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| Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Aquatic Sea Monkey Fortress Posts: 1,809 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts | In this topic, you can post Bios for your OG characters. We'll start with mine: Name: GORE-ILLA True Name: Unknown Species: Cyborg Gorilla (see below) Age: Somewhere in his 30's First Appearance: VGF Members OG, Page 1, Post 4. Appearance: looks like Donkey Kong but with black fur. Right arm, left leg, and left half of face have been replaced by bionic appendages. His left eye glows like the Terminator's. Friends: Yami Yoshi, SwordMaster, Fusion, Introbulus, StuMan, Jim, Fred, Ed, and BSD Enemies: Dark GORE, Lupus, Gamechamp. History: Most of history is unknown. Was captured and brainwashed by Lupus's henchman, The EVIL Scientist Dude. He was put into Lupus's Slave Camp, where a gorilla army of 1000 was held. His number was Gorilla 117. During his stay there, he made rivals with the mean Gorilla 508. After an accident at the slave camp, 117 was attacked by a flesh-eating rubber duckie and rebuilt as a powerful cyborg named GORE-ILLA. He escaped the mad scientist and three years later, he joined Yami Yoshi in his quest to get his cheesecake back from Lupus. It was a long and tiring quest that continues today. During this adventure, GORE died twice, made many friends and enemies, and witnessed The Gorilla Army get fried in the ruins of the Western Hemisphere. Things got worse as Lupus became Cheese God and GORE was forced to go into hiding with the other OGers for seven years. But, along the way, GORE's EVIl half split from him and joined Lupus. Lupus was eventually defeated in Banland with the help of The Holy Plot Device (reverb) In the following months, GORE-ILLA traveled what was left of the world, participating in Battlefield battles and Roleplaying Games along the way. GORE-ILLA then joined Fusion in his quest to retreive his powerful ruby from the clutches of the EVIL Gamechamp and his minions, along the way avoiding Dark GORE's Team Monkey. After the ruby incident, he went on another quest with the OGers to stop Dark Jim. Along the way he found a mysterious sword and remembered a clue to his past: the word Idej. He bought PL-0TT, a plot device, also. He died in battle with Evil but was restored by Sophnito. GORE-ILLA spent the next year searching areas with the word "Idej" in it with the help of PL-0TT in hopes of discovering his past. The only place left now is Idej Volcano Mountain, but the path there is perilous enough to make an eleven-page story. To make matters worse he is pursue by Team Monkey and the mysterious gorilla kown as MON-KILL. He eventually reached Idej and learned of his Jedi background, then battled Mecha-Dark GORE in an epic battle. In the end, Dark GORE sacrificed himslf to save GORE, then let GORE absorb him. GORE-ILLA was now more powerful, able to reach Super Ape, and had all of his Jedi powers at his disposal, although he lost his mechanical parts, which was both good and bad. He is curently helping the OGers in the battle against the MPVP. [ August 30, 2003, 12:02 PM: Message edited by: EVIL Scientist Dude ] |
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| Banned for doing what he always does. Cya under name #568. Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Here, there, and everywhere Posts: 526 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts | Name: Lupus True Name: Lupus the Turk Species: Human Other Names: Sir Lupus of the TWIFATIT Age: 13, 17, 21 First Appearance: Ages and ages and ages ago. Back when Sgt Flutter ruled this forum with an iron fist Most Famous Appearance: The Life and Adventures of Miyamoto, as a crazy director Apperance: Short, green hair, different clothes depending on the OG/setting. History: He lives for the soul purpose of poisoning OGs and turning them crazy. He has several different bases and has blown up the universe, while simultaneously taking it over numerous times. No other information is known |
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| Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: In my underground palace in Imperial City!!! Posts: 1,006 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts | Name: Fusion True Name: Unknown Species: Genetic Other Names: "Your Maker", and "The Ultimate Warrior" Age: Seemingly Immortal First Appearance: VGF Forum Member OG Most Famous Appearance: VGF Forum Member OG Appearance: A nicer looking version of Sigma. History: Was created in a laboratory. He was created to have every power in the universe. He has infinite power. Also, it is rumored that he defeated the great Majin Buu. No other info is known. [ May 12, 2003, 01:40 PM: Message edited by: Sir Fusion the Enforcer ] |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Outside of VGF Forums Posts: 3,649 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts | Name: DVGBA True Name: It changes depending on possible upgrade; was formerly known as DVGBC, a Teal-colored Game Boy Color