Board 8 > Scarlet Ranks 52 Characters from 52 Sessions of the DCRPG Campaign: Part III

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Maniac64
04/23/23 12:37:39 PM
#251:


Has Jaime met Blue Bird? Or os she aware of thr fact that there is a new non-Kord Blue Beetle? I curious what she would think of the new Blue Beetle.

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WarThaNemesis2
04/23/23 12:38:18 PM
#252:


Roz'etta was moved enough by Fiddler's sacrifice that she asked Snapper to get her a fiddle.

It's a small, damaged thing, and doesn't see much use, but in a way it's Roz'etta's means to honor the man's death.

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WarThaNemesis2
04/23/23 12:39:00 PM
#253:


as for this hint...my gut is feeling Cheetah.

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ScareChan
04/23/23 12:39:05 PM
#254:


My favorite mention of the Fiddler was telling the Rogues that he died and they all shared a toast to him having lost another of their number.

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scarletspeed7
04/23/23 12:44:00 PM
#255:


Maniac64 posted...
Has Jaime met Blue Bird? Or os she aware of thr fact that there is a new non-Kord Blue Beetle? I curious what she would think of the new Blue Beetle.
Not as of yet.

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TotallyNotMI
04/23/23 12:48:45 PM
#256:


My boy

I think Fiddler had a big impact early in the campaign on the direction Brennus developed

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HanOfTheNekos
04/23/23 12:53:50 PM
#257:


Fiddler's sacrifice was really emotional. In the beginning of the campaign, we saw a lot of this - Ratcatcher, Peacemaker, Super Chief - a lot of people gave their lives for the party early on. But Fiddler had more time to establish himself. And so Fiddler's sacrifice felt more personal - we got to know him. We got to know why. And we got to see a life-long villain make a move to establish a legacy, not of villainy, but of heroism.


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scarletspeed7
04/23/23 12:54:38 PM
#258:


#66 - The Cheeter
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and also, the obligatory
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The truth of the matter is that Cheetah was first encountered by Checkmate agents naked, laying on top of Snapper. And somehow, despite her cheetah-ing boyfriend caught in flagrante, Lush has allowed the coy and manipulative Minerva return to Zonn Zorr from the love nest at the top of the STAR Labs in Austin. Cheetah is fairly uncontrollable, but she has been kept on a surprisingly short leash thanks to her imprinting on Snapper. Even so, the Cheetah has proven difficult to rein in, a problem that resulted in Cheetah racing into Belle Reve without back-up and having an arm torn from its socket. Spirit was able to regrow the arm, but at great cost to his own well-being.

From this point, the Cheetah recovered quickly and foisted herself onto the Lamumba mission, where her powers were stolen away by the cult that originally granted her preternatural agility. Briefly depowered, Barbara Ann Minerva made a desperate gambit to steal the powers of Hector's Zodiac Crystal from Catman, and she thus became the Lioness!

Roar, yes.

Now, the Cheetah seeks revenge against those who attempted to render her the powerless, whimpering weakling that she loathes to be associated with - and she will tear apart Lamumba in the process to have vengeance.

All things being equal, the campaign would have seen Cheetah and Snapper together, likely for the rest of the campaign. That's why you have to like the wrinkles of the players and the impact they have on the campaign at large. There are consequences around every corner, and Lush's very existence seems to have entirely changed this tiny portion of the campaign. For me, Cheetah is, in this campaign, a lost woman. Untethered simply because she wasn't given a place in the Society, Cheetah was captured for reasons she still has yet to really go into, and her animalistic nature made her a pariah in an unforgiving post-Apokoliptic world. That's why she is trying to fight her way back to being human again - she's lost a piece of herself, and she desperately wants it back. She felt human with Snapper, and that lingering memory remains inside of her, a tantalizing taste she wishes to recapture. A drug. Continuity has since been wildly broken thanks to Lush's existence and now Pepper Spray's constant encouragement. Edging into the territory of becoming Cheetah's acolyte, Pepper seems hellbent on enabling the Cheetah in virtually any endeavor, often risking her own life and limb just by associating with the wild creature. Still, they've come to have some strange bond, an unquantifiable respect that - if it doesn't get Pepper killed - likely will continue to deepen as time trudges ever forward (although we recently learned from Bonnie Baxter that time is NOT trudging forward at all anymore, so that might be a poor descriptor).

