In the M:EM High School continuity, such as it is, Daneera and Gale are best friends. This resulted from a post Orcish made in the Suppose Prose way back in 2015.

Despite one being very and the other being very , both of these characters are strong, able people with a directness that can sometimes border on tactlessness. They both know and accept who they are pretty fully, and they go after the things they want with single-minded determination. And while their personal goals take precedence, neither turns her back on her friends (or mates, if you prefer).

If the things these two characters wanted were to be in opposition, they could become dangerous enemies to each other. But if those goals were to sync with one another, or even if they simple did not conflict, they would likely come to respect one another a great deal, and would probably wind up close friends.

So, what are the odds that these characters will meet up anytime soon in-world? Fairly low, unfortunately. I’d give it about a 10 or 15% chance. They are simply in two different places right now. Gale has recently returned to her home plane, which has been the primary motivator in her story arc thus far. She wanted more than anything to return to her own ocean, and to sail those waves and ride that wind again. She has that, and I doubt she’s going to leave of her own volition any time soon. If she does decide to leave, it would likely be to return to Foraine to see the captain and crew of the Mourning Reign, or because some secondary quest (or, more darkly, some sinister force) leads her to do so.

As for Daneera, she has also found a home, and it is with Kerik, at least for the time being. She has been on ships before and did not seem particularly averse to them, but I don’t see her as wanting to take a sudden sea cruise “just for fun.” Living deep in the Bladǎri forest, which is nowhere near a sea or ocean, I just don’t see the paths of these two characters crossing any time soon.

The one caveat to all of that, though, is Denner Fabellian, who is of course the closest canonical link between the two characters. If, for some reason, Daneera were to go in search of Denner, or in search of learning his fate, anyway, it is possible for her to be led to Gale’s plane. It is also conceivable that someday Gale might wish to hunt down Blink, which, with a dash of narrative convenience, could coincide with the presupposed Daneera search. But frankly, that’s why the chance is between 10-15, rather than 0-5. It’s still highly unlikely, especially in the foreseeable future.

The likelihood that Orcish (as Gale’s creator) and I (as Daneera’s) would want to collab a meeting between the two is probably higher than the actual chance of them doing so, maybe between 25-40%. Orcish and I have done several different collabs connecting our various characters in one way or another, and while I can’t speak for him, I’d love to see a canon story between these two.

Orcish’s extended absence, naturally, lowers the chance of us doing this or “wanting” to do it, so those numbers might be lower than I set them at. And even so, for all I know, that just isn’t the direction Orcish wants to take Gale. The gods know that I’ve already moved Gale into all kinds of directions that Orcish probably never planned, so he’s probably just happy with me leaving her alone!

As for me and Daneera, well, frankly, I think she’s earned some down-time. She’s basically my first M:EM character, and between her extended ordeal with the Dual-Walkers, followed by her Morvata adventures throughout five stories, I think she deserves a break. I’m not done with her, by any means, and she definitely still has stories to tell, but for the time being, I’m willing to let sleeping dogs (and their girlfriends) lie.

"But why'd they do that?"
"So the story can happen"

Cause stories are tight!

Okay, I have one, but I'll need to work through some intricacies because the situation would change dependent on the players, but if anyone else wanted to weigh in, I'd find it interesting:

What are the odds the Chessmasters would come into conflict with our other archvillains?

The Chessmasters are a pair of immensely powerful Oldwalkers who are locked in a perpetual struggle with one another. The Duchess is a cold, calculating, inhuman force of pristine order and schemes within schemes within schemes. She has her fingers in the pies of numerous worlds that we know of, including Aliavelli, Jakkard, and Gintrue, and likely numerous others that we do not know. Her opponent in this game is The Shifter, a force of chaos in the Multiverse who revels in the disintegration and disruption of systems of all kinds, particularly those put in place by The Duchess. He has been revealed as being active on most if not all of the planes that we have seen The Duchess active on, trying to undo the influences she has carefully cultivated.

Other archvillains in the M:EM include the likes of Vasilias, Lich-Lord of Ariva; Rishima, Queen of the Black Sands; Ellia, the Endbringer; Syl and Chardis, the Dual-Walkers; Raiker Venn, preeminent amoral Poet; and potentially Ungar Lanvik, depending on his scope of operations, which we really haven't seen yet.

We also have a number of villains whose scope is much smaller, who I would not categorize as "archvillains," necessarily. This list includes characters like Blink, Dantalion, Dorn, Huinn, Cyrryc Adda, and, though we haven't seen a story with him and CKY's been gone a long time, potentially Auric Avarius.

