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<blockquote data-quote="xjermx" data-source="post: 4362309" data-attributes="member: 61185">My question is:&nbsp; Who laid down the curse, and why?Your comments are helpful, thanks.I'm looking for a story that goes something like this:About 1,000 years ago, the land was home to a vast and advanced civilization.&nbsp; Feats of magic and science were produced that had never been seen or imagined before.&nbsp; It was a golden age.&nbsp; Until the twin daughters of the Archmage Zebulon were killed. Murdered by the son of the great Scientist Ben Valesh.&nbsp; His son, Tek, was said to be mad, and was locked safely away in the estate of Ben Valesh, and no one was made to answer for the brutal deaths.&nbsp; So maddened with the loss of his only family, Zebulon called down a horrible curse upon the world.&nbsp; Every 1,000 years the world would be purged and cleansed.&nbsp; As Zebulon spoke his terrible curse, the world was plunged into shadow, and The Dying began.&nbsp; The cities were emptied as most fell dead in their tracks, then rose again to eat the flesh of the few still living.&nbsp; In other places, the boundaries tore, and through those tears, legions of demons poured through, consuming all that they touched.&nbsp; That was nearly 1,000 years ago.&nbsp; Soon, it will begin again, and The Dying will happen.&nbsp; Unless it can be stopped.I have nefarious plans about the specifics of the world eaters, which the characters will have to fight (triple threat:&nbsp; Orcus, Tarrasque and an ancient red dragon.&nbsp; not all at once, mind you).What I'm trying to come up with though, is a story much like the one above.&nbsp; I need a person to lay the curse, a reason that he/she/it laid it, and then an idea about how it can be fixed.&nbsp; &nbsp; I plan for the heroes to figure out a way to have the curse lifted-&nbsp; in my story above, I can imagine a couple of ways that it might be done, perhaps the players tracking down the ghosts of Zebulon's daughters, and having them plead with him (now a Lich or whatever) to end the curse.&nbsp; Or perhaps they could soften Zebulon's heart by showing him the warmth of life and love (think the scenes from A Christmas Carol).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="xjermx, post: 4362309, member: 61185"] My question is: Who laid down the curse, and why? Your comments are helpful, thanks. I'm looking for a story that goes something like this: About 1,000 years ago, the land was home to a vast and advanced civilization. Feats of magic and science were produced that had never been seen or imagined before. It was a golden age. Until the twin daughters of the Archmage Zebulon were killed. Murdered by the son of the great Scientist Ben Valesh. His son, Tek, was said to be mad, and was locked safely away in the estate of Ben Valesh, and no one was made to answer for the brutal deaths. So maddened with the loss of his only family, Zebulon called down a horrible curse upon the world. Every 1,000 years the world would be purged and cleansed. As Zebulon spoke his terrible curse, the world was plunged into shadow, and The Dying began. The cities were emptied as most fell dead in their tracks, then rose again to eat the flesh of the few still living. In other places, the boundaries tore, and through those tears, legions of demons poured through, consuming all that they touched. That was nearly 1,000 years ago. Soon, it will begin again, and The Dying will happen. Unless it can be stopped. I have nefarious plans about the specifics of the world eaters, which the characters will have to fight (triple threat: Orcus, Tarrasque and an ancient red dragon. not all at once, mind you). What I'm trying to come up with though, is a story much like the one above. I need a person to lay the curse, a reason that he/she/it laid it, and then an idea about how it can be fixed. I plan for the heroes to figure out a way to have the curse lifted- in my story above, I can imagine a couple of ways that it might be done, perhaps the players tracking down the ghosts of Zebulon's daughters, and having them plead with him (now a Lich or whatever) to end the curse. Or perhaps they could soften Zebulon's heart by showing him the warmth of life and love (think the scenes from A Christmas Carol). [/QUOTE]

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