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I have a feeling that he will add a small set just to troll us.
 
Hey! Remember my old-man avatar? I'm the guy who was talking a bout having managed to put everything into a (sort of) cohesive timeline some months ago. I said that I would share the diagrams I had made about it, and never did. Well, to be honest, it was mainly due to the most recent image sets released by BA, which made me lose interest in the whole project.

The aliens plot is the one that I've had quite a lot of difficulty justifying and wrapping my head around how it would fit in the overall story, and seeing BA interest in the concept made me want to abandon the whole thing. The out-of-nowhere introduction of Renata and Galur was the cherry on top.

That being said, as of recent, I decided to revisit the project again. I've made some adjustments, and for now everything is again put into a (sort of) plot line, always susceptible to be changed and rearranged. In the coming days, I'll be sharing the 8 diagrams I've made about the 8 story arcs of this "BA-verse".
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(there are 2 diagrams left to be reviewed, but those won't take me that much time).
 
The reason for all this waiting is because he is creating a part two of Below The City with Gisela, Skyla, Miriam, Tia, Jane, Renata and the new girl (coping really hard)
 
Hey! Remember my old-man avatar? I'm the guy who was talking a bout having managed to put everything into a (sort of) cohesive timeline some months ago. I said that I would share the diagrams I had made about it, and never did. Well, to be honest, it was mainly due to the most recent image sets released by BA, which made me lose interest in the whole project.

The aliens plot is the one that I've had quite a lot of difficulty justifying and wrapping my head around how it would fit in the overall story, and seeing BA interest in the concept made me want to abandon the whole thing. The out-of-nowhere introduction of Renata and Galur was the cherry on top.

That being said, as of recent, I decided to revisit the project again. I've made some adjustments, and for now everything is again put into a (sort of) plot line, always susceptible to be changed and rearranged. In the coming days, I'll be sharing the 8 diagrams I've made about the 8 story arcs of this "BA-verse".
View attachment 558850(there are 2 diagrams left to be reviewed, but those won't take me that much time).
Very nice. I hope blackadder appreciates this sort of dedication lol.
 
Very nice. I hope blackadder appreciates this sort of dedication lol.
He won't. Seems people don't remember when BA asked his fans to submit flavor text stories to go along with the sets he had released. He made a follow up post laughing at everything that was submitted and never spoke about it again. And as we can see he has never used flavor text for anything besides The Hole.
 
He won't. Seems people don't remember when BA asked his fans to submit flavor text stories to go along with the sets he had released. He made a follow up post laughing at everything that was submitted and never spoke about it again. And as we can see he has never used flavor text for anything besides The Hole.

Damn, I didn't know about that. I knew about BA way back in the day, but lost track of him until one or two years ago. But Regardless of his consideration towards things like this, I did my timeline thing because I found it entertaining. If he appreciates it, cool. If he doesn't, mocks it (publicly or privately), or whatever, then... okay haha.
 
That being said, let me share with you the first diagram of this whole crazy thing I've done. This is the first arc of the story.

