So… this is what death is like?

Afloat in a sea of darkness, Ganondorf felt both free and bound. Blacker than black, and more silent than silence itself, it was a void, without sight, sound, or form. And so was the Dark King. It felt oddly familiar to the Gerudo, and as he contemplated why, he stumbled upon the reason. This was much as it was when he had first come to this Omniverse. The only thing missing was that smiling, glowing fool Omni.

With nothing to divert his attention, Ganondorf was left to stew in his thoughts. His mind immediately turn to his folly in underestimating Enel; in provoking the man in the first place. The great Lord of Demons had allowed his arrogance to get the better of him. He’d seen Enel as a fool and was proven a fool himself. The man had fought like a veteran, countering and attacking with a ferocity Ganondorf hadn’t seen since his confrontation with Link back in Hyrule.

But, even worse, Ganondorf had held back until the end. He’d fought more against himself than against his foe, resisting the need to draw upon his magic and choosing to fight Enel as a Gerudo would.

“But you’re not just any Gerudo, are you?” a voice boomed from the void, made louder by the silence beforehand. Without eyes to see, Ganondorf was helpless to find the source. Yet even as he lamented his predicament, the Gerudo King found a body forming around his consciousness. Clad in his regal garb, it felt nice to be back in his own skin, even if this body seemed… ethereal. It was like a morning mist that would be swept away at the first breeze or the dim rays of the rising sun. Around him, a world slowly filled in. One of hot sand and harsh sun, much like the Verse he had come from. Yet Ganon knew this desert even better than that one. A wind came into being and howled around him, whipping his ghostly cloak about and kicking up a screen of sand. And, in the distance, someone approached through the scouring grit. And Ganondorf felt a small tinge of fear well up within him.

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A bright sun hung overhead, birds sung toward the heavens, and wind seared into a pair of foreboding eyes. Suddenly the Prime's darkened demeanor turned on a dime and his shoulders lightened an invisible load and outstretched into the world before him. To Gildarts, at least, this was a tangible place that he could understand and face head on, not to mention the morning weather seemed favorable.

His eyes narrowed into a distinguished squint against the sunlight as vehement winds crackled and rippled against a green emblazoned flag with an azure herald on it. "North.." Gildarts took a single step toward one of the docked ships in the harbor, "Does the wind usually blow north?" In all his seasons, he had never before witnessed an ocean breeze that cast so sharply toward the sea that it actually thrashed into the crest of each rounding wave.

The Prime had directed his question at a burly old man with a wooden pipe between his lips and eyepatch over his left eye, flipped up. The seasoned captain hobbled closer to the rails and shouted from his perch on his ship's creaky wooden deck, "Oh, looky here! A newcomer!" the captain deducted from the Prime's anachronistic attire. "Bright one too," the seaman chuckled to himself before explaining, "Nay, but yer' right about the winds, we’re fixin' fer a real storm as of late. Some o’ the fishermen say it'll even a last few weeks! Poor souls." As the distracted captain's gaze fell on the pale horizon, he began to dwell on how the town’s fishermen would have neither food nor work until the storm had passed.

The Prime listened with a squared stance and watched as the shipman coiled a long rope around his forearm and explained the news of a hurricane. "Is there any way I can get to Tenrou Island before the storm?" Gildarts heard his own voice cut against the gales of warring wind.

The captain’s attention was immediately caught on an invisible fish line and the worn rope had ceased its weave in his calloused palms, "Ehh? There are plenty of islands scatter’d out there, but I don' know any by that name.. Though there are many small ones that are unnamed."

"It's urgent." Gildarts stated as his amber eyes glowed with a dragon’s ferocious intensity, "It's out there, it has to be. Do you know of anyone who would be willing to take me?"

The captain remained quiet as he pondered the matter with an active deliberation that could be felt in the gearing air around his gaze. He weighed in his mind the uneven balance between the rewarding pros and consequential cons. Then, a wide grin overtook his cheeks and revealed a toothy smile that emphasized his darkened gums. His course voice bartered, "That depends, on the price you are willing to pay."

The immortal's voice deepened with unwavering determination, "Anything.. I have a promise to keep."

...

