Swappernetters: Screwworms and Other Villains Story Pack

The Swappernetters: Screwworms and Other Villains Story Pack is a game pack that is part of the Swappernetters Story Pack Series. It details key villains in Swappernetters that complicate matters for the heroes; but who exist outside of the Chrome Kite's rank-and-file. They may be affiliated loosely with the Chrome Kite, part of the Screwworm Network and answering more directly to the greater Icy Finger organization, or complete rogues out to start trouble for all the other factions.

Warren "Rappaccini" Buntine
Rappaccini takes his alias after a villain from a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and uses the Hawthorne naming scheme specifically to make clear that he is intent on undoing the Gray Champion's legacy - in any form it takes!

He has been around in the upper echelons of the Society of the Icy Finger since at least 2011; but kicks things into high gear when he discovers that the society's ancient enemy, John Domeck, is somehow alive and well in 2012 Boston!

Eqquibus may have been a failure to implement into the Society properly; but Rappaccini was only getting warmed up. He yearned to initiate a huge mining operation in Italy - and another in Mozambique - to gather enough hidden Marlquaanite rubies to create another Abdygalis Shard! He was also intent on recovering the existing ones! He knew there were two on Phaeleel and two on Metheel, and three on Earth! He'd need an Earthling, Meethlite, and Phaelite combination to create a miniature Abdygalis, enough to unlock the Multiverse, and conquer it all, as part of his insane quest to overthrow Heaven itself! Rappaccini also aided and abetted the ISIS-affiliated Halal Affadidah, giving him his own army, that the Affadidah Ameristan Caliphate project could be used as a puppet front. Affadidah, however, got along better with the Hebbleskin Gang. Affadidah's front became an unofficial fourth part of the Triumvirate - which initially consisted of the Icy Finger, Hebbleskin Gang, and Phaletori.

When sending Miles Charleston as the new Chillingworth to tear apart the Pangs and steal Hester's Locket didn't work; Rappaccini tried to recover one of the three known Earth Abdygalis Shards. The first attempt led to him sending his minion, Yevghenny Mavoric, to infiltrate the Septagon Construction Company in Romania in an effort to recover the first known Shard. However, Mavoric was revealed to be the demon Kritchobol in disguise, who betrays Rappaccini. The Shard was destroyed by way of Cavalore and Boris Heminski making the daring move of ripping the Shard of Kritchobol out of Cherinob's shoulder, and then plunging it into the Abdygalis Shard when the demon was distracted. This caused Cherinob to be temporarily freed from the Shard, and revert to being Velithia. As Velithia, with some additional help from Heaven, she was able to defeat Kritchobol. However, Cherinob and the Shard of Kritchobol were required to be together "until the appointed time." Therefore, she was reluctantly reunited with it.

This destruction infuriated Rappaccini, who later in 2015 sent Wishpon to Yellek to recover an Abdygalis Compass from Nanaouk. The compass was damaged in a battle with Emeraldon, Nemara, and Anarteq. Wishpon fled toward Sault Ste. Marie, and then made himself scarce. Nanaouk sent Isitoq Sundue to get a temporary job as a tour guide for the Soo Locks, using a special program and brochure to ensure Izzy would get the part. He also helped Izzy secure an AirBNB home at 1011 Wellington St. on the Ontario side.

Around the same time that Emeraldon was in Yellek fighting for the compass, Rappaccini used the diversion to attack Evansville - having finally learned of Donte McArthur's true identity. His Screwworms nuked the McArthur family's home, and also attacked the Old National Events Center, in retaliation for Emeraldon foiling a Tug installation experiment in Florida earlier in 2015.

However, the Tug defense frontline in the plaza's rafters was unable to keep SCALLOP and the National Guard away from restoring order as long as Rappaccini had hoped for, due to Ciem's interference. The Triumvirate got a small break, in the form of Ciem later landing in juvenile detention over a Kirby Act violation. Wishpon ultimately failed to take down Anarteq, lost several Screwworms in the struggle, and failed to recover the Abdygalis Shard. Nanaouk sacrifices himself to send it to Neptune - far out of Rappaccini's reach. Wishpon's only success, was in getting Nemara sent to prison. A frustrated Rappaccini threatens to bomb any nation that aids Anarteq, deciding America will get it regardless as part of a "special protocol." With Justin Trudeau bending the knee, Canada declares Anarteq a fugitive. Izzy finds himself having to flee to Hawaii, where Kamohoalii takes him in as a refugee.