#65 went undrafted - bad decision, Wickle!

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hombad46
04/23/23 1:01:05 PM
#259:


Honestly I expected Vis to pick Cheetah too, but he went with Cheshire, who I was ready to draft at that point. Looks like that was the right decision for him.

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HanOfTheNekos
04/23/23 1:01:35 PM
#260:


Is she dragging a ball?

Wickle clearly didn't draft LOO!

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ScareChan
04/23/23 1:03:32 PM
#261:


Sad Barbara Ann Minerva is best girl. We need her back.

And Lush gave an ultimatum of it was her or Cheetah! She didn't want Cheetah to come back, but was forced to accept it.

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WarThaNemesis2
04/23/23 1:04:41 PM
#262:


They've only talked a couple times, but I do like the Cheetah's chemistry with Roz'etta.

Roz'etta likes to take her time in conversations, while Cheetah is very, very easily bored by anything that seems to be dragged out, forcing Roz'etta to pivot to get Cheetah re-engaged.

Right now Roz'etta, on top of planning for Lamumba's return, is investigating deals made between heroes and villains, like Cheetah sparring with Wonder Woman, to see if there are other people who might have fallen in the cracks in the Society.

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Maniac64
04/23/23 1:05:38 PM
#263:


scarletspeed7 posted...
And, sadly, he will never see if his effort bore fruit
As is the fate of many artists and musicians. But at least during his final song he may have had a hope that his sacrifice would work and his memory live on in those he saved.

Also now that I'm caught up: Time isn't moving forward? What exactly does that mean? And does that help with things like Rex aging?

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HanOfTheNekos
04/23/23 1:33:19 PM
#264:


Time is stuck in a whirlogog which is why we've done 110 weeks of sessions and it's still January

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ScareChan
04/23/23 1:43:03 PM
#265:


You see Time is a hat circle

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scarletspeed7
04/23/23 1:49:19 PM
#266:


#65 - Ocean Master
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Long live the King.

Orm Marius, the half-brother of Aquaman and one of his greatest enemies, is the King of the Seven Seas and Emperor of Atlantis. For decades, Orm has lingered, jealously sulking in the shadow of his greater brother, believing that the throne he was groomed for from birth to be his by rights. This envy would boil over, and Orm would align himself with Aquamans enemies in the Injustice Society over the years, often jockeying for greater political control of the ocean factions that did not support Arthurs rule, relying upon legends of the Curse of Kordax to propel his own position in the line of succession. The brothers would battle against one another for decades, until Arthurs untimely demise at the foot of the Spectre. Now, with his brother finally eradicated, once and for all, Orm begins the slow, grinding process of forcing the kingdom city-states of Atlantis to capitulate to his rule, turning even to Minerva, a daughter of the Tritonian king, for fealty.

The classic tenet of "when the cat's away, the mice will play" couldn't be more clearly exemplified than through the ambitions of Orm, the Ocean Master. Removing Aquaman from the equation turns the stability of Atlantis into a realm of justifiably harsh political upheaval. In a way, it demonstrates just how foundational an influence Arthur was as ruler and hero among the millions beneath the sea, perhaps moreso than by his actual presence. In this vacuum, many pretenders seek to claim the Throne of Atlantis, but it's Ocean Master who has certainly lined up his ducks fastest in a row. And why shouldn't he? As the brother of Arthur, he likely has the greatest claim otherwise. Ocean Master has always desired to lord of the seas. It's in his very name, after all. But we've never seen him play kingmaker so much as terrorist, villain and general reprobate. Now, without the shadow of his brother to skulk in, Ocean Master is rising to the occasion. In some ways, I think he's proven that, for Checkmate, he is far more valuable active and functioning than otherwise. And that makes his role in the Society all the more crucial, a true power player that could conceivably factor into the endgames that have been hinted at by many major players in the Secret Six/Society storyline. Of course, all of this is preamble to set up Minerva's relationship with Aquaman. There's no question where her loyalties are. But there's also no question as to her hopes that Atlantis does not succumb to Darkseid's will. So where does that leave a girl who has always been repulsed by the idea of the sharks, those predatory politicos that chum the waters for an advantage, leaving no concern for the carnage in their wake? Well, she'll have to navigate an uncharted sea, one that is missing her compass north, Aquaman. And without that stabilizing presence, suddenly someone like Ocean Master, I think, seems far more appealing than otherwise.