"Let me round up me crew and we can sail off in abou' an hour. By th' way, I'm Captain Barbarossa." the seaman's words rang through the Prime's mind as he trailed the town’s roadways.

Nothing about the captain seemed too strange, other than that he too had called Gildarts a “Prime” but then again, so had that Omni guy.

The quaint settlement of Costa del Sol had painted itself along the island's shoreline. Clouds, gusts, and songbirds fluttered through the sky weaving a choirlike tune into the air. It was beautifully crafted for a town of its size and appeared to be a work of art, at every corner there were carefully sculpted buildings that framed themselves into the skyline. Even the cobblestone streets glittered in the sun as the light strumming of footsteps on the trodden road submerged his singular pace into the rhythmic chime that became music in the bustling street.

"Hello," Gildarts confidently approached an attractive woman who seemed to be tending to some flowers, "Would you mind telling me about this place?"

The woman spun around quickly in an aggressive recoil to his inclination. Then, after laying her frenzied eyes on the dark figure she settled by sizing him up. The woman took in his casual stance, lack of aggression, and the distant expression on his face. Together, both his demeanor and the sight of an unrecognized stranger seemed to quell her anger. Oh? A Prime.. And a good-looking one at that..

The woman took the time to fix a stray hair and to pat straight the folds in her dress before responding, "Welcome to the Vastly Deep," her voice conducted and filled with a graceful feminine allure as she began to explain the area. A person on a red bicycle slid to a stop, interrupting her sentence but she greeted him with a smile. The young boy chimed his bell as he waved to her.

"The usual?" the woman asked to the boy, whom had a distinguished newspaper sack in his basket.

The dark haired boy nodded and slowly his head turned to look at the cloaked stranger; the child's smile evaporated into a single look of distinct hostility. Gildarts turned his head to look down at the youth with a sparkling curiosity while he remained completely oblivious to the youth's aggression, he was even about to smile with a friendly hello, but suddenly the boy tensed and averted his eyes from Gildarts. The kid hastily grabbed the bouquet of flowers and dropped some coins in the woman's hand. "Thanks Martha!" he said with an overly excited voice as he sped off down the cobblestone hill.

Gildarts looked back at the woman who continued, "You'll have to excuse him, the visitors we do get here like to cause trouble. His mother makes sure he doesn't get into any, especially these days."

"What sort of visitors do you mean?" Gildarts asked after a pause, her response might explain her previous behavior when she had first saw him. She had almost acted like she was being hunted and this was not the effect he usually had on women.

"Well, with the Empire's strained grasp over this outpost, it isn't a surprise that if any pirates stop to port here, trouble comes. He probably thought you were a pirate but I think he could tell you weren't going to loot this town. You would have brought pistols and reinforcements."

Gildarts filtered in the knowledge with an open ear and a cocked gaze, "This.. Empire, do they have a council of sorts?"

"Hah, some might say that they are the council. But, still.. Their laws do rule most of the land." The woman paused to look off at the sea with a longing gaze, "That's why people go out there, that's where true freedom is. Where nothing but the wind can have any power over who you are or where you are going. Yes... The open sea, sure there are monsters but who wouldn't take a few of them for an endless adventure? Oh I'm sorry, was I rambling again..? Anyway people become pirates too and retaliate against the Empire. But most don't, because they understand the cost and who the real casualties are when they do that. Plus, they get sent to Impel Down. And no one escapes when they go there."

Some other customers came in to buy a few items and occupied Martha's time. Gildarts glanced around and noted the sign that hung above the door. He didn't mind idling, especially when he already was biding his time on that captain and his crewmen.

Gildarts frequently found that the locals had the best information when he was on his quests for the Fairy Tail. Not to mention Martha seemed rather worldly... Plus he wouldn’t deny that her balletic feminine physique and layers of curling hair were just as beautiful as any bouquet in her shop.

Suddenly the presence of a few white armored fellows with identical black strips on their helmets stormed the store.

