It looks like the land around the city has eroded away. Perhaps the sorcerous work of a paranoid defence minister? Or an infestation of earth-devouring parasites? Or perhaps the city was built on an island in a now-vanished sea.
This mighty fortress started in forgotten times as a lively city: one day the sky started cracking, as if a cut had riven its dome.
For a long time after the initial panic, it looked like nothing was really happening. But the infamous Grand Vizier Sakhet could not stand the feeling of impending doom from the sundered sky and ordered the council of sorcerers to prepare a ritual that would secure the city.
What happened afterwards was cruel misfortune, or maybe poetic fate: the rite devised to close the cut in the sky needed energy, and that energy had to come directly from the nearby lands... the sky was closed, but the land waned, eroded by the winds. In the span of a generation, the once mighty city was a fortress perched on a peak, most of its people long gone, bringing civilization and culture and colors to distant lands, leaving only a husk of the former glory squatting on the mighty peak.
One thing I liked: we didn't really explain much, leaving a lot of stuff to the imagination. Or, if the Lore was used in game, to the player's to discover/invent.
I want to know more about this place! Lore Phase!
ReplyDeleteI, as the Seeker, want to know "Why this mighty city (or is it a fortress?) was built in such a remote and unaccessible place?"
The land of people with massive calf muscles!!
ReplyDeleterolled double 6, so what's the tone, Seeker?
ReplyDeleteGlum
ReplyDeleteRenato Ramonda It was not always so remote. Civilization retreated carefully as people realized what was happening there.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the land around the city has eroded away. Perhaps the sorcerous work of a paranoid defence minister? Or an infestation of earth-devouring parasites? Or perhaps the city was built on an island in a now-vanished sea.
ReplyDelete(Tim, I'll accept Stephen's response as the first, then we'll suppose I handed you the dice and they came up glum again)
ReplyDeleteThose two facts can be compatible... I want to know more: please take the dice, roll them and add a hint under the new Tone.
Renato Ramonda there was a roaring cacophony, as if the sky was relentessly cracking.
ReplyDelete(jovial)
I think we have enough Lore.
ReplyDeleteThis mighty fortress started in forgotten times as a lively city: one day the sky started cracking, as if a cut had riven its dome.
For a long time after the initial panic, it looked like nothing was really happening. But the infamous Grand Vizier Sakhet could not stand the feeling of impending doom from the sundered sky and ordered the council of sorcerers to prepare a ritual that would secure the city.
What happened afterwards was cruel misfortune, or maybe poetic fate: the rite devised to close the cut in the sky needed energy, and that energy had to come directly from the nearby lands... the sky was closed, but the land waned, eroded by the winds. In the span of a generation, the once mighty city was a fortress perched on a peak, most of its people long gone, bringing civilization and culture and colors to distant lands, leaving only a husk of the former glory squatting on the mighty peak.
Thanks for playing, everyone!
ReplyDeleteHigh five!
ReplyDeleteOne thing I liked: we didn't really explain much, leaving a lot of stuff to the imagination.
ReplyDeleteOr, if the Lore was used in game, to the player's to discover/invent.
...We should do that again sometimes!
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