Great, I'm the New Bad Guy...

I was still pissed about essentially being ripped from my home and forced into a leadership position against my will. I mean, there were worse things to be angry about, but really!? I can't believe that they thought, even for a moment, that someone would be okay with this happening to them! That being said, I was mostly angry that I had no say in what had happened, If I had the choice? Maybe I would've said yes... you know, after saying goodbye to my family and such.

I may have been angry, but I knew I needed to pay attention to what was being told to me. While Gnarl liked to tell stories about the different things in the tower, or rather the spaces where things went in the tower, I did learn a lot about what powered the tower, which artifacts we needed and why.

I had started just like you do in the game, with only the Brown hive and a large part of the tower in a state that was hazardous even to the minions. Despite what the game would have you believe, there were more than five areas in the tower, but more than a few were worthless to a game player, like the lab, the minion training rooms, and my personal indoor pool/bathroom. All of which were destroyed and looked like they had been alone for about ten years. Other areas were places like the torture room, the life force pools, and my personal favorite, the front entrance. What? Haven't you ever wondered too? Anyway, after taking the grand tour we returned to the ruined throne room.

I looked out at the surrounding landscape, trying to get a sense of where we were. All I could see for miles was an empty badlands, rocky and desolate. There was nothing, not even a cloud in the sky to provide shade. It was a bowl of hot, unpleasant death. All sharp edges and sudden peaks surrounded by mountains that looked like jagged teeth from where I was on the balcony. A bowl of spikes, with the Tower right smack dab in the middle of it.

The Jester, I believe his name was Quaver, came running up to me saying "Greetings, Lord of the Ruined Tower!... Quite a sight, isn't it? The badlands, I mean, not the tower. Thats seen better days, for sure!"

I stared at him for a full minute before he began to get nervous. As soon as he started to back away slowly, I kicked him back a few feet and told him "Don't just say stupid things! I'm apparently the Overlord now," I shot a glare at Gnarl when I said that part, making him flinch, "So no one, not even one of my minions, gets to bad mouth my home! Think before you speak! Got it!?"

Gnarl tried to change the subject as to brighten my/his mood. And to possibly shut the Jester up. "My lord, the Tower Portal has just enough power to send you to the last place that the tower heart was seen by a living being. We need that heart if we are going to get anywhere, but if you wish we can stay for a little while longer while you get used to your new body. Or if there is anything you wish to know before setting out?" he said, trying to kick me out of the nest as fast as possible, not that I blame him.

"I'm going to need some practice controlling the minions, some knowledge about where I'd be going would be nice as well." I said in my new deep voice.

"Unfortunately there is only enough magic for one teleport from the Portal my lord, as such there can be no scouting done. As for practice controlling the minions, it is rather easy. Just point, and they will kill whatever you're pointing at, or break whatever is in the way!" Gnarl said cheerily.

I wasn't in the mood to argue, so I just said "Fine.", picked up Gnarl under my arm and went through the portal.

The first thing I saw after going through the portal was green, it was everywhere! All of the plants at the tower were yellowed and dieing, but here everything was alive and growing! For some reason that upset me, not enough to make me actually angry but enough to make me notice...

I dropped Gnarl, who flopped to the ground with an "Umfp!", and looked closer at my surroundings. It was then that I realized that I was a freaking giant! I was a little under half the height of a full grown pine tree! I thought that the minions were small, but apparently the Overlord's just so big that everything else is small to him! By comparison, minions would come up to the waist/lower chest of the average person!
After I came to terms with my Oversized stature, I moved forward and almost immediately stopped, turning to Gnarl and asking "How do I summon the minions that I already have?"

He looked at me funny before saying in an unsure tone "You just funnel your magic into your gauntlet, the enchantments will do the rest..."

I stared at him for a few more seconds before telling him "I don't know how to do that."

Gnarl went stiff for a few seconds before giggling and saying "Oh, lord! That was a good one! Almost got me! It sounded like you said you didn't know how to use magic! HA!"

"I'm serious Gnarl. My home world doesn't have magic, I have no idea what to do." I said in a deadpan.

Gnarl's face locked in a grin, which slowly and twitchily shifted into an incredulous and angry expression.

"WHAT!?! HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW HOW TO USE MAGIC!?! I TAKE IT ALL BACK!!! I WANT A DO OVER!!!" He yelled the second part into the sky.

"DON'T YOU RAISE YOUR VOICE TO ME, MISTER!!! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO AIMLESSLY PULLED SOMEONE FROM A WORLD YOU KNEW NOTHING ABOUT, SO DON'T GET MAD WHEN THIS IS THE OUTCOME!!!" I yelled back scaring the birds for miles around, and giving a few heart attacks.

Gnarl looked like he was also an the verge of passing on, but quickly snapped out of it saying "Hmm... You're right, lord. This is my fault, and now I have to fix it. Magic lesson one!"

I groaned internally, "Well, at least he's going to teach me something... I hope..."

"Try to focus on your own mind my lord, you should feel a slight pressure..." He said. I sighed, but did as he said.

He lied.

There wasn't a slight pressure, it suddenly felt like my head was trying to rip itself apart!

"Now, force that pressure out of your head, and into your chest so that it has room to expand!" I vaguely heard Gnarl say at me. I tried to do as he said, and it became easier the more I managed to force out. When I was done and the pain stopped, I was suddenly forced off of the ground as arcs of lightning went off me and what looked like blue gas came from all over me. Gnarl was thrown back by the strength of the blast, as he got up he gave me a look that was hard to describe but made me uncomfortable.

Regardless, I could feel the magic flowing through me. It was... nice...? I didn't really know what it felt like as nothing I had ever experienced had been similar...

I 'pushed' the magic into my gauntlet, and then a hole opened in front of me. Five Browns climbed out of the hole, which had a brown light coming out of it.

"Oh, That won't attract any attention! None at all!" I thought sarcastically to myself.

Well, it was time to go get the tower heart.