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<blockquote data-quote="LordVyreth" data-source="post: 1443531" data-attributes="member: 9626"><p><strong>Exposition HO!</strong></p><p></p><p>After the daylight flooded the city, the ceremony at the temple continued. The other groups were led out by the temple’s acolytes, and given their missions. When it was time for the party, however, the high priestess, Shanna, shook her head and sighed with resignation, and passed on their assignment until everyone else was done. At this point, she summoned Quercus to her chambers in private. Once there, Shanna explained a few things to Quercus. She began, “Now, Quercus, as you already know, today is an important day for you. To start with, though I know you have given your attention to all eleven of the sisters, today is the day that you must confirm your faith and dedicate yourself entirely to the one that you truly believes is your guardian and ruler of your heart.” Quercus, although he had many questions he wanted answers to, at least had a quick response to this issue. He gladly selected Bha-Ael. Shanna then continued, “Now, there is something I must explain to you. The time has come to reveal a secret to you that has only been revealed to the clergy who have reached a certain level of ability. We openly claim that there are only eleven gods, the Sisters, but there is one more. That god is Nerull, the lord of death, and he is the one responsible for the dark tidings that drove us underground. He is not a true god like the Sisters, and has not been in existence since the beginning of all things, but he rose to power in the dark ages, and remains even now a threat to us, through the power of the armies of the Puppet.”</p><p></p><p>Quercus was instinctively troubled by this, but his first concern was still the partial amnesia that affected him and some of his comrades. He pondered this for a moment, and decided to bring it up to Shanna. He began, “Shanna, before we discuss this or the mission, there is something I should warn you about. When I woke up this morning, I couldn’t even remember the name of this temple, your name, or even my own family’s name! I forgot all the details of my life, and even though they’re coming back to me slowly, I can remember anything about this city, including why exactly we live underground. I spoke with my companions, and all but one of them are experiencing the same thing.”</p><p></p><p>Shanna was deeply troubled by this, and while she offered to provide any magical healing she can, if that doesn’t help, she was willing to at least explain some of this kingdom’s history, to prepare him for the mission ahead. “Over a thousand years ago,” she began, after calling the other characters (except Flix,) into the room, “The people worshipped false gods, and forgot the Eleven Sisters, the true creators of all. They became cruel and immoral, and in their foolishness they created an evil god, Nerull, who sent two demonic beings to terrorize the people. They were called the Puppet, who rules a massive army of undead servants, and the Head that Rules the Claw, who commands dragons, and has united the evil humanoids to his banner. The two of them worked together to turn the realm into a wasteland, and were even planning on using moons tainted with dark magic to blot out the sun! However, the goddesses saw their children and took pity on them. They returned, and with their aid, the normally evil dark elves formed an alliance with the surface races, which fled under the ground to avoid the armies ravaging the world above. United, they were able to destroy one moon before it could be launched, buying us a precious three hours of daylight every day, which we have learned to store and then project in magic lenses, lighting some of our cities for even longer. Large cities like Methosilang can maintain normal day and night cycles as a result. Also, the goddesses protect the identities and locations of our cities, so enemies of the kingdom cannot use divinations, magical charms, or other magic means to locate our cities, or teleport into our cities.” Her story finished, the characters pondered this strange reality they live in.</p><p></p><p>OOC Notes: While my players were kicking themselves as they realized who the Puppet and Head that Rules the Claw are, and why they only have three hours of sunlight a day. There are times when it’s good to be the DM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LordVyreth, post: 1443531, member: 9626"] [b]Exposition HO![/b] After the daylight flooded the city, the ceremony at the temple continued. The other groups were led out by the temple’s acolytes, and given their missions. When it was time for the party, however, the high priestess, Shanna, shook her head and sighed with resignation, and passed on their assignment until everyone else was done. At this point, she summoned Quercus to her chambers in private. Once there, Shanna explained a few things to Quercus. She began, “Now, Quercus, as you already know, today is an important day for you. To start with, though I know you have given your attention to all eleven of the sisters, today is the day that you must confirm your faith and dedicate yourself entirely to the one that you truly believes is your guardian and ruler of your heart.” Quercus, although he had many questions he wanted answers to, at least had a quick response to this issue. He gladly selected Bha-Ael. Shanna then continued, “Now, there is something I must explain to you. The time has come to reveal a secret to you that has only been revealed to the clergy who have reached a certain level of ability. We openly claim that there are only eleven gods, the Sisters, but there is one more. That god is Nerull, the lord of death, and he is the one responsible for the dark tidings that drove us underground. He is not a true god like the Sisters, and has not been in existence since the beginning of all things, but he rose to power in the dark ages, and remains even now a threat to us, through the power of the armies of the Puppet.” Quercus was instinctively troubled by this, but his first concern was still the partial amnesia that affected him and some of his comrades. He pondered this for a moment, and decided to bring it up to Shanna. He began, “Shanna, before we discuss this or the mission, there is something I should warn you about. When I woke up this morning, I couldn’t even remember the name of this temple, your name, or even my own family’s name! I forgot all the details of my life, and even though they’re coming back to me slowly, I can remember anything about this city, including why exactly we live underground. I spoke with my companions, and all but one of them are experiencing the same thing.” Shanna was deeply troubled by this, and while she offered to provide any magical healing she can, if that doesn’t help, she was willing to at least explain some of this kingdom’s history, to prepare him for the mission ahead. “Over a thousand years ago,” she began, after calling the other characters (except Flix,) into the room, “The people worshipped false gods, and forgot the Eleven Sisters, the true creators of all. They became cruel and immoral, and in their foolishness they created an evil god, Nerull, who sent two demonic beings to terrorize the people. They were called the Puppet, who rules a massive army of undead servants, and the Head that Rules the Claw, who commands dragons, and has united the evil humanoids to his banner. The two of them worked together to turn the realm into a wasteland, and were even planning on using moons tainted with dark magic to blot out the sun! However, the goddesses saw their children and took pity on them. They returned, and with their aid, the normally evil dark elves formed an alliance with the surface races, which fled under the ground to avoid the armies ravaging the world above. United, they were able to destroy one moon before it could be launched, buying us a precious three hours of daylight every day, which we have learned to store and then project in magic lenses, lighting some of our cities for even longer. Large cities like Methosilang can maintain normal day and night cycles as a result. Also, the goddesses protect the identities and locations of our cities, so enemies of the kingdom cannot use divinations, magical charms, or other magic means to locate our cities, or teleport into our cities.” Her story finished, the characters pondered this strange reality they live in. OOC Notes: While my players were kicking themselves as they realized who the Puppet and Head that Rules the Claw are, and why they only have three hours of sunlight a day. There are times when it’s good to be the DM. [/QUOTE]
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