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Apelinq's War Journals
Apelinq's War Journals is a web-based series of short text stories written by Rob Gerbracht and was originally released on a near-weekly basis on BotCon Beyond from February 17 to June 29, 2001. It served as part of a campaign to build up hype for BotCon 2001 (following a similar campaign conducted a month earlier by "VEHICON ALERT!"), and is written in the form of personal logs made by the Maximal Wrecker Apelinq.
It also served as both a bridge between the Beast Wars and Beast Machines cartoons and as a bridge between the 1998–2000 convention-based storyline Reaching the Omega Point (which had just concluded the previous year at BotCon 2000) and the then-forthcoming Transformers: The Wreckers comic series set to debut at BotCon 2001.
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Overview
Apelinq's War Journals chronicles the days on Cybertron that led up to Megatron's takeover of the planet following his return from the Beast Wars, all told from the perspective of Apelinq, a Maximal scientist and Squadron Commander for the elite special operations unit known as the Wreckers. These events are drip-fed over the course of each journal entry, providing only a small taste of the story's bigger picture rather than spelling everything in fully-elaborated detail. Once Megatron has conquered the planet, the story carries on into the events of the Beast Machines cartoon, with Apelinq observing Optimus Primal's team of Maximals returning to Cybertron in Journal 9.
By Journal 13, a major shift in the status quo occurs, with the arrival of another starship containing a ragtag crew led by Primal Prime. Journal 14 sees Apelinq sent back in time and has Primal Prime take his place for that journal entry. For the remainder of the series, Apelinq is stranded on prehistoric Earth during the latter half of the Beast Wars cartoon, and observes the events of that series and those of Reaching the Omega Point from afar, until finally involving himself in the battle of Point Omega, bringing the series full circle with Apelinq's previous appearance in the Omega Point finale "Terminus". The series ends on a deliberate cliffhanger that overlaps with the events of "Terminus", leaving Apelinq's fate undetermined to hype up the BotCon 2001 exclusive comic The Wreckers #1.
Notes
- Following its original release on BotCon: Beyond, the series was later moved to BotCon Online on November 13, 2001, where it remained until it disappeared in a site update made on May 11, 2003. It wouldn't resurface until early January 2006, on the BotCon Online archives hosted by Fun Publications (and later BC Productions).
- Apelinq uses an AU dating system for his journal entries. The recap of Apelinq's War Journals included in the BotCon 2001 comic The Wreckers #1 would later indicate this system to refer to the number of years, or stellar cycles, After Unicron's destruction (in reference to his 2005 destruction). The first fourteen of Apelinq's entries take place during 316 AU, with decimal points to distinguish between them. As Journals 10 and 11 are dated with the same decimals, but clearly take place some time apart from each other, it is very plausible that each decimal signifies the day, or solar cycle, of the year/stellar cycle 316 AU that Apelinq made each entry.
- The series was originally placed under the Transformers: The Wreckers label on BotCon Online, but then placed under the Reaching the Omega Point label when the series was brought back in 2006.
- Apelinq would later make one more War Journal entry on the inside-cover of The Wreckers #3, serving as a prologue for that comic issue in lieu of a standard recap for the preceding issue, The Wreckers #2.
- The concept of personal log journals written by Apelinq would later be revisited for BotCon 2014, with seven entries written by the Wings Universe version of the character published by "Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur", the Facebook page of the Star Seeker Tornado. These entries were given date indices beginning with 468.900.12, but with no units given. They cover the Wings Universe Primal Prime's new Wreckers team and his conflict with the Cybertronian Knights, as well as Apelinq's visions of another life he had forgotten.
External links
- "Apelinq's War Journals" at the BotCon Online archives
- Apelinq's Journal entries from Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur:
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The Terror Begins
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| "The Terror Begins" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | February 17, 2001[1][2] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
Trouble's a-brewing.
Synopsis
Date Index 316.075 AU
Apelinq, Squadron Commander of the Wreckers, awaits word from the Council of Elders regarding any assistance they could provide for a search Apelinq is conducting. However, the Council has its hands full with some terrorist attacks that recently occurred on the outskirts of the city. Peace Marshal Command had assured him that everything is under control, but Apelinq has his doubts and resumes the search on his own.
