Re: New Wicked Age
Okay new best interests are out for some of the NPCs. That will round out our beginning phase. Now to set the scene:
This story will take place in the city of Sam'al. It is a powerful city state on the borders of the Empire. It straddles both sides of the Djor River, and is only a day's march from the Khal River which marks the edge of the Empire and the lands of the East. The city is a great waypoint in the middle of a rich trade route. It has caravans going through it heading through the desert lands both east and west. It is rich, it is decadent, it is full of thieves, brigands, and refugees of many lands who have migrated to the city for protection, food, and water. The people are ill treated by the aristocracy, and turn to the worship of the powerful Death Cult led by Nidintu-Bel. The cult has control of the night-ghouls, creatures no longer thought to be human, but rather servants under the direct control of the nameless god of death. The populace believe that so long as the god is appeased by the death of someone in the bloom of life, that these ghouls will be sated and not rise out of the undeground pits and cavernous subterranean labyrinth to attack the city's living.
Into this mix is the growing power of the criminal underground. A powerful network of thieves and cut throats has taken root in the sprawling slums, and the leader of this gang is beginning to entertain thoughts of anarchy, terrorism, and revolution.
All this comes at the time of a special visit by the Imperial Princess...
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You three should each decide where you'd like to have your characters enter the story.
Lillian - Are you just arriving with your entourage at the city gates? Have you already found lodging at the governor's palace? Or have you found lodging of your own?
Dalian - Where is your character now? Is she with the Cult? Is she on the run? Does she have friends that she is staying with?
Lenka - What sort of schemes are you up to at the start of all this? Are you planning a heist? an assassination? rabble rousing? Something more benign? Where?