Gildarts had been waiting on the sunlit patio as a butterfly landed and perched itself on his silver shoulder which the cape disguised rather inconspicuously. Still, as seconds protracted into prolonged minutes, he felt himself wallowing in the time that he wasn’t able to stand at his friends’ sides to protect them from that monster. The butterfly’s wings continued to flex up and down as he glanced through the window into the shop. The storm troopers had thrown a vase and with the stirred steps of a skirmish a table fell loudly into the floor and a splatter of flowers splashed into the immaculate glass window.

Martha pleaded with desperation, "Don't! I just need more time! My husband recently died, I've had to run the shop on my own and take meals to-"

The white faced authority silenced her, "We don't want to hear it. Your dues are up and need to be paid."

"And they can't be paid in flower petals," yet another said in a moment of unrestrained laughter as he ripped a rose to shreds.

"However.. You can choose to pay in other ways..." the last inclined as he reached for her.

Suddenly Gildarts stood between the two and the aggressive storm trooper unexpectedly felt a steel appendage instead of what he expected to be smooth skin. Gildarts couldn't help the menacing gaze he released, it had no filter and crackled with anger. His eyes fell on Martha's once very quaint flower shop and how it had now been thrashed to bits without mercy. Broken vases scattered the floor as well as flowers and stems strewn everywhere.

"These men bothering you Martha?" Gildarts said as though the soldiers had no right to speak to defend themselves. The flustered Martha was speechless and simply glared at the men who had begun to chatter and taint the air with excuses.

Martha noticed that Gildarts was vigilant, in fact he seemed to seethe with a code of chivalry and was ready to drag the Empirical soldiers outside and show them how not to treat a lady. “Don’t!” her flustered voice said to the Prime who was still a newcomer in these parts, “These are soldiers of the Empire. Retaliation against them ensures that anyone you know could be hunted and imprisoned just for their association with you. Not to mention..” her voice trailed off as she thought of the fate of her late husband.

Gildarts sighed in an abbreviated disappointment, greasing these cowards’ palms was not how he dealt with any of his foes but he was now on the other side of the “world” and couldn’t have a negative association with the guild tarnish Fairy Tail's honor. "How much does she owe?" The wizard's voice conducted the room with more power than lightning.

"Oh it's really no problem, we'll come back later," the soldier said dismissively.

"No." he declared sternly as his low voice wordlessly threatened the three men. The Prime’s eyes wouldn’t bend away from them in that moment if his irises caught fire.

The next trooper helplessly offered, "Surely it's none of your concern.."

"Will this be enough?" Gildarts dropped a heavy cloth bag, brimming full of coins onto the glass surface next to some daffodil stems.

One hesitated before nodding, "Yes, but-"

With a growl, Gildarts announced, "Take it. Go, and do not return."

Their filthy gloves picked up the heavy sack of currency. Quickly, they departed the shop and escaped out the glass door that sang with a chime and clattered to a rickety close.

"Thank you, but you didn't have to.." her voice floundered for words.

"Come now, I can't let anything happen to the Jewel of the Sea while I'm away."

Martha brought her shaking hand up to tuck a lock of hair behind her ear as he revealed he had noticed something so simple as the name of her flower shop. This petty yet detailed reassurance showed her that there were still some good people in the world. Somehow it gave her enough strength and in his offered smile she was able to have a little hope.

...
[spoiler]As the storm troopers exited the flower shop, the slime untied the brown twine. Their greedy mercenary fingers dipped into the cloth bag, "I don’t think anyone will mind mind if we pocket a finder's fee," one said and examined a strange looking coin.

"Huh, what's this?"

"This can't be money?" Another interjected.

"Where's the Empire's logo?" the last affirmed, as they looked at the square hole inside of a circular coin.

"Ah who cares? It's still well worth its weight in gold.” he said. The trio were perhaps too afraid to go back inside and confront the Prime, so instead the storm troopers disappeared into the bustling traffic of Costa Del Sol.[/spoiler]

Character name: Erza Scarlet

Character source: Fairy Tail

Character history:

Warning: Whoole buncha Fairy Tail spoilers in this section.

