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<blockquote data-quote="Karl Green" data-source="post: 2533581" data-attributes="member: 1467"><p>At the perfumed arcade known as the Emporium, Governor-Mayor Lanod Neff rubs shoulders with common laborers awaiting an appointment in the Veiled Corridor. In an adjoining antechamber, snakes and exotic dancers gyre to a sonorous weave of cymbals and seductive pipes. A floor below, a gaggle of grasping miners presses against the windowed door of a darkened cell, impatient for a glimpse of a two-headed calf.</p><p></p><p>Out in the street, a gang of rough miners screams obscenities at a crumpled gobber, kicking it as if scrambling for a ball. Their drunken laughter echoes off shuttered windows and bolted doors.</p><p></p><p>In a tower-flanked fortress across the shadowy square, filthy men with nothing to lose shout hymns to Menoth, clutching to their idealism and principles like cornered animals. Their wild-eyed chief minister smiles as he draws a cat-o-nine-tails across his bare back, awash in their adulation and the spirit of his god.</p><p></p><p>But it’s just another night in Diamond Lake.</p><p></p><p>The so called <em><strong>Age of Worms</strong></em> opens in the small mining town of Diamond Lake, where desperate folk toil in lightless depths for a pittance while corrupt mine managers live in relative largesse, ruthlessly scheming to undermine one another and protect their piece of the action. Most residents of Diamond Lake can be categorized into two groups: those with nowhere else to turn and those who have come to exploit them.</p><p></p><p>A garrison of sixty militia soldiers stands ready to defend the mines from bandits from the local forests or Khador raiders from the north, but they never enter the town proper; at least not in an official capacity while soldiers do come here on their time off. For the Governor-Mayor and local constable, Sheriff Cubbin, rule here. Rival cults share the same flock of potential converts only because the timing is not yet for outright warfare. They muster their forces for the coming battle. Things are not safe in Diamond Lake, and a right-thinking person would have every reason to want to get out of town as soon as possible.</p><p></p><p>Enter our heroes… just trying to make their way in the world and for the most part be left alone. They stumble into a plot of death, pain, destruction and betrayal the likes of which they could never imagine. </p><p></p><p>It is Jack Autumn (his real name, Glyssor Vrir, know to no one in town… except Allustan) that first found some old tales of something called the Whispering Cairn, while researching ancient legends in the library of one Allustan in the mining town of Diamond Lake. Seeking information about ages past, when it has been told the Gods of Elvenkind past this way, this Cairn could provide clues to his life-quest. Contacting Pog, a local gobber bodger Jack had worked with in the past, and a Khadorine holy warrior by the name of Argmanka ‘Arman” Helgevich, he made plans to seek out this place to look into its secrets. Pog suggested that he knew just the person who could help them with any – security systems – that they might encounter; a Ogrun female by the name of Nalu Kogark who worked in one of the local mines of late, but who Pog know was a ‘bit more then she seemed’ (he had catch her stealing into a house near where he lived a few months ago and they had worked together ever sense). And Arman had a cousin in town, Jatkal Orm, that he know was good with natural medicines and the healing arts who he thought might help.</p><p></p><p>The wizard Allustan had made mention to Jack Autumn that there was an old abandoned mining station not far from the location of the Cairn, suggesting that it might be a good place to hold up while their looked into the place. </p><p></p><p>And so it was that Fate lead them onto this path… </p><p></p><p></p><p>//Prolog 1 – Somewhere deep underground in the vicinity of Diamond Lake//</p><p></p><p>Enumerator Kott’nik (known as the Faceless One) adjusted the emulator flux while muttering to himself “<strong>Yes… perfect… ‘<em>when Calder is full, and the Eye of the Wurm does rise from the north east quadrant of Ceal… and Artis, little sister to all, is close… the Maw will open… the Devourer awaken… and the world weep… before it maybe reborn in perfection</em> …perfect logic and thought… thy time is at hand. Blessed be the wisdom and perfect thought of the Maiden of Gears, whom has revealed too her true believers the future… a time… an age of destruction… but one of a glorious age of rebirth too follow… logic and the machine will control all… in perfect efficiency… beautiful…</strong>” </p><p></p><p>Making quick calculations as muttering prayers of equations to the great machine, the Faceless One did not hear the Optifex acolyte enter this sanctuary until she cleared her throat. </p><p></p><p>“<strong>Excuse the interruption most Enlightened One but there is important news from 2nd Sword Theldrick’khan</strong>” she said, bowing deeply. </p><p></p><p>Turning towards the young acolyte, Enumerator Kott’nik blank face mask regard her, even so the scorn that he felts almost rolled off of him in waves. “<strong>Yes… what is it!</strong>” he barked impatiently.</p><p></p><p>Nervously the Optifex replied “<strong>He states that one of his warriors sent to Site #1032 returned bloodied and near death, the only survivor of the <em>Hand</em> sent to there. The warrior reports they were attacked by Thralls under the control… of someone. 2nd Sword Theldrick’khan believes that another ‘player’ has entered Diamond Lake and he… requests… that we do something about it.</strong>”</p><p></p><p>Shaking his head “<strong>Brain-weakened fools, where his warrior’s bodies recovered? We can not afford to have them discovered… make sure of this personally Optifex. And send for that fool of a <em>Dregg</em>, Lizard-Eye. We need to move quickly… for the time of the ‘awakening’ is at hand. I will tolerate no outside interference!