tell me ALL of the things. ALL. THE. THINGS. spare absolutely NO details. i haven't heard of darkest dungeon but i LOVE seeing people making aus/crossovers where i know one of the things but not the other. introduces me to a lot of cool stuff!
from what i looked up, i think i'd really like darkest dungeon! i love roguelikes and i love rpgs! it looks really cool so a dd dispatch au would be awesome!
SO.
So far I am fixated on lore from the First Darkest Dungeon game but essentially bringing it to the second game in concepts. I fell in love with the Color of Madness DLC with the Farmstead and the Comet/Sleeper, because it perfectly describes the type of alien cosmic horror I love. Especially with the aesthetic of undead and oozing crystals!
So Robert is using a fragment of the Sleeper/Comet to power his Artificer gear, but it is slowly driving him mad due to the effects the Comet has on that entire planet (Basically reality warping it to its own due to being like oil and water with the current plane). Shroud is essentially lost himself to the Comet and is its conduit into humanity, as well as fight against the Heart of Darkness inside of the Darkest Dungeon. It (Comet/Sleeper) is described as being potentially like an infant but full of malice and hatred for everything around it. So it wants to make things change into its own to control more easily.
I have some roooough Hero Classes (like Grave Robber or Highwayman) for them all. Robert, Artificer. Flambae, Fire Dancer. Waterboy, Deckhand. Invisigal, Rogue (or Specter due to her still having the ability to be invisible). I have some general ideas for the other Z Team members like Punch Up is obviously a brawler while I think about Blonde Blazer being a witch (i.e. she gets her magic from a magical item or conduit, like canon). I know I was debating on Sonar being like Abomination but just a bat and more bleeding instead of blighting. Malevola reminds me a bit of how the Leper plays in terms of how she fights so I was thinking Dark Knight or Fallen Knight as a hero class name for her.
I DID happen to draw Robert without his Artificer gear already but I'm tryna figure out his outfit colors. I was going ham for a while on my own stream cause this idea is just STICKING in my brain so thoroughly. I did have Darkest Dungeon as a special interest since it released and mashing it up with Dispatch feels like a nice DND-esque but more cosmic horror themed AU.