(Happy Birthday to the) Dust Devils - 4 whole years of action adventure!

If I have time to break out of my emotional turmoil to whoop some badguy butt and survive some explosions, then so does everyone else and I can confirm it’s good for the soul!

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Attention, citizens of Orgrimmar!

Under the authority of General Rak’tar of the Desolace Tenth Infantry; I am here to declare that the individual known as Kaitylinn T. McKenzie -alongside every single one of her loathsome associates- are HENCEFORTH, to be recognised by all LOYAL and UPSTANDING citizens, as TRAITORS against the Horde!

Their numerous crimes range from unprovoked ASSAULT on Horde industrial facilities; to the wanton DESTRUCTION of Horde property; through the maiming and MURDER of Horde personnel - culminating in the THEFT of vital, top secret military documents!

As a WITNESS to, and VICTIM of their cruel acts of TREACHERY, I can assure you that the Dust Devil’s guilt has already been MORE than assured! They are armed, they are dangerous, and they WILL kill again!

THEREFORE, we offer all Horde citizens 500 gold for ANY information as to the current whereabouts of these TERRORISTS; alongside a further 500 gold for the one who can bring them to any representative of the Desolace Tenth alive - INCREASED FURTHER, to a total of TWO THOUSAND GOLD for the man, woman or child who brings me ANY MEMEBER OF T HE DUST DEVIL’S HEADS UPON A SPIKE!

FOR THE HORDE!


THE DUST DEVILS ON THE RUN!

With their friends turned into foes, their safe houses destroyed, and the iron clutches of the Desolace Tenth Infantry closing rapidly around them, could this be the final episode of our daring do-gooders’ animated adventures?! Will they ever be able to clear their names, and expose the truth about the rogue General Rak’tar - or will they be trailed and executed on the spot by a concerned Horde citizen acting on falsified information from above?!

And if so, who then will be able to prevent the general from unleashing his terrible master plan, known only by the title “Iron Sea”-?!

Never before have the stakes been higher; the fate of not just the Dust Devils, but perhaps the entire Horde itself hangs in the balance!

Want to catch the twists and turns of this plot, before it reaches its explosive end, for good or for ill?!

You’ll just have to keep your eyes peeled for the Dust Devils and friends; fleeing from the law on a roleplay server near YOU!

“I’ve recieved the reports back, General”

The Grunt spoke aloud; hands clasped behind her straightened back - keeping her gaze slightly above the General’s shrouded back, knowing full well it was best not to catch his eye should he turn to face her.

“Our agents have successfully relayed your message throughout the Horde’s major settlements, and radio transmissions are being beamed as we speak to the minor outposts. The Westfall girl and her crew have nowhere to hide, General. Wherever they go, someone will report them - it’s only a matter of time until they are found”.

“And the stolen plans…?”

The General murmured in response; his gargantuan frame hidden in shadow, illuminated only at its extremities by the flickering candle upon his desk.

“Shall be returned to us as soon as the Dust Devils are found, my lord”

The lieutenant confirmed; doing her best to conceal the nervous twinge in her voice.

“Good. See to it that they are found quickly; we have suffered delays long enough, Lieutenant. I shan’t see us suffer many more. Dismissed”

“Of course; as you wish. Thank you General”

With a bow, the Lieutenant promptly span on one heel, and began marching towards the exit of the command bunker - only to hesitate, as her superior officer spoke once more.

“Oh, and Lieutenant? Given that it was under your watch that the girl and her paltry band were able to escape us in the first place…”

The lieutenant halted, dead in her tracks; her eyes narrowing.

“I assume you will understand why, if they are not found within the week, I will be holding you personally responsible”

He paused; giving his inferior officer time to digest the pressing gravity of her situation, before adding

"Do I make myself clear?"

Straining now to keep the frustration from her voice, the lieutenant could only offer a mutter in response, before shuffling into the darkness.

“Perfectly so, -sir-”

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Best guild.

