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Timeline


==Back to Civilization==
* Ascending Wood, RY 768 (1 year, 9 months ago)
** 1st - Ot breaks into Creation
* Resplendent Wood, RY 768 (1 year, 8 months ago)
* Descending Wood, RY 768 (1 year, 7 months ago)
* Ascending Fire, RY 768 (1 year, 6 months ago)
** 1st - Stage 2 begins
* Resplendent Fire, RY 768 (1 year, 5 months ago)
* Descending Fire, RY 768 (1 year, 4 months ago)
* Ascending Air, RY 769 (1 year, 3 months ago)
* Resplendent Air, RY 769 (1 year, 2 months ago)
** 28th day of Resplendent Air - ''Excessively Righteous Blossom'' kills [[Ten Stripes]].
* Descending Air, RY 769 (1 year, 1 month ago)
** Kerok issues three decrees: First, that Yugash shall remain in Creation for all time, taking the Southwest as its own. Second, that no new conquest of Creation’s lands shall be made unless provoked. And third, that non-Autochthonians wishing to enter Yugash as citizens will be granted a modicum of rights and henceforth be known as "outsiders."
* Ascending Water, RY 769 (1 year ago)
* Resplendent Water, RY 769 (14 months ago)
* Descending Water, RY 769 (13 months ago)
** 5th - Regret leaves manse
* Ascending Earth, RY 769 (12 months ago)
** 15th - Excessively Righteous Blossom and his 4,000 troops defeated at Gem. Yearlong prep for new invasion begins.
* 28th - Regret arrives in Gem.
* Resplendent Earth, RY 769 (11 months ago)
** 10th - Regret tracks down some Autochtonian survivors and tortures them for information about Autochthon and Autochtonia.
** 25th - Regret reaches the Lap, killing librarian and taking his place. Discovers more info about Autochthon, as well as legends of an orichalcum mine.
* Descending Earth, RY 769 (10 months ago)
** 7th - Regret meets cirle in the Lap
* Ascending Wood, RY 769 (9 months ago)
* Resplendent Wood, RY 769 (8 months ago)
** 17th - Regret and Cruxis leave [[Dense Effulgence Root]]. Loose water?
* Descending Wood, RY 769 (7 months ago)
* ~25th - mine visited by Imperials and buildings destroyed.
* Ascending Fire, RY 769 (6 months ago)
** 2nd - Regret and Cruxis enter Autochtonia. They almost immediately kill Meticulous Owl. Soul, unable to get back to Underworld, finds Golden Venna Boar-Rider, makes a monster. Use information of mine to strike deal. Regret takes control of an artifact Meticulous Owl had to communicate with First and Forsaken Lion, sending false intelligence. Finds that resonance still a problem, and sleeps in coffin to shed it. Generally assists with invasion plans.
* 22nd - Circle visits [[Kardak]]
* 25th - manse repaired; hearthstones explode
* 28th - Autochtonians reach mine. In spite of warnings not to, they antagonize Kardak, who slaughters them.
* Resplendent Fire, RY 769 (5 months ago)
** Cruxis limit breaks, treating people cruelly, runs off into the Reaches. Stays there for a while contemplating, also training for Essence. Discovers elemental pole of smoke.
* Descending Fire, RY 769 (4 months ago)
** 1st - Pre essence training
* Second, larger expedition to mine, with several alchemicals, succeeds. Kardak and his tribe killed, their manse claimed as well. People enslaved. One shipment goes back.
* Ascending Air, RY 769 (3 months ago)
** 14th - A brief failure in the filtering system allows mosquitoes to enter Ot.
* Resplendent Air, RY 769 (2 months ago)
** 22nd - Great Contagion surfaces.
* Descending Air, RY 769 (1 month ago)
** 5th - Something akin to martial law declared. Various sections of Yugash quarentines Ot, and various sections of both isolate themselves. ''Unhesitatingly Loyal Weapon'' is infect and goes gremlin. All exalts dispatched to stop her.
** 9th - ''Unhesitatingly Loyal Weapon'' destroyed, but over a third of the exalts sent to stop her are killed as well. In addition, isolation seals in much of Ot are compromised in the fighting, with ''Weapon'' attempting at times to intentionally spread the disease.
** 10th - Rumors spread: Yugash being warred on by other nations with disease; isolationism vindicated; punishment from the Machine God. Void cults become more active.
** 11th - With ''Weapon'' dead, ''Blossom'' attempts to regain position as invading general, still intent on conquering. This calls the whole concept into question and in the ensuing debate, it is suggested in a moment of heated argument that ''Blossom'' might have sabotaged ''Weapon''. This derails the proceedings, with ''Blossom'' storming out making threats about taking control away from the "ignorant" mortals.
** 13th - Trams to the rest of Autochthonia sealed.
** 15th - 10% of Ot dead. Cruxis eventually notices this and returns. He sneaks into Ot, but winds up in a quarantined section with no other Exalts. He takes control, but is fighting a loosing battle.
** 26th - Essence training over. Story begins
* ''Ascending Water, RY 769''
** ''4th - 25% of Ot dead. 7% of the rest of Yugash dead. Regret sees shadowland.''
* 1st day of Descending Water - Gem hears about approaching invasion force.


