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Migrants from another time, who have lost it all, have begone their voyage to the unknown...

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Magic was almost completely sealed away, but opposing forces have begun to collect the keys to unlock the Gate and return magic to the world in full...

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 It starts and ends with darkness...

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 Its been a long and harrowing journey, most didn't make it, but finally new land is in sight.

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Refugees carve out a new life in a distant land...

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Total Members Voted: 12

[Doubloon-Seven]

Vikram, a lowly servant and helper to the mages bows his head. "Sirs, if I may offer my opinion... I wish for the ritual to go on. The cost tis great, yet the the cold grows each day."

Vikram takes a moment to gesture toward the cold plains stretching far beyond. "Even here, the chill grows. Even if the souls are lost, it will not matter. The ice will take us soon, and there will be no more ancestors or souls to be guarded. Please forgive me for saying this... but what is a god without followers?"

[Happerry]

Tyraz, former Tyrant of the Free City of Azcaland, and one of the assembled mages, gestures forcefully with his staff. "Feh. You god fearers are all the same. Don't do this, don't do that, it's blasphemy or heresy or an abomination before the eyes of eggplant. Convey your delusions to the commonfolk if you wish, should any survive the coming years, but I will seize true immortality, the immortality of the spirit, for all of us before I fall. What other frontier is left for one such as me?"

[Kilojoule Proton]

Eadgert, nephew to the acclaimed mage Sybeth, mournfully approaches the circle. "If it works, if this ritual works, do you think I'll see father again? What about everyone we've lost to the cold?"

((Don't forget to chime in if you feel the Question's been answered; we can always explore what happens next later))

[FallacyofUrist]

Fallas, eldest(but not most skilled) of the mages in the circle, responds. "You will, child. I've checked Sybeth's work. We all have. The Law of Primes is used doubly, as there are thirteen of us here, which is a prime, and is the seventh prime, and seven is itself a prime. The Law of Unity is used, as all but one of us play the same part in the ritual, and we have taken pains to make ourselves as alike as possible once the ritual begins. The Law of Symmetry is used, as we stand in a circle, the most symmetrical shape. Many more Laws are used properly to boost the ritual, from the Laws of Resonance and Law of Proportional Sacrifice, and often intertwine to boost each other, in ways we still don't fully understand. Mm." Fallas turns to Sybeth. "Sybeth, there is still one more Lunar Resonance Point we could wait for before we enter the Lesser Lunar Cycle, though it would not be ideal. We may have checked the ritual and found it good, but your eyes may see more than we do. You are the lead mage. This must be your decision. Do you wish to go through with this ritual now? Your decision must be swift. The Lunar Resonance Point approaches, and we still have not donned our masks. Once we begin, there will be no turning back."

[micelus]

"Aye, ought we do this task most foul quickly, and allow our peoples the life eternal. Aft'rall, have we not already crossed the point of evil, the point where our very Essence has withered ont the vine, and the Dream taken our organs for her own game?" The Councillor from Lotheraislle donned her mask and awaited for Sybeth's word, knowing full well that it was more than likely that their own souls would be shredded to oblivion after this ritual was completed. They deserved it, did they not? The blood of her own daughters was still fresh on her hands and she was more than sure that her fellow magi had prepared their own anima in likewise methods.

"Aft'rall, godspeaker, did the Prophet of Green not say upon her deathbed that the Righteous will find Paradise at the end of the Age, and after a great sacrifice had been made? Have we 13 not made great sacrifice already, and does not this grand chill end our grand age upon this Land of Once-Dark and Once-Sleep? The Augerines haft already retreated into their carapace-pods and ast we kan't not follow suit, we must embrace the End and create what the gods will: A Life Eternal for their Beloved Apostles."

[Kilojoule Proton]

Sybeth considers Fallas' suggestion and shakes her head slowly. "No. Every night we wait is another night our elders and children weaken. We cannot afford to delay the ritual. Anlald, the crystal."

Anlald and two robed youths solemnly place the crystal at the center of the circle.

Sybeth looks into the primordial honey crystal, a relic from a time when the bees held sway over the lands, and dons her mask, trying to banish her guilt over the preparations.

"Esteemed fellows, let us now begin."

[Kilojoule Proton]

Scene concluded! The Question has been answered

What value does an afterlife hold for the people given the terrible cost of the ritual?
Eternal life, immortality, and continued existence. With such a price, it will surely last for another age and more.

Next step: micelus, create a new Period, Event, or Scene, preferably related to the current Focus, the unknown inventor of the ritual.

Light: After long ages, the Generation Ship has finally reached its destination.

• Dark: The ship's ADI (Automated Djinn Intellect), quickly forces its living cargo to awaken and make landfall, harrying them forth, declaring that it