[spoiler]Erza was born and lived her very early life in the small inland town of Rosemary Village in Fiore, a large continent-nation in a world where magic is commonplace (Though not everyone can use it) and the monarchy is powerful, but not nearly so much so as the Magic Guilds and their governor, the Magic Council. Strangely, Erza never knew her family name, and as such was likely an orphan, though I don’t think this was ever confirmed. Her village was raided by a cult following Zeref, a sort of deity of chaos. The invaders killed all of the adults, and kidnapped all of the children they could find. Erza was captured herself, but managed to help hide other children before being taken.

From then on, she was forced into child labor as a slave on the site of the Tower of Heaven, alongside other youngsters including Jellal Fernandes, Simon, Wally, Sho, and Millianna. Near the beginning of their stay, the group exchanged names, and when it was discovered that Erza had no last name, Jellal decided it should be Scarlet, after the color of her hair, so that he’d never forget it. The two became especially close.

The 11-year-olds hatched an escape plan, but they were caught, and Jellal was brought to a place of solitary confinement. Here, he was chained to a wall and approached by Ultear (claiming to be Zeref), and over the course of his confinement corrupted and turned evil. The others were sent back to their cell. They eventually devised a second escape plan, but this time, involving all of the other prisoners as well, taking up arms with whatever was lying around as weapons. During the revolt, Erza went to save Jellal, but he was thoroughly corrupted and himself attempted to quell the rebellion by force after being released. During the rebellion, Erza learned of her magic abilities and lost use of one of her eyes.

The prisoners that didn’t die in combat, including all of Erza’s group but Jellal, managed to board a boat to escape the tower, but Jellal blew it up and blamed it on Erza, causing the others in the group to both hate her and join Jellal in continuing the tower’s construction.

Upon washing up on the shore of the mainland, Erza made her way to Fairy Tail, one of the major Magic Guilds of Fiore housed in the center of Magnolia Town and one hated by the Magic Council for causing damage and mischief along with their successes. From there, the guild master, Makarov, sent her to his friend, a witch doctor of sorts, who gave her a new, working eye (though for a while it could not form tears). Erza essentially lived out the next 8 years as a premier member of the guild, becoming the youngest member to ascend to the rank of S-Class at the age of 15. She became sort of the guild’s disciplinarian, primarily keeping Natsu and Grey in check between overly-dangerous solo jobs. She was around 19 years of age at the beginning of manga/anime, when Lucy joined the guild.

Soon after Lucy joined the guild, Erza, Lucy, Grey, Natsu and Happy were sent on a mission to stop an evildoer named Erigor and his Zeref-worshipping “Dark Guild” (an evil magic guild not recognized by the Magic Council). After coming out successful, the five of them became a more permanent team and tended to stick together on future missions. In the midst of all this, Erza discovered that Jellal had infiltrated the Magic Council, and subsequently became more suspicious of the council herself.

Later, during a vacation on the beach, Erza was kidnapped by Simon, Wally, Sho and Millianna, who brought her back to the Tower of Heaven to meet up with Jellal again. Natsu, Lucy, Juvia and Grey followed (Happy was also kidnapped). It was revealed that Jellal was planning to use the Tower of Heaven to collect magic energy from the Magic Council’s superweapon in a giant lacrima hidden inside of the tower, and then sacrifice Erza to summon Zeref. The group fought Jellal’s allies individually, eventually convincing them that Jellal was in the wrong. Simon ended up sacrificing himself to save Erza from Jellal’s attacks, buying Natsu enough time to take him out - But not before Erza also tried to sacrifice herself to save her friends. She was herself saved by Natsu, who convinced her that taking such an action would be counterproductive. After these events, Millianna, Wally and Sho go off on their own to explore the world they’ve missed out on these past 8 years.

Bits of the story important to Erza begin again when she, along with most of the Fairy Tail guild, are transported to the alternate reality of Edolas in the form of a magical lacrima. The remaining members of the guild, including Mystogan (who turned out to be Edolas’s version of Jellal), go to Edolas to save their guildmates. When Erza and Grey are returned to their human forms by a powerful attack from Gajeel, she goes to fight her alternate-reality equal, Erza Nightwalker, who is evil and working for the government to take out Edolas’s Fairy Tail. Edolas’s citizens don’t use magic innately, instead using magic items, and so Erza Knightwalker fights with a magic spear that can change forms, much like Erza can requip armor and weapons at will. Scarlet ends up winning by a hair. Ultimately, Mystogan takes over leadership of Edolas, and the rest of Fairy Tail is freed and sent back to Earthland.