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Notes
- Mentioned characters: The Council of Elders/High Council, Peace Marshal Command, Primus
Continuity notes
- Apelinq is stationed within the Wrecker Command Base, which is situated in a location on Cybertron simply known as "Delta Three".
- Peace Marshal Command is introduced here as a planetary peacekeeping authority on Cybertron. Later chapters will refer to a group known as the "Peace Marshals", which the BotCon 2001 comic The Wreckers #1 would more formally refer to as the "Imperial Peace Marshals". These are whom Peace Marshal Command is in charge of.
- Later Beast Wars-related BotCon fiction produced in 2006 and 2007 by Fun Publications would introduce a rather similar law enforcement organization called the Maximal Command Security Force. What, if any, affiliation there may be between the two groups has never been touched upon.
Transformers references
- Having made his debut back in the BotCon 2000 comic story "Terminus, Apelinq is reintroduced here as a member of the Wreckers, who were originally an elite Autobot unit from the UK-exclusive issues of the Marvel Generation 1 comics, debuting in the story "Target: 2006". Back in "Termimus", it was subtly hinted that Apelinq is a Wrecker when he cried the Wreckers' famous battle cry of "Wreck and Rule!" It is made fully apparent here with his log entry noting he is a "Squadron Commander" stationed within the "Wrecker Command Base".
- The Council of Elders was first mentioned in the Beast Machines episode "Master of the House". The High Council was first mentioned in the Beast Wars episode "Deep Metal". Here, they are confirmed to be the same council.
- Apelinq invokes the name of Primus.
References
- ↑ BotCon: Beyond main page featuring the 2/17/01 update (it erroneously says "2/17/00" by mistake), retrieved February 20, 2001 (archived)
- ↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/20010222060129/http://transformers.pitas.com:80/20_02_2001.html Sunday, February 18, 2001 "Apelinq's war journal" on transformers.pitas.com (one day late), retrieved February 22, 2001] (archived)
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Pieces of a Puzzle
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| "Pieces of a Puzzle" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | February 23 or 24, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
When one door closes, another one opens.
Synopsis
Date Index 316.098 AU
To Apelinq's dismay, his trail runs cold, finding no clues as to the whereabouts of either the Axalon or the rogue Marshal who went missing to chase after the ship on his own. With no other leads, Apelinq switches to investigating a recent, and somewhat foreboding, transwarp anomaly.
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- Mentioned characters: A lost Peace Marshal
Continuity notes
- It's revealed here that Apelinq's search first mentioned in Journal 1 is for the Axalon, the Maximal science vessel captained by Optimus Primal, which first disappeared through a transwarp portal in the first episode of the Beast Wars cartoon.
- Apelinq also mentions a "lost Marshal who broke ranks to locate the ship on his own." This in reference to the Maximal Depth Charge having been in charge of security for Colony Omicron, and his subsequent pursuit of the Axalon, both of which were first given in "Deep Metal". It is revealed here that Depth Charge had been an Imperial Peace Marshal.
- The foreboding transwarp anomaly mentioned here is what brought Megatron's back to Cybertron from the Beast Wars after he escaped from the Maximals' Autobot shuttle mid-transwarp, as was seen in the Beast Machines episode "Revelations Part II: Descent".
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Crumbling Edges
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| "Crumbling Edges" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | March 2 or 3, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
Tensions rise.
Synopsis
Date Index 316.168 AU
The terrorist attacks have escalated and the Wreckers grow frustrated at the bureaucracy. As Peace Marshals go missing, Apelinq's offers for assistance are constantly met with polite rejection. Since his investigation of the transwarp anomaly has proven fruitless, Apelinq feels the Wreckers must take action should the situation continue to decay.
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Notes
- Mentioned characters: Imperial Peace Marshals, the other Wreckers
Continuity notes
- The terrorist attacks were first mentioned back in Journal 1. It is not yet known who is responsible for these attacks, but their identity will be revealed soon.