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== Cast ==
|-
| colspan="2" |'''21st day of Ascending Earth, RY 769'''
|-
| ''Nexus''|| align="right" |''6 January 2004''
|}


[[Varden]] introduced. Circle hears rumors of the "[[White Queen]]" who rescued the costal village of [[Lush]] (near [[Thorns]]) after it had been “abducted by a deathlord”. Go to bar where [[Trieste]] is supposed to be and find [[Sage]], a geeky scholar fascinated by Anathema. He’s been waiting every day for months, so is taken to strip club. Trieste meets there and invites group to meeting with “superiors” in two days, indicating he will give word on where.
=== Kerok, Grand Autocrat ===


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Mortal. Grand Autocrat of Yugash. Behind the plan to break the Seal of Divinities. Machiavellian, but understated. Will listen to PCs if they make any sense. Particularly interested in curing disease. Fears ''Blossoms'' current movements. Secretly doubts decision to open seal, but won't change it.
|-
| colspan="2" |'''22nd day of Ascending Earth, RY 769'''
|-
| ''Nexus''|| align="right" |''6 January 2004''
|}


[[Gutts]] trades soulsteel articulated plate and fair folk armor for suit of orichalcum articulated plate “with some additional powers” with [[Tepet Mason]] (who can’t believe his luck). Still, he has Gutts followed. Suspecting this, circle changes hotel, discovering and eluding their tails. Gutts puts on armor and passes out.
Will probably die offscreen so that the new autocrat can order the seal remade while the PCs are off doing something.


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=== ''[[Excessively Righteous Blossom]]'' ===
|-
| ''Nexus''|| align="right" |''14 January 2004''
|}


Gutts has a [[Emerald_Fortress_Vision|vision]] while attuning to armor. To him, it lasts nearly a week but actually took place nearly instantly. Starving, he eats a lot. Circle trains for a while, then sleeps.
Moonsilver caste. Essence 3, 7 foot tall male. Overly idealistic. Actively plotting to take over Ot. Has assembled a good number of followers, mostly exalts sick of mortal control. Has taken over sections with ruthless purges of the infected, which seem to have worked. Mostly exists to wait around until/if the PCs decide to kick his ass. This will send his sections into chaos, though.


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=== ''Fair-Spoken Rishi'' ===
|-
| colspan="2" |'''23rd day of Ascending Earth, RY 769'''
|-
| ''Nexus''|| align="right" |''14 January 2004''
|}


As entire party sleeps, a [[mysterious woman|Kerin]] breaks in. Under cover of a Shadowy Simulacrums of Smoke spell and serious stealth charms, she steals the [[moonsilver box]] the characters were to deliver to [[Milo Divivovich]] from Gutts’ bag. She leaves a note in its place:
Orichalcum caste. Essence 4, 15 foot tall male. Four large green eyes. Advocate for extra-Autochthonian peoples. Deeply hurt over the "betrayal" of life from Creation for bringing the disease, and somewhat broken. Speaks out against reprisals against "outsiders", sometimes to the determent of Yugash. Largely ignored and fallen from grace, but could provide an ally if the PCs need a political hand.


