Goonie's World

Reaching Iceland, Thor and Umlaut come upon a settlement and receive a heroes’ welcome. Together with Kari’s brothers and Brother Brendan, the Vikings are sent on a quest by the village leader Ingolfur to kill a monster in its mountain lair. Facing their greatest challenge yet, some of the warriors choose to die in battle, while others choose to flee in defeat.

Having sailed from Norway with Kari and her brothers in a drakkar longship, the explorers eventually spot land. When they disembark onto one of the Zetland islands, they are confronted by the tattooed, grease-haired natives. After diplomacy fails, the Vikings are forced into a bloody battle. Afterwards, they retreat to their ship once again and escape further bloodshed. Sailing into a storm, the heroes finally come upon a strange shipwreck survivor.    

Back in Trondheim, Thor and Umlaut discover that in their absence Smooth-Tooth has been spreading lies about them to King Harold. When Thor asks for permission to marry the king’s cousin Kari, it is decided that only a judicial battle will settle the matter. Accepting the ruling, the karls fight against Smooth-Tooth and his brother Yngwie Hump, only to later find themselves being run out of the village by the sore losers’ uncle Bolg the Bulge and a mob of his kin. Fortunately, Umlaut has had a dream of a strange new land awaiting them.   

In the Norwegian region of Trondheim, foster brothers Thor Thorsson and Umlaut Topknot are sent away by King Harold Fairhair (after being influenced by the villainous Thorolf Smooth-Tooth) to collect taxes in the form of animal skins from the Finns. With the aurora borealis lighting the way, the two karls undertake their quest, encountering mushroom-munching reindeer and possible divine manifestations along the way.     

After attaining info on the movie’s last renter, the kids find themselves afflicted by a dark, debilitating force and struggle to reach his house on the outskirts of town. As the hour grows late, they try their hardest to convince the eccentric Mr. Kingsley to hand over his copy so that they may complete their vital mission.

Having discovered the wrong tape inside the Captain Kronos case, the kids ride back to Valley Video in a furry, demanding answers and amends from the clerk. After an interesting conversation with another customer in the store, the boys attempt various methods of subterfuge in order to locate the missing movie.

1980s Jupiter Springs, California: Junior high schoolers Plunger, Dickey, and Chip meet up at Plunger’s detached garage for a weekend sleepover. Well aware of Plunger and Dickey’s interest in vampires, Chip mentions an old movie he heard about called Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter. Due to its rarity in VHS format, Plunger knows the movie only by its legendary reputation, but now, with renewed interest, the three kids set out on a marshmallow fluff-fueled quest to find a copy before the night is over. [Other helpful (but not required) series/episodes: Kids on Bikes, Dickey Newton, Fudge (Hard Time at Hardgate), SPIRIT, Exfanguination]

In a hellish version of 15th century England, darkness dominates and evil thrives. Three unusual heroes – Lill Redcloak, Feargus Bonesaw, and Fenton Grymbauld – accept a grisly mission to travel to Molby Manor in the county of Victimshire and put a vampire out of her misery. Standing in their way are monsters and murderers straight out of a nightmarish fairy-tale.

In 1980s northern California, 12-year-old Paranormal Detective Dickey Newton investigates an alleged ghost sighting which leads him on a wild bike ride through his hometown of Jupiter Springs.

With guards in hot pursuit, Jubal, Squirg, and Sioux desperately scramble through the streets of Hadoro-Tyros. After some creative spell use and help from a townsman, they’re able to hide out and heal up. Escaping the town through an underground passage, the heroes make it their mission to scale the black step pyramid and face off with the Priest of the Black Circle, ending the Cult of Denial’s control forever.

Charged with blasphemy in the town of Hadoro-Tyros, the party engages in combat with a white-robed priest and a dozen gendarmes. Inevitably, the party must surrender and find themselves imprisoned in an invisible tower. Not sitting idly by, the adventurers attempt a daring escape at nightfall.

On an epic quest to reach the grand city of Serus Arx, a halfling, Jubal Tryx, and a human, Squirg Fallowshins, meet another man, Sioux Fastmane, fighting off a few Malignant Hawktoads. The three adventurers decide to join forces and travel together along the Trithagorian Wall. After a treacherous shortcut is taken, the trio wander onto a towering desert town with bizarre beliefs.   [Optional: Knave 1-4]

Still imprisoned, Moonie and Big Daddy Thaddy make the difficult decision on whether to break out or await the mayor's judgment. Ultimately, they are given a proposition to pass along to the Navigator -- one that, if accepted, would require a heavy sacrifice. After a harrowing hike back to the train they call home, the Outriders rally their fellow rail riders and prepare for possible war.      

Moonbeam and Thaddeus finally get up to the treetop city and are stunned by what they see. After a meeting with the mayor, everything seems to be on track until a surprise threatens to derail their whole mission.  

After an ancient cataclysm created the Creeping Ruin, a vine that overtook the man-made world, the only thing left untouched is the Hammer of the Earth, a massive train carrying ten thousand inhabitants per carriage. But when the train runs dangerously low on fuel, the Navigator tasks two Outriders, Thaddeus Gibroni and Moonbeam Poe, to brave the wild and find more.