User blog:Neoexlucky/Tales of the Echo Mechanic: Items of Power

Throughout the world of Sonic the Hedgehog there are items of power, most notably are the Chaos Emeralds, small jewels said to grant the wishes of whoever holds all seven of them. These items have been used time and time again for a variety of purposes, whether it be to stop evil from doing anything that may impede the lives of others, or whether it be someone with evil intentions trying to rule the world with an iron fist. Regardless, these jewels aren't the only items of power, other items include Excalibur and even the chaos rings.

So what does this mean for the world of Tales of the Echo? Realistically, we are pretty far from Sonic Canon, going so far as to even say that Sonic doesn't really exist in our roleplay series. That being said, given the history of Tales of the Echo, I believe it is safe to say that there are plenty of items of power throughout the series that we will be dealing with, some have already been introduced throughout the series, and some have yet to be included. Regardless of where your character is right now, I believe that given the whole idea of a prophecy being about The Mythic Knights, it is safe to say that all of our characters will at one point or another gain an item of power.

What is an Item of Power?
Items of Power are exactly what they sound like, an item that grants a large amount of power to a character. These are meant to be more than just an item that a character uses to gain strength though, there is meant to be a sort of backstory to gaining one of these. These items are meant to be another means of developing a character. I'll go into more detail about this later but the idea that I'm looking at is that these items have a story to them and that your character will need to go on a sort of quest to find them.

When Diety, the Meta of Destiny, was killed/corrupted, it was the chaos of that battle and his death that caused the first items of power to come into existence, the Chaos Emeralds. These items were regarded with such high praise and slowly became famous in an ancient land for their power. It makes sense that some people would try to recreate them. Throughout the years many people have done so, whether it be on purpose or on accident and it has resulted in many different situations that can be explained with the items. In fact, some of them have already been added into the series, such as the Excalibur Blades. As far as I can tell, only four people in the series have an item of power, Lexi with the Devil Blade, Fey and Neo with their Excalibur blades, and Masako with Time Spinner's Pocket Watch.

Why would I want one?
Character Development. The whole reason Tales of the Echo started was because I wanted a story that would cause my characters to grow, so that it would be more realistic when I put their final powers and feats down on their pages. As time passed and I started to write more and more of the episodes, the scope of characters I wanted to cover grew, and when the reboot happened the philosophy changed from just my characters, to the team's characters. We do have a form of long character development already in action, which is the Season Focus. However, I only have 8-9 seasons planned with one already done and the second well on it's way. I don't know if we can do a Season Focus for every character, and honestly I think the Item of Power quests would help for characters going to get their development in the future.

Honestly this also applies to any character that already has one as well, having multiple wouldn't be bad and they would get a large portion of development through the quests. Lexi could go after the scabbard of Excalibur, or Masako could try to find the armor of storms. Not the best examples, but they get the idea across. The focus is more so on the story told with the items rather than the items themselves.

Now let's talk in roleplay, the Chaos Emeralds are known for one thing; when you gather all seven of them Sonic can turn into his super form. That being said there aren't going to be seven of the same legendary item lying around. This isn't to say that an Item of Power can put you in a super form, Neo's Crystal Prism and Christina's Infinity Bottle both are Items of Power that grant super forms, but that doesn't mean that is the only thing Items of Power can do. Items of Power could do a lot more, including the ability to see into the future, or ultimate attacks, or the ability to summon things to fight for you. If you don't think a super form would fit your character, than you can choose something else.

How would I gain one?
This is something that I have been mulling over for a long time. How do we go about giving characters these items? The best way that I can describe is Side Quests. Basically think Talkplay, or possibly even a separate roleplay page. This isn't going to be a quest where the entire Mythic Knights come with you, this is going to be your character and possibly one of mine, with a focus on your character taking the lead.

Filling this out would be very helpful as well:

Receiving Character:

Item Name:

Item Description:

Special power: You can add to this or subtract from it as well, adding things like the weapons history would be very helpful since history would explain where the item came from exactly. Of course if you are unsure of what item of power you want you are always welcome to talk to me about something, though in the end it will be up to you to decide what item of power you want your character to find. Of course, you have time to figure most of this out because none of this is will be active until Season 3.