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<blockquote data-quote="Zad" data-source="post: 3649339" data-attributes="member: 90"><p>Background on a rainy Wednesday:</p><p></p><p><strong>The Scaled Council: </strong> The Council is an organization of dragons who's primary purpose was to maintain some semblance of peace between the metallic (good) and chromatic (evil) dragons. After earlier historical dragon wars the Council was founded. The history goes back quite a ways. </p><p></p><p>In the old campaign, the PCs encountered the Scaled Council from the first day though they didn't know it, as they were being employed by Lord Gelban, a.k.a. the Gilden, the leader of the Gold Dragons and co-chair of the council. Over time the Council broke down after Infernus (the head of the reds) attacked Lord Gelban and took him hostage. (Not entirely sure why, now that I think about it.) Open warfare broke out among the dragons, and cities like Hexpools were razed in the process. The PC's rescued Gelban from Infernus' demi-plane and returned him to leadership. After some of the forces pulling the strings were eliminated, the dragons were able to restore their troubled peace and restore the Council. </p><p></p><p>During the dragon wars, the PCs became aware of a force that had moved into Greyhawk and attempted to maintain order. This group was said to consist of grey dragons who would suddenly appear at the first sign of trouble, but the PCs never had a chance to investigate and determine if it really was dragons or some force posing as such. Since their adventures never took them back through Greyhawk, this force went un-investigated. </p><p></p><p>Exactly how the Council has evolved in the intervening ten years is something we are just starting to learn. However it's now become clear that the Greyhawk Dragons are in fact the Steel Dragons, who moved in to protect major civiliation centers. The Steel's have apparently been integrated into the Council's structure and some new rules implemented and old ones reinforced. (The notion of never ever raising a dragon from the dead was a taboo even in the first campaign.)</p><p></p><p>The metallic dragons in the last campaign would commonly use human agents and maintained a fair stable of such troubleshooters. The metallics tended to hold sway over a geographic territory. If this trend continued, it's somewhat surprising that the PCs have not yet been engaged by a metallic dragon, but it is likely that the metallics are at least aware of the Blue Tyger Legion by now. Certainly with the recent take-over of Occipitus, they will be appearing on people's radar in a whole new light.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Dreaming and the People of Stone:</strong> The Dreaming, the People of Stone/the Testing and the Lendore Isles are all interrelated topics. A secretive group of elves live on the Lendore Isles. They are worshipers of Sehanine Moonbow, the elven goddess of dreams. Some of them have been through The Testing. The exact details and nature of this trial are unknown to us. But such tested people come out the other end changed. (This is all Greyhawk standard stuff I believe.) These people and Sehanine worshipers in general are skilled in Lucid Dreaming which is a method of controlling ones dreams to productive ends, either prophetically or for communication. </p><p></p><p>In the prior campaign, Aethramyr was a paladin of Sehanine and skilled in the Dreaming. </p><p></p><p>A cursory glance does not show any obvious connection to the events of this campaign so far. But it seems that the People of Stone are now taking a more active role in dealing with Marked individuals.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Marks:</strong> Marks of Power are manifestations of latent potential in all beings. It's not clear if everyone is marked, or simply has the potential to become marked. In the prior campaign, all the PCs were marked. Most bore the Mark of Fire, while Aethramyr bore the Mark of Stone. Marks are very dependent on the individual for their form and manfestation - for Kayleigh the mark was intimately tied to her Archer's Nock which was related to her being an Arcane Archer. So the expression of the mark depends a great deal on the particular individual.</p><p></p><p>The Marks bear a link to the Primals - creatures that formed the prime material plane and represent primal forces like fire, earth, disease, and so on. The primals are neither good or evil - they are absolute and beyond such concepts. </p><p></p><p>In a more concrete sense, the marks are linked to epic progression. (i.e. going beyond 20th level) Unlocking the power in ones mark is essential to crossing into epic territory. The mechanism varies from class to class and can vary from person to person even then. </p><p></p><p>The marks may provide other benefits or penalties to the bearers but if so, it is not known to me.</p><p></p><p>How's that?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zad, post: 3649339, member: 90"] Background on a rainy Wednesday: [b]The Scaled Council: [/b] The Council is an organization of dragons who's primary purpose was to maintain some semblance of peace between the metallic (good) and chromatic (evil) dragons. After earlier historical dragon wars the Council was founded. The history goes back quite a ways. In the old campaign, the PCs encountered the Scaled Council from the first day though they didn't know it, as they were being employed by Lord Gelban, a.k.a. the Gilden, the leader of the Gold Dragons and co-chair of the council. Over time the Council broke down after Infernus (the head of the reds) attacked Lord Gelban and took him hostage. (Not entirely sure why, now that I think about it.) Open warfare broke out among the dragons, and cities like Hexpools were razed in the process. The PC's rescued Gelban from Infernus' demi-plane and returned him to leadership. After some of the forces pulling the strings were eliminated, the dragons were able to restore their troubled peace and restore the Council. During the dragon wars, the PCs became aware of a force that had moved into Greyhawk and attempted to maintain order. This group was said to consist of grey dragons who would suddenly appear at the first sign of trouble, but the PCs never had a chance to investigate and determine if it really was dragons or some force posing as such. Since their adventures never took them back through Greyhawk, this force went un-investigated. Exactly how the Council has evolved in the intervening ten years is something we are just starting to learn. However it's now become clear that the Greyhawk Dragons are in fact the Steel Dragons, who moved in to protect major civiliation centers. The Steel's have apparently been integrated into the Council's structure and some new rules implemented and old ones reinforced. (The notion of never ever raising a dragon from the dead was a taboo even in the first campaign.) The metallic dragons in the last campaign would commonly use human agents and maintained a fair stable of such troubleshooters. The metallics tended to hold sway over a geographic territory. If this trend continued, it's somewhat surprising that the PCs have not yet been engaged by a metallic dragon, but it is likely that the metallics are at least aware of the Blue Tyger Legion by now. Certainly with the recent take-over of Occipitus, they will be appearing on people's radar in a whole new light. [b]The Dreaming and the People of Stone:[/b] The Dreaming, the People of Stone/the Testing and the Lendore Isles are all interrelated topics. A secretive group of elves live on the Lendore Isles. They are worshipers of Sehanine Moonbow, the elven goddess of dreams. Some of them have been through The Testing. The exact details and nature of this trial are unknown to us. But such tested people come out the other end changed. (This is all Greyhawk standard stuff I believe.) These people and Sehanine worshipers in general are skilled in Lucid Dreaming which is a method of controlling ones dreams to productive ends, either prophetically or for communication. In the prior campaign, Aethramyr was a paladin of Sehanine and skilled in the Dreaming. A cursory glance does not show any obvious connection to the events of this campaign so far. But it seems that the People of Stone are now taking a more active role in dealing with Marked individuals. [b]The Marks:[/b] Marks of Power are manifestations of latent potential in all beings. It's not clear if everyone is marked, or simply has the potential to become marked. In the prior campaign, all the PCs were marked. Most bore the Mark of Fire, while Aethramyr bore the Mark of Stone. Marks are very dependent on the individual for their form and manfestation - for Kayleigh the mark was intimately tied to her Archer's Nock which was related to her being an Arcane Archer. So the expression of the mark depends a great deal on the particular individual. The Marks bear a link to the Primals - creatures that formed the prime material plane and represent primal forces like fire, earth, disease, and so on. The primals are neither good or evil - they are absolute and beyond such concepts. In a more concrete sense, the marks are linked to epic progression. (i.e. going beyond 20th level) Unlocking the power in ones mark is essential to crossing into epic territory. The mechanism varies from class to class and can vary from person to person even then. The marks may provide other benefits or penalties to the bearers but if so, it is not known to me. How's that? [/QUOTE]
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