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<blockquote data-quote="gideonpepys" data-source="post: 7037209" data-attributes="member: 79141"><p><strong>What's Been Happening in the Meantime</strong></p><p></p><p>Anyone who looks back at our journal from three years ago will notice that the situation we find ourselves in now is completely unrecognisable, and that at least one session is unaccounted for. Even I can only half remember what happened in that session, and I'm not 100% sure if it was one or two that I failed to report. But things were going bitshat crazy with three teams of characters running around, and subplots becoming increasingly complex.</p><p></p><p>My mantra for the reboot was 'simplify, simplify'. That's not to say that none of the old threads or subplots will creep back in - that would be deeply unsatisfaying to my players (okay, to me and me alone, but I digress) - but I aim not to create any full buffer adventures - or even major diversions - instead, weaving these many ideas (and there were a lot - Black Star Mining; the Deep Ones; Matunaaga's People; the Clockwork King; Korrigan's Son; Jenny Greenteeth & Her Coven; the Dreaming Blight; Lavanya, beloved of Leon; the Thinker; the Crone...) into the main campaign, or leaving them to wither on the vine if they don't help.</p><p></p><p>For now, all anyone needs to know is that three years have passed and this is what everyone was up to in that time:</p><p></p><p><strong>Leon:</strong> Leon was at the centre of an increasingly bizarre network of threads which - in cliched, time-honored fashion - turn out to have been 'just a Dream'. Leon was offered the chance to divide himself and to be in several places and times at once and even now is still trying to tease these strands apart and ascertain precisely what was real, and what was imagined. But the upshot of it all was that - after what seemed like years of following different threads to different versions of reality, in which Korrigan's son was kidnapped by Jenny Greenteeth - the only difference between each version being how long it took Leon & Korrigan to catch up with her - Leon eventually found a thread that saw him arrive in time to warn Korrigan before his son was snatched. Since then he has been learning more about Dream magic, and has successfully thwarted the geas his Obscurati ring once imposed upon him. As an Unseen Warlock, Leon can move about undetected, and has been the eyes and ears of Korrigan in the outside world and the Dreaming itself.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Korrigan: </strong>Korrigan only knows this final reality, although Leon told him of the other versions; versions in which, variously, his son was raised to adulthood by Jenny Greenteeth; in which Korrigan rescued his son only by plunging through a portal into Mavisha, where he remained for forty years before Leon eventually found them; in which Jenny Greenteeth slew his son rather than surrender to him. And thus Korrigan made the decision that he would not risk any further danger to his child and sought for the safest place he could find. Meanwhile, other members of the unit had finally tracked down an reincarnation of Malthusius before he could be killed by the Ob (by emissaries of Roland Stanfield, specifically). This reincarnation - 'Uriel', it called itself - was in need of protection too. Korrigan decided to do all he could to keep their investigation active, while vanishing as completely as possible until such times as a positive lead emerged. He has been raising his son (with the help of many friends) and trying to stay alert to the possibility of sudden action, as well as fostering relationships with the githzerai elders.</p><p></p><p><strong>Matunaaga: </strong>Having lived for many years in self-imposed exile from his own people - a race who once loyally served the Kings of Risur before abandoning their oath in the face of the carnage of Yersaol IV - Matunaaga could not be certain of a warm welcome on his return. But the need to protect Korrigan's son, and Malthusius/ Uriel from harm persuaded him it was worth the try. He had many children of his own, and he gathered them and - together with Ayesha, his wife - travelled to a secret valley in the Anthras mountains where they petitioned the githzerai - or maustin caji - for sanctuary. It was duly granted. Matunaaga's rediscovery and study of the Palimpsest - a fabled caji artifact - was proof of his worth, and he has spent the intervening years revealing its truths to a cadre of disciples. Matunaaga still has work to do, and must spend time re-dedicating himself to the art of war, and won't be returning to action until he is ready.