carmachu said:
Well, if they went into hiding, then perhaps so did the god of arcane magic...
Oh, yeah, big time. She's there with them, in a mortal form. Her mastery of time and space was what allowed the spell to be cast in the first place. See the attachement for a little more detail. She is Aurora, though that's left to the Player's interpretation...
So, she'll be the first.
Lessee - She's being released from the time capsule, death is being reborn, and there are some indications that trickery/passion is stirring - working in concert with one of the players, he recruited one of the PCs to collect his relics - Being the god of trickery, "his" is such a nebulous term... I am thinking that the collection of items of power, be they his relics or some other power's, will lead to his rebirth, in some form or another.
Nature is fading; I like the idea that maybe they have to sell the druids on giving up their power to return the god to life - that the Druids ARE the god, but that split, he cannot hold on any longer.
That leaves hearth, and war.
Hearth:
I like the idea expressed earlier about having to find a young woman to take over that position - anyone have any more thoughts on that?
War:
This could be the capstone. The god of war in my campaign is known as the three-fold god, as he has three aspects: Conquest, Defense, and Crusade. There is a war in the southlands, with the orcs, who have apparently been organizing and preventing a greater threat. This has largely been background filler, but what if the one who was organizing them - and is apparently strong enough to hold the throne - were an ascendant aspect of Conquest? Thoughts? How do we invoke the other two?