<blockquote style="font-family: cursive; font-size: 12pt">Honored Brethren -<br>
=== [[Silkily Descending Mountain]] ===
I have temporarily borrowed the moonsilver box. It will be returned safely on one condition: that you allow me to accompany you when you deliver it. I seek an audience with the man to whom you intend to deliver it. If you accept this proposal, meet me at midnight tomorrow in the spire of the Silent Bell Tower in the Bastion District.</blockquote>


The circle spent the next day shopping (weapons and clothing), but went to the spire. The building, a First Age construction now adapted into a fine winery, had several guards, who raised an alarm when the circle walked in the front door. The circle managed to elude them and head up to the top of the spire.
Starmetal caste, Essence 2, 6 foot female. Most human looking of the alchemicals the PCs will see. At one point romantically linked to Cruxis, but scarred by him when he broke. Essentially assigned to Regret now, which will extend to the PCs when they arrive. Not particularly prepared for the contagion emotionally, with heavy doses of denial and "it will be fine". Otherwise, smart, capable, charming and helpful. Kathleen Turner voice.  


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=== ''Heavenly Bitter Metal'' ===
|-


| colspan="2" |'''24th day of Ascending Earth, RY 769'''
Soulsteel enforcer, Essence 3, 7 foot male. Never speaks. Acts as bodyguard for Kerok now, but actually spy for different nation (Jarish). Quite devout. Internally very concerned for disease and suffering of mortals who have it.
|-
| ''Nexus''|| align="right" |''14 January 2004''
|}


The mysterious woman stepped from the shadows and asked for their answer. They argued, but eventually agreed, on the added condition that she disclose what the box contained. She joined them for a late dinner, introducing herself as Kerin. She reveals contents of box as a red seed, and information is exchanged between them.
=== ''Gloriously Still Alloy'' ===


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Orichalcum leader type, Essence 2, 6 foot male. One of the only oricalcum castes in the section of Ot still acting as the "head" of the invasion and coordinating the disease response. Not prepared for the massive number of tasks that now fall to him. Arrogant. Will treat the PCs mostly as a distraction unless they get in his way.
|-
| ''Nexus''|| align="right" |''21 January 2004''
|}


After sleeping until morning, the circle awoke and, while Cruxis made an appointment to meet Milo Divivovich, the rest trained. After Cruxis returned with news of a meeting for the mid afternoon, a western woman visits, claiming to be a servant of Kerin. The slave indicated that Kerin would meet the group before the meeting. Later, an Immaculate stopped by, giving word that the meeting with [[Trieste]] would be later in the evening.
=== ''Unrepentantly Battleworn Servant'' ===


Before the meeting, a page gave the circle the message that their &ldquo;carriage awaits&rdquo; and they went down to meet it (Gutts racing down to see Kerin). In the carriage was the same western slave, indicating that her lady had sent her instead. Guen didn&rsquo;t trust the slave (and caught slight scents of Kerin) so left the carriage. The rest continued, and Guen trailed in hawk form.
Jade caste, Essence 2, 5.5 foot female. Very haggard, but determined. Working hard to help the people, doing anything she can. Will enthusiastically help cure plans.


After driving and being escorted through a startling array of wealth and waiting for some time, the solars in the circle met with Divivovich. The slave girl was not allowed in while, all the while, Guen watched from outside. The meeting progressed amiably, with Gutts&rsquo; brashness surprising Divivovich into liking the group. They agreed that the circle could take the box as payment for the delivery and suggested that, for an orichalcum hearthstone amulet, the circle could perform a task for the factor. He agreed to consider this and sent them to wait downstairs.
=== Golden Venna Boar-Rider ===


As the left the meeting, they discovered the guards left in the anteroom unconscious and the slave girl missing. The circle was shuttled into a room down the hall as the guards mobilized. Guen continued to watch Divivovich who, after waiting a time, took the box and opened a secret entrance to a staircase leading down. Guen followed as soon as was safe. He continued slowly down the stairs, uncovering a secret door that led even further down. He eventually found a first age hallway and strode slowly down it, alert.
Outcaste terrestrial, captured and now abandoned to the Reaches. Fire aspect. Lusty, rebellious and insane. Inherits Meticulous Owl's soul, and the odd combination of location, aspect and caste makes a strange breed of exalt. Can use db and abyssal charms. Reflexives at will.


Meanwhile, the solars were being questioned about the girl. Gutts botched a memory roll and was convinced that Kerin&rsquo;s name was Melissa, giving the guards the impression that she was a casual fling and that they thought nothing of the slave girl. The guards believed that the group had been seduced and duped, and left, re-locking the solars in the room. Shortly after, two thumps sounded from the hall and the solars decided to break out. They left into a hall filled with unconscious people. They went back into the office and found the secret passage as well. Thundering down the stairs, they met up with Guen.
Drawn by death of disease, eventually hooks up with ''Blossom''.


