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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 7987993" data-attributes="member: 6775477">Depending on what kind of campaign you have, the easiest would be to have him open a portal to another realm of existence. Another possibility would be to have magic go awry, causing havoc across the world.I'd have the emperor be the eldest of whatever longest living race you have in your campaign. This way almost nobody would actually know what was before. It also allows you to have various races within the campaign easily.&nbsp;Have the dying emperor beseech the party to fix what he could not. Until the mistake is corrected, the remnants of society are in reality prisoners of the sanctuary they live in.Depends on what the screw up was. Underground is probably the most likely, but a city hidden in a mountain valley might work as well.As the PCs are meant to be the descendants of nobility, I'd have them have an old advisor to the dying emperor lament how society has deteriorated. Depending on how you want to lay it out, likely the lesser nobility would be forced to do labor merely for survival. Because of the remote location, supplies would be limited, and population control would be essential. All of this would make for high tensions within the sanctuary, and lead the emperor to make his request to the PCs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 7987993, member: 6775477"] Depending on what kind of campaign you have, the easiest would be to have him open a portal to another realm of existence. Another possibility would be to have magic go awry, causing havoc across the world. I'd have the emperor be the eldest of whatever longest living race you have in your campaign. This way almost nobody would actually know what was before. It also allows you to have various races within the campaign easily. Have the dying emperor beseech the party to fix what he could not. Until the mistake is corrected, the remnants of society are in reality prisoners of the sanctuary they live in. Depends on what the screw up was. Underground is probably the most likely, but a city hidden in a mountain valley might work as well. As the PCs are meant to be the descendants of nobility, I'd have them have an old advisor to the dying emperor lament how society has deteriorated. Depending on how you want to lay it out, likely the lesser nobility would be forced to do labor merely for survival. Because of the remote location, supplies would be limited, and population control would be essential. All of this would make for high tensions within the sanctuary, and lead the emperor to make his request to the PCs. [/QUOTE]

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