4KidsTV Talkback: Di-Gata Defenders "Ms. Fortune" (Spoilers)

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August 25,2007 -Episode 5: "Ms. Fortune"
The Defenders come to the help of a traveling circus lead by a strange fortuneteller. The circus performers take an interest in Erik while Mel receives a cryptic prophecy from the fortuneteller. After leaving the circus behind the Defenders are knocked out by a sudden attack, and wake up to find their stones, and Erik, have dissapeared!​

The Heroes:

Seth - The leader of the Di-Gata defenders, and also the oldest. He is skilled, confident, charismatic, creative, and decisive. He controls the Nova Stone, a powerful Champion Stone which once belonged to his father. However, he is also impatient in battle and headstrong. He also likes to eat, which he can do with his eyes closed, is afraid of giant squirrels and tends to succumb to nausea more than the others due to his weak stomach. Seth's guardian is Kraggus, a giant that constitute himself from any surrounding material, usually stone.

Mel - Patient and level-headed in battle, she is also well-read given the years sequestered in the dojo library. She loves music, and is constantly singing and humming during the long journey. This drives the others crazy, especially since she's tone-deaf. Mel keeps her guardian Draykor in a one-of-a-king amulet around her neck.

Erik - A skilled strategist. He can always seem to find a way around any attack. He is the technological tinkerer and has a good head for designing and building electronic gizmos. He tends to speak in technical jargon, however, when he works on technology, much to the confusion of others. He is the only stone-caster that uses an external device to use Di-Gata stones. He is also overprotective to his sister, Kara. Erik's guardian is Robotus, a robot that can take on many useful forms.

Kara - The youngest of the Defenders. She is very strong-willed and determined. The others (especially her big brother, Erik) always feel the need to protect her, but in fact she is more than capable of taking care of herself. She is crippled without the power boots invented by her brother. She has an afinity for wild life and that is reflected in her guardian V-moth, a giant insect with the ability to fire sonic shockwaves.

Professor Alnar - The old mentor of the young Defenders. He is the brother of the evil Nazmul, but unlike his brother, he is kind and caring. He is sometimes seen by Mel, but only at great times of need. At those times, Alnar is invisible to others.

Adam: A mysterious thief with a heart of gold. His intentions are hard to read for he is as skillfull with his tongue as he is with his stones. He seems to have a crush on Mel. His guardian is Fire Fox.


The Villains:

Lord Nazmul - Once a loyal Wizard of Yan, Lord Nazmul fought for the forces of good alongside his brother, Alnar. But greed, corruption, and the promise of eternal life clouded his mind of all reason. He betrayed his calling by forming the evil Order Of Infinis. His goal is to gain access to enough realm energy to complete a powerful spell that would offer eternal life to him and his followers.

Lord Brackus - Second in command of Nazmul in the Order of Infinis, Brackus is a powerful warlord with an army at his command. He has been at the forefront of the Order since Nazmul's dissapearance all those years ago. He dissagrees with Nazmul's obsession with Immortality.

Flinch - Flinch is the technical master of the Order of Infinis. His main duty is inventing weapons for the order and tracking the Pure Stone. He is constantly nervous and worries more about his safety than anything else. He always ends paired up with Malco, much to his chagrain. His guardian is the rarely seen Dreadcrow.

Malco - Once a powerful Defender himself, Malco's quest for power has lead him to the Order of Infinis. Malco has no need for a guardian, and with his immense strength he can tackle even the most powerful of guardians with his own power. He doesn't talk much.

Snare - A reptillian bounty hunter. He is known throughout the land as one of the best in the buisness. He recently accepted to bring the Defenders to the Brackus. His guardian is the deceptively cute Sliver, capable of using the energy of attacks to multiply before attacking with its sharp fangs.


Comments?

Word of warning... I find this episode to have the most atrocious animation of the serie...heck it's the worse I've seen in years! I have NO idea what happened with this episode! I'd tell people to just outright skip it if it didn't introduce two characters that will show up later and a very important plot point.
 
I can't say I cared for the possessed Fortune Teller angle, but it was cool seeing the gang work without their dice. I'm glad to see there are certain characteristics that will allow them to become stronger as the battle goes on.
 
This isn't a flame, so please don't get angry, fans, but I've just about given up trying to understand this show. I don't get the thing with with the dice at all. The attacks and powers attributed to them seem so random, like on Chaotic. Only Mel's and Erik's attack powers seem to have any common theme to them: Erik does gadgets and Mel does ice. Plus, if everybody in the realm has Di-Gata stones and can do power moves and attacks with them, then what's so special about being a Di-Gata Defender?

The animation is OK, but I find the show overall to be very confusing.
 
Kara does win and lightening, Seth has a sort of dark-earth thing going on. His two Sigil of predilections are Nega and Daku, the sigils of Force and Chaos.

I don't see what's so confusing about them being random. It's no different than wizards only knowing certain spells for exemple. They just throw dice instead of reciting formulas. I think you try too much to see it as a game with rules, because it's not. Sure it's designed so it can be ADAPTED into a game easily, but they aren't playing a game with specific rules, they're fighting you know?

And while anybody in the realm can pick up a Di-gata stone and learn to use it, Di-Gata Defenders are TRAINED warriors. You'll see later that someone with less training can miscast, to the point of having their attacks backfire on them. Defenders are to normal stoneslingers what knights are to normal warriors if you wish.
 
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