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Worggrim’s Dust Devil instincts intensifies…

It is!

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“B-but General, without the operating manual, there’s no telling how the engines might react when we -”

“I couldn’t care LESS about the specifics, doctor! I have come TOO FAR, and waited TOO LONG to let some paltry textbook block my path to GLORY!”

The general snarled; smothering his trembling assistant in spittle.

“Now cease your infantile BABBLING, and activate the SHIP!”

“B-bu-”

“NOW!”

THE DREADED FLEET SETS SAIL!

Bellowing foul black smoke, long abandoned Banshee Loyalist warships find new life under the command of the rogue Horde general-turned-traitor, Rak’Tar!

Fitted out with all new crews of hired bandits (all the better to keep Rak’tar’s hands clean!), they plough forth, guns primed and ready to fire upon their target - the city of Orgrimmar!

Intended to act as a false flag, the General planned to have the bandit ships all but level the city - only for him and his regiment to sweep in at the last moment to allegedly ‘save’ the day; surely to be rewarded with wealth and titles beyond imagination by the eternally grateful survivors, with perhaps even a promotion to the ultimate ambition of Warchief in order?!

Fortunately; the Dust Devils and their friends were able to sweep down and destroy much of the fleet before it could reach its destination - AND YET…!

One final ship remains; shrouded from sight by powerful magics, and still roaring full steam ahead for the heart of Horde civilisation!

Will the Dust Devils be able to get back to the city in time to raise the alarm; and expose General Rak’Tar’s treachery?! Will they manage to seek and destroy the missing warship - or will it outrun them, moving within the range it needs to spit death and destruction down on the innocent?!

Come Wednesday morning, will General Rak’tar rise from the ruins to become master of the entire Horde- or will his master plan be sunk along with his battleship?!

You’ll just have to find out, in Tuesday’s epic instalment of the Dust Devils animated adventures!

Check out our latest trailer below, made with 100% in game assets!

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I’ll get you next time Dust Devils; next time!!

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Woah, thanks mysterious trail character poster who’s definitely not me on an alt (just try to arrest me, forum police, you’ll never prove a thing) - but I doubt you’ll be getting anything but soggy down there at the bottom of the sea where we left you!

BUT YES!

Racing down and decimating the final battleship of General Rak’tar’s treacherous fleet mere moments before it was able to unleash its devastating payload upon Orgrimmar, the Dust Devils and their friends fought tooth and nail to prevent disaster - and expose the general’s treason to the world, even as he was about to give the orders to have us executed on false charges of the very same crime!

With his bandit armies defeated, he himself going down with his ship and his dreams of assuming the mantle of Warchief utterly shattered, our adventurers soon returned home - but one amongst them won’t be staying very long!

For a terrible message has come through to Kaitylinn! The assembled supervillains of Azeroth, tired of being defeated by her plucky little band, have momentarily turned their attentions away from grand acts of global sabotage - and towards her beloved home, the state of Westfall! They’re striking back, and hitting her where it hurts!

With evil forces of every stripe descending on the region to wreak their LONG overdue revenge; and with Kaitylinn already having dashed off in a panic to stop them, will the Dust Devils be able to rally in time to save the day yet again?!

Or will the incoming reports of attacks against their own homesteads split our heroes apart; forcing them to go their separate ways to save their loved ones, and surely meeting their doom in the process?!

You’ll just have to find out in he next thrilling instalment of the Dust Devils animated adventures - coming this Sunday at eight thirty realm time!

“The trouble is…”

The shadowed figure continued; smug satisfaction dripping from her every syllable, her tone akin to a low, menacing purr.

“That while all of you have suffered countless humiliations at the Dust Devil’s hands…not one of you have ever attempted to humiliate them in turn…”

She spoke, slowly - every word deliberately considered.

“You immediately rush off to the next grand vision of conquest, never considering a more…intimate alternative…”

A sudden thud; a fist slammed down onto the table, followed immediately by an interrupting bellow.

