Umm... with no idea about the overall plot is, so I'll make one up and do adventure hooks from there.
There's a terrible force known as the Crimson Tide, the life-force of the original mother-goddess, who was killed by her own children out of their greed for her power. Her power flowed out of the universe, and the Creator punished the children by making them the first mortals and denying them the powers of the gods. The Creator created a new mother goddess and new gods to take over the duties of the corrupted ones, and everything proceeded well for a time.
Uncountable eons later, the Crimson Tide is coming back, no longer exploding away, but imploding back on the multiverse. The ensuing chaos and overload of raw power could destroy the universe. Only powerful heroes can stop it!
The first inklings of the return of the Crimson Tide are subtle, but are enough for Fate to gather together the heroes it needs. Anya and Sumi first notice it when the very fabric of luck and chance begins to warp. Entirely unprobable things start to happen, from a cup not breaking when dropped on a stone floor to a single man destroying an army. Terrified at this loss of her control over luck, the goddess of Luck dispatches her two finest clerics to investigate the source, which seems to be coming from the Badlands, a cursed and lifeless place that is the sight where the first mother-goddess died.
Fairweather starts to notice strange and terrible changes happening to the natural world, from animals aging too fast, or even regressing in age, normally docile creatures attacking people, and raveous wolves running from mice. Alarmed by such changes, she begins to search for the source of the disturbances, finding they seem to be coming from the Badlands.
Domina finds that some of those around her seem to be agitated and fighting for no reason. Her old Company is dragged into battle after battle, and all around her she starts to see the breakdown of social order, and the increased instance of lawless bandits laying waste to whatever they want. Remembering her own childhood, she goes to put a stop to it, realizing as she does that the closer she gets to the Badlands the worse it gets.
Jesper suddenly finds that his carefully-controlled guild is starting to break down as more and more of his employees start to commit inexplicable crimes. Something is agitating even the most cool and collected amongst them, causing widespread chaos and disorder that is making it impossible to do business. And all of this chaos seems to be centered on the Badlands...
So, that's my stab at it. I hope that inspires you!
There's a terrible force known as the Crimson Tide, the life-force of the original mother-goddess, who was killed by her own children out of their greed for her power. Her power flowed out of the universe, and the Creator punished the children by making them the first mortals and denying them the powers of the gods. The Creator created a new mother goddess and new gods to take over the duties of the corrupted ones, and everything proceeded well for a time.
Uncountable eons later, the Crimson Tide is coming back, no longer exploding away, but imploding back on the multiverse. The ensuing chaos and overload of raw power could destroy the universe. Only powerful heroes can stop it!
The first inklings of the return of the Crimson Tide are subtle, but are enough for Fate to gather together the heroes it needs. Anya and Sumi first notice it when the very fabric of luck and chance begins to warp. Entirely unprobable things start to happen, from a cup not breaking when dropped on a stone floor to a single man destroying an army. Terrified at this loss of her control over luck, the goddess of Luck dispatches her two finest clerics to investigate the source, which seems to be coming from the Badlands, a cursed and lifeless place that is the sight where the first mother-goddess died.
Fairweather starts to notice strange and terrible changes happening to the natural world, from animals aging too fast, or even regressing in age, normally docile creatures attacking people, and raveous wolves running from mice. Alarmed by such changes, she begins to search for the source of the disturbances, finding they seem to be coming from the Badlands.
Domina finds that some of those around her seem to be agitated and fighting for no reason. Her old Company is dragged into battle after battle, and all around her she starts to see the breakdown of social order, and the increased instance of lawless bandits laying waste to whatever they want. Remembering her own childhood, she goes to put a stop to it, realizing as she does that the closer she gets to the Badlands the worse it gets.
Jesper suddenly finds that his carefully-controlled guild is starting to break down as more and more of his employees start to commit inexplicable crimes. Something is agitating even the most cool and collected amongst them, causing widespread chaos and disorder that is making it impossible to do business. And all of this chaos seems to be centered on the Badlands...
So, that's my stab at it. I hope that inspires you!
