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D&D Main Plot Summary & Catch-Up
9 years ago
As I posted in this other journal, I'm about to start a new format for updates on our furry D&D campaign, but first, to catch up!
-PLOT-
Time has been broken. As its currents flow back and forth across the eons like a winding river, a gash has been carved straight through reality, linking 5 eras in history and filling them with destructive time-rifts and otherworldly creatures. Also during this destruction, a city that was once prosperous was sacked, and then vanished completely- only to reappear as a massive, dark ruin wherever Time is most wounded...
Three terrible factions have taken advantage of this tear in time. The tiger-race of cruel Rakshasas; an evil dragon and his twisted offspring; and an alliance of technologically-advanced Mindflayers and Doppelgangers.
The only people trying to thwart these plotters and heal time are an odd assortment of ill-matched adventurers who all became involved- more or less unwillingly. Whether they like, love, or hate each other (or many at the same time), these individuals find their best hope of survival is to stick together until Time is healed again.
-TIMELINES-
"The Paleolithic" - the very beginnings of civilization as we know it. Races are segregated in strictly-maintained holds across the world, technology and magic do not even exist yet that people know, but a race of ancient dragons and old, forgotten gods suggest an even deeper, older history that has been lost...
"The Golden Age" - home to the greatest city in history, thanks to recently-achieved harmony and coexistence of all races working together. All is not perfect, as a race of powerful Rakshasas cruelly dominate other parts of the world, but they seemed to disappear after this era...
"The Dark Age" - after the Mindflayers destroyed the golden city long ago, and its ruins vanished, the world divided itself into clans and kingdoms. A kind of prosperity began to return under the rule of a benevolent Empress, but the giant, ruinous Dreadful City reappeared, and it was to this that many of our heroes from this timeline were originally drawn as explorers...
"The Waning World" - Virtually no progress was made in history since the Dark Age... some of the Dreadful City was explored, but much of what was being rebuilt across the world was lost during a thousand years of stagnation and decline...
"The Frozen Waste" - The world has entered an ice-age, during which most humanoid races have dwindled, leaving the heartiest beast-races to eke out a tribal existence in the frozen ruins of what the world used to be...
-CHARACTERS-
Arkanum (Ark) - Kobold Rogue/Sorceror : (Currently active party member)
Ark was once a child of "Papa Swampy," the great, evil black dragon whose family have tried to use the wound in Time to their advantage. A past rebel, he was cursed to give up his dragon identity and be reincarnated as a kobold.
Origin : Born as a kobold in the Dark Age
Played by Arkanum Zilong
Ashe - Vanara Bard : (Removed from the party, currently acting on his own elsewhere)
A member of a slave-race of monkey-people cruelly exploited by the Golden-Age Rakshasas. He spent his time as a bard trying to be a valuable enough entertainer to avoid the Rakshasa cook-pots. He briefly joined the party, but allowed himself to be "collected" by dragons in order to provide the party with dragon-knowledge.
Origin: (Golden Age?? - unknown)
Played by Cletis Bojog (also the DM)
Blue Pine - Half-Orc Monk : (Unknown)
Blue joined the party early on and was a valuable asset both in and out of battle with his peaceful, kind disposition. He determined he was in need of further training and meditation, however, and went up into the mountains to pursue both of these. Yet shortly thereafter, events were set in motion that ultimately thrust the party a thousand years or more into the future, and Blue was left in the Dark Age.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Swampstomper
Bulfruke - Dwarf Barbarian : (Deceased)
Bulfruke joined the party in the turbulent time immediately after its first time-jump, but a Mindflayer consumed and destroyed Bulfruke's brain before the party could save him. Like Sam, Bulfruke was offered reincarnation, but his soul chose to remain in the mead-halls of his fathers. Sam, however, was reincarnated with Bulfruke's appearance.
Origin: Waning World
Played by S-Dawg
Dukris (Duke) - Orc Fighter : (Currently active party member)
Duke was a young tribal orc who once fell in love with an elf. However, this relationship led to the betrayal of Duke's clan, and for a long time Duke believed them to have been wiped out completely. Duke's mind suffered a mental attack and possession by one of the Mindflayers, and through saving Duke the party first learned of their involvement.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Duke Rocheister
Gruffydd (pronounced "Griffith") - Halfling Wizard : (Currently active party member)
Mysteriously "adopted" by a clan of elitist wizards and raised as a sort of pet, the hobbit was also taught some basic magic when he was discovered to possess the ability. He first came to Dreadful City to set up his own alchemy shop and atelier, but has since become tempted to join a dragon's "collection" and gain fuller knowledge of magic and a greatly-extended lifespan.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Rowan Bojog
Michael - Human Paladin/Grey-Guard : (Currently active party member)
The god Horkoth is believed to have engineered and created this Paladin for the sole purpose of healing the rifts in Time. Michael has a strict sense of justice and duty, but is conflicted and at times resentful of being created for the use of a god. His cleric follower, Sam, is loyal to Michael but often acts as his liaison to deal more kindly with those around him.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Lokven
Niko - Panda-Bear Monk : (Unknown)
The Monk known as Niko appeared with his orc companion, Rikki around the time of the party's first time-jump. The two were inseparable, and while party members, they often went off on their own quests. When the party was first thrown through Time, Niko and Rikki were not to be found afterwards with the rest of the group. It is unknown whether they time-jumped with the party but to a different location, or jumped into the past when the party jumped forward, or if they simply were not caught up in the time-jump at all and remained in the Dark Age.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Nikogor
Raktus (Rak) - Bull-man/Minotaur Necromancer/Cleric : (Follower of Weiss)
Raktus was introduced to the party late, after he and Weiss had developed a secret romantic relationship in the Golden Age. A bull with a dark past, Rak has given up a life of evil and killing to follow his love and turn to good (or has he?). See also Weiss's entry.
Origin: Golden Age
Played by Sonne "Sunny" Osbourne
Remnic - Catfolk Ranger : (Unknown)
A mysterious cat-man with a magical book that would tell him his fate, Remnic the Ranger was an early companion of the party. In search of the missing pages of his fateful book, Remnic often adventured with the party, but often on his own as well. He was adept at using a Ring of Feather-falling to confuse and escape his enemies by leaping off buildings even as he continued to fight them from a distance. Similarly to Titus, he left one day on his own and did not return. The true nature of his book also remains unknown.
Origin: Golden Age
Played by Remnic Ashru
Rikki - Orc Fighter : (Unknown)
Rikki the Orc appeared with his panda companion, Niko, around the time of the party's first time-jump. Their fate is unknown- see also Niko's entry.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Rikki69
Sam - Formerly Human, reincarnated as a Dwarf Cleric : (Follower of Michael)
Sam was originally drawn to Michael's heroism and devotion to Horkoth, and joined the party before he was really ready. On one of his first adventures, Sam was brutally destroyed by a monstrous centipede. Filled with remorse, Michael and the rest of the party took his remains to a Druidess who enabled him to reincarnate- only Sam's mind and soul now inhabit a body with the lineness of Bulfruke. See also Bulfruke and Michael's entries.
Origin: Waning World
Played by Lokven
Sol - Formerly Elf Wizard, now a Skeleton Necromancer : (Deceased, undead)
A proud, talented fellow with a dark side, Sol joined the party on their earliest adventures before his Wizard-Guild recalled him for reassignment. He was absent when the party time-jumped, and the remaining deeds of his life are unknown. Ages later, the party discovered a cackling skeleton who regrets undeath and now seeks only oblivion. However, he holds valuable information in his memory somewhere, and seems familiar to those who once knew Sol long ago...
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Hitsugaya1987
Titus - Minotaur : (Unknown)
An enormous Minotaur in chains, a mere shadow of the powerful creature he was born to be- Titus was magically bound and weakened, seeking freedom from this curse in the company of adventurers. Relations with the party were strained, unfortunately, after Titus slew an enemy who had surrendered- according to a frightened and battle-weary Gruffydd, who was the only witness to the alleged murder. One day the great minotaur left and did not return. His fate is unknown.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Hitsugaya1987
Weiss Schnee (Weiss) - Polar-Bear Ranger/Monk : (Currently active party member)
Born to a tribe of bears in the final era of the world, Weiss came to the party with rustic (some might say primitive) ways. His respect for life- even the life of a wild animal- is admirable, however, and his “simple” views have often been a moral wake-up call for the party. Weiss met and fell in love with the Necromancer Minotaur Raktus in the Golden Age, and has made great strides in redeeming the once evil creature. Originally seeking his lost sister and vengeance on a spirit that killed his parents, Weiss has now accomplished these tasks and follows the party out of loyalty, though he often questions their true motives.
Origin: Frozen Waste
Played by Sonne "Sunny" Osbourne
Zanendithas (Zane) - Half-Orc Wizard : (Currently active party member)
A flashy dandy of a man, Zane takes advantage of being a good-looking human and a good-looking orc all at once, to melt hearts even as his ice-magic freezes his enemies to the bone. Though his style of battle can be flamboyant and playful even in the darkest of times, Zane often keeps to himself when at home. He eschews drama and tension in favor of reason, and studies his spells alone in his free time, though he and Gruffydd have bonded over spells and arcane knowledge from time to time.