- Apelinq first began investigating the mysterious transwarp anomaly back in Journal 2.
Errors
- When Apelinq's War Journals was added back to BotCon Online in early January 2006 (after it inexplicably disappeared in a site update made on May 11, 2003), the word "communiqués" in this journal was incorrectly formatted as "communiquÈs", and has remained as such to this day.
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Chaos (AWJ)
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| "Chaos" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | March 9 or 10, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
All hell breaks loose.
Synopsis
Date Index 316.183 AU
An attack at New Cybertropolis spaceport forces the Wreckers to break protocol and intervene. The situation has deteriorated to the point that the Tripredacus Council wants martial law. Maximal Command believes the terrorist group responsible to be small and limited, but the Wreckers fear that the worst is yet to come.
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Notes
- Mentioned characters: The other Wreckers, the Imperial Peace Marshals, the Tripredacus Council, Maximal Command, the Council
Errors
- The C in "Maximal Command" is not uppercased.
Transformers references
- Starhoppers are stated to belong to Peace Marshal Command, furthering Depth Charge's ties to the MarshalsJournal 4 mentions "Fifty PMC Starhoppers". A Starhopper was first seen in the Beast Wars episode "Deep Metal" as the ship that brought Depth Charge to Earth. Here, they .
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The Tyrant Returns
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| "The Tyrant Returns" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | March 15 or 16, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
He's baaaaack.
Synopsis
Date Index 316.235 AU
To Apelinq's horror, the mastermind behind the attacks is revealed to be none other than the notorious criminal Megatron, having made his return to Cybertron. The High Council is thrown into a panic over this news and nearly thirty Marshals break rank to go after Megatron themselves.
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Wreck and Rule
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| "Wreck and Rule" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | March 22 or 23, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
Enter the Vehicons.
Synopsis
Date Index 316.247 AU
Reports come in revealing the deaths of the rogue Marshals. The Wreckers receive numerous calls of attackers swarming the planet en masse. Rodimus has Apelinq remain behind while he and the rest of the team go to face this new menace. Apelinq's parting words to Rodimus: "Wreck and Rule!"
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Circle of Dread
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| "Circle of Dread" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | March 31, 2001[1][2] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
Silence isn't golden.
Synopsis
Date Index 316.258 AU
Inside the Wrecker Command Base, Apelinq remains in solitude, having heard no word from any of the Wreckers. He faces the grim realization that he might be the only living Transformer left on Cybertron, now that Megatron has seemingly eradicated the planet's entire populace in under a stellar cycle.
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The Virus Revealed
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| "The Virus Revealed" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | April 4, 2001[1][2] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
He blighted us with SCIENCE!
Synopsis
Date Index 316.263 AU
Apelinq determines that Megatron took over the planet so quickly through use of a virus, which must have induced a kind of stasis lock that paralyzed everyone's ability to transform and fight back, as it swept across the planet.
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Back From the Past
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| "Back From the Past" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | April 14 or 15, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
The beasts are back in town.
Synopsis
Date Index 316.265 AU
Oribital scanners detect a spacecraft approaching the planet. Though Apelinq's attempts to contact it have met with failure, its presence fills him with renewed feelings of hope... and confusion, since the ship is indicated to be an ancient Autobot shuttle.
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The Wait is Over
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| "The Wait is Over" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | April 20 or 21, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
He's mad as hell, and he's not going to take it anymore!
Synopsis
Date Index 316.270 AU
Apelinq is done with waiting inside Wrecker Command. Having developed a "shield suit" to protect himself from Megatron's virus, he decides to get outside and figure out what's going on... and maybe take out a few attack drones along the way.
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Two Against a World
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| "Two Against a World" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | April 26 or 27, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
A new hope.
Synopsis
Date Index 316.270 AU
Rodimus is alive! Miraculously unaffected by the virus, even! He's confirmed to Apelinq that the rest of the team, and the entire planet, are dead, with Cybertron now completely overrun by mindless drones called "Vehicons". Rodimus reassures Apelinq that, as long as the two of them survive, the Wreckers haven't lost yet!