Soon after, the test to ascend a new S-Class Wizard happens, and basically all of Fairy Tail’s strong wizards are shipped off to the guild’s private island as either participants or testers, Erza being of the latter. The test is interrupted by the Dark Guild Grimoire Heart, lead by Makarov’s father (the first leader of Fairy Tail) and including Ultear, the woman who corrupted Jellal at the Tower of Heaven. They are searching for Zeref, who is in fact residing on the island. Eventually, they defeat the Dark Guild, but are accosted by the giant black dragon Acnologia, who unleashes a ridiculously powerful attack on the island. In order to preserve the beaten and bruised elite members of Fairy Tail, the ghost of the first Guild Master cast a spell that put them all to sleep and preserved their state – for 7 years.

In the not-so-short time between the backbone of the guild leaving and returning seven years later, the guild had fallen into disarray and was barely holding on. Upon returning and finding the current state of the guild, Erza and the others worked to preserve the guild and return it to its former glory, as well as catching up with the world and coming to terms with having been missing for a full seven years.

Eventually, an opportunity for the Guild to regain its status comes around in the form of the Grand Magic Games. Before going, Erza and Team Natsu meet up with Jellal, Ultear and another wizard from the former Grimoire Heart. They have apparently changed their ways and want Erza and the others to attend the Grand Magic Games to help get data on weird magic that has been present there for a while. Jellal, after having lost his memories after the Tower of Heaven arc, now has them back and is working to undo the evils he has caused. Erza and Jellal begin to get romantic, but when Erza tries to kiss him, he shies away, making the excuse of being engaged, which was understood as a sad attempt at a lie by all who heard it.

Erza and Jellal (Along with most of the other guild members who were missing) join in a team for Fairy Tail, Jellal disguised as Mystogan. Erza does well for her team, including the feat of killing all 100 of the giant monsters in a castle meant to be taken out a few at a time by each of the event’s participants.

One of the other participating teams, from a guild called Mermaid Heel, includes Millianna, as well as Kagura, the younger sister of the deceased Simon. The two are in cahoots to hunt down Jellal, who they blame for Simon’s death, and Millianna goes so far as to ask Erza for help. In Erza’s final confrontation with Kagura, it is revealed that Simon died protecting her from Jellal, and so his death was also partly Erza’s fault. However, she ends up sparing Erza’s life because the two of them realize that Erza had saved Kagura from being kidnapped in Rosemary by stuffing her in a barrel, giving up her last possible hiding spot and being taken instead.

After Fairy Tail won the Grand Magic Games, a gate to the past was opened and seven dragons escaped. The largest, controlled by Gajeel’s rival, Rogue, laid numerous eggs that instantly hatched into relatively-man-sized dragonlets, which were kept occupied by non-dragon-slayers, including Erza. Once they were defeated, and celebrations of Fairy Tail’s victory were over both in the Capital City and in Magnolia, Erza fell asleep, still a bit battered but overall content with the outcomes of the day… And woke up in a void, facing a floating white outline of a man. [/spoiler]

Physical Description:

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Erza is relatively average height, around 5’9”. She sports long, scarlet hair and deep green eyes, and a thin but toned body. Her casual wear generally consists of the Heart Kreuz armor and the sword that comes with it – She is rarely completely off her guard, mostly due to her rough upbringing and tendency to become irritated with the slightest disturbance from her will. She normally lets her hair hang free, but this changes as she requips different armors.