While Gutts and Varden broke into a treasure room (containing records of slave and drug trades that the circle never read, minor talismans, paintings and three strong boxes containing talents of jade, talents of silver and jars of heroin), Guen led the others through a secret door. Inside was a thick (open) door into a vast vault. Within the vault was a weeping Milo Divivovich, kneeling next to a shattered glass sphere that appeared to have been filled with rose petals. The petals littered the floor, along with a [[Corn Husk Thief|corn husk]]. (The petals were the souls of his ancestors which Milo believed to have been &ldquo;protected&rdquo; from the Underworld and living in paradise. In fact, they were imprisoned within, not in paradise at all.) Four glyphs were written on the wall in blood:
=== Others ===


<center>[[Image:Ongenwahl.png]]</center>
* ''Unhesitatingly Loyal Weapon'' - Oricalcum caste. Essence 4, 20 foot tall female. More machine than person. Caught disease and went gremlin. Had to be destroyed.
* ''Exsirar'' - Mortal general planning assault on Gem until his death from the disease.
* [[Synergistically Industrious Combine]] - linked group, sent to mine.
** [[Stunningly Old Soul]]
** [[Blessedly Stalwart Hammer]]
** [[Asymmetrically Growing Crystal]]
** [[Silently Flowing Ore]]
** [[Unapproachably Bright Glow]]
* Flawlessly Wrathful Sunrise - Leader of scouting party found by Juuken
* Darkly Fluttering Eyes - Other scouting party leader. Sunrises mistakes Juuken for her.


The glyphs were speculated to be written in the blood of Milo&rsquo;s daughter . The party ignored Milo&rsquo;s pleadings to leave, and eventually finalized the trade of the amulet for a future task. Milo believes they had something to do with the slave girl and does not trust them, so agreed to the deal in order keep tabs on them, giving them a white stone which will glow when he needs them.
== Stories ==


Eventually leaving Milo, Gutts insisted on breaking into the remaining doors. He found a room full of skulls (also hiding some first age artifacts which the circle did not find). The other two rooms were filled with gold, sculpture and treasure, but were guarded by traps. One put Gutts and Guen to sleep. The other shocked Varden with electricity. The circle left all of the treasure, more curious than greedy, and carried out their sleeping companions through the other end of the hall, which led into an apartment of Milo&rsquo;s. They did not notice, but a woman (a mistress) slept in the bed of the room they exited. The managed to get out, though Cruxis had to go out a different way (meeting the woman, [[Forgotten_Suns: Extras|Shaylai]], in the process).
Last character sheet update on 18 Dec 2007. Only six or seven sessions since. +20 xp.


The circle made their way to the park surrounding the Tomb of Singing Blades, where they met Trieste on schedule. He brought them to a nearby house and sat them down. Then the lights went out.
=== Into the Machine ===


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* [[Righteous Judgment]]
|-
* [[Rave Against the Machine]]
| ''Nexus''|| align="right" |''28 January 2004''
* [[The Outside Calls]]
|}


After a falling sensation, the lights faded in on a different scene. In place of the table was a large sundial, with Trieste and five robed figures seated around it. In fact, this was all happening in the groups heads, as the sundial is an artifact for meeting in a dream like space. The group was [[Sundial]], and they pitched to the circle their vision that the world was doomed to either endless war, domination by the abyssals or renewed rule by the solars (their preference). They want to be on the winning side. They believe using the blade known as [[Soul Mirror]] as a bargaining chip may allow them to manipulate one or more deathlords (or, at least, aim them in a specific direction). They claimed to know where the blade is, in [[Rathess]], and want the circle to get it.
=== The Eye Opens ===


In return, the circle asked for:
* Tamuz?
*(Guen) Help in reverting Regret of the Sun.
* [[Approaching the Glass City]]
*(Varden &amp; Guen) Training in Immaculate martial arts.
* [[Streets of Glass]] into the city, more glass beasts, remnants of Mnemon's crew
*(Jorias) An undisclosed favor (help repairing manse)
* [[Rats in a Glass Maze]]
*(Cruxis) Descrete armor and three virgin daughters to bear his children.
* [[Interview with a Glass Sorcerer]]
*(Gutts) Wealth
* [[Looking Into the Eye]]


At no time did the party ask the names of Sundial, nor did they verify anything about who they were or what they might be. The party agreed to look for the sword and Sundial suggested that this was just the beginning and indicted that Trieste would deliver preparation materials like maps and so on the next morning.
=== Stray Scenes ===