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A Cure is Found
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| "A Cure is Found" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | May 2 or 3, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
An antiviral solution.
Synopsis
Date Index 316.279 AU
Apelinq determines that Rodimus's "somewhat... unique physiology" is what made him immune to the virus. Apelinq uses this information to create an inoculant against the virus. With this cure in their possession, they are ready to begin searching for more survivors.
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Call From the Heavens
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| "Call From the Heavens" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | May 11, 2001[1][2] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
It came from transwarp space.
Synopsis
Date Index 316.286 AU
Another transwarp anomaly appears nearer to the planet's surface, and another ship comes through it. It crashes on the far side of Polyhex and the two Wreckers are set to go straight to the crash site.
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(Primal Prime) Assuming Command
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| "(Primal Prime) Assuming Command" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | May 17 or 18, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
New 'bots on the block.
Synopsis
Date Index 316.292 AU
Acting Commander Primal Prime writes this log: When he and his team had arrived via the transwarp portal, Apelinq had attempted to inoculate them. But before he could finish, he was attacked by a Vehicon general who plunged Apelinq into the portal as it closed behind them both. Primal Prime's meeting the Wreckers reinvigorates him, even if Rodimus is now the sole remaining member. He is also surprised to find Rodimus receptive toward Primal Prime's taking command, and senses an odd familiarity with the Autobot. With Apelinq MIA, the newly-reformed Wreckers must prepare themselves for the coming battle.
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Timewrecked
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| "Timewrecked" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | May 23 or 24, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
Back in time.
Synopsis
Fixed Date Index Unknown
Having emerged from the portal and dealt with Mirage, Apelinq finds himself in an unknown locale that reminds him of ancient Earth. His Transfer Interlink is missing, having been knocked away when he and Mirage fell through the portal. Apeling aims to recover it, but still has no idea where or when he is. He ponders what Primal Prime's team had been doing here and if he himself may now be trapped here forever.
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Re-visitations
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| "Re-visitations" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 1, 2001[1][2] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
Stranger in a strange land.
Synopsis
Fixed Date Index Unknown
Apelinq has retrieved his Transfer Interlink with the antivirus program intact, having nearly risked an encounter with other Cybertronians on this planet to recover it. Their presence on this planet poses a curiosity to Apelinq. He will need to further observe them from afar until he can determine who they are.
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The Frontiers of Our History
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| "The Frontiers of Our History" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 6 or 7, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
Time travel's a funny thing.
Synopsis
Fixed Date Index Unknown
After further investigation, Apelinq deduces that he has arrived on prehistoric Earth in the middle of the Beast Wars. As he awaits a "temporal polestar" that will allow him to reopen the transwarp portal he came through, he is sorely tempted to stop Megatron in this time and prevent the Predacon's future takeover of Cybertron.
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Point of No Return
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| "Point of No Return" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 14 or 15, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
Time to go.
Synopsis
Fixed Date Index Unknown
With his transwarp program finally up and running, Apelinq is ready to at last return home. But then... "they" catch his attention.
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Witness to the Covenant
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| "Witness to the Covenant" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 23 or 24, 2001[1] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
Never meet your heroes.
Synopsis
Fixed Date Index Unknown
To Apelinq's amazement, eleven new warriors, the literal Covenant of Primus, have appeared! He's missed his chance to return home and must await the appearance of yet another transwarp gateway.
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Beyond Point Omega
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| "Beyond Point Omega" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | 3H Enterprises | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 29, 2001[1][2] (BotCon: Beyond) | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Rob Gerbracht | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | 3H Beast Era continuity | ||||||||||||
At the crossroads of destiny.
Synopsis
The time has come for Apelinq to put aside his desire to return home and accept that fate has brought him here to actively take part in these events. Though regretful that he may never return home, he hopes that Primal Prime and the Wreckers will continue their fight in his stead. If Apelinq is destined to die here, he'll die knowing that he did what he could to help in this fight!
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