Respect Zaheer

You think that freedom is something you can give or take on a whim. But to your people, freedom is just as essential as air. And without it there is no life. There is only darkness.

History: Recruited into the Red Lotus as a teenager, Zaheer became one of the most dogged followers of the the group's philosophies before becoming its leader. Zaheer rescued the young P'Li from a warlord holding her captive, recruited her into the group, and involved himself ina lifelong romance with her. A student of the ancient Guru Laghima, Zaheer was a master martial artists and a deadly threat even without bending abilities.
Zaheer's deadliness became only further enhanced after developing airbending following Harmonic Convergence. Though he was imprisoned for 13 years following a failed attempt to kidnap the Avatar, Zaheer's newfound abilities allowed him to free himself and 3 of his cohorts. After assassinating the Earth Queen and almost killing the Chief of the Southern Water Tribe, Zaheer's successes were rendered bittersweet by the death of P'Li in battle.
P'Li's death allowed Zaheer to "let go [his earthly tether, and enter the void," and he became the second person in history to master the art of flight. Though the fulfillment of Laghima's philosophy was a great success for Zaheer, and he nearly completed his goal of ending the Avatar Cycle, he ultimately failed and was imprisoned for his crimes. When he was last seen he guided Avatar Korra in the spiritual arts, seeking to help her dethrone the dictator Kuvira who undid all his progress toward anarchy.
Powers: Considered a master martial artist even before gaining the ability to airbend, Zaheer's powers further enhanced his martial skills. He quickly mastered airbending itself, and became one of the only people in history to master self-sustained flight. He was also a master of the spiritual arts, able to enter the Spirit World on command and retaining unprecedented degrees of control.

Source Key: The Legend of Korra Season 3 Episode # = E# The Legend of Korra Season 4 Episode 9 = S4 

Durability

• Slammed into the ground by Kya and gets up in fighting shape ^E5
• Slammed against a wall by Tenzin's air blast and gets up ready to fight a moment later ^E11
• Shrugs off another airblast from Tenzin, and then does so again ^E11
• Slammed into the ground from a considerable height by Avatar State Korra and bound afterwards ^E13

Speed

• Multiple attackers
  • Dodges several guards' attacks at once as he escapes prison, navigating around them and incapacitating them without taking a hit ^E1
  • Evades several attacks from all around him as he breaks into a secure prison ^E2
  • Dodges several blasts of fire ^E2
  • Evades several fireblasts in quick succession ^E5
  • Deflects projectiles from metalbenders ^E8
  • Evades the attacks of 3 Dai Li agents while dispatching them ^E10
  • Dodges and blocks Tonraq and Korra's attacks, continuing to do so before throwing Tonraq off a mountain ^E12
• Named opponents
  • Dodges Tonraq's attacks while landing hits of his own ^E4
  • Blocks and evades several attacks from Kya before escaping the room and attempting to flee ^E5
  • Dodges a close range fireblast from Mako and counterattacks ^E10
  • Dodges around and redirects Tenzin's attacks ^E11
  • Evades several of Korra's attacks, though she is bound at the time ^E12
• Flight
  • Dodges several attacks from Avatar State Korra while flying ^E13
  • Dodges yet more attacks ^E13
    • Continues to dodge while connecting attacks of his own ^E13
  • Dodges a massive cliffside thrown at him and several streams of water before one freezes his leg, forcing him to blast it off before he can continue flying ^E13

Agility

• Leaps down a mountain, cushioning his falls with air ^E1
• Navigates an airbending exercise involving several spinning wooden panels on his first try ^E5
• Covertly navigates the walls and rafters of a palace, discreetly spying on guarded information ^E10
• Jumps up and across the walls and rooftops of a temple while fleeing Tenzin ^E11

Airbending

• Blasts
  • Knocks several guards off a wooden barge in quick succession ^E2
  • Knocks a guard out with a blast of air ^E2
  • Deflects water from Kya and downs her with another blast ^E5
  • Blasts through Kya's water spout to knock her away and KO her ^E5
  • Blows open doors and spills over 3 men ^E6
  • Whips away two metalbending guards ^E8
  • Knocks Tenzin around in tandem with the other Red Lotus members ^E11
  • KOs Korra with a blast of air ^E12
  • Blasts apart a chunk of ice on his leg ^E13
• Blasts and manipulation
  • Sucks a prison guard against a cell door to take him hostage ^E1
  • Trips and tosses guards around, at one point blasting 2 into his prison cell at the same time ^E1
  • Blasts men off into a volcano and slices open a barrel of water ^E2
  • Summons his staff to him, and whips two guards into a wall from a distance away ^E5
  • Redirects Tenzin's airblast into an attack of his own ^E11
  • Trips and knocks down Korra after dodging her attacks, temporarily putting her out of the fight ^E12
• Whirlwinds
  • Creates and maintains a large snowstorm to obscure he and his allies approach in a vehicle ^E4
  • Creates a small whirlwind in his hand ^E5
  • Creates a whirlwind out of surrounding smoke to serve as cover for he and his allies' quick escape ^E8
  • Creates a whirlwind under Tonraq that lifts him up and throws him off the side of a mountain ^E12
• Control
  • Fires a dart of shirshu poison that paralyzes Korra ^E8
    • The poison knocked Korra out for the duration of a fight and required an antidote afterwards to wear off ^E8
  • Pulls the air from the Earth Queen's lungs, suffocating her to death ^E10
  • Begins to suffocate Korra before his attack is interrupted ^E13

Flight

• Assisted
  • Flies with the aid of a glider ^E5
  • Catches up to Suyin and Lin ascending on cables with his glider and attacks, though forced to land after Suyin tears holes in the glider ^E8
• Unassisted
  • First flies while holding Korra slung over his shoulder, and zips off into the distance at a considerable clip ^E12
  • Dodges several attacks from Avatar State Korra while flying ^E13
  • Dodges yet more attacks ^E13
  • Continues to dodge while connecting attacks of his own ^E13
  • Dodges a massive cliffside thrown at him and several streams of water before one freezes his leg, forcing him to blast it off before he can continue flying ^E13
  • The shockwave from flying past Korra throws her around ^E13
  • Resists the pull of a tornado formed by several airbenders, though overpowered when Avatar State Korra adds her strength to the pull ^E13
• Levitation
  • Levitates in place while meditating, explaining that he's 1 of 2 people in history to discover the technique and that he gained the enlightenment necessary to access it after P'Li's death ^E12
  • Meditates while levitating, and charges Korra fast enough to startle her ^S4

Meditation

• Locates Korra through meditation ^E6
• Capable of teleporting within the Spirit World, throwing a man into the Fog of Lost Souls while doing so ^E9
• Capable of communicating in the physical world while still present in the Spirit World ^E9
• Spends most of his time in prison entering the Spirit World through meditation, and picks up knowledge on the Avatar from his time there ^S4
• Helps guide Korra into the Spirit World after she is unable ^S4

The Red Lotus

"We lucky few, this band of brothers and sisters in anarchy, are witnessing the beginning of an era of true freedom. Together, we will forge a world without kings and queens, without borders or nations, where Man's only allegiance is to himself and those he loves. We will return to the true balance of natural order. "

Origins: The Red Lotus are an anarchist splinter group whose founder, Xai Bau, separated from the Order of the White Lotus following the Hundred Year War.
History: Seeking to topple the divide not only between peoples and nations, but between that of the world and the Spirit World, the Red Lotus initially planned to release the ancient spirit of chaos Vaatu from imprisonment in the Tree of Time. When their member Unalaq betrayed their order in order to claim Vaatu's power for himself in becoming the Dark Avatar, their leader Zaheer realized the importance of ending the Avatar Cycle once and for all.
Many of the core members were imprisoned following a failed attempt to kidnap Avatar Korra as a child, but escaped more than a decade later when Harmonic Convergence granted Zaheer the gift of airbending. Once Zaheer released his fellows, Ghazan, Ming-Hua, and P'Li, the quartet wreaked havoc throughout the world as they assassinated Earth Queen Hou-Ting, toppled the walls of Ba Sing Se, destroyed the Northern Air Temple, and very nearly succeeded in ending the Avatar Cycle.
Notes:

• Full RTs are linked for the core 5 members. This RT provides a sampling of each member's most combat-relevant feats.
• All sources are from Book 3 unless otherwise stated
• Zaheer, Ghazan, Ming-Hua, and P'li are said to exhibit a "vagabond form of combat" with techniques collected around the globe and adapted to their own personal style.

Zaheer

• Airbending
  • Dodges several guards' attacks at once as he escapes prison, navigating around them and incapacitating them without taking a hit ^E1
  • Blasts men off into a volcano and slices open a barrel of water ^E2
  • Creates and maintains a large snowstorm to obscure he and his allies approach in a vehicle ^E4
  • Blasts through Kya's water spout to knock her away and KO her ^E5
  • Blows open doors and spills over 3 men ^E6
  • Summons his staff to him, and whips two guards into a wall from a distance away ^E5
  • Creates a whirlwind under Tonraq that lifts him up and throws him off the side of a mountain ^E12
• Special Abilities
  • Pulls the air from the Earth Queen's lungs, suffocating her to death ^E10
  • Begins to suffocate Korra before his attack is interrupted ^E13
  • Flies unassisted and dodges several attacks from Avatar State Korra while flying ^E13
    • The shockwave from flying past Korra throws her around ^E13
  • Capable of teleporting within the Spirit World, throwing a man into the Fog of Lost Souls while doing so ^E9

Ghazan

• Earthbending
  • Blocks Zuko's attacks and knocks him out of the fight ^E4
  • Throws stones hard enough to smash through Kya's ice shield, then upraises a swathe of stone in front of him to send 2 targets over the edge of a balcony ^E11
  • Exchanges earthbending attacks with Bolin, at one point raising a shield and turning it into a projectile to obscure his tackle ^E13
• Lavabending
  • Turns 3 rocks into a spinning sawblade that cuts through a wooden sell, KOs a guard, and knocks another overboard ^E2
  • Reduces more of Bolin's defenses to lava, and fires chunks of molten rock as projectiles ^E9
  • Forms a moat around he and his allies to establish a perimeter ^E8
  • Throws streams of lava from his moat ^E8
  • Raises a massive plume of lava from underneath Korra ^E13
  • Fills an entire room with lava, which begins to topple the building, then engulfs an entire temple in lava and it begins to crumble ^E12

Ming-Hua

• Physicals
  • A large boulder shatters against her and craters her into a wall, though she is up and mobile a moment later ^E13
  • Strikes at Mako, then follows up by freezing his arm to a building before throwing him into a building, knocking him out ^E9
  • Forms a wave of water she rides along while making an ice spear, then catches herself after being thrown off a balcony ^E11
  • Swings out of her cell suspended over a volcano while taking out guards ^E2
  • Creates several arms for herself she uses to move around while attacking, though dies when electrocuted by Mako ^E13
• Piercing
  • Burrows through the ground and into a cavern where she bounces around to incapacitate two guards ^E4
  • Overpowers Kya and slices through statues ^E11
• Freezing
  • Dodges around ice projectiles from Desna & Eska, then navigates the barriers they set up to incapacitate them both simultaneously ^E4
  • Freezes a person to a column in midair ^E10

P'Li

• Firebending
  • Blocks a blast of fire from a dragon, maintaining them in a ring around her before dissipating them ^E4
  • Dissipates a stream of fire from Mako and returns fire of her own ^E8
• Combustionbending
  • Takes a dragon out of a fight with one blast ^E4
  • Creates explosions that throw and destroy cars ^E6
  • Takes out 2 spotlights, and curves a blast around a corner to destroy a column and blow away 2 people on the explosion's periphery ^E8
  • Destroys large stones and curves more blasts to reach around corners, overcoming Lin Beifong in their showdown ^E12
  • Destroys a wall of stone and throws the earthbender behind it back ^E8
  • Blows up the ground beneath 2 targets, sending out chunks of stone and blowing her attackers away ^E10
• Limitations
  • When a blast is disrupted by a thrown pebble it explodes prematurely and floors the Red Lotus all at once ^E8
  • When a blast is disrupted by metal wrapping around her head she dies, with Zaheer confirming her death shortly after ^E12

Unalaq

• Waterbending
  • Defends from Korra and Mako's attacks with water shields, releasing blasts of his own that down Mako ^S2E4
  • Forms an ice wall and returns a blast of water ^S2E11
  • Wins a duel against Tonraq ^S2E11
  • Exchanges attacks with Mako and Bolin simultaneously ^S2S12
  • Throws several shards of ice, with some embedding into a wall of stone ^S2S13
• Spiritbending
  • Dissipates a large spirit attacking Korra ^S2E1
  • Dissipates several evil spirits simultaneously in his youth ^S2E2
  • Threatens to destroy Jinora's soul while spiritbending her ^S2E10
  • Lifts Korra into the air and begins to consume her before getting interrupted ^S2E10

Aiwei

As the truth seer and top advisor for the city of Zaofu, the metalbender Aiwei had a privileged position in a high society he held nothing but contempt for. After betraying the city's trust in a failed plot to kidnap Korra, Aiwei made his escape where Team Avatar followed. Convening with Zaheer in the Spirit World, the airbender tossed Aiwei into the Fog of Lost Souls where he was never seen from again.
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• Sensed Korra lying, and explains that he is a truth seer with the ability to detect lying through the subtlest changes in heart rate and breathing ^S3E5
• Can tell Mako is lying about why he hates his seat at dinner ^S3E6
• Raises a large metal wall it takes Korra long enough to tear through Aiwei escapes ^S3E8
• Meditates to enter the Spirit World and meet with Zaheer ^S3E9

Unnamed members

The Red Lotus called a few unnamed members to their aid in their most precious hour when they sought to end the Avatar Cycle once and for all.
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• Manipulates a liquid metal poison from a bowl ^S3E12
• The metalbender then sinks the poison through Korra's skin to infect her ^S3E12
• One guard is knocked unconscious by a huge boulder smashing against him, and another by Asami electrocuting him after he earthbends an attack ^S3E13

Synergy

• Zuko says that "Individually they can take down any bender. Put them all together they could take down the entire world." ^S3E2
• Effectively make a getaway, with Zaheer blasting away guards, Ming Hua driving away, P'Li firing at pursuing vehicles, and Ghazan creating a moat of lava to stop further pursuit ^S3E6
• Defend and counterattack together, with P'Li taking out spotlghts soon after to better obscure the team ^S3E8
• Escape metal encasing with Ghazan forming a defensive moat around the team ^S3E8
• Help eachother block and lay down cover fire, although P'Li misfiring briefly downs she and her teammates ^S3E8
• Fight off several Dai Li agents surrounding them ^S3E10
• P'Li lays down suppressing fire from an airship when her compatriots are attacked ^S3E11
• Together the Red Lotus overpowers Tenzin in a fight, with P'Li assisting from an airship overhead ^S3E11

