event 01 plotting

[thestewards]

Welcome to the first plotting post of A Gentle Night.

The first event of the game will see characters arriving in Draega in the wee hours of the night—and immediately suffering an attack from the Hunter Guild. The Hunter Guild loathes the Blood, and they have decided that Queen Fayura's actions must be answered with immediate and severe violence. Meanwhile, the Queen is no where to be found and the Old Town Bazaar burns.

You can read the full event here. The post is currently locked for responses and will open at 8PM EST on the 24th. Take this time to talk to each other about what you're interested in doing and accomplishing in this event.

Questions should be asked here. As both Allairavar and Loren are out and about in this event, you may request that they engage with your character using our NPC request form. Comment to the appropriate character's top-level. For events like this, simply let us know which of your prompts you'd like the NPC to respond to. Remember that members of Fayura's First Circle appear in the event and as minor NPCs can be driven by players at-will.

This is also a good time to talk to your fellow players about the jobs and activities around Draega that will allow you to gain influence this month.

After this event…

► Players can assume that characters know all the information given in the info pages. Whether you handwave a conversation with random NPCs or assume that Loren answered your characters' questions, as of the end of the event all PCs have been informed of the landen Guilds, the Ebon Council, and the state of the world.

► Characters may move out of the Queen's Residence and establish their homes elsewhere. Many buildings in the city are empty and in need of repairs, but no one will stop Strangers from moving in.

► Any one who remains at the Queen's Residence will receive a modest stipend, enough to cover food and drink. Loren will make clear that Strangers who do not live at the residence will not be afforded this money but also that Strangers who do stay are considered part of the Queen's court in as much as actions they take will reflect back on the court.

► Allairavar reminds everyone who chooses to stay at the residence that if you live with the court, you practice with the court. He expects all the Strangers who stay to be on the practice fields with everyone else at dawn. To those who are reticent, he explains that no one needs to learn how to fight only how to defend long enough for help (he seems to imply himself) to arrive.

Comments

[cmbr]

Is there any poison or signs of pollution outside of the city? (e.g. 'scientific reasons' such as nutrient deficiency, which Sen will try to look for)

[thestewards]

Because the population is small enough that mass production isn't necessary, there aren't huge factories belching smoke into the air. However, Sen will notice very quickly that the land is overworked and needs to rest, but people just keep pouring more fertilizer onto the fields to get less and less yield. That's clearly not the largest issue, though, since as you travel away from the city to land that can't be farmed, that land is in even worse shape but not because it's been overworked. In a way, it feels like the land has been bled dry.

Should Sen continue to investigate this, she'll hear that people are excited for the planting season this year. People say things like, "Last year's harvest wasn't so bad. Maybe this year..." and "There's supposed to be a planting festival. I heard the Queen is sponsoring it." There's an undercurrent of hope in how people talk about the planting and harvest for the coming seasons, and Sen may come away with the impression that something changed in the past 10 to 20 years

[cmbr]

Thank you for the prompt response!

Is there any source of mana/magic around that would be of a similar type to the 'Earth's mana/life force'? Something that she would be able to recognize as 'yes, this is what the environment should have but is lacking' from the signature of it?

[thestewards]

There isn't any source of magic of power or something like springs of life force. Sen will definitely be able to tell that something is missing, but it will take growing familiar with Draega to pinpoint exactly what that is.

[cmbr]

Understandable! Thank you again for the information, this is very interesting!