The Crown of Succession
A fragment of Aloisia's ship phases back into reality from its place in the time-space disruption, a section of the storage hold which holds mostly nothing of note, some rations, some supplies, a few Storage Device style weapons that are within them, but... within...
Is a highly encrypted box, locked to be only openable by Aloisia or Otto without an extreme effort on the opener's part. Within is the Crown of Succession.
In the distant past, it was used to test would-be successors to ensure they were strong enough to lead House Steiner to victory in war, as well as to settle any succession disputes. Unfortunately, an enemy faction got ahold of this already-dangerous relic and corrupted it, an attempt to destroy the holy relic Blauer Greif and turn its wielder against its own people. It had, luckily, been discovered before tragedy struck and sealed away deep within the forbidden vaults of House Steiner, to be nearly forgotten by time.
That is until it suddenly disappeared from the vault one day, stolen by Otto Bismark von Karstein-Steiner in preparations for his backup plan should things fall through with the coup. After all, his daughter, the one who he considered the true successor to House Steiner... was still kept secret, at least for now, and bringing her to light and having her complete the Succession Rite would prove her right to the crown.
Of course, due to the history of the crown being lost to time beyond it having been a 'corrupted relic of a barbaric past'... neither he, nor Aloisia know what they are about to unleash when they get their hands on the corrupt relic.
Once the relic is opened and recovered, Aloisia Stauss destroys the crown.
Which Activates the Rite of Succession.
The Indomitable Sister is consumed, destroyed in the ritual, its remains fashioned into a spear of darkness and destruction that corrupts its wielder and turns her on those she considers friends.
Meanwhile, the gemstones teleport away, planting themselves around Tokyo and turning themselves into realistic-looking statues of knights, known as the Ritter der Prufung (Knights of Trial), they activate when someone undergoing the Rite of Succession approaches, fighting until either all enemies are defeated, or it is detroyed.
A total of five need to be destroyed
But can they defeat those while trying to evade Aloisia, the Prinzessin des Nichts driven to madness by darkness? Or will she be consumed before they can end the rite and free her?
Does anyone even care enough to try?
Aloisia doubts it.
| Title | Date | Scene Summary |
|---|---|---|
| The Crown of Succession: Staussfall | November 18th, 2024 | Time-space anomaly signatures have been flashing in and out the past few days, and Aloisia Stauss gets a message from her father, stating that all will be forgiven if she does one last thing for him.
On her ship, there was an artifact stashed away. All she has to do is get it. The Crown of Succession. A way to prove, once and for all, who truly deserves to be the head of House Steiner. Tune in for the start of the Crown of Succession TP. |
| TCOS: The Prinzessin and the Magi | November 21st, 2024 | Clarthas goes to investigate a shining source of darkness, and finds more fights than answers. |
| TCOS: Reports, Questions, Answers | December 6th, 2024 | Keaka approaches Fuyuko to report on Aloisia's transformation into the Prinzessin Nichts and ask a few questions. The answers she receives are not what she would have hoped for. |
| TCOS: Explosition Exploration | December 9th, 2024 | A group of mahou show up to the wreck of Aloisia's ship to check for clues as well as deal with the wreck so its tech doesn't spread uncontrolled. They steal everything that's not nailed down, and then encounter Prinzessin Nichts once more... with explosive results. |
| TCOS: Bauer | January 7th, 2025 | The first of the five Knights of Trial is located after a bit of searching, and after examining it, a plan has been put into place to see about luring the Prinzessin Der Nichts to the statue it inhabits so it can be defeated and the gemstone within it sealed. |
| TCOS: Turm | January 14th, 2025 | The second of the five Knights of Trial has been located and a team is ready to take on the archer who tirelessly defends her tower! |
| The Crown of Succession: Ritter | February 19th, 2025 | Chrono, Sugata, Amy, and Zephyr hunt down the Knight and fight it on a bridge! |
| The Crown of Succession: Bischof | February 25th, 2025 | The Knight of Trial, Bischof activates, and the heroes (and villain) fight with both her and the Prinzessin to claim the Red Beryl jewel! |
| TCOS: Konigin | March 6th, 2025 | The heroes show up to attempt to seal the final jewel, the Sapphire! It all goes wrong though, when instead of facing the Queen, Prinzessin Nichts immediately shatters her and absorbs the Sapphire! An intense battle ensues, ending with Konigsende unleashing its namesake spell, erasing Tokyo! |
| The Unstoppable and The Bishounen | March 6th, 2025 | A moment between moments held between Ginga Bishounen Taubern and The Unstoppable Sister. |
| The Unstoppable and the Meister | March 7th, 2025 | A small Moment between Moments between The Unstoppable Sister and Rashmi Terios. |
| The Unstoppable and The Moonlit Thief | March 9th, 2025 | The Unstoppable Sister and the Princess of Serek share a moment between moments before the fight with the King's End. |
| The Unstoppable and The Kingu | March 9th, 2025 | The Unstoppable Sister and Ginga Kingu Samekh share a Moment between Moments before the final battle with the King's End. |
| The Unstoppable and The Windstar | March 9th, 2025 | The Unstoppable Sister and Wind Dancer share a moment between moments before the battle with the King's End. |
| The Crown of Succession: King's End | March 12th, 2025 | The final battle with the King's End comes, and empowered by the Jewels of Succession, the heroes fight to end the Incident, once and for all! |
| An Otto-rly horrid encounter | March 18th, 2025 | In the wake of the Crown of Succession Incident, Otto Steiner comes to attempt to retrieve his daughter.
Several people take exception to that. |
| Texts: and so you told her | March 18th, 2025 | Following Count Otto's banishment to the True Prison of Magic, and some key texts with Aloisia, Rashmi reaches out to Usagi about the knight who may be seeking her favor. Usagi has some updates of her own to share, and the two shake virtual hands over their missions to help wayward mahou. |
Involved Cutscenes
| Title | Date | Scene Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Wake up, Prinzessin. (Aloisia Stauss) | November 17th, 2024 | As the Prinzessin Der Nichts takes over, Aloisia is pushed into an unending dream. |
| Mainenance(Zephyr Windstar) | November 20th, 2024 | Zephyr, in the wake of the fight with the Princess of Nothing, found that her Device was starting to wear out under the strain being put on it.
She's taken a moment out of her day to do some much needed maintenance. |
| Status: Give Up not found(Aloisia Stauss) | November 29th, 2024 | Stuck within itself and unable to access external controls, Unaufhaltsame Schwester attempts to diagnose and repair itself. |
| Don't Leave Me(Aloisia Stauss) | January 8th, 2025 | Alo--ia Stauss tries to follow the figure of a regal knight, but never seems to catch up to her... |
| Become Nothing (Aloisia Stauss) | February 25th, 2025 | Alo Stauss desperately dives into a burning building to try to recover... something. |
Wake up, Prinzessin. (Aloisia Stauss)
