Creating the Big Bad

Seems like everybody's taking an interest in who the next major bad guy will be to try 'n dominate our game. We've lived through the major ones--the Brotherhood (which was Brena, Lion-F & Xeno) and the Anti-Kids (which was Fel & the last living Adult). We've survived a few minor ones like Nemesis, Dread, Rah & even Daddy Bacon. And we may have some candidates already in the game for that role (but I'm not gonna name any names here!).

We get great inspiration from "The Tribe" as well. There weren't all that many in 5 tv seasons, but they were memorable: Zoot. Ebony. The Guardian. Ram. Java. Mega. And even Computer-Zoot, whose goal was to end mankind.

So who will the new villains be? And will they be bad...or will they be evil?

Big difference there. Mostly what we see are Bad Guys--the kind who want to dominate other people, control every aspect of their world, and don't mind getting their hands dirty doing it. Evil is...something else. Evil is more than domination, more than control. Not sure I can describe it right, so maybe I shouldn't try. So far in-game, I know of only one evil character that emerged (and rather quickly died). That would be Nemesis...and we'll just leave that discussion for later. He still gives me the creeps...

But we know we NEED the Bad Guy. If there isn't conflict life is just, well, boring? We always need someone that we can band together against. Someone who galvanizes the rest of the group into coordinated action. And nothing does that better than the Big Bad. In "The Tribe" there were two who earned that title: Zoot and Ram.

So now we get to wait and see what happens next. People are working hard, plotting, creating, planning...so I guess we'll see!

Just one final note: Seems like life's kinda cheap these days in Fort River. It's kinda like the American "Old West," where disagreements were settled at the point of a gun or the end of a rope. Our game-world doesn't have guns, but there are blades flying everywhere, for sure.

This could get very interesting before it's over.

-Chyna

Photo source: Copyright Cloud-9, "The Tribe"