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Rumdoom: </strong>Because the newlywed Rumdoom did not want to up sticks and leave his life behind him he was not told the whereabouts of the others, just in case. Rumdoom himself had nothing to fear from remaining out in the open as he believes he cannot be killed. As he did not want to continue as the sole remaining member of Alpha Unit, and the city of Flint held too many bad memories, he and his wife decided to decamp to Trekhom, where word of his branch of eschatology had already spread. The Flint branch of his cult had suffered innumerable setbacks (not least of which was the death of Harn, his wife's father). Here was a chance to start anew. It turned out to be a good decision as he has lived in the lap of luxury ever since and his pseudo-religion has prospered. His position at the centre of a growing religious movement also meant that he could ask the faithful to keep their eyes and ears peeled for any sign of Obscurati activity, and contacts up and down the Avery Coast railroad meant that their reach was substantial. Rumdoom is taking his time to reach Seobriga, travelling by luxury liner, as he refuses to teleport.</p><p></p><p><strong>Uru:</strong> Another affiliate of the Unseen Court (as Lord of Crawling Fey), Uru was also able to remain at large. It's been his job to keep an eye on Flint, and on the RHC and Stover Delft in particular (working in shifts with the Mugwump). Uru did not want to leave Flint anyway. He needed to put the finishing touches to his ghostly underground garden - playground for the spirits of Cauldron Hill - and find out more about his strange connection with the Bleak Gate. Uru's extensive web of contacts throughout Flint (the seedier areas at least) have meant he could simultaneously pursue stray Ob members and keep a lookout for clues picked up by Stover. And so it was that he overheard the lead picked up by Ensign Porras, a lead which now sees the unit springing back into action.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Conquo/Xambria:</strong> These two accompanied Korrigan and Matunaaga to the valley of the gith. There Conquo enjoyed the tranquil surroundings and played with Matunaaga's children. Xambria found herself in an archaeologist's paradise: a 'lost' alien culture, frozen in time, with a whole new language to learn, and temples adorned with warnings: warnings of the threat of the gidim. These might have held a great deal of interest for her under normal circumstances, but as she met her physical demise as a result of possession by the gidim Sijhen, Xambria began to scour the githzerai archives for any ideas about how she might control her current state of being. And so she has whiled away the years devoted to study. These studies have not yet come to fruition, but Xambria still has a sizable score to settle with the Obscurati, and is only too willing to put them aside for now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gideonpepys, post: 7037209, member: 79141"] [b]What's Been Happening in the Meantime[/b] Anyone who looks back at our journal from three years ago will notice that the situation we find ourselves in now is completely unrecognisable, and that at least one session is unaccounted for. Even I can only half remember what happened in that session, and I'm not 100% sure if it was one or two that I failed to report. But things were going bitshat crazy with three teams of characters running around, and subplots becoming increasingly complex. My mantra for the reboot was 'simplify, simplify'. That's not to say that none of the old threads or subplots will creep back in - that would be deeply unsatisfaying to my players (okay, to me and me alone, but I digress) - but I aim not to create any full buffer adventures - or even major diversions - instead, weaving these many ideas (and there were a lot - Black Star Mining; the Deep Ones; Matunaaga's People; the Clockwork King; Korrigan's Son; Jenny Greenteeth & Her Coven; the Dreaming Blight; Lavanya, beloved of Leon; the Thinker; the Crone...) into the main campaign, or leaving them to wither on the vine if they don't help. For now, all anyone needs to know is that three years have passed and this is what everyone was up to in that time: [B]Leon:[/B] Leon was at the centre of an increasingly bizarre network of threads which - in cliched, time-honored fashion - turn out to have been 'just a Dream'. Leon was offered the chance to divide himself and to be in several places and times at once and even now is still trying to tease these strands apart and ascertain precisely what was real, and what was imagined. But the upshot of it all was that - after what seemed like years of following different threads to different versions of reality, in which Korrigan's son was kidnapped by Jenny Greenteeth - the only difference between each version being how long it took Leon & Korrigan to catch up with her - Leon eventually found a thread that saw him arrive in time to warn Korrigan before his son was snatched. Since then he has been learning more about Dream magic, and has successfully thwarted the geas his Obscurati ring once imposed upon him. As an Unseen Warlock, Leon can move about undetected, and has been the eyes and ears of Korrigan in the outside