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<blockquote data-quote="Lylandra" data-source="post: 9090982" data-attributes="member: 6816692"><p><s><em><strong>Brave</strong></em></s><strong><em> New World</em></strong></p><p></p><p>King Aodhan is quite surprised to see that he and his army are no longer needed to free Flint and in the end, the troops are now being tasked with securing the city and searching for survivors after the events of Starfall and the Kraken attack. We also join in the effort and take care of the harbor area. There, we find that some people who were thoght to have died shortly after the Fall miraculously survived. What's even more exceptional is the fact that whole families are found merely injured under heavy rubble, as their wounds seem to heal exceptionally fast. Word of this “miracle” spreads quickly, but both Auryn and Carlyle put the pieces together and conclude that this healing effect may be linked to a planar effect and that this would most likely mean that the plane of Ostea was successfully connected to our world.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, our assumption about the missing sun turns out to be true, and instead of the usual brightly glowing ball of fire, only a faintly glowing "gear" rises above the horizon. In addition, we see other, isolated stars in the sky and suspect that these could be the new (or perhaps some of the old?) planes.</p><p></p><p>We understand that gaining more precise knowledge about the new planar constellation would be among the top priorities,as they may also hold the key to regaining access to our magic. So we meet with Harkover Lee and a few scholars at Pardwright to find out more about the new planar effects, especially as we have to assume that something must have gone wrong on Axis Island and the Brave New World plan has not been properly implemented. Carlyle asks Lee and some mages to go out and search for “wild talents” who may have only gained access to magic recently, so that the other magic users may learn to work magic again more quickly. </p><p></p><p>Since the shift in the magical continuum also affected a lot of magic items, many people in Flint also no longer have magical lanterns and what makes matters worse is that there seems to be no simple way to magically produce light anymore. Adding this fact to the missing sun, we fear that a good portion of the populace may soon either succumb to fear or fall into depression. In order to prevent that from happening, Shealis is asked to work with other engineering students on technical methods to secure a reliable source of light.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(And we sneered at the Danoran gas lights for being too dangerous back then...)</span></p><p></p><p>After some time, it becomes undeniably clear that the so-called "Miracle of Flint" must indeed be a new planar effect that prevents people from succumbing to more serious injuries. Likewise, Lee reports the discovery of a wild talent, a man named Golly Foyle, who was found teleporting through Flint uncontrollably. Carlyle offers Foyle a bottle of a wine to help him focus his talent a little better and asks him to help the magicians with their research.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(As I forgot to talk about this in my previous entries, I'd like to point out that I applaud Zeitgeist for daring to “do the Kefka” and implement a major world-shaking event mid-campaign. Most adventure paths that do not resolve around such an event – like the Time of Troubles AP for example – reserve such events for the very end and do not give the players the opportunity to explore and shape the new world. It really feels like “everything is possible now”, which is exactly what I love about TTRPGs. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)"></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">But what would have been the cherry on the cake would be the possibility to allow the events of the ObsCon to have an impact on the planar configuration. Yeah I know, Nic changes his mind after the Blue Banquet yadda yadda and there was some sabotage, and it would be quite hard to implement it, but it would have made the event even more perfect. Should I ever DM ZG, I'd try to do that should my players mix up stuff at the Con...)</span></p><p></p><p>Knowing that she would not be able to get to Elfaivar in time to help her people right now, Auryn decides to do her best to help the inhabitants of Flint and Risur. Even if not going there herself breaks her heart. So she curses their current inability to access teleportation magic and instead sends off the Wild Hunt in the direction of Sawyer to make contact and gather information about the situation there. She also tasks Riffian to inform both colonists and Elfaivarans that Risur survived and remained free from any influence of the Obs' ritual.