With December upon us, we reach the season of reflection and camaraderie. This is a perfect opportunity to reflect on an enemy already featured in the Core Rulebook, but only briefly. Here we have the greatest evil of the Digital World; enemy of all and ruler of all; the Black Diamond. Here we give some of the backstory, motivations, and description of The Black Diamond, expounding on what was already listed in the book. Feel free to use this information in your adventures as character motivation, backstory, or even a quest giver! The Black Diamond: Enemy of the Digital World The Black Diamond: The Greatest Enemy Ever Known He is a ruthless, brutal tyrant of a man, and he ruled the Digital World for nearly a hundred years, unchallenged. The Black Diamond is a Digimon of immense strength who came to power in a quick, violent political revolution that deposed the old empire after years of corruption and abuse of its citizens. His real name is unknown, but he is called t...

We come to the beginning of yet another month, though the beginning of this month notes the celebration of Digimon Day! With announcements of a new multi-platform Digimon game, Digimon Survive, and a new Digimon Move set in the Adventure 01 universe, Things are really picking up for digi-news! In this month's article, we explore digital death in the Encounters universe, the icy netherworld plane of Handra, and the mysterious Order of the Guardians. A shrine built to honor the Shadows The Shadows: Mythology of the Digital World It is the belief among Digimon that physical death, the de-resolution of a Digimon’s data into its component parts, is not the end of their lives. Instead, a Digimon’s soul continues on as a Shadow, an incorporeal spirit. The Shadows, as a whole, sit in judgment over a Digimon’s spirit, deciding whether he is worthy to continue on as a Shadow, or whether he will face eternal damnation and solitude. If a spirit is judged worthy, he has two choices....