Steam Sentinels

Origin - Steam Sentinel

Folks wanting to app this theme should speak to: Koharu Itamae on game!

The Story

Once upon a time there was a world known as Gearwork. Gearwork was a relatively peaceful place, where everyone worked in harmony- despite their differences. Until Wraithton came along. Director Wraithton, a dour man who could not possibly comprehend how many different people could work together, decided it would be more efficient if everyone was the same.

Thus, he created the 'Red Tree' organization and began to one by one use some sort of despairing dark magic-- a cog placed on the head of a person that would make them all the same. He began to harness this energy for his own ends- he became greedy and soon- was no different than the energy he sought to control. He would strip Gearwork of it's individuality, it's resources and desire even more.

Those who managed to retain who they were and remain themselves spoke of a prophecy of 'Legendary Warriors', 'Steam Sentinels' who would come to them in their time of need- and they sent out the last of their world's remaining clockwork fairies, Dabble and her friends, with the last of their world's true hope in the form of wrist watches-- and she was sent to a prospective world that had not been touched by the 'Red Tree' yet.

It did not go un-noticed of course. The fairy was tracked to Earth and- besides the threat of the impending potential Sentinels that could bring about his downfall, Wraithton was also led to the fountain of magical potential that is Earth. Eager and Greedy, he sent out the Laymen-- his group of Generals, to enslave the people of Earth and strip it of it's energy and resources for the Red Tree Organization-- the epi-center of this source seeming to be Tokyo.

And thus, our story begins, with Dabble desperately seeking out her would-be Sentinels before the Red Tree can begin it's attack.

The Magic Items & Lore

The Heroes

Heroes: Heroes use a wrist watch to turn into a Steam Sentinel. They can be any colors or style, but typically are of the old fashioned gears and minute/hour hand variety than a digital watch. By uttering the phrase 'Steam Sentinel <Name>, Evil's Time IS UP!' Followed by an alarm bell and the transformation sequence. A Steam Sentinel can be a girl or boy.

A Steam Sentinel will also have a 'Clockwork Fairy' as a companion, a tiny, winged fairy dressed in victorian finery acting as a masoct and a guide- usually having a name like 'Dabble', 'Tinker' and 'Handiwork', 'Gear' and so on. The fairy is the one that originally delivers the henshin item to the would be Steam Sentinel.

Steam Sentinels tend to be physical fighters, relying on punches and kicks, and can involve weapons such as classy rapiers or steampunk rayguns and tesla coils, or steam powered punchy gauntlets as examples, sometimes with elements like flame, lightning, water, etc attached to them.

The Enemies

Enemies: This theme has a set of prepackaged concepts for badguys. While people can app their own Dark Generals if they wish, these characters, at least, exist as NPCs off camera. These are base templates for concepts.

Wraithton - The leader. Used to be a man, is more a powerful force of darkness now. He leads the "Red Tree" organization from a massive dark clockwork tower on Gearwork. He's more an NPC-- the theme's 'elemental force of darkness'.

All Generals in this faction have the ability to summon a youma called a 'Cog'.

A Dark General in this theme belongs in the Obsidian Group. Red Tree has a main office there! They sell coffee makers. They are good coffee makers.

The Laymen - Wraithton's Elite Generals. Open to name changes and concept changes on a per app basis but the current concepts for them are as follows.

Craft: An inventor and tinker. Smarter than you demeanor but still considers himself the penultimate gentleman. Has a bowler hat and a cane.

Hammer: Big brute with a hammer. Not 'dumb'- though not the sharpest tool in the shed either. Is direct and to the point with his speeches. If all you have is a hammer then all your problems are nails.

Wheeler: A hard worker who rised from nothing to become the hard worker she is today. A real blue collar, roll up your sleeves type. Expounds on WORKING HARD- except ALL THE TIME AND NEVER TAKE A BREAK! Overalls, rolled up long sleeve shirt. PUNCHING. All the punching.

Pennington: The strongest of the four Laymen- his personality is that of a middle manager who leads the other three. Excessively cares about time tables and being on time. Fancy Victorian era black suit and top hat (With a clock built into it.). Steam Sentinels always make him late and this is why he hates them so.

The Board - The Second-In-Commands - Wraithton's right and left hands.

Chambers: Fancy noble-like lady in a black dress. Wraithton's fair daughter. Aspires to wrest control of Red Tree from her father- has a cackling oujo laugh. Fight with red colored dark wind from a hand fan. Her Cogs tend to be stronger than most- due to her insanely cruel heart.

Silver: Victorian Era Soldier Garb. Fancy man who claims to be honorable- except it's his idea of honor- which is twisted. He used to be Gearwork's hero- a Steam Sentinel in his own right- now he's been corrupted into a hilarious shadow of his former self. Fights with a brace of Victorian era flintlock pistols that shoot dark energy.

The Youma

Cogs - Cogs are created by the power of a 'Cog' being placed on the forehead of someone who is trying very hard to be someone they're not to 'fit in'. They'll go into a trance like state and 'fit in'-- their power being drained for the Red Tree organization. This power can be used to also summon a monster to cause chaos-- called a 'Cog' aswell- a big steamwork machination of darkness that tends to take the form of something related to it's target-- for example, someone trying to 'act cool' and 'not into nerdy things' when they are --- the Cog might take on the form of a humanoid creature with a cool hairdo and sunglasses and maybe shoot beams from the sunglasses. They are summoned by the General calling out 'Become another Cog in the Machine! GEAR UP!'.

Clockworks - Mechanical soldiers powered by darkness that serve as the goon squads. Complete jobbers and meant to allow for cool fights of magical girls plowing through a wave of them.

Out of Henshin: A Steam Sentinel has a wrist watch as their henshin item. They can be any colors or style, but typically are of the old fashioned gears and minute/hour hand variety than a digital watch.

Style

In Henshin: A Steam Sentinel follows a victorian style of dress in a steampunk fashion. Think like, dresses and skirts with top hats and steampunk goggles on the forehead. Sometimes a weapon might be involved and this may take the form of say, a fancy rapier, a steampunk ray gun or even a gauntlet that expounds steam on punches for example- but there is no 'mecha'/armor or 'robotic armor' involved here.

Enemies: Think Victorian Bussiness wear. Tail coats, top hats, hats of various types. Bad guys in this series are Dark Energy based, always- and are typically mostly always redeemable.