world and the Dreaming itself. [B] Korrigan: [/B]Korrigan only knows this final reality, although Leon told him of the other versions; versions in which, variously, his son was raised to adulthood by Jenny Greenteeth; in which Korrigan rescued his son only by plunging through a portal into Mavisha, where he remained for forty years before Leon eventually found them; in which Jenny Greenteeth slew his son rather than surrender to him. And thus Korrigan made the decision that he would not risk any further danger to his child and sought for the safest place he could find. Meanwhile, other members of the unit had finally tracked down an reincarnation of Malthusius before he could be killed by the Ob (by emissaries of Roland Stanfield, specifically). This reincarnation - 'Uriel', it called itself - was in need of protection too. Korrigan decided to do all he could to keep their investigation active, while vanishing as completely as possible until such times as a positive lead emerged. He has been raising his son (with the help of many friends) and trying to stay alert to the possibility of sudden action, as well as fostering relationships with the githzerai elders. [B]Matunaaga: [/B]Having lived for many years in self-imposed exile from his own people - a race who once loyally served the Kings of Risur before abandoning their oath in the face of the carnage of Yersaol IV - Matunaaga could not be certain of a warm welcome on his return. But the need to protect Korrigan's son, and Malthusius/ Uriel from harm persuaded him it was worth the try. He had many children of his own, and he gathered them and - together with Ayesha, his wife - travelled to a secret valley in the Anthras mountains where they petitioned the githzerai - or maustin caji - for sanctuary. It was duly granted. Matunaaga's rediscovery and study of the Palimpsest - a fabled caji artifact - was proof of his worth, and he has spent the intervening years revealing its truths to a cadre of disciples. Matunaaga still has work to do, and must spend time re-dedicating himself to the art of war, and won't be returning to action until he is ready. [B] Rumdoom: [/B]Because the newlywed Rumdoom did not want to up sticks and leave his life behind him he was not told the whereabouts of the others, just in case. Rumdoom himself had nothing to fear from remaining out in the open as he believes he cannot be killed. As he did not want to continue as the sole remaining member of Alpha Unit, and the city of Flint held too many bad memories, he and his wife decided to decamp to Trekhom, where word of his branch of eschatology had already spread. The Flint branch of his cult had suffered innumerable setbacks (not least of which was the death of Harn, his wife's father). Here was a chance to start anew. It turned out to be a good decision as he has lived in the lap of luxury ever since and his pseudo-religion has prospered. His position at the centre of a growing religious movement also meant that he could ask the faithful to keep their eyes and ears peeled for any sign of Obscurati activity, and contacts up and down the Avery Coast railroad meant that their reach was substantial. Rumdoom is taking his time to reach Seobriga, travelling by luxury liner, as he refuses to teleport. [B]Uru:[/B] Another affiliate of the Unseen Court (as Lord of Crawling Fey), Uru was also able to remain at large. It's been his job to keep an eye on Flint, and on the RHC and Stover Delft in particular (working in shifts with the Mugwump). Uru did not want to leave Flint anyway. He needed to put the finishing touches to his ghostly underground garden - playground for the spirits of Cauldron Hill - and find out more about his strange connection with the Bleak Gate. Uru's extensive web of contacts throughout Flint (the seedier areas at least) have meant he could simultaneously pursue stray Ob members and keep a lookout for clues picked up by Stover. And so it was that he overheard the lead picked up by Ensign Porras, a lead which now sees the unit springing back into action. [B] Conquo/Xambria:[/B] These two accompanied Korrigan and Matunaaga to the valley of the gith. There Conquo enjoyed the tranquil surroundings and played with Matunaaga's children. Xambria found herself in an archaeologist's paradise: a 'lost' alien culture, frozen in time, with a whole new language to learn, and temples adorned with warnings: warnings of the threat of the gidim. These might have held a great deal of interest for her under normal circumstances, but as she met her physical demise as a result of possession by the gidim Sijhen, Xambria began to scour the githzerai archives for any ideas about how she might control her current state of being. And so she has whiled away the years devoted to study. These studies have not yet come to fruition, but Xambria still has a sizable score to settle with the Obscurati, and is only too willing to put them aside for now. [/QUOTE]
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