Checkpoint Midnight: Waltz of Treachery - Season 2 (Session 5 of 5)
Alexi S. runs for Jesse A., Leandro Pondoc, Puckett, and Steven S.
A dramatic season finale sees tension and betrayal among our supernatural operatives. Valentine is out for blood after his apartment is burned down. Jack recruits a small army of his own. Joske is dragged deeper into darkness. Emilie finally gets to attend a party. And one operative makes an unforgettable exit.
Gauntlet Comics
Urban Shadows: Coven Prime Deja Vous (Issue #0)
Jim Likes Games runs for Alexi S., Jamila R. Nedjadi, Joel N., and Steven desJardins
The occult heroes of Coven Prime are back to dealing with supernatural problems after the Summer Crossover.
Teens with Attitude (Session 1)
David Walker runs for Puckett, Sabine V., Sawyer Rankin, and Steven S.
Panel 1 - engaged in battle above the earth, the Gauntleteer battles Cosmos the Star Dragon, Devourer of Worlds. In a world-shattering swing, the dragon is thrown back into the void, cracking the gauntlet into myriad pieces. They fall through the atmosphere, with the unconscious form of the Gauntleteer.
Panel 2 - four kids, each with attitude, troubles, and dreams of superheroes in the great Gauntlet City show off their individual personalities as they hang after school.
Panel 3 - the shards of the gauntlet slam into the ground, each with a glittering gem representing one of the Gauntleteer's virtues, causing the ground to explode as they hit, covering the teens in dust.
Panel 4 - the shards crackle and a disembodied voice proclaims, "Those who wield the gauntlet are never cowardly or cruel, stand for peace and tolerance, and will defend this city and world without reward. Take me if you are worthy to wear me!"
The teens look on shocked when the bravest of them reaches forward towards the shard.
Meet Synovia, Alex, Jess, and Keisha as they take up the mantle of the Gauntleteer and fight to save Gauntlet City with attitude!
Gauntlet Hangouts
Through a Mirror Darkly
Alun R. runs for Eike K., Jim Likes Games, Kim Riek, and Max Kämmerer
A cybernetically enhanced Outsider, 'The Count', joins 'Vet' the team's lab grown Sentinel, and the company's mission Specialist, Dr Vera Albus, to investigate the Colony Ship Palantir along with Steven Ross, the only Survivor of whatever interrupted its original mission. Dark truths are revealed and horrible choices made as the Palantir tempts and torments them.
Better the Devil Who Serves You (Session 4)
Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for David Morrison, Joel N., Sam Zimmerman, and Sherri
In this session we have our season finale! A lovely wedding reception takes place. Vel stuns our audience with a beautiful a make over and a hellish duet, K'vira takes part in a righteous duel, Jel cleans up a little too well, and Miss Bond discovers the most amazing secret ingredient for Kitsune Ramen...you have to watch it to believe it!
ALIEN: The Hunt (Session 5 of 5)
Jason Zanes runs for Alun R., Jamila R. Nedjadi, Paul Rivers, and Will H
Our crew of Darius, Bryant, Noah, and Sitka battle their way to the Providence and "freedom." Aliens attack and lurk in the dark places.
Hearts of Wulin: The Immortal Throne (Session 7 of 7)
David Morrison runs for Bryan, Maria M., and Puckett
In our finale, Zhang Long confronts Golden Soul Scholar, Mirror of the Clouds levels a reckoning against Boundless Sorrow, and Yaling Liu looks to the future of the throne.
Rich Kid Problem$ (Session 2 of 3)
Maria Mison facilitates for Kazumi, Maria M., and Marleigh
We all attend an ex-presidential candidate's son fancy-schmancy bday party and shenanigans ensue as some rich kid$ chase after their dreams, find out the corruption of their families, and try to resolve the can't-be-thrown-money-at problems.
Beam Saber: Human Gravity (Session 6)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Bethany H., Michael G. Barford, and Rob Ruthven
Safely back in their abandoned theme park base, the squad try to pick up old personal matters but find that the world around them threatens to strangle them with its complications. JD gains valuable insight into their new rival's business dealings, Naga flounders trying to find her lost squad and Verb looks into a new avenue for personal godhood.
Hearts of Wulin: Measure of the Soul - Season 2 (Session 4)
Jamila R. Nedjadi runs for Darold Ross, Joel N., Maria M., and Sherri
Our characters realize the full extent of Crane's power and her twisted sense of duty. Horizon's family has been broken apart by tragedy, and he comes to realize what he has truly lost. Still Heart Bao must learn to accept Mei's growing power and her own complex destiny. Jin is caught between a rock and a hard place, if that rock was a handsome werewolf and the hard place was a demon prince...
Apocalypse Keys: The Note Desolation Plays (Session 1 of 5)
Leandro Pondoc runs for Brandon, Jim Likes Games, Sabine V., and SalamanderJames
Character creation revolving around a group of monsters sent by DIVISION to Dublin, Ireland to investigate a haunting, or several. A shapeshifting Pure, a time-looping Last, a reptilian Summoned and a plantlike Found congregate as they are faced by wayward spirits and a carriage from hell meant to ferry them onward.
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