OC: Here comes a new challenger!

Name: Kunga Ku Kunga Ku (but prefers to just be called Kunga)
Sex: None (but claims to be male)
Age: Can't remember, at least 600
Eyes: Glowing green
Hair: None
Height: 1'2"
Weight: 1 lb 2 oz
Skin: None
Body: Small, stiff, doll like, made of straw & clothe
Clothes: None
What he is: A living voodoo doll
Favorite saying: "Booga booga!"
Lives: Lived in a treasure chamber of an old Incan temple for a couple centuries but now lives on board the Dead Man's Chest with Alex.
History: Created centuries ago by an old shaman & left to guard the treasure chamber. The last few hundred years have been boring so he jumps at the chance for adventure with Alex & crew aboard the Dead Man's Chest.

IC:
In the treasure chamber...
As Zeig continues to put on crowns & swim in gold, & Verka tests out sword after sword, Alex sets his eyes towards a set of artifacts on display in the back of the chamber.
Alex: "I know what I want!"
He walks over to the artifacts. They are an amulet, 2 rings, a rod, 2 earings, 2 bracelets, 2 anklets, & a mask; each item bearing a skull made of ruby.
Liz: *walks up* "What are these?"
Alex: "These? These are the result of a merger between voodoo, juju, & magic. It is said that the wearer of all this will know power the likes of which even Merlin couldn't gain. & now...*reaches for the mask* it is mine!"
As Alex puts on the mask a circle of magic surounds him with swirling light so powerful it makes Liz fall backwards. He puts on the earings, rings, bracelets, anklets, & amulet then picks up the rod. The sound of a hundred voices chanting fills the chamber.
Alex: "Oh yeah!"
Zeig: "Well shiver me timbers!"
Verka: "Way to go mate!"
Liz: "Oh my god...wow!"
Alex takes off the mask & sends it & the rod to his "personal void".
Liz: "Where did you just send those?"
Alex: "To a void. Think of it like a magi's wallet. I'll teach you how to use one."
Alex takes off his old medalion (the one I described in the stats for him) & hands it to Liz.
Alex: "I'll also teach you how to use this."
Liz: "What is it?"
Alex: "That is the Pyre Craft medalion. It allows the wearer to summon & control any kind of fire. Since I've already learned how to use it's power I don't need it anymore. Take it, its yours now. Put it on."
Liz puts it on & instantly feels its power.
Alex: "Ok lets go."
Zeig: "& we're taking the treasure with us, all of it!"
Kunga: "Stop right there!"
A voodoo doll steps out from behind a mound of gold...

MEANWHILE...

Gray Lizard gets up & turns to see a young native man walking towards where him & Shawn are standing...

OC: ditto here, thanks for making Gaius and Aya's story arc kick ass guys! who knows maybe we'll hear from the angels among us later
meanwhile: HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER!

Name: Gray Wolf
Sex: Male
Eyes: coal black, mesmerizingly deep
Hair: Dark Black
Height: 6' even
Weight: 240 pounds of solid muscle
What he is: Gray appears to be a native american human
Skin: a few tattoos
Clothes: leathers that appear to be a modernized version of the clothes of a native american of the Apache tribe
Lives: ?

In the Sad Haven...
*frank and shadow enter arguing loudly (well loudly for people who can pickup on telepathic messages any way*
Shadow: I sitll say we go kick the old graybeard's tail and go see shawn
Frank: well we could but it might hurt shawn so we sure as hell shouldn't
Shadow: *sighs* yeah I guess your right, let's go find some grub
*unseen by them a man with long black hair stand from the bar, pays his tab and walks off towards graylizard's dwelling

OC: Thanks to everyones input this thread is becoming more fucking awesome than I could have originally hoped for! I see many more awesome stories to come. Lets continue!

