Heirs of Rage
| Heirs of Rage | |
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| Created by: | Avraxas |
| Engine: | FEXP |
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| Playthrough: [1] Download: [2] | |
Heirs of Rage is Avraxas's project made in FEXP to tease the beginning of Ragefest V: The Enragement Ring, acting as a premise for the plot introduced in said contest. The story of this game is considered by the community a main point for the universe, and it introduced for the first time the concept of Heirs.
Contents
Synopsis
The story starts off with Marc and Mari protecting the Enragement Ring from an unknown wave of soldiers. In a desperate gambit, Marc uses a special spell to dismantle the ring and teleport the pieces to places unknown. Some time has passed since then, where our story truly begins.
Chapter 1- Cherub of Darkness
We are introduced to our main protagonist, Ryokazi, Marc's son, who is helping Mari look for the Enragement Ring pieces. We see them searching outside an odd castle, which just happens to be the castle of Wolflamb, the son of Lord Wolfram. He has captured two of Ryokazi's comrades, Eph and Cadet, and wants to kill him because of an old family grudge. Ryokazi reunites with his friends and force Wolflamb to retire. The group then gets their next clue of the Ring's whereabouts, a nearby castle, from interrogating one of the guards.
Chapter 2- The MageHero
The party (plus Everett) arrives at the castle they were told about, where they are greeted by Patricius, the son of Bladehero22. He reveals that he has the Enragement Ring (in a very ゴゴMENACINGゴゴ fashion), and challenges the party to a game of Cards Against Humanity. He and his Written forces are retired. Mari takes the ring, only to find out he only has the loop; the stone is missing. Everett says he may have a lead on the whereabouts of the stone, and they set off to regroup with their remaining allies at The Halberchasm.
Chapter 3- The Halberchasm
The party meets up at the titular gulch, where they are suddenly ambushed by the Random Myrmidon and her league of Halberdites. It turns out Aster and Chibraxis (the daughter and son of Kyo and Ciraxis respectively) are there already trying to defend themselves. The group reconvene, Myrmi is retired, and they advance forward through the valley toward their next destination.
Chapter 4- Tale of Two
The group comes across a temple where they can find the stone to the Enragement Ring, but are stopped short by two mysterious assassins by the names of Yang and Yin. They declare the party are the enemy and summon Bread Dragons to attack them, asking them to prove their worth. However, the party make it through the entrance and defeat the two. They agree to let the party inside, and immediately attack Mari. Ryokazi rushes in to defend her, but he is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of Marc. He, Yin and Yang reveal the master plot behind Mari's actions. Apparently she wanted to re-create the world in her own image to end suffering, and Marc disassembling the Aurora Machina, the means to do so, was just an interference in her plans. She had him banished to a pocket dimension known as the Inescapable Dimension, where he would be tortured by Inescapable Fate on a very poor loop. However, he escaped by building enough power to use one more Gigaflare, destroying the dimension and propelling him out of it. Marc also reveals the world was completely destroyed from the Fourth Rage War, and the Aurora Machina created all they see... even the children themselves. Mari then paralyzes the group and heads to the Aurora Altar, the Machina's resting place, to execute her plan. Ryokazi manages to break free of the spell and chase after her.
Chapter 5- Road's End
Mari arrives at the completed Machina and attempts to begin her plan, but is stopped by faulty coding. Ryokazi arrives at Aurora Altar to stop Mari, but has to fight against a horde of her Chinchillites to do so. As the chapter progresses, the rest of the party will return to assist him, and beat Mari with their combined strength. However, Mari has one last trick up her sleeve...
Chapter 6- Horizon
Mari manages to activate the Machina and transform herself into a much more powerful form. Unbeknownst to her, the Machina has a failsafe in such a situation: an AI in the form of the late Avraxas. He is able to hold Mari back just long enough for the party, now joined by Marc and Purt, to make a move. They are now left with a choice of who to attack.
Bad Ending
Realizing Mari cannot be defeated, the party destroys the Aurora Machina. Mari reverts to her original form and the world is saved, but the heirs begin to disappear. Ryokazi gives a pained smile as he fades from reality, and the Hermitage begins to crumble. Mari falls into an abyss, and the game ends on a bittersweet note.
Good Ending
Against all odds, Mari is defeated, and reverts to normal. Believing Mari is still their friend deep down, Ryokazi asks Marc to spare her. Yin and Yang approach her to restrain her, but she teleports away, swearing revenge. Ryokazi and Aster swear to find a way to contain her, and the party goes their separate ways. And so, once again, the day is saved! Thanks to THE HEIRS OF RAGE!
Public Release/Alternate Ending
The public release of Heirs of Rage added new content, allowing you to recruit the boss characters, as well as a secret ending.
Chapter 1x-
[You can access this chapter by seizing the entrance to the map in Chapter 1.]
Realizing there's no logical reason to stick around, the party leaves Wolflamb's castle to search elsewhere. They come across a lake, where they are attacked by pirates. Mari suggests they simply run, but the party stays behind to fight them off. Wolflamb arrives on the scene, declaring to Ryokazi that their duel is not over. However, the two put aside their differences to fight off the pirates. After the battle, the two reconcile and realize they never really had any bad blood to begin with. Wolflamb joins the party and Chapter 2 plays out as normal.
Chapter 2
[You can access this ending by seizing the rope at the top of the map.]
One of the characters ends up falling into a secret prison, where a mysterious Written is asking for help. The player complies by activating the Chinchilla Vein at the bottom of the cell. The Written reveals himself to be Frosteel, a character Patricius created but had to seal away due to sheer edginess. Frosteel is defeated, and Patricius apologizes to the group However, they take off before he can ask to join them.
Chapter 3
If the player accesses the Arena in the secret area and defeats the Monarch, they can recruit Lune, an amnesiac Halberdier taken under the wing of Myrmi. She can then talk to Myrmi to recruit her.
Chapter 4
If the player completed the secret objective in Chapter 2, Patricius will formally join the party in this chapter.
If the player has Lune attack Yin or Yang, a cutscene will play where Lune regains her memories. It turns out she is Mark, Morgan from another timeline, and the daughter of Royalty. Her Grima blood went out of control and ended up killing him and her brother. In his last moments, Avraxas and Purt managed to seal away her dark heritage, but caused her to go amnesiac as a result.
Alternate Finale
[You will only get this ending if you have collected the Furby, Hadouken, Dank Memes, Star Platinum, and Bashitlikos. Otherwise, the ending will play out normally.]
Mari starts up the Aurora Machina to transform herself and remake the world... only for Kanye West of all people to pop out of it and knock Mari unconscious. He laughs at the party for collecting the meme weapons and undoing the seal that kept him bound, only for Everett to ask who he is. In a fit of arrogance, he declares he has to remake the world, because there are people who don't know or care who he is. Aurora then appears to stop him... only to be comedically killed by a hologram burger. Before he can execute his plan, Everett quickly challenges him to a fight as compensation for freeing him. Yeezy agrees, and is soundly retired. Things go back to normal, and Mari wakes up. Thoroughly confused, she flees the scene, declaring revenge. Believing this non-canon ending was entirely anticlimactic, the group decides to end on a dance party.
Characters
Playable Units
Independent
Development
Public release's extra content
Walkthrough
Trivia
- The name of Heirs of Rage is a reference to Fire Emblem Fates' DLC "Heirs of Fate".
