Welcome back to the ENEMY ATLAS, a survey of LEVELS for the prospective STAGE ENEMY. This week, WORLD 2 – SKY WORLD!

AT A GLANCE….

Though SKY WORLD is something of a low-tier World of the FOBLIN EMPIRE, it’s a region with more than its share of fans. The enormous, whirling blades of these fans generate gusts of wind that can easily push a hapless intruder off of this World’s scaffolding, sending them tumbling into the fluffy clouds below. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.

Before Sky World was annexed by the Empire, it was ruled by the ONI, a race of horned imps that held court in the clouds. They mostly just left their World’s surface alone, and early Foblin settlers found the land beneath the clouds a rich, unspoiled paradise. Centuries of wholesale exploitation later, Sky World is a booming industrial center, hosting the third largest civilian population in the Empire. Its surface also rates just below Poison World on the Imperial TOXICITY RANKINGS, which is a matter of some local pride.

Enemies and residents have joined the Oni above the cloudscape, making homes for themselves atop towering metallic highrises, slick steel catwalks, and fan-propelled platforms with giant LED counters that count down when you step on them and then explode. Needless to say, it is very easy to lose your footing and fall to a horrible death – but if it’s not quite enough, this world’s top-shelf LASER CANNONS, flying mechanized DEATH DRONES, and LITTLE FLOATING SPIKE BALLS will help finish the job. That’s the spirit, SKY WORLD!

A GENEALOGICAL ASIDE

For reasons yet unknown, new variants of enemies have been emerging from Sky World over the past 3 centuries. These races – incl. PARA-FOBLINS, PARA-TOMATONS, and PARA-FLYING MECHANIZED DEATH DRONES – are characterized by being exactly the same as an existing type of Enemy, but with a pair of wings attached. Theories include a RECESSIVE GENE inherited from early intermingling with some long-extinct Sky World race; or, more likely, the wings could be a result of a population living for generations above a RADIATION-SOAKED TOXIC DEATH TRAP.

Turn the page to learn about Sky World’s bosses & other fun facts.

So! You’ve been accepted into the proud ranks of the ENEMY CORPS. Good on you, soldier! You now represent the interests of the great and terrible FOBLIN EMPIRE, both at home and further away. In the coming months, you’ll learn what it means to SERVE AND OBSTRUCT, to interject oneself into the trap-filled Rube Goldberg device that is an Enemy’s STAGE. “DON’T TREAD ON ME,” says the Enemy to the WORLD – “OR, IF YOU DO, YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT MY PATTERN FIRST AND MAYBE EVEN GET PERHAPS KIND OF HURT WHILE DOING SO.”

But! In which WORLD will you be serving? There are as many as SIXTEEN (16) Worlds united under the banner of the mighty KING METAFOBLIN. Sixteen parallel fiefdoms, connected only by WARP ZONES, each with its own rewards, challenges, and delightfully flamboyant themes. Just how are you supposed to make this career decision fresh out of UNIVERSITY, ENEMY VOCATIONAL ACADEMY, the IMPERIALLY-SANCTIONED ROBOTICS FACTORY of YOUR CONSTRUCTION, or a licensed SPAWNING POOL/CRATER?

You are in luck! The ROYAL ADVERSARIAL ACADEMY of SOUTHERN FOOD WORLD has compiled these pamphlets to help you make your choice.

Turn the page to learn about World 1 – WOOD WORLD.