In the last episode, we saw Dr. Logan Wright meet quite the colorful cast of individuals. From WWE superstar Logan Paul to the beautiful bird known as Logan Flight, the Symposium of the Logang was certainly a fascinating place to be. And now, with IWF superstar “Lumberjack” Logan Lawrence motivating him to stop being so passive, FBE’s Resident Doctor looks to be on the Wright path towards becoming the most focused man he can… without the distractions of his demons…
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Blitz XX: Paddy Murphy vs. Dr. Logan Wright
We’ve reached the ten minute mark of this match, and after Paddy drills the Doctor with a To Cork and Back, he starts rising to his feet. However, from the outside, we hear Sensei trying to drill something into his student:
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“Paddy-san… Rememberuhhh… Target the headuhhhh…”
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With that last piece of advice resonating in his own head, Paddy starts getting ready for perhaps the final sequence of the match, a Give It Some Welly ready to be hit. However, Logan also happened to hear the wisdom from Sensei, dodging the big boot to the face. He gets behind Murphy, quickly dropping him with a Relax and Eat Some (German) Soup-lex. Instead of going for another move however, Wright’s gaze shifts to the outside. He exits the ring, staring a dagger through Sensei:
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“Why exactly did you tell him to target my head?”
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Sensei backs up a bit, but as he does so, a crumpled up piece of paper he was holding falls to the floor. He tries to pick it back up, but Wright beats him to it, revealing it to be…the stolen medical form from his office… the information regarding his head pains. Wright looks at the paper, a calm expression on his face initially, but slowly, he loses his cool. His hands ball up into fists, his face turns a bit red…and he mouths to Sensei:
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“You shouldn’t have taken that.”
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Wright gets back into the ring, and though Paddy has risen to his feet by this point, Logan drops him with the Whiplash sling blade. FBE’s Resident Doctor stares at his currently downed opponent, and realizes it’s time for a medical procedure…how about a Facial Reconstruction! Wright begins stomping on Paddy’s face, knocking him unconscious, before finally putting an end to the assault with the PDF Kamigoye.
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Dr. Logan Wright def. Paddy Murphy via pinfall
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As the ref raises Dr. Logan Wright’s hand, the crowd begins…booing? Wright looks around, confused at the negative reaction. I didn’t cheat, I just found a way to win the match. I didn’t do anything wrong… did I? As he heads into the backstage area, he’s quickly approached by a young-looking intern, a microphone in his hand:
Reporter: “Hello, my name is Ryan St. Brown, and I’m with the-”
Logan Wright: “Hang on, your last name is St. Brown? Are you related to Amon-Ra by chance?
Reporter: “No relation.”
Logan Wright: “That’s disappointing. But go ahead, ask your question.”
Reporter: “We just saw you pick up a strong victory over one of FBE’s fan favorites in Paddy Murphy. However, at the end of the match, you clearly looked more agitated than usual, and some would say you used more force than was needed to win-”
Logan Wright: “Are you one of the people saying that?”
Reporter: “Well, I…uh…”
Logan Wright: “Look, I like Paddy and Sensei. But at the same time, they took privileged medical information from me. Sure, maybe I shouldn’t have used that PDF at the end…but should I regret using one of my standard maneuvers to win a match? No, and I don’t. Next question.”
Reporter: “Ok, fair enough. You’re doing well in the Shining Light League right now, and I have to ask: if you were to win the whole thing, who would you challenge?
Logan Wright: “I don’t like dealing with hypotheticals. I much prefer diagnosing current problems with all the information at my disposal. So I’m not answering that.”
Reporter (muttering): “Man, you’re a lot more boring in person than I thought you would be. Your answers suck.”
This comment draws the ire of Wright, who moves closer towards the reporter.
Reporter: “What? Prove me wrong. Give me a message that’s actually worthwhile, and I’ll be more than happy to rescind that comment.”
Logan Wright: “I know you’re just looking for a soundbite to try and further your career, but you’ve got my attention. Ask away.”
Reporter: “Are you the best pure rules competitor in FBE?”
Logan Wright: “You’re damn right I am. They call Inferno Baba Blitz? They ought to call me Da-Da Blitz, because all these wrestlers gunning for my title… THEY’RE CHILDREN COMPARED TO ME!”
The reporter gives a sly smirk as he walks away, having gotten what he needed. Meanwhile, Wright finds a nearby chair to sit on, putting his head down. However, his moment of silence is soon interrupted by a familiar voice:
Jared Gallagher: “Weird night for you, eh?”
Wright looks up to see his once-cameraman and friend moving towards him. However, with the doctor’s tumultuous year, their relationship became more strained, not having spoken for a while…until now.
Logan Wright: “That’s one way of putting it.”
There’s a bit of an awkward silence for a few moments, as neither man initially wants to speak. Eventually though, Gallagher gains his composure:
Jared Gallagher: “Look, I know you probably don’t wanna speak to me-”
Logan Wright: “Then maybe you should stop talking.”
Jared Gallagher: “Ok fine, but let me ask you something first: what were you doing with that last remark to the reporter? It wasn’t as cool as it likely sounded in your head.”
Logan Wright: “I was doing a play on words, what’s confusing about it?”
Jared Gallagher: “Yeah, but you do realize “Baba” translates to “father” too? So instead of being clever, you were essentially just rehashing Inferno’s nickname.”
Logan Wright: “Fuck.”
Jared Gallagher: “Forget about that though, I wanted to talk to you about something else. I heard from a little birdie that you were taking advice from Logan Lawrence.”
Logan Wright: “Logan Flight ratted on me? I knew he couldn’t be trusted.”
Jared Gallagher: “That’s not the birdie I meant…you know what, forget it. I just want you to understand that being overly aggressive isn’t the key to success. You’ve already been good up to this point, don’t lose your true self by being more of a jackass.”
Logan Wright: “Yeah, being good is fine…but I don’t wanna just be “good” anymore. I wanna be great. I want to prove myself as the pillar of something, and pure rules is the best chance I have at that. But relax, I don’t wanna just be an asshole for the sake of being one either.”
Jared Gallagher: “Ok, that’s fine. But if you want to improve… What's your next move? Gonna do some training with the rest of the Ark? Maybe ask your medical colleagues for some more dieting tips?
Logan briefly thinks about the suggestions, before he remembers something that Sensei told him…
Logan Wright: “No, I have a better idea… I’m going to Nepal.”
And with that, Dr. Wright starts heading towards the exit, a smile on his face, while Jared Gallagher is just left confused. He never even said why he was going there, what in the world is he doing…
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One Week Before Unbreakable V: Kathmandu, Nepal
After a long trip, Logan Wright has finally made it into the heart of the Himalayan Mountains. He gets out of the car, paying and thanking the driver who escorted him from the airport to get to this point. He reaches into his pocket, grabbing the “business” card that led him to this location. He stares at it for a few moments, glancing up and down to make sure he’s in the right place. Yep, this is the one…
In front of Dr. Wright stands a worn-down house. It's small, with what looks to be only one story, and the white color is wearing away like the wooden beams supporting it. There’s a window near the front door, but a set of blinds are covering it up. As Logan approaches the entry-way, he smells a distinct odor of soup. Taking a breath, he knocks on the door. As he does so, a crash of glass can be heard on the other side, and there’s some momentary yelling before a tired-looking individual opens the door.
???: “May I help you?”
Logan Wright: “Hello, my name is Logan Wright. I’ve been informed that an incredibly wise teacher of medicine and healing resides here…”
???: “You’re correct, but he’s not seeing anyone today. Come back another time…”
Logan Wright: “Wait, I really need this. And I think I know one of his friends, they pointed this place out to me.”
???: “What’s the name of this friend?”
Logan Wright: “He’s known as Sensei-”
“LETT HYMN INN!”
This yelling from inside the house startles Wright, and the man at the doorway sighs, motioning for Logan to come in. As the doctor does so, he glances around the house, immediately noticing the kitchen area. Sitting at a table there is an older gentleman, with a pair of glasses on and a cane at his side, Logan quickly realizing he’s blind. The man from the doorway points for Logan to sit down with him, and Wright obliges, positioning himself in the chair next to the old individual.
Logan Wright: “Hello sir, it’s a pleasure to meet-”
???: “HALLO! IHT IST VAIRY GNEISS TWO MEAT YU! MI NEIGHME IST BLOGAN BITE!”
Wright briefly cringes at the yelling of the individual, looking back with a confused look on his face to the figure near the door. He notices a nametag on the figure he hadn’t seen before, reading “Bibek”.
Bibek: “Yeah, don’t worry about that. He’s blind and almost deaf, he needs to speak loudly to make himself sure he’s actually talking. Oh, and he said, “Hello, it is very nice to meet you. My name is Blogan Bite.”
Logan Wright: “Wait, why are you translating for him? He’s speaking directly to me, I know what he’s saying.”
Bibek: “Oh, just so the readers of this episode actually have a clue as to what’s going on.”
Logan Wright: “Wait what readers… oh, we’re doing another fourth wall break, gotcha.”
Blogan Bite: “Y HOV U CUHMM HEAR?”
Bibek: (“Why have you come here?”)
Logan Wright: “I’m looking for some advice. For a while now, I’ve felt an inner conflict in my emotional state and my moral compass. I want to be more aggressive, to try and be the best…but I don’t want to abandon the roots of my existence that helped shape me into who I am. Do you have any advice?”
Blogan Bite: “HYMMMMMM…. A TUFF PRAHBLIM INN DEED!”
Bibek: (“Hmmm… A tough problem indeed.”)
Suddenly, Blogan reaches towards his side, reaching into a bag. He shakes it around for a bit, before pulling out something from inside. He triumphantly slams it onto the table, before pushing it towards Dr. Wright. Logan looks at it for a few moments, an incredulous look on his face.
Logan Wright: “Why exactly are you… what is… what do you expect me to do with a copy of Fire and Ice by Robert Frost?
Blogan Bite: “HEE IST UHHH GRATE POE EHT! TAKEUHHH INN SPUR AYE SHUN FROMM HYMM!”
Bibek: (“He is a great poet. Take inspiration from him.”)
Logan Wright: “So… let me get this straight: your solution to my problem is…writing fucking poetry?”
Blogan Bite: “WASH YUR LANGWAGEE JUNG MANN! POEHHH TREE IST UHHH BEUTUHFULL THYNG!”
Bibek: (“Watch your language young man. Poetry is a beautiful thing.”)
Logan Wright: “Yeah but…surely there’s something that’s more suitable for my situation?”
Blogan Bite: “EYE ARM UHHH FRAYED KNOT! TEH BAHG HAHS SPOKANE!”
Bibek: (“I am afraid not. The bag has spoken.”)
Logan Wright: “Wait, do you just reach in the bag and randomly pull out an object for everyone that comes in?”
Blogan Bite: “OFF COORS! WATT ELSUHHH WOOD EYE DOO?”
Bibek: (“Of course. What else would I do?”)
Logan Wright: “Ok, I think we’re done here. Thank you for this… attempt at a recommendation. You’re truly one of the people I’ve ever met.”
As Logan gets up, Blogan extends a hand. Reluctantly, Wright shakes it, before heading to the doorway, acknowledging Bibek, and leaving the worn-down house. As he heads towards the street, he’s just left to ponder what transpired. That was dumb… traveling thousands of miles instead of just doing training was rather pointless. But as he gets in the car, ready to go back to the airport, another set of thoughts come over him. You know what…maybe I can make the best out of this situation…maybe writing poetry actually can do me some good…
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Day Before Unbreakable V: Dr. Wright’s Office
With just 24 hours until Unbreakable, Jared Gallagher and Charles Crandall figure Wright is busy with training, or if nothing else, his medical work. However, they’re surprised to receive an invite to his office, and though Gallagher tries to ask him what it’s about, he gets no answer. It frustrates him, but he figures it must be important, so after grabbing a quick bite with Charles, they head over to the office. By this point in time, Crandall is fairly quiet, his eyes becoming increasingly purple for longer periods of time and Wrogan slowly and quietly influencing his personality, but the time to reveal that isn’t here…yet.
When they reach the hall outside the office, they’re surprised to see Logan standing in the doorway, a smile on his face. He invites them in, even having an assortment of pastries and desserts on the table for his friends to snack on. While Jared is quick to grab a danish, he’s also quick to raise eyebrows at this behavior.
Jared Gallagher: “Logan, what is all this for? This feels…too nice…
Logan Wright: “What, a man can’t just happen to invite his friends over for some delicious treats?”
Jared Gallagher: “You’re not fooling anyone man, just tell us why we’re here.”
Logan Wright: “Ok fine, you got me. The reason you’re here today… I wanted you to be the first screenings of my first-ever poem!”
Though Crandall is wearing sunglasses, he and Gallagher are quick to shoot each other a glance of confusion.
Jared Gallagher: “What?”
Logan Wright: “That’s right, when I went to Nepal, the man I met recommended I write poetry to ease my tensions and help me become a better person. I thought he was insane, but as I started to write, I realized…he may be right!”
Jared Gallagher: “That’s…but…I’m so confused. You didn’t even get any real training or medicinal techniques? You just got…told to write? What even is your topic?”
Logan Wright: “I’m glad you asked, old chum! I’ve entitled this poem…
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An Ode To Jay…
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In the garden lived a bird
Who truly loved to sing
It was a beautiful mockingjay
And through the air, its voice did ring
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The bird was beloved
And believed to be a Hero
But little did the world know
Of its painful little ego
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This bird fought and fought
It did everything to grow
But when abandoned by friends
It was a true low blow
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Once upon a time, the group was
United, and forever in-sync
But when the Jay hit the bottle
Oh, did their PROSPECTS ever so sink
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And the bird has recovered
It has regained its feathers
But little does the jay know
Of the impending, harsh weathers
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For the jay may spread its wings
And fly in the dark
But it doesn’t know
Of its impending, dangerous arc
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This bird will fly, and
It truly wants to win
But the true challenge is here
For the Doctor is in!
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As Wright finishes his last line, his theatrical reading of the lines now finished, he finally turns towards his faithful audience. He’s met with a blank look from Charles Crandall, the sunglasses still firmly covering his eyes. And Jared… his mouth is agape, trying to process what he just heard.
Logan Wright: “So… what did you think?”
Jared Gallagher: “I… what… how… why… I don’t know what to say.”
Logan Wright: “You can show your appreciation by clapping, I worked really hard on that.”
Jared Gallagher: “I could… but let me get this straight… This is how you’re handling your upcoming rematch with Jay? Making a poem that only we’ve listened to, and not trying to find a way to, I don’t know, not finish the match in a time-limit draw?”
Logan Wright: “Forget about that, tell me if I should improve the language I used and how the poem flowed together. I could probably stand to write a poem for the tag team title match as well.”
Jared Gallagher: “Logan, Logan, Logan… Ok, if you want to live in this strange world of yours, go ahead. The poem was fine, but you weren’t exactly subtle with it, especially at the end. Like I get you want to beat Jay, and I know you were mad with what he said about you in the past…but really, finishing the entire thing about the Doctor being in? That doesn’t even make sense with the vibe you established.”
Logan Wright: “Fair critique, I’ll keep that in mind when I continue writing these.”
Jared Gallagher: “Come on man, it’s cool that you have a hobby, but I know just how much you cared about wrestling. Please, just step away from the paper and train while you still have a little bit of time left before tomorrow. I know we’re not as close as we once were…but if nothing else, do it for the rest of the Ark. Do it out of spite against Wrogan. Do it to prove that you’re not completely crazy, and that you deserve to be where you are in life.”
It’s with this line that something seems to click in Logan’s head. He looks towards Jared, nodding his head, and he moves towards his desk. He stares at all the notes and rough drafts he had been working on for his writings, a frown coming over his face.
Logan Wright: “I wish I was normal… I wish I didn’t go through these personality changes every other day. You’re right Jared…You’ve always been right. Wrestling needs to come first, and I have everything I need to stay energized. I don’t want to be passive, I don’t want to be aggressive…I just want to live. And tomorrow…things are going to get fun.”
Gallagher smiles at Wright being reinvigorated, and the pair share a quick hug. Upon Jared and Charles leaving, Dr. Wright takes a quick look in his mirror, and smiles at the expression of confidence now piercing through his eyes. He grabs his coat, turns off the light, and so begins a long and tedious night at the gym…
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Night of Death Before Impurity:
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Pre-Match Process
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The Finals are here… and Logan Wright is in them. After weeks leading-into months of this Shining Light League Tournament running center-stage on Blitz, the Doctor has gotten to where he wanted to be…where he needed to be. As he sits in the locker room, getting himself mentally prepared for the tall task that comes with facing DTJ’s Hunter Maguire, he sees in his peripheral vision someone entering the room. He glances up, smiling to see Jared coming to visit.
Jared Gallagher: “Hey champ, how we feeling about tonight?”
Logan Wright: “Whatever happens tonight…well, what I know will happen tonight… is PURE-ly destiny.”
Jared Gallagher: “Not your best joke, but glad to see you’ve been in positive spirits recently.”
Logan Wright: “Yep, tonight has to be the moment where everything pays off…it just has to…”
Jared Gallagher: “It will… I believe in you. And if you don’t mind me asking…who would you want to face at P.U.R.E. if things go your way?”
Logan Wright: “You know I can’t answer that right now, I have to get the job done first.”
Jared Gallagher: “Fair enough, fair enough. I should be heading off…go get em’, champ.”
With that, Gallagher leaves the room, and Wright rises to his feet. He looks at his arms, then his legs, then finds the mirror. He stares into his soul…Come on out Doctor…It’s operation time…
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Post-Match Press Conference
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Dr. Logan Wright did it.
As he’s now backstage, being greeted with a bottle of champagne that was ordered for him, Logan is still trying to ponder what just took place out there. From the match itself… to the seconds after the match realizing he won… to the return of the legend Petite Jupiter, handing him the trophy…
It’s all absolutely surreal, and Logan is at a loss for words. However, as he gets word that reporters are waiting to get a word from him, he quickly gathers his composure. He takes a big swig from the champagne bottle, before heading into the room, waving to the assortment of familiar and different faces. He moves towards the stage, taking a seat and getting the mic setup, ready to hear questions.
Reporter #1: “That was a hell of a match you had, Dr. Wright. What’s going through your head right now?”
Logan Wright: “Honestly, half of it is just my brain screaming and the other half is random gibberish. I can’t fully process either, but when I feel this way… I’m fucking pumped. But I do wanna quickly say… I respect you Hunter, I really do. You’ve been a tough opponent twice now… but that’s all the positives I can really say right now. Fuck DTJ.”
Reporter #2: “We just witnessed the return of Petite Jupiter, and the fans certainly loved it. But what did you think about it? Did you feel as though he was stealing your thunder by returning immediately after your big moment?”
Logan Wright: “Look, I know you’re looking for a soundbite, and I caved in several weeks ago to that one reporter. I’m not gonna do that here though. I faced Petite Jupiter in 2021, and I know just how good he is. He deserved to get that electric crowd reaction, and I couldn’t have asked for a better person to hand me the beautiful Shining Light League trophy.”
Reporter #3: “But now Dr. Wright, I think we all have a question on our minds. In addition to that trophy, you have the chance to pick your challenger for P.U.R.E, and that’s a lot of power. So if you can tell us…who are you gonna be facing?
Logan smiles at the question, fully expecting it to have been asked. He glances around the room, noticing Kaze Tanaka, Code Blue, Cactus Mike, and Jared Gallagher all standing at the back. He nods at them, before getting the mic, ready to make the announcement:
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Logan Wright:
“In my time in FBE, there have been times where I’ve felt…insecure. Insecure about my talent, insecure about if people actually liked me or not, and insecure about my failures especially. But 2023… let’s just say it’s been a great Spring of Stethoscopes so far. You all know I’ve held the Pure Championship for about four months now, and I’ve faced my fair share of great individuals. But this second title run… it’s missing something. My past, in particular my 2021, was riddled with failures against veterans of this company. Losses to Inferno, to Nate Matthews, to Petite Jupiter… wins were hard to come by. I turned things around in 2022, but even then, my 1st Pure Title reign came to an end at the hands of FBE’s Resident Bastard. It feels like it’s just inevitable, and a running gag…
…But nowadays, I look at myself differently. Other people look at me differently. I’ve grown into what I wanted to be, what I hoped I would be… hell, I’ve even been dubbed as being somewhat of a “Final Boss.” I don’t want to get too egotistical, but not having lost since January… man, the ship I’m on, that being the Ark of course, is on a perfect path. But sometimes, it’s better to go for a different path, a path that stands out…to maybe make history…
So with that, this decision has drifted in my mind, and I’ve weighed all my options carefully. I’ve considered juniors and heavyweights. I’ve considered people from my past or completely fresh opponents. I’ve considered people who would die to win the Pure Championship, or even those who have disrespected it, to show them what it’s all about. But after a while, something finally clicked in my head. I’ve tried to forget that previously mentioned “can never beat a veteran legend” stigma, but until I get a decisive win, it’ll always float right alongside the ocean that contains my thoughts and dreams. So I will be challenging a long-time competitor of FBE, a man who has wrestled here for many years…
But the question of who was certainly a fascinating one…for about a minute. For once this name came to me, it never escaped. This man has held his share of championship gold, This man knows a thing or two about being dubbed a “Final Boss.” And this man has quite the past experience against the Ark… except with me. And to this man, I officially extend the challenge…if he's willing to accept it...
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The stage is set…the main event of P.U.R.E…for the FBE Pure Championship…The match you reporters and all the worldwide fans of FBE will get to witness is…
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Doctor Logan Wright vs. Apeirogone

I don’t know why I got my hopes up that something would change for this show in the final few episodes. The last episode showed that this show has been limping to the finish line since season 5. With how everything went and how this season felt like a waste, I feel like maybe I could do a little better than Eric Wallace and the rest of the writing team for Season 9. But frankly I think anyone could probably do better, as I have no clue how they film and rewatch the shows and think they’re any good. So with that I’ll go through a simple plot that I think would work way better.
First off, the Red Death stuff felt so forced and frankly was a terrible part of the season. Unless they use Oliver as Red Death, I would scrap the storyline. Cobalt blue felt wasted and he should feel like a big deal based on his connection to Barry and Iris. He should’ve been the overarching villain from Episode 1. Also, it didn’t feel like anything was actually at stake. I don’t want to kill people off just because, but I think a death or two could help give the show the stakes it needed. Lastly, there didn’t need to be any filler episodes. This was the last season of a show that ran for a decade. With only 13 episodes, each one should feel special and meaningful to the overall plot. Also, NO KHIONE. Caitlyn should remain as the last season should not be introducing a new character and then have Barry not care Caitlyn dies.
Episode 1: The Fastest Man Alive Starting off the season, I would make it feel like a classic season 1 flash episode. Have it open with Barry catching some of the old villains doing petty thefts and show just how far Barry has come. These were villains that took him an entire episode to defeat, but now he’s an experienced crime fighter. Maybe characters like Peek-a-boo, Everyman, and The Mist could return from season 1. Have the main villain for the episode be The Trickster and have it be fun and nostalgic. Have Barry and the team wonder how all of the classic villains escaped iron heights, but they pretty much blow it off. Throughout the episode subtly attach either a blue flower or a crystal to each of the villains. These are the people Eddie remembers from Season 1, so it makes sense why he might break them out. The last scene could be Flash catching Trickster and having him question if he broke them out and having him deny and before he says his name… Cobalt Blue comes and kills the Trickster. He runs off and with the end credits, I would rip off the bandaid and show Eddie as cobalt blue.
Episode 2: Things Change This episode would be solely from Eddie’s perspective and it would show how he’s alive and how he gained his powers from the Cobalt Crystal. I didn’t mind the amnesia and the negative speed force needing an avatar. This episode is basically all of future Eddie’s bits and smash them into one episode. Have him go through everyday life and be reminded of his former life and have it culminate with the grave scene as I thought that was well done. What needs to be emphasized is how he builds up this hate for Barry without interacting with him or Iris in the future. With the ending scene Eddie should be looking for someone to help him and instead of running to Barry, he runs to Eobard Thawne.
Episode 3: It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To This episode was pretty good as it brought about the return of Oliver Queen. I’d keep everything the same, except I would do a sequence inside Barry’s head of Ramsey polluting Barry’s thoughts and here is where Red Death could be inserted. They could do a fight inside Barry’s mind and then have Oliver pull him from Ramseys influence. That includes Red Death, but does not give it an overwhelming arc. Also Eobard and Cobalt Blue should break out Bloodwork and we find that out in the post credits as we see them scheming with pictures of Zoom, Savitar, and Godspeed on a whiteboard.
Episode 4: The One True God of Speed Godspeed wasn’t the best written character on the show. With that being said, he shouldn’t of lost to Cecile in the way he did. In this episode he returns and we start to see the Legion of Zooms plans. Each of them wants to go back and avenge themselves. Eddie wants the life he never got, Zoom wants to be the fastest man alive, Savitar wants to live throughout time, Reverse Flash simply hates Barry, and Godspeed… he’s here too. But throughout the episodes I want to see all of them interact with each other. How do all of them feel that Savitar is Barry? It’s was shown that Savitar has feelings for Iris too, so can he and Eddie coexist when they both want Iris? Why would Reverse Flash work with them and what is his true motive? These are things that would be interesting to see. So the plan then enact over the next few episodes is that they send in one speedster as a time to wear down Barry. They understand Barry’s finds strength in his “Team”. So their goal is to thin it out so they can strike as a group against Barry at his weakest. Godspeed can target Chuck in this episode. I would have him kill Chuck, but he can just put him out until the finale if that works better. Throughout the episode, Barry wonders how Godspeed returned and who Cobalt Blue is.
Episode 5: I Am The Future Flash This is Savitars episode in the spotlight. Have him target Allegra and Cecile. I’m not gonna be too thorough with this one as it can be a similar episode to the last one except with the mourning of Chuck and having Allegra be reckless in his death/severe injury. Cecile can try to keep her in track but they both pay the price for her recklessness and they die/ are injured. Savitar should taunt Barry and the team in this episode and talk about how he’s not there for Iris this time and how he’ll never see the new threat coming.
Episode 6: The Night It All Began The only other good episode in the last season in my opinion was episode 10, where Barry and Eobard go back to the night Barry’s mother died. I would not change much other than at the beginning, while the team is in shambles and on alert for other pat foes to reappear, Barry should run to the future to find out more about Cobalt Blue. Here he is taken back by Eobard and the rest of the episode can play out as is.
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The only elemental magical gift that isn't practised on the Northern Continent of Tyria is water. Spellcasters can manipulate water, but only at the whim of the other elemental magics. In times past, for instance, Melandru and her statues - symbols of earth magic - became beacons of hope for those seeking shelter and fresh water. Conversely, Lyssa and her effigies, reflections of time magic, gathered to them a collection of male magicians who died of dehydration.  
No magician from the north could claim for themselves the power to manipulate water directly; the gift of water magic, Abaddon's gift, had seemingly died out there. The Orrian History Scrolls: The Six tell us that this was because the dispensation of the gift was deliberately stifled. Abaddon, water magic's god, had fallen; and with him, water magic. To the writer of the scrolls, Abaddon and all like him, fellow water magicians, were traitors whose powers over the most chaotic element of all could not be trusted. It is sentiment seemingly sanctioned by the gods. To the west, the once verdant Maguuma began to decline as the vast bodies of water in the region dried up, becoming the Silverwastes, Drytop, and their surroundings. To the south, the geography of the Crystal Sea was transformed into the Crystal Desert. Wherever the elemental magics of the Northern Continent met vast quantities of inland freshwater, desertification followed. No longer would powerful water magicians like Jadoth call upon fresh water to do his bidding; with it, he created maelstroms and vortexes that swallowed the stars themselves. Worse still, I believe his bitter intentions could turn fresh water into salt water, littering lakes with fingers akin to those found in the Strait of Malchor. No more, though, now that unfettered access to water was reduced on the Northern Continent.  
Why did the gods of Tyria think that water magicians were traitors? There are many sources through which an answer can be inferred. Sunqua Peak offers us the best insight. Like water elementals, childlike in their disposition, water magicians (whether intentionally or not) showed Magic's enemies too much about the spells underpinning Tyria's sustenance. We all know who these enemies are: Demons from the Mists. Not all demons mean Tyrians harm. Grenth is called a demigod, even a god, by some. But the traumatic magics that birth demonkind make it hard for these fell beings to deny their base instincts. Grenth has Dwayna to comfort him; most other demons aren't as lucky.  
To me, demonkind compromised the integrity of the gift of water magic, using the things they learned about the gift against both those who practised it and the other elemental magics. There are two notable examples of spellcasters who carried water magic's gift: Vizier Khilbron and Shiro Tagachi. The Vizier's gift is made manifest through the Cataclysm of Orr. I believe many magicians could read the Lost Scrolls without ever stirring the magic in them. Perhaps, to their minds, the scrolls were merely obsolete takes on Tyrian history, akin to the other apocryphal works associated with Abaddon. But to someone with the gift of water magic, the scrolls became alive. Khilbron's reading of them stirred magics hiding in the waters of the Orrian Peninsula. The rest you already know.  
Shiro Tagachi is an interesting case of the gift of water magic. His perverted gift was Wild Magic, unfocused by a structured spell like that of the Lost Scrolls. Presumably, had Khilbron found himself in Shiro's shoes on that fateful day at the Harvest Temple, he too would have created a sea of jade, a pool of tormented magic swimming with demonkind. The jade, then, appears to be the most conniving form of malicious magic demonkind can unleash through the gift of water magic; and Shiro's fate shows us what happens when a gift of magic is compromised.  
Empress Ihn, the demon queen of Cantha, once famously stated that, had her father attended her audience with the PC, he'd die all over again. To whom was the demon queen referring, though? To Taejeong? Shiro? Abaddon? All three? Interestingly, the Guild Wars Prophecies Manuscripts (GWPM) state that male magicians often died at Lyssa's sculptures. Did all males die, or just a few? I think just a few. Whatever does this mean? Let's explore a possible explanation.  
The most infamous examples of water magicians are both male. (Granted, they are few in number, but the gods suppressed the distribution of the gift of water magic across the Northern Continent and, ultimately, all of Tyria, as The Orrian History Scrolls show. So a select few is still a useful sample.) Moreover, the GWPM tell us that male magicians might die from gazing at Lyssa's statues. To wit, the gift of water magic is likely passed from generation to generation through male progenitors. Hence, Emperor Taejeong probably carries the gift as he, like Shiro before him, is of imperial blood. (I am making the assumption that the bloodline of the Canthan dynasty carries the gift of water magic.) To further this, it's possible that the gift can only be practised by males and that, now that water magic has been compromised, casting spells with said gift carries consequences. For the Margonites, those humans in whom the gift of water magic was notably manifest and who practised it freely, it meant societal collapse and eventual infertility. (Of course, the gift of water magic may not be exclusive to humanity; other races, such as the norn, may also have access to it and so, from among them, we see the emergence of the Sons of Svanir as Jormag protects another gift of magic by preventing those male norn who carry the gift of water magic from using it until the appointed time.)  
The Elder Dragons guard the gifts of magic. Zhaitan: the gift of aether magic, using defensive magics associated with it, death and shadow; Mordremoth: the gift of earth magic, of which important defensive subsets are mind and plant; Kralkatorrik: the gift of time magic, which defends itself by drawing upon crystal and fury; Jormag: the gift of air magic, which uses ice and persuasion to fortify and protect; Primordus: the gift of fire magic, defending itself with fire and conflagration; and "Bubbles": the gift of water magic, whose defensive spells are as yet unknown as they have been undermined by demonkind and twisted into the treacherous Soo-Won the Impostor. To guard these gifts, Elder Dragons frequently employ corruption, a process in which they mix their lifeforce with that of another, typically lesser, being, creating a minion. In the case of water magic, should males carry the gift, it suggests that Taejeon's "death" isn't as straight forward as Ihn would have us believe. The true Deep Sea Dragon, villified as a monster by those who would harm it, has likely corrupted the Emperor to preserve what is left of his water magic and, unbeknowst to us, a side effect of that corruption is immortality akin to that of Palawa Joko yet subject to none of the latter's weakness. That is to say, the demons of Cantha cannot kill Taejeon and so, as some have speculated, the former Canthan ruler is likely imprisoned in Raisu Palace. (The PC may be manipulated into attempting to kill Taejeon's corrupted form.)  
Will the gift of water magic be practised freely in Tyria again? I think so. The power of the Elder Dragons, the work of the gods, the emergence of the sylvari, and the rise of the PC, indicate to me that Wild Magic wishes to restore water magic to itself. One of the hurdles preventing this is jade. Let's hope Anet can step up their storytelling abilities and give Guild Wars 2 the legacy it deserves. The skritt of the Maguuma Wastes are waiting within the bowels of their boat...