#64 - Scare picks up some points!

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ScareChan
04/23/23 1:52:11 PM
#267:


Orm is someone that I look forward to seeing more of. I think he can be a big time player for us.

I've resigned myself to being the list with only 6 correct, so I am thinking that this is probably Zatanna

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WarThaNemesis2
04/23/23 2:11:51 PM
#268:


Ocean Master being a viable candidate more or less by virtue of existing is pretty great. Can Minerva find another option, will she be the option, or will she create one? Who knows...?

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HanOfTheNekos
04/23/23 2:50:48 PM
#269:


Minerva is pretending to be Ocean Master in Metabrawl. Be curious to see if Orm finds out about this, what he'd do

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Maniac64
04/23/23 3:56:05 PM
#270:


HanOfTheNekos posted...
Time is stuck in a whirlogog which is why we've done 110 weeks of sessions and it's still January
Haha that's great. I didn't realize everything had happened in a month.

You guys exist in anime time

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scarletspeed7
04/23/23 4:09:49 PM
#271:


We're verging on February!

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Maniac64
04/23/23 4:12:53 PM
#272:


So in real time Jaime has been a hero for like 2 weeks? That's a lot of drama in a short time haha.

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HanOfTheNekos
04/23/23 4:18:17 PM
#273:


That's the way with many of us. But due to time's weird ways, we've had tons of personal development and growth.

There's a lot of this explained by Bonnie Baxter who points out that we're untethered from time and that's dangerous, especially since we're also in space, two weeks earlier.

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ScareChan
04/23/23 4:22:54 PM
#274:


Things from 80 weeks ago could be yesterday, and things from two weeks ago could be from three days ago

Time!

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scarletspeed7
04/23/23 4:33:52 PM
#275:


#64 - Zatanna
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One could argue, the Origin of a Crisis.

The mistress of the mystic arts, and one of the central figures to which blame for the state of the world has been pinned. Zatanna spent years as an active Justice Leaguer altering or erasing the memories of various supervillains from across the criminal community without consequence. Now, as the effects have begun to be eliminated, villains have begun to band together against the superheroes of the world, using Zatannas actions as the standard to which they gather their allies in opposition to the unchecked powers of the heroes. Zatanna, for her part, seems to have been captured by the man who started it all - Doctor Light, and despite her attempts to escape, remains firmly in his clutches but to what nefarious ends? Only time will tell.

What Zatanna represents to this campaign is a deep moral quandary. Everyone wrestles with Zatanna's actions differently as a PC, from outright contempt, to mounting confusion over the ethical complexities. There are even PCs who seem to support Zatanna's decisions to some extent. Regardless of where you stand on the mindwiping, however, there is no denying that Zatanna's part to play in this Final Crisis remains far from concluded. In fact, when Task Force Z finally manages to bring in the Mistress of the Backwards Arts, we may very well be just past the first act. For, you see, despite what anyone else may say, there is certainly great value in having Zatanna as an ally... or as a bargaining chip.

And look, Zatanna's abilities and the havoc they've wreaked leak into far more plot points than just Doctor Light. She mindwiped Lush, after all. Turned from a pink-costumed purveyor of pain into a tranquil green-garbed valley girl. John Constantine considers Zatanna the one girl in his life that remains an unextinguished flame. Misty may be filled with four dozen meta-brains deserving of punishment, but she also was turned into the poster child for personality collecting by Zatanna to, perhaps, protect her from her extremely dangerous mother. The Secret Six wants justice. The Suicide Squad wants vengeance. The Shadowpact wants allies. And who the hell knows what Amanda Waller wants.

So much of this campaign revolves around three women who played a crucial role in a long-forgotten story. Jean Loring, Sue Dibny and Zatanna Zatara. How their decade-spanning drama, an interconnected narrative of memories forgotten and found, of secrets uncovered, of love and death in the time of Darkseid... it all is rapidly hurtling towards a conclusion. And there, at the end, is Zatanna - currently a prisoner of Doctor Light, bound, gagged. Waiting for a hero.

