It's well-known that deathknights take pleasure in the misfortune of others. Â But what happens when a force more powerful than anything they've ever known begins to take pleasure in their misfortunes? Â What happens when they become nothing but one misfortune after another, and all for the entertainment of some great being?Jack said:
One of the many courtisan of the scarlet empress is currently looking a bit too much into her affair Memnon is thinking, I't time to Reming that insolant child what i't is to cross Memnon even if sha was from her own house, Will the character, a sworn brotherhood sent to retreive her, give in to Memnon or will they let the upstart courtisan go? And in soing so learning a secret that could gain them the favor of other powerfull dragon-blooded but turn them away from their house favor? Maybe the can even *gasp* blackmail Memnon?Rhapsody said:
In the middle of the night the characters are visited by ALL 7 of the Hidden Judges of the Secret Flame and escorted to Yu Shan. There they are told that they faces charges of crimes against both creation and heaven. They have one week to prove their innocence, problem is, no one will tell them what they did. They are free to go where they please within Yu Shan (except for to the Games of Divinity) but can not leave the city. If the characters can not figure out what they did and prove their innocence, they face execution so that their exaltations can be freed from their current "corrupt" incarnations.Rhapsody said:
Since the Empress disappeared, order has started to spiral into chaos. Â The Great Houses are literally at each other's throats in bids for the Scarlet Throne and the treasures and secrets Her Majesty left behind. Â The Threshold tributaries are revolting one by one by one, and the Anathema have returned at the time of the Realm's greatest weakness to plague Creation once again.
The fire trees have bloomed once again in the Republic of Chaya and the locals have begun their yearly outburst of emotional inhabitions, drinking to excess and fire blossom induced craziness. Â All however, except for every 9 year old child in the region and the natives have locked them away, viewing them as they would any outsider. The characters must find a way to protect the children and uncover why they have been excluded from their way of life.
For centuries the island people of the south have sacrificed their firstborn to their volcano gods for mercy, prosperity and honor as directed by their ancestors. Â At the age of 16, these children are flung armed and armored into the fires of the volcanoes to fight the war that keeps the blood of the old gods from destroying their homes and claiming their souls. Â Or so the people were led to believe. ÂRhapsody said:
One of the Heroes has been injected with a potent poison causing his heart to beat slower and slower until it stope completly, the only way to counter this is to keep it beating as fast as possible until he can find the antidote.
One of the female characters is growing a beard. Not only is she growing this beard, it's growing in all shades of the rainbow, and it grows at a rate of a foot a day. Â If she cuts it off, it grows back overnight. Trimming it back is only a stopgap and the hairs are bristly enough to poke through any covering placed over it like sharp needles (though it's otherwise soft to touch). Â Figuring out why should prove interesting... if she doesn't kill her Circle mates for laughing at her before the problem can be solved.Smeggedoff said:
A Chosen of Serenity renowned for her music is hosting a concert outside the Jade Pleasure Dome, which is rumored to have drawn the attention of even the Incarnae away from from the Games of Divinity. Â This would be an opportune chance to speak to one's particular patron on the state of affairs in Creation... if one could only finagle an invitation to the performance.
The Black Exaltation isn't the only way Abyssals are made. Â Sometimes, Deathlords can entice Solar Exalted into their service. Â When one Solar emerges from the Underworld years after his disappearance quite literally a changed man, how will his Circlemates react? Â Will they try to save him, or will they become his bitterest enemies?cyl said:
He who lay waithing, a buzzard lunar, has been observing the deathknight of loverclad uin raiment of tears for quite a while. She now has her fancy of clollecting more and more beastmen from his tribe. Why does she do this? he ask is fellow lunar to help him capture the deathknight to investigate. He is revealed to be the bastard mate of one of the character? What will shr do? He was to say the least unkind in is previous form.Flagg said:
The auction houses of the Guild boast many rare and mysterious artifacts, and the latest fliers littering Nexus streets proclaim an open auction fitting this bill perfectly. An exquisite First Age scarlet evening gown, guaranteed to make even the most homely girl a desirable goddess, is up for sale to the highest bidder. Only the artifact isn't quite what it seems: it is, in fact, enchanted to make all who see the wearer in the dress fall instantly in love. The problem is, this dress was not tailored for anyone but a Celestial Exalt, as Terrestrials and mortals cannot properly handle the dress' effects upon themselves or other people. Should the dress fall into mortal hands, chaos and widespread destruction is almost guaranteed to ensue as mortals will tear each other and their city apart in order to possess the wearer, who will be unable to control herself or the dress and will likely die as a result.TheReagent said:
While laying low in Nexus, the characters run across a young boy being assaulted by thugs in a back alley. Before the characters can intervene, the boy exalts as a Zenith Caste Solar and lays waste to the thugs before their eyes, then leaps the building and is gone before they can react. As they look for him, they are stopped by an old beggar who stares at them with blind eyes and tells them in a cracked and aged voice that they must protect the boy. As the characters look to each other, they look back to see the old man has passed on, his final words a warning that the boy must not come to harm. The group soon finds the boy, again being assaulted, this time by a bronze faction assassin. After fending off the assassin the group is visited by a Gold Faction Sidreal, who tells them that they must protect the boy at all costs, for the threads of fate show that the boy may very well grow up to lead the solars in bringing lasting peace and tranquility to the world. Before he can finish his sentence however, another Bronze Faction Sidreal steps from the shadows to warn the group that the Gold Faction isn't telling them the whole story. The Bronze Faction Sidreal then informs the group that the boy's destiny is split, with an equal chance of going one of two ways. To be certain, one path leads to a better world, but in the other the boy grows up to defect to the ranks of the underworld, and is instrumental in the Deathlords usurping the living world. He informs the group that because of this possibility, the boy can not be allowed to live. The Sidreals, seeking to avoid further confrontation each give the characters information on how to contact them and give the group 3 days to decide what to do with the young boy. What will the group do? Can they kill a child that has done nothing wrong for sins he may never commit? What will the characters do when they hold the fate of a boy who's fate it is to change Creation, for good, or for ill.Rhapsody said:
