The Drunk and The Ugly

The trade caravans that cross the known nations are a haven for the lost, the dispossessed, and the freaks. For four outlanders, the caravans are the closest thing to home they have. But the hard life of a traveler is not in the cards for these outlanders. They are touched by destiny, granted power beyond that of mortal men. How will they shape their lives with this power? Will it be used to build...

Lacey Clarke is a prisoner of some very bad people. She’s been taken off of the street and finds herself locked up. With no idea of when her friends — or help of any kind — will arrive, she’s left with her own wits and street tough badassery to see her through. Meanwhile, the Heroes of Prominence are hot on her trail. Can they find her before all hell breaks loose? PLAYERS...

George is having a bad week. Almost all of his friends hate him (for good reason), his home is gone, and his best friend is a Mayan god who has gone missing. There is exactly one lead to follow: Chichen Itza. It’s up to George, Caleb, and Etsu to travel there and track down Condor. The road to Chichen Itza, however, stretches out into the dark, and it is stained with the blood of history. Pl...

Prominence is sweltering under the thick, humid heat of summer and crime. The masked heroes have been working on their own these past months. Opera has found himself cracking down on the Lords of Sin, working solo to bring the gang to a heel. Clockwork has continued his training with his young apprentices, Team Justice, working to mold them into useful vigilantes. The Wraith and the Witch have fou...

It’s January 12th. Troy is swathed in snow, and the kids of Troy County Public School have a snow day ahead of them. Unfortunately, for Scott Valle and Emma Vaerbond, that means chores: specifically, babysitting. A wild troupe of the young children who live on the second floor are itching for adventure of the pirate variety. A treasure hunt is in their future, and X, of course, marks the spo...

Clockwork’s been out of town for a while. Fortunately, everything is just as he left it: screwed up. It’s time for the swashbuckling, over the top, exploding member of the Spirits of Prominence to set a few things straight. Someone is smuggling things in and out of the city. Illegal things. It’s up to Clockwork to stop them. Sidetalk PLAYERS Sam – Mark Getman, (Clockwork)....

Hey there, internet!  It’s been a bit longer than we’d like, but we’re here to bring you the news, hot off the wings of News Bird. The News as It Is: We’re Not Dead! Sordid Dystopia is going off to the copyright bureaucracy, so we can get it firmly into your hands. We finished Frieda’s! The massive two-year campaign has drawn to a close. Of course, we’ve started...

The crazy mayor has been defeated. His utterly inane plot was foiled easily by the kids of Mrs. Frieda’s halfway home.  In addition, George, Manny, and Caleb survived their chance encounter with the Grinning Man and the nightmares in Brendan Kerrington’s head. It is January now, and George is having bad dreams. His old sins have come back to haunt him, and they will have their justice....

It is May in New Orleans, and there has not been a drop of rain in weeks. Three young kids, suffering in the dry heat of the hottest spring around, are trying to find something to distract themselves. First task: acquiring ice cream. These three kids will soon find themselves tossed into an adventure that will rival anything else they’ve ever seen. After all, the strange and twisting caverns...

It’s New Years Eve, and the city of Troy is in the middle of a truly bizarre political crisis: the Mayor is literally insane. Meanwhile, George and Etsu are being haunted by a strange ghostly entity; but it remains to be seen whether or not the ghosts of the past will be the ones that endure. There is a mystery to figure out, and so many shenanigans to get into. Side chatter PLAYERS James &#...

Wraith and the Witch have had a bad couple of days. Emotions are running way too ragged, they’re exhausted. What exactly do two incredibly dangerous vigilantes do on their day off? Shoot pool and talk about their feelings, mostly. Sidetalk PLAYERS Matt – The Wraith.    Got his Masters in Electrical Engineering with a minor in acoustic design.  10 years back, shortly after beginning emp...

Boxing day, how does it even work? There are last minute gifts to be delivered, and a few last dregs of Christmas spirit to be rung out of the holiday. With the oncoming New Year, the truly bizzare Dash Princely has disappeared into thin air, and Troy is introduced to the one danger it could never have expected: politics. Will the kids be able to find Dash? Does anyone even care? And what the heck...

