is now. Moreover, his disappearance and the things he did while hidden, losing his friends, committing various horrific things and more to destroy the loop, all gets stopped when the Knight shows up on the Otherworld and defeats him.
- The Faceless: Especially for Guardian Tales-only players. Before the Expedition update, Kaden had only been mentioned by his former compatriots here and there. It's only until the Expedition update that his face is finally revealed. In the main story, his face is not shown until world 17.
- Legendary in the Sequel: Became a legendary hero who's well revered even after 500 years have passed since his world-saving adventure. You can even find figurines of him being sold in convenience stores in the Demon World.
- Memento MacGuffin: In the Old Diary story bit found by progressing through the first Expedition, he gives Clara a feather-shaped location emitter that she can use to call for him whenever she needs him, doubling as an I Will Find You. Cue in Kaden's disappearance and Clara's descent into becoming an Empty Shell.
- Passing the Torch: Planned to hand over the Hero title to the next one by building Heavenhold and finding the Champion's Sword for them, until unknown circumstances led to his disappearance. This may still be in the works as he's hinted at becoming part of the Champions himself....Or at least that would have been the plan in one of the iterations of the world. Current Kaden, the Plague Doctor, is not one to pass out torches.
- Played Straight during the Season 2 finale, as a (now dying) Kaden gives the Knight and the Little Princess his hopes to destroy the loop the world has been in for so long, them being the best chance to do that. To send that point home, the Champion's Sword reacts to Kaden as he does this, showing he indeed was one of the champions.
- Previous Player-Character Cameo: The leading man of Dungeon Link, and his actions influence much of Guardian Tales's overarching plot. He's also strongly implied to become one of the 13 Champions judging from one of the silhouettes being a caped warrior wearing a horned helmet, which was his 6* appearance in the previous game and matches his appearance in the Expedition story.
- Reunion Vow: Promised to reunite with Clara a decade from now to celebrate the Founding Festival, along with all the other people Kaden's adventured with over the course of his original game. He would soon disappear off the face of the earth due to unknown circumstances.
- Ship Tease: With Clara. In the Old Diary story, he can be seen being rather nervous and lost for words when it comes to how his words to Clara would sound to everybody else. He even tried to invite her to go on another journey with him to seek out the Champion's Sword, but she refused as she planned to take responsibility for the loss of holy magic via the World Tree's burning by becoming a wandering healer.He even still thinks of her before activating the Labose flower.
- Walking Spoiler: To talk more about him here would be spoiling pretty much a lot of info.
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