Fatty doesn't get out much. That's why he's pale as a ghost, and he's huge! So fat that he's been given the job of sweeping the floors of hell until he slims down. Not having a broom he's had to resort to wobbling his ample body to create enough breeze to move the dust. Hes so busy doing his job he won't even notice you, just  don't get in his way or he'll mow you down without batting an eyelid. He's been fed on speed formula which makes him real fast. Outrunning him is not an option. He can't jump and he can't climb so whenever he hits an obstacle he just goes back the way he came. One more thing, he's scared of heights. Really hates falling off ledges.

 

 

 

Now these guys are pesky. Being so young their sonar hasn't started working yet so all they can do is go up and down, mouths going ten to the dozen hoping to get a bite. Easy to see, as their adult colours haven't come in yet and until they do they won't be able to chase you, but they're faster than their elders and never seem to slow down. Easy to duck under or jump over if you time it right.

 

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A pile of bones was found at one of the entrances to hell. As nothing is ever wasted in hell, these old bones were given limited life and put to work defending hell. Amazingly they had the power of flight, unusual for bones. Although dem bones are predictable as they can't actually hunt you, and their flight pattern is always diagonal, they can often trap you in tight spaces. Watch out when any get near you. Limited life bones will sometimes cast a shadow, revealing what they were in their past life providing the conditions are just right.

 

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Ahh, the spirits of the dead.  These guys are angry and why not? Fancy waking up to find you're not only dead but have become a spirit in hell doomed to float aimlessly around relying on wind currents to move, looking for your long lost body. To top things off there's not a lot of wind in hell so although they twist their 'bodies' vigoursly, they make little headway. Still deadly if you come into contact with one of them though so give em a wide berth.

 

 

 

Don't be deceived. It may just be a skull but it's still deadly. This skull is looking for a body too and yours is the only body in hell it wants. It can move through any barrier and it won't ever give up chasing you. Sometimes you'll find there is more than one skull after your delectable/detachable body. There is a way to lessen the odds though, Whenever skulls run into each other they merge and become one, worth remembering.

 

 

 

Now this is really weird. You'd think bats would want to protect Dracula wouldn't you? Well they would, if they were grey bats, like the ones from Dracula's world. But these are red bats, the spawn of hell itself and the sworn enemies of Dracula. Why? Well long ago a hoard of hell bats escaped from hell via a deep deep well and invaded the land. Dracula fought with the bats outa hell and reduced a huge number of them to nothing but a pile of bones which he threw back into the well whence they came. The surviving bats returned to hell to relay the sorry saga of their brethren's demise. These remaining red bats will use their sonar to locate Dracula and hunt him down.

Expect no mercy.

It has come to Dracula'a attention that a mentally ill 'sick' angel has been banished from heaven to wander through hell searching for pills to cure his illness. More importantly he has discovered that other angels have scattered golden halos throughout hell for the sick angel to use which allow him to fly, making his quest easier.

Knowing he could never get through hell unaided, Dracula has formed an alliance with a powerful wizard. Although the wizard is unable to enter hell himself he has managed to conjure up some powerful spells that will help Dracula in his journey through the caverns.

 

He knows the demons in hell drain the blood from the new arrivals and store it in jars. But they keep it locked away in a hidden dungeon that is constantly guarded by an immortal goldonian that even the wizard has no way to overcome. The wizard has assured Dracula that although he would be instantly killed by the goldonian if he even got near it, he is safe as long as he remains in the caverns. The goldonian is securly locked in the dungeon as it would absorb any gold it came near, including the coveted sacred golden chalice. Without this special blood he is unable to fly in hell. Without the wizards powerful magic he would have no way of obtaining any of this special blood to aid him in his quest.

 

The wizard has told Dracula that long ago a sacred golden chalice was stolen from the earth and taken to hell where it was hidden away in a hard to reach area in one of the caverns. He said that other identical golden chalice's were formed from all the gold that could be found in hell and scattered amongst the caverns in an attempt to prevent the real sacred chalice from being easily found. He told Dracula that if he found the sacred chalice, the magic chest would instantly open and return Dracula back to the surface. This chalice holds the power of life itself, so Dracula should try to get every chalice he comes across just in case its the sacred one.  Dracula agrees, mainly because he thinks a golden chalice is still gold and that's what he's after.