“WHAT, exactly, are you suggesting?!”

It demanded, aggressive and brash; lacking none of the mysterious speaker’s mannered grace.

A moment passed; hidden in the darkness, the woman’s lips curled up into a smile.

“I’m suggesting, old friend…”

A creaking sound suggested movement; the expressions of all gathered flickered into surprise, as she finally sat forwards, finally pressing her face into the light.

"That this time, we make our vengeance personal"

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Don’t mind me, I’m just a banshee loyalist doomtrooper acting on orders to bump this thread before it locks because somebody doesn’t have the forum trust level needed to bump it himself

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Explosives buried beneath the farms of Westfall!

A NUKULAR weather machine, designed to smash a broken planet once and for all!

And now, a gargantuan doomsday device; reflecting the infernal heat of the sun itself as a focused lazer beam, capable of incinerating any target on Azeorth, be it flesh or stone!

With no-one and nothing safe from the burning gaze of our planet’s own star turned against it, will the Dust Devils and friends be able to dive in and save the day yet again - or will the world boil around us?!

You’ll just have to find out, in the ongoing Dust Devils animated adventures; coming soon to a roleplay server near YOU!

THE NEW WORLD ORDER APPROACHES!

Having vanished from the radar while the Dust Devils dealt with supervillains from Azero-Dex Incorporated to X-Division, the pompous Velvet Glove are back in force - with the burning wrath of the sun at their command!

As summer approaches, so the central star in our galaxy will rise to its highest point in the sky; at which point, its rays will be harnessed and reflected, to destroy anyone and everyone who stands between the Velvet Glove and total world domination!

With their enemies reduced to ash, the Glove’s armies will march unopposed across the planet’s surface - ushering in a thousand years of rule by the arrogant rich; unless we stop them first!

Want to come help us save the free people of Azeroth from the incoming heat wave from hell?!

You know where to find us, Argent Dawn - assuming Kaitylinn doesn’t find you to drag you off on adventure first!

Peace!

I just wanted to thank Kaitylinn for their RP prompt a while back! I tried your skin cream - well, some NPCs and our slightly manic mage did. Why didn’t it say on the label that it caused minor irritations to your WHOLE existence?!

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Even if the label had said it, that wouldn’t have stopped me because I can’t read!

And I can’t apologise enough for taking a week to reply to this - honestly though, I’m thrilled to learn you took it for a spin, and I hope you had some fun with it! :smiley:

Always lovely to know at least one person out there subscribes to my content; bless you gamer!

Out of interest, how many of your party did end up turning into all out bug people, and are you planning to sue me?

Also generic Dust Devils forum post about this week’s female forsaken supervillain and their dastardly plot for world domination - I don’t know, they’ve built a giant rocket engine in Tanaris to shove Azeroth out of orbit unless Blizzard entertainment bows to their demands and adds a tiddy slider to the character customisation menu or something

…Actually that sounds like a pretty good event idea

Sounds like one of the villains have a disconnect with their identity and is taking it on the innocent :frowning: Maybe all the supervillain wants is a hug and a friend.

Oh no! Illiterate Undead! I will not have you on my team for Guess the Phrase! :3

Our poor elf did manage to survive and due to suffering from an unrelated traumatic brain injury does not remember almost dying due to that skin cream! We did have to take care of some nasty bugs who ended up causing severe suffering as we were clearly not prepared! It was all part of a plot that was not meant to be related to your skin cream, but the cream was fun to work into it. <3

And IC’ly, we actually learned of that cream afterwards, so that was enjoyable, too, and may or may not come up some day in conversation about beauty standards and recommended skin care! O.O

Also, our lawyer’s on the way. We want at least ten gold pieces for our troubles (we’re totally not bankrupt and need any money we can get or anything)!

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I have waited a whole month to reply to this post; in which time I have fled to the steppes of Inner Mongolia where your legal team can never find me. And surely unsolved cases expire after 20 days, right?!

