Link Shadow – Fifth Calamity

Link Shadow – Fifth Calamity is the fifth part of the Link Shadow works.

Chapters
The work is split into several Chapters, most of which are split up into Acts. Getting 100% completion on all Acts in a Chapter will unlock a Secret Act, which is optional. Completing all Secret Acts will unlock the Secret Chapter.

Prologue
Several years have passed since the defeat of Morgan Leblanc.

Years have passed. Shane and Ellen are now married with two teenage daughters, Eris and Nemesis.

At some point, a mysterious green gas fills the air at school and one by one, each of the students succumb to the gas, with the twins being the last to lose consciousness, just as figures in school uniforms and gas masks enter the classroom.

When the twins wake up, they're in the digital world, unsure of what's going on, and have no idea what dangers they, or any of the other thirty teenagers that were imported into the digital world, will face…

Green gas fills the air and one by one, the students succumb, Eris and Nemesis being last, as figures in school uniforms and gas masks enter the classroom.

The twins wake up in the digital world, unsure on what is going on. They have no idea what dangers they, or any of the other thirty teenagers that were imported into the digital world, will face…

Chapter 1
What is known is that this Chapter has five Acts. Its inspiration is not known yet.

Chapter 2
What is known is that this Chapter has four Acts. Its inspiration is not known yet.

Chapter 3
What is known is that this six-Act Chapter is currently inspired by unknown games.

Chapter 4
What is known is that this four-Act Chapter's inspired by… yep, unknown games.

Chapter 5
Inspired by unknown games, this is another six-Act Chapter.

Chapter 6
Inspired by unknown games, this is yet another six-Act Chapter.

Chapter 7
It's presently not clear what the inspiration is for this Chapter, which has six Acts as well

Chapter 8
The idea for this Chapter, with its six Acts, is that it could be a mix of past Chapters' inspirations.

The final boss, the Hyperlink Shadow, is fought in Act 6.

Chapter 9
This two-Act Chapter takes place entirely in the real world.

Epilogue
Depending on the player's choices, made as early as the very first Chapter, the Epilogue changes. While some details remain unchanged, the earliest possible ending can be obtained after defeating the Hyperlink Shadow. Other endings require the defeat of the Chapter 9 final boss.

The start of the Epilogue
It is finally over. Morgan Leblanc lies defeated.

Positive endings
These endings are the good endings.

Best possible ending
An e-mail is received, and attached to it, a video game without a title, bearing significant similarities to what they've experienced in the digital world lately.

Negative endings
These are the bad endings. Yeah.

Secret Chapter
This is unlocked by getting the best possible ending, in addition to having all Secret Acts completed.

This Chapter allows full exploration of all areas from past Chapters, and have additional optional content as well. And by using various save points, the digital world can be left or re-entered freely. Everyone, including those friends who perished in the digital world, can be used in this Chapter.

In addition, every area gets a secret, randomized dungeon, though every ten floors gets a strong boss. Every hundred floors after have a stronger version of a given boss. The final floor is floor 1000, though anyone crazy enough to go that far must have nothing better to do with their time, probably.