AOT really does embody how life doesn't always grant our wishes, no matter how much we desire them or work hard towards achieving them. One by one we see so many of the characters we love get less than ideal endings. Don't get me wrong, for the most part I quite like the ending. It just makes me feel sad for the characters.

1. Eren desired freedom above all else; however, instead of achieving it, he inadvertently stripped away the freedom of millions, ultimately perishing in the process, never realizing his own dream.
2. Armin yearned to venture into the world alongside Eren, but his aspirations fell short in the realm of paths. Their once unbreakable bond shattered, leaving them as adversaries, with the grim knowledge that one of them would meet a tragic end.
3. Mikasa's deepest longing was to lead a tranquil existence by Eren's side. Yet, the final words he uttered to her in the real world were filled with hatred. Even when they managed to reconcile within the paths, their reunion was ephemeral, for she found herself compelled to end his life shortly thereafter.
4. Jean and Connie harbored dreams of eventual peaceful lives with their respective families. Alas, since joining the Alliance, they are condemned to spend the remainder of their days in the outside world, devoid of the tranquility they so fervently sought.
5. Levi, bereft of all his comrades and stripped of his fighting prowess, finds himself robbed of both companionship and the means to engage in battle.
6. Historia, forced into the role of queen against her will, subsequently faces the burden of bearing children for the survival of her people, thus forfeiting her autonomy in the process.
7. Even Falco will always feel some guilt for his brother's death

Its not all doom and gloom however as we see other characters have less traumatizing ends

1. Annie gets reunited with her father and no longer will die as a result of the titan curse. However, I doubt she'll ever feel completely normal again after her ordeal on Paradis
2. Reiner probably carries guilt with him for the rest of his life. However, he learns to live with and those closest to him (his mother and Gabi) survive
3. Pieck probably emerged from the ending most intact, she survived by the skin of her teeth and his reunited with her father

And then there are the extra pages. I always thought that either a civil war (which was likely as a result of the rise of the Yeagerists) or a foreign war (which would be an understandable response to prevent any other future Rumbling) are equally likely. The results however are always the same.

Context
The battle had started exactly as planned. Baela's instructions were simple; draw them out and hold a firm infantry line, with the heavy cavalry waiting in the flanks. The Crown forces were outnumbered but Arron had faith in their commanders that they would win the day. He looked to his right where another of Baela's men could be seen at the head of the cavalry, then to his right where Baela stood, stone-faced and determined. With a huge clank the gates of Duskendale opened and the Rats sallied out.
It had not taken long for the two to get separated. Despite Arron's detemination to stay by his Princess' side to ensure she escaped unharmed, the chaos of the field had different ideas. His head swiveled as he looked through the sea of bodies and flailing limbs to try and spot his commander, but to no avail. Luckily for Arron, in that moment he saw the one person on the field almost as deserving of his attention. A Rat, black of hair and moving across the grass with unwavering confidence. The Raven Queen.
"RAVEN!" he hollered, raising his free hand and pointing at her. His voice must have carried across the sounds of battle as her head turned towards him. There was very little chance she knew who he was or who he represented, but he was noticaebly not of the rank-and-file. That seemed enough for her. As they approached one another he gripped his halberd with both hand. "I grew up in Dorne and serve Princess Baela. I shall not take you lightly." The Raven Queen said nothing and readied her sword. Arron attacked.
His first swing was sidestepped easily and he had to jump back to avoid her reply. The blades clashed a few times as they each felt for a weakness, neither willing to lunge and risk leaving themselves exposed. Arron feinted with the blade and quickly pivoted to attach with the butt end, staggering her slightly. Arron swung for her head which she ducked easily, though she was not prepared for him to spin, allowing the momentum to bring him round and swipe at her legs. She evaded, but not before the tip of his halberd nicked her thigh. He smiled as a small dark patch grew from the wound.
His confidence was short lived. The cut did not hinder her as much as he intended, and his next jab was parried with the returning slice of her blade splitting the fabric by his shoulder. Their blades locked again and stayed grinding as each took the opportunity to catch their breath.
"Yield," he growled, but she would not. As they parted he brought his weapon around his head in a wide arc for a downwards blow. The Raven Queen steadied her feet but this time her wound did not allow it. Her right leg buckled and she could not avoid his blade; the best she could do was soften the blow as it left a deep wound in her shoulder. Yet again the injury seemed give her strength, and her next swing would have taken Arron's head clean off but for a late block.
Arron's chest rose and fell rapidly and he had to wipe his hair from his face as she two stood opposite. Neither would last much longer, but she had shown that one slip up would be all she needed to end his life. He moved his halberd over his head in a wide arc but before bringing it down he reversed his stance, swiftly swiping across her body. The injuries she had sustained limited her movement greatly and there was a spray of crimson as the blade cut through her hand. Her sword flew and Arron reversed his stance again, embedding the steel head of his weapon deep in her thigh. With a cry of agony she fell to the floor, defeated.
He stepped up quickly and with a flash of anger in his eyes went to end her life, aiming his blade towards her throat. It took a moment before he realised her life was not his to take. He had not beaten this rebel for vengeance of personal glory; he was but an extension of Princess Baela. He took a quick look around to ensure he had time to secure his captive, but as he did so it seemed the battle was turning. The sheer number of the Rats was becoming too much for the Crown's forces and the battle was almost lost. At least their commander would make a small consolation.
The Raven Queen clearly would not be able to stand, not could he drag her safely across the battlefield. Her injuries made her little threat and she was barely conscious, her sword some distance away. He knelt down and with great difficulty lifted her over his shoulder, retreating towards their camp.
The Crown's camp was equal parts worry and disarray. Followers were hastily packing away tents and tables in preparation for a hasty retreat, which from their poor viewpoint looked more and more likely. At the sight of Arron a few rushed over as he unceremoniously dumped the Raven Queen on the ground. "She is important," he said as he caught his breath and stretched his back. "Ensure she does not die. Princess Baela hold the reigns on her life now." He saw a nearby horse, clearly not fit for battle, and made his way towards it. "Now, I must find her."
As Arron made his way back towards the battlefield it was clear the Crown's forces were overrun. The battle was lost, but the order had not come to retreat. He snorted in wry laughter; who could expect anything less from Baela Targaryen?

63M (M4F) MY COUSIN
kiss her lips, like gentle rain ferocity the storm, passion unleashed *Johnny Oneball
When I was ? I had been sniffing my mother's underwear for several years, she knew it, I knew my mother was literally giving me free access to her underwear, and I was the happiest kid on the block. Apart from one woman who I babysat for her son, Annie taught me to lick her pussy, I was still a virgin.
That changed the summer of my ?th year. My incredibly beautiful cousin, Barbara, had lost her husband. He, unfortunately, drowned in a fishing accident. A shock to all, my cousin was alone with three young son's, the oldest being 5, followed by twins, just 3 years old.
Barb called my mom and asked if she could take me up north, where we grew up, alongside the river. Her parents, my parents, took us every summer. Barbara was trying to heal. Make better memories for her boys, I'm sure. My mom, of course, said "sure, as long as he wants to". And I did. I love going to the Au Sable river to this very day!
I'm 63… reflecting on something that sparked a memory, today at a family funeral, and Barb was in attendance. We hugged, with the knowledge of our past. She always has that special smile, reserved for me, we hug tightly, closer with meaningful adoration.
The weekend arrived and my cousin picked me up, and we headed north. A two hour drive, the family retreat is waiting. As we headed north, her boys fell asleep and we chatted. I asked Barb, why don't we stay at your dad's cabin, located just less than 2 miles from the river? ( my uncle had a few bucks) Barbara said that she wanted her sons to have her memories of growing up, taking a holiday by the river, and camping.
My cousin at that time, is the apple of my extremely large family's eye. She's a strikingly beautiful brunette, tall and slim, gorgeous, and recently widowed. Me, I'm thinking about the opportunity to sniff her panties. I'm (young). I know my place, I'm going to babysit, let Barb get away, my job is to help her have a good time, set up camp, do the menial tasks, and allow her to relax. In the process, helping her heal. My instructions were clear, my mom made them very clear, whatever Barbie wanted, I was to "make it happen"
We arrived up north early Friday afternoon, set up camp and went to the beach. A lagoon on the backwaters of one of the many dams on the river, surrounded by highlands. Barb was wearing a black one piece bathing suit. She hadn't trimmed her thick black bush, I couldn't stop staring! I tried, but I just couldn't. The boys played in the shallows, I noticed she was crying, not outright blabbing but quietly struggling with the fact that her husband drowned in water. We were at the beach… her first encounter with life after the fact. I really didn't know what to do, so I touched her shoulders and said "I'm sorry".
We returned to camp, ate dinner and had a bonfire. Roasted marshmallows, the boys fell asleep. We called it a night.
In the morning, Barb had her clothes already on the clothes line… a pair of white underwear (oh fuck) hanging, blowing gently in the breeze. I'm making plans to do what I do best, smell them bad boys, properly! Rinsed out, they were not that… they smelled of river water. White granny undies hanging on a clothes line, how could I get her panties alone? I couldn't! What do I do? Improvise you perverted fools…. I would walk around camp, always going under the clothes line, letting her panties rub over my face, I did this several times.
As night fell, the boys went to sleep and eventually Barb said, hey John, I need to shave my legs, could you hold the flashlight? (yessss) "I sure can Barb" I exclaimed! I knew I was about to get a show, we went into her tent… "Don't look John". Now, of course I was "not looking" she stripped to her underwear, it's sorta dark, she was beautiful standing there in just her underwear, "oh dear, I left my bathing suit on the clothesline John, could you go get it please?" My mom was great at forgetting her whatever, ( know what's going on)… "of course Barb" I fetched her garment. When I returned, she was completely naked, so I walked in. The most beautiful woman, I held out my hand, her eyes were staring at my wandering eyes
John, have you ever seen a woman? she asked… I replied " I have Barbie, I've seen my mom, and my sister." I didn't tell her I already knew how to please a woman (Anne taught me) "but never this close up" she giggled. I need to trim my public hairs John, I need you to hold the flashlight, can you do that? (yes, she said public hairs) Barbara put on her bathing suit, her nipples were hard, like my young dick! She took the old school razor and dipped it in the washbowl, lathered her pubic area, legs, and began shaving… I made damn sure the flashlight was on her pussy!
Barbara began to talk. I'm just, I'm lonely John, since my husband died (she said his name but screw yall, too personal) I'm sorry I replied. "I get so lonely" I reached out, touching her shoulder, Barbara literally flinched at my touch, honestly, I was ahhh, I wasn't (as I reflect) I really didn't know what to do… then she said, "I saw you today Johnny, smelling my underwear, on the clothesline"… I uhhh… I'm sorry Barbie… I uhhh… "no John, it's OK, I just, I…" what? Barb, I said, " It made me horny John, do you understand?" " "I saw you, and I'm lonely…. Im… do you like me johnny?"
Guys… I'm (legal)at the time, and as today sparked this memory, I really didn't know empathy, I didn't understand women, I basically didn't know jack shit! What I DID know was, I loved sniffing panties, and jacking off, I licked one gal, Annie, who taught me how, but by no means did I have the knowledge I possess today…
I answered yes, of course I like you, again she was,her eyes were wet (her pussy was glistening) yes Barbie, I think your so pretty, she grabbed me and hugged me… she kissed me! Now, I'm (legal), inexperienced and not really scared, but surely I remembered what my mom said " make sure you take care of you cousin, son"... what I never expected was about to happen.
I was really close to her, she turned and said, " I need this, Johnny, do you understand?" yes Barb, I understand. "nobody can ever know" , she pulled me in and began kissing me… I didn't really know how… I was learning on the fly… Mmmmmmñnn she moaned, I wanted to cum right then…. Barbie grabbed my hand and took it straight to her crotch, mmmmmnnmmmnn… ohhh.. john…. she convulsed…. Ohhhhb Johnny im…. ahhh i…i…..I'm gonna. Cummmmmm!!!! I've never cum in my shorts… not that quick.
My cousin Barb was breathing so heavily, she was crying, "I'm so disgusting johnny" I heard her say, NO Barb, you're not at all disgusting I said. "Ohhh, thank you ohhh Johnny…" we lay in her tent. Barb fell asleep, cold ass water underneath us, I just took her underwear, put them to my nose and jacked off… blowing a massive load onto my belly quickly falling asleep next to my cousin. In the morning, (if you have never) breakfast was the best, the smell of fresh brewed coffee, eggs, bacon and taters, Barbra was glowing, her boys eating, I said "it's a great morning", she smiled…
Today's funeral reminded me of something I have forgotten… I wasn't supposed to tell. When I saw my cousin across the room, and we smiled at each other…
How could I not remember? *he smiles
As always, give it the love it deserves people can't say the truth… ages… but yeah, this happened, edited by mods… shhhhhh…

The dungeon confirmed a theory I've had since the season began and I first heard Xivu's voice. The Hive Gods represent certain facets of Hive power, and the devredation of that division opens the door to the Hive's failings.
Oryx was the King of the Hive. Listening to the dialogue from Xivu in the dungeon it seems as though even the Sisters saw Oryx as the King of the Hive. Oryx was the Navigator, he led the Hive to victory time and again. He had armies that could destroy worlds, and even his Son was a force to be reckoned with. Oryx had beliefs based on HIS discovery. Truly, Oryx was a visionary, he saw the Hive as a being with purpose, and he even gave his sisters that form of purpose themselves.
Savathun was the Queen of the Hive, she led the Hive's motivation. She led the Hive's plots, and saw ways beyond war. Savathun leads the mental battles, and obviously tricks any and all civilizations that are necessary. She always saw flaws with the Worm's ideologies, and saw a way out via the Light.
Xivu is the Archbishop. She leads the Hive like a preacher, worshiping the IDEAS that Oryx propagated. With both Savathun and Oryx dead, she leads the Hive completely, but in a far more religious way. She seems to worship The Final Shape, as without it Oryx and Savathun were lost for no good reason.
Now her weakness. Xivu was never a leader in the way her sister and brother were. She was always a leader of sorts, but definitely not to the point of having all loyal Hive under her wing. She leads through prayer, ritual, and religion. And without knowing how to lead that many troops she may begin to falter with no one else to guide her.

Without the raid suit he lost an additional layer of defense, a cape shield that could probably block Queen’s lasers, actual flight which combined with his speed from the power up would’ve given him the ability o go invisible near indefinitely bc he doesn’t have to use stamina to sky walk, and actual invisibility.
Queen would’ve stood absolutely zero chance had Sanji used the raid suit so it makes sense he didn’t, especially bc it adds to his resolve as well as him fighting without a tool/weapon.
Sanji also clears King with the raid suit. Before the mutation he completely tanked an attack that would’ve killed anyone else. Mutation + raid suit eats that and most of King’s attacks outside of the magma dragon, which Sanji could outspeed. There’s also a chance the cape shield + raid suit + exoskeleton could get through the magma flames. He’s smart enough to notice King’s gimmick especially when he can go invisible and wait for King to do what he did to Queen with his speed. And it’s not mentioned that conquerors is a requirement to cut King, it’s only stated he loses his durability when his flames are off but gains speed, even though his innate durability is already high.
In conclusion, it makes sense Sanji lost the raid suit but he significantly nerfed himself and could’ve beaten both King and Queen.