(*It’s totally that and not the fact that I’m a lazy boy that explains my tardiness posting in my own thread!)

Though I’m going to put the word “Unrelated” in bold italics as my defence, just in case you do ever do get me into courtroom!

Still, I’m ever so glad you had fun with it; and if you ever want to squash a few more brain bugs, Kaitylinn is very happy to team up with the blue side in the name of saving the world! :smiley:

Speaking of which!

Blight cannons, sun guns and soul grinders; oh my!

Leaping from one corner of Azeorth to the next, the thread might have been slacking; yet the Dust Devils themselves have been anything but!

From dog fights in the air to warfare beneath the waves; our intrepid heroes and their allies have fought through every danger imaginable in their quest to defeat the forces of evil - yet as one supervillain’s schemes are foiled, another three arise to take their place!

For no sooner have the Devils saved Orgrimmar from being melted into molten slag by the Velvet Glove’s fiendish heat ray, than they find its inhabitants thrown into turmoil by a whole new technological terror - the cult of the mecha forsaken stalks the streets!

With the bodies piling high, and more mechanical monsters materialising every day, will Kaitylinn and her crew be able to save the day once again?! Or will the robots rise to lord it over the living?!

You’ll just have to find out, in the upcoming events of the Dust Devils animated adventures, coming to an Argent Dawn near you!!

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As part of your lovely event but since your thread was locked, I thought I would post it here! Thank you for the hook!

https://www.argentarchives.org/node/253551

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Haha, that’s absolutely fantastic friend; bless you! :smiley:

Honestly, I’m thrilled to see how much you guys put into (& got out of!) this - never thought I’d see the day some of my plot made it all the way to the front pages of the Argent Archieves!

I’m so glad you had fun with it; and heck, if you ever want to collaborate on something again sometime, I’d be happy to get involved!

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Kaitylinn is probably one of the coolest people on the server. That’s not a sales pitch, just a fact.
Be wary of helping elderly undead ladies when you think you’re going to have an idle night - before you know it, you’re on a crashing zeppelin, being chased by giant insects, covering yourself in oil to get rid of them, and then hiding out in a small bunker together with a corporate woman with a shotgun. And that’s just the opening sequence!

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Bless you friend! <3

What a lovely comment written at gunpoint spontaneously of your own free will to leave on my forum post! Its nice to know Vits just wants me to release his family to spread some love on the server!

For real though; I was about to say “Citation needed” to the assertion that I’m the coolest cat on the block, but then you added “That’s just a fact”, so how can I argue with that?!

…On which note, when is Vitsaus going to accompany his favourite wife (plural) on another rip roaring adventure? ;D

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As per usuall Kaitylinn tried to kill few of our lovely bunch. However all in the great cause to save the world so defientely worth! Anyone seeking crazy, fast paced adventure style events should at least once check out Kaitylinn DMing! Thankfuly they are always open to invite others and create fun oportunities for rp.

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Woah hold on there your honour; it was the loyalists who tried to kill you! All I did was throw you right on top of them and let nature take its course!

But bless you for the kind words friend - and save the world we did; couldn’t have done it without the fine folks of the Forlorn Order!

Worry not though; because there’s always plenty more world to save, and plenty more villains to save it from! Right now, the Dust Devils are occupied in a frantic race against the forces of evil to locate the legendary Fatestones - ancient relics of unknown origin, scattered all across Azeroth, with the power to alter the past, present or future of whoever is lucky enough to acquire them!

And with literally every known Dust Devils villain on the roster hunting these stones for their own nefarious ends - from the Loyalists to the Swarm, to the Velvet Glove and beyond!-, our haphazard heroes will have to move as fast as they can to secure them, before the badguys alter the world in ways beyond comprehension!

Want to help us hunt the fate stones down in time?!

We’re always open to people joining us on our next wild adventure - guildless or otherwise!

See you around, gamers!

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