Species: Portable Gaming System, one of the very few of his species Age: 18 First Appearance: A Crossover [confirmed by Golem, huge rock Pokemon or a scrawny human; you decide] Most Famous Appearance: OG Squad Adventures (March 2000 to June 2000), a series of OGs starting from "The Road to Driver" to "OG Squad Country"; there was an "OG Squad: The First Movie", but it's deemed unofficial because of plot destruction (by newbies) Apperance: Currently an arctic-color Nintendo Game Boy Advance in the size of an average human. His arms and legs are all black and wears white gloves and red sneakers. History: He was born human, but on a freak accident, was transformed into a portable gaming machine. He later discovered that he has an evil twin brother who was born as a NeoGeo Pocket transformed into a NeoGeo Pocket Color named NeoGeo Pocket Master, AKA NGPM. DVG, short for DVGBA, was severly picked on by many people, but has a small amount of friends who understand him well. When he was known as DVGBC, he started a group called the OG Squad, a group of OG Board posters who protect the world of video games against various evil. The enemies, mostly the likes of Team Rivalry (which consist of NGPM, Ms. Game.com, and an unnamed Digimon named... Digimon), try to mess up something good with a certain video game and prevent it from being released. While the OG Squad is long gone, their adventures are never lost (they're at fanfiction.net to be exact). [ February 12, 2003, 06:59 PM: Message edited by: Password-protected User Name ] |
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| Banned Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: At the center of the Earth... on natural magnets. Posts: 2,130 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts | Name: Yoshimaster True Name: Christopher (not really, its the yoshi's real name) Species: yoshi First Appearance: In an OG in the NC forum a year ago Appearance: A green yoshi with a blue cloak, hat, and a wand not unlike Kamek's. Also has ability to blend into surroundings. History: When a mysterious wizard lands on Yoshi's Island and begins enslaving all the yoshies, a single free yoshi named Christopher is confronted with the ghost of the wizard's rival, who tells Christopher of their previous confrontations. He then grants Christopher his wand and cloak, so he can destroy the wizard. After a long battle, Christopher, calling himself "The Yoshimaster," defeats the evil wizard and saves the yoshies. He keeps the cloak and wand given to him by the ghost. |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Time, Space Posts: 4,159 Thanks: 2 Thanked 19 Times in 9 Posts | Name: Introbulus True Name: Introbulus Nickname: Trobby, Introb, Intro. Species: Human Age: Partially Immortal First Appearance: VGF Forums: NC Forum. I posted in a few topics and started some crazy fad of stealing souls during a Halloween party. OG Forum: VGF Member OG Page 3 post 3 Most Famous Appearance: VGF Forums: I started some crazy soul-stealing fiasco at the Halloween party in the NC forum last year. Other than that, not much. OG: …I dunno. Destroying Golem? Apperance: History: Very little is known about Introbulus’ past, besides that it is very large. He has been around so long, that even HE does not know how old he is. As far as he can remember, Introbulus almost destroyed a Universe once. Fortunatly, Jim (his traveling companion) was there to stop him. Now, he has to restrain his power to prevent himself from trying something like that again! The majority of his power comes from the Iron Fist. A gauntlet that is permanently attached to his right hand. It grants him extraordinary power, partial immortality, and dictation over metal and robots. Character: Introbulus is a fairly…odd person to say the least. Oftentimes he makes little to no sense at all! This could be due to his power restraint, or just natural. While he is easily destracted, Introbulus will see his duty through to the end! If you are his friend, you have a good traveling companion. If he is your enemy, he will make a worthy adversary. If he is neither, he just ignores you. Introbulus also enjoys making useful inventions in his spare time. |
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| Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Koopa Village in the Mushroom kingdom Posts: 808 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts | Name: Kolorado Real name: Misty Koopa Species: Koopa, ya moron! Age: 15 First appearence: Paper Mario 2 (2), the original. Forget which post so I won't EVEN try to guess.... History: Misty is a real game junkie, especailly when it comes to old school. She gives 500 thumb downs to X-Box and PS2. She is known to throw tantrums after she looses so many times in a game. But overall, she is very, very nice. She has lived in Koopa Village all her life, and is the one and only daughter of Kolorado and his wife. The reason she wasn't in Paper Mario, was because she got seriously lost on Yoshi's Island, even though she started out at Dry Dry Desert wither her father. I won't even go into how she got there. Appearnce: Looks like Kolorado Koopa, but with pink shell, pink shoes, and a pink bow on her hat. |