IC:
Alex, Zeig, Verka, & Liz go walking through the temple in search of the treasure hold. Alex who is extremely pissed at how things turned out is chucking fireballs at everything & anything remotely resembling a booby trap.
Zeig: "Whoa! Calm down now matey! Jest b'cause ye did'n' get to use the scroll b'fore its power was used up completely, thus makin' it impossible for ye to ever claim ye birthright & allowing ye yer one & only chance at seeing the pearly gates, as well as bein' made a fool of in front o yer diciple & cap'n does'n' mean that ye should be gettin' yer knickers in a knot! Ye should try bein' me! That last hit I recieved packed a wallop so hard I thought me arse would touch the moon! I'm pretty sure I lost a few parts back there!"
Verka: "Besides man, remember we swore an oath 300 years ago: "Let no man, beast, or treasure keep us from being the worst group of scallywags to ever reach the damned depths of Hades, & enjoy all the fun needed to get there!"
Zeig: "Thats right mate! So what say we put this whole bloody thing behind us & go nab that treasure! Ye know that seeing them peices o 8 will cheer ye up!"
Alex: *takes a sigh & begins to calm down* "You're right. You guys are always right."
Liz: *running up & joining in* "...So lets go get that treasure! *smiles at Alex*"
Alex: "Yeah!"
All Together: "AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
The crew reaches the chamber & Zeig imedietely dives into a pool of gold coins. Verka picks up a gold jeweled sword & begins swinging it around. Liz just stares on in utter amazement.
Liz: "Wow! I mean wow!"
Alex: "I know, awesome isn't it? The smell of treasure?"
Liz: "Is this what you guys always do?!"
Alex: "Mmm, here & there."
Liz: "I like! But...when are we going to start my training?"
Alex: "As soon as we get back to the Dead Man's Chest. But for now, lets try some of this stuff on for size!"

MEANWHILE...

As Shawn drinks some of the really strong coffee, Graylizard senses a presence outside & walks out of the tent. There stands Shadow & Frank.
Graylizard: *bows head once* "Goodmorning to you Shadow."
Shadow: "Who the fuck are you?"
Gralizard: "I'm a longtime friend of Shawn's, & I happen to be a very skilled old shaman if I'm not bragging too much."
Shadow: "So thats how you knew me."
Graylizard: "Yes. So, what can I do for you?"
Shadow: "I'm here to see my fiance thank you very much!"
Graylizard: "No can do."
Shadow: "What?! Why?!"
Graylizard: "He is currently undergoing training that will allow him to finally be at peace as a warrior. The only way that he can succeed however is if he remains here under my tutelage, & without outside intervention."
Shadow: "But...I want to see him."
Frank: *only Shawn & Graylizard can hear him* "Yeah, I want to see him too!"
Graylizard: "Listen please, the both of you. Give me some time to help Shawn & soon enough you will be able to see him. Until then however, please go stay at the bar "Sad Haven". I have a room there that you can use. Please, for Shawn's sake."
The two of them reluctantly agree & Shadow flys them to the bar. Graylizard goes back into the tent & starts drinking some coffee.
Shawn: "Why'd you send them away?!"
Graylizard: "Because you need concentration. 'Nuff said. Ok, enough dilly-dallying around, put those on *motions toward a pair of old leather Hopi pants, a vest made of beads, an old amulet, & an old Hopi headband* & meet me outside."
Shawn puts all of the garb on & walks outside to see Graylizard on a rock formation. He walks up & sits down next to Graylizard.
Graylizard: "I want you to close your eyes & face your inner self. Your animal inside. See yourself the way others see you for the first time. While you do that you will put on this war paint."
He hands Shawn the bowl of war paint, closes his eyes & begins singing in Hopi. Shawn closes his eyes & does as instucted. He confronts himself. He enters a vision where he is staring down himself transformed. Surprisingly as the vision goes on he manages to put the war paint on flawlessly, almost as if his hands were being guided. The vision ends & he stands up, war paint on, & his eyes a mixture of a mans & a wolfs. Graylizard just looks at him & smiles.
Graylizard: "Now you're ready for the real training to begin!"

OC: Shawn's look is now changed from the outfit he had in the stats, to him wearing the garb I mentioned earlier & wearing war paint on his face.