Rumour has it that scattered throughout hell there are other treasures to be found, like the almost invisible spring of sustenance where Dracula will be able to drink his fill giving him back his ability to fly through his quest. Then there is the life giving 'living' heart. It is so powerful that Dracula will gain an extra life the moment he touches it.

But why would such a powerful creature like Dracula need an extra life? Because the creatures in hell are indestructable while they remain in their own domain, whereas Dracula's special talents all but disappear once he crosses the threshold into hell. He can be 'killed' simply by coming into contact with any of them. He is powerless against them. He must use his wits to avoid being touched by them. Once touched by a creature, Dracula 'dies' and must rely on the wizard to re-incarnate him to continue his journey. The wizard can only do this if Dracula has gained some extra lives while in hell. During re-incarnation Dracula 'loses' everything he had collected in the cavern he 'died' in and must do it over.

The wizard has managed to get 6 spells to work in hell.

 

With his first spell he was able to snatch a limited number of jars of blood that the demons had stored and scatter them throughout the caverns for Dracula to find. To keep them safe for Dracula he cast an invisibilty spell on these jars so that only Dracula would be able to see them.

With his second spell he created stun grenades that Dracula can use to freeze all creaturess for a limited time. Again he was able to make them invisible to all but Dracula.

The third spell he created was a shield for Dracula that would make him invulnerable for a short time against all monsters and traps. Sadly all the shields he placed could not maintain themselves and have since disappeared. However the wizard has been able to conjure it up again so that it will appear sometimes in a random place for Dracula to use if he can get to it in time.
 
The wizard hasn't left it at that though. He has also found a way to snatch half filled jars of blood directly from the devils production line and hover them in whichever current level Dracula is in for a short time in the hope that Dracula can reach it before it disappears back to the production line again.

He has also found a way to 'send' through new stun grenades, which also appear and then disappear after a short time. These new stun grenades are larger than the ones he sent through originally. Dracula prefers this as he can readily see which grenades he must make haste to collect and which ones he can use at the most opportune time for his purposes.

With his forth spell he gave Dracula the power of lightning. This is a very powerful spell indeed. With it Dracula is able to 'burn' through some of the walls in hell to gain access to otherwise inaccessible areas. While not all walls are affected by the lightning, one is particulary vulnerable and once zapped will not return again.

With his fifth spell he was able to drain some life force from the pills and golden objects Dracula collects. Once Dracula has collected enough life force the wizard is able to re-incarnate Dracula an extra time if needed.  To encourage Dracula to gather up more chalice's, the wizard has told Dracula that he is able to drain the most life force from them.

The wizard used his sixth spell to transport Dracula into hell with a large magical treasure chest that instantly stores any gold or pills Dracula touches. The wizard told Dracula that the magic chest would also transport him to another new cavern whenever he returns to it. What the wizard didn't tell Dracula however is that as he was more interested in getting the angels pills than any gold, he put a spell on the chest so that it wouldn't open for transport until every single pill in each cavern has been collected. Dracula now realises he must clear every cavern in hell of angel pills before the wizard's magic chest will transport Dracula back home. Moreover, he has also discovered that any special blood he has collected doesn't get transported with him when he enters into a new cavern.

 

Now hell is a strange place. They say no two people see it the same way. For some it's a bleak place of foreboding all dark and despairing. For others it can be very colourful and vibrant. So if you are thinking Dracula and the sick angel should be seeing hell in the same way, then you are sadly mistaken. They come from vastly different places and their expectations will be different. Even mundane things like the transporters the devils and other creatures use as shortcuts, may look different to Dracula than it did to others that went before him. In fact, don't be surprised if some of the creatures themselves 'look' differently to Dracula than they did to the sick angel.

  

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