But what sort of hero will she find waiting? One like herself?

#63 is a bottom-half draft pick.

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HanOfTheNekos
04/23/23 4:39:59 PM
#276:


Zatannaaaa

We saw Zatanna once and had a great plan to rescue her, but it failed due to a Speedster light construct stopping it while simultaneously punching Nikhto into the atmosphere.

I think my biggest thing about Zatanna is that Saoirse is pretty convinced she has no chance to survive through the Spectre's wrath without Zee's help - morality be damned, we need her more than almost anyone. She's maybe the best ally to deal with Superman too... Or even the Equation.

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ScareChan
04/23/23 4:40:23 PM
#277:


I think it was mentioned that Jason being revealed as Kobra was seen as the end of the first act of the campaign and I very much feel the rescuing of Zatanna will present another act for us as well.

Every single player has had to weigh in on Zatanna and things like that is what makes me so engaged with where her story goes

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WarThaNemesis2
04/23/23 4:43:50 PM
#278:


Lush went to a bunch of the PCs for advice on Zatanna.

Roz'etta's proposal was that Lush give her Zatanna, because you can't leave it to a vote. A vote is what started all of this. It needs to be put in one person's hands, and in Roz'etta's mind she is the least connected to Zatanna, being a non-magical person who, while part of the hero community, rejected the part of it that had Zatanna in her decision to join Waller.

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TotallyNotMI
04/23/23 4:47:11 PM
#279:


I don't think Brennus has spoken about his thoughts on Zatanna's actions too much

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WarThaNemesis2
04/23/23 4:49:46 PM
#280:


Oh, and Lush said no at the time because she suspected Roz'etta was doing it purely to get Zatanna into Waller's hands.

Of course, since then Roz'etta has been made Waller's heir, so who knows if Lush was accidentally right?

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ScareChan
04/23/23 7:42:39 PM
#281:


There is a level of Lush doing due dilligence to try and figure out what the end result would be for Zatanna should they bring her in, but she ultimately knows the decision won't be hers and really this has been info gathering for Waller at best. While Rosetta could have been genuine in her suggestion she knows that the only way that happens is if the path is to just give her to Waller.

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Cody11533
04/23/23 11:36:54 PM
#282:


scarletspeed7 posted...
(although we recently learned from Bonnie Baxter that time is NOT trudging forward at all anymore, so that might be a poor descriptor).
I also did a double take at this, thank you for the explanation.

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scarletspeed7
04/26/23 6:56:47 AM
#283:


#63 - Trish McKenzie
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Patricia McKenzie, twin sister of Alexander Fields McKenzie, was in truth the daughter of the Reverse-Flash, a girl cobbled together and birthed with the express purpose of helping the nefarious Eobard Thawne in his quest to expand his domination of time to one of space as well. Carefully monitored by the Reverse-Flash, who masqueraded as her therapist, the Reverse-Flash came to Trish often over the years and manipulated her, adding to her trauma as she endured injections and mental manipulations.

Trish ended up a slacker, a party girl, and after dropping out of college, a dependent of Fields meager musician paychecks. Along the way, however, she became a close friend of Barbara Gordon, introducing her to Fields - an act for which Fields would be forever grateful. Her future sliding into a place of abject depression, Trish was nearing an impending overdose when the earthquake that rocked Gotham turned her life upside-down. Trapped in Gotham due to the No Mans Land edict, Trish was among those refugees that fell in with the party-orgy lifestyle of the Mad Hatter. However, the False Mad Hatter capitalized on this bacchanalia and planted mind-controlling masks on the people of the territory, including Trish. Eventually, she was reawakened from this manipulation by Fields and his friends, and Trish returned with them to the Gazette.

