How did the Shitennou Fall? And Other SilMil Qs

[Mizuno Ami]

Under advice, I'll refer to these as separate Articles.

Article I How the Souls of the Shitennou Were Split

Ok, to some degree, there has to be some continuity on how the Shitennou fell, at least enough to explain how they were born split.

The way I've envisioned it is that at some point they developed magically assisted split personality syndrome. Under the extreme duress and torture, they created cover personalities - as a way to protect their souls from corruption. When they were sent to the future, the two segments were born separately.

Rei/Zoi has some great ideas to make this less ginzuishou ex machina which I'll let her explain.

The hows and whys of each individual Shitennou's capture, torture, etc. are up to each player.

We need to reach a consensus on the point of exactly what happened to cause a split though.

Right now the options, as I know them are:

The one that Rei will explain so I'm going to let her.

And the more psychological/spiritual one in which the two split halves are compartmentalized and mostly separate but inhabit one body at the end of the Silver Millennium. The Ginzuishou (or perhaps Queen Serenity) recognized the split enough to send them to the future as two separate bodies (basically identical but separate and genetically unrelated). This version means that BOTH versions of the current Shitennou were present at the fall of the SilMil, with the "protector personality" being predominant (as it's the one that fell to Beryl).

(Also let me say that other ideas than mine or Rei's are welcome for discussion, but we need to reach a consensus.

Article II The Names of the Girls

We know Usagi had a different name in the SilMil, but did the other girls? If the answer is yes, each one is free to decide on what that name was for their own character! Obviously, we're talking about the personal names not the family names!

[Zacharie Babineaux]

OK, because Rei is lazy she is just going to copy/past herself from aim. Whoo.

well if the splits were created as a way to stop themselves from being totally corrupted
... ok, going story-format here

if i were doing this as a story what would make the most sense, to me, would be to have had the boys captured by her she tries to take them by corrupting them to her way of thinking

now, all four are rather strong willed so that isn't liable to work unless they're already pissed about something

So, failing that she tries to torture them and break them

its then that they, along with perhaps an old priest of Elysion or wise man or some such that was imprisoned with them

taught them to "store" a part of themselves away from their bodies

possibly in jewels, and they created magical "Back ups" which the ginzushou recognized as a seperate entity entirely when it sent everyone into the future.

because the ones we're playing now would have had to have been growing up right along side their counterparts

[Kino Makoto]

Article 1: I don't think I really have any say in the matter since I'm not playing a Shitennou character. I think it's something that'll need to be agreed upon by all the "guys".

Article 2: I'm cool with Mako/Jupiter having a different name in the SilMil.

[Neo Queen Serenity]

Article I: Like Mako-chan, I don't play a shitennou, so I really don't have any advice for that... Actually I haven't even really thought about that question! Definitely an interesting one. I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Article II: This would be up to individual players, but I think it would make sense for the senshi to have different SilMil names... After all their "present-day" names are Japanese-- and they weren't from Earth back in the Silver Millenium... With the shitennou having different present day names than their SilMil ones, I think it would make even more sense for the senshi to have different ones... Just my humble opinion!

[Chiba Mamoru]

Article I

Well, I'd have to say the same answer as everyone else. I don't really play a Shitennou and so it doesn't really matter to me. That being said I will also add that the one that Rei wrote out was kind of what I had been envisioning since we started playing.


Article II

Again, it doesn't matter to me either way. Honestly I've never really thought about it one way or another. However, ever since I've been reading both Ami and Rei's stories I've really liked the idea of them having different names ^^

[Aino Minako]

On Article II

Yes, I would believe they would have different names in the Silver Millennium. Their Earth names were given to them by their Earth Parents and while SM is magical and all that, i can't imagine that the magic would extend to whisper their names in their mom's ears so that they have the same one. Also, Endymion and mamoru are different as well, which would lend credence to having different names.