Super Squirrel Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 I'm probably being silly, but I'm planning a campaign to run with Alice and a friend of mine in New York when we move. We may not be moving for at least a year but I'm designing it and getting ready to run it as if it were happening today. Cast of Characters (Characters of Old): Michael Williams - The Messiah. If you haven't read Alice's Via Logs this can fill you in quite a bit. Basically, he is the Messiah of the world and the son of the creator. After his father's death. Michael became the sworn protector of the world. Michael is a superhuman from the Champions Universe with Mimic powers and a bunch of other powers related to the Via world. Zalvin ix'Daris Sebastian Corrielle - My current PC from the still going campaign. Zalvin was granted immortality by the creater (not invulnerability) so that he could always remain by his love's side... Cyl, a dragon. Zalvin is the founder and co-owner of Z&C Enterprises, the first trading business established in Via. Cyl (aka Arachnae) - Zalvin's wife and partner in operations of Z&C Enterprises A Brief History of the World: Events of the current campaign come to an end. Michael Williams leaves, and remains the worlds protector. He remains in the Champions Universe and doesn't return to Via, at least that anyone knows about. A long period of time for Via passes while only a few years passes in the Champions Universe. Michael Williams meets the mystery love of his life and gets married. During his wedding ceremony, an old villain returns and fires a nano-disease at Michael Williams. This disease causes Michael's powers to behave all screwy when he tries to use them. This includes his ability to try and travel to Via. Back in Via, there are no true Heroes in the world. Magic is almost completely gone. The seraphim of the heavenly realm no longer appear when summoned by members of the church. And then things start to grow problematic as Z&C Enterprises starts becoming targetted, not for theft but outright destruction. Anything I post beyond this point will be spoilerish for any players I might have in my game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted January 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Re: Via: The Eighth Age One of the major early themes of this game is "What happened to the previous heroes?" This, in part, is going to depend a lot on what happens at the end of the current campaign we are in. As the GM really only kills if we do something very, very stupid and I keep my head on my shoulder, the chances of that happening are very slim so I've been sort of half-assured by the GM that Zalvin will survive. The rest, I'm not thinking about until I know the full outcome of our campaign. Of the original heroes, only one is going to be partially answered early on. However, the answer to that question is troubling. Zalvin ix'Daris Sebastian Corrielle is alive and still managing Z&C Enterprises. The campaign starts off with the players being hired bodyguards for a trade caravan of Z&C Enterprises. After an unusual attack on the caravan, Zalvin requests to meet those responsible for (hopefully) saving the shipment. Alice, don't read: Zalvin is extremely thin. He looks like he hasn't slept or eaten in days though he has at least recently bathed. Midway through the meeting, he begins apparently talking to himself. He makes statements such as "Why should I help you? You weren't there for us when Arachnae needed you most!" Questions about his family or his wife or anything of that nature will result in either a distant, distracting stare of a person his is quite depressed or an outburst of extreme anger. He simply won't mention anything about his wife. The effect is supposed to bring across that his wife has died and brought Zalvin to madness. In truth, she is alive but during the Eighth Upheaval, magic suddenly went crazy including the Dragon innate ability to use magic. Cyl, was trapped in her full grown dragon body and all attempts to try and get in touch with Micael, the messiah, fell on deaf ears. Then, about fifty years later another Dragon decided he'd try and raid Cyl and Zalvin's treasure trove. In the battle that followed, the muscles that operate Cyl's left wing were severed. She happened to be mid-flight at the time and the landing nearly killed both her and Zalvin. The dragon, thinking he would only be putting Cyl out of her misery, landed to finish her off. Zalvin, however, was still concious. He drew Avella's Revenge (his intelligent sword for those who don't read the logs) and drove back the dragon. Without access to Holy or Innate Dragon Fae magic, Cyl has been cave bound and has become very depressed over the years. Zalvin is equally depressed for no matter how much he manages to improve her trove by, the place of power still will not grant her magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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