</p><p></p><p>After that, she decides to honor the promise she gave to Morris Dawkins earlier and pays a visit to Milena Dawkins. With deep regret, she finally confirms dear Milena's assumption that her husband had died during the danoran attack on the fleet in Elba . In addition, she mentions that it had been Stanfield who had delivered Morris to the knife and that in the end, he had had to pay dearly for his betrayal. Milena thanks Auryn for giving her clarity and takes the news with almost stoic composure. Once she hears about her boss' betrayal however, fury rises up in the Governor's Master of Ceremonies as she curses herself.</p><p></p><p>“How could I have been so stupid? I trusted Stanfield! We've been working together for so many years, and yet I had no idea! Had I been more aware, maybe...”</p><p></p><p>“No one would have seen that. Not King Aodhan, not Harkover Lee or anyone who came before them... he's been seemingly loyal to Flint for decades, he even died for our city. It is not your fault, Milena...” Auryn says, wrapping her arms around Milena while biting her tongue as both she and Gabriel did suspect Stanfield to be an Ob, but were never able to find concrete proof. </p><p></p><p>While the liberators help secure the city and calm the population, Gale, who is still among the Docker part, is the first to notice that Eladrin can now physically interact with the spirits. This, in turn, means that the Dreaming, wherever it may be, must now somehow be linked to the place of the plane of spirits and death. Auryn freaks out quite a bit when she learns this, as she had always been very close to the Dreaming in her enclave, and the Dreaming had always been a place of life. In addition, ghosts now show up in the mirrors and they seem to be drawn to the Cauldron Hill on a regular basis.</p><p></p><p>We spend the next few days with more helping and more research, and Carlyle does his best to keep both him and Auryn busy as he fears what might happen should his partner lose focus.</p><p></p><p>After a few days, we are contacted by a professor of Pardwright and he informs us about the current state of the research on the planes: He and his colleagues were surprised to learn that the absence of a sun seems to affect the plants less than first thought, and he describes the phenomenon as a "black light" that is invisible to us.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(Thank goodness. We really feared that all plant life would simply wither and die due to a lack of sunlight...)</span></p><p></p><p> Foyle's wild talent turned out to be an effect of the Fourmyle plane, which allows skilled "jumpers" to teleport. An effect we remember from the planar displays of the Obscuparty. Thanks to Urim's absence, this teleportation is no longer blocked by gold, but by claiming ownership of an area. He confirms our suspicions with Ostea, the plane of healing, and explains that Av has been raptured from its original place now and takes the place of the plane of death. Something we had also suspected after speaking with Gale. Avilona has been replaced by a plane called Baden, which should make flying easier. Also, logical arguments should carry more weight, which is triggered by the Ratio plane. Something we deem quite positive after all that chaos. We are a bit afraid of Illocus though, which stands for the rapid escalation of consequences. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(insert “that escalated quickly” meme)</span></p><p></p><p>Likewise, we are happy to learn early on from the link to Mojang, which was once part of the Arboretum's plan to make nature easier to control. So we encourage researchers to explore ways to nurture plants, and point out that without such driving forces, nature might well wither away. (Could be something for Nymeia?). Finally, there is Perlocus, which opens up peoples' minds to easy influence.</p><p></p><p>We decide to spend the next time practicing the new magic while working on an explanation of the “New World” for all of Risur. Since we come to the conclusion that the Obs have already provided enough secrecy to drown the world in mist, and that logical explanations will be accepted more readily under the new planar configuration, we decide to reveal the truth to the public: That the present circumstances are the result of an international conspiracy, not simply the work of the Danorans, and that Danor itself has become a victim of the Obs' machinations in the end. The King and the officials of Risur are making a sincere effort to gather more information on the current state. But what is most important is that they will and can survive, and that brave Risuri are already working feverishly to reverse the tragedy.</p><p></p><p>Internally, we also send out envoys and scholars to search our neighboring regions for differences in the rest of the world from Risur, since to our knowledge only we had stopped Stanfield's ritual. After a few days, we receive the news that most of the world may be under some kind of mind control by the Obs... which will not please the Berans in particular, should this turn out to be true and come to light.