Dungeon Crawlers Mini Bible

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Cal Trueshot and theDungeon Crawlers

Words and art: Christopher Reynolds

PremiseCal Trueshot and the Dungeon Crawlers is an 11 minute, double episode, actioncomedy animation, aimed at 7 to 13yr olds, and inspired by animations such asJohnny Test, Danny Phantom and Phineas and Ferb

The show is set in the present day and revolves around Good Loot High, a top secretschool located in the hidden town of Gloryville, near Earth's last portal to the Netherworld.To graduate, trainee adventurers must prove their expertise in raiding dungeons, wieldingmagical weapons and keeping the Netherworld's monstrous inhabitants at bay.

Our hero is 12 year old Cal Trueshot. He's a ranger and the son of one of Gloryville's mostdecorated heroes. But despite his genetic advantage, Cal is possibly the laziest student atGood Loot. So you can imagine his horror when Principal Strongblade puts him in chargeof the worst adventuring team in the school's history. Stuck at the bottom of the Treasure


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League, Cal has to lead a pint-sized Paladin who hates his guts, a rogue that couldn't picka lock if she had the key, and an half-insane warlock who would rather side with the badguys. Meet the Dungeon Crawlers.

Setting

GloryvilleDragons, goblins, ogres and orcs no longer plague humanity. But did you ever think why?It's because of Gloryville. A small town nestled in the dense woodlands of the mid-west.Gloryville is built over an underground portal to the Netherworld and is quarantined fromthe outside world by the government. Deep in the Netherworld's bowels sits DungeonMaster Delorian who, after over 5,000 years on the job, is ready for retirement and wouldrather just be left alone. But Goryville's inhabitants wont stop until the last dungeon israided and the last goblin slain.

While Gloryville is full of fantasy trappings, Dungeon Crawlers is set in the modern day.Characters have access to modern technology like smartphones and the Internet. Theyshop at malls full of magical armour and weaponry and go home to typical suburbs. Butguns, tanks soldiers? They don't stand a chance against the Netherworld's denizens. Onlythose with the skill to wield magic, and magic-infused arms, can stop its rise.

Let's meet our heroes

Name: Cal TrueshotClass: Ranger (Abilities: expert archer, magical arrows, survivalskills, tracking sense)

Our slacker hero Cal Trueshot was perfectly happy coasting his waythrough Good Loot High as a perpetual underachiever. Chilled out and

independent-minded, Cal didn't have a care in the world. Until, at the behest ofhis overbearing mom, he was put in charge of the worst adventuring team in

Good Loot. It will be motivational, they said.

Cal tries to take his misfortune with a good sense of humor, but he's a 'glass halfempty' kind of guy and sometimes gives in to complete despair (which is whenhe needs his teammates to motivate him). Nevertheless, when the pressure is

on, Cal is capable of inspiring his team and surprising everyone, includinghimself.


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Name: Ada TydunraClass: Warlock (Abilities: Fire spells, Electricity spells, Necromancy,Illusion).

Ada Tydunra used to be a star pupil at Good Loot High - a real bookworm.

But the young mage's curiosity got the better of her and she decided todabble in Demon Magic. Like many before her, Ada ended-up attached toa mischievous demon that led her astray. Now, with her demon Darcy at

her side, Ada does whatever she wants, whenever she wants - and whatshe wants is usually pretty evil.

Ada has trouble controlling her magic and is often a liability to the DungeonCrawlers (not to mention she sometimes sides with the bad guys). But she'salso one of the most powerful Warlocks in Gloryville and loves treasure.

When she can be convinced to help - usually by appealing to her vanity orgreed - Ada is invaluable.

Name: Griff WheezyClass: Paladin (Abilities: High defence, Holy magic, Hand to hand combat)

What can about said about Griff Wheezy that hasn't been saidalready? Actually, quite a lot. No one talks about Griff, because no onenotices he's there. Griff is the scrawniest Paladin to ever set foot inGood Loot High. However, Griff has quite the ego, a trait passeddown to him by Joffrey Wheezy, his Paladin father. Griff reckons heshould be leader of Dungeon Crawlers and has a chip on his shoulder

bigger than his whole body you try carrying thataround! Griff has naturally developed avery special dislike to our hero Cal.

Name: Doro DarkusClass: Rogue (Abilities: Lock picking, Stealth, Acrobatics, Dirtyfighting).

To be a good rogue you have to embrace the shadows and move with silentgrace. Unfortunately Doro Darkus would rather be in the spot light, the center

of attention and a superstar singer (although her singing talent is

questionable). As such Doro has struggled to excel as a trainee rogue at GoodLoot High. As well as being accident prone, she is more likely to lock herselfin her own house, than pick the lock of any dungeon door. But her heart is

always in the right place. Doro suffers at the hands of pushy parents (hermother is the rogue Alice Darkus) and therefore empathises with Cal. She's theonly member of Dungeon Crawlers who actually believes he can turn thingsaround for the group.