Returning to the hotel, the circle found [[Jaguan]] in their room. After greetings, he exchanged Guen&rsquo;s sorcery book for a suit of moonsilver reinforced breastplate. He also delivered a message, given to him by a no moon who owed a favor to a spirit:
* White Queen
* Husk
* Sundial
* Mnemon's crew
* Cult of Illuminated


<blockquote style="font-family: cursive; font-size: 12pt">Honored Exalts,<br>
=== Backdrop ===
At the recommendation of the huraka [[Morakkan]] (with the permission of his master [[Red Stalking Bear]], Master of the South Wind), your presence is requested at the spire of [[Fakharu]], Censor of the Celestial Bureaucracy, Dragon of Water, for an urgent matter of mutual interest. At your request, the bearer of this missive, Mikani, Messenger to the Spirit of the River of Tears, stands at your disposal to convey your exalted personages to the nearest seashore where a ship will greet you at the sunset of your arrival and bear you safely to your destination.</blockquote>


In discussing what to do, the circle (well, mostly Gutts) decided to return to Milo&rsquo;s place to steal the treasures seen before. After a great deal of argument, the party agreed, sending Cruxis ahead to &ldquo;distract&rdquo; the mistress and allow them to enter the vault through the secret back entrance. In spite of a number of botched stealth rolls by the armor intensive Gutts, they made it into the vault undetected.
* Civil war
* Bull of the North
* Thorns
* Mask of Winters
* White Queen


Having noticed the broken locks Gutts left previously, Milo had posted around thirty guards in the vault hallway. He then locked himself in the vault and killed himself in grief. The guards, not knowing this, remained at post and tried to drive off the circle. After a slight bit of slaughter from Gutts and some sorcery from Jaguan, the guards fell and the looting began.
=== Orichalcum Manse ===


Jaguan became obsessed with the documents in one of the vaults. Guen became obsessed with the skull room and became convinced that Milo needed to be killed. After breaking into the vault room and finding Milo dead, the circle left the vault, though Cruxis (who came down from his &ldquo;duties&rdquo;) incinerated the skulls.
Rathess


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* Need for cunaria, solar hearthstone, celestial lion talon, quintessence flask
|-
* [[Ophidian Kata Rings]]
| colspan="2" |'''25th day of Ascending Earth, RY 769'''
* The Goblin King. Abyssal consort(s)
|-
* Finding Soul Mirror
| ''Nexus''|| align="right" |''11 February 2004''
* Waking the Dragon Kings
|}
* Redemption of Regret, [[Three Gated Cage]]


Gutts, Guen and Jorias trained all night long. By morning Jaguan woke up and watched. Gutts decides to give a talent of silver to each of the servants he bought to take care of his elephant. Jorias suggested another talent of jade may make a good gift for Fakharu.
=== Moonsilver Manse ===


While Guen and Jaguan visited [[Mikani]], Cruxis and Gutts deposited the rest of the loot from Milo&rsquo;s house in a Nexus bank (19 talents of jade, 18 talents of silver, 21 talismans). He chose a talisman for everyone on the party, including Jaguan:
Reefs
*Cruxis: walkaway
*Guen: talisman against disease
* Hints about Ebon Dragon
*Gutts: talisman against disease
*Jaguan: good luck charm
*Jorias: ward vs. demons
*Varden: walkaway


Upon reuniting, Jorias announced that he would be staying with Jaguan for the time being, surprising everyone (especially Jaguan). Hinting that Jaguan would be teaching him sorcery, he said he would go to the libraries in [[Sijan]] to seek answers to the the circle's [[Forgotten Suns: Questions|questions]].
=== Starmetal Manse ===


After splitting the water used to contact the manse (which the group finally remembered to actually do), the group parted, with Guen, Gutts, Varden and Cruxis going with Mikani.
Yane


Pleased to see them, Mikani showed them her &ldquo;new toy&rdquo;, a necklace that created a sphere that allowed Mikani to take the group underwater downriver at incredible speed, reaching the coast by sundown. From there, Fakharu&rsquo;s ship picked them up and they slept.
* Need to summon calibration gate
* Asteroid base


[[Forgotten Suns: Log - The West|next chapter]]
=== Soulsteel Manse ===


[[Category:Forgotten Suns]]
Gethemane
[[Category:Campaign Log]]
 