Origin: Waning World
Played by Zeke Silverwind
-PLOT-
Time has been broken. As its currents flow back and forth across the eons like a winding river, a gash has been carved straight through reality, linking 5 eras in history and filling them with destructive time-rifts and otherworldly creatures. Also during this destruction, a city that was once prosperous was sacked, and then vanished completely- only to reappear as a massive, dark ruin wherever Time is most wounded...
Three terrible factions have taken advantage of this tear in time. The tiger-race of cruel Rakshasas; an evil dragon and his twisted offspring; and an alliance of technologically-advanced Mindflayers and Doppelgangers.
The only people trying to thwart these plotters and heal time are an odd assortment of ill-matched adventurers who all became involved- more or less unwillingly. Whether they like, love, or hate each other (or many at the same time), these individuals find their best hope of survival is to stick together until Time is healed again.
-TIMELINES-
"The Paleolithic" - the very beginnings of civilization as we know it. Races are segregated in strictly-maintained holds across the world, technology and magic do not even exist yet that people know, but a race of ancient dragons and old, forgotten gods suggest an even deeper, older history that has been lost...
"The Golden Age" - home to the greatest city in history, thanks to recently-achieved harmony and coexistence of all races working together. All is not perfect, as a race of powerful Rakshasas cruelly dominate other parts of the world, but they seemed to disappear after this era...
"The Dark Age" - after the Mindflayers destroyed the golden city long ago, and its ruins vanished, the world divided itself into clans and kingdoms. A kind of prosperity began to return under the rule of a benevolent Empress, but the giant, ruinous Dreadful City reappeared, and it was to this that many of our heroes from this timeline were originally drawn as explorers...
"The Waning World" - Virtually no progress was made in history since the Dark Age... some of the Dreadful City was explored, but much of what was being rebuilt across the world was lost during a thousand years of stagnation and decline...
"The Frozen Waste" - The world has entered an ice-age, during which most humanoid races have dwindled, leaving the heartiest beast-races to eke out a tribal existence in the frozen ruins of what the world used to be...
-CHARACTERS-
Arkanum (Ark) - Kobold Rogue/Sorceror : (Currently active party member)
Ark was once a child of "Papa Swampy," the great, evil black dragon whose family have tried to use the wound in Time to their advantage. A past rebel, he was cursed to give up his dragon identity and be reincarnated as a kobold.
Origin : Born as a kobold in the Dark Age
Played by Arkanum Zilong
Ashe - Vanara Bard : (Removed from the party, currently acting on his own elsewhere)
A member of a slave-race of monkey-people cruelly exploited by the Golden-Age Rakshasas. He spent his time as a bard trying to be a valuable enough entertainer to avoid the Rakshasa cook-pots. He briefly joined the party, but allowed himself to be "collected" by dragons in order to provide the party with dragon-knowledge.
Origin: (Golden Age?? - unknown)
Played by Cletis Bojog (also the DM)
Blue Pine - Half-Orc Monk : (Unknown)
Blue joined the party early on and was a valuable asset both in and out of battle with his peaceful, kind disposition. He determined he was in need of further training and meditation, however, and went up into the mountains to pursue both of these. Yet shortly thereafter, events were set in motion that ultimately thrust the party a thousand years or more into the future, and Blue was left in the Dark Age.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Swampstomper
Bulfruke - Dwarf Barbarian : (Deceased)
Bulfruke joined the party in the turbulent time immediately after its first time-jump, but a Mindflayer consumed and destroyed Bulfruke's brain before the party could save him. Like Sam, Bulfruke was offered reincarnation, but his soul chose to remain in the mead-halls of his fathers. Sam, however, was reincarnated with Bulfruke's appearance.
Origin: Waning World
Played by S-Dawg
Dukris (Duke) - Orc Fighter : (Currently active party member)
Duke was a young tribal orc who once fell in love with an elf. However, this relationship led to the betrayal of Duke's clan, and for a long time Duke believed them to have been wiped out completely. Duke's mind suffered a mental attack and possession by one of the Mindflayers, and through saving Duke the party first learned of their involvement.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Duke Rocheister
Gruffydd (pronounced "Griffith") - Halfling Wizard : (Currently active party member)
Mysteriously "adopted" by a clan of elitist wizards and raised as a sort of pet, the hobbit was also taught some basic magic when he was discovered to possess the ability. He first came to Dreadful City to set up his own alchemy shop and atelier, but has since become tempted to join a dragon's "collection" and gain fuller knowledge of magic and a greatly-extended lifespan.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Rowan Bojog
Michael - Human Paladin/Grey-Guard : (Currently active party member)
The god Horkoth is believed to have engineered and created this Paladin for the sole purpose of healing the rifts in Time. Michael has a strict sense of justice and duty, but is conflicted and at times resentful of being created for the use of a god. His cleric follower, Sam, is loyal to Michael but often acts as his liaison to deal more kindly with those around him.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Lokven
Niko - Panda-Bear Monk : (Unknown)
The Monk known as Niko appeared with his orc companion, Rikki around the time of the party's first time-jump. The two were inseparable, and while party members, they often went off on their own quests. When the party was first thrown through Time, Niko and Rikki were not to be found afterwards with the rest of the group. It is unknown whether they time-jumped with the party but to a different location, or jumped into the past when the party jumped forward, or if they simply were not caught up in the time-jump at all and remained in the Dark Age.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Nikogor
Raktus (Rak) - Bull-man/Minotaur Necromancer/Cleric : (Follower of Weiss)
Raktus was introduced to the party late, after he and Weiss had developed a secret romantic relationship in the Golden Age. A bull with a dark past, Rak has given up a life of evil and killing to follow his love and turn to good (or has he?). See also Weiss's entry.
