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Ancient Drew said :
Tiny fragments of Bandos' soul that had previously leaked out into memories become attracted to this spot in Yu'biusk, and Zarador's head fills with his voice. It says, "You have been lost for a long time, Zarador. Every one of my soldiers have been lost for a very long time. You need war, you need to spill blood. Rally my people around you and spill blood around Gielinor, then I can return again to make the universe tremble again!"

I think it might fit better if this was an echo of something Bandos had told Zarador long ago when he was recruiting him as one of his generals. Given it's a "memory."

Ancient Drew said :
Tiny fragments of Bandos' soul that had previously leaked out into memories become attracted to this spot in Yu'biusk, and Zarador's head fills with his voice. It says, "You are strong, Zarador. Your strength and cunning are second only to my own! From this day forward, you shall be my Chief Engineer. Rally my people around you and spill the blood of this world, so that I may make this universe tremble!"

Kind of a "Simba, remember who you are.. " speech.

Still, I'm really enjoying the read so far. It makes me curious what would happen if we tried to "reform" a god by mashing enough of its divine essence back together. Something new, retaining its memories, like the divination ports follower?

It does seem very Bandos to, weakened and unstable from being reformed, nevertheless confront this cocky young goblin trying to claim his title. Between the knack for invention and defiant attitude, I get the feeling she spent some time with the dorgeshuun. Headcanon Haven, where everything is made up and the points don't matter.
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09-Mar-2016 00:41:59 - Last edited on 09-Mar-2016 00:55:51 by Lego Miester

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Ancient Drew said :
His entire body is covered in a black carapace and red tendrils. His eyes, which were previously emerald green, now have obsidian irises and red corona for pupils. His horn pulsates with a strange new power. From his hands grow red vine-like appendages which look like the most lethal whips. His torso is covered with black skull-shaped markings, and sleek black feathery wings erupt from his back. And his voice has a different echo to it, an oddly chilling, bloodcurdling voice with undertones of somebody dying a most painful and bloody death.

Well if that isn't the most
metal
thing I've heard all day.
BANDOS, ABOMINATION OF WAR

(massive health bar appears)

edit: I finished it! A cool story in its own right, albeit not one of the most rooted in existing canon. I'm curious if you'd let me try my own take on the character. My head is just bubbling with ideas. Headcanon Haven, where everything is made up and the points don't matter.
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09-Mar-2016 01:00:06 - Last edited on 09-Mar-2016 20:41:04 by Lego Miester

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Well, I already wrote this. If you're not OK with me using your character I can take always it down:

The Remnant

It was the dawn of the sixth age, and the young and ambitious goblin Uggy had left the comfort of home to explore the world. She learned many things, finding a particular knack for augmenting weaponry. As she grew, her weapons grew with her, as she remembered the words of the Big High War God “If you are weak, you must become strong! Only then are you on the path of greatness!”

The news rattled her to her core: The Big High War God had fallen. As she finally reached the ancient god’s shattered remains, she found another, very strange looking goblin holding a battered bone crossbow. “How?” Uggy said aloud. “How that possible, he strongest!” The strange goblin replied, “No, we were stronger. Let me tell you a story, about a goblin, and a human…”

Meanwhile on Yu’buisk, the Bandosians were in mourning. *What we do now?* one of the medicine-goblins said to Zarador, who was still recovering from the collapse of the tower. Zarador had known what to do upon the death of a commander, the Kyzaj Tournament, but never the death of their god! It was unprecedented! Impossible! As he sat, weak and broken like his god, strange brown wisps began pouring out of Bandos’ petrified remnants, one buzzing through the portal to Yu’biusk and landing right in front of Zarador.

As Zarador turned his head to listen, he could hear a faint voice coming from within. "You are strong, Zarador. Your strength and cunning are second only to my own! From this day forward, you shall be my Chief Engineer. Rally my people around you and spill the blood of this world, so that I may make this universe tremble!" It was a memory. Zarador pulled himself up with newfound strength and shouted to all he could hear “WE WILL BRING BANDOS BACK!!” Uggy heard the whole thing, and knew there was only one way to stop them. She had to become the strongest. Headcanon Haven, where everything is made up and the points don't matter.
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09-Mar-2016 20:40:53 - Last edited on 10-Mar-2016 23:39:58 by Lego Miester

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The Bandosians worked tirelessly under Zarador’s orders. The goblins were to gather Bandos’s divine energy that had spread out across the land, the ogres gathered their most powerful magi from Gu’tanoth, while the trolls’ smartest navigators ate talismans to help them tunnel deep into the earth to the lost runecrafting altars of blood and death. They worked more cooperatively than the armies of war had ever done. They would have their god back.

Uggy was sure the only way to beat a god was to become one, and there was only one person in the world with that kind of power. “Well well, look what the cat dragged in. What do you want, little goblin?” said the grinning mahjarrat. *Me Uggy. You get war god killed! You pay!” Sliske played along as an excuse to gloat. “So, vengeance it is, then? How predictable. You know I may have set the stage, but I didn't organize the performances! That old brute got himself killed.”