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Other characters

Dungeon Master Delorian

Delore Delorian is the last Dungeon Master left in the entire Netherworld. He's alsomassive slob and couch potato. His job is to use what's left of the Netherworld's goblin andorc army, as well as any number of other monsters lurking around, to harass the citizens ofGloryville and guard the remaining dungeons in the area. The problem is Delorian hasbeen doing this job for the last millennia and he's tired of it. He doesn't want to be aDungeon Master anymore and wishes the heroic 'adventurers' would just leave him inpeace. Delorian therefore spends most his time stuffing his obese face full of the mostdisgusting food he can find, watching daytime TV and playing videogames. He just wisheshis goblin second in command, Weeblee, would stop reminding him of work.

Weeblee

Weeblee is the Dungeon Master's head advisor. He's diligent, ruthless and hardworking sono surprise that he does most of the work around the Netherworld, while Delorian sits onhis butt.

Sally and Al Trueshot

Sally and Al Trueshot are Cal's parents and they couldn't be more different. Sally is one ofGloryville's most decorated adventurers and your typical pushy parent. She comes from along line of Trueshot rangers, and there's no way she's going to let Cal blemish the familyname. But Cal takes more after his dad Al, who's Gloryville's finest baker. Al is laid backand amicable, but he's also a pushover, and Cal wishes he'd stand up to mom more often.

Monsters

Goblinsare numerous throughout the Netherworld, but while they have more brainsthan orcs, they're also pretty cowardly. Goblins form the bulk of the Netherworld's army.

Orcs are like goblins, but bigger and much, much, more stupid. Orcs tend to fightamongst themselves more than against adventurers, but when they hit, they hit hard.

Elvesare interested in one thing and one thing only - themselves. Scheming,duplicitous, and painfully fashionable, an Elf's cunning is only met by his vanity.

The Undead hordes roaming the forests around Gloryville just want to live in peace andbuild a utopia. But you try setting up a heaven on earth when constantly attacked byglory-hunting adventurers...

Episode styleDungeon Crawlers is heavy on larger than life characters and action.Within each episode,

the Dungeon Crawlers usually get a quest assigned to them. This quest can be anythingfrom investigating reports of haunted dungeons in the woods, to protecting the localbakery from a gang of particularly hungry-looking ogres. The main theme running through


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the show is valuing who you are and staying true to your own goals, as the hero Cal isessentially living his parent's life against his will, and the main antagonist Delorian, isperforming the role of a Dungeon Master only because the adventurers keep hassling him.

Episodes ideasCompany Man

Dungeon Master Delorian is fed up of being the ruler of the Netherworld and needs a newcareer. Perhaps his skills running dungeons can transfer to retail management? Perfect!Delorian sneaks out of the Netherworld and gets floor manager position at an ultra trendyclothes store. But despite his best intentions, the Dungeon Master can't escape hisdespotic instincts and starts running the store like a dungeon, enslaving the employeesand robbing the customers blind. Pretty soon word gets back to Gloryville that something

weird is happening, and the Dungeon Crawlers are sent to investigate.

A Frienemy In Need

Despite his diminutive size, Griff Wheezy sure has a mouth on him. After insulting theleader of Goblin Bashers, Good Loot High's top adventuring team, our pint-sized Paladinfinds himself challenged to a duel. The winner gets to take whatever treasure they wantfrom the losing team's stash. Realising a loss would make it almost impossible to get offthe bottom rung of the Treasure League, Cal has to help his biggest antagonist win theduel. But because Griff's ego is so big, he has to keep it secret.

Teachers Rottweiler

In yet another attempt to escape his duties as Dungeon Keeper, Delorian tries to find asuccessor. And who better than Ada Tundyra, the Dungeon Crawler's warlock, and GoodLoot's most evil student. Along with her demon Darcy, Ada takes to the Dungeon Masterrole with a little too much enthusiasm. Ada's rule is even more deranged and cruel thanDelorian's, and the goblin and orc armies end up rebelling. Ada has little choice but to callon the Dungeon Crawlers to come to her rescue.

Appetite For Seduction

The Dungeon Crawlers are given a quest to check out a gathering of undead in the forestaround Gloryville. Doro finds a magical pendent and soon discovers the pedant lets hercommunicate with the undead. She talks to the zombies and finds out they're ultimatelypeaceful people, who sadly happen to have an insatiable lust for human flesh. The undeadis gathering to build a restaurant that serves vegetarian artificial human meat, in the hopethat Gloryville realises how delicious humans taste and won't get so mad at the zombie'sculinary preferences. But can Doro convince Cal to leave the undead in peace, or is it toolate?

Djinn Genie

It's Show and Tell at Good Loot High. Griff brings an old, mysterious, golden lamp his dadlooted from a dungeon many years ago and boasts that it contains a genie, but his dad


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made him promise not to rub it. Goaded by his classmates, and enjoying the attention(which he rarely gets) Griff rubs the lamp and unleashes THE MOST ANNOYING GENIEIN THE WORLD - and he won't leave the Dungeon Crawlers alone. On their latest quest tohelp evict a group of hungry ogres who're occupying the town's bakery, the genie makesweapons turn into vegetables, causes spells backfire and frustrates everyone. Butsometimes the only way to defeat a bully is to ignore him...

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