I think the linchpin of this entire question is just what we mean by the word "conflict" in this context. In the microfic "Aversion," for instance, we see Raiker Venn arrive on a plane, sense the influence of The Duchess, and basically "nope" the **** out of there. Is that conflict? Raiker wanted to do his thing on that plane and was indirectly stopped from doing so because of The Duchess. If this is enough to constitute "conflict" in this sense, then I would say that the odds are fairly high, perhaps 60-75%? The reason I think that is because all or nearly all of the 'walkers I mentioned as "archvillains" have some form of multi-planar plan or expectation, or might develop one in the future. Because we know that The Duchess is interested in a multiversal "empire," so to speak, it seems likely that at some point, two different powerful beings of ours may set their sights on the same plane.

However, if "conflict" would come down to both sides actively working against each other to obtain something, be it a plane or an artifact or something else, I would say that the chances drop significantly, probably to closer to 10-20%, maybe less. One of the things that most of those M:EM archvillains have in common is that they are very smart, and with one or two exceptions, very careful. Both of the Chessmasters have been established as upper-bounders in terms of power, and I think most of our villains would back down if, for instance, The Duchess wanted a plane that they wanted to control. There are exceptions to that, of course. If Ellia really needed one specific plane to make her plan - whatever that is - work, she might fight tooth and nail to get it, even against The Duchess. If Syl and Chardis are backed into a corner and have no more places to run to, they might lash out like a cornered animal. So there is a chance, but I feel most of our archvillains would be smart enough not to stir up the hornet's nest.

If, however, the Chessmasters start pushing too hard, and against multiple archvillains, there is a small chance that the others would feel that something would need to be done. This would likely involve setting the two against each other more directly than they already are, or some kind of temporary alliance to attempt to remove a bigger threat. Or, maybe they would be clever enough to involve a third party by somehow alerting Zhiran to their game (I assume he is already aware, but if their conflict starts affecting too many lives, he might be spurred into action as he was against the Cabal). I do not foresee this ever happening, but we know Ellia knows Zhiran personally, and we know she's aware of his conflict with the Cabal, and the things that pushed him into that conflict, so it is at least conceivable.

As Barinellos pointed out, the answer to this question will vary depending on which of the archvillains we are talking about. Vasilias was created by Trolljuju, who hasn't posted anything in the M:EM for nearly three years, and the person who seemed most interested in taking up Vasilias's story was Keeper, who has been gone even longer. So I'd say that Vasilias running afoul of The Chessmasters is about 0-10%, the 10% basically boiling down to whether or not Barinellos wants him to. Rishima seems like it would be a higher chance in meta, because all three characters are Barinellos's, which makes it easier. This one, therefore, comes down to whether or not Barinellos feels like it, which is hard to predict from the outside. Based on the fact that he posed this hypothetical, I'm going to say 25%, plus or minus 10.

Ellia is an interesting one. I don't know much about Tevish's plans for the Endbringer, nor even his plans to continue writing here now that he's a self-published author. But I feel like this match-up has some potential, if Tevish and Barinellos feel like doing some crazy "Screw you, Multiverse!" kind of story. I'll guess between 15 and 25% on this one, but it is highly dependant on the interest levels of the two. As for Ungar, I think that could be very interesting, depending on how it were handled, but again, I have no idea on the interest levels of the two writers. Let's guess 20% again, give or take ten.

As for my characters, the chances are not particularly high, just because I'm not personally a big fan of "heel vs heel" stories in general. It would have to be a pretty compelling hook for me to want to do a story like that. Raiker simply operates on a different level from the Chessmasters for him to want to tangle with either one. While both The Duchess and The Shifter can get pretty "up close and personal" with people, their game is much bigger than Raiker's, ultimately. Raiker wants personable tragedy, and for that, he wants to keep his focus in tight, for the most part. I liked the story "Change of Heart" and all, but I think Raiker works best as an ominous cloud hanging above a story or character or arc. I think he works less well as, well, a person. And the Dual-Walkers would pretty much just get stomped on, so it really doesn't do them any good narratively to tangle with the Chessmasters, and from a meta-standpoint, it doesn't do the Chessmasters as much good to go after the Dual-Walkers as it would one of the M:EM's "good guys," because underscoring their horribleness does them more good than underscoring their potency. Both of those things have been established, but the former has an emotional response in readers that the latter does not. Let's say it's about a 10% chance.

Alessa Rehn is a chronomancer with a troubled past, most recently seen at the end of "The Fire." She is currently in a bad place mentally after her encounter with The Shifter. Raiker Venn is an amoral, sociopathic poet who writes only tragedy and uses reality-altering magic to create the tragedies he writes about. Both are canonically familiar with The Duchess, it can be inferred that Raiker knows who The Shifter is, and it is possible that both are aware of Nasperge the Magician (though this has only been implied or explored in non-canon pieces, but otherwise the two characters do not seem to have any acquaintances in common.