The tension hung heavy in the air as it was finally realized that peace talks were collapsing and war was inevitable. Tyraxis, Hive Prince of Corsica faction had gathered here for a modicum of peace hoping to avoid the losses of his men. He sat in his chair opposite his former brethren with his two Praetorians flanking him, plasma spears at ready. His human diplomat, Johnny was desperately trying to ease tensions. Arborean, the Crown Prince of Hive Arrakkis sat proud at his seat, his purple skin glistening in the light of the room.
Arborean was so certain of his victory he had the barefaced audacity to carry his human concubine with him. His human diplomat Martinez was unamused by tensions as he cast passing glances to the Praetorians flanking his employer. Arborean made sure to prominently display his most prized possession with the woman sitting on his lap.
"Surely we can find a way around this? There has to be a way to sue for peace. At least for this battle. Perhaps we can exclude some ships from the roster and at least make it an even fight?" Johnny could sense he was getting nowhere, but he still had a few angles.
"Sure... we can sue for peace. AFTER you hand over the system! Those Gehennan spice mines are ours and you damn well know it!" Martinez slammed his hand on the table.
"You and I both know that if that fleet goes to battle it would be an absolute slaughter! If your master was half the warrior he so claims he is, he would agree to roster the battle to make it fair!" Johnny blasted his opponent.
Arborean whispered into his diplomats ear. The shame tactic and personal attack worked. "A point made in anger but still a point. We will agree to the standard galactic Ship Points Allocation system. However... No holds barred. Last man standing rules only." Martinez said with a certain sinister grin.
Tyraxis hung his head in shame. The Queen would have his head after this one way or another for this, but at least it would give his men a fighting chance. He gave a nod to Johnny and sent him a note on his wearable data manager. "Fine. If we win, you will not come back to this system. The point was proven, tactics ruled the day. If we win, you leave and don't come back!"
Arborean thought for a moment then nodded his head. "Deal." Martinez said, extending a hand out.
Martinez and Johnny shook hands and started drawing up paperwork as Arborean began to greedily fondle his prized possession, much to the blistering rage of Tyraxis burning eyes. Suddenly the door flung itself open, a human marine barged through the door.
"UNCLE BERNIE'S HERE!!!!" He yelled with unimaginable excitement, and charged back out again.
"Uncle Bernie!?" All three of the humans said this at once, and all three, suddenly got up from where they stood and bolted to the exit with such speed it made everyone's heads spin.
A few moments of awkward and stunned silence followed this occurrence. "What the hell is an uncle Bernie?" Arborean asked, as if expecting an answer.
"Well... Uncle is a human term, it means the brother of my father. Bernie is I believe someone's name." On of Tyraxis' Praetorians said.
The two princes regarded each other for a moment longer before one of Tyraxis' Praetorians broke the silence as his communicator beeped. "My Prince... every human ship in the system has disengaged!"
"WHAT!?" Both Princes yelled out in unison.
"Warp signature detected! There is a battlecruiser class vessel entering the system!" Arboreans Praetorian warned.
"What treachery are you planning Thraxis?!" Arborean lashed out.
"What are you talking about? This is YOUR doing! How much did you bribe my ambassador hm?"
Just then, an interruption. Every communications unit on the station suddenly came to life. It was some kind of... song? Silly, whimsical. Catchy.
"Are ya lost in space?
Need pie in your face?
Come on down to Bernies!
Do ya need a drink?
Well thats a sinch!
Come on down to Bernie's!
Bernies Bar and Grill is now open, active servicemen get a beer on the house!"
All of the Hivers on station and on their ships stood with absolute bewilderment as to what the flaming hell was going on. In the meantime, a very familiar looking ship warped into the system, drowned out by a cheering crowd as all of the twelve human made ships in the system swarmed it and docked as soon as it was safe.
Thraxis stood from his seat and made his way to the exit. "And just where do you think you are going?" Arborean said with annoyance.
"Beer."
Thraxis moved down the concourse ramp to his shuttle and waited as his Praetorian Guard, and hastily at their heels, Arborean and his guards, caught up and sat down. Thraxis called the robotic driver to go to the Human ship 'Uncle Bernies'. The driver, a machine, let out a happy beep for some reason and with careless abandon charged his way to the ship.
Uncle Bernies was a battlecruiser class. The six Hivers took careful note of its exterior. It was several times larger than most Human warships, and ten times more heavily armed. Mounted in various spots were storage tanks that looked like distilleries and one could clearly see the ship had its own hydroponics and protien synthesis bays built into the hull. The human support ships had been completely emptied by the time the shuttle made it to one of the airlocks.
The robot driver let out a mechanical "Woohoo!" as it hopped out of its car and hastily wheeled its way into the ships maintenance bays. Even the machines were entranced by this ship. The six hivers made their way through the clearly marked hallways into a massive restaurant. Immediately they were surrounded by humans of all classes and types who immediately reacted to their presence with a loud "AHOY MATEY!" of approval before returning to the meals they were enjoying.
The restaurant had over two hundred humans in it, but could comfortably seat a thousand more. The place was a massive circular arnoretum, surrounded on every corner by restaurants, eateries and even a quaint little gift shop.
"What in the Queens tits is this place?" One of Thraxis' Preatorians thought aloud.
"I can answer that my man! Welcome to my humble restaurant and bar!" A human suddenly spoke up from behind the group.
The six turned around to the sight of a grey bearded human with a large midsection, a toolbelt with cooking utensiils in a strange uniform with a funny hat. "Who are you?"
"Im uncle Bernie! Shut yer holes and drink a beer! Activer servicemen get one free beer!" He excitedly said, then jammed a purple aluminium can into everyones hands.
At this point Thraxis was what humans would call 'done.' so, he took a taste of the beverage. "My goodness!" His expression instantly changed to one of happiness as he drank more.
Arborean timidly took a sip of his own can of beer. "By the Mother!" He exclaimed, then chugged the rest of it down with a fist raised high.
Bernie regarded his new customers with a hearty smile and lead them all to a table before serving them a pizza. Within a few moments of them sitting down, Arboreans concubine Jessica returned to her masters lap with flushed cheeks and a silly giggle. The two ambassadors arrived as well, carrying a family size two cheese pizza with mushroom, onion and smoked ham. Jessiica showed them how to eat a pizza by grabbing a slice, then squealing in delight as she tasted the slice. Martinez and Johnny likewise did the same, sighing in happiness as though it was their first christmas.
The hivers tentatively took their own slice of the delicious smelling confection and took a small, cautious bite. Thraxis gave it one taste and threw decorum to the wind and began to aggressively scarf the slice down. The four Praetorians likewise did the same, followed by Arborean who had Jessica feed it to him.
Thraxis sat back in his seat, carefully considering a small fact he suddenly noticed. This place was rather... empty. Uncle Bernie approached and smiled his usual moustachio'ed smile. "Can I get ya anything else boys? Theres plenty for all!"
Thraxis suddenly perked up. "Yes... Olokarn." He looked at his all too happy Preatorian guard.
"Yes My -burp- Prince?" He said.
"Hand me your communicator, patch me into the fleet."
Olokarn did as commanded. "This is Thraxis, Prince of Hive Khathorn. All ships are to immediately disengage operations and report to Uncle Bernie's for lunch." He stopped, after Johnny handed him a piece of napkin with something scrawled on it. "And also... anyone who does not leave a tip, will be shot."
Arborean followed suit, commanding his own substantial naval forces and military to stand down, placing several thousand take-out orders for the planet and station at Martinez' instructions.
Within minutes, the ship was flooded with a thousand Hivers from both factions. To Arborean and Thraxis' astonished shock, Uncle Bernie was there to meet them. All of them. Thraxis noted this and asked Martinez what the hell was going on.
"What, My Lord?" Martinez asked, confused.
"Th-theres Uncle Bernie. And there! And there too! Am I seeing a strange genetic anomaly or is this man a clone?" He said bewildered.
"Well... yah. Thats uncle Bernie there. And there. And there too. And thats... thats Frank actually. Hes Uncle Bernie too but he likes to be called Frank." Martinez said, gesturing to the chefs and cooks of all the various restaurants.
"Care to elaborate? Please?" Arborean said as he held a sleeping Jessica in his arms.
"Uncle Bernie, My Prince, is a human that owned and operated a restaurant at an old shipbuilding yard before Sol was lost called Jupiter Drive Yards. After about twenty years on the job with that very rerstaurant, the company gave him one of our old Refurbished Munificent Class Ornament ships. Thats what this ship is. Its based on an old Trade federation Munificent class in old Star Wars movies." Martinez explained, sitting down with a new can of beer.
"MMmyes, a lot of other restaurants and food franchises exist, but none come close to Bernie's. He turned that ship into a roving restaurant and was there when Sol collapsed. Hes been everywhere. Just roams the stars, feeding and hydrating anyone he comes across at an absolutely rock bottom price. He even caters to machine consciousness because the tech cults have a presence on this ship. All in all, Bernie is just a nice guy, who just wants to own a restaurant. And damn does he do a good job!" Johnny responded in kind as he helped himself to a hotdog.
"And in order to ensure I can provide the service that is needed, nay, demanded of my establishment, I opted to do some cloning and mind copying, just to keep it all running how it needs to be! We share somewhat of a gestalt consciousness too so... it makes things a lot easier. Now, perhaps I can interest anyone in our dessert menu?" Uncle Bernie said, firing up the ice cream makers and waffle irons.
In the end, with all that had happened, neither side was ready or willing to engage in warfare. Both sides were either too full, too sleepy, or too drunk to do any fighting. When the hangovers and bellyaches passed, there was a strange feeling of contentedness between the two factions. Both of them essentially forgot why they were fighting and were too stuffed, happy or filled up to bother asking.
Martinez and Johnny drew up plans for the conflict anyway but they were never used. In all, Arborean and Thraxis agreed to a fifty-fifty split o resources in the star system ultimately benefitting everyone. Especially Bernie. One of the conditions of peace talks, was that Bernie always come round at least once every three months for a good booze up.
Because after all, everyone loves Uncle Bernie!

I've been hesitant about whether or not to post this here, because if my timeline is correct then reading this post will ruin many of major twists and reveals of the next book. I'm likely wrong on a few things, but even so; If you want to keep Stormlight's amazing "Oh shit!" moments for when the books come out, then please DO NOT read this post.
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KEY POINTS/SPOILERS:

• Formless = Queen Tsa = Ba-Ado-Mishram
• The Fall of the Silver Kingdoms is at the heart of everything, including why the radiants gave up their oaths.
• Queen Tsa Ascended to become Cultivation temporarily, and in doing so picked up the Dawnshard Change.
• Queen Tsa/Cultivation used the Dawnshard to give the Singers Forms of Power - the Regal forms - and in return they gave her the honorific Formless. (Note: On a reread, keep an ear out for every time the word "formless" is used - its very interesting!)
• Queen Tsa was Enlightened by Sja-Anat/Odium to become Ba-Ado-Mishram.
• After the shattering of the Kingdom of Natanatan (The Shattered Plains), Queen Tsa retreated with the Dawnshard to Aimia. The Bondsmith Melishi (the last person to bond the Sibling) led an emergency strike team - together with Nale, Kelek, and others - to take BAM down and to retrieve the Dawnshard. This is what led to the Scouring of Aimia & the Fall of the Aimian Silver Kingdom - which is also why there is so much secrecy around the Scouring.
• Because BAM had a) temporarily Ascended and Connected to Roshar, and b) given the Singers their voidlight powers, capturing BAM in a gemstone caused all Singers to become dullform (aside from The Last Legion, which later became the modern Parshendi).
• Shallan's mother was the Herald Chanarach. The Ghostbloods contacted Shallan as a child via Seon (in the garden), and convinced her to open her family's wall safe to retrieve the gemstone containing BAM. Shallan eventually swallows the gemstone containing Ba-Ado-Mishram. Her mother's shout ("She's one of them!" refers to Shallan being an Unmade, not a Radiant), which is why her mother tried to kill her.
• Formless was reawakened within Shallan with the arrival of the Everstorm.
• (Fun extra: Sigzil is a Ghostblood.)

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Note: Though I'm pretty confident about the key points above, the following timeline also contains a few of my less-certain theories (e.g. whether Honour was a dragon), so there are likely a few things wrong below. But even so, I'm confident on much on it, and would love to hear your critiques.
Also: I'm using BC and AD as stand-ins to denote the passing of years on Roshar, because we all know what they mean (even if there wasn't a Jesus on Roshar).
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DETAILED TIMELINE OF ROSHAR:

• ? BC: Adonalsium creates or modifies the Rosharan system. On Roshar, he raises the largest Rosharan landmass in the shape of a mathematical Julia Set (for some reason). His investiture in the planet seeds the beginning of some spren species - likely the evolution of lesser spren such as flamespren and emotionspren.
• 10k BC: The Shattering - 16 people + Hoid shatter Adonalsium
• 10k BC: Honor (Tanavast) & Cultivation (Korellium-Avast) come to Ashyn/RoshaBraize. Cultivation & Honor are dragons.
  • Cultivation a dragon confirmed. Points in favor of Honor being a dragon: similar naming styles + they were a married couple + a very particularly worded WoB about there only being one dragon on Roshar now.
• 9k BC: Intelligent spren (the kind that can form Nahel bonds) are created on Roshar, likely by Honor and Cultivation
• 9k BC: The original inhabitants of Roshar are the Shapers (early ancestors of the Singers), who bonded with Rosharan spren in a way that allows them to shape and mold stone. The original inhabitants of Ashyn are the humans.
  • Evidence: Venli’s discussion with the stone when using her powers in Urithiru, and the Shin’s reverence for uncut stone
• ? BC: Odium comes to the Rosharan system, and tricks Ishar on Ashyn into unchecked surgebinding (with a Dawnshard?), which ends up destroying the planet. The exodus from Ashyn to Roshar occurs, with Ishar + Shalash + the others. The humans settle in Shinovar.
• ? BC: At some point, the Iriali also come to the world as part of their Long Path. Roshar is their fourth planet out of the seven they will move to before Adonalsium is reformed (according to their religion).
• ? BC: At some point anywhere in the timeline: The Siah and Dysian Aimians come to Roshar.
• ? BC: At some point, the spren “betray” the Singers and switch sides to the Humans. The Singers join with Odium.
• 6080 BC: The First Desolation. Cultivation and Honor side with Humans, and Odium with the singers. Humans invade the rest of the world from Shinovar, which results in the first military conflict between humans and Singers. The Eila Stele is written.
• ~6080 BC: Odium creates the Fused. The Oathpact is created by Jezrien in response.
• ? BC: There are 15ish Desolations in total.
• ? BC: Partway through (~5000 BC, during the Heraldic Epochs, Silver Kingdoms): humans and spren begin to develop the Nahel bond – surgebinding – Knight Radiant are founded – Urithiru is built – Nohadon travels to Urithiru after being king during the Desolation that last 11-12ish years
• ~3301 BC: A portion of Singers in Odium’s army (the Last Legion) split off from the conflict and become dullform
• ~3301 BC: The Last Desolation occurs – the nine heralds abandoned the Oathpact – Fused become stuck on Braize – The Era of Solitude begins – humans and singers live together on Roshar
• ~800 BC: Queen Tsa is the queen of Natanatan. Natanatan was the Silver Kingdom that existed where the Shattered Plains are now. Queen Tsa is the character in Wit’s story that tricks Mishim into switching places.
• ~800 BC: The False Desolation occurs, a war between humans and singers, supposedly backed by the Unmade. There are no Fused on Roshar, and the Parsh do not have access to voidbinding or Forms of Power.
• Queen Tsa (or someone else) discovers that humans were the real voidbringers, and the Singers were the original inhabitats of Roshar. This revelation is what sparks events that lead to the Recreance.
• Queen Tsa, originally a leader of human forces, decides to switch sides and help the Singers. Cultivation and Queen Tsa temporarily switch places (as per Wit’s story about Tsa & Mishim, Cultivation’s moon). According to the story, this is supposedly so Cultivation can experience mortal life and Tsa can see the heavens. However, it is likely the Cultivation was the one pulling the strings here, and that this this is related be her objective of working together with Odium to break Tanavast/Honor). Tsa temporarily ascends to become a Shard, and in doing so she gains the ability to Connect to Roshar. Tsa’s Connecting to Roshar here is what causes unforeseen consequences from her imprisonment later – after she is Corrupted into an Unmade by Sja-Anat (but we’re getting ahead of ourselves; for now she is just Queen Tsa/Cultivation).
• Tsa-Cultivation picks up the Dawnshard Change on Ashyn. Tsa-Cultivation gives the Singers voidlight and Forms of Power – specifically, she gives them the ability to become Regals (according to the Listener Song of Secrets: Smokeform, Nightform, Decayform, Stormform)
  • Evidence for this: 1) Venli’s surgebinding abilities work when she combines Cultivation’s & Odium’s songs. 2) Ba-Ado-Mishram is said to have given the singers their Forms of Power at the beginning of the False Desolation, which is what caused the war to become The False Desolation. Before this they had only had normal singer forms and no fused – but now they had Forms of Power – aka what Venli has, Regal forms. 3) When Dalinar and Odium agree to Champion terms at the end of RoW, Odium states that while he can control the Fused, he has no control over the Regals. This is likely because they were created by Tsa-Cultivation, not Odium.
• While Ascended, Tsa either sleeps with – or in some way works together with – either Honor or Odium.
• Tsa and Cultivation switch back to their original places by choice, or because Tsa can’t handle Shardhood and falls (see Stormfather-Ishar’s statement into the 5th Prologue).
  • Evidence: 1) Wit’s story about Tsa & Mishim, 2) Stormfather-Ishar’s statement to Gavilar in the Stormlight 5 Prologue:
    • “Tell me,” he said, walking across the springy carpet to the map of Roshar on the table. “Why would Thaidakar be so interested in Ba-Ado-Mishram?”
    • She created your parshmen, the Stormfather said. On accident. Long ago, after the Heralds’ final visit but before the Recreance, Mishram tried to rise up and replace the God of the Voidbringers. She gave the common voidbringers forms, Voidlight, abilities. To fight for themselves.
    • “Curious,” Gavilar said. “And then?”
    • And then…she fell. She was too small a being, not strong enough, to uphold an entire people. It all came crashing down, and so some brave men and women—Radiants—did something that had to be done, trapping Mishram in a gemstone to prevent her from destroying all of Roshar. The side effect of that event created the parshmen.
    • (Note that the God of the Voidbringers here = Cultivation, which has interesting implications)
• ? BC: Tsa gains two new monikers: Ba-Ado-Mishram (by the humans) and Formless (by the Singers).
  • Formless: One who has granted the Singers new forms, but as a human cannot have forms herself.
  • Ba-Ado-Mishram: “Child/Student of the Light of Mishim” or “One who has lost the Light of Mishim”.
    • Evidence: Ba-Ado-Mishram is clearly a Shin- or Iriali-derived name.
    • Ba – Related to the the name Tsa, related to Bavadin, or related to “bah” as in the student/child indicator from Rysn’s name “Rysn Ftori bah-Vstim”
    • Ado – Light, from “Adoda”
    • Mishram – Mishi + the suffix ram (e.g. seen in “Amaram”)
• ? BC: Either now or a little later: Something occurs that causes the shattering of the Shattered Plains (and probably the Kingdom of Natanatan). It likely involved Queen Tsa/BAM using the Dawnshard Change. These events - and the unchecked power and destruction on display - were also likely very evocative of the humans destruction of Ashyn. This might have been what finally motivated the Knights Radiants to end their bonds soon after.
  • "They blame our people / For the loss of that land. / The city that once covered it / Did range the eastern strand. / The power made known in the tomes of our clan / Our gods were not who shattered these plains." – Song of Wars, 55th stanza
  • When Shallan and Kaladin are in the chasms, Shallan realizes that the Shattered Plains were shattered in a way similar to cymatics → “More than that,” she said, standing. “I know too much now to die out here. The Shattered Plains are a pattern. This isn’t a natural rock formation.” Her eyes widened further. “At the center of these Plains was a city. Something broke it apart. A weapon… Vibrations? Like sand on a plate? An earthquake that could break rock… Stone became sand, and at the blowing of the highstorms, the cracks full of sand were hollowed out.” (WoR, ch. 71)
• ? BC: Tsa escapes to Aimia, together with the Dawnshard Change. She lives there among the Siah Aimians, and potentially has a baby (?), or in some way creates a human + Aimian pairing (e.g. the intermixing of two populations who now live in close proximity over time) this leads to the blue-skinned Natan people (and also the blue-veined people in Babatharnam)
• At what point does Tsa become the Unmade Ba-Ado-Mishram? Is it before, during, or after she Ascends?
• ? BC: The Singers fight their way towards Feverstone Keep (gemstone archive), and the person recording this thinks that they might be trying to fight their way to Rall Elorim (which means Feverstone Keep is near the Iriali, Shinovar, and the Purelake). Were the Singers trying to get offworld through the same site that the Irali and Ashyn humans came onworld?
• ? BC: Due to Tsa’s actions in Ascending and giving the Singers forms of power, and/or the events on Natanatan, the current and only Bondsmith Melishi (bonded to the Sibling) decides, in a rush, to form a “strike team” and capture BAM. Kelek and Nale (and more, maybe Chanarach) were present at BAM’s imprisonment, so were also likely related in some way to the strike team.
• ? BC: Nale at some point ends up switching sides to join the Parshendi, and later he and Kelek considers themselves to have “betrayed” BAM.
  • Potential theory (unsure): Did BAM have an agreement with Kelek and Nale (helping the Parshendi?), which they betrayed when they became worried about something she would do? And so they told Melishi, which set off the rest of events? Melishi, in a rush (and without time to explain the plan fully to the others – as noted in the gemstone archive), forms a plan to imprison BAM. From Kelek: “I know […] Where her soul is. Ba-Ado-Mishram. Granter of Forms. Their other god. The one who could rival Him. The one…we betrayed.”
  • Second potential theory (unsure): Perhaps the turning point was shattering of the Shattered Plains. These events were too evocative of the humans destroying Ashyn, and the unchecked power and destruction on display might have been what finally motivated Nale and Kelek to betray Tsa, and what motivated the Knights Radiants to end their bonds soon after.
• ? BC: The Sibling and Melishi unbond before BAM is imprisoned, and Melishi builds the Sibling the additional shield defenses. Something happens before Melishi can finish them all, and only 4 nodes are created. (Evidence: How did the Sibling know to unbond Melishi before the Recreance?)
• The Sibling hates spren being imprisoned in gemstones, considers Melishi to have “betrayed” her, like all humans. I think this recording from the Urithiru gemstone archive is from the Sibling: “I wish to sleep. I know now why you do what you do, and I hate you for it. I will not speak of the truths I see.” If that archive gemstone is hers, then the Sibling knows something she’s not saying about these events – what was her relationship to BAM? What does she know?
• Somewhere between 800 BC and 300 BC: Melishi’s strike team goes to Aimia to find and capture BAM. The events there are so devastating that they wipe out most of the Aimians, and are later referred to as the Scouring of Aimia. Because so much of what occurs here needs to be kept secret (e.g. BAM’s imprisonment), the reasons for the Scouring are lost to time.
• ~800 BC: BAM is imprisoned in the gemstone. Due to her Connection to Roshar as a previous Shard, BAM’s imprisonment results in the creation of deadeyes, the loss of Towerlight*, and causes a majority of the Parsh (all Regals?) to lose their Identity & Connection to Roshathe rhythms, and turn into parshmen. (Check: I believe The Sibling says that BAM’s imprisonment causes the loss of Towerlight, but maybe it’s Honor dying soon after. Need to check.)
• ~800 BC: The Recreance occurs – nine out of ten Radiant Orders abandon their shardblades and break their bonds, killing their spren (except for the Skybreakers). The Stonewards and Windrunners (and maybe others?) do this at Feverstone Keep.
  • The people alive at this point have just 1) Learned that humans were the original voidbringers & that they destroyed Ashyn with unchecked surgebinding, 2) Seen Queen Tsa switch sides and become Cultivation, 3) Seen the Singers get Regal powers and voidlight surgebinding, 4) Have a war so destructive it became named The False Desolation, 5) Witnessed the Shattering of Natanatan to become the Shattered Plains → fall of the Natan Silver Kingdom, 6) Witnessed the Scouring of Aimia → fall of the Aimian Silver Kingdom, 7) Experienced the retreat of the Sibling & abandonment of Urithiru → fall of the Urithiru Silver Kingdom. So there has been some major upheaval going on – it would be understandable then for the Knights Radiant to conclude that their powers are too dangerous to continue.
• Somewhere between 800 BC and 300 BC: Fall of the Silver Kingdoms/end of the Heraldic Epochs.
• Somewhere between 800 BC and 300 BC: Honor dies. (Honor was still alive when the KR's disbanded, which was well after the breaking of the Oathpact. – according to a WOB)
• 100 BC: The Shin Invasions: A series of invasions by the Shin threatened the rest of Roshar. According to legend, the Shin attacked with spears on horseback. Their dominance has been compared to the Heirocracy and the reign of the Sunmaker. (Unresolved questions: how/why did such a peaceful culture temporarily become warmongering? Unmade influence?)
• 0 AD: ???
  • When asked, BS couldn’t remember if anything important happened in this year, so it’s likely not important. Fall of the Silver Kingdoms maybe? (WOB - Jofwu: Is year one on the [Rosharan] calendar related to Vorinism in some way? Brandon Sanderson: I would have to go look. I can't remember. I know it's in there.)
• 480 AD: Dynastic collapse of Bayala - The ruling dynasty collapses following "great debauchery" in the court of Bayala. Hessi believes the influence of the Unmade Ashertmarn may be to blame for these events.
• 675 AD: The War of Loss – Sadees, the Sunmaker, ended the Vorin church's Heirocracy and united much of eastern Roshar.
• 950 AD: King’s Drop placed in Thaylen Gemstone Reserve
• ~1120 AD: Navani and Dalinar are born, and current events begin
• Dalinar and his hunting party meet Eshonai and the Listeners
• Gavilar begins searching for a path to immortality
• Thaidakar asks Gavilar to give him Kelek, and in return he agrees to bring about the return of the Desolations.
• Gavilar joins the Sons of Honor, but ends up leading them instead of giving Kelek to Thaidakar. Gavilar therefore has known Kelek for two years by the time of the feast.
• Thaidakar and the Ghostbloods manipulate Shallan (through the Seon, in the garden) to open her family’s wall safe and retrieve the gemstone containing BAM. On the night of the feast, Shallan does so, finding and swallowing the gemstone containing BAM/Formless.
• Ishar (?) poses as the Stormfather to trick Gavilar into (?), and sends him Tanavast’s visions. Gavilar thinks he is using the Stormfather to find a way to become an immortal Herald.
• The night of the feast: Gavilar’s assassination. Kelek brings Nale to meet Gavilar, and Gavilar reveals his plans to return the Desolations. Kelek and Nale are horrified, and Nale manipulates events so that the Parshendi find Szeth and assassinate Gavilar.
• The night of the feast: Chanarach’s death. Shallan’s mother realizes that Shallan swallowed the gemtone and is horrified (“She’s one of them!” = an Unmade). She has her Skybreaker (?) friend (is he also a Ghostblood?) get the special Raysium dagger than can kill/trap an immortal soul. Shallan/BAM kills her mother, and may or may not break her oaths with Testament, but in some way causes Testament to become a Deadeye. Chanarach returns to Braize and begins the Final Desolation.
• [Most of the events of the books occur]
• Shallan AND Sigzil are (independently of each other) recruited by the Ghostbloods
• The Final Desolation begins when Dalinar & Co. reach the centre of the Shattered Plains as the Listeners summon the Everstorm
• The Ghostbloods need Shallan to get into Last Integrity to kill/imprison Kelek, so they get Sigzil to suggest a trip to Lasting Integrity at the next world leader summit.