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| Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Japan Posts: 1,177 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts | Name:BSD True name:Black Skull Dragoshi. Species uel monster,Yoshi,Dragon,and Koopa.Age:11 Likes:Pizza,Cheese,fighting evil ruby spirits,fighting evil Gods,Cookie dough,Lemmings,his friends,video games,Hamburgers,Anime,the internet,comics,destroying Lupus,anyone who hates Lupus,strange and unusual houses,Fire,Skilled warriors,Nature,and computers. Dislikes:SD,Lupus,anyone who is allied with Lupus,Wario,the Chaos Force,bad running gags,Fred,Bloopers,Sephnito,Sephnita,Sephnitu,Seph nity,those bags of peanuts that are hard to open,people who steal stuff from him,weapons that alter his feelings,people who hurt his friends,and ear-shattering noises that easily break glass. First appearance:The Day Wario Stole Everything And Everyone Else Had To Save The Day (Page 3) History:A combination of Dragoshi,Spiked Super Koopa,and a Black Skull Dragon. When he was in the Yami Yoshi's cheesecake incident he was ignored for two pages. He trained during that time period. He then met Kirby and Morton who also trained with him. When he became BSD2 he had intense strength. His goal:To find his destiny and bring an end to Lupus forever. 3 years before Lupus stole YY's cheesecake BSD decimated many places from Japan to France. There is also a rumor that he defeated Super MechaGodzilla,but that is undetermined. Friends:Kirby,Morton,other Yoshies,Characters in Goszilla movies and Video Games (Except Super MechaGodzilla),and the VGF six(Except for SwordMaster). Enemies:Lupus,Mega-Koopa,Mega-Lupus,Dark GORE,SD,Koopas 1 through 17,Dark Matter,Evil,Akujin,Qwirtzok,Shade,Person,Dark Joe,Don Knotts,King Bob,Lord Chaos,evil gods,Kraid,Wario,SK,and the Chaos Force. Weapons:Rainbow sword and Nova sword. Attacks:Rainbow slash,Ground pound,Slurp N' Burp,Headbutt,Kick,Wing shield,Fire breath,Eathquake,Dragoshi Flame,Dragoshi Flame Storm,OG punch,Nova Slash,BSD laser,Summon THE MAN,OG Blade,OG Blaze,and Dragoshi tornado. Fused forms(Weakest to Strongest):Black Skull Dragoshi SwordMaster,Black Skull Yami Dragoshi,Twin-Headed Yami Dragoshi,VGFOGers. Appearance:Tall,black yoshi with dragon wings,brown hair,and Brown eyes with an orange tint. [ June 18, 2003, 01:19 PM: Message edited by: The Architect. ] |
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| Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Aquatic Sea Monkey Fortress Posts: 1,809 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts | OoC: Now my profile for the pre-server crash version of GORE-ILLA. Name: Old GORE-ILLA True Name: Unknown Nick Names: Same as New GORE-ILLA Species: Same as New GORE-ILLA. Age: Also the same. Appearance: Do I have to draw a picture? First OG Appearance: Paper Mario 2 (2) Page 17? Post unknown. Last OG Appearance: Party Goers 17 Death: Was wiped out in the first server crash. History: More Donkey Kong-ish. After being shot by Captain K. Rool on Donkey Kong Island, brainwashed, and rebuilt as a cyborg, he eventually regained some of his past and escaped K. Rool. He attempted to join Paper Mario 2, but all the positions were filled, and Bowser's fog turned him EVIL. After Paper Mario 2 died, GORE-ILLA split into two halves - good and evil. The two clashed, until Dark GORE killed his good half and built up a sea monkey army. Dark GORE then invaded Party Goers 17, where he was killed in the explosion of Ditto's Mansion. But, both GORE-ILLAs were wiped from existence in The first of The Dreaded Server Crash Twins. He will be remembered. Upcoming Bios: Dark GORE, EVIL Scientist Dude. |
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| Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Aquatic Sea Monkey Fortress Posts: 1,809 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts | Name: EVIL Scientist Dude True Name: Unknown Species: Human Age: 54 (pretends to be 29) First Appearance: Forum Members OG, Page 1, Post 4. Apperance: Average Mad Scientist - Crazy Hair, lab coat, glasses. History: Was once a normal scientist until he went too far in his bizarre and distrurbing experiments. People who went to his laboratory never returned - in their normal shape. He was banned from being a scientist and went insane; forced to become an underground mad scientist, The EVIL Scientist Dude soon found employment working for Sir Lupus The Turk, breeding his Gorilla Army. After Gorilla 117 was crippled by a flesh-eating rubber duckie, The EVIL Scientist Dude rebuilt him as a powerful cyborg. He later escaped the destruction of The Western Hemisphere in his lava-proof submarine. He is currently a member of Dark GORE's Team Monkey. Upcoming Bios: Dark GORE. [ February 22, 2003, 03:12 AM: Message edited by: GORE-ILLA Likes Cheese ] |
