Chapter VI: First Contact

Chapter VI: First Contact

Tacky searches The Nether for The Maker to no avail, so he heads back to Maker’s Grove to search for clues inside The Maker’s Hut. Once again, he finds nothing, but remembers the book of coordinates. At the end of the book, he finds a page that he has never seen before, a page telling of a “second End Portal” being found in deep in the ravine behind Underwater Cavern. Tacky remembers seeing the strange portal frame down there and decides to return. When he arrives, he finds that it is no longer merely a frame; in its center is an infinite abyss filled with stars: a portal. He enters it.

Tacky arrives on a small island of obsidian just off a much larger island made out of unidentifiable rock. He flies over to the larger island and sees a man standing on a ledge. He slowly approaches the man, consciously but unwillingly drawing his Enchanted Bow and pointing the Arrow at the man’s head. The man notices Tacky and looks at him calmly and knowingly. The man tells Tacky…that he is The Maker. The Maker then informs the young adventurer that they are in The End, a dimension entirely separate from Faradesia and The Nether, and that he has returned here to research what The End actually is and how it could possibly exist. Tacky suddenly unleashes his Arrow but manages to move the Bow so that it shoots the flaming Arrow past The Maker’s shoulder.

The Maker then gets down to business. He knows vaguely what is happening to Tacky, that Tacky possesses some of the same powers as him. He tells Tacky to take out the Fire Charge that he knows the boy has in his pocket and explains that Fire Charges draw upon the mysterious power that exists within the two of them in order to summon fire from the ground. He also informs Tacky that he has no idea why he is having blackouts and attacking people and plant life uncontrollably but he does know that he, too, has had experienced dark, destructive impulses over his lifetime; he reveals that the so-called “Ruined House” of Desert’s Edge is in the condition that it is in because of him, a revelation that shocks Tacky.

The Maker and Tacky then, at The Maker’s insistence, leap into the Exit Portal, returning both of them to The Maker’s Hut. Also at The Maker’s insistence, Tacky leaves to explore and map out Faradesia for him, a quest that will hopefully give Tacky the time to overcome whatever is plaguing him. The Maker, in turn, sets off to experiment further with his own power, inspired by the coming of his “heir.”

END OF ARC 2

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Played out in-game on 11/23/2012 and 11/26/2012. Written 12/1/2012.

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Chapter V: Overcome by Power

Chapter V: Overcome by Power

Tacky makes his way to Mistal Swamp via the Nether Portals, which he has now determined to have been built by The Maker himself. However, shortly after arriving, he finds himself feeling woozy and subdued. He loses control of himself and blacks out. He wakes up in a pit in nearby Sekyl Jungle, trapped. He tries desperately to jump out of the pit, but it is far too deep. Then, he flies up and out of the pit. Unable to believe what had just happened, the young adventurer continues into the jungle. It isn’t long before he experiences the same out-of-body sensation and blacks out again. This time, he comes to at the bottom of a small, semi-deep body of water, shocked that he can still breathe. When he walks out of the water, he smells burning. He looks up and sees that a few large trees are on fire. It is then that he realizes that he is holding a mysterious rock. He waves it around a bit and is startled when a burst of fire rises up from the ground nearby. He is holding a Fire Charge, a powerful object sometimes used as a weapon against vicious Mobs.

Tacky decides to visit a doctor back in Desert’s Edge, and he leaves Sekyl Jungle promptly and walks back to his village on foot. This also involves walking underwater for an extended period of time, as he must cross the Great Ocean in order to reach the other subcontinent. (He is surprised to find himself in Faradesia Forest, in which Maker’s Grove can be found, when he reaches the other side.) And he can breathe the entire time that he is underwater. When Tacky reaches Desert’s Edge, he heads towards the doctor’s house. Before he can make it, however, he blacks out again. He wakes up at the bottom of the village well; he surfaces, only to realize that he is again holding the Fire Charge and a villager has been burned to death. He rushes to the doctor’s house.

The doctor tells Tacky that he must find The Maker because the abilities that he has been displaying match some of those possessed by The Maker. Tacky is shocked that the doctor believes in The Maker’s existence but inquires as to where he should start. The doctor tells him: The Nether. Then, Tacky suddenly finds himself with his Enchanted Bow drawn and aimed at the doctor. He tells the doctor to run because he cannot control himself, but it is too late; the doctor is hit with a fire-arrow and perishes. Tacky runs off to find the nearest Nether Portal, terrified by what has been happening to him.

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Played out in-game from 11/19/2012 through 11/22/2012. Written 11/22/2012.

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Chapter IV: The Legend Lives

Chapter IV: The Legend Lives

After traveling for weeks, Tacky comes to an unfamiliar forest. And in the middle of this forest, he finds a clearing, in which a Beacon protects the surrounding land and a tiny hut rests beside a strange, purple portal. Tacky approaches the hut and is stunned to find out that the sign posted beside the hut’s door reads “The Maker’s Hut.” The presence of a nearby mine entrance and the Beacon only confirms his suspicions: this is Maker’s Grove. The Maker exists. In an effort to gather more information about the Maker’s current whereabouts, he enters the portal and finds himself in The Nether. In the Nether, he finds a plethora of Nether Portals, each leading to a different part of Faradesia. While investigating The Maker’s whereabouts, he also ventures deep into The Nether in an effort to find out the meaning behind its existence.

In The Maker’s Hut, Tacky finds and takes an Enchanted Bow from the Chest within. In The Maker’s Mine, while in Deep Haven, Tacky finds that he possesses powers similar to those described in the legend to be possessed by The Maker himself. With his newfound power, he builds a mysterious, unnerving box called an Ender Chest. When he opens up his creation, he is shocked to find that it already has things stored in it…even though he has just built it. One such item is a book containing a list of coordinates for various Nether Portals and ruins throughout Faradesia and The Nether. Shortly afterwards, however, he loses his power and falls into a coma. He wakes up two days later in the bed in The Maker’s Hut. Later, Tacky discovers Underwater Cavern. However, he also discovers that just beyond its back wall lies an underground network of massive caverns, in one of which he finds a strange, horizontal formation of odd altars, placed in a square as if forming a portal. He decides to remember this and leaves, a tad afraid of the strange frame. When Tacky takes a Nether Portal to Distant Forest, he discovers The Maker’s Retreat, the most beautiful abode ever described in legend; it is just as breathtaking as the stories say. In The Maker’s Bedroom, just off the Retreat’s main cavern, he finds a book describing the three known homes of The Maker: The Maker’s Hut, Deep Haven, and The Maker’s Retreat. He also finds another Ender Chest containing the same things that he had found inside his own Ender Chest in Deep Haven, minus the book of coordinates. In the Nether, Tacky travels to the highest point in the dimension, Y-coordinate N128, and finds that the roof of The Nether is an endless, flat, expanse of stone, like the stone found in Faradesia.

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Played out in-game from 11/18/2012 through 11/19/2012. Written 11/19/2012.

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Interlude I: Tacky

~About fifty years have passed~

ARC 2: CHASING A LEGEND

Interlude I: Tacky

Many years have passed since the events of Arc 1. Tacky is a youth from Desert’s Edge who hears about the legendary Maker. He decides to leave Desert’s Edge to explore Faradesia, inspired by the mythical exploits of The Maker.

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Backstory; never played out in-game. Written 11/19/2012.

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