The end of the timeline, for now. To be continued.
Notes!
Queen Tsa is a character in one of Wit's stories (Oathbringer Ch. 67 to be exact). You can read a summary of her story here: https://stormlightarchive.fandom.com/wiki/Tsa
For her whole story straight from the book, see my comment here: https://www.reddit.com/Stormlight_Archive/comments/13temny/comment/jlvk404/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

The weeks leading up to the 17th Hunger Games were especially eventful as the Capital was still reeling from the previous year’s spectacular games. Sherpa Kapoor, with the help of his lion friends, had proven himself to be the most popular tribute in Hunger Games history since Ashley Chen (victor of the 13th Hunger Games)’s revenge plot. The Capital was kept satisfied with reruns as well as the continuing increasing sales of 16th HG merchandise. This consisted of Kapoor Pride plushies, replica gaffi sticks, and the most sought-after item: the latest in the line of Panem Champion Funko Pop. Every year, a new action figure is made for the latest victor of the Hunger Games. It was the most popular collectible in the Capital. In fact, since the Golden Victors concept was introduced, a new line of Funko Pop was released, separating the first ten victors (called the First Champions) and the Golden Victors by changing the color of the clothes and weapons to gold.
Hunger Games mania had started once more a week before the reaping cycle. Artemis Radcliffe interviewed Head Gamemaker Grimstone on her morning show Good Morning Panem, expressing relief that the Sherpa craze had died down. Grimstone responded that that kind of excitement was the nature of the Golden Victors and he hoped he would be able to replicate that level of success. However, he did admit it was up to the tributes to decide that. As usual, Artemis pushed for details only to receive tight lips from the gamemaker. She responded to herself, telling the audience she'll never learn the futility of getting spoilers from a gamemaker.
A week later, Sherpa had to put his restaurant endeavors on hold as he was called for the reaping tour. His entourage consisted of his brother Zacharie, Cassandra (his mentor), and surviving Kapoor Pride member Parth. After a depressing reaping at his home district, Cassandra had to separate from the group to take care of the first half of mentoring his tributes Mishti and Horace. So, Troy van Stomm (victor of the 5th Hunger Games) volunteered to tag along, mostly in hopes to become Sherpa’s friend. A notable incident happened during the District 8 reaping, when the younger brother of Asaad (D8 tribute of 16th games who was killed by Sherpa), Burlap, was reaped and attempted to assault Sherpa on the stage. Parth tackled him to the ground but was stopped by Sherpa before he could injure him further.
After witnessing the reaping games of District 2 sire Nikita and Andrei, Sherpa and his entourage arrived in District 6. He was given a tour by Mayor Bengtsson and District 6’s only victor Phoebe Bentley. They introduced to Sherpa a recently completed construction project, the Luxury Viking Cruise. This week-long cruise trip would sail the seas of Districts 4 and 6, even granting a tour of the Faroe Island Base. Despite being a victor for nearly a year, Sherpa was shocked by the fancy architecture and opulence. The remainder of the tour was a bit of a downer, Sherpa seeing firsthand the combined effects of poverty and the warmweed epidemic. His spirits were lifted when Phoebe enthusiastically showed him the Kento Rehabilitation Center. Both Sherpa and Troy decided to inject some of their money into the community, buying a variety of the local liquors outside of the Johnson Jazzy Juices brand. During lunch, Phoebe introduced them to her husband, local piloting legend Jackson Williams, and her “arena baby” Mirabelle. Sherpa allowed Mirabelle to pet Parth while he asked Jackson some piloting questions.
After lunch, everyone headed over to the reaping square where he was greeted by the mayor. He chatted for about ten minutes as the oil and vomit stained amber clad youths filed into the enclosure, the process taking longer as peacekeepers had to round up inebriated youths who tried to ditch the process. Sherpa made his victor’s speech more lively, bringing up his restaurant business and performing a couple tricks with Parth. Some of the youths enjoyed the show and applauded him. After his speech, Phoebe urged him to pull out the first name from the female reaping bowl. Sherpa took a deep breath and shoved his hand in the bowl. He unfolded the paper and announced eighteen year old Catilina "Cat" Verter as tribute.
Cat was a tall medium built woman with ginger curls and round glasses and was known as one of the assistant instructors at the Kento Rehabilitation Centre, so she knew District 6’s sole victor Phoebe Bentley quite well. Phoebe apparently was funding Cat's scholarship to become a licensed therapist. Phoebe put her hand over her mouth in shock when Cat’s name was called. Cat walked up to the stage, with a tightness in her chest and tears streaming down her face. She shook hands with Sherpa and said his pet lion was cute. She turned towards the cameras, forcing a smile in an attempt to convince Capital audiences she wasn’t unhappy with her situation. In the commentator’s booth, Artemis fell for the fake smile, commenting how she must be excited to represent her district. Her co-commentator Capricorn Luther rolled his eyes in annoyance and told her to just keep watching.
Sherpa walked over to the male reaping bowl, feeling slight relief the first wasn’t a drugged out zombie. He shuffled to the male reaping bowl and pulled out the name of fifteen year old Jackknife "Jack" Clutch. Cameras found Jack in the middle of the horde of inebriated youth. Jack was a short brown haired lad who was ragged looking from head to toe due to a recent warmweed binge. Despite this, he was less skinny and pale looking than his peers to the surprise of Artemis and Luther. Luther pulled some notes and revealed Jack had managed to stay sober for 10 months, recently relapsing after the Good Morning Panem interview. He read further and discovered that Jack was one of the young refinery workers in one of the hovercraft warehouses. Artemis read the remainder of the notes and found it interesting to hear he was imprisoned four months ago after getting caught trying to smuggle warmweed across the Orkney Stretch, a stretch of water fashioned as an aquatic border separating the two districts. Despite the previous soberness, he was in too much of a trance to notice being reaped and was dragged to the stage by peacekeepers. He limply shook hands with Sherpa and absentmindedly walked into Parth before finding his place to the left of the stage. Mayor Bengtsson indifferently congratulated this year’s tributes before dismissing them to their waiting rooms. Phoebe dismissed herself to the hoverjet, kissing her husband and Mirabelle goodbye. Sherpa and his entourage also left for their next stop in the reaping tour: District 4.
Cat was visited by her older brother Tank and a coworker Pedal. The Juicy Tidbits podcast disclosed that her mother had passed away two years ago and her father was passed out drunk at the Kjellberg Brewery. The group embraced and shared in the sorrowful moment. Tank and Pedal tried to cram as much advice as they could into the session, but Cat was feeling overwhelmed. She assured them she had a great mentor who would surely help her win. Cat told Tank to sell her belongings and drew a map to the location of her pocketed earnings and her will. She thanked him for always being there and becoming sober for her. She turned to Pedal and thanked him for being her best friend, regretting never asking him out. She asked Pedal to take care of her patients, attempting to make a list of important details. However, the peacekeepers arrived before she could finish and escorted her to the hoverjet.
Meanwhile, Jack was visited by Tyre, his only friend who was one of the few who managed to stay sober during the sudden uptake of drugs and alcohol at reaping week. She consoled him as he began to cry and reassured his other friends would come if they weren't also high. Jack claimed to not care about them, but instead expressed disappointment in his parents for not coming. Tyre assured him that she believed in him. Jack shrugged and said, “At least I’ll die knowing I had one friend.” Tyre responded with “If that nervous wreck Oslo could make it as far as he did, then I'm sure you can get that little bit extra and win." She kissed him on the lips before giving him a final embrace, promising a surprised Jack that she would wait for him. Jack then made her promise that if he doesn’t make it to not wait so long to find someone else. The peacekeepers arrived and brought him to the hoverjet.
When Jack and Cat got on the hovercraft, Phoebe was already waiting at the dining table. She asked Jack to hand over any contraband warmweed he may have before they got started. He initially refused, arguing that he would need them to not break down during training. Cat reminded him that his best chance at winning would be staying sober, recalling Phoebe telling her about last year’s tributes ruining their pregames chances due to them being high. She offered to help him stay calm during the following events, bringing up her training in therapy. This seemed to persuade him to hand over the warmweed he kept in his pocket. Little did they know, he was secretly concealing a teeny fraction in the sole of his shoe. The group spent the next few hours discussing strategy. As opposed to most mentors, who would explain the upcoming events before having them watch previous games, Phoebe crafted a presentation with a slide show. The slideshow touched on the topics of the pregame events, finding water sources, creating makeshift weapons and making and handling alliances. In previous years, Phoebe used pictures and videos from previous games but this year she replaced them with stop motion animation and drawings depicting the scenarios.
When the presentation was over, Phoebe asked her tributes to tell her what their strategy for training would be. Cat was the first to answer, detailing how she would use her time to learn survival skills. However, she was indecisive on what weapon to choose. Jack, on the other hand, decided he would learn to use a knife and try his hand at camouflage. Phoebe appeared satisfied with their initial answers and instructed them to mull over their indecision. She gave them the time of noon tomorrow to come to her with their final decision. Phoebe attempted to retire her tributes to their quarters, but Jack asked if he could watch her games. Phoebe was taken aback by this. She was about to refuse, but Cat expressed her desire to see it as well. Phoebe relented and turned on the 3rd Hunger Games. While watching, Jack commended the swordsmanship of Kento (the D3 tribute and Mirabelle’s biological father) before considering practicing with a sword instead. Cat repeated the praise while condemning Carson (Phoebe’s district partner)’s brutality, even going as far as comparing him to one of the unruly patients in the mental asylum ward at the Kento Rehabilitation Centre. She turned to hear Phoebe’s thoughts, but saw her tearfully struggling to refrain herself from grabbing a bottle of whiskey. Cat rushed to her and put the bottle down, embracing her as she cried. She ordered Jack to turn off the games, which he did after seeing the climactic battle between her and Carson. Phoebe eventually calmed down and ordered her tributes to bed for the night. Night cameras showed that Cat did some light reading on a book about lizards and amphibians she found before sleeping. Meanwhile, Jack mulled over whether or not he should consume his contraband. He ultimately decided to ask the peacekeeper outside his door to bring him a strong tasting but nonalcoholic drink. He learned from him that all of the drinks in the District 6 apartment were nonalcoholic, leading him to accept a lemon vodka.
The next morning, the tributes woke up to a light breakfast and were asked to clean up quickly and select clothes provided in their wardrobes. This became a tradition Phoebe picked up for her tributes after Jase Toliver tried it for the District 8 tributes of the 2nd Quinquennial Quell (15th Hunger Games). The tradition became handy that year as the Capital was going through a heat wave. Due to being farther north and experiencing the harshest winters of Panem, District 6 wasn’t used to the warmer climate. This was brought up when Jack opened one of the windows, which blew a humid draft in. Phoebe instructed them to dress for the heat, Cat choosing a V neck tank top with cutoff denim shorts while Jack wore a henley shirt with board shorts.
The tributes were greeted by a respectable sized crowd despite being on the lower end of the visitation numbers. District 6 usually ended up with the second or third lowest turnout. depending on the sobriety of their tributes with this year having the fifth lowest turnout. Many of the crowd members flocked to Phoebe, either calling her by name or as “The Philosopher”. Many asked how Mirabelle was doing, knowing she turned thirteen not long ago. Phoebe graciously answered their questions, but urged them to meet her tributes. Jack took surprisingly well to the crowd, shaking hands with people his age and charming an elderly woman with flattery. She pinched his cheeks, telling him how adorable he was and promising to sponsor him if he keeps it up. Cat was nervous at first, but the people skills she learned from her job quickly took over. She gave pleasantries and charmed the crowds with her manners. She even managed to convince a few Captalites to open up about their personal lives so she could get them to relate to her. Jack walked over to her while she was advising a certain young man to tell his crush how he felt. Jack put his arm around her shoulder and assured them she could be everyone’s shrink if she could. Cat piggybacked off this, declaring that they would be missing out if they didn’t sponsor them. When Phoebe finally managed to escape the paparazzi, she ushered her tributes into the limousine. Phoebe thanked them for behaving and making a good impression. Cat commended Jack’s people skills, wondering where they were before. Jack simply stated he realized the gravity of the situation while he was dressing and decided to do his best to make it home to his friend Tyre.
When the group arrived at the apartment, they were greeted by this year’s stylist Sasha Grasseed. Phoebe became annoyed upon recognizing her. It was rumored that Sasha had only achieved her position by sleeping with pregame event organizer Dermont Toolly. Cat and Jack attempted to introduce themselves, but Sasha cut them off. She claimed to be on a tight schedule and barked at them to stand in place for their measurements. She then ordered her assistant Morrana Cloudveil to do the measurements. Phoebe questioned if having an assistant was allowed, but Sasha brushed this off claiming it made things easier. Phoebe mumbled to herself, “Yeah because everything comes easy for you.” The Juicy Tidbits podcast had a five-minute discussion over this particular comment, wondering if there was unspoken beef between the two. Phoebe asked to see some of the design, but Sasha said she already decided on a mechanic outfit covered in nails. Phoebe tried to speak again but was rudely interrupted. An exasperated Sasha growled that her design was final, and she was going to leave to get started and to "find an actual drink".
By the time she left, Morrana apologized for Sasha's behavior and remarked that she tried to tell her she was thinking of the nuts, bolts and nails used for construction. Phoebe said that it was fine and suggested to her tributes to try and play into the peculiar nature of the designs. Jack asked what her problem was, calling her a “high strung bitch queen”. Cat suggested Sasha thought the position was above her talents and only accepted to hopefully win the title of Blanco Fashion Magazine’s Best Dressed. Phoebe considered the theory plausible and suggested they throw Sasha under the bus in interviews if the parade doesn’t work out. Morrana agreed, explaining that the only way to bring down a stylist is if they screw up and enough people talk about it. Cat and Jack promised to do so. Phoebe decided to turn on replays of the reapings and advised her tributes to study their opponents.
Immediately after leaving District 6, Sherpa and his entourage arrived in District 4. In the commentator’s booth, Artemis and Luther revealed that District 4 was also going through a heat wave, which forced the refrigeration system to work overtime to protect the latest catch and produce. Three freezer boxes, two containing salmon and one squid, had to be emptied and their contents disposed of when the insulation failed. As Mayor Phillip gave Sherpa a tour, people would stop and stare at Parth as he trailed along. Little kids ran up and asked to pet him, to which Sherpa happily obliged. Sherpa showed much interest in District 4’s naval and fishing industry, especially the latter. Much to Sherpa's dismay, especially after seeing mass poverty across the other districts, he complained about some of the fish being thrown away despite still being good to eat. He claimed that some citizens across Panem would be willing to eat it, buying some various fillets on the spot. He did a cooking demonstration for Mayor Phillip, creating sushi with salmon and serving it as their lunch.
On their way to the reaping square, they stopped to pick up District 4’s victor Gill Henderson at the Slippery Shell, the most popular pub in District 4 where Dolph Masterson (ally to Bacchus Johnson of the 9th Hunger Games) dreamed of the many cocktails now sold under the Johnson’s Jazzy Juices brand. When they arrived at the reaping square, the blue clad potential tributes were already lined up and waiting. Sherpa noticed that the majority looked unfazed due to District 4 generally performing quite well, many holding onto the hope of their next victor coming very soon. So much so that the district had the honour of having the Capital’s third fan group, the Buccaneers, always ready to support them.
Sherpa gave a pre-translated speech that he read very well due to improvements in his English. He asked the women if they had any volunteers. Receiving no reply, he stepped towards the female reaping bowl. He pulled out the name of fourteen year old Pearl Riverstone. Cameras zoomed in on a short tanned girl with dirty blonde pigtails wearing a sky blue skirt and white shirt. Pearl loudly cried over her name being called and begged anyone to volunteer for her. As she sombered forward, protests were heard across the crowd. Luther pulled up a note card and revealed that Pearl's parents ran one of the many pubs across District 4. Her family’s pub The Brine was one of the more popular amongst working class people, attendance sometimes rivalling the Slippery Shell. Pearl would normally be found waiting tables at The Brine or playing with her friends on the riverwalk. Sherpa felt sorry for the girl and forgoed the hand shaking in place of letting her hug Parth. Pearl thanked Sherpa and proceeded to take her place to the right of the stage.
Sherpa took a deep breath and reiterated the volunteer question to the men. He again received no reply and went towards the male reaping bowl. He pulled a name from the bottom and pulled it out, nearly dropping it when a gust of wind blew through. He read the name of eighteen year old Mortimer Beckett. Many members in the enclosures and outside audiences began whispering amongst themselves. Gill Henderson appeared surprised, clueing Capital viewers that he was familiar with him. In the commentator’s booth, Artemis urged the cameras to find this person, wondering what made him so known. Cameras circled around the area for a moment until spotting a muscled man with sunkissed brown wavy hair and hazel green eyes. The most interesting thing about him was the shackles on his hands and being accompanied by two peacekeepers.
Mortimer cursed to himself upon hearing his name and grumbled to his guards to get it over with. While he shuffled to the stage, Luther pulled some notes together. He revealed to the audience that Mortimer was a shiphand who worked on the same dock Gill Henderson manages. The chains were as a precaution as two weeks ago, Mortimer was caught smuggling a small supply of warmweed and District 6 professor Tobias Stephens into District 4’s waters. Tobias was seeking asylum in District 4 and was given a fake ID, but was caught hours after landing. He was executed in District 4’s town square. Artemis thought he looked handsome and wanted to see the muscles underneath his thin white undershirt. She was confused by the black eyeliner encompassing his right eye, wondering if he tried to paint a tattoo there. She also swore she could see something blue etched into his skin, wondering if he had a back tattoo. Mortimer didn’t want to shake Sherpa’s hand, but was intimidated by Parth’s cold black eyes and relented. Mayor Phillip congratulated this year’s tributes before dismissing them to the waiting rooms in the Town Centre.
Pearl was visited by both parents and her older sister Henrietta. Pearl couldn’t stop crying, her parents trying her best to calm her down. It was eventually Henrietta that temporarily ceased her hysterics. She asked her little sister to listen to her mentor and try her best. She implied she could remind Gill of the district partner he lost in his games and get extra attention. Pearl asked, “What about my partner? He could protect me.” Henrietta’s face furrowed into a frown. She insisted she not trust him, claiming he would only look out for himself like he always did. Pearl lamented that she couldn’t possibly win and was scared. Her mother assured her that a fourteen year old girl from District 7 won before, reminding her of Vixen Furtherson (victor of the 14th Hunger Games). Pearl asked if they thought she could have the chance to meet her, to which the parents thought she would. The four had a final embrace before peacekeepers arrived. Pearl resumed her hysterics the second the first peacekeeper grabbed her and she cried as she was dragged to the Speedy Submarine.
Meanwhile, Mortimer was initially all alone in his room. He was pacing back and forth, a couple tears falling from his eyes. Suddenly, the door opened and his girlfriend Meridia Vilewater entered. She embraced him and apologised for not coming sooner. Mortimer said it was alright, simply glad someone showed up. Meridia said, “I’m sorry your father couldn’t make it. I promise to look after him.” Mortimer thanked her and expressed how grateful he was for her being there when the entire town wasn’t. He joked how her father didn’t have to worry about him poking around anymore, but Meridia began to tear up upon hearing this. He apologised and assured her he would try his best to win and not only bring honour to the district, but possibly help his father. He then snarkily said, “Who knows? Maybe your dad will accept me?” Meridia betted he would and gave him a final embrace, knowing their time was short. Mortimer whispered to her the location of his secret stash of “medicine” before being dragged out of the room and to the Speedy Submarine.
Pearl and Mortimer found themselves in the lounge area. Pearl nervously sat on the couch and waited for their mentor to show. Mortimer gave her a stare before silently resigning himself to the bar. He was downing a Woeful Whiskful cocktail from Johnson’s Jazzy Juices when their mentor Gill Henderson entered the room. He gave a momentary glance to Mortimer before introducing himself to Pearl. Pearl claimed to know him from his shanty performance during the Saint Patrick’s Day celebration at The Brine. Gill appreciated the sentiment before diverting the conversation. He point-blankedly asked what skills she had. She shrugged and simply stated she was a waitress. Gill pondered over this and asked how many orders she handled on average. Pearl answered she would normally keep track of the orders of 4-5 tables simultaneously, even recalling a day she juggled eight tables at once. Gill explained she was an effective communicator and a multitasker, two skills that could prove crucial to her survival. He caught her nervously glancing at the despondent Mortimer sitting on the barstool. Gill walked over to him and greeted him. Pearl asked if he knew him, to which Gill confirmed. Mortimer dejectedly stated that everyone knew him and that he was infamous. Gill argued that he didn’t help himself with the image he projected and asked what his father would think. Mortimer snapped that he didn’t know anything and to drop it. The tone in his voice scared Pearl, but Mortimer was kind enough to apologise to her for his outburst.
Gill took this opportunity to give them the routine rundown of the events to come. He recommended they devise ways to get the Capital to like them, reminding them of the importance of sponsors. Gill looked down at Pearl and said she was adorable and could use that. Pearl decided to better improve her look to play into the cute persona. Gill turned to Mortimer, who was still sipping from his glass but paying close attention. Gill said that his criminal record and standoffish attitude wouldn’t help matters, suggesting he lighten up. He also explained that he knew some of his stories that could be used as sob stories for the audience. Mortimer claimed those to be private. He grumbled that he didn’t need any help before resigning himself to the training room. Gill hollered back to at least consider using his strength as an asset. Pearl asked what his deal was, claiming to have only heard the story of him smuggling “the professor from 6’ in. Gill sighed and asked her to sit down. He decided to disclose that Mortimer’s mother abandoned him and his disabled father when he was six, leaving him to become man of the house. He had some traumatic experiences with a few of District 4’s bad apples and had trust issues, enough to turn away those who genuinely wanted to help, including Alexander Riverstone. Pearl, hearing her father’s name dropped, wanted to know more, but Gill decided it was a story for another time. He instead called the dinner cart in and turned on the TV. He turned on the 13th and 14th Hunger Games, both erecting Ashley Chen and Vixen Furtherson, the youngest victors in history. Gill asked Pearl to take notes on their performances in hopes of settling on a strategy.
While she took notes, Gill visited the training room and approached Mortimer who was lifting weights. Gill notified him of the dinner cart and pleaded with him to join them. Mortimer relented and dropped his weight. Before they entered the lounge area, Gill put a hand on Mortimer’s shoulder and told him there was no shame in wanting to talk as he didn’t want him to die in the arena with things remaining unsaid. Mortimer hesitated before wordlessly filling his plate. He brought his plate to the couch and began watching the finale of the 14th games with Pearl. When the games ended, Pearl got up to make her plate while Mortimer turned on Gill’s games and made notes of his own. Pearl sat down to watch and chuckled at the iconic “Bye Felicia” tagline but averted her eyes when Gill’s district partner Angel was killed. When the finale showdown between Gill and Furler (D12 male tribute) came up, Mortimer paid close attention. Pearl asked if he was studying his trident fighting style to which he confirmed, stating his desire to practise the trident. After dinner, Gill broke into song and began improvising a sea shanty. Pearl began to dance to the melody while Mortimer nodded his head and slipped a smile in. Gill sent his tributes to bed and spent an extra few minutes at the bar, drinking a Huma Hurricane.
The next morning, the Speedy Submarine arrived at the Darius Dock on the Capital docks. Gill ordered his tributes to brush their hair and teeth as well as put on nice clothes. He even loaned his aftershave to Mortimer when there wasn’t any found in his room. Gill inspected them head to toe and reminded them to make an impression, telling Pearl to stay adorable and Mortimer to lighten up. The hatch opened and the three were bombarded with the cheers of adoring Buccaneers (avid fans of District 4). While most of the attendees swarmed around this year’s tributes, there was a small zealous group who called for the Brotherly Sailor, asking him to sing. Gill refrained from doing so, knowing it would take away attention from his mentees. Pearl played into her cuteness, flashing big smiles and waving her hands. She took pictures with many of the young girls, some even asking to touch her pigtails. One blushing boy walked up with a golden tiara and asked to put it on her head. She nodded and bowed, letting him place the tiara on her head. She thanked her “prince charming”, telling him she will go on a date with him if she wins.
Meanwhile, Mortimer didn’t say much but received much attention regardless. He took pictures with many of the teens in the crowds, one even giving him a prop trident to pose with. He also allowed the girls to squeeze his biceps and fawn over his wavy hair. Mortimer was beginning to feel annoyed and tried to find an excuse to step away. It came to a head when one eager girl asked if he had a girlfriend. He wretched himself away from the girls’ grasp, but another girl still had a hold of his shirt. The shirt tore to shreds in her hands, exposing the massive back tattoo on his back. Cameras got a close look at the illustration of the fabled Kraken inked onto the majority of his back, some of its tentacles stretching up his neck and around his chest. This unexpected turn of events becomes its own fiasco with more girls putting their hands all over his back. Pearl pushed some of the girls away and took pictures with the Kraken. Gill noticed this and quickly ushered his tributes to the limousine.
The three arrived at their apartment to see their stylist Minerva Panson waiting for them. Minerva was a tattoo artist who applied for the position of Hunger Games stylist to expand her business. This was Minerva’s second year as a stylist, having been District 11’s stylist the previous year. She greeted Gill and his tributes, excited to talk parade costumes with them. She knelt down and told Pearl how adorable she was, pinching her cheeks. She stood up and was slightly put off by Mortimer, who still felt humiliated by what happened at the parade. Minerva said she loved his tattoo, but it needed some polishing. Mortimer grunted a thanks and went into his room to find a shirt. Pearl was excited to see what outfit she had planned, begging to see her sketchbook. Minerva flipped through the pages with Gill, pointing out her favourites. Gill asked about her most recent sketch of an underwater king and mermaid costume. Minerva explained that she was inspired after a recent tattoo she gave a Buccaneer and the idea was reinforced by Mortimer’s Kraken tattoo. Pearl liked her mermaid outfit and asked if she could have her hair wet.
Mortimer came back in to see their final decision. Minerva said he would have to showcase his tattoo some more to go with her costume idea, revealing that it went viral on the Capital Internet. Mortimer was against it at first, but relented when Minerva offered to polish it and add a new one of his choosing at the ends of the tentacles on his chest. Interested, he agreed. She wondered aloud about the eyeliner around his right eye, rubbing her thumb on it. She inspected the residue and revealed to the room’s occupants it was fake. Mortimer sighed and admitted it was, but insisted he only applied it to spite those who dislike him and that he would never etch an actual tattoo on his face. While Minerva worked, Pearl complimented Mortimer’s tattoo, remarking how if she won, she would get a tattoo of her own. Mortimer chuckled, saying, “Just remember, real tattoos are permanent.”