Origin: Golden Age
Played by Sonne "Sunny" Osbourne
Remnic - Catfolk Ranger : (Unknown)
A mysterious cat-man with a magical book that would tell him his fate, Remnic the Ranger was an early companion of the party. In search of the missing pages of his fateful book, Remnic often adventured with the party, but often on his own as well. He was adept at using a Ring of Feather-falling to confuse and escape his enemies by leaping off buildings even as he continued to fight them from a distance. Similarly to Titus, he left one day on his own and did not return. The true nature of his book also remains unknown.
Origin: Golden Age
Played by Remnic Ashru
Rikki - Orc Fighter : (Unknown)
Rikki the Orc appeared with his panda companion, Niko, around the time of the party's first time-jump. Their fate is unknown- see also Niko's entry.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Rikki69
Sam - Formerly Human, reincarnated as a Dwarf Cleric : (Follower of Michael)
Sam was originally drawn to Michael's heroism and devotion to Horkoth, and joined the party before he was really ready. On one of his first adventures, Sam was brutally destroyed by a monstrous centipede. Filled with remorse, Michael and the rest of the party took his remains to a Druidess who enabled him to reincarnate- only Sam's mind and soul now inhabit a body with the lineness of Bulfruke. See also Bulfruke and Michael's entries.
Origin: Waning World
Played by Lokven
Sol - Formerly Elf Wizard, now a Skeleton Necromancer : (Deceased, undead)
A proud, talented fellow with a dark side, Sol joined the party on their earliest adventures before his Wizard-Guild recalled him for reassignment. He was absent when the party time-jumped, and the remaining deeds of his life are unknown. Ages later, the party discovered a cackling skeleton who regrets undeath and now seeks only oblivion. However, he holds valuable information in his memory somewhere, and seems familiar to those who once knew Sol long ago...
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Hitsugaya1987
Titus - Minotaur : (Unknown)
An enormous Minotaur in chains, a mere shadow of the powerful creature he was born to be- Titus was magically bound and weakened, seeking freedom from this curse in the company of adventurers. Relations with the party were strained, unfortunately, after Titus slew an enemy who had surrendered- according to a frightened and battle-weary Gruffydd, who was the only witness to the alleged murder. One day the great minotaur left and did not return. His fate is unknown.
Origin: Dark Age
Played by Hitsugaya1987
Weiss Schnee (Weiss) - Polar-Bear Ranger/Monk : (Currently active party member)
Born to a tribe of bears in the final era of the world, Weiss came to the party with rustic (some might say primitive) ways. His respect for life- even the life of a wild animal- is admirable, however, and his “simple” views have often been a moral wake-up call for the party. Weiss met and fell in love with the Necromancer Minotaur Raktus in the Golden Age, and has made great strides in redeeming the once evil creature. Originally seeking his lost sister and vengeance on a spirit that killed his parents, Weiss has now accomplished these tasks and follows the party out of loyalty, though he often questions their true motives.
Origin: Frozen Waste
Played by Sonne "Sunny" Osbourne
Zanendithas (Zane) - Half-Orc Wizard : (Currently active party member)
A flashy dandy of a man, Zane takes advantage of being a good-looking human and a good-looking orc all at once, to melt hearts even as his ice-magic freezes his enemies to the bone. Though his style of battle can be flamboyant and playful even in the darkest of times, Zane often keeps to himself when at home. He eschews drama and tension in favor of reason, and studies his spells alone in his free time, though he and Gruffydd have bonded over spells and arcane knowledge from time to time.
Origin: Waning World
Played by Zeke Silverwind
-Rowan
^o^ Gruffydd thinks of Blue a lot these days- though in a way he's glad Blue didn't have to go through everything in between, since things have really turned the party against itself several times.
-Rowan