</p><p></p><p>We also send an official message to Ber, warning of the Kraken that still roams the inner sea and informing the Bruse that the conspirators we reported to them seem to have achieved their goal. Since we still have to assume that the Obs are hostile to us (and the ring of Nicodemus also reveals that Han Jierre and he are about to convene a conference), we naturally try to gain sympathy from our immediate neighbor here.</p><p></p><p>Sometime after Starfall, we are joined by Amielle Latimer, who had tried to warn us about the attack on Risur back in Slate, right before she was destroyed by the dracolich. Amielle explains that she re-manifested in Slate and then tried to reach us. She makes it clear that she is not thrilled with the current developments in the Obs, that she feared re-manifesting right next to the rest of the Ghost Council and being held accountable by Nicodemus for her betrayal. We, in turn, tell her about Lya and what happened in Flint. Then we explain that the Obs' ritual failed and that we will try to fix it, since we don't expect Nicodemus to take care of the current problems.</p><p></p><p>Amielle also tells us that Borne was supposed to set the seals during the ritual and that the Colossus should still be on Axis Island.</p><p></p><p>We consult with her a bit and come to the conclusion that we also want to look out for Obscurati who might know more about the plan, but are not yet deluded enough to see the current conditions as an improvement. Luc Jierre comes to mind first and foremost, who we believe was only naive, had a good heart, and hopefully survived the explosion on Axis Island. We ask Amielle to find the young Jierre and convince him that all this so far has been one big mistake and that we are still not his enemy.</p><p></p><p>We also receive an enthusiastic message from Shealis, who has secretly tested flying and succeeded. We hope that this does not mean that the Danorans will attack us with airships soon, and we pass the news on to the military academy to defend themselves accordingly. Especially Carlyle appears to be quite terrified by the thought of having airships and aerial warfare in the not too far future.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(he is eerily prescient <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</span></p><p></p><p>Meanwhile, the young dragoness is very enthusiastic about “all the possibilities” and we ask her to keep a low profile. We also hope to hear from her father soon, as he is a member of the Danoran War Council and hopefully still loyal to the Pact of Boyle.</p><p></p><p>And since we suspect that the Voice of Rot might have something to do with the failed ritual or is already planning his next action, we send Flying Spark to High Bayou to see what's going on there.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(65, 168, 95)">(Lots of delegating work and setting up threads so far. We tried to have everything covered and not miss something important.)</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lylandra, post: 9090982, member: 6816692"] [S][I][B]Brave[/B][/I][/S][B][I] New World[/I][/B] King Aodhan is quite surprised to see that he and his army are no longer needed to free Flint and in the end, the troops are now being tasked with securing the city and searching for survivors after the events of Starfall and the Kraken attack. We also join in the effort and take care of the harbor area. There, we find that some people who were thoght to have died shortly after the Fall miraculously survived. What's even more exceptional is the fact that whole families are found merely injured under heavy rubble, as their wounds seem to heal exceptionally fast. Word of this “miracle” spreads quickly, but both Auryn and Carlyle put the pieces together and conclude that this healing effect may be linked to a planar effect and that this would most likely mean that the plane of Ostea was successfully connected to our world. Unfortunately, our assumption about the missing sun turns out to be true, and instead of the usual brightly glowing ball of fire, only a faintly glowing "gear" rises above the horizon. In addition, we see other, isolated stars in the sky and suspect that these could be the new (or perhaps some of the old?) planes. We understand that gaining more precise knowledge about the new planar constellation would be among the top priorities,as they may also hold the key to regaining access to our magic. So we meet with Harkover Lee and a few scholars at Pardwright to find out more about the new planar effects, especially as we have to assume that something must have gone wrong on Axis Island and the Brave New World plan has not been properly implemented. Carlyle asks Lee and some mages to go out and search for “wild talents” who may have only gained access to magic recently, so that the other magic users may learn to work magic again more quickly. Since the shift in the magical continuum also affected a lot of magic items, many people in Flint also no longer have magical lanterns and what makes matters worse is that there seems to be no simple way to magically produce light anymore. Adding this fact to the missing sun, we fear that a good portion of the populace may soon either succumb to fear or fall into depression. In order to prevent that from happening, Shealis is asked to work with other engineering students on technical methods to secure a reliable source of light. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](And we sneered at the Danoran gas lights for being too dangerous back then...)[/COLOR] After some time, it becomes undeniably clear that the so-called "Miracle of Flint" must indeed be a new planar effect that prevents people from succumbing to more serious injuries. Likewise, Lee reports the discovery of a wild talent, a man named Golly Foyle, who was found teleporting through Flint uncontrollably. Carlyle offers Foyle a bottle of a wine to help him focus his talent a little better and asks him to help the magicians with their research. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](As I forgot to talk about this in my previous entries, I'd like to point out that I applaud Zeitgeist for daring to “do the Kefka” and implement a major world-shaking event mid-campaign. Most adventure paths that do not resolve around such an event – like the Time of Troubles AP for example – reserve such events for the very end and do not give the players the opportunity to explore and shape the new world. It really feels like “everything is possible now”, which is exactly what I love about TTRPGs. But what would have been the cherry on the cake would be the possibility to allow the events of the ObsCon to have an impact on the planar configuration. Yeah I know, Nic changes his mind after the Blue Banquet yadda yadda and there was some sabotage, and it would be quite hard to implement it, but it would have made the event even more perfect. Should I ever DM ZG, I'd try to do that should my players mix up stuff at the Con...)[/COLOR] Knowing that she would not be able to get to Elfaivar in time to help her people right now, Auryn decides to do her best to help the inhabitants of Flint and Risur. Even if not going there herself breaks her heart. So she curses their current inability to access teleportation magic and instead sends off the Wild Hunt in the direction of Sawyer to make contact and gather information about the situation there. She also tasks Riffian to inform both colonists and Elfaivarans that Risur survived and remained free from any influence of the Obs' ritual. After that, she decides to honor the promise she gave to Morris Dawkins earlier and pays a visit to Milena Dawkins. With deep regret, she finally confirms dear Milena's assumption that her husband had died during the danoran attack on the fleet in Elba . In addition, she mentions that it had been Stanfield who had delivered Morris to the knife and that in the end, he had had to pay dearly for his betrayal. Milena thanks Auryn for giving her clarity and takes the news with almost stoic composure. Once she hears about her boss' betrayal however, fury rises up in the Governor's Master of Ceremonies as she curses herself. “How could I have been so stupid? I trusted Stanfield! We've been working together for so many years, and yet I had no idea! Had I been more aware, maybe...” “No one would have seen that. Not King Aodhan, not Harkover Lee or anyone who came before them... he's been seemingly loyal to Flint for decades, he even died for our city. It is not your fault, Milena...” Auryn says, wrapping her arms around Milena while biting her tongue as both she and Gabriel did suspect Stanfield to be an Ob, but were never able to find concrete proof. While the liberators help secure the city and calm the population, Gale, who is still among the Docker part, is the first to notice that Eladrin can now physically interact with the spirits. This, in turn, means that the Dreaming, wherever it may be, must now somehow be linked to the place of the plane of spirits and death. Auryn freaks out quite a bit when she learns this, as she had always been very close to the Dreaming in her enclave, and the Dreaming had always been a place of life. In addition, ghosts now show up in the mirrors and they seem to be drawn to the Cauldron Hill on a regular basis. We spend the next few days with more helping and more research, and Carlyle does his best to keep both him and Auryn busy as he fears what might happen should his partner lose focus. After a few days, we are contacted by a professor of Pardwright and he informs us about the current state of the research on the planes: He and his colleagues were surprised to learn that the absence of a sun seems to affect the plants less than first thought, and he describes the phenomenon as a "black light" that is invisible to us. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](Thank goodness. We really feared that all plant life would simply wither and die due to a lack of sunlight...)