Meanwhile as the goblin at the front entrance was stalling, Uggy snuck her way into the entrance and made her way to it. The Stone of Jas. As she reached out, she felt something grab her hand and pull it away. “Ah ah ah, sneaking through the shadows, are we?” Sliske said as he materialized next to the stone. “You could have just said please.* He released her hand and vanished into the smoke, chuckling to himself. After touching it and feeling the energy consume and replace her entire being, she knew one thing for sure: she had become strong . As she left, she found a strange letter on the ground, sealed with a smiling mask. *Welcome to my competition. Your first challenge awaits.”

It’s eyes jolted awake. The ritual had been a success. Blood energy had weaved the familiar shape, and bones held it together like a twisted carapace of armor. In the center was a heart of pure, concentrated memories.
The Remnant of Bandos.
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09-Mar-2016 20:42:32 - Last edited on 09-Mar-2016 20:59:41 by Lego Miester

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Uggy had traveled back to Yu’biusk only to find it was too late. There was only one way to stop him now. She yelled as loud as she could “I, UGGY, CHALLENGE BIG HIGH WAR GOD FOR LEADERSHIP!* The remnant chuckled. “You, little goblin? Not even death can stop me. You want a fight?” Bandos pulled a large bloodied jawbone from his bone armor, swinging it right at Uggy like a mace. “THEN FIGHT ME!!!”

Uggy nimbly dodged to the right, firing energized bolts from her crossbow, but they merely bounced off his impenetrable armor. As the Remnant of Bandos swings, towers are shattered, and goblins are sent flying into the acid lakes of Yu’biusk, but none dare rip their eyes off the this battle. “You will never beat me! You are just one goblin!” Uggy narrowly misses a swing that severs the entire arena in two, launching her back and sending her crossbows hurling into the acid below. “Me not strong. But me always try to get stronger. But together, WE ARE STRONGEST!” as if on cue, goblins of every tribe leapt into the arena and grabbed the Remnant of Bandos, ripping and pulling pieces off his bone armor as his jellylike form destabilized. “No, what are you doing?! I AM YOUR GOD!!” the remnant yelled as he frantically swatted them away like flies.

As piece after piece fell away, the pulsing core of Bandos’ Remnant became visible. Uggy pulled from her pack a gift from a friend; an old, beaten bone crossbow, augmented with whirring gears and brimming with power. The remnant’s four eyes widened and he lunged at her, pieces falling off and blood dripping from his amorphous body, but the bolt, charged with all of Uggy’s divine energy, pierced straight to the core. Headcanon Haven, where everything is made up and the points don't matter.
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09-Mar-2016 20:46:11 - Last edited on 31-Mar-2016 03:14:42 by Lego Miester

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Arced lightning filled the arena as Bandos’ Remnant exploded and the last pieces of his memory fell into the acid. As the smoke cleared, a strange voice whispered to Uggy: “Well…done…” Uggy turned to the bandosians in the crowd. “Big High War God thought strength come from fear. He make everyone fear him so they do what he says. He wrong . Strength comes from friends. Chicken God prove that. He got more friends and they killed war god. I prove that too. Together, in new age, we prove what real strength is! Headcanon Haven, where everything is made up and the points don't matter.
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09-Mar-2016 20:47:04 - Last edited on 09-Mar-2016 20:57:01 by Lego Miester

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Author's notes:

Well that was fun. A fanfiction of a headcanon. That's not something you see every day.

I saw some significant parallels to the Dorgeshuun so I worked Zanik in there, essentially writing this as an alternate history to the Kyzaj tournament.

I dialed back the metalocalypse Bandos's Final Form, mainly taking inspiration from the dragon Deathwing in World of Warcraft, with how he has plated armor holding together a molten body, as well as some inspiration from Gielinor the godbomination in Nomad's Elegy in how he's this eldritch Frankenstein's monster sort of thing, in this case cobbled together from pieces of Bandos's personality that were in the memories (hence why many of the things he says are quotes from himself) given a new sort of life, like Kami.

We're getting pretty darn far from established canon with the "alternate history" thing, but if Jagex can do it with their 200th quest, so can I. :P

I tried to follow roughly the same order of events, with Bandos being rebuilt by the Bandosians, Uggy ascending via the stone, and the final confrontation where Uggy becomes the new leader of the bandosians. I didn't focus too much on Uggy's backstory since that was your personal character and I wanted to leave that be.

I hope you see it as a homage rather than a nitpick of "I can make it better!"
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09-Mar-2016 20:56:40 - Last edited on 09-Mar-2016 21:10:45 by Lego Miester

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Cybernet377 said :
Aww, neither Lego nor Tiny Sliske noticed my new snippet (although Velia did, thanks, you're the best :p )

But still, notice me, senpais!

Make no mistake, I read all the stories, though I admit I've always played favorites towards the more ridiculous or over the top ones.

Cybernet377 said :
Zemoregal grunted, flinging another crackling sphere of magic that was once again destroyed by a perfectly aimed bolt.

I just love that mental image of Karil popping out of a nearby crate like a jack-in-the-box. Headcanon Haven, where everything is made up and the points don't matter.
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28-Mar-2016 06:46:34 - Last edited on 28-Mar-2016 06:47:12 by Lego Miester

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