Seven Stars of the Goddess, Intro
Moransday, 1st of Death Tide, Blood Moon, 4010.
All of you have been summoned by the Mad Prophet Lot to his island home on Storm Manta Isle. How or why the prophet chose you is of little importance. It is likely a question that will never be answered. No one knows why the prophet does anything, nor do they have the gall to ask him. They just do as he says. Those that have defied him have suffered terrible atrocious fates and few wish to repeat them. He is simply given a wide berth and respected by all. If there is a singular person that can be said to rule over the lawless, pirate infested Northern Islands it is the Prophet Lot. However he rarely expresses any show of power and most of the time is stuck in such an insane state of mind that if he were to try to rule any semblance of a nation would collapse around him in short order. But, sometimes he escapes his madness for a temporary respite, or to give an order, or send someone on a quest. This is one of those times...
Good Luck.
All of you have been summoned by the Mad Prophet Lot to his island home on Storm Manta Isle. How or why the prophet chose you is of little importance. It is likely a question that will never be answered. No one knows why the prophet does anything, nor do they have the gall to ask him. They just do as he says. Those that have defied him have suffered terrible atrocious fates and few wish to repeat them. He is simply given a wide berth and respected by all. If there is a singular person that can be said to rule over the lawless, pirate infested Northern Islands it is the Prophet Lot. However he rarely expresses any show of power and most of the time is stuck in such an insane state of mind that if he were to try to rule any semblance of a nation would collapse around him in short order. But, sometimes he escapes his madness for a temporary respite, or to give an order, or send someone on a quest. This is one of those times...
Good Luck.
Storm Manta Isle
As you arrive on the Island you find the Prophet is on the beach awaiting you. After brief moments in which you are allowed to gather your things and collect yourself, he motions for you to follow him. He leads you just past a nearby hill and into a small clearing on the edge of a jungle marsh. Seated around an enormous stump of what must have been a prolific tree are other equally confused and worried faces. The Prophet directs you to take a seat around the stump and after you have he takes one himself. When he has the undivided attention of the party, he leans forward allowing a single copper hair braid to escape from under his hood. He begins....
"I haven't much time, these moments of clarity are but a small reprieve from the spirits that bedevil me, allowed only to pass on my words, so that they may be soothed.... Long ago a seed was allowed to take root in our world. During the Breaking of the Faith magic failed in this world, order turned to chaos and without magic the repercussions and horror were unimaginable. It was during this time that a dying god from another world was brought into our own. A creature equal parts angel, and devil, demon and eladree, material and magic, divine and mortal was allowed to; for the first time, hold and manifest the single office of God of Magic. In his world, great care was taken in his construction; 25,000 years were spent making him with caution so that he might be balanced, and many deific powers were gathered so that none could rival him. Unfortunately, he had, nay has a single weakness. Though she had perished the goddess that preceded him had not left her world. Her futile and meager attempts to reconstitute herself failed time and again. But, when he took magic for himself, he took her remnants as well. Now she pushes from the brink of oblivion attempting to find life once again. Piercing the veil of worlds she has gathered what forces she could and created symbols of her power here in Balbydos. She bides her time waiting for the day when magic once again fails this world so that she can take back her office. This cannot and will not be. She is capricious, haughty and unwise. I will not have this world bow to her, ever. Your task is to uncover her 7 star diamonds and bring them back to me, so that I may dispose of them properly, ending whatever chance she has of reclaiming her former glory forever. She has hidden them deep in the jungles of these islands where no man dare tread and has protected them with all manner of trap and mystical force. Be warned this mission is not for the faint of heart and not all of you are destined to return. Go now to where True Beard's cove meet's the morning sun and await the low tide, there you will find an entrance and the beginning of your journey. Know this, when the star of the goddess meets the Lance of Adon she will betray her sisters." All his words spoken, the strange prophet rises from his chair and with flip of the wrist and flourish he fades into the into the jungle.
"I haven't much time, these moments of clarity are but a small reprieve from the spirits that bedevil me, allowed only to pass on my words, so that they may be soothed.... Long ago a seed was allowed to take root in our world. During the Breaking of the Faith magic failed in this world, order turned to chaos and without magic the repercussions and horror were unimaginable. It was during this time that a dying god from another world was brought into our own. A creature equal parts angel, and devil, demon and eladree, material and magic, divine and mortal was allowed to; for the first time, hold and manifest the single office of God of Magic. In his world, great care was taken in his construction; 25,000 years were spent making him with caution so that he might be balanced, and many deific powers were gathered so that none could rival him. Unfortunately, he had, nay has a single weakness. Though she had perished the goddess that preceded him had not left her world. Her futile and meager attempts to reconstitute herself failed time and again. But, when he took magic for himself, he took her remnants as well. Now she pushes from the brink of oblivion attempting to find life once again. Piercing the veil of worlds she has gathered what forces she could and created symbols of her power here in Balbydos. She bides her time waiting for the day when magic once again fails this world so that she can take back her office. This cannot and will not be. She is capricious, haughty and unwise. I will not have this world bow to her, ever. Your task is to uncover her 7 star diamonds and bring them back to me, so that I may dispose of them properly, ending whatever chance she has of reclaiming her former glory forever. She has hidden them deep in the jungles of these islands where no man dare tread and has protected them with all manner of trap and mystical force. Be warned this mission is not for the faint of heart and not all of you are destined to return. Go now to where True Beard's cove meet's the morning sun and await the low tide, there you will find an entrance and the beginning of your journey. Know this, when the star of the goddess meets the Lance of Adon she will betray her sisters." All his words spoken, the strange prophet rises from his chair and with flip of the wrist and flourish he fades into the into the jungle.