* Vision Consorting with the Dead
* Mountain Folk
 
=== Jade Manse ===
 
Imperial Mountain
 
=== Finale ===
 
* Ebon Dragon & Empress
* Autochthon wakes
 
[[Exalted Aspects]]
[[Mark of Autochthon]]
 
=== Scene ===
 
'''Abstract''':
 
'''Dramatic Purpose''':
 
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=== The Orichalcum Manse ===
 
'''Abstract''':
 
'''Dramatic Purpose''':
 
'''Metagaming Purpose''':
 
'''Setting''': Rathess
 
'''Order''':
 
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=== The Moonsilver Manse ===
 
'''Abstract''':
 
'''Dramatic Purpose''': This should be related in some manner to the Scarlet Empress plotline, including information about the coming of the [[Ebon Dragon]].
 
'''Metagaming Purpose''':
 
'''Setting''': Somewhat near the City of the Shining Reefs
 
'''Order''':
 
'''Principals''':
 
'''Specifics''': An underwater quicksilver lake. Need to untangle the manse from some sort of machinations of those who follow [[Whose Whispers Chain]] in some way.
 
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=== The Starmetal Manse ===
 
'''Abstract''':
 
'''Dramatic Purpose''':
 
'''Metagaming Purpose''':
 
'''Setting''': A mountain top outside Yane.
 
'''Order''':
 
'''Principals''':
 
'''Specifics''': The top of the mountain holds a portal to the Starmetal Manse, not the manse itself. A ritual space exists on top of the mountain, and if the Calibration Gate is summoned there, the gate will open into the manse instead of into [[Yu-Shan]]. The manse itself is an asteroid observation base floating far above Creation.
 
'''Variations''':
 
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=== The Soulsteel Manse ===
 
'''Abstract''':
 
'''Dramatic Purpose''':
 
'''Metagaming Purpose''': Connect the circle with the Mountain Folk, in order to make the Jade Manse a bit more approachable.
 
'''Setting''': Gethamane
 
'''Order''':
 
'''Principals''': Minions of Vodak, possibly Vodak himself, abyssals (either on the same quest, or looking for ways to exploit Vodak).
 
'''Specifics''': Long before the solars originally hollowed the mountain, the place that would be Gethamane held the greatest city of the Nameless Ones. When Autochthon unmade them, some of the fallout spilled into the pit vacated by the city. After constructing the Soulsteel Manse in the pit, Autochthon made mountains to fill in the hole. These mountains never quite matched the surrounding stone, so numerous faults evolved, and these unwittingly made an ideal starting point for the solars who founded Gethamane.
 
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=== The Jade Manse ===
 
'''Abstract''':
 
'''Dramatic Purpose''':
 
'''Metagaming Purpose''':
 
'''Setting''': Deep under the Imperial Mountain
 
'''Order''':
 
'''Principals''':
 
'''Specifics''': Just getting there will be the main threat, but potentially some "corrupted" essence flows. Possibly related to Ebon Dragon.
 
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Revision as of 16:32, 14 March 2009