Shadow: we do and I did, how do you think I managed to destroy all the traps?
Vix: down tomb raider the kid was just asking a question
Kwai: but the question we should be asking is "where do we go from here"
Voice from Behind Party: perhaps I can help
*the party spins as one and stops dead in their tracks as they see the origin of the voice he if that is what one can call a male angel if they have gender at all stood at around 6' 2" of a muscler build and fair hair and skin, His eyes a brilliant blue, His robe was made of pure white and the armor he wore was so bright as to appear liquid. At his waist he wore a mighty sword and a golden trumpet, on his left arm carried a shield with the insiginia in greek "In the Name of God" but of all these things his most striking feature was his magnificent set of wings at about a 15ft wing span of pure white feathers, they were wings that any bird of the earth would die for* *
the angel smiled and said: "peace friends and do not be afraid for I am sent in the name of the Lord God on High to aid you.
Shadow(stammering): who..who are you?
Angel: I am the Archangel Michael, leader of the Seraphim and Marshal of the Heavenly Army. I come not just by the will of God but to retriev one of my own. Aya as the daughter of a Seraphim you to are a Seraphim and your skills in battle have earned you a postion by your father's side in the heavenly armies. I am here to help you return home.
Aya: My father! is he here?
Michael: Unfortunatly he is not.
Aya: well why?
Michael: He is currently defending the heavenly gates with his battalion
Vix: from what?
Michael: a unit of the army of hell
Aya: *looks striken*
Michael: worry not fledgling your father alone is more than a match for all that hell can throw at him and the unit he has taken command of is one of the most battle hardened of the army. In fact his unit was the battalion was the one the defended Christ at the garden of Gef'semine.
Michael: but you will learn all this and more soon enough but we need you to perform the ritual soon. Your half-brother is coming to attempt to claim the scroll for himself.
Aya: but why?
Michael: He thinks it will let him become an angel because he is of the line of Gaius Longevius, human. Unfortunantly the scroll will only work for one of the line of Gaius Longevius, angel of which there is only one
Aya: me
Vix: well let's hurry up and get that scroll
*some trecking later, the group fimds the ornate chest that holds the scroll and under Michael watchful eye Aya begins the ritual*
Alex*casts attack spell*: I think not sister!
*his jaw drops as the spell rebpunds off of thin air and dodges quickly as it comes hurtling back at them and hits zeig sacttering him all over the place*
Zeig: now why'd you go an do that eh?
Alex: I don't know what...
Michael: you shall not interrupt
Alex: you'll die for saying that
*in an instant Michael has knocked the remaining crew and alex unconcious leaving only the young Liz still standing*
Liz: uh...what are you going to do to me?
Michael: Well I was going to return you to your firneds, what do you think I should do?
Liz: Uh that's fine *she runs over to shadow and gets filled in*
Michael(to himself): seeking powerful artifacts are we young alex? well I'd best make it up to you *transports Alex and crew to the foot of a undiscovered Incan temple in Peru where alex awakes to find a map in his pocket detaling the path to a magnificent amount of gold and several powerful magic artifacts deep in the temple*
Alex: it's not the scroll but this shall do for now

*back in the himilayas as Aya finishes her song for that is truly what the scroll contains a coloum of light engulfs her and as her companions watch her hair lengthens, her eyes brighten and a pair of beutiful wings appear on her back, with a tear in her eye aya waves good-bye for a final time and departs for heaven*

Shadow: I can't bealive that she gone
Kate: I wish she was still here
Vix(looking at kate)" Just who the heck are you?
Kwai: now, now vix
Michael: I can send you all back to the fortress now if you wish, Lord Malus has rooms set for each of you
Vix: fine let's go Kwai *Michael waves his hand and they vanish*
Kate: me to! *see also disappears*
Michael: shall I send you to Shawn?
Shadow: if it's not to much trouble...
Michael*smiles*: not any trouble at all
*and so Michael takes the scroll and himself ascends to heaven the only sign that any one had been there the disturbed dust*

Epilouge: Heaven's Scenes
*aya upon here arrival walks through the pearly gates and almost instantly spots her father, talking to a beutiful angel so of course she takes off at a run leaping at her father yelling "Dad!" and hugging him for all she can.
Gaius: about time you got up here Aya, I was wondering if you were going to be late for dinner
Aya: dinner?
Gaius: yeah Claw and Marle have been cooking up a storm
Aya: but you don't need food when your dead...do you?
Gaius: no you don't but you can still eat which is what makes death and enjoyable experience all the taste of food with none of the problems
Aya: okay..I think uhm did you say Marle a minute ago? she's my mom right? where is she?
Gaius*chuckling*: right in front of you kiddo
Marle: hello Aya
Aya: your my...mom? but how are you an angel?
Marle: inquisitve girl is she not?
Gaius: I fully blame your side of the family
Marle: to awnser your question when people get married they become one person in two parts so under that rational they handed me my wings when I go up here
*and so the family walks off to enjoy the rest of eternity*