1.- The Makings of an Adventuress

The beginning of the story. The main cast of girls is introduced here, Gisela and Skyla being the protagonists of the overall story. Here they are still two nurses working at Dixie's hospital/residence.
  1. Pam joins Candy's model agency (her business and cover). She’s taken advantage of by the Office Boss (in charge while Candy is away), and gets on The Vamp’s good side. Becomes a dickgirl after meeting Vanessa and The Vamp.
  2. Vanessa is a dominatrix, disciple of The Vamp. She and her boyfriend enjoy making new “pets”, mainly Sabrina and Kira. Vanessa has a change of heart, leaves that life behind and recluses herself in a convent.
  3. Candy is a veteran adventuress. She defeats The Vamp and takes over her mansion, sealing her ashes between the sacred grounds of a convent (same as Vanessa). There, she also finds two paired paintings, allowing to teleport from one to the other by stepping inside them.
  4. Gisela and Skyla are two nurses at Dixie's hospital. They take good care of Walter and Henry, who, unbeknownst to them, are Candy's dad and uncle. The two men vouch for their potential as adventurers.
  5. Candy meets Dina in a clothing store. She convinces the dickgirl to “test” Gisela and Skyla. The two girls are clearly apt to become part of Candy's team, but they need to prove it further. Nicole convinces them to accept the tests for her ulterior motives (as she’s part of a rival team).
  6. Candy returns to her agency and deals with the Office Boss wrongdoings and disappearance (death). She also finds his employee Jake masturbating at the office. He becomes her boytoy of sorts, and helps with the recruitment of Gisela.
  7. Skyla proves herself to Dina in a pub where Vanessa, her boyfriend, Kira and Sabrina are having a final night out before Vanessa and Kira go to a Convent and change their lifestyles. Gisela goes to Jake’s photo shoot to enter Candy’s Agency, and also prove her abilities to Jake (Candy watching on cameras).
1.- The Makings of an Adventuress Diagram.jpg

Some extra notes:
  • There was an intention to use mostly older stuff in this arc, to show how it's the beginning and like an actual introduction to the whole story.
  • That's why there aren't any monsters still in the story here (with the debatable exception of the Vamp). The most out there thing is Dina being a dickgirl.
  • There are a bunch of characters that appear and retire in this arc (Vanessa, Ashley, Kira), introducing the concept of the Convent that won't reapear until the last story arc, although it will be talked about some times and will be an important thing.
    • Vanessa gives Pam her background, as she also worked in the modelling agency before becoming a dominatrix and the Vamp's disciple, not knowing that the Vamp is an actual vampire and monster (thinking she just has magical artefacts, powers or something).
  • Yes, the reason for the Patient is that Walter went to a strip club where Miriam worked, and she gave him a heart attack (literal or figurative).
  • That skinny girl laying back on the grass is Jane before her "glow up" (in the files, she's named Jen, and her face is somewhat similar, so I made the connection and put her this early in the story as a background character).
  • There are two main and rival teams: Candy's team, and Stella's team (I haven't come up with names for them yet). Nicole is part of Stella's team, so she has an interest in Skyla and Gisela joining Candy's team, thinking that she will be able to gather information through them (as they are sort of lovers while in Dixie's hospital).
  • Dina serves Selena, who will be a villain in the next arc: The Trip to Egypt.
 
I know we give him a lot of flak in terms of artistic and business directions, but let's just hope BA is in a good and safe place right now. (y)
 
Hey! It's about time I share the second arc of this whole story line I've made up!

2.- The Trip to Egypt

Gisela and Skyla travel to Candy's mansion and are sent on a test mission: find the Golden Snake. The one who finds it will become an adventuress (Candy plans on recruiting both of them either way).
  1. While the girls are on their missions, Dina goes to the mansion. Candy tells her the whereabouts of the girls, not knowing that Dina serves the ruler of the region: Selena.
  2. Gisela is sent to a lighthouse and an underwater tomb. She fails miserably and gets trapped, but inside the tomb she finds an underground tunnel to the pyramids.
  3. Skyla contemplates her approach and gets surprised by a monster. Opting for a more cunning option, she enters Selena's court in search of information. She is tricked by Selena, Sara and Dina, and goes to the pyramids following a false hint.
  4. A goblin finds the Golden Snake for Selena, following the information Candy gave Dina. Selena manages to summon Birdman with it and becomes her faithful servant. With his arrival, the land will become corrupted and riddled with monsters; Selena becomes the first and most loyal monster slave, and Queen Opala, Farah and Osira take her place as depraved rulers.
  5. Inside the pyramids, Gisela finds an exhausted Skyla. They manage to escape together from the mummies awakened by the arrival of Birdman. In the train back to Candy's mansion, Gisela meets Zoe, Jenny's sister and invited to the party because of her "assets".
  6. Back at Candy's Mansion, they throw a welcoming party with multiple members of the team and agency. Sandra shows that she will be a good substitute of Gisela and Skyla for Walter and Henry while they are on mission. A drunk Gisela plays with a monster in the basement, while back at their palace, Farah grants the monster's twin brother a wish that will affect both. Zoe later finds Gisela.
  7. Candy masturbates as she thinks about the party, and the addition of Skyla and Gisela to her team. Skyla participates in some photo shoots, but remains in the hospital for Walter and Henry and as a plant on Stella’s Team, while Gisela enters her agency in the office department (not for long before becoming a model).
2.- The Trip to Egypt Diagram.jpg