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| Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Aquatic Sea Monkey Fortress Posts: 1,809 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts | OoC: ^Hey, Golem! Name: Dark GORE-ILLA True Name: Unknown Nicknames: Dark GORE, Dark Gore, Shadow Kong Species: Cyborg Gorilla Age: Same as GORE-ILLA First Appearance: VGF Members OG, Page 3, Post 38 (I think) Appearance: Same as GORE-ILLA except with darker fur. Friends: Diskun, Lupus, Team Monkey. Enemies: Gamechamp, GORE-ILLA, MON-KILL. Attacks: GORE Beam, GORE Punch, Electro Cage, Monkey Madness, RIP Beam. Death: Was blown away by Lupus's full-power Ban Beam. History: Dark GORE is the EVIL essence living within GORE-ILLA. He eventually took over GORE's body completely in Egypt, beat up Yami Yoshi and the others, then joined Lupus (after getting killed first.) But, the intense battle between Good and EVIL within GORE's body eventually caused Dark GORE to be forced out of GORE-ILLA's body (Think Kami and Piccolo from Dragon Ball Z). Dark GORE stayed with Sir Lupus, paitantly awaiting the day he would meet his good half again and absorb him to reach his true power. After Lupus's death, the maniac's army split into two, and Dark GORE and Gamechamp competed for Lupus's empire. Dark GORE had the edge in this all-out war until Gamechamp stole a powerful ruby from Fusion. On the run from the Robot Team, Dark GORE assembled Team Monkey and again attempted to kill GORE-ILLA, but the villain was forced to flee Japan when Gamechamp arrived. One week after the ruby incident he went out huntig for GORE and wound up getting knocke into a volcano. All that survived was the mechanical half of his head. EVIL Scientist Dude used this to create a new body for GORE-ILLA out of the strongest material in the galaxy. Now known as Mecha-Dark GORE, he continues to hunt down GORE as the good monkey journeys to discover his past. Another target of his is MON-KILL, the Legendary Super Ape who is out to get GORE-ILLA - and he doesn't care which half he kills. At Idej Volcano Mountain, Dark GORE and GORE-ILLA had one last epic battle which resulted in Dark GORE being defeated again. He later saw the light and gave his life to save GORE-ILLA from Lupus. [ May 21, 2003, 04:44 PM: Message edited by: GORE-ILLA is The Monkey ] |
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| Banned Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,258 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post | (OOC) Hey, I'm back. Bah. AN and SE True Name: Absoloutly Nobody and Someone Else: Species: AN is a big grey thing with red, evil-looking eyes that's really tall and spits fire all the time for no reason. SE is a little yellow man with a pointy nose and really weird red hair. You decide what they are. Age: AN: 10 (created in llama-shaped waffle based accident) SE - 24 First Appearance: AN in LAOM, SE in that one with Dr.Wily. Appearance: see species. Friends: well, each other. And anyone that will pay them and not backstab/kill them. Enemies- All that oppose the coming of communism! Also have a mild disliking for terrible actors, and whiney OGers. They want to rebel against chrutches. |
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| Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: The Aquatic Sea Monkey Fortress Posts: 1,809 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts | OoC: You can also do team profiles like the one below. Group Name: Team Monkey Former Leader: Dark GORE-ILLA (deceased) Current Leader: MON-KILL Members(in order of rank): EVIL Scientist Dude, Diskun, Bullwinkle, Mousse, Ol' Bessie, and Pinchy (deceased). Group Goal: To conquor the video game industry Enemies: The VGF Six, The Robot Team First Appearance: VGF Members OG 2 Page 1 Post 14 History: After Lupus's death his empire split in two - Dark GORE formed Team Monkey while Gamechamp formed The Robot Team. The two competed heavily for a while and later fought over the diamonds of Sephnito and Sephnita - both of which were destroyed. Once Lupus returned, Team Monkey returned to their master's side. After one encounter with GORE-ILLA, Pinchy turned into a normal lobster, fell off of The Flying Monkey and wound up in Springfield. there he was bought from a market by someone named Homer. Homer called him Mr. Pinchy and adopted him as a pet. Pinchy later died when Homer gave him a hot bath that was a bit too hot. During the Idej Volcano incident, Dark GORE gave his life to save GORE-ILLA from Lupus. Lupus lied about this, claiming GORE-ILLA had brutally murdered and absorbed Dark GORE. They are now lead by MON-KILL. Only Lupus and EVIL Scientist Dude know the truth about Dark GORE's death. [ May 21, 2003, 04:52 PM: Message edited by: GORE-ILLA is The Monkey ] |