This is where you'd normally put "And they all Lived Happily Ever After" but the story isn't over yet. The tail of Aya and Gaius has ended the stories of Shawn, Alex, Vix and Kwai have only just begun...

Liz: So what exactly is this thing you're looking for?

OC: Really, I have no idea where your goiong with this...
And why did we all fast forward 3 weeks?

The whole group goes up the ramp to find Shadow shanding there, looking sheepish. The floor is littered with the remains of the booby traps she has set off.
Aya: *muttering* "And I thought that vampyres had amazing senses and could avoid anything..."

As Shawn:
I wake up on the sand instead of buried in it. Surprisingly Graylizard was right, that was probably the best night sleep I've ever had. I look around & see that Graylizard has pitched a tent while I was asleep. Good! Now I can go wake him up & get some payback for making me walk all this way! I sneak into the tent to see him sitting down & meditating. Pick up his gourd & get ready to pour the contents all over him---but he hits me in both knees causing me to fall on them, & all without even openning his eyes!
Graylizard: "You're too loud. Not to mention predictable."
Shawn: "Ugh! Damn you old man!"
Graylizard: *chuckles* "You are far too angry of a soul. Have some coffee."
Shawn: "Is it gonna make me pass out?!"
Graylizard: *chuckles* "No, if anything it'll really wake you up."

OC: I'll write more later.

OC: shadow's with the party just being very quiet, she gets a cool scene as soon as I can be bothered to write it out (think tomb raider only cooler) or I can just write it out now

Shadow: I can get up there
Vix: how?
Shadow: I can fly
Vix Oh...wait what?
Shadow: Vampires can fly, so Malus can come with me
Malus: no, no I'm old and will only slow you down, run along shadow
Shadow: alright *she leaps up to the ledge that the party was looking at*
Shadow*thinking*: wow it's complicated up here, shadow begins walking down a large hallway and begins setting off various traps to avoid them she runs herself through a series of twists, turns and flips that would make neo vomit*
Shadow: I really don't like this place at all *ducks an arrow*
Shadow: change that to hate this place *accidentally steps on a pressure pad*
Shadow: aw crap
*a large ramp extends down to the first level and the rest of the party*
Shadow: heh dumb luck for the win I guess

OC:just curious, what happened to shadow?

and I guess that this would make me Alex's great-great aunt, huh?

IC:We wander around the temple, looking for the scroll. the message on the wall about this being one of the times where angels interfere with human affairs sent shivers up and down my spine. I reach out with my senses to try to feel any anomalies in the area. I can sense something upstairs, but I have no idea how to get up there.
Aya:"Kwai, do you know if there's a set of stairs in this place?"
Kwai:"No idea. Why?"
Aya:"I can sense that there's some...thing, some energy up there..."

It is said that everything that knows what heaven looks like that has ever been to earth shall never return, but the angels can and do watching over the earth from their inter-dimensional perch. and sometimes when nessicary to complete the will of God they go to earth themselves and intervene in human affairs. Now is one of those times.

As Alex:
*3 weeks of sailing, singing, & drinking rum later...*
Liz, Zeig, Verka & I all reach shore. I open a portal that takes us to a small village in the Himalayas.
Alex: "Hmmm."
Liz: "What?"
Alex: "They didn't use any magic thus making it hard for me to trail them."
Liz: "Who?"
Alex: "Kwai, Vix, Shadow, & my "aunt" Aya."
Liz: "They're all here?"
Alex: "Yes, & they are near where the item I need is."
Verka: "So whats the plan?"
Alex: "Go on foot, refrain from using magic if at all possible."
Zeig: "All right then! Lets go get some Sherpas."

