Life is change, and change is life. A truth inescapable when a frozen, cold, dead place, still and unmoving for ages... suddenly draws breath... and exhales. A torrent, a heat, a blaze, consuming and destructive and impossibly alive. Those caught in the wake of this breath are tempered and tested, some empowered, others blasted aside. Inevitable is this storm of life, spurred and driven by ambition and the desperate -need- for change. But what will be left once it has passed? Will life blaze brightly as never before, or be snuffed out for all time..?
Act V: Falling Star, Rising Sun
Scene I: Dawn of Reckoning
Rumors and Story Aspects
a) The Stars-Crossed Lovers: Battle on the Beach! (Friday, October 27th, 2017, 9 pm CST)
A'lera Treon and Nexxa Tristelle were half the members of an ill-fated expedition into the Cold Lands over a moon ago; the ill fate was not known at the time, for they returned, mostly none the worse for wear. Only later was it found that their freedom and very agency had been taken from them, usurped by a dangerous Allagan tool in the hands of the leader of the Fallen. Now has come the time to free them from an influence which the relic prevents them from even recognizing consciously.. but will the Falling Stars release their grip so easily?
"Living in Mists now, so no one will notice a few explosions, or whatever else goes down... and at the same time if X'zarann shows up, he won't be able to bring an army, so, this is as good a chance as we can hope for. It may be too much to hope that a setting as idyllic as the beach will deter hostilities, but we shall see. I just worry that if we push them too hard, they'll switch out like a linkpearl, leaving only violent slaves of the Falling Stars."
1. A'lera Treon
2. Nexxa Tristelle
3. Reis Okeya
4. Orrin Halgren
(5. Anstarra Silverain)
b) Rage Beneath the Earth (Sunday, October 29th, 2017, 5 pm CST FLEXIBLE)
Artoria Aldsan, the third member of the expedition into the Cold Lands to be captured and controlled, has found her way to the west in order to continue her life. Now though, stories circulate that she is getting involved with the war against the kobolds... the dark knight is no stranger to conflict, but there? And in a time when the Falling Stars are said to be waging a guerilla war against the same beastmen? Anstarra believes she is being used in their war, and that the time has come to free her.
"We've had to move so slowly because we know X'zarann has to expect it, but this is too much. Artoria isn't meant to be controlled.. there's a beast inside her that's bound to snap its chains. We need to set her free. X'ogun himself might be about, though I don't know if that would be lucky or unlucky.. I wouldn't mind an opportunity to stab him in the face. But Artoria must come first."
1. Artoria Aldsan
2. Naoh'a Aznable
3. Khira Lhizahla
4. Jana Ridah
(5. Anstarra Silverain)
c) Trials of the Bright (Saturday, November 4th, 2017, 7 pm CST FLEXIBLE)
The Bright Ones. Former Clip-Tails - former warriors of the Falling Stars who were mutilated for failure and made into slaves of the sept, liberated from bondage and led toward a brighter future by benevolent Adventurers. Forced by the Nunh's unnatural wrath to flee Ul'dah, they evaded Goldentail's press-gang force of Blades near the Burning Wall with the help of yet more goodly Adventurers. On to the Black Shroud they pressed, and then further north, through Coerthas unto the borderlands of Dravania itself, seeking a place far enough from their oppressors to be free once and for all. Now, though, they've finished running.
"X'vann and X'orri... from what they were before, to this. Leaders of the Bright Ones; Vann of the Leaf, pugilist and scholar, and Orri the Redeemed, protector and steward. They've led the others, near two-score of them reunited once more, equipped with the skills they learned from every discipline of the hand, land and war.. to the realm of dragons. With a plan to go higher yet, though not in flight... or, hah, perhaps exactly that. For they mean to help face their former Nunh in Azys Lla when the time comes, and to get there, you need wings..."
1. X'imba Tia
2. Nihka Mioni
3. Seito Moonclaw
4. Virara Wakuwa
Reserve List
1. Zaphir Zurlac
2.
HOUSE RULE: For Starsfall, players are allowed to, if they wish, purchase a Stunt (like any other stunt, this is not a bonus stunt, simply a bonus rule for Starsfall) that works in the following manner: +1 to a single skill, with a single, simple condition, otherwise always active. The cap to which a skill may be brought with this sort of Stunt is 5.
NOTE: This Stunt is not available to characters who already have a natural +5 in a skill.
EXAMPLE: Gain +1 to Fight as long as you are fighting with fist weapons. This may not bring your Fight higher than 5.
Act V: Falling Star, Rising Sun
Scene I: Dawn of Reckoning
Rumors and Story Aspects
- /End of the Golden(tail) Age/ - Infamous recluse Monetarist Moiraine Astervane (AKA Goldentail) has returned to Ul'dah to face lawful prosecution for the strange happenings, said to be void-related, surrounding her manor and affairs. The vultures close in, but you know what they say about a wounded and cornered beast...