Timeline

  • Ascending Wood, RY 768 (1 year, 9 months ago)
    • 1st - Ot breaks into Creation
  • Resplendent Wood, RY 768 (1 year, 8 months ago)
  • Descending Wood, RY 768 (1 year, 7 months ago)
  • Ascending Fire, RY 768 (1 year, 6 months ago)
    • 1st - Stage 2 begins
  • Resplendent Fire, RY 768 (1 year, 5 months ago)
  • Descending Fire, RY 768 (1 year, 4 months ago)
  • Ascending Air, RY 769 (1 year, 3 months ago)
  • Resplendent Air, RY 769 (1 year, 2 months ago)
    • 28th day of Resplendent Air - Excessively Righteous Blossom kills Ten Stripes.
  • Descending Air, RY 769 (1 year, 1 month ago)
    • Kerok issues three decrees: First, that Yugash shall remain in Creation for all time, taking the Southwest as its own. Second, that no new conquest of Creation’s lands shall be made unless provoked. And third, that non-Autochthonians wishing to enter Yugash as citizens will be granted a modicum of rights and henceforth be known as "outsiders."
  • Ascending Water, RY 769 (1 year ago)
  • Resplendent Water, RY 769 (14 months ago)
  • Descending Water, RY 769 (13 months ago)
    • 5th - Regret leaves manse
  • Ascending Earth, RY 769 (12 months ago)
    • 15th - Excessively Righteous Blossom and his 4,000 troops defeated at Gem. Yearlong prep for new invasion begins.
  • 28th - Regret arrives in Gem.
  • Resplendent Earth, RY 769 (11 months ago)
    • 10th - Regret tracks down some Autochtonian survivors and tortures them for information about Autochthon and Autochtonia.
    • 25th - Regret reaches the Lap, killing librarian and taking his place. Discovers more info about Autochthon, as well as legends of an orichalcum mine.
  • Descending Earth, RY 769 (10 months ago)
    • 7th - Regret meets cirle in the Lap
  • Ascending Wood, RY 769 (9 months ago)
  • Resplendent Wood, RY 769 (8 months ago)
  • Descending Wood, RY 769 (7 months ago)
  • ~25th - mine visited by Imperials and buildings destroyed.
  • Ascending Fire, RY 769 (6 months ago)
    • 2nd - Regret and Cruxis enter Autochtonia. They almost immediately kill Meticulous Owl. Soul, unable to get back to Underworld, finds Golden Venna Boar-Rider, makes a monster. Use information of mine to strike deal. Regret takes control of an artifact Meticulous Owl had to communicate with First and Forsaken Lion, sending false intelligence. Finds that resonance still a problem, and sleeps in coffin to shed it. Generally assists with invasion plans.
  • 22nd - Circle visits Kardak
  • 25th - manse repaired; hearthstones explode
  • 28th - Autochtonians reach mine. In spite of warnings not to, they antagonize Kardak, who slaughters them.
  • Resplendent Fire, RY 769 (5 months ago)
    • Cruxis limit breaks, treating people cruelly, runs off into the Reaches. Stays there for a while contemplating, also training for Essence. Discovers elemental pole of smoke.
  • Descending Fire, RY 769 (4 months ago)
    • 1st - Pre essence training
  • Second, larger expedition to mine, with several alchemicals, succeeds. Kardak and his tribe killed, their manse claimed as well. People enslaved. One shipment goes back.
  • Ascending Air, RY 769 (3 months ago)
    • 14th - A brief failure in the filtering system allows mosquitoes to enter Ot.
  • Resplendent Air, RY 769 (2 months ago)
    • 22nd - Great Contagion surfaces.
  • Descending Air, RY 769 (1 month ago)
    • 5th - Something akin to martial law declared. Various sections of Yugash quarentines Ot, and various sections of both isolate themselves. Unhesitatingly Loyal Weapon is infect and goes gremlin. All exalts dispatched to stop her.
    • 9th - Unhesitatingly Loyal Weapon destroyed, but over a third of the exalts sent to stop her are killed as well. In addition, isolation seals in much of Ot are compromised in the fighting, with Weapon attempting at times to intentionally spread the disease.
    • 10th - Rumors spread: Yugash being warred on by other nations with disease; isolationism vindicated; punishment from the Machine God. Void cults become more active.
    • 11th - With Weapon dead, Blossom attempts to regain position as invading general, still intent on conquering. This calls the whole concept into question and in the ensuing debate, it is suggested in a moment of heated argument that Blossom might have sabotaged Weapon. This derails the proceedings, with Blossom storming out making threats about taking control away from the "ignorant" mortals.
    • 13th - Trams to the rest of Autochthonia sealed.
    • 15th - 10% of Ot dead. Cruxis eventually notices this and returns. He sneaks into Ot, but winds up in a quarantined section with no other Exalts. He takes control, but is fighting a loosing battle.
    • 26th - Essence training over. Story begins
  • Ascending Water, RY 769
    • 4th - 25% of Ot dead. 7% of the rest of Yugash dead. Regret sees shadowland.
  • 1st day of Descending Water - Gem hears about approaching invasion force.

Cast

Kerok, Grand Autocrat

Mortal. Grand Autocrat of Yugash. Behind the plan to break the Seal of Divinities. Machiavellian, but understated. Will listen to PCs if they make any sense. Particularly interested in curing disease. Fears Blossoms current movements. Secretly doubts decision to open seal, but won't change it.

Will probably die offscreen so that the new autocrat can order the seal remade while the PCs are off doing something.

Excessively Righteous Blossom

Moonsilver caste. Essence 3, 7 foot tall male. Overly idealistic. Actively plotting to take over Ot. Has assembled a good number of followers, mostly exalts sick of mortal control. Has taken over sections with ruthless purges of the infected, which seem to have worked. Mostly exists to wait around until/if the PCs decide to kick his ass. This will send his sections into chaos, though.

