The Outside Calls and Approaching the Glass City: Difference between pages

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Abstract: Traveling to the glass city

Dramatic Purpose: Chapter framing

Setting: Most likely being carried by a Swift Spirit of Winged Transportation, flying towards the direction of the pull, leading into the southern desert.

Order: After The Outside Calls

Principals: Gloriously Still Alloy, Heavenly Bitter Metal, Silkily Descending Mountain, Unrepentantly Battleworn Servant. Sandclouds.

Specifics: The Eye of Autochthon has opened in the southern desert Wyld, forming a large glass city, a stable oasis surrounded by 400 miles of bordermarch. Characters may be able to detect they they have entered one (Perception + Occult (3)).

Clouds will begin to follow them once in the bordermarches. They will converge and start raining sand. This will be minor harassment to the circle, but may cause problems for the flying spirit if not dealt with. Clouds are easily destroyed, but can only be hit by energy-type attacks. Bird lurches in surprise, maybe.

Circling the city, see remnants of a crashed vehicle on the edge of the city, having clearly shattered a path through part of the city. This is a strange vessel, mostly bamboo and other wood, with a large bag of canvas connected (now in tatters). This was a baloon-carried barge-like vessel, towed by an azure chariot spell, cast by Mnemon Marbado. At Mnemon's request, he brought Mnemon Caras Para and a full talon (125) of troops. The barge was caught by the sand clouds, and didn't fair very well, crashing into the town and killing most of the soldiers. The two dragon-blooded took the rest of the men deeper into the city, and they've been getting decimated by glass beasts since.

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-'''Abstract''': A force is felt pulling exalts towards the South
+'''Abstract''': Traveling to the glass city
-'''Dramatic Purpose''': Exposition. Move the story to the next phase, the pull to the Eye.
+'''Dramatic Purpose''': Chapter framing
-'''Setting''': Back in the inner religious chambers
+'''Setting''': Most likely being carried by a Swift Spirit of Winged Transportation, flying towards the direction of the pull, leading into the southern desert.
-'''Order''': After the Rave.
+'''Order''': After [[The Outside Calls]]
-'''Principals''': Kerok, ''[[Gloriously Still Alloy]]'', ''[[Heavenly Bitter Metal]]'', ''[[Silkily Descending Mountain]]'', ''[[Unrepentantly Battleworn Servant]]''
+'''Principals''': ''[[Gloriously Still Alloy]]'', ''[[Heavenly Bitter Metal]]'', ''[[Silkily Descending Mountain]]'', ''[[Unrepentantly Battleworn Servant]]''. Sandclouds.
-'''Specifics''': Circle called in and told that the loud noise was Ot screaming (due to shadowland formation, but they don't know that). Told of a pull felt by jade castes to a source in Creation. Ot claims to see a faint column of light in the same direction. Circle might remember reference to scream in the [[Tome of the Great Maker]]. Kerok wants to mount an expedition to the place, sending the three alchemicals in the room. Asks for assistance. They know the direction, but not the final destination.
+'''Specifics''': The [[Eye of Autochthon]] has opened in the southern desert Wyld, forming a large glass city, a stable oasis surrounded by 400 miles of bordermarch. Characters may be able to detect they they have entered one (Perception + Occult (3)).
-What to do with Jorias is an interesting issue. ''Fair-Spoken Rishi'' may have figured out a way to keep Jorias' charm operating, once he has started it. Jorias needed to travel quickly, but that may not matter. If using Jorias' spells, need to know destination.
+Clouds will begin to follow them once in the bordermarches. They will converge and start raining sand. This will be minor harassment to the circle, but may cause problems for the flying spirit if not dealt with. Clouds are easily destroyed, but can only be hit by energy-type attacks. Bird lurches in surprise, maybe.
-Might make sense for some to stay behind. Might not. Will Regret still be trackable?
+Circling the city, see remnants of a crashed vehicle on the edge of the city, having clearly shattered a path through part of the city. This is a strange vessel, mostly bamboo and other wood, with a large bag of canvas connected (now in tatters). This was a baloon-carried barge-like vessel, towed by an azure chariot spell, cast by [[Mnemon Marbado]]. At Mnemon's request, he brought [[Mnemon Caras Para]] and a full talon (125) of troops. The barge was caught by the sand clouds, and didn't fair very well, crashing into the town and killing most of the soldiers. The two dragon-blooded took the rest of the men deeper into the city, and they've been getting decimated by glass beasts since.
-If Jorias uses spell to travel, how do they aim? Maybe triangulation with aircar?
+'''Variations''':
-'''Outcome''': Circle will probably travel to destination with Alchemicals.
+'''Outcome''':
+'''Debugging''':
+'''Field Testing''':
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