After two whole weeks in the Badlands, the vanguard bursts out of the red mountains much worse for wear: Rusty Faelan succumbed to the leech vine and finding water became even more hazardous than the group had first suspected. Nevertheless, Jericho has caught glimpses of the Malaki brave's thoughts from time to time, and as the hard rock of the wasteland softens the further south they tread, Maaike and Aiden are able to spot footprints and other signs of his passing. Strangely, he is leading them not to his tribe but out of the Badlands altogether.
The land the vanguard enters now is a broad valley. Green mountains are just visible to the south but the immediate vicinity looks just as devoid of life as the Badlands seemed. The brave's tracks are perfectly clear now, and it seems the group is gaining on him. Oddly, his trail is circuitous rather than a straight shot across the valley, zig-zagging around small holes in the mud where steam wisps from the ground.
Still unable to locate the portal, the vanguard has only one option: Keep moving forward.
Note: Don't forget to worldbuild as you plot! You can now also create/join side threads to explore events through Chapter One and Two, or to finish previous chapter threads.
PCs will be added to this list as they join. If NPCs (italics) do not already have profiles linked, you can make them up as you go and their listed vitals will be updated per chapter.
Aella Karakinos — Unaffiliated Ayad, blacksmith's apprentice
Aiden Roy — Therian
Aifric Ramsey — Therian Cartographer
Faris ibn Alsyad — Purifier rep attached to LoP
Ionia Essytia — Skotadi representative, League of Adventurers
Kiel Taskel — Rutilus, League of Protectors
Maaike Sullivan — Therian scout, LoP-attached mercenary
Mortimer Jericho — Peteulanus, supplies & logistics
Nimisha — Sidhe forest guide for unmapped areas
Captain Olympias Lysistrata — Apali, Varagoi, no-nonsense, stereotyper
Raphael — Djinn bodyguard and hunter attached to Ionia
Ninian Aedh — Therian enforcer attached to Jericho
Shane — Shadowkin attached to Kiel
- Catch up to the Malaki brave before he reaches his tribe.
- Find a way back to the portal and home.
- Cross Peace Valley.
This chapter will end out of character at midnight (GMT) on the 7th of August. In-character, the events of this chapter will last two to three days. A vehicle for entering/leaving Acantha will be introduced in the middle of this chapter so new characters will be able to join then.