- /A City Lit By Flames/ - With a major faction of the Brass Blades taking a major hit, and the leadership of the Golden Horde seeming unfocused without an enemy to fight, the power vacuum in Ul'dah has been filled by the Immortal Flames. Naturally, where power goes, corruption follows...
- /Falling Stars, Rising in the West/ - A tribe of miqo'te from the arctic seems to have not only found their way to La Noscea, but engaged in some form of protracted tribal warfare with the kobolds in and around the U'ghamoro Mines. Working in concert with a growing faction of arcanists, numerous crippling blows have been dealt to the beastman tribe, to general acclaim by all the good (non-beastmen) folks of La Noscea.
- /A Curious Exodus/ - Warriors from the savage Falling Stars sept have been piqued with a curiosity for the outside world. By land, sea and air, more of them are leaving their home - and traditional, xenophobic mindset - behind in favor of seeing this Outside World that both the Nunh and some of their spear-sisters have been making such a big deal about.
a) The Stars-Crossed Lovers: Battle on the Beach! (Friday, October 27th, 2017, 9 pm CST)
A'lera Treon and Nexxa Tristelle were half the members of an ill-fated expedition into the Cold Lands over a moon ago; the ill fate was not known at the time, for they returned, mostly none the worse for wear. Only later was it found that their freedom and very agency had been taken from them, usurped by a dangerous Allagan tool in the hands of the leader of the Fallen. Now has come the time to free them from an influence which the relic prevents them from even recognizing consciously.. but will the Falling Stars release their grip so easily?
"Living in Mists now, so no one will notice a few explosions, or whatever else goes down... and at the same time if X'zarann shows up, he won't be able to bring an army, so, this is as good a chance as we can hope for. It may be too much to hope that a setting as idyllic as the beach will deter hostilities, but we shall see. I just worry that if we push them too hard, they'll switch out like a linkpearl, leaving only violent slaves of the Falling Stars."
1. A'lera Treon
2. Nexxa Tristelle
3. Reis Okeya
4. Orrin Halgren
(5. Anstarra Silverain)
b) Rage Beneath the Earth (Sunday, October 29th, 2017, 5 pm CST FLEXIBLE)
Artoria Aldsan, the third member of the expedition into the Cold Lands to be captured and controlled, has found her way to the west in order to continue her life. Now though, stories circulate that she is getting involved with the war against the kobolds... the dark knight is no stranger to conflict, but there? And in a time when the Falling Stars are said to be waging a guerilla war against the same beastmen? Anstarra believes she is being used in their war, and that the time has come to free her.
"We've had to move so slowly because we know X'zarann has to expect it, but this is too much. Artoria isn't meant to be controlled.. there's a beast inside her that's bound to snap its chains. We need to set her free. X'ogun himself might be about, though I don't know if that would be lucky or unlucky.. I wouldn't mind an opportunity to stab him in the face. But Artoria must come first."
1. Artoria Aldsan
2. Naoh'a Aznable
3. Khira Lhizahla
4. Jana Ridah
(5. Anstarra Silverain)
c) Trials of the Bright (Saturday, November 4th, 2017, 7 pm CST FLEXIBLE)
The Bright Ones. Former Clip-Tails - former warriors of the Falling Stars who were mutilated for failure and made into slaves of the sept, liberated from bondage and led toward a brighter future by benevolent Adventurers. Forced by the Nunh's unnatural wrath to flee Ul'dah, they evaded Goldentail's press-gang force of Blades near the Burning Wall with the help of yet more goodly Adventurers. On to the Black Shroud they pressed, and then further north, through Coerthas unto the borderlands of Dravania itself, seeking a place far enough from their oppressors to be free once and for all. Now, though, they've finished running.
"X'vann and X'orri... from what they were before, to this. Leaders of the Bright Ones; Vann of the Leaf, pugilist and scholar, and Orri the Redeemed, protector and steward. They've led the others, near two-score of them reunited once more, equipped with the skills they learned from every discipline of the hand, land and war.. to the realm of dragons. With a plan to go higher yet, though not in flight... or, hah, perhaps exactly that. For they mean to help face their former Nunh in Azys Lla when the time comes, and to get there, you need wings..."
1. X'imba Tia
2. Nihka Mioni
3. Seito Moonclaw
4. Virara Wakuwa
Reserve List
1. Zaphir Zurlac
2.
HOUSE RULE: For Starsfall, players are allowed to, if they wish, purchase a Stunt (like any other stunt, this is not a bonus stunt, simply a bonus rule for Starsfall) that works in the following manner: +1 to a single skill, with a single, simple condition, otherwise always active. The cap to which a skill may be brought with this sort of Stunt is 5.
NOTE: This Stunt is not available to characters who already have a natural +5 in a skill.
EXAMPLE: Gain +1 to Fight as long as you are fighting with fist weapons. This may not bring your Fight higher than 5.
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