[Blade Raider]

-Once again keeping fights short and fast.

-Round 1: Did I mention Wing Zero is British.

-Round 2: Silent Death is basically a invisibility Kai Blast. I like opponents like this that have a simple gimmick that I can play around with. The use of ink is a simple way to address the gimmick to while bringing in the 4th summon.

-Summon Character 4: Claw Jaw. He's based on Frog from Chrono Trigger. specifically original English translation that gave him a knight's speech pattern. You're gonna see a lot of Chrono Trigger references in TAOWAR. You might be wondering why not give this personality to Spittor, the frog. Simple, I didn't have a useable toy of Spittor at the time and frankly I wanted the personality to go to one of my favorite toys.

-Claw Jaw is the first summon to have a Kai Blast. Most of the others have one to.

-This also starts how summons work in battle. When they are K.O.ed, they just poof back to wherever they go. This stops them from being killed.

-Round 3: Yeah, I took myself out in the semifinals. I figured no one could complain if the 2 characters that weren't actually there in real life were in the finals.

-The first time the "organization" and "the Master" are mentioned. That term will be confusing later. Also learn Leader-1 is a rogue agent.

-By the time Season 2 starts, all but 2 Botcon '07 exclusive figures appear in TAOWAR. Ironically the 2 that have not made it into a comic are the only 2 I still own. So that Springer and Seekers, long gone.

-Box Set Name Drop.

-And now there's the B.i.S., the Bots in Silver. Yet another group shows up and like GI Joe I never got to focus enough on it. They are basically reserve Men in Black. Instead of hiding aliens from the world, they go to other worlds to track down their own. Because Transformers live on Earth they aren't hiding from the public at all.

Tomorrow: The finals, some pirating, and more lore to explain what a Go-Bot.