Phase 1 of Rappaccini's plan is to send Affadidah and his men to stage a full-scale assault on Boston. He also staged one on Jonesboro, intent on conquering Arkansas. However, only the Boston campaign proved successful; as John Domeck returned to save Jonesboro. Rappaccini vowed to one day conquer Arkansas and put a puppet regime in charge, just to rub it in Domeck's face.

Phase 2 was a plan called "Project Kaiakahinalli II," hidden away on a series of encoded flash drives. The first one recovered by the Sodality Church was written in Hawaiian, so SCALLOP bribes Izzy into getting Kamohoalii to decode the drive for them. In exchange, they secure Jissika's parole. However, the second drive is intercepted too late by the Sodality Church, leading to Eric Korsicht destroying Louisville with the Heart of Pele necklace before SCALLOP can assemble a team of heroes. Cincinnati is shown to be the real target; and a full-scale war for the fate of Indiana and Ohio ensues. Most Kentucky residents are forced to flee southward into Tennessee. Korsicht would've succeeded at causing even worse trouble, but a coordinated effort by Ciem and the Gray Champion led to him losing the Heart of Pele, and being defeated soon afterward.

Rappaccini hands the battle baton off to Arfaas after that, and Arfaas proceeds by sending Quoll to terrorize Gerosha. However, this all proves to be a ruse, so that Kropimak Duzerit can steal the Heart of Pele back from SCALLOP and detonate Yellowstone. A coordinated effort between Ciem and Extirpon minimizes the destruction potential of the eruption; but doesn't stop the supervolcano from going off completely. With his forces exhausted, Rappaccini retreated for several years, waiting for the Hebbleskins and Phaletori to start pulling their weight more. Rappaccini finally resumes his conquest of Arkansas - and the universe - after the Phaletori and Hebbleskins are soundly defeated once and for all. He vows to rebuild the Triumvirate when he gets equals from other universes.

As he plans to recover from his defeat in 2026 by the now-dismembered Sodality of Gerosha, he has allowed the Chrome Kite to rule as his puppets over "Arkonia," patiently awaiting results from this experiment to plan future conquests. Rappaccini can be tough to fight directly, but not impossible to defeat. However, he is very cunning, and hides behind several layers of enforcers and others. His appeal to the basest elements of human nature gives him sway over millions of followers, ensuring he will always have enough personnel to pose a credible threat somewhere. He is very persistent, and not easily deterred at anything.

Jill Hook / Lady Chillingworth
Jill's primary job was to undergo the Oisdaat Protocol, named in honor of former SCALLOP infiltrator Jim Oisdaat. She was to pretend to be a Swappernetter, after following a few of them around. She was to keep a log, and to eventually file a report on her findings. She managed to get some gigs working for Hassler's cabal. However, Tabitha was able to expose her as a spy eventually. Sarah attempted to confront her, but a furious Jill fled. She later accepted the role of becoming a new Chillingworth. She was told to found out who was at the top of financing the Sneakernet Underground, and to take him out. However, she also wanted revenge on Sarah - believing Sarah was the one who exposed her first.

Lady Chillingworth nearly abducts Steve Trussel, but her plan is intercepted by Triflo - Atroce's replacement in doing CReNwork. Triflo relays to Chanticleer that Lady Chillingworth hasn't yet informed the Chrome Kite of Trussel's true allegiance; and that she intends to take him out personally.

Chanticleer realizes that he is no match for a Chillingworth-grade villain; so he has Triflo call in Jonathan Tannuli's help. It's dangerous for Jonathan to show himself, but he realizes how critical protecting Trussel is. He sends a Pilltar droid to protect Trussel.

