[b]The Dragon, Phoenix, Spider and Courier[/b] This was an old Dojo plot headed by Marauder Felix, myself, Vengeful Son (Blackjack) and a few others. The following is an adaptation of the events that divided the Dojo and brought it back together. [i]June Bellicose was her name. Found her at the old Floodzone bar, she was looking for one of the members, Felix. He claimed that she was someone from his past, someone who controlled his mind and forced him to do horrible things to his former friends. He said not to trust her - look what we got for not listening to him. She became a member of the Dojo, slipped under most of the Lieutenants' radars at the time. Hell, one of them was thirsty for her. That was a more... Chaotic time for all of us, so to speak. Eventually the tension between the Dragon and the Spider broke; June and Felix. They decided they would have a duel to decide the better. If Felix one he got to take her Estoc, and if June won she would take over his subterranean city, Blackwind. They fought like Hell. But before Felix could win, June did something. Nobody knows what exactly, but he looked into her eyes and then he was defeated. He wasn't the same after that, essentially became her personal servant - something totally unlike Felix. So she gained the city. Built her own atop its cliffs, the city of Perth Varcoe. Some were outraged at the defeat of their friend while others still supported her. This is where the great divide begins. Enter the Courier - Alex Wilson, Courier Six, the -blam!-ing Mailman. Old member of the Dojo who never trusted June from the beginning. Begins pushing for conflict, says he wants her out. Few rally behind him, but this figure will soon become important. June had a loyal supporter above the rest. Her name was Serenity, another wanderer with a lost past who found leadership and empathy in June Bellicose. She would also become important. Now comes the Peacekeeper, Cobalt Phoenix. He was known as the Diplomat Lieutenant due to his many peace treaties and accords he made with other great nations (other RP threads) in order to keep the Dojo a sanctuary for duelling, free of politics or war. During all of this, it was his role to keep the other warriors of the Dojo from fighting each other due to all the recent developments. One of these people was Alex Wilson, who continuously vied for war with her. But a thin agreement was made between the two to not start any conflict with her, a treaty signed by Phoenix giving his trademark sword, Razorflame, to Wilson. Then came Felix's death. June killed him in cold blood. She kicked him off of her kingdom's cliffs and smiled. This is where the bloodshed begins. The Dojo divided itself - those who were outraged by their comrade's death and those who were loyal to the ruler of Perth Varcoe. An all-out civil war began. The details are... Hazy, so to speak. Some remember Alex Wilson using a nuke on the city while others can't find any recollection. Fewer recall a great magical ally warding off the Courier's WMDs. One thing all of the veterans remembered, however, was the bloodshed. Brother turned on brother, sister turned on sister. Dojo warriors fighting each other, all brought upon by the chaos of June Bellicose. In the end the fighting eventually faded. June strolled through her ruined kingdom, just as Alex Wilson was stalking her, ready to strike.... Until Cobalt Phoenix arrived and stopped him, stricken by grief at his home tearing itself apart and refusing to let another life be taken. Even if it was a cold-blooded murderer's life. Then came the penultimate battle of the Bellicose epic: the duel between former friends, the Courier and the Phoenix. But the Lieutenant was no match for the Courier without his blade, and was tired by the days of peacekeeping attempts before that. So the Courier killed the Peacekeeper with his own sword, running him through the heart and spine. Many ostracized him after this. But that is a story for another time. June Bellicose laughed at this, her chaos leading to the death of the Peacekeeper Lieutenant, the Phoenix himself. But her laughter was cut short when he arrived. Felix had somehow returned from the dead. He wasted no time in apprehending the heinous June. Their battle led them to the rooftops of Perth Varcoe, with Felix finally ending her reign of terror by throwing her off of a building and June getting impaled by the spikes of a wrought-iron fence. He brought her body and the pages of Phoenix's death letter back to the Dojo. They burnt the body of the evil woman and read the letter, discovering that the Lieutenant knew he would die fighting Wilson and did so in order to bring the Dojo back to its original state: a place of honourable fighting undivided by politics or war. And so they made a Martyr out of the Phoenix and a curse upon the female Spider and her webs of deceit. The Courier and Felix? They eventually found their own paths. By now, many have forgotten this tale. It is old as the Dojo itself, after all. But why bother remembering such a convoluted story? It's simple. To remember what the Dojo is and what it stands for; a warning to all those who seek to ruin its sanctity. It's what I died for, after all.[/i] -Mysterious note found near the Dojo Gates TL;DR [spoiler]Wow. Really? That's pretty shallow. -June Bellicose enters the Dojo -People like her -Felix and Wilson don't trust her -Felix and June duel, Felix loses and is mind-controlled -June builds her city -Phoenix gives Wilson his sword as a peace offering -June kills Felix -Civil war begins -Fighting takes place in Perth Varcoe -Wilson goes after June -Phoenix tries to stop him, kills Phoenix -June tries to brag but she gets killed by a resurrected Felix -Dojo is unified through sacrifice[/spoiler]