At this point, the False Mad Hatters effects began to deprogram certain aspects of Trishs mental manipulations - but as it would turn out later, not the ones put in place by Reverse-Flash, but by Zatanna, who had mindwiped Trish upon her request after spending a summer at Doom Manor. Trish began to unspool, the eclectic alternate variations of herself slowly forcing her original personality to retract and remain dormant under their more powerful identities. In a hope that she could come to control her physical symptoms, Fields brought Trish to Deathstroke for teaching. But even Deathstroke was unaware of the extent of what had transpired in Trishs past. Fields and the other heroes of No Mans Land began to run into Inverse-Flash, Horror Baby Killer Muffin, the effects of Belleblazer, and others, while Trish retreated into the streets and disappeared from the Gazette.

Around this time, Rozetta and Fields began to study a diary they found in Trishs now-empty quarters, and through that diary, started to piece together the truth - Trishs parentage, the multiples of Trish from alternate realities, and a hint as to her location at the time. Trish was found in a strange form of suspended animation at the time, and with the help of Slade, a large group of Trishs colleagues entered the Bleed and found Trish, only aged 8, inside, among hallway filled with closed doors. Each door possessed a Trish inside - and the only way to free the Trish they knew was to convince the Trishes of this place to end their own lives. One by one, Fields convinced Trish after Trish to kill herself, all to protect the Little Trish he had known as his sister, pure and uncorrupted by the machinations of the Reverse-Flash. Ultimately, Fields learned that his Trish required a second, alternate Trish to serve as a host of sorts, to fill the cracks in the real Trish left open by the damage of the Reverse-Flash. A Trish was chosen - one that had been reared by Lex Lulthor in her world, who had killed the Penguin and usurped his empire. One who had become fiercely independent. All of this seemed to be according to some plan of the Reverse-Flash. It was said that the multiverse had ceased existing in the Crisis, but through the expulsion of the Bleed from Trishs own system, the Multiverse, which had been germinating within her for several years, all at once burst forth, returning to its state of meta-reality. Trish had been housing multitudes of worlds within, and now, as if theyd never left, the Multiverse had returned. Or more properly put, that which existed had been changed, but also had now always been this way. Reality smoothed itself over, and time, which exists only as a measurement of past and present, adjusted accordingly.

Afterwards, Trish began to display new abilities - most likely thanks to the Lex-Trish. By kicking broken objects, Trish discovered she was able to instantaneously repair them. Trish also began to craft objects seemingly from nowhere, nonsense things suchas Ivar, an almost but not completely un-doglike companion, Patchs voicebox, and the bapplegun. Trish also seemed to fall in with Lex Luthor, just like her counterpart - but the truth was, Trish used Lex to build Johns brother Jack a new body - a Jimmy Olsen robot refitted to be possessed by a ghost.

After the end of No Mans Land, Trish made her way into the cosmos with Fields, Ivar and Nina, and they spent years together, mapping the Bleed - a concept that heretofore had never existed and yet now made up the majority of existence. Recently, Fields disappeared, and Trish remained in the Bleed, searching for her brother. But a message sent through Trishs mindwiped memories to Misty Kilgore informed some of her old friends - including Oracle - that she was alive and well, and in need of their support.

But the story didn't end there - recently, it was revealed that Trish spent a summer of her life at the Doom Patrol Mansion, all of this stemming from a long-abandoned journal. For some, a diary written by Patricia McKenzie seemed old hat, but for others, insight into the mind of a woman that contained several dozen alternate iterations of herself read like the ravings of a mad woman. And maybe she was - Patricia McKenzie had never told her old friends that she spent a summer in Doom Manor while her brother, Fields, went off to Switzerland. But the truth was, Trish had been percolating new personalities for years before she revealed them to Alex, and a single diary in her old quarters have begun to reveal the truth. Through a series of messages written between herself and the many-personed mind of Crazy Jane, a Doom Patrol mainstay, a high school-aged Trish is telling the story of how she came to learn the truth about herself, and how her strange disorder brought her closer to a girl with something similar and yet entirely different. Ultimately this version of Trish was mindwiped by Zatanna - yet a piece of her remained a captive in Misty's mind, sending out a broadcast to the refugees of Z'onn Z'orr, a great warning channeled through her past from a Trish of the present - an urgent warning about the dangers of the Bleed. But how did this Trish become the Trish of the present learn of the Trish of the past and find a way to use her to everyone's advantage?

And just what awaits the party when they find their long-lost ally? Despite only managing the shortest of appearances in the campaign thus far, Trish tantalizes with a promise of something grander - far grander - and something that could have massive ramification in the war against Darkseid.