Stats:
ATK: 3
DEF: 3
SPD: 2
TEC: 2

Starting Proficiencies: (1000 OM total)

Physical Strength (1000 OM)

Starting Powers: (2600 OM total)

Burst Movement (800 OM)

Flight (1800 OM)

Starting Moves: (1200 OM total)

Requip: Heart Kreuz Armor (300 OM) (Physical Strength)

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[spoiler] This armor set consists of a standard plate mail chestplate adorned with the Heart Kreuz company logo, a pair of metal gloves with ornamental wings, a plain cloth skirt and black leather boots. This is Erza’s standard wear most of the time, and as such, she CAN requip into it (taking a few seconds) but it is usually available from the get-go. Along with the armor, she summons a rather plain, basic sword around 3.5 feet in length, adorned with a simple decorative handguard. [/spoiler]

Requip: Black Wing Armor (300 OM) (Physical Strength, Flight)

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[spoiler] Erza takes a few seconds to requip into the Black Wing Armor. This armor is primarily black, and sports heavily armored arms, shoulders, and skirt, but minimal protection elsewhere for the sake of mobility. It also comes with a pair of essentially giant bat wings on Erza’s back. For roleplaying purposes, it is more practical for offense than defense, seeing as how it allows for good mobility but offers little protection, and as such Erza will be far more aggressive with her fighting style while wearing it. Her hair is done up a bit differently as well, with two long bunches coming down the front from the sides, and the rest tied up into a giant ponytail in the back.

This armor comes with the Black Wing Sword which, while it is of similar length, appears radically different. It sports symmetrical jagged, silver edges, with a purple flatside sporting an angry red splash in the center. Rather than a handguard, it merely sports a gold ring, and the sword itself flares out a bit near to the ring. As such, this sword is stronger than that which Erza normally uses in terms of offense due to its jagged and sharper edges, but is more difficult to use defensively due to its lack of a handguard and irregular shape. [/spoiler]

Requip: Flame Empress Armor (600 OM) (Physical Strength)

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[spoiler] Erza takes a few seconds to requip into the Flame Empress Armor. This armor is a mix of black, orange and dark red, and covers all but her upper legs, shoulders and neckline with a mixture of metal and leather armor bits. It also prominently features an orange-and-black decorative metal collar, a pair of red-and-black tattered wings, and a pair of clear, pointed earrings. What this armor lacks in terms of general defense, it makes up for by giving Erza a significant resistance to fire damage. Erza wears her hear in two very long twintails, giving off the effect of a dragon’s horns.

It comes equipped with the Flame Sword, a mostly-dark-red metal blade with a black center, a golden hilt featuring red accents, and a plain black handle. This sword is less powerful than her others, but in exchange it is exceptionally good at blocking or cutting through fire-based attacks.

While using the Flame Sword, Erza can infuse it with the power of fire by concentrating for a moment, essentially setting the blade aflame with magical energy and turning it into a more flexible, slightly longer katana made of pure fire. This lasts 20 seconds. Since this greatly increases the power of the weapon, it costs a significant amount of magical energy, much more than most requips, and as such can only be used once per fight. [/spoiler]

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Alright, so there are a dozen or so pieces that I'm not sure how to fully quantify, but let me give it a shot.

Griffen: -ATT, +SPD, low Accuracy, large clip
Hydra: +ATT, -SPD, high accuracy, small clip
Cerberus: Base

Long Barrel: +ATT, -SPD, +Accuracy
Medium Barrel: Balance
Short Barrel: -ATT, +SPD, -Accuracy

Cerberus with M. Barrel = No change, base stats
Griffen with Short Barrel = +2 SPD, -2 ATT with very low accuracy
Hydra with Long Barrel = +2 ATT, -2 SPD with very high accuracy

I'd like each part to basically be its own move, but if the Speed and Attack attributes can't be changed via moves, then the Trigun is completely useless. XD

I'm putting the question in this forum as it really belongs here and anyone can respond, however, I am looking for more staff responses as they would have the most insight for the scope of the RPG. Anyhow, here is my question:

What are some of the most important reads in each of the verses? For instance, for the Nexus, obviously we have 'The Scramble'

I think it would be great for new joiners, or anyone really, trying to grasp the rpg if there were threads highlighted as important reads. Threads that may have changed or progressed the direction of Omniverse as a whole.

Basically, if anything of substance happened in regards to the Omniverse, that thread should make the list... So... what does the list look like? =O

Just a simple thread where you guys can reveal your personal Top 5 Rappers.

Also, you can list more than 5 if you wish. Explanations as to why you chose certain people is always helpful as well.