With Pilltar protecting Trussel, however, Chanticleer sends out a message to all Frontliners to warn them that Jill was Chillingworth the entire time. Trista sends Tabby and her friends to confront Lady Chillingworth, and find a way to disable her. However, Jill fights dirty, and draws attention from local police and the Hgs.

To the Twirlflame Trio's benefit, Tabby was able to negotiate with Throba to make Jill the primary target. Alas, an officer aiming for Sarah hits Jill instead, killing her almost instantly. The others flee, and Throba does his part to make sure Tabby and her friends aren't named as suspects in the confrontation. Jill is ruled as having gone rogue, and the police report is rendered quickly to keep the Hgs from taking over the case.

As a part of the Chillingworth Program, Jill had all the same abilities as were given to the initial Roger Chillingworth - as well as to Miles Charleston.

Immanuel Corten / Feathertop
Immanuel Corten mostly is used by Arbini to extract extra levels of adrenochrome from those the state has deemed worthy of execution, to milk their potential before they died.

A sadist, Corten dresses up and dubs himself "Feathertop," after the mythical monster from Hawthorne's literature. If he traumatizes someone enough, he can even make them hallucinate!

He loves to play around with the fears of his victims (much like the Scarecrow of Batman mythos.) Even if one could match up all the other threats Arbini had in store, few could ever hope to get past this signal-altered, Tug-immune Marlquaanite known as Feathertop!

His only source of irritation, is that his energy effect on adrenal glands won't work on other Marlquaanites. For them, he requires social engineering to alter their emotional states.

When not torturing victims or looking for someone in town to terrorize, Corten keeps busy working various odd jobs. He's been a mortician, a carpenter, and a veterinary nurse.

Fred Chimpton / Frotchimar
The Biroots were quickly losing their bid to reclaim the remaining Abdygalis Shards, and to have solid humanoid Manifests. It could take them centuries of feeding off human sin and vice to become powerful enough to do their thing once more.

With a shot at reclaiming the final Earth Abdygalis Shard ahead of Rappaccini, Strakinot sought to finish what Krtichobol started 15 years earlier. However, his Manifestation came with the limitation of no longer being able to scan all of Physicalia to know instinctively where the tools were that he'd need to access the Shard. He'd have to scan for intel the traditional way: manipulation of humanity.

To do this, he employed Frotchimar to get the best intel possible from wherever he could. Frotchimar realized that the Mancerwork, Bunnywork, Mousework, and CReNwork being performed by Frontliners and their Bosses was an even more efficient tool than trying to bribe the Chrome Kite. He therefore manifested as a Professor named Fred Chimpton - and quickly used clever fraud to earn Trista's trust - leading to her and Kamhold agreeing to let him borrow Tabitha and Jordan for a mission.

However, as the mission progressed, Fred's facade began to weaken, leading to Tabby and Jordan wondering if their current Professor and ally in the field were who he said he was or not.

On the side, Frotchimar delighted in the misery he'd witnessed in the life of Candi McArthur 15 years prior. He knew that Tabby once idolized Candi, and that they had one common flaw: a desire for romantic companionship that was willing to make unholy sacrifices to secure itself. This led Candi to make several bad decisions with men in her youth, that caused her many problems later on. Frotchimar soon became distracted by his obsession with undermining Tabby in the same fashion.

However, Tabby's convictions - especially in regard to how she felt about her mother - caused her to break free from Frotchimar's control before Jordan could succeed at taking her virginity away. She suddenly questioned why Fred wasn't giving her and Jordan any privacy, instead watching them voyueristically. Her confrontation led to Frotchimar's disguise failing entirely, and to him lashing out at the couple.

Before he could do Jordan and Tabitha any serious physical long-term damage, however, Frotchimar was assaulted and abducted by Cherinob - who briefly fought with him and then promptly sent him back to Hell.

Cherinob then comforted the couple, encouraging them to get in contact with Trista while trusting that God above has their backs, in spite knowing what thoughts crossed their minds. They warn Cherinob of the plans that Frotchimar extracted from them, and she promptly leaves them to confront Strakinot. Beauregard later comforts Tabitha and Jordan some more, while congratulating them on "breaking the cycle" that caused Candi and Hea both to live their lives with so much regret.