As Shawn:
*3 weeks of walking later...*
Damn I'm tired! I'm gonna kill that old codger! I walk up to see Graylizard sitting down Indian style & humming an old tune.
Graylizard: "Took you long enough."
Shawn: "Don't even start with me old man!"
Graylizard chants a couple of words & the sand sucks me down in so that my head is the only thing showing up from the ground.
Shawn: "Ugh! Whats up huh?!"
Graylizard: "You need to learn how to relax. I want you to take a sip of this *holds up a gourd* & it will put you to sleep for a few hours during which time you will see in a dream what your heart truly desires. Trust me, it is a very relaxing & enjoyable experience. You'll wake up refreshed & ready for the next task."
Shawn: "Fine then! Just gimme a sip already, I'm parched as all fucking hell!"
Graylizard puts the gourd to my lips & I take a sip. Within seconds I'm out like a light. In the dream me & Shadow are back at the mansion in St. Louis; I'm laying down on the couch & shes laying on me reading, while Frank enjoys a big T-bone.

*3 weeks of Vix being extremly pissy later...

Kwai*point at a thick ice wall*: this is the place!
Aya, Vix, Rhizod: Huh?
Vix: has your brain frozen over kwai?
Kwai: definently not, observe *performs complicated motion and smashes his fist in to the wall with incredible force, the ice shatters and falls away revaling a massive entry way, as the party enters flames ignight lighting a massive area *
Vix*whistles*: guess the people here had a lot of time on their hands
Kwai: this place was constructed by angels
Vix: oh of cour..WHAT!? ANGELS!?
Kwai: not so loud please, yes this place was contructed to hold the writings of the angels and if legend is to be belived it is the place where the tapestry of time and of course the aremidorius scroll
Vix: which is what exactly?
Kwai: the aremidorius is a scroll that will let one with angelic blood like aya here purify themselves and become a full angel
Vix: wait a minute the kid is the first mortal with angel blood to exist right?
Kwai: correct
Vix: why would the angels make this scroll?
Kwai: the Almighty does not exist in one time dimension like we do, and His plans are monstrously complex, He knew that aya would come in to existance because he was going to create her, so that she could fullfil her task he ordered the scrioll created
Vix: this is getting to hig dimension for me let's just go find this scroll
*and thus they set off to find the Aremidorius scroll*

OC: Aya is a unrealised angel, with the ritual contained within the aremidourius scroll she will become fully angelic and gain a set of wings and the like

OC: holy crap, this stuff is making me LMAO!

and, does this make Aya a nephilim? Or does the elf thing make her something else?

IC: Having been walking through the Himilayas for hours, I have to ask Kwai a question:
"why couldn't you have opened the portal at the temple rather than 15 miles away from it?"
"well, first, any people who happened to be worshipping at the temple would have been scared out of their wits. Second, that temple negates the use of magic around it. If we had tried to open a portal there, we would have ended up halfway around the world or on the moon or something. Third, and most importantly, I don't know exactly where it is."
"oh."

Vix: I hate the damn cold, I hate the damn dawn *chops a large icicle out of the way* and I hate all of this f***in ice!
Kwai: *turns to the rest of the group* you'll have to pardon her, it's her time of the month and she tends to get rather testy *a throwing knife hits the ice by Kwai's head*
Vix: shut up kwai
Aya: Rhizod are they married or something? because they fight like my human grandparents
Rhizod: I think they've just been together for a very long time
Vix*yelling*: less talky more walky!

*the party trudges on in to the predawn darkness*

I follow the ghost as he begins the tour of the ship. I'm having a hard time walking with the was the ship rolls with each wave. Then again that bottle of rum probably didn't help either...
Ghost: My name's Will, by the way
Liz: I'm Liz
Will: Nice to meet you, Liz
Liz: Nice to meet you
Will: So how on earth did a girl like you come to meet Alex Cray?
Liz: It's a bit of a long story
Will: I've got time
Liz: Well, I lived it a small farm town, up until recently. I discovered I had magical powers. And...well, that didn't go over so well with some folks back home. Long story short, I ended up meeting Alex's uncle, of a sort. When he found out about my powers, he helped me try to find a teacher. Most magicions were reluctant to take on an apprrentice as old as I am. Then one day Alex showed up. Guias managed to convence him to taken me on as an apprentice.
Will: Wow
Liz: Yeah...
Will continued showing me around the ship. Finnaly we ended up at a cabin.
Will: This is where you'll sleep. Normaly it's the captain's, but since you're the only female on the ship, it's yours. I'll leave you here to get setteled.
Liz: Thanks for the tour
Will: Shure
I went into the cabin and layed down on the bunk. Getting up at dawn was not something I was used to. I was asleep before my head hit the pellow.