I'll start. ( from 5 to 1)


5.) Eminem - One word comes to mind when I think about Em: versatility. Might be the most versatile rapper ever. He can spit that nonsensical crap that is typically on the airwaves, with much more skill, mind you; can spit lyrics that have real feelings of meaning to them; punchlines and metaphors are crazy; rhyme scheme and flow, he always can alter to best suit him as well. I would have possibly put him higher on list, but he had 2 albums that were subpar (by his standards) Encore and Relapse.

4.) (Nasty) Nas - By far the best lyricist. Vocabulary was something he managed to master at quite an early point of his career (Illmatic is my personal favorite rap album ever). If you were to search up his lyrics, and read them, you would be blown away. He was able to take life experiences and the experiences of those around him and create them into masterpieces.

3.) Tupac - Yes, by many people's standards this is quite low for Tupac. However, I would argue that his versatility was quite limited (9 albums, countless songs; how many do you remember?). Always used the same words in every song, only changing how he pronounced them. With that said, Tupac was the most impactful rapper ever. His classic songs held such strong emotions within the lyrics, and the stories that he told were significant in the black-american culture. Hood stories that were meant to uplift an entire culture of people. Brenda's got a Baby is one of the most powerful rap songs of all-time, and deservedly so. The only reason he isn't higher on this list is because, skill-wise, he was sub-par.

2.) Notorious BIG - Never heard him spit a whack bar. Never. His cool and slow flow made him seem nonchalant. His punchlines were second only to the person I have above him. One of the greatest story-tellers in rap, just beating Slick Rick by a head. Overtime a Biggy song came on you could literally close your eyes and envision everything he said.

1.) Big L - Simply the best. Every word spewed from his mouth rhymed. By far the best at punchlines and such. Also, his skill rubbed off on many young Harlem rappers that had skill (Ma$e, Bloodshed [RIP!], Kill Cam'ron, etc). Look up 97 freestyle against Jay-Z; he destroyed him, and had him stuttering. His rhyme schemes and flow were so vicious (only Papoose can compare. Maybe a mixture of Papoose and Cassidy, actually . . . x100000000). Its hard to explain how skilled and crafty Big L was, you would have to just listen for yourself.

EDIT: Some Big L classic punchlines below...

Fucking punk, you aint a leader; nobody followed you/
you was never shit, your mother shoulda swallowed you/


Put ya house up, or shut ya mouth up/
before i buck led, and make alotta bloodshed/
turn your tux red, far from broke i got enough bread/
and mad hoes, ask beevis, i get nothing butt-head/


Like I said earlier, this is my personal list. There were many rappers I had to exclude from my top 5. Many good rappers (Cam'ron, Jedakiss, Rakim, Papoose, etc)

Disclaimer: This isn't a thread to argue. Just incase it happens

Criticsm execpted... Same with ideas and all

But I can't keep bouncing ideas off of only Proto/Shang and Jack Frost. I need some more input. I am going to use this thread to post some ideas and thoughts that I plan to use during the course of my time here.

Keep in mind.. I wing the crap out of stuff... i write on the fly usually.. but These will be rough outlines... Alot of the ideas spawn around Tangled Green... Cuz the possibilities are Limitless

Current ideas

Gizmo and the Gremlins(2-3 others?)- Yea I have a character named Arith that calls all things green, Gremlins... However... Gizmo has been hiding in the Tangled Green(Maybe captured and protected by a Ninja) He is stoolen... and then gets wet.... and theres an outbreak... We know how this goes?

Robin Hood and the Men with Pipes(2-3 others?)- They dont use swords but they use pipes. It's a little bit of a parody of the parody... I'm not sure where it will go... but its a story line...

Event: I have to get staff permission for this... but... There is a book I started... It is about the Lythian's.... But I plan on bringing a NPC here, from there, thats going to bring forth a few more Forgotten Realms type of creatures.... and cause a huge rukkus... Its a big story line. I think.... Or I want it to be... But if I do it, I will work with only a single staff memeber...Not specifically Proto/Shang(because even he needs some shock value), but it will be someone active... But I imagine this being kinda big... I want it to be at least,,,

(NPC)The Summoner: He is The King of Games.... or wants to be.... He can play any game you can write about. But you have to be able to write it out...