Post by DocQuantum on Feb 11, 2024 21:46:00 GMT
In The Books of Magic: Changeling Unmasked, we see the formation of a small team of students at the Grimoire Academy who take their name after the original Sentinels of Magic, a seven-man team that sacrificed their lives to save the world from an invasion of Hell on Earth. In "Changeling Unmasked" the team even gets tailored costumes of body armor that fits each character perfectly.
These five students are:
1. Kirk Pike of Earth-X, 14 years old in 1987 (good fighter) -- has a patriotic red, white, and blue costume with a helmet and a red eagle on the chest; nicknamed Bloodhound because of his tracking skills
2. Timothy Hunter of Earth-1, 12 years old in 1987 (boy wizard) -- has armor in the form of a wizard's robe of night sky blue emblazoned with stars
3. Gray Murphy of Earth-4, 14 years old in 1987 (jinx = think Murphy's law) -- has armor in the form of a black cat costume complete with a cat helmet
4. Alfred "Twitch" Twitchell of Earth-2, 14 years old in 1987 (lucky charm) -- has armor that looks exactly like his usual black suit and bowtie
5. Joshua Cantrell of Earth-S, 14 years old in 1987 (has magic words that make him bigger, stronger, and faster) -- has armor that closely resembles Captain Marvel's red costume, but with a lightning bolt turned upward. Has a habit of getting into trouble thanks to his insatiable curiosity and serving detention.
The first four of these members don't really need origin stories. Kirk Pike is shown to be a natural athlete and fighter and is constantly training and picking up new moves merely through observation. Timothy Hunter's development has been shown in every single Books of Magic story. Murphy and Twitch were born with their luck-based traits.
But Joshua Cantrell needs an origin story. The first time we see that he has any powers at all is when he is infected with a dangerous plant spore and goes mad (see The Books of Magic: Fever of Death). Using the magic words "Kami Nomi Kai" he grows a foot taller and fifty pounds heavier, making him much stronger and faster. He can also repeat the phrase after an indeterminate amount of time to grow even larger than that. It eventually wears off, but the limits have not been established.
So... anyone want to venture a guess as to how Joshua Cantrell discovered his magic words? If your origin story idea is chosen, you will WIN A PRIZE by appearing in the origin story in some form.
Some details:
-- Shazam is not involved at all, since Josh meets both Captain Marvel and Shazam and has no affiliation with them.
-- Joshua's Captain Marvel-inspired costume was not chosen by him, but by Timothy Hunter's subconscious mind, drawing upon his knowledge of Josh's favorite hero, so I must repeat that there's no real connection to Shazam or the Marvel Family.
-- Joshua knew the magic words by the time he was infected with the plant spores, and it wasn't until he was already terribly mad that the magic words actually worked, so it's likely that the magic words only work when he really needs them. He can't just use them to make himself stronger for no good reason.
-- Joshua could have discovered the magic words at Grimoire Island, at his home on Earth-S, or at any number of possible locations or eras via the portals at the Clock Tower (the Grimoire School has a treaty with Shazam allowing them special privileges that basically mean they can traverse the barriers between the universes for brief field trips and other specified reasons), so that phrase could have come from literally anywhere in the multiverse at any time.
-- Joshua doesn't show any signs of having those magic words until the events of Fever of Death, so he probably learned it very recently as of this story, but this is just a guess and not necessarily the case; again, he could have learned the magic words many years earlier when he was little, since they only started working for him when he really needed them to.
With the above info in mind, feel free to offer as many origin story ideas as you want! They can be brief or more detailed -- it's up to you!
BONUS: If anyone wants to suggest code names for each of the five members of the Sentinels, that would be welcome, too. I already have some in mind, but if you can think of better ones, I'll use those instead.
These five students are:
1. Kirk Pike of Earth-X, 14 years old in 1987 (good fighter) -- has a patriotic red, white, and blue costume with a helmet and a red eagle on the chest; nicknamed Bloodhound because of his tracking skills
2. Timothy Hunter of Earth-1, 12 years old in 1987 (boy wizard) -- has armor in the form of a wizard's robe of night sky blue emblazoned with stars
3. Gray Murphy of Earth-4, 14 years old in 1987 (jinx = think Murphy's law) -- has armor in the form of a black cat costume complete with a cat helmet
4. Alfred "Twitch" Twitchell of Earth-2, 14 years old in 1987 (lucky charm) -- has armor that looks exactly like his usual black suit and bowtie
5. Joshua Cantrell of Earth-S, 14 years old in 1987 (has magic words that make him bigger, stronger, and faster) -- has armor that closely resembles Captain Marvel's red costume, but with a lightning bolt turned upward. Has a habit of getting into trouble thanks to his insatiable curiosity and serving detention.
The first four of these members don't really need origin stories. Kirk Pike is shown to be a natural athlete and fighter and is constantly training and picking up new moves merely through observation. Timothy Hunter's development has been shown in every single Books of Magic story. Murphy and Twitch were born with their luck-based traits.
But Joshua Cantrell needs an origin story. The first time we see that he has any powers at all is when he is infected with a dangerous plant spore and goes mad (see The Books of Magic: Fever of Death). Using the magic words "Kami Nomi Kai" he grows a foot taller and fifty pounds heavier, making him much stronger and faster. He can also repeat the phrase after an indeterminate amount of time to grow even larger than that. It eventually wears off, but the limits have not been established.
So... anyone want to venture a guess as to how Joshua Cantrell discovered his magic words? If your origin story idea is chosen, you will WIN A PRIZE by appearing in the origin story in some form.
Some details:
-- Shazam is not involved at all, since Josh meets both Captain Marvel and Shazam and has no affiliation with them.
-- Joshua's Captain Marvel-inspired costume was not chosen by him, but by Timothy Hunter's subconscious mind, drawing upon his knowledge of Josh's favorite hero, so I must repeat that there's no real connection to Shazam or the Marvel Family.
-- Joshua knew the magic words by the time he was infected with the plant spores, and it wasn't until he was already terribly mad that the magic words actually worked, so it's likely that the magic words only work when he really needs them. He can't just use them to make himself stronger for no good reason.
-- Joshua could have discovered the magic words at Grimoire Island, at his home on Earth-S, or at any number of possible locations or eras via the portals at the Clock Tower (the Grimoire School has a treaty with Shazam allowing them special privileges that basically mean they can traverse the barriers between the universes for brief field trips and other specified reasons), so that phrase could have come from literally anywhere in the multiverse at any time.
-- Joshua doesn't show any signs of having those magic words until the events of Fever of Death, so he probably learned it very recently as of this story, but this is just a guess and not necessarily the case; again, he could have learned the magic words many years earlier when he was little, since they only started working for him when he really needed them to.
With the above info in mind, feel free to offer as many origin story ideas as you want! They can be brief or more detailed -- it's up to you!
BONUS: If anyone wants to suggest code names for each of the five members of the Sentinels, that would be welcome, too. I already have some in mind, but if you can think of better ones, I'll use those instead.