Erica Johann / Bliksemhek
Always a bit disturbed to begin with, Erica went off the rails after losing a fight she herself started with Tabitha Pang in a parking ramp. Tabby saw the Hgs coming, and decided to abandon Erica - something she felt constantly guilty over. However, she also felt that it was the smart thing to do. Erica would've only cause her more problems. Alas, Erica wasn't simply captured. In a twist of fate, she acquired a Marlquaan bond - of a frequency that was immune to the Tug! She escaped the Hgs, and began training herself in her newfound abilities to become Bliksemhek.

She is so consumed with her hatred for Swappernetters and the Chrome Kite alike, that she cannot be sated in her desire for cold-blooded murder of pretty much anyone and everyone. It takes a visit from the slightly-less-deranged Extirwraith to finally put a stop to her murderous rampage.

In spite Lex Philippine wanting to help the Twirlflame Trio, he feels he needs to keep them interned in the revived SCALLOP prison system - which has reclaimed for internment every prisoner still surviving, except for Candi, Jissika, and Hea. Even the depressed Zize Choi was eventually claimed, though she was committed to the Gum Arabic Mental Hospital rather than to SWCC.

Tabitha insisted that she be the only one that had to stay; so that Sarah and Tobias could rebuild Swappernetter Society after the Chrome Kite's demise. When asked why, she stated that it is because she felt responsible for creating Bliksemhek, prompting the Chrome Kite to kick its own violence into extra-high gear.

Lex warned Tabitha that if she insisted Tobias and Sarah go free, then she herself would get two years in prison, to make up for the six months each that those two weren't around. Tabby didn't object to this arrangement; viewing it as a fair trade-off for her role in creating the monster that Erica became.

Pack contents

 * Rappaccini.zip (87 KB)
 * Feathertop.zip (76 KB)
 * Lady Chillingworth.zip (86 KB)
 * Frotchimar.zip (98 KB)
 * Bliksemhek.zip (107 KB)

Requirements
Main article: Screwworms and Other Villains Story Pack requirements

The Screwworms and Other Villains Story Pack details several characters sympathetic to the Society of the Icy Finger and the Chrome Kite, or at least being equally adversarial to the series' protagonists; but existing outside of the Chrome Kite regime's standard rank-and-file organization. Each of these was made with Get to Work - Eco Lifestyle installed, and each item varies according to need for these packs. The game packs involved are likewise Outdoor Retreat through to Journey to Batuu. Stuff packs employed include Luxury Party through to Nifty Knitting. The Screwworms and Other Villains Story Pack was finished before Paranormal or any later official DLC stuff packs were released.

Development
Desire to make this pack began as early as December of 2017; but was delayed for development - along with all the other Swappernetters custom content exports for Sims 4. In spite his heavy custom content requirements, Feathertop was completed as an export file immediately after Rappaccini, with the zip files for them both being completed on September 15th of 2020. Due to other labor obligations outside of Dozerfleet - as well as need for revisions to the blogs - Lady Chillingworth wouldn't follow until September 18th. Frotchimar was completed the following morning, around 9:11 AM EDT. Around 8 hours and 20 minutes later, Bliksemhek's file was completed.

Distribution
Most Gallery versions of these characters were available for download on the Gallery by September 19th of 2020. Due to the small size of this pack compared to others in its series, the Screwworms and Other Villains pack was able to be released ahead of the Supporting Cast Story Pack, with Screwworms releasing on September 20th on DzMD instead of on September 25th like the Supporting Cast. While the Supporting Cast Pack was supposed to be released first, there was a delay due to the fact that the Gray Champion and Gray Rancher require far more custom content from non-Dozerfleet source providers than any other characters do - including Feathertop.

Future editions for other games
Ambitious modders may consult Dozerfleet staff on the blog or [mailto:bulldozerbegins@gmail.com by email] regarding permissions / insights into making the cast of Swappernetters for other games. No official GTA mods currently exist; but such mods should be theoretically possible.

PC versions of most post-apocalyptic games, including Dying Light and Dying Light 2, may be capable of supporting Swappernetters gameplay. A future Paralives version of this pack has not been ruled out either.