The most logical connection these two characters would have is the plane of Thorneau. We know that Raiker is currently active on that plane (although we do not know if he's actually still there) and we know that Alessa is familiar with Aubedore cards, which originated there. Admittedly, we know that knowledge of Aubedore has spread beyond Thorneau (as Beryl is familiar with them from reading the Arcanum Obscurata, for instance), but the presumption seems to be that Alessa has been to Foraine.

It is therefore possible that Alessa might return to Thorneau for some reason or another. If she did, it would depend on where in the Queendom of Foraine she goes. If by chance, she had previously been to Fleche and tended to stay there, she would find a Queendom in the throes of rebellion, which would likely remind her much of Aliavelli. Would she stay there at the point? I have no idea. She's been described as being pretty messed up emotionally after dealing with The Shifter. I suspect that she would bail, but I don't know her character very well. Maybe she would get pissed off enough to do something, which might bring her into conflict with Raiker.

I'll put the chance at between 15-20%, because that's a lot of "ifs" in that scenario. But, I will say that Alessa getting involved with the Thorneau Revolution storyline would be a very interesting development.

I don't think I can write Alessa. I've tried on a few different occasions, and I just don't really "get" her. I don't really get how her powers work, I don't really get her mentality, I just don't really "get" her. That's not to say I don't think she's a good character, it's just to say that I don't think I would work on this story, which means that in order for this story to get written, somebody else would need to write it. Barinellos seems the most likely choice, considering Alessa is his character, so if Barinellos wants to write an Alessa/Raiker crossover, then that would dictate the chance it will happen, I suspect. I'll guess it's between 5-15%, just because I suspect Alessa will need another story first to get her out of her current state of mind. They could wind up being the same story, I suppose, but those feel like two separate stories to me.

The Blobar are a sapient species of ooze on Nambru, with no know representatives elsewhere. They have no verbal communication, and might not even be able to hear, but share thoughts and stories through facial expressions and gestures. Their dreams are very simple, nearly pure color, which may indicate something about the complexity of their thought patterns. They have a simple life, and trust easily, despite living near an active war between humans, catfolk, and (formerly) Dreamstriders.

Planeswalker sparks are relatively rare,[citation needed] and Blobars don't seem particularly numerous. They might be restricted to a single plane, and may even be artificial lifeforms. However, there are enough of them that Nephractanini was able to find one of their villages with relatively little effort, after having read a mention in a book. It probably wasn't a particularly new book, either, so they've probably existed for a significant amount of time, which probably indicates some manner of reproduction.

Igniting a spark is even more rare, usually involving some form intense emotion, often a near-death experience. The Blobars' simple life works against them for this; they appear to have few needs and unambitious desires. However, they're not an existential threat for the plane, so they can't be reproducing too much faster than they die; in all probability, either something is able to eat them, or they get old, or their reproduction involves the death of the parents. It's not too hard to imagine that desiccation would be a serious concern. In addition, there is a group of humans on the plane dedicated to war; if the Blobars threatened their livelihood, or had anything worth taking, or could be enslaved, a battle would ensue. So, do Blobars fear death? Could they be traumatized by seeing their work destroyed? Would they seek escape in an unimaginable direction? Come to think of it, it might even be more likely that one of them starts following a planeswalker around for the novelty factor, and just keeps following when the latter planeswalks.

The spark also appears to be associated with a talent for some kind of magic. We haven't seen any such talent among Blobars, but our perspective is limited. However, they quite probably are magical, to a certain extent, and the talent isn't always entirely conscious at first. Simplicity of mind doesn't seem to be an entirely insurmountable obstacle either, if "I" is any indication.

I'd guess around 35% chance that Blobars can planeswalk at all. If so, I'd guess 90% probability that more than one planeswalks, though probably not at the same time.

I'd entirely forgotten about them, and without the link would have resorted to a search. Without this reminder, I doubt anyone but their original author would have written a story about them at all, much less about a planeswalker. Then again, their original author is RavenoftheBlack, who thrives on interesting challenges.

Their inability to communicate effectively with most species is a significant stumbling block, and not narratively interesting enough on its own to justify a Blobar planeswalker instead of, for example, Lia Xin. Likewise, we've already seen a few stories playing with the appearance of a monster in another society. The ameboid body might be interesting, but too easily bypasses a large number of potential challenges. As a group member, a Blobar could end up being treated like a pet until they become a get-out-of-jail-free card, which doesn't sound like a satisfying conclusion. Basically, it's hard to imagine the kind of story where such a being would work well, without seeming like a frivolous tagalong.

It certainly doesn't help that they don't seem to fit into any of my plans, nor those that I know about. On the other hand, they might be super useful in a particular place I plan to visit... but not with the character I expect to be there.

Given that, I'd estimate 5% chance that Raven takes himself up on this idea, and 1% that anyone else does. That takes into account the fact that this question has been asked, but not necessarily the fact that it has been answered.

I can't imagine what I might have done to earn such a reputation...