In 2007, a few months before hostilities between the government and the IRA cease, a young woman is becoming war. A member of an IRA splinter group, Aaliyah finds herself plunged into danger and violence near-constantly. Thankfully, this is where she thrives. PLAYERS Nate – Aaliyah Rhodes  (The Witch).  Broken, socially cautious, and relaxed. Aaliyah is a Heinz 57 of social disorders. Her in...

Christmas was survived, and successful. Unfortunately, nothing stays peaceful these days in Troy. Eld has an unhappy visitor, Butch has returned from a visit to South America and is looking well the worse for wear, and George and Caleb have an offer for him. Troy is darkening, and an old evil is stirring in its shadows. Side chatter PLAYERS Manda –  Manny Matt –   Caleb “2Dope&#8...

The spotlight Heroes of Prominence stories continues: Lacey Clark has a date. Lacey has fought gangbangers, interrogated men to the point of breaking, and been the quiet trigger of justice on the streets of Prominence for months now. And she just can’t get a night off, no matter how unobtrusive dinner at Applebees might seem. Sidetalk PLAYERS Manda – Lacey Clark (The Ghost).  Seemingly...

It’s a few days before Christmas, and Troy is decked out for the holidays. The spirit of Christmas is in the air, and all of the Frieda’s kids are scrambling to get their shopping done. But not even Christmas is safe from bizarre occurrences. Something strange is going on in the Troy County Mall, and it has our intrepid heroes wrapped up in its grip. Can they survive the Christmas Nigh...

The first month of middle school in Ichor Falls, 1986, began calmly, with a trip to the Rand Historical Society Museum. For the local kids, it was just one more inundation of the town’s boring history. For four students, newly moved into the town, it was the beginning of something they will be forever unable to explain. The students found and read a book of local stories, some of which seeme...

The once-abandoned West Virginia mining town of Ichor Falls lies always shrouded in mist. It crouches like a slick mushroom in a river valley, brooding. Abandoned by the world for several decades, new inroads are being created. The Elysium Group, the land’s new owners, are attempting to revitalize the near idyllic Falls, welding modern design to repaired turn-of-the-century ruins that slouch in de...

The single-character focused stories continue. Opera, finding himself at loose ends, is off for a night of wine, women, and song – or the closest such experience that can be found in the slums of Prominence. Soon enough our hero finds himself plunged into a break-neck race to find a kidnapper and their victim before time runs out. Can the lone hero triumph against overpowering odds? Sidetalk...

Hackman is defeated. The last major threat of Odyn’s grab for power sits alone in a cell, gibbering, mad. The kids of Mrs. Friedas Halfway Home are triumphant. Despite the appearances of ghosts and regrets, old and new, it is time to lick their wounds, eat pancakes, and hash out what the hell to do now. Side chatter PLAYERS James – Tim Rodgers Manda –  Manny Matt –  Scott V...

Wraith and Ghost are breaking into Harold Lee Sound Technologies, investigating elements of the Wraith’s past. His work has continued without him, finding its way into military applications, and out onto the street. It seems Amy Vasquez is the prime funnel. But who is she delivering the tech too, and why? What awaits the Wraith down this road into his past?   Sidetalk PLAYERS Matt &#821...

MEANWHILE, ALREADY IN PROGRESS: Tim, Etsu, and Jingles find themselves on the edges of the final confrontation with Hackman. A hostage situation is underway, and it’s calling for an ex-MIB agent to deal with it. A band of exhausted, beaten, and broken kids emerges from the aftermath of the Hackman showdown. Can any of them ever be the same? Side chatter PLAYERS James – Tim Rodgers Mand...

A month has passed since the climactic battle and the breaking of the gang siege on Prominence. People sleep safer in their beds, walk the streets at night unafraid of danger, and know that the Heroes of Prominence are watching over them. The Heroes themselves are less safe. In the shadows, in the night, they are being challenged. Can they stand true against strange new enemies? Sidetalk PLAYERS M...

Having uncovered crucial information about the manner in which Slash Hackman uses mind control, the kids of Mrs. Frieda’s Halfway Home are quickly coming to the realization that they have very nearly waited too long to deal with this threat. The race is on to trace Slash’s last known location, find him, find whoever he has coerced into working for him, and bring the monster himself dow...

Christmas is a magical time of anticipation and wonder for children around the world. The night before Christmas is all too long and the night after so short. Some children love Christmas so much, they want it to never end. What is it about this time of year that entrances so many people? Is there a magic inherent to the season or is it really just the collective will of countless believers poolin...