#62 was a bottom half draftee - one of the earliest!

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Inviso
04/26/23 7:14:47 AM
#284:


It is worrying to realize Lex Luthor's impact on Trish, given his current status as one of the primary villains of this story. Trish betraying us would be rough for more people. Especially Rosetta, since she's crushing HARD on Fiel- Trish! Trish is who I meant!

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TotallyNotMI
04/26/23 7:41:02 AM
#285:


Trish was such a wild card on this list. I could've seen her not placing due to her limited role in campaign 2 so far and I could've seen her in the top 10!

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Fastbreak
04/26/23 8:34:05 AM
#286:


Trish is a lot of fun, you never know what's coming next with her.

We don't know when Batman or anyone knew what was going on with Lex, but if Trish stayed on Earth more regularly I don't think Lex gets to the oval office affair where things started to fall apart.

The timeline hasn't been cleared yet on if her and Fields were even around for the Public Enemies Debacle

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hombad46
04/26/23 9:29:14 AM
#287:


Spirit owes Trish a lot so he's eager to get in the Bleed and find her (and the others too I guess).

As for the hint... I'm just gonna say the pattern will continue. My first drop was 3 after Han's first, my second was 2 after Han's second, so my third will be immediately after this one since Kobra was the first bottom half draftee.

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HanOfTheNekos
04/26/23 10:58:50 AM
#288:


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Trish!

Ignoring ALL that's been said about Trish above...

Trish started as a "Disadvantage" on the stat sheet for Fields - a Dependent. "Patricia McKenzie - Fieldss older sister (twin). Despite the pairs parents retiring to Switzerland, Fields continues to live in Gotham with his sister Patricia. Shes a wisecracking hardass who likes to drink, but despite the constant teasing she bereaves upon Fields, he is truly the moneymaker."

Campaign 1 sort of followed along those lines - Trish was always a dependent. Fields was always taking care of her - even getting the assistance of Dadstroke along the way. But towards the end, that independence was starting to shine through when she ran off to Lex...

Campaign 1 ended with a series of solo sessions, and Fields and Trish got to reunite and have a heart-to-heart. I'll admit, Fields's choice to traverse the Bleed instead of staying full-time with Oracle came from wanting to get Trish away from the influence of lesser-trusted folk like Lex, and to make sure he could stick by his sister. With period trips back to Gotham, of course!

Come campaign 2, and I'm playing a completely different character. I had to come to terms that Trish is totally Saoirse's type (which was difficult!) and she's been very interested in the Bleed and stuff since - going so far as to promise to Oracle that they'll bring Fields back since we know he's trapped somewhere. But Roz'etta helped explain a lot of what happened and the science is just mind-blowing to Saoirse - but she accepts it. She's read through this iteration of Trish's journal, and is just all-in.

I have no idea how Saoirse will actually react to Trish in person, but I'd be very glad to get her back around, only because I missed my fake sister enough to get a new fake sister. And Traci is mad right now!

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WarThaNemesis2
04/26/23 11:00:19 AM
#289:


I look forward to Roz'etta finally reuniting with Trish, and hearing her complain that of all people to come find her, Roz'etta showed up.

...Or she took too long.

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Johnbobb
04/26/23 12:50:34 PM
#290:


How does Trish place in the top 65 of the whole campaign but not in the top 50 of the last ranking?

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hombad46
04/26/23 12:52:44 PM
#291:


Johnbobb posted...
How does Trish place in the top 65 of the whole campaign but not in the top 50 of the last ranking?

That was just "oh there are some lost socks" Trish. This is every Trish.

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scarletspeed7
04/26/23 12:52:50 PM
#292:


Look who we're talking about here, JB. When has Trish ever NOT defied conventional logic?

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HanOfTheNekos
04/26/23 12:54:51 PM
#293:


Yeah, Trish's appearance was "Hey Artemis, can you help find my socks?" and that was what Scar was ranking that off of.

This list (as evident by Vertigo's placement) is more overall campaign narrative (hence why dead Sue Dibny is there as well), and Trish has had a greater impact on the campaign as whole and Scar's feelings of things than she did simply as a character appearing.