Some extra notes:
  • Candy test was not as much to make Gisela and Candy retrieve the golden snake, but to see how the two girls would fare against actual monsters. Candy didn't know of the golden snake's purpose to summon Birdman.
  • The goblin that finds the Golden Snake and hands it to Selena is quite smart and cunning, and she will reward him handsomely. That goblin will become Fat Bastard, and will work closely with Osira in experimenting with the monsters and other stuff.
  • Farah, Osira and Opala are known as "The Sorceresses" and are also Birdman's loyal subjects. They had a rivalry with Selena to summon Birdman, but once he appears, all of them become sort of allies as his minions.. They will be one of the main sources of monsters. Farah will birth many Goshas, and will grant the Gomez twins powers. Opala will summon monsters like the ghouls, while Osira will experiment in twisting and corrupting humans, creating monsters like the ogres and troll.
    • Osira, Farah and Opala didn't have that much presence in early BA's works, but they are a nice excuse to justify part of the monsters alongside Birdman. They will play mostly a backgroudn role, being mentioned here and there and treated like villains of the story.
  • Many characters come to Candy's mansion to celebrate Gisela and Skyla surviving the test and joining the teams. This happens mostly offscreen, and serves as a way to justify some characters becoming corrupted monsters later, as they will stay at Egypt and will fall prey to Birdman and the Sorceresses. This is the case of Zoe, for example. She's Jenny's sister and is invited because she's a dickgirl. But she will be corrupted and become Calaphon, the monster dickgilr in Rise of the Guardians.
    • Most of this stuff will happen completely offscreen and will be mentioned here and there, as the corruption The Sorceresses spread grows and affects characters with more image sets to their names.
  • This arc is both the first time when Skyla and Gisela go on adventures, and the first appearance of actual monsters. From this point onwards, the story becomes what you'd expect of BA's work, with the girls going on adventures for one reason or another, and having to face the different factions of monsters.
 
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The fact Farah, Osira and Opala are only minor character is
They orginaly were commisions for a indy game developer. Some of the images in his aegyptian (?) royal series are illustration for said games
Google "Swegabe" for more or go to F95. they have a whole thread about the game series. It ´s a single player old style RPG
 
The fact Farah, Osira and Opala are only minor character is
They orginaly were commisions for a indy game developer. Some of the images in his aegyptian (?) royal series are illustration for said games
Google "Swegabe" for more or go to F95. they have a whole thread about the game series. It ´s a single player old style RPG

Oh, I know where they come from. It's from The Legend of Queen Opala. I didn't know that this were commissions BA made, though. I assumed he was just using the theme and designs. Nevertheless, my goal with the whole project was to put as much of BA's work into it, and they ended up fitting nicely with Selena and the whole Egyptian part of the story.
 
He is alive lol

Does this look crisper to you guys then usual? Looks like an up in quality, shame it's a skyla scene but just happy BA is still making stuff.

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I wonder how profitable Skyla is. Seems risky to wait nearly 11 weeks to release a set that many think won't sell well. However, I was recently looking at Skyka 05 & 06 and while I think she looks good in those sets, they are still lacking in my opinion. But I know some people like her so I'm happy for them. Not knocking her, just thought after such a long break, BA would put out a super banger of a set.

Thinking he has another set he's ready to drop at any moment now. Maybe his plan is he knows after taking such a long break, many people will buy anything he releases. IDK. Just happy to see he is still making sets.
 
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