Fair-Spoken Rishi

Orichalcum caste. Essence 4, 15 foot tall male. Four large green eyes. Advocate for extra-Autochthonian peoples. Deeply hurt over the "betrayal" of life from Creation for bringing the disease, and somewhat broken. Speaks out against reprisals against "outsiders", sometimes to the determent of Yugash. Largely ignored and fallen from grace, but could provide an ally if the PCs need a political hand.

Silkily Descending Mountain

Starmetal caste, Essence 2, 6 foot female. Most human looking of the alchemicals the PCs will see. At one point romantically linked to Cruxis, but scarred by him when he broke. Essentially assigned to Regret now, which will extend to the PCs when they arrive. Not particularly prepared for the contagion emotionally, with heavy doses of denial and "it will be fine". Otherwise, smart, capable, charming and helpful. Kathleen Turner voice.

Heavenly Bitter Metal

Soulsteel enforcer, Essence 3, 7 foot male. Never speaks. Acts as bodyguard for Kerok now, but actually spy for different nation (Jarish). Quite devout. Internally very concerned for disease and suffering of mortals who have it.

Gloriously Still Alloy

Orichalcum leader type, Essence 2, 6 foot male. One of the only oricalcum castes in the section of Ot still acting as the "head" of the invasion and coordinating the disease response. Not prepared for the massive number of tasks that now fall to him. Arrogant. Will treat the PCs mostly as a distraction unless they get in his way.

Unrepentantly Battleworn Servant

Jade caste, Essence 2, 5.5 foot female. Very haggard, but determined. Working hard to help the people, doing anything she can. Will enthusiastically help cure plans.

Golden Venna Boar-Rider

Outcaste terrestrial, captured and now abandoned to the Reaches. Fire aspect. Lusty, rebellious and insane. Inherits Meticulous Owl's soul, and the odd combination of location, aspect and caste makes a strange breed of exalt. Can use db and abyssal charms. Reflexives at will.

Drawn by death of disease, eventually hooks up with Blossom.

Others

Stories

Last character sheet update on 18 Dec 2007. Only six or seven sessions since. +20 xp.

Into the Machine

The Eye Opens

Stray Scenes

  • White Queen
  • Husk
  • Sundial
  • Mnemon's crew
  • Cult of Illuminated

Backdrop

  • Civil war
  • Bull of the North
  • Thorns
  • Mask of Winters
  • White Queen

Orichalcum Manse

Rathess

  • Need for cunaria, solar hearthstone, celestial lion talon, quintessence flask
  • Ophidian Kata Rings
  • The Goblin King. Abyssal consort(s)
  • Finding Soul Mirror
  • Waking the Dragon Kings
  • Redemption of Regret, Three Gated Cage

Moonsilver Manse

Reefs

  • Hints about Ebon Dragon

Starmetal Manse

Yane

  • Need to summon calibration gate
  • Asteroid base

Soulsteel Manse

Gethemane

  • Vision Consorting with the Dead
  • Mountain Folk

Jade Manse

Imperial Mountain

Finale

  • Ebon Dragon & Empress
  • Autochthon wakes

Exalted Aspects Mark of Autochthon

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The Orichalcum Manse

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The Moonsilver Manse

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Dramatic Purpose: This should be related in some manner to the Scarlet Empress plotline, including information about the coming of the Ebon Dragon.

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Setting: Somewhat near the City of the Shining Reefs

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Specifics: An underwater quicksilver lake. Need to untangle the manse from some sort of machinations of those who follow Whose Whispers Chain in some way.

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The Starmetal Manse

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The Soulsteel Manse

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Metagaming Purpose: Connect the circle with the Mountain Folk, in order to make the Jade Manse a bit more approachable.

Setting: Gethamane

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Principals: Minions of Vodak, possibly Vodak himself, abyssals (either on the same quest, or looking for ways to exploit Vodak).

Specifics: Long before the solars originally hollowed the mountain, the place that would be Gethamane held the greatest city of the Nameless Ones. When Autochthon unmade them, some of the fallout spilled into the pit vacated by the city. After constructing the Soulsteel Manse in the pit, Autochthon made mountains to fill in the hole. These mountains never quite matched the surrounding stone, so numerous faults evolved, and these unwittingly made an ideal starting point for the solars who founded Gethamane.

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The Jade Manse

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