One would even say that Trish had a greater impact overall on the campaign before she became eligible for a top 52 ranking.

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scarletspeed7
04/26/23 12:59:28 PM
#294:


The Trish of the diary and Misty's mind is also arguably a different character from No Man's Land Trish.

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Maniac64
04/26/23 1:06:04 PM
#295:


HanOfTheNekos posted...
Come campaign 2, and I'm playing a completely different character. I had to come to terms that Trish is totally Saoirse's type (which was difficult!)


I want a scene some day of Fields having to stop Saoirse from seducing his sister. Just to make you RP it

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scarletspeed7
04/27/23 8:10:01 AM
#296:


#62 - Sasha Bordeaux
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Once the bodyguard of Bruce Wayne, Sasha Bordeaux split her time and services with Checkmate as well. However, something seems to have changed - the woman that was Sasha is gone, replaced with the relatively terse and ultimately emotionless automaton that wanders the holding facility of Zonn Zorr like a phantom wraith.

What secrets she holds,
no one can say for sure, save
Jessica Midnight.

Agent Haiku is a cold, distant, isolated being that wanders the halls of Z'onn Z'orr like the specter of Checkmate's dismal, murky past. But beyond that, Sasha seems to hold certain keys to certain moments that might be of great importance. The only hurdle to understanding is, of course, the fact that her mind is an intricately-designed metal puzzle, with blocks and firewalls and indecipherable cryptic hints preventing easy revelation. Sasha was once a human being; she had a past prior to her induction into Checkmate and her conversion into... this. And the more that Sasha reveals, the more it becomes clear that this rabbit hole goes deep.

At the end of 2022, that rabbit hole revealed untold depths unplumbed - Sasha had been involved in the capture of at least five of the agents of Checkmate that make-up our player character base. Sasha's efforts, manipulated perhaps by the new Black King, saw our team's coming-together. But more frighteningly, that gathering involved capturing and kidnapping the PCs. Sasha now has proven herself to be something of double agent. Maybe. It's hard to say, as much of Sasha's story is a riddle even to herself. The only way to Sasha's heart, to dig deep to the truth of the matter is through two things: Jessica Midnight, as discovered by Rosetta, and haikus, as discovered by Bloodfruit.

Early on in the campaign, Bloodfruit went to Sasha several times. I think she was really on the verge of coming to her own breakthroughs with that mystery, but at the same time, Sasha was on the verge of breakthroughs herself in terms of personality. What makes this so exceptionally interesting is the absolute canyon of life experience between the two. Hell, Sasha is made of Bloodfruit's weakness, but Bloodfruit demonstrated such courage and curiosity by returning to this enigmatic figure hidden in the depths of Z'onn Z'orr. Of course, time has passed, and Bloodfruit has come back with different priorities, but I certainly would love to see this relationship resume, as I think it was, ultimately, the absolute odd couple pairing, foils contrasting in interesting ways.

In the meantime, a steel specter surveys her domain as the warden of Z'onn Z'orr's holding facility, the secrets of her past including but not limited to the party's own origins in this, the Final Crisis.

#61 has appeared in multiple locations in the campaign, but was surprisingly undrafted!


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HanOfTheNekos
04/27/23 8:13:18 AM
#297:


The rabbit hole for Sasha just gets deeper. It's tied directly to our abduction and a supposed new Black King. And she's been in ZZ the whole time!

Best to assume the other Checkmate faction knows much about us...

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Johnbobb
04/27/23 9:23:38 AM
#298:


scarletspeed7 posted...
Of course, time has passed, and Bloodfruit has come back with different priorities, but I certainly would love to see this relationship resume, as I think it was, ultimately, the absolute odd couple pairing, foils contrasting in interesting ways
I still want to pick up on it!

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WarThaNemesis2
04/27/23 9:38:00 AM
#299:


Sasha's still one of my campaign favorites, she has so much to uncover.

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ScareChan
04/27/23 12:28:27 PM
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Sasha's story is really interesting and she seems like a cool character, I'm excited to know just what the heck is going on with her.

#61 has appeared in multiple locations in the campaign, but was surprisingly undrafted!

Creeper is the first one that comes to mind. But could also be Prometheus

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