I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED
Nightmares on Christmas
Having watched Mrs. Claus be slaughtered by Hauntis before his eyes, Santa holds no joy or mercy within his heart. Alongside Merry Green, he has filled his sleigh not with presents, but explosives, to be rained down upon the graveyards from which Hauntis draws his power. While the elves have no love for Hauntis, they also realize that Santa is not in his right mind, and resolve to defeat Hauntis while preventing Santa from irrevocably damaging his reputation.
After a basic tutorial, the player’s elf, leaves the workshop cubicles and enters the Sleigh Hangar, only to watch powerlessly as Santa takes off into the night, beginning his long journey to the desecration of the departed’s tombs. With the elf’s mission now timed (say 20 minutes), they mount Reinkle and rush off after Santa. While they succeed the Ghostly Graveyard ahead of Santa, they fall short of Hauntis’ Tomb. Trekking through the fog swept paths, they fend off the ghouls of the night that defend their leader, incapacitating a horde of Ozis, and dodging a swarm of Fuzzfoots in the tunnel system leading up the hill to the Tomb. Reaching the top, they engage Hauntis in battle and defeat him, the blast from his oofing illuminating the heavens above to show Santa coming into view over darkened clouds. Landing in front of you, he strikes in a fury, as he believes Hauntis should have been his to defeat. Though you attempt to reason with him, you are soon plunged into combat, where you knock him into a coma with a well timed snowball. Knowing that it will be some time before he recovers both physically and mentally, you don the suit and prepare to finish the prep for Christmas.
Ends on cliffhanger of particles reforming from the crypt as lightning strikes the ground reviving Hauntis, Santa is seen pounding against the glass in an isolation ward, and you take off to deliver a more traditional payload of joy.