[/COLOR] Foyle's wild talent turned out to be an effect of the Fourmyle plane, which allows skilled "jumpers" to teleport. An effect we remember from the planar displays of the Obscuparty. Thanks to Urim's absence, this teleportation is no longer blocked by gold, but by claiming ownership of an area. He confirms our suspicions with Ostea, the plane of healing, and explains that Av has been raptured from its original place now and takes the place of the plane of death. Something we had also suspected after speaking with Gale. Avilona has been replaced by a plane called Baden, which should make flying easier. Also, logical arguments should carry more weight, which is triggered by the Ratio plane. Something we deem quite positive after all that chaos. We are a bit afraid of Illocus though, which stands for the rapid escalation of consequences. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](insert “that escalated quickly” meme)[/COLOR] Likewise, we are happy to learn early on from the link to Mojang, which was once part of the Arboretum's plan to make nature easier to control. So we encourage researchers to explore ways to nurture plants, and point out that without such driving forces, nature might well wither away. (Could be something for Nymeia?). Finally, there is Perlocus, which opens up peoples' minds to easy influence. We decide to spend the next time practicing the new magic while working on an explanation of the “New World” for all of Risur. Since we come to the conclusion that the Obs have already provided enough secrecy to drown the world in mist, and that logical explanations will be accepted more readily under the new planar configuration, we decide to reveal the truth to the public: That the present circumstances are the result of an international conspiracy, not simply the work of the Danorans, and that Danor itself has become a victim of the Obs' machinations in the end. The King and the officials of Risur are making a sincere effort to gather more information on the current state. But what is most important is that they will and can survive, and that brave Risuri are already working feverishly to reverse the tragedy. Internally, we also send out envoys and scholars to search our neighboring regions for differences in the rest of the world from Risur, since to our knowledge only we had stopped Stanfield's ritual. After a few days, we receive the news that most of the world may be under some kind of mind control by the Obs... which will not please the Berans in particular, should this turn out to be true and come to light. We also send an official message to Ber, warning of the Kraken that still roams the inner sea and informing the Bruse that the conspirators we reported to them seem to have achieved their goal. Since we still have to assume that the Obs are hostile to us (and the ring of Nicodemus also reveals that Han Jierre and he are about to convene a conference), we naturally try to gain sympathy from our immediate neighbor here. Sometime after Starfall, we are joined by Amielle Latimer, who had tried to warn us about the attack on Risur back in Slate, right before she was destroyed by the dracolich. Amielle explains that she re-manifested in Slate and then tried to reach us. She makes it clear that she is not thrilled with the current developments in the Obs, that she feared re-manifesting right next to the rest of the Ghost Council and being held accountable by Nicodemus for her betrayal. We, in turn, tell her about Lya and what happened in Flint. Then we explain that the Obs' ritual failed and that we will try to fix it, since we don't expect Nicodemus to take care of the current problems. Amielle also tells us that Borne was supposed to set the seals during the ritual and that the Colossus should still be on Axis Island. We consult with her a bit and come to the conclusion that we also want to look out for Obscurati who might know more about the plan, but are not yet deluded enough to see the current conditions as an improvement. Luc Jierre comes to mind first and foremost, who we believe was only naive, had a good heart, and hopefully survived the explosion on Axis Island. We ask Amielle to find the young Jierre and convince him that all this so far has been one big mistake and that we are still not his enemy. We also receive an enthusiastic message from Shealis, who has secretly tested flying and succeeded. We hope that this does not mean that the Danorans will attack us with airships soon, and we pass the news on to the military academy to defend themselves accordingly. Especially Carlyle appears to be quite terrified by the thought of having airships and aerial warfare in the not too far future. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](he is eerily prescient ;) )[/COLOR] Meanwhile, the young dragoness is very enthusiastic about “all the possibilities” and we ask her to keep a low profile. We also hope to hear from her father soon, as he is a member of the Danoran War Council and hopefully still loyal to the Pact of Boyle. And since we suspect that the Voice of Rot might have something to do with the failed ritual or is already planning his next action, we send Flying Spark to High Bayou to see what's going on there. [COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)](Lots of delegating work and setting up threads so far. We tried to have everything covered and not miss something important.)[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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