As Shawn:
Graylizard: "Get up!"
I'm woken up at dawn by a wide awake Graylizard. I shake my head, get up & walk out of the bar.
Shawn: "Damn man, *yawns* do you ever sleep?"
Graylizard: "No, actually. Its a shaman ability; you can recharge your body & mind while in meditation. That is one of the things that I will be teaching you. During the course of your training you will have to go without both food & sleep."
Shawn: "Really?! For how long?"
Graylizard: "For as long as needed."
Shawn: "How long is that?"
Graylizard: "As long as I say. The first stage of your training begins now. Take off your jacket & boots, & walk from here to that hill over there *points to a large sand dune 120 miles away* without transforming & without stopping. I'll be waiting for you there."
He chants 4 words in Hopi, turns into a small gray lizard, & scurries off. I heave a sigh.
"Fucking old coot."
I crack my neck & begin walking...

As Alex:
I continue to steer as the ship pulls further away from the citadel. As I keep steering a ghost appears.
Ghost Helmsman: "May I take the helm?"
Alex: "Sure thing."
An entire crew worth of ghost now appear & continue to work the ship. Liz gets real tense.
Alex: "Don't be scared. If you're going to be my apprentice than you have to get used to things like this."
Zeig: *walks up* "Thats right poppet! Ye are now officialy a crewmember on the Dead Man's Chest!"
Verka: *walks up as well* "So start acting like one & take a swig of this!" *hands her a bottle of rum*
Liz: "Ok then, I will!" *starts chugging from the bottle*
Zeig: "Thats the spirit love! *pats Liz on the back making her spill some rum, everybody laughs including Liz* Oi! you over there *motions for a ghost crewmember to float over* give young Elizabeth here a tour around the ship."
Ghost Crewmember: "Yes cap'n! Come young miss, the ship awaits."
Liz: "Ok, lets go."
Liz & the ghost crewmember go walking & floating off onto the tour. I go over to the edge on the starboard side & stare off at the horizon. Verka is up in the crow's nest writing in a scroll. Zeig walks up next to me.
Zeig: "Sure missed it didn't ye?"
Alex: *heaves a happy sigh* "Oh yeah. *glances around* Picked up the usual crew I see."
Zeig: "Ye know it mate! So, where to?"
Verka: *from up in the crow's nest* "Yeah, where is our heading?"
Alex: *turning towards Zeig* "Ain't you the cap'n?"
Zeig: "Yeah, but ye always were better at finding adventures than I was. So where to?"
Alex: "...China. There is a particular item in the Himalayas that I wish to retrieve."
Zeig: "Ye heard that gents? Onward to China! Move yer limey arses!"

Abbot: oy who the heck is wakin me up? oh Kwai good to see you again brother monk and is the lady...ah yes lady vix a pleasure to see you again and by my bald skull if it isn't young malus
Malus:?
Abbot: you wouldn't remeber me I last saw you when you were but a wee sproutling...ah where are my manners? rambling on like I am and leaving you all outside *he walks in to the house* well come in, come in I just put a pot of tea on
*the group who haven't met him before seem slightly suprised by his actions but they all enter*
Abbot*points at rhizod* there's a sun parlor through there dear, if you open that window *point at a set of shutters* you can sun and remain in the conversation *after everyone has sat down and started sunning or drinking their tea the abbots eyes narrow and he points at aya*
Abbot: so you are the true heir of Gaius Longevius the cursed savior
Aya: wha? true heir? cursed savior? what?
Abbot: you are the only one of his children to recieve his genes undiluted, all others recvived slightly modifed genes as a result of his curse
Aya: wait-a minute! curse?
Abbot: yes Gaius is or should I say was, t