</strong>”</p><p></p><p>Without another word, the Optifex bowed and rushed from the room, eager to carry out the task of the Faceless One… the chosen of the Maiden of Gears and leader the Cult of the Secret Dawning… the ‘dawning’ of a new Age…</p><p> </p><p>//end Prolog 1// </p><p></p><p></p><p>NOTE first game tonight... will post something tomorrow <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Karl Green, post: 2533581, member: 1467"] At the perfumed arcade known as the Emporium, Governor-Mayor Lanod Neff rubs shoulders with common laborers awaiting an appointment in the Veiled Corridor. In an adjoining antechamber, snakes and exotic dancers gyre to a sonorous weave of cymbals and seductive pipes. A floor below, a gaggle of grasping miners presses against the windowed door of a darkened cell, impatient for a glimpse of a two-headed calf. Out in the street, a gang of rough miners screams obscenities at a crumpled gobber, kicking it as if scrambling for a ball. Their drunken laughter echoes off shuttered windows and bolted doors. In a tower-flanked fortress across the shadowy square, filthy men with nothing to lose shout hymns to Menoth, clutching to their idealism and principles like cornered animals. Their wild-eyed chief minister smiles as he draws a cat-o-nine-tails across his bare back, awash in their adulation and the spirit of his god. But it’s just another night in Diamond Lake. The so called [i][b]Age of Worms[/b][/i] opens in the small mining town of Diamond Lake, where desperate folk toil in lightless depths for a pittance while corrupt mine managers live in relative largesse, ruthlessly scheming to undermine one another and protect their piece of the action. Most residents of Diamond Lake can be categorized into two groups: those with nowhere else to turn and those who have come to exploit them. A garrison of sixty militia soldiers stands ready to defend the mines from bandits from the local forests or Khador raiders from the north, but they never enter the town proper; at least not in an official capacity while soldiers do come here on their time off. For the Governor-Mayor and local constable, Sheriff Cubbin, rule here. Rival cults share the same flock of potential converts only because the timing is not yet for outright warfare. They muster their forces for the coming battle. Things are not safe in Diamond Lake, and a right-thinking person would have every reason to want to get out of town as soon as possible. Enter our heroes… just trying to make their way in the world and for the most part be left alone. They stumble into a plot of death, pain, destruction and betrayal the likes of which they could never imagine. It is Jack Autumn (his real name, Glyssor Vrir, know to no one in town… except Allustan) that first found some old tales of something called the Whispering Cairn, while researching ancient legends in the library of one Allustan in the mining town of Diamond Lake. Seeking information about ages past, when it has been told the Gods of Elvenkind past this way, this Cairn could provide clues to his life-quest. Contacting Pog, a local gobber bodger Jack had worked with in the past, and a Khadorine holy warrior by the name of Argmanka ‘Arman” Helgevich, he made plans to seek out this place to look into its secrets. Pog suggested that he knew just the person who could help them with any – security systems – that they might encounter; a Ogrun female by the name of Nalu Kogark who worked in one of the local mines of late, but who Pog know was a ‘bit more then she seemed’ (he had catch her stealing into a house near where he lived a few months ago and they had worked together ever sense). And Arman had a cousin in town, Jatkal Orm, that he know was good with natural medicines and the healing arts who he thought might help. The wizard Allustan had made mention to Jack Autumn that there was an old abandoned mining station not far from the location of the Cairn, suggesting that it might be a good place to hold up while their looked into the place. And so it was that Fate lead them onto this path… //Prolog 1 – Somewhere deep underground in the vicinity of Diamond Lake// Enumerator Kott’nik (known as the Faceless One) adjusted the emulator flux while muttering to himself “[b]Yes… perfect… ‘[i]when Calder is full, and the Eye of the Wurm does rise from the north east quadrant of Ceal… and Artis, little sister to all, is close… the Maw will open… the Devourer awaken… and the world weep… before it maybe reborn in perfection[/i] …perfect logic and thought… thy time is at hand. Blessed be the wisdom and perfect thought of the Maiden of Gears, whom has revealed too her true believers the future… a time… an age of destruction… but one of a glorious age of rebirth too follow… logic and the machine will control all… in perfect efficiency… beautiful…[/b]” Making quick calculations as muttering prayers of equations to the great machine, the Faceless One did not hear the Optifex acolyte enter this sanctuary until she cleared her throat. “[b]Excuse the interruption most Enlightened One but there is important news from 2nd Sword Theldrick’khan[/b]” she said, bowing deeply. Turning towards the young acolyte, Enumerator Kott’nik blank face mask regard her, even so the scorn that he felts almost rolled off of him in waves. “[b]Yes… what is it![/b]” he barked impatiently. Nervously the Optifex replied “[b]He states that one of his warriors sent to Site #1032 returned bloodied and near death, the only survivor of the [i]Hand[/i] sent to there. The warrior reports they were attacked by Thralls under the control… of someone. 2nd Sword Theldrick’khan believes that another ‘player’ has entered Diamond Lake and he… requests… that we do something about it.[/b]” Shaking his head “[b]Brain-weakened fools, where his warrior’s bodies recovered? We can not afford to have them discovered… make sure of this personally Optifex. And send for that fool of a [i]Dregg[/i], Lizard-Eye. We need to move quickly… for the time of the ‘awakening’ is at hand. I will tolerate no outside interference![/b]” Without another word, the Optifex bowed and rushed from the room, eager to carry out the task of the Faceless One… the chosen of the Maiden of Gears and leader the Cult of the Secret Dawning… the ‘dawning’ of a new Age… //end Prolog 1// NOTE first game tonight... will post something tomorrow ;) [/QUOTE]
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