Without the raid suit he lost an additional layer of defense, a cape shield that could probably block Queen’s lasers, actual flight which combined with his speed from the power up would’ve given him the ability o go invisible near indefinitely bc he doesn’t have to use stamina to sky walk, and actual invisibility.
Queen would’ve stood absolutely zero chance had Sanji used the raid suit so it makes sense he didn’t, especially bc it adds to his resolve as well as him fighting without a tool/weapon.
Sanji also clears King with the raid suit. Before the mutation he completely tanked an attack that would’ve killed anyone else. Mutation + raid suit eats that and most of King’s attacks outside of the magma dragon, which Sanji could outspeed. There’s also a chance the cape shield + raid suit + exoskeleton could get through the magma flames. He’s smart enough to notice King’s gimmick especially when he can go invisible and wait for King to do what he did to Queen with his speed. And it’s not mentioned that conquerors is a requirement to cut King, it’s only stated he loses his durability when his flames are off but gains speed, even though his innate durability is already high.
In conclusion, it makes sense Sanji lost the raid suit but he significantly nerfed himself and could’ve beaten both King and Queen.

Part 1/3 (rest in comments) : 1 E.I.01 FIDE LAWS of CHESS Contents: PREFACE page 2 BASIC RULES OF PLAY Article 1: The nature and objectives of the game of chess page 2 Article 2: The initial position of the pieces on the chessboard page 3 Article 3: The moves of the pieces page 4 Article 4: The act of moving the pieces page 7 Article 5: The completion of the game page 8 COMPETITION RULES Article 6: The chess clock page 9 Article 7: Irregularities page 11 Article 8: The recording of the moves page 11 Article 9: The drawn game page 12 Article 10: Quickplay finish page 13 Article 11: Points page 14 Article 12: The conduct of the players page 14 Article 13: The role of the arbiter (see Preface) page 15 Article 14: FIDE page 16 Appendices: A. Rapidplay page 17 B. Blitz page 17 C. Algebraic notation page 18 D. Quickplay finishes where no arbiter is present in the venue page 20 E. Rules for play with Blind and Visually Handicapped page 20 F. Chess960 rules page 22 Guidelines in case a game needs to be adjourned page 24 2 FIDE Laws of Chess cover over-the-board play. The English text is the authentic version of the Laws of Chess, which was adopted at the 79th FIDE Congress at Dresden (Germany), November 2008, coming into force on 1 July 2009. In these Laws the words ‘he’, ‘him’ and ‘his’ include ‘she’ and ‘her’. PREFACE The Laws of Chess cannot cover all possible situations that may arise during a game, nor can they regulate all administrative questions. Where cases are not precisely regulated by an Article of the Laws, it should be possible to reach a correct decision by studying analogous situations which are discussed in the Laws. The Laws assume that arbiters have the necessary competence, sound judgement and absolute objectivity. Too detailed a rule might deprive the arbiter of his freedom of judgement and thus prevent him from finding the solution to a problem dictated by fairness, logic and special factors. FIDE appeals to all chess players and federations to accept this view. A member federation is free to introduce more detailed rules provided they: a. do not conflict in any way with the official FIDE Laws of Chess, and b. are limited to the territory of the federation concerned, and c. are not valid for any FIDE match, championship or qualifying event, or for a FIDE title or rating tournament. BASIC RULES OF PLAY Article 1: The nature and objectives of the game of chess 1.1 The game of chess is played between two opponents who move their pieces alternately on a square board called a ‘chessboard’. The player with the white pieces commences the game. A player is said to ‘have the move’, when his opponent’s move has been ‘made’. (See Article 6.7) 1.2 The objective of each player is to place the opponent’s king ‘under attack’ in such a way that the opponent has no legal move. The player who achieves this goal is said to have ‘checkmated’ the opponent’s king and to have won the game. Leaving one’s own king under attack, exposing one’s own king to attack and also ’capturing’ the opponent’s king are not allowed. The opponent whose king has been checkmated has lost the game. 1.3 If the position is such that neither player can possibly checkmate, the game is drawn. 3 Article 2: The initial position of the pieces on the chessboard 2.1 The chessboard is composed of an 8 x 8 grid of 64 equal squares alternately light (the ‘white’ squares) and dark (the ‘black’ squares). The chessboard is placed between the players in such a way that the near corner square to the right of the player is white. 2.2 At the beginning of the game one player has 16 light-coloured pieces (the ‘white’ pieces); the other has 16 dark-coloured pieces (the ‘black’ pieces). These pieces are as follows: A white king usually indicated by the symbol A white queen usually indicated by the symbol Two white rooks usually indicated by the symbol Two white bishops usually indicated by the symbol Two white knights usually indicated by the symbol Eight white pawns usually indicated by the symbol A black king usually indicated by the symbol A black queen usually indicated by the symbol Two black rooks usually indicated by the symbol Two black bishops usually indicated by the symbol Two black knights usually indicated by the symbol Eight black pawns usually indicated by the symbol 2.3 The initial position of the pieces on the chessboard is as follows: 2.4 The eight vertical columns of squares are called ‘files’. The eight horizontal rows of squares are called ‘ranks’. A straight line of squares of the same colour, running from one edge of the board to an adjacent edge, is called a ‘diagonal’. 4 Article 3: The moves of the pieces 3.1 It is not permitted to move a piece to a square occupied by a piece of the same colour. If a piece moves to a square occupied by an opponent’s piece the latter is captured and removed from the chessboard as part of the same move. A piece is said to attack an opponent’s piece if the piece could make a capture on that square according to the Articles 3.2 to 3.8. A piece is considered to attack a square, even if such a piece is constrained from moving to that square because it would then leave or place the king of its own colour under attack. 3.2 The bishop may move to any square along a diagonal on which it stands. 3.3 The rook may move to any square along the file or the rank on which it stands. 3.4 The queen may move to any square along the file, the rank or a diagonal on which it stands. 5 3.5 When making these moves the bishop, rook or queen may not move over any intervening pieces. 3.6 The knight may move to one of the squares nearest to that on which it stands but not on the same rank, file or diagonal. 3.7 a. The pawn may move forward to the unoccupied square immediately in front of it on the same file, or b. on its first move the pawn may move as in 3.7.a or alternatively it may advance two squares along the same file provided both squares are unoccupied, or c. the pawn may move to a square occupied by an opponent’s piece, which is diagonally in front of it on an adjacent file, capturing that piece. d. A pawn attacking a square crossed by an opponent’s pawn which has advanced two squares in one move from its original square may capture this opponent’s pawn as though the latter had been moved only one square. This capture is only legal on the move following this advance and is called an ‘en passant’ capture. 6 e. When a pawn reaches the rank furthest from its starting position it must be exchanged as part of the same move on the same square for a new queen, rook, bishop or knight of the same colour. The player’s choice is not restricted to pieces that have been captured previously. This exchange of a pawn for another piece is called ‘promotion’ and the effect of the new piece is immediate. 3.8 a. There are two different ways of moving the king: by moving to any adjoining square not attacked by one or more of the opponent’s pieces or by ‘castling’. This is a move of the king and either rook of the same colour along the player’s first rank, counting as a single move of the king and executed as follows: the king is transferred from its original square two squares towards the rook on its original square, then that rook is transferred to the square the king has just crossed. Before white kingside castling After white kingside castling Before black queenside castling After black queenside castling Before white queenside castling After white queenside castling Before black kingside castling After black kingside castling 7 b. (1) The right to castle has been lost: [a] if the king has already moved, or [b] with a rook that has already moved. (2) Castling is prevented temporarily: [a] if the square on which the king stands, or the square which it must cross, or the square which it is to occupy, is attacked by one or more of the opponent's pieces, or [b] if there is any piece between the king and the rook with which castling is to be effected. 3.9 The king is said to be 'in check' if it is attacked by one or more of the opponent's pieces, even if such pieces are constrained from moving to that square because they would then leave or place their own king in check. No piece can be moved that will either expose the king of the same colour to check or leave that king in check. Article 4: The act of moving the pieces 4.1 Each move must be made with one hand only. 4.2 Provided that he first expresses his intention (for example by saying „j’adoube“ or “I adjust”), the player having the move may adjust one or more pieces on their squares. 4.3 Except as provided in Article 4.2, if the player having the move deliberately touches on the chessboard: a. one or more of his own pieces, he must move the first piece touched which can be moved b. one or more of his opponent’s pieces, he must capture the first piece touched which can be captured c. one piece of each colour, he must capture the opponent’s piece with his piece or, if this is illegal, move or capture the first piece touched which can be moved or captured. If it is unclear, whether the player’s own piece or his opponent’s was touched first, the player’s own piece shall be considered to have been touched before his opponent’s. 4.4 If a player having the move: a. deliberately touches his king and rook he must castle on that side if it is legal to do so b. deliberately touches a rook and then his king he is not allowed to castle on that side on that move and the situation shall be governed by Article 4.3.a c. intending to castle, touches the king or king and rook at the same time, but castling on that side is illegal, the player must make another legal move with his king (which may include castling on the other side). If the king has no legal move, the player is free to make any legal move d. promotes a pawn, the choice of the piece is finalised, when the piece has touched the square of promotion. 8 4.5 If none of the pieces touched can be moved or captured, the player may make any legal move. 4.6 When, as a legal move or part of a legal move, a piece has been released on a square, it cannot be moved to another square on this move. The move is then considered to have been made: a. in the case of a capture, when the captured piece has been removed from the chessboard and the player, having placed his own piece on its new square, has released this capturing piece from his hand b. in the case of castling, when the player's hand has released the rook on the square previously crossed by the king. When the player has released the king from his hand, the move is not yet made, but the player no longer has the right to make any move other than castling on that side, if this is legal c. in the case of the promotion of a pawn, when the pawn has been removed from the chessboard and the player's hand has released the new piece after placing it on the promotion square. If the player has released from his hand the pawn that has reached the promotion square, the move is not yet made, but the player no longer has the right to play the pawn to another square. The move is called legal when all the relevant requirements of Article 3 have been fulfilled. If the move is not legal, another move shall be made instead as per Article 4.5. 4.7 A player forfeits his right to a claim against his opponent’s violation of Article 4 once he deliberately touches a piece. Article 5: The completion of the game 5.1 a. The game is won by the player who has checkmated his opponent’s king. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the checkmate position was a legal move. b. The game is won by the player whose opponent declares he resigns. This immediately ends the game. 5.2 a. The game is drawn when the player to move has no legal move and his king is not in check. The game is said to end in ‘stalemate’. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the stalemate position was legal. b. The game is drawn when a position has arisen in which neither player can checkmate the opponent’s king with any series of legal moves. The game is said to end in a ‘dead position’. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing the position was legal. (See Article 9.6) c. The game is drawn upon agreement between the two players during the game. This immediately ends the game. (See Article 9.1) d. The game may be drawn if any identical position is about to appear or has appeared on the chessboard at least three times. (See Article 9.2) e. The game may be drawn if each player has made at least the last 50 consecutive moves without the movement of any pawn and without any capture. (See Article 9.3) 9 COMPETITION RULES Article 6: The chess clock 6.1 ‘Chess clock’ means a clock with two time displays, connected to each other in such a way that only one of them can run at one time. ‘Clock’ in the Laws of Chess, means one of the two time displays. Each time display has a ‘flag’. ‘Flag fall’ means the expiration of the allotted time for a player. 6.2 a. When using a chess clock, each player must make a minimum number of moves or all moves in an allotted period of time and/or may be allocated an additional amount of time with each move. All these must be specified in advance. b. The time saved by a player during one period is added to his time available for the next period, except in the ‘time delay’ mode. In the time delay mode both players receive an allotted ‘main thinking time’. Each player also receives a ‘fixed extra time’ with every move. The countdown of the main time only commences after the fixed time has expired. Provided the player stops his clock before the expiration of the fixed time, the main thinking time does not change, irrespective of the proportion of the fixed time used. 6.3 Immediately after a flag falls, the requirements of article 6.2 a. must be checked. 6.4 Before the start of the game the arbiter decides where the chess clock is placed. 6.5 At the time determined for the start of the game the clock of the player who has the white pieces is started. 6.6 a. Any player who arrives at the chessboard after the start of the session shall lose the game. Thus the default time is 0 minutes. The rules of a competition may specify otherwise. b. If the rules of a competition specify a different default time, the following shall apply. If neither player is present initially, the player who has the white pieces shall lose all the time that elapses until he arrives, unless the rules of the competition specify or the arbiter decides otherwise. 6.7 a. During the game each player, having made his move on the chessboard, shall stop his own clock and start his opponent’s clock. A player must always be allowed to stop his clock. His move is not considered to have been completed until he has done so, unless the move that was made ends the game. (See the Articles 5.1.a, 5.2.a, 5.2.b, 5.2.c and 9.6) The time between making the move on the chessboard and stopping his own clock and starting his opponent‘s clock is regarded as part of the time allotted to the player. b. A player must stop his clock with the same hand as that with which he made his move. It is forbidden for a player to keep his finger on the button or to ‘hover’ over it. 10 c. The players must handle the chess clock properly. It is forbidden to punch it forcibly, to pick it up or to knock it over. Improper clock handling shall be penalised in accordance with Article 13.4. d. If a player is unable to use the clock, an assistant, who must be acceptable to the arbiter, may be provided by the player to perform this operation. His clock shall be adjusted by the arbiter in an equitable way. 6.8 A flag is considered to have fallen when the arbiter observes the fact or when either player has made a valid claim to that effect. 6.9 Except where one of the Articles: 5.1.a, 5.1.b, 5.2.a, 5.2.b, 5.2.c applies, if a player does not complete the prescribed number of moves in the allotted time, the game is lost by the player. However, the game is drawn, if the position is such that the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any possible series of legal moves. 6.10 a. Every indication given by the clocks is considered to be conclusive in the absence of any evident defect. A chess clock with an evident defect shall be replaced. The arbiter shall replace the clock and use his best judgment when determining the times to be shown on the replacement chess clocks. b. If during a game it is found that the setting of either or both clocks was incorrect, either player or the arbiter shall stop the clocks immediately. The arbiter shall install the correct setting and adjust the times and move counter. He shall use his best judgement when determining the correct settings. 6.11 If both flags have fallen and it is impossible to establish which flag fell first then: a. the game shall continue if it happens in any period of the game except the last period b. the game is drawn if it happens in the period of a game, in which all remaining moves must be completed. 6.12 a. If the game needs to be interrupted, the arbiter shall stop the clocks. b. A player may stop the clocks only in order to seek the arbiter’s assistance, for example when promotion has taken place and the piece required is not available. c. The arbiter shall decide when the game is to be restarted in either case. d. If a player stops the clocks in order to seek the arbiter’s assistance, the arbiter shall determine if the player had any valid reason for doing so. If it is obvious that the player had no valid reason for stopping the clocks, the player shall be penalised according to Article 13.4. 6.13 If an irregularity occurs and/or the pieces have to be restored to a previous position, the arbiter shall use his best judgement to determine the times to be shown on the clocks. He shall also, if necessary, adjust the clock’s move counter. 6.14 Screens, monitors, or demonstration boards showing the current position on the chessboard, the moves and the number of moves made, and clocks which also show the number of moves, are allowed in the playing hall. However, the player may not make a claim relying solely on information shown in this manner. 11 Article 7: Irregularities 7.1 a. If during a game it is found that the initial position of the pieces was incorrect, the game shall be cancelled and a new game played. b. If during a game it is found that the chessboard has been placed contrary to Article 2.1, the game continues but the position reached must be transferred to a correctly placed chessboard. 7.2 If a game has begun with colours reversed then it shall continue, unless the arbiter rules otherwise. 7.3 If a player displaces one or more pieces, he shall re-establish the correct position on his own time. If necessary, either the player or his opponent shall stop the clocks and ask for the arbiter’s assistance. The arbiter may penalise the player who displaced the pieces. 7.4 a. If during a game it is found that an illegal move, including failing to meet the requirements of the promotion of a pawn or capturing the opponent’s king, has been completed, the position immediately before the irregularity shall be reinstated. If the position immediately before the irregularity cannot be determined the game shall continue from the last identifiable position prior to the irregularity. The clocks shall be adjusted according to Article 6.13. The Articles 4.3 and 4.6 apply to the move replacing the illegal move. The game shall then continue from this reinstated position. b. After the action taken under Article 7.4.a, for the first two illegal moves by a player the arbiter shall give two minutes extra time to his opponent in each instance; for a third illegal move by the same player, the arbiter shall declare the game lost by this player. However, the game is drawn if the position is such that the opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any possible series of legal moves. 7.5 If during a game it is found that pieces have been displaced from their squares, the position before the irregularity shall be re-instated. If the position immediately before the irregularity cannot be determined, the game shall continue from the last identifiable position prior to the irregularity. The clocks shall be adjusted according to Article 6.13. The game shall then continue from this re-instated position. Article 8: The recording of the moves 8.1 In the course of play each player is required to record his own moves and those of his opponent in the correct manner, move after move, as clearly and legibily as possible, in the algebraic notation (See Appendix C), on the scoresheet prescribed for the competition. It is forbidden to write the moves in advance, unless the player is claiming a draw according to Article 9.2, or 9.3 or adjourning a game according to the Guidelines of Adjourned Games point 1.a. A player may reply to his opponent’s move before recording it, if he so wishes. He must record his previous move before making another. Both players must record the offer of a draw on the scoresheet. (See Appendix C.13) 12 If a player is unable to keep score, an assistant, who must be acceptable to the arbiter, may be provided by the player to write the moves. His clock shall be adjusted by the arbiter in an equitable way. 8.2 The scoresheet shall be visible to the arbiter throughout the game. 8.3 The scoresheets are the property of the organisers of the event. 8.4 If a player has less than five minutes left on his clock at some stage in a period and does not have additional time of 30 seconds or more added with each move, then for the remainder of the period he is not obliged to meet the requirements of Article 8.1. Immediately after one flag has fallen the player must update his scoresheet completely before moving a piece on the chessboard. 8.5 a. If neither player is required to keep score under Article 8.4, the arbiter or an assistant should try to be present and keep score. In this case, immediately after one flag has fallen, the arbiter shall stop the clocks. Then both players shall update their scoresheets, using the arbiter’s or the opponent’s scoresheet. b. If only one player is not required to keep score under Article 8.4, he must, as soon as either flag has fallen, update his scoresheet completely before moving a piece on the chessboard. Provided it is the player’s move, he may use his opponent’s scoresheet, but must return it before making a move. c. If no complete scoresheet is available, the players must reconstruct the game on a second chessboard under the control of the arbiter or an assistant. He shall first record the actual game position, clock times and the number of moves made, if this information is available, before reconstruction takes place. 8.6 If the scoresheets cannot be brought up to date showing that a player has overstepped the allotted time, the next move made shall be considered as the first of the following time period, unless there is evidence that more moves have been made. 8.7 At the conclusion of the game both players shall sign both scoresheets, indicating the result of the game. Even if incorrect, this result shall stand, unless the arbiter decides otherwise. Article 9: The drawn game 9.1 a. The rules of a competition may specify that players cannot agree to a draw, whether in less than a specified number of moves or at all, without the consent of the arbiter. b. If the rules of a competition allow a draw agreement the following apply: (1) A player wishing to offer a draw shall do so after having made a move on the chessboard and before stopping his clock and starting the opponent’s clock. An offer at any other time during play is still valid but Article 12.6 must be considered. No conditions can be attached to the offer. In both cases the offer cannot be withdrawn and remains valid until the opponent accepts it, rejects it orally, rejects it by touching a piece with the intention of moving or capturing it, or the game is concluded in some other way. 13 (2) The offer of a draw shall be noted by each player on his scoresheet with a symbol. (See Appendix C.13) (3) A claim of a draw under Article 9.2, 9.3 or 10.2 shall be considered to be an offer of a draw. 9.2 The game is drawn upon a correct claim by the player having the move, when the same position, for at least the third time (not necessarily by a repetition of moves): a. is about to appear, if he first writes his move on his scoresheet and declares to the arbiter his intention to make this move, or b. has just appeared, and the player claiming the draw has the move. Positions as in (a) and (b) are considered the same, if the same player has the move, pieces of the same kind and colour occupy the same squares, and the possible moves of all the pieces of both players are the same. Positions are not the same if a pawn that could have been captured en passant can no longer be captured in this manner. When a king or a rook is forced to move, it will lose its castling rights, if any, only after it is moved. 9.3 The game is drawn, upon a correct claim by the player having the move, if: a. he writes his move on his scoresheet and declares to the arbiter his intention to make this move, which shall result in the last 50 moves having been made by each player without the movement of any pawn and without any capture, or b. the last 50 consecutive moves have been made by each player without the movement of any pawn and without any capture. 9.4 If the player touches a piece as in Article 4.3 without having claimed the draw he loses the right to claim, as in Article 9.2 or 9.3, on that move. 9.5 If a player claims a draw as in Article 9.2 or 9.3 he may stop both clocks. (See Article 6.12.b) He is not allowed to withdraw his claim. a. If the claim is found to be correct, the game is immediately drawn. b. If the claim is found to be incorrect, the arbiter shall add three minutes to the opponent’s remaining thinking time. Then the game shall continue. If the claim was based on an intended move, this move must be made as according to Article 4. 9.6 The game is drawn when a position is reached from which a checkmate cannot occur by any possible series of legal moves. This immediately ends the game, provided that the move producing this position was legal. Article 10: Quickplay Finish 10.1 A ‘quickplay finish’ is the phase of a game when all the (remaining) moves must be made in a limited time. 10.2 If the player, having the move, has less than two minutes left on his clock, he may claim a draw before his flag falls. He shall summon the arbiter and may stop the clocks. (See Article 6.12.b) 14 a. If the arbiter agrees the opponent is making no effort to win the game by normal means, or that it is not possible to win by normal means, then he shall declare the game drawn. Otherwise he shall postpone his decision or reject the claim. b. If the arbiter postpones his decision, the opponent may be awarded two extra minutes and the game shall continue, if possible in the presence of an arbiter. The arbiter shall declare the final result later in the game or as soon as possible after a flag has fallen. He shall declare the game drawn if he agrees that the final position cannot be won by normal means, or that the opponent was not making sufficient attempts to win by normal means. c. If the arbiter has rejected the claim, the opponent shall be awarded two extra minutes time. d. The decision of the arbiter shall be final relating to (a), (b) and (c). Article 11: Points 11.1 Unless announced otherwise in advance, a player who wins his game, or wins by forfeit, scores one point (1), a player who loses his game, or forfeits scores no points (0) and a player who draws his game scores a half point (½). Article 12: The conduct of the players 12.1 The players shall take no action that will bring the game of chess into disrepute. 12.2 Players are not allowed to leave the ‘playing venue’ without permission from the arbiter. The playing venue is defined as the playing area, rest rooms, refreshment area, area set aside for smoking and other places as designated by the arbiter. The player having the move is not allowed to leave the playing area without permission of the arbiter. 12.3 a. During play the players are forbidden to make use of any notes, sources of information or advice, or analyse on another chessboard. b. Without the permission of the arbiter a player is forbidden to have a mobile phone or other electronic means of communication in the playing venue, unless they are completely switched off. If any such device produces a sound, the player shall lose the game. The opponent shall win. However, if the opponent cannot win the game by any series of legal moves, his score shall be a draw. c. Smoking is permitted only in the section of the venue designated by the arbiter . 12.4 The scoresheet shall be used only for recording the moves, the times of the clocks, the offers of a draw, and matters relating to a claim and other relevant data. 12.5 Players who have finished their games shall be considered to be spectators. 12.6 It is forbidden to distract or annoy the opponent in any manner whatsoever. This includes unreasonable claims, unreasonable offers of a draw or the introduction of a source of noise into the playing area. 15 12.7 Infraction of any part of Articles 12.1 to 12.6 shall lead to penalties in accordance with Article 13.4. 12.8 Persistent refusal by a player to comply with the Laws of Chess shall be penalised by loss of the game. The arbiter shall decide the score of the opponent. 12.9 If both players are found guilty according to Article 12.8, the game shall be declared lost by both players. 12.10 In the case of Article 10.2.d or Appendix D a player may not appeal against the decision of the arbiter. Otherwise a player may appeal against any decision of the arbiter, unless the rules of the competition specify otherwise. Article 13: The role of the Arbiter (See Preface) 13.1 The arbiter shall see that the Laws of Chess are strictly observed. 13.2 The arbiter shall act in the best interest of the competition. He should ensure that a good playing environment is maintained and that the players are not disturbed. He shall supervise the progress of the competition. 13.3 The arbiter shall observe the games, especially when the players are short of time, enforce decisions he has made and impose penalties on players where appropriate. 13.4 The arbiter can apply one or more of the following penalties: a. warning b. increasing the remaining time of the opponent c. reducing the remaining time of the offending player d. declaring the game to be lost e. reducing the points scored in the game by the offending party f. increasing the points scored in the game by the opponent to the maximum available for that game g. expulsion from the event. 13.5 The arbiter may award either or both players additional time in the event of external disturbance of the game. 13.6 The arbiter must not intervene in a game except in cases described by the Laws of Chess. He shall not indicate the number of moves made, except in applying Article 8.5, when at least one flag has fallen. The arbiter shall refrain from informing a player that his opponent has completed a move or that the player has not pressed his clock. 13.7 a. Spectators and players in other games are not to speak about or otherwise interfere in a game. If necessary, the arbiter may expel offenders from the playing venue. If someone observes an irregularity, he may inform only the arbiter. 16 b. Unless authorised by the arbiter, it is forbidden for anybody to use a mobile phone or any kind of communication device in the playing venue and any contiguous area designated by the arbiter. Article 14: FIDE 14.1 Member federations may ask FIDE to give an official decision about problems relating to the Laws of Chess. 17 APPENDICES A. Rapidplay A.1 A ‘Rapidplay’ game is one where either all the moves must be made in a fixed time of at least 15 minutes but less than 60 minutes for each player; or the time allotted + 60 times any increment is at least 15 minutes, but less than 60 minutes for each player. A.2 Players do not need to record the moves. A.3 Where there is adequate supervision of play, (for example one arbiter for at most three games) the Competition Rules shall apply. A.4 Where supervision is inadequate the Competition Rules shall apply, except where they are overridden by the following Laws of Rapidplay: a. Once each player has completed three moves, no claim can be made regarding incorrect piece placement, orientation of the chessboard or clock setting. In case of reverse king and queen placement castling with this king is not allowed. b. The arbiter shall make a ruling according to Article 4 (The act of moving the pieces), only if requested to do so by one or both players. c. An illegal move is completed once the opponent's clock has been started. The opponent is then entitled to claim that the player completed an illegal move before the claimant has made his move. Only after such a claim, shall the arbiter make a ruling. However, if both Kings are in check or the promotion of a pawn is not completed, the arbiter shall intervene, if possible. d. 1. The flag is considered to have fallen when a player has made a valid claim to that effect. The arbiter shall refrain from signalling a flag fall, but he may do so if both flags have fallen. 2. To claim a win on time, the claimant must stop both clocks and notify the arbiter. For the claim to be successful, the claimant’s flag must remain up and his opponent’s flag down after the clocks have been stopped. 3. If both flags have fallen as described in (1) and (2), the arbiter shall declare the game drawn. B. Blitz B.1 A ‘blitz’ game’ is one where all the moves must be made in a fixed time of less than 15 minutes for each player; or the allotted time + 60 times any increment is less than 15 minutes. B.2 Where there is adequate supervision of play, (one arbiter for one game) the Competition Rules and Appendix A.2 shall apply. B.3 Where supervision is inadequate the following shall apply: a. Play shall be governed by the Rapidplay Laws as in Appendix A except where they are overridden by the following Laws of Blitz. b. Article 10.2 and Appendix A.4.c do not apply. c. An illegal move is completed once the opponent’s clock has been started. The opponent is entitled to claim a win before he has made his own move. However, if the 18 opponent cannot checkmate the player’s king by any possible series of legal moves, then the claimant is entitled to claim a draw before he has made his own move. Once the opponent has made his own move, an illegal move cannot be corrected unless mutually agreed without intervention of an arbiter. C. Algebraic notation FIDE recognizes for its own tournaments and matches only one system of notation, the Algebraic System, and recommends the use of this uniform chess notation also for chess literature and periodicals. Scoresheets using a notation system other than algebraic may not be used as evidence in cases where normally the scoresheet of a player is used for that purpose. An arbiter who observes that a player is using a notation system other than the algebraic should warn the player about of this requirement. Description of the Algebraic System C.1 In this description, ‘piece’ means a piece other than a pawn. C.2 Each piece is indicated by the first letter, a capital letter, of its name. Example: K=king, Q=queen, R=rook, B=bishop, N=knight. (In the case of the knight, for the sake of convenience, N is used.) C.3 For the first letter of the name of the pieces, each player is free to use the first letter of the name which is commonly used in his country. Examples: F=fou (French for bishop), L=loper (Dutch for bishop). In printed periodicals, the use of figurines for the pieces is recommended. C.4 Pawns are not indicated by their first letter, but are recognized by the absence of such a letter. Examples: e5, d4, a5. C.5 The eight files (from the left to right for White and from right to left for Black) are indicated by the small letters, a, b, c, d, e, f, g, and h, respectively. C.6 The eight ranks (from bottom to top for White and from top to bottom for Black) are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, respectively. Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks. C.7 As a consequence of the previous rules, each of the sixty-four squares is invariably indicated by a unique combination of a letter and a number. 19 C.8 Each move of a piece is indicated by a) the first letter of the name of the piece in question and b) the square of arrival. There is no hyphen between a) and b). Examples: Be5, Nf3, Rd1. In the case of pawns, only the square of arrival is indicated. Examples: e5, d4, a5. C.9 When a piece makes a capture, an x is inserted between a) the first letter of the name of the piece in question and b) the square of arrival. Examples: Bxe5, Nxf3, Rxd1. When a pawn makes a capture, the file of departure must be indicated, then an x, then the square of arrival. Examples: dxe5, gxf3, axb5. In the case of an ‘en passante’ capture, the square of arrival is given as the square on which the capturing pawn finally rests and ‘e.p.’ is appended to the notation. Example: exd6 e.p. C.10 If two identical pieces can move to the same square, the piece that is moved is indicated as follows: 1. If both pieces are on the same rank: by a) the first letter of the name of the piece, b) the file of departure, and c) the square of arrival. 2. If both pieces are on the same file: by a) the first letter of the name of the piece, b) the rank of the square of departure, and c) the square of arrival. If the pieces are on different ranks and files methof 1) is preferred. In the case of capture, an x may be inserted between b) and c). Examples: 1. There are two knights, on the squares g1 and e1, and one of them moves to the square f3: either Ngf3 or Nef3, as the case may be. 2. There are two knights, on the squares g5 and g1, and one of them moves to the square f3: either N5f3 or N1f3, as the case may be. 3. There are two knights, on the squares h2 and d4, and one of them moves to the square f3: either Nhf3 or Ndf3, as the case may be. If a capture takes place on the square f3, the previous examples are changed by the insertion of an x: 1) either Ngxf3 or Nexf3, 2) either N5xf3 or N1xf3, 3) either Nhxf3 or Ndxf3, as the case may be. C.11 If two pawns can capture the same piece or pawn of the opponent, the pawn that is moved is indicated by a) the letter of the file of departure, b) an x, c) the square of arrival. Example: If there are white pawns on squares c4 and e4 and a black pawn or piece on the square d5, the notation for White’s move is either cxd5 or exd5, as the case may be. C.12 In the case of the promotion of a pawn, the actual pawn move is indicated, followed immediately by the first letter of the new piece. Examples: d8Q, f8N, b1B, g1R. C.13 The offer of a draw shall be marked as (=). Essential abbreviations 0 - 0 = castling with rook h1 or rook h8 (kingside castling) 0 - 0 - 0 = castling with rook a1 or rook a8 (queenside castling) x = captures + = check ++or# = checkmate e.p. = captures ‘en passante’ It is not mandatory to record the check, the checkmate and capturing on the scoresheet. 20 Sample game: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+3 Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=) D. Quickplay finishes where no arbiter is present in the venue D.1 Where games are played as in Article 10, a player may claim a draw when he has less than two minutes left on his clock and before his flag falls. This concludes the game. He may claim on the basis:

I (19F) have a huge crush on this (22M) guy since January this year. We started dating in mid-March. In mid-May, we fought cause I denied the video call. This was the second time he asked me. I never pick up video calls even from my mum. I have an irrational fear and maybe insecurity. He fired cuss words at me and I was really hurt as I had always been nice and understanding. He got mad because the reason I gave was not being comfortable and wanting to get ready mentally was stupid.
He even talked about killing dogs (I didn't like when he said it) in one of calls which shows his anger limit. He lacks empathy and has anger issues. I have a short-tempered dad and I have seen abuse at home. I always urged my mum to divorce him. I didn't want continue the cycle. So upon the suggestion of my sister and best friend (also, ChatGpt), I decided to break up with him. (he was on the line to break up when we fought over WhatsApp). When I did, his first response was, "Do I get to say (my name) left me?"
I understand why he never made any effort to stay. He believes in this, "I take what I want, if I don't get it, I don't want it anymore" and I know he never begs. Understandable.
To be very honest, I like him cause he is really good-looking, and hot. I always believe in never prioritizing looks but I can't help it. I have strong feelings for him. Even though I know he isn't my type (based on his temperament except for his being practical (I love this quality in him), I can't get over him. I later decided to give another chance to our relationship and he said he didn't wanna leave either. Cool. Also, we are on vacation and so, we don't meet these days and to save me from the mental loneliness and sadness, I decided to at least temporarily be with him and see how it goes. We got back on the same day. He said this, "Even though there are 2 cars in front of my house, I felt like I lost 90℅ of my wealth when u said that u wanna breakup)
Well, there's this other guy I went out with yesterday. (as friends). Although we have been texting since 2019 (on and off), we met yesterday for the first time. I had told my bf about the meet-up before the fight happened. He said, "idk, do whatever you want" and later added, "I wouldn't have called any girl like that if I wasn't interested" After the fight and breakup, he said "Enjoy the date with him". I got offended by his remarks and tried to correct him saying that I only like him (my bf) and the meet-up was just platonic.
Anyway, about the yesterday's meeting, I didn't tell him as it may create misunderstandings. But this other guy is really sweet. He made me feel like a queen, gave me a personalized keychain, brought a sunflower as it describes my name, does everything that makes me happy, takes care etc etc. The perfect gentleman qualities I always wanted in .y partner. (I love gifting my bf but he never does :() He even sent an email appreciating me which literally brought tears to my eyes. I don't know but it seems like he has something for me. He calls me cute names too. Or maybe that's just his nature.
I have 0 feelings for him. I am madly in love with my current bf. But I feel I'm not emotionally satisfied and appreciated.
Did I do the wrong thing by going out with this (kind) guy? Shall I leave my bf? (if I do, I won't be dating anyone else) Does this kind guy have feelings for me?

Starting off, the only mod I have that touches Serana is Serana Expanded - Dialogue Additions. I guess I've been spoiled by custom followers that you can call when you lose them, and have their own mounts.
Honestly, I just need to be able to call her to me when she gets lost or stuck (last time she was stuck crouched with spells drawn but no dialogue options)(that playthrough I also had Queen of the Damned installed, but since I don't really mod combat (just Valravn) she was a bit OP). If at all possible something that won't mess with the custom follower I already have (I don't want to break his brain). A bonus would be one where I could give her a horse or something, and maybe stop combat if she hits someone with friendly fire.
I tried Immersive Follower Framework already, but the call follower function didn't seem to work on Serana? But that could have been me being dumb. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated :3

I'm 24F Final Year Medical Student.
So, like it's so cliche to listen to, I know but...I have been in love few times and all that comprised of only one kind of love by definition.
One-sided love.
No, no. Not those tragic dramatic ones which make you wither by suicide, but those kinds which either make you immune to love, or just push you to realise your limited worth and charms after all.
So, like, I have been in several situations of one-sided love, the longest being my own best friend whom I had crush on for 7 years, and he proposed to a girl on my birthday and just like that, my hopes, my heart and everything I had known to be true dipped into the deepest bottom ever. It took me years to get over him, but still, whenever I see him, I feel pity on myself and how I can never look, behave or attract like his girlfriend. Ofc he doesn't know any of that so I won't blame him, but somewhere my heart just knew that he knew. He knew everything.
But I moved forward with my life. Or atleast I was trying to, my best. Getting into medical college, I mingled with people from different states and religions and status and distinct families. Without my will, I developed a crush on a guy who was an absolute introvert and somehow I felt proud that I made him comfortable around me and became one of the only two girls he would talk to, the other being his family friend.
But again, fate showed another more worthy, more graceful, more lovable. She also fell for him, and somehow so did he. I won't go into further details though it didn't end well for him but for the time it all was happening, I was there by his side to comfort him from breaking apart while holding my own sanity.
Somehow this crush which lasted for three years ended with heartbreak and low self-esteem.
Around the same year, my friendship with my college best friend ended on a cruel brutal note. I got lonely to the point I just wanted to jump from my hostel floor. Each day was a nightmare as she was enjoying her life as usual, with MORE friends, while I was withering away in my bed, trying to breathe peacefully just for a single day.
Around the same year, next month, I lost my dog which was with me for seventeen years. Loneliness began to smother me. I'd think of nothing but the ways to leave this world silently. My pet had my heart, but I had to live for my parents.
With agitation and worthlessness in my heart, I got into another crush, was feeling happy to be seen, getting a distraction and feeling engulfed with warmth again. He talked honey with me and was the first guy to ever see and make me feel like a woman with his words.
It seemed like I was the only one for him but turned out he just wanted to be physical and enjoy his evenings after a stressful day.
I had never felt more humiliated before and well, though it ended bad for me, he's most certainly very much happily married with his new wife while I would always feel ashamed of getting tricked into emotions of vulnerability.
It was a traumatic experience for me and the one very difficult to get over from. Somehow another senior specialist, who treated my sister in our hospital, crossed my path. He seemed like a really good person, and though I had decided by this time to just watch good ones from afar, I could not control my heart and ended up developing a crush on him. I know I sound really stupid, but I don't have any defence against it.
We talked really good, somehow I always talk to guys and infact with everyone, by my humor and making everything funny.
I'm a studious person and people think I'm arrogant to talk to because I know things, but when they do, they realise why I have one of the most healthiest bonds with my batchmates and seniors.
So, I thought me and that senior had become friends and I still don't doubt it, but well, one day he asked for my sister's health, and since he treated her, I thought it was just a usual concern. But well, turned out while treating my sister, he developed a liking towards her.
Unlike me, my sister is very pretty, has beautiful big eyes, graceful steps, feminine charms, girly attraction, accommodating nature and is well embellished with things most guys won't even think to find faults with (I border more on the line of Tomboy, I want to change how I walk and to learn to walk like a lady myself too but, well, it's tough.)
My father has never been discreet about his likes and dislikes in a person. He has always been audible about how I'm not the most prettiest child he has got, and how I don't study much and do my best (when I came Top 10 in our whole batch)
Usually he's not at all happy with most people in his life, but the one call he does in months, he just speaks about my faults and loopholes at no end. I don't mean to sound so rude to my father, but it hurts that I've spend most of my life wanting to be belonged somewhere, and everytime I faced rejection, either from family, friends or people, it equally made me feel helpless and hopeless.
My brother says he hates how I'm always whining and crying about the things in my life and about my whole life altogether.
I feel I'm not being understood anywhere. I am not being a disappointment to anyone on purpose. It is something I just can't help it.
Aren't all children born different? Is it necessary that all have to be same?
When will my father understand I'm different from my brother and sister? When will he understand some thing may be digested by their noble son and my sister but can hurt their sensitive middle child to the core who might develop trauma for her whole life and would be forced to overthink even the smallest of steps in her life?
I've no answer to any of this.
Anyways, continuing to my previous story, my senior himself came from a remarkably known family of non-toxic ambitious personalities.
He asked me if he can approach her. I didn't need to answer to that. Ofc he could.
It took me days to realise that he liked my sister and wanted to talk to her.
He was a good guy, I had only ever heard positive things about him. I couldn't even fault him for feeling things even I couldn't control myself, but it somehow made me feel disgusted with myself.
That how I can even think about going after a guy who had eyes on my sister, and even begin to think I'd ever be liked by a guy who'd prefer girls of my sister's unparalleled beauty.
I don't mean to sound snide at all, but yk that feeling when everything just makes sense and you just feel embarrassed that you stepped out of your limits and worth this time.
You totally zoomed out, and your inner voice says,"Gurrll, how can you even think--even a limit has a limit and you totally embarrassed yourself with your own stupidity."
I had never held any illusion about my beauty or what-not since I went to school, and though those bad words by some of my classmates stay with me since forever(I know I shouldn't mind their words, but even those bullies had some standard beauty faces to die for), now it ironically feels refreshing that I know my limits and also know when to step back and let others take the stage.
I'm hardly anyone to jump into conclusions but when I fall, I just fall and remain loyal. I am an average looking free-spirited girl trying to get out of my terrible days but I think somehow everyone takes me too lightly and take me too close to be friends.
I had various guys approach me just because they wanted to woo my friends. I'm not that friend who'd get jealous of my friends' happiness, but somehow it hurts to see how I'm so incapable of being loved.
I just wonder if anyone would also have a crush on me and tell their girl friends just like I'm always taking those great tales of confessions from my guy friends.
How I'll always be that one "friend" they can look forward to sharing their love lives with and how much they like "that girl" but apparently, I can never be the girl they'd choose in the end.
I know it sounds so pathetic, even I'm cringing while writing it, but these days of academic stress, unsatisfaction with my own self, and the feeling of not wanting to look at mirror anymore, unless extremely necessary, has made me want to talk about it.
The fact that I'm so unlucky in love while my friends have all the good admirers and suitors around me doens't help my feelings much.
I still talk to that guy who once liked my sister (she said no btw) cause he's really decent, helps me and others in academics stuff, and doesn't go around flirting with just anyone. I joke a lot and he as a half-introvert laughs or says reserved things, or asks in return and I'm grateful we are friends.
I know life has very little in store for me and I guess my role in life is to comfort all the heartbroken people of the world or participate in the matchmaking of the new ones.
Sometimes I envy how guys describe the girls they fall in love with, and how these girls sound even more beautiful than they actually are, in their eyes, but I guess others don't have that comfort to see the guys' side as I have.
Those girls can just be the princesses, the queens, the leaders, the conquerors, the brides and the heartbreakers all they want, while I can just be that well-required audience present to witness one of the most incredible love stories happening or either breaking apart in the history of love.

I am currently starting a fantasy world project. I've got some stuff for it,but i'm currently stuck 9n names for the 'power system' and its source/related item.
The world is kinda set in our world,but way into the future. Pretty much,a very powerful pwrson and the first human known to use any kind of magic gets bored of the human world,and sscrifices his own physical body and consciousness to fuse the world with Hell and Heaven. This also results to the creation of the Daespi,beings that come from the fusion of angels and demons. Years later,with humanity re-creating,Humans start a war against the Daespi to live a safer life. Loosing hope,the king,the queen,and their strongest knight,on the verge of dying,fuse their blood and tears into a magical tree,which instead of fruits,grow magical gems. A group of human knights make contact with the gems,as they gain powers based on their deepest wish.
Years later,the original gems are currently lost,but copies of them with the same wishes,but different powers,continue to grow from the tree,with only few trusted warriors able to use them. The problem is i'm extremely stuck on the magic's/Powers and the gem's names. I've been thinking of using lesser known mythological names as inspiration,but i dont know if it would make sense as the previous world's history is mostly if not completely forgotten.

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Mary Poppins 1964 (MA)
Mary Poppins Returns (iTunes) (redeems 4K)
Mulan 1998 (MA) 4K
Muppets Most Wanted (GP)
Onward 4K (MA)
Oz The Great and Powerful (iTunes)
Oz The Great and Powerful (GP)
Petes Dragon 2016 (iTunes)
Pinocchio (iTunes)
Planes (GP)
Planes (MA)
Planes Fire and Rescue (GP)
Planes Fire and Rescue (MA)
Queen of Katwe (iTunes)
Return to Neverland: Peter Pan (GP)
Saving Mr. Banks (GP)
Sleeping Beauty 1959 (GP)
Spies in Disguise 4K (MA)
Spies in Disguise (GP)
Star Wars Rogue One (iTunes) (redeems 4K)
Star Wars The Force Awakens (GP)
Star Wars The Force Awakens (iTunes) (redeems 4K)
Star Wars The Last Jedi 4K (MA)
Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker (GP)
Super Buddies (GP)
The BFG (iTunes)
The Good Dinosaur (MA) (iTunes redeems 4K)
The Little Mermaid 4K (MA)
The Lone Ranger (GP)
The Lone Ranger (MA)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (MA)
The Pirate Fairy (MA)
Thor (GP)
Thor (MA) (iTunes redeems 4K)
Thor Ragnarock (iTunes) (redeems 4K)
Tinkerbell and the Legend of the Neverbeast (GP)
Tomorrowland (MA)
Toy Story 4 (iTunes) (redeems 4K)
Zootopia (GP)
Zootopia (iTunes) (redeems 4K)
SONY BUFF PASS x1 (Choose 1 of the following options...)
Annie (1982)
Armored
Boogeyman 2
Buck and the Preacher
Julie & Julia
Little Man
Not Another Teen Movie (4K)
Starship Troopers (4K)
The Suburbans (SD)
To Sir, With Love (4K)
HD CODES (VUDU or MA)
007 Skyfall (vudu/GP)
2 Fast 2 Furious (MA)
47 Ronin (MA)
A Dogs Purpose (MA)
A Good Day To Die Hard Extended (MA)
A Quiet Place (VUDU HD/iTunes 4K)
American Girl Isabella Dances into the Spotlight (MA)
American Girl McKenna Shoots for the Stars (MA)
America Imagine The World Without Her (VUDU)
American Made 2017 (MA)
American Reunion Unrated (MA)
Anchorman 2 (VUDU split)
Annie 2014 SD (MA)
Apollo 13 (MA) Split
Atlas Shrugger Part 3 (MA)
Bad Grandpa: Jackass Presents (VUDU split)
Barbie and her Sisters in A Pony Tale (MA)
Barbie and the Secret Door (MA)
Barbie in Princess Power (MA)
Barbie in the Pink Shoes (MA)
Barbie Mariposa and the Fairy Princess (MA)
Barbie Starlight Adventure (MA)
Battleship (MA)
Ben Hur 2016 (vudu split)
BlackHat (MA split)
Bones and All 2023 Vudu
Book Club (VUDU split)
Buttons A Christmas Tale (Vudu split)
Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie (MA)
Concussion (MA) SD
Cult of Chucky unrated (MA) split
Curse of Chucky unrated (MA) split
Daddy's Home (VUDU split)
Daddy's Home 2 (VUDU split)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (MA) (redeems 4K iTunes)
Deadpool (MA) (redeems 4K through iTunes)
Despicable Me 1 (MA)
Despicable Me 2 (MA)
Despicable Me 3 (MA)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days (MA)
Divergent (SD) (VUDU)
Dracula Untold (MA)
Dragonheart Battle For The Heartfire (MA split)
Dr. Seuss's The Lorax (MA)
Eddie The Eagle (MA) (redeems 4K through iTunes)
Ender's Game (VUDU split)
Epic (MA)
E.T. (MA)
Everest ( MA) split
The Fast and Furious 2001 (MA)
Fast and Furious 2009 (MA)
Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift 2006 (MA)
Fast Five Extended Edition 2011 (MA)
Fast & Furious 6 Extended Edition (MA)
The Fast and Furious 2017 Theatrical (MA)
The Fast and Furious 2017 Extended (MA)
Furious 7 Extended Edition (MA)
Fences (Vudu split)
Fifty Shades of Grey unrated (MA)
Flight (vudu split)
Friday the 13th Part 3 (Vudu/iTunes)
Get Out (MA)
G.I. Joe Retaliation (vudu split)
Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters unrated (Vudu split)
Heaven is for real SD (MA)
Hercules 2014 (vudu split)
Home Alone (MA) (redeems 4K through iTunes)
Hop (MA)
Hotel Transylvania SD (MA)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 (MA)
Hunger Games (Vudu)
Hunger Games Catching Fire (Vudu)
Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 (vudu)
Ice Age Continental Drift (MA)
Interstellar (VUDU split)
Jackass 3 (Vudu Split)
Jack Reacher (Vudu split)
Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit (vudu split)
Jason Bourne (MA)
Jaws (MA)
John Wick 1 (HD Vudu/4K iTunes)
John Wick 3 (vudu/GP/iTunes 4K)
Jurassic Park (MA)
Jurassic Park The Lost World (MA)
Jurassic Park 3 (MA)
Jurassic World (MA)
Katy Perry The Movie (vudu split)
Kick Ass 2 (MA)
Kingsman The Secret Service (MA) (redeems 4K through iTunes)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (MA)
Last Knights (SD) (Vudu)
Les Miserables 2012 (MA)
Life of Pi (MA) (redeems 4K through iTunes)
Love Actually (MA) SD
Lucy (MA) 4K
Madagascar 3 Europes Most Wanted (MA)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (MA) 4K
Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas (MA) split
Minions (MA)
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (vudu split)
Mission Impossible Rogue Nation (Vudu split)
Mission Impossible Fallout (vudu split)
Monster High Electrified (MA)
Monster HIgh Fright ON (MA)
Monster High: Welcome to Monster High (MA)
Mother! (Vudu split)
Mr Peabody and Sherman (MA)
Noah (vudu split)
Non Stop (MA)
No Strings Attached (VUDU split)
Oblivion (MA)
Office Christmas Party (VUDU) split
Only The Brave (MA)
Olympus Has Fallen (MA)
Pain and Gain (vudu split)
Paper Towns (MA) (redeems 4K through iTunes)
Paranormal Activity 1 (vudu split)
Paranormal Activity 2 unrated (Vudu split)
Paranormal Activity 3 extended (Vudu split)
Paranormal Activity 4 unrated (Vudu Split)
Parental Guidance (MA)
Penguins of Madagascar (MA)
Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters (MA)
Perks of Being A Wallflower (vudu)
Pitch Perfect 1 (MA)
Pitch Perfect 2 (MA)
Pitch Perfect 3 (MA)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (HD VUDU/4K iTunes)
Playing with Fire (VUDU) split
Rango (VUDU split)
Red 2 (SD) (VUDU)
Ride Along (MA)
Rio 2 (MA)
R.I.P.D. (MA)
Rise of the Guardians (VUDU)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (MA) (redeems 4K through iTunes)
Runner, Runner (MA)
Safe House (MA)
Sausage Party (MA)
Scream 2022 (Vudu HD/iTunes 4K)
Selma (vudu split)
Sherlock Gnomes (Vudu split)
Sing (MA)
Sisters (MA)
Snatched (MA) (redeems 4K through iTunes)
Snow White and the Huntsman (MA)
Son of God (MA)
Split (MA) 4K
Start Trek 4 The Voyage Home (VUDU HD/iTunes 4K)
Star Trek Beyond (Vudu split)
Star Trek Into Darkness (Vudu split)
Straight Outta Compton Dir Cut (MA split)
Suburbicon (Vudu split)
Super 8 (VUDU split)
Taken 2 (MA)
Ted unrated (MA)
Ted 2 unrated (MA)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 (vudu split)
Terminator Dark Fate 4K (vudu split)
The Adventures of Tin Tin (Vudu split)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (MA)
The Big Short (VUDU split)
The Boss Baby (MA) (4K through iTunes)
The Boss Unrated (MA)
The Bourne Identity (MA)
The Bourne Legacy (MA)
The Bourne Supremacy (MA)
The Bourne Ultimatum (MA)
The Croods (MA)
The Dark Tower (MA)
The Dictator (VUDU split)
The Dilemma (MA)
The Fault in our Stars (MA) (redeems 4K through iTunes)
The Gambler (Vudu split)
The Girl On The Train (MA)
The Great Wall 4K (MA)
The Guilt Trip (Vudu split)
The Heat 2013 (MA)
The Impossible (Vudu)
The Internship (MA)
The Last Stand SD (Vudu split)
The Mummy 2017 (MA)
The Mummy Dragon of the Tomb Emporer (MA)
The Other Woman (MA)
The Purge 2013 (MA split)
The Purge: Election Year (MA) split
The Scorpion King 4 Quest For Power (MA) split
The Secret Life of Pets (MA)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (MA)
The Sponge Bob Movie Sponge out of Water (VUDU split)
The Visit (MA) split
The Wolf of Wallstreet (VUDU split)
The Wolverine Extended (MA)
This is 40 theatrical (MA)
Top Gun (vudu split)
Top Gun Maverick (Vudu 4K/iTunes 4K)
Transformers Dark of the Moon (vudu split)
Transformers Age of Extinction (Vudu split)
Transformers The Last Knight (Vudu split)
Tremors A Cold Day in Hell (MA)
True Grit (VUDU split)
Turbo (MA)
Unbroken (MA)
Unfriended (MA)
Warcraft ( MA)
War For the Planet of the Apes (MA) (redeems 4K through iTunes)
Warm Bodies (VUDU split)
Waterworld (MA split)
What to Expect When You're Expecting (vudu split)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (Vudu split)
World War Z (Vudu split)
X-Men Days of Future Past (MA) (redeems 4K through iTunes)
XXX Return of Xander Cage (Vudu split)
TV SHOWS HD (Will trade for single movie)
Game of Thrones Season 1 (iTunes redeem)
Game of Thrones Season 2 (iTunes redeem)
Game of Thrones Season 3 (iTunes redeem)
True Blood Season 4 (iTunes redeem)
ITUNES HD CODES unless otherwise stated
A Dogs Purpose (ports to MA) split
A Quiet Place (redeems 4K) Split
Alien Covenant (redeems 4K)
Alvin and the Chipmunks The Road Trip (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Anchorman 2 The Legend Continues (split)
Apollo 13 (split redeems 4K)
Bad Grandpa Jackass Presents (split)
Ben Hur 2016 (split redeems 4K)
Blue Crush 2 (ports to MA)
Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie (ports to MA)
Cowboys and Aliens (ports to MA)
Daddy's Home (split redeems 4K)
Daddy's Home 2 (split redeems 4K)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Deadpool (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Despicable Me 2 (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Despicable Me 3 (ports to MA) (redeems 4K) split
Diary of A Wimpy Kid (ports to MA)
Dracula Untold (ports to MA) (redeems 4K split)
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (ports to MA)
Dumb and Dumber To (ports to MA)
Eddie the Eagle (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
ET (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Everest (ports to MA) (redeems 4K) split
Exodus Gods and Kings (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Fast and Furious 2001 the original (Ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Fast and Furious 6 extended 2013 (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Furious 7 Extended Ed (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Fifty Shades of Grey (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Friday the 13th Part 3
G I Joe Retaliation (split) (redeems 4K)
Hansel and Gretal Witch Hunters
Hercules 2014 (split redeems 4K)
Hidden Figures (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Hit and Run (ports to MA)
Hop (ports to MA)
Home Alone (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 (ports to MA) (redeems 4K split)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Hugo (Split redeems 4K)
Hunger Games (split redeems 4K)
Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 (split redeems 4K)
Ice Age (ports to MA)
Ice Age 5 Collision Course (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Identity Thief (ports to MA)
Independence Day Resurgence (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Interstellar (split redeems 4K)
Jackass 3 (split)
Jack Reacher (split) (redeems 4K)
Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit (split redeems 4K)
Jason Bourne (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Jurassic Park The Lost World (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Jurassic World (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Keeping Up With The Joneses (porst to MA) (redeems 4K)
Kingsman The Secret Service (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Kingsman The Golden Circle (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (ports to MA)
Les Miserables 2012 (ports to MA)
Lets Be Cops (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Logan (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Lucy (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
MikE and Dave need Wedding Dates (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Minions (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (split redeems 4K)
Mission Impossible Rogue Nation (split redeems 4K)
Mission Impossible Fallout (split redeems 4K)
Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Monster High 13 Wishes (ports to MA)
Mr Peabody and Sherman (ports to MA)
Neighbors (ports to MA)
Neighbours 2 (ports to MA)
Night at the Museum Secret of the Tomb (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Noah (split)
Non Stop (ports to MA split)
Oblivion (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Office Christmas Party (redeems 4K)
Paranormal Activity 1 (split)
Paranormal Activity 2 (split)
Paul (ports to MA)
Pitch Perfect 1 (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Pitch Perfect 2 (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Playing with Fire (redeems 4K)
Popstar Never Stop Stopping (ports to MA)
Ride Along (ports to MA)
Rise of the Planet of the apes (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Safe House (ports to MA)
Schindlers List (ports to MA) (redeems 4K) split
Selma (split)
Serenity 2005 (ports to MA)
Sing (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Snatched (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Snow White and the Huntsman (ports to MA)
Spectre (redeems 4K)
Spy unrated (ports to MA)
Star Trek Beyond (redeems 4K)
Star Trek Into Darkness (redeems 4K)
Super 8 (redeems 4K split)
Ted (ports to MA)
Ted 2 (ports to MA)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 (redeems 4K)
The Book of Life (ports to MA)
The Boss Baby (ports to MA)
The Bourne Legacy (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
The Change up (ports to MA)
The Fault In Our Stars (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
The Forest (ports to MA)
The Great Wall (ports to MA) (redeems 4K split)
The Last Stand (SD)
The Longest Ride (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
The Martian (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
The Maze Runner (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
The Maze Runner The Scorch Trials (ports to MA) (redeems 4k)
The Peanuts Movie (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
The Purge: The Election Year (ports to MA) (redeems 4K) split
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (ports to MA)
The Secret Life of Pets (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
The SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water (Split)
The Visit (ports to MA) split
The Wolf of Wall Street (split redeems 4K)
Towerheaist (ports to MA)
Trainwreck (ports to MA)
Transformers Age of Extinction (split redeems 4K)
Transformers The Last Knight (split redeems 4K)
Trolls (ports to MA)
True Grit (redeems 4K)
Unbroken (ports to MA)
Wanderlust (ports to MA)
War for the Planet of the Apes (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Warm Bodies (split redeems 4K)
Wild 2014 (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
Why him (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
World War Z (split)
X-Men Apocalypse (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
X-Men Days of Future Past (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
X-Men Days of Future Past ROGUE CUT (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
X-Men First Class (ports to MA) (redeems 4K)
X-Men Origins Wolverine (ports to MA)
XXX Return of Xander Cage (redeems 4K)
ITUNES XML (SD) Redeems
Alien vs Predator Requiem (ports to MA)
Alpha and Omega
Alvin and the Chipmunks The Movie (ports to MA)
Alvin and the Chipmunks The Squekeul (ports to MA)
Alvin and the Chipmunks Chip Wrecked (ports to MA)
Arthur (ports to MA)
Babylon A.D. (ports to MA)
Black Swan (ports to MA)
Bridesmaids (ports to MA)
Chronicle (ports to MA)
Chronicles of Narnia Voyage of Dawn Treader (ports to MA)
Crank 2
Crazy Stupid Love (ports to MA)
Date Night (ports to MA)
Daybreakers
Diary of A Wimpy Kid (ports to MA)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Rodrick Rules (ports to MA)
Doc McStuffins Friendship is the best Medicine
Dr Deuss Horton Hears A Who (ports to MA)
Due Date (ports to MA)
E.T. (ports to MA)
Fame 2009
Family Guy Something Something Darkside
From Paris With Love
GI Joe Rise of Cobra
Hall Pass (ports to MA)
Hangover Part 2 (ports to MA)
Hall Pass (ports to MA)
Hitman 2007 (ports to MA)
Horrible Bosses (ports to MA)
Ice Age A Mammoth Christmas (ports to MA)
Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs (ports to MA)
Jake and the Neverland Pirates Peter Pan Returns
Jumper (ports to MA)
Juno (ports to MA)
Kick-Ass
Knight and Day (ports to MA)
Love and Other Drugs (ports to MA)
Mamma Mia The Movie (ports to MA)
Marley and Me (ports to MA)
Mr Poppers Penguins (ports to MA)
My Bloody Valentine
Percy Jackson The lightning Thief (ports to MA)
Phineas and Ferb The Perry Files
Predators 2010 (ports to MA)
Prometheus (ports to MA)
Public Enemies (ports to MA)
Rio (ports to MA)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (ports to mA)
Robin Hood (russel crowe) (ports to MA)
Saw The Final Chapter
Secret of the Wings (ports to MA)
Something Borrowed (ports to MA)
Strawberry Shortcake Berry Bitty Mysteries (ports to MA)
Taken (ports to MA)
The A Team (ports to MA)
The Croods (ports to MA)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (keanu) (ports to MA)
The Expendables
The Eye
The Help (ports to MA)
The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emporer (ports to MA)
The Muppets (ports to MA)
The Sitter (ports to MA)
The Spirit
The Watch
Transporter 3
Unknown (ports to MA)
Unstoppable (ports to MA)
Wanted (ports to MA)
War Zone Punisher
We Bought a Zoo (ports to MA)
X-Men First Class (ports to mA)
X-Men Origins Wolverine (ports to MA)
X-Men United:X2 (ports to MA)
X-Men The last Stand (ports to MA)
Yogi Bear (ports to MA)
**ALL codes have been verified
MY ISO/Request list:
65 MA
Dungeons and Dragons Honor Among Thieves iTunes
Renfield MA
Scream 6 iTunes
Shazam Fury of the Gods MA