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| Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: No GST No never ever Posts: 769 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts | In that case... Group Name: The TWIFATIT Leader: Jon Weisheit Members (in order of rank): Sir Lupus, Sir ********** Setzer, Sir Kamek, MISH, many others Group Goal: To convert the world to Sheitism and prove the world is flat Enemies: The Illuminati First Appearance: Many, many years ago History: After Jon Weisheit took over the universe from Pie and his brother Don took over hell, he created the flat Earth. A group of people knew his will and followed under him, the Sheitists. TWIFATIT (The World Is Flat And That Is That) is the main and military section of the Sheiters, and the MISH (Men In Steepled Hats, or just black mages) and the three commanders got a rivalry with Party-Crashes Illuminati. The TWIFATIT consists of three commanders and one pilot. The MISH's army is uncountable by human standards. They also have various allies including the mysterious being known as the Monitor, who commands a group of robotic mercenaries including King II. As time of saying, they have four main operations bases. The primary one, Aplex, is the home of the Miyamoto Tech operations. The secondary base, the Hummit, is the home of the Twif-Tech operations. The third is the Seaspare base, which was built over a South Guerney AAAAAAAAAAA Battery Mine, in order to keep Illuminati away from charging their teddy bears of doom and other random stuff. The final, hovercraft-type base is the menuverable Reven Base of Operations. It is currently situated over the ruined Illuminati Boot Camp with air mines surrounding it. Among the four current bases are the random and various labs and towers and forts and bases and etc, but all of them don't stand up to the power of the Four Main Operation Bases. There is one more Operation Base, which is the Weisheit Manor. It's location is unknown to all, including Sir Lupus, ********** and Kamek. In it reside the most elite MISH, Jon himself and it's assumed the Monitor resides there as well. But it's all speculation and none of it is known for sure. That's a (basic) history of our name. I'm not going in to details right now. |
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| Banned Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,258 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post | Name: Fred True Name:Sir Fredrick of Waffles Species: Person... sort of. Age: 32. And he has a 1/2 chance to be dead at ANY given time. What a lucky fellow. First Appearance: VGF Member OG 2: The Jewel Heist, near the very end. Appearance: short, brown hair, brown eyes, sharp teeth, toung that sticks out, and look like he has a puny build, but can left ridiculous amounts of weight. Friends: Whomever he feels like being friends with. But generally anyone who wants to destroy a population or kill him is not much of an ally to him. Enemies: Anyone that opposes him in any way, shape, or form. And as a general rule, The L team and Gamechamp are his enemies. And BSD, too. History: Fred was born in Canada (eh) and was exposed to too much wood softener. Strangely enough, it stunted his growth, as well as making his a moron eternally. Strangely, however, he went through an unusual transformation and became super - strong. [ March 22, 2003, 02:38 PM: Message edited by: Fred_In_Bed hates waffles. Really. ] |
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 4,838 Thanks: 3 Thanked 8 Times in 7 Posts | Guess I'll do the Pharaoh... Name: Pharaoh Yami Yoshi Age: 5000 Species: Yoshi Favorites: Everything Yami Yoshi likes. Bio: Yami Yoshi's oldest known descendent. Tried to rule the world by using the Shadow Games but was imprisoned inside of the Millenium Egg by a Pharaoh. 5000 years later, Yami Yoshi discovered the Millenium Egg and that allowed the Pharaoh to control him and attempt to return the Shadow Games to the world. After Introbulus defeated the Pharaoh in a Shadow Game, the Millenium Egg was shattered and it freed the Pharaoh. After a bitter battle against Yami Yoshi, the two decided to join forces and with the help of Fusion, fused to form the Twin Headed Yami Yoshi: the strongest Yoshi on earth. The two currently live together on Yoshis island. The Pharaoh will always have his belligerant personality but he has turned to the good side...for now... |
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| Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Japan Posts: 1,177 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts | Name:SD Full name:Shadow Dragoshi Appearance:Same as BSD. Age:Same as BSD. First appearance:VGF Member OG Page 9 Post 10 Last appearance:VGF Member OG 2:The Jewel Heist Page 5 Post 11 Likes:Most of what BSD likes. Dislikes:Good guys and some things BSD despises. Friends:Most creatures and people that BSD hate. Enemies:Those who are friends of BSD and Yami Yoshi. History:SD was created after SwordMaster blew BSD up.He hired Koopa5 as his second in command.Their hideout was called the shadow tower of evil rulation which was built in Lemmy's Land.He was killed by Black Skull Yami Dragoshi with a sword slash the first time and killed by BSD with a stab in the chest a second time. [ March 08, 2003, 02:10 PM: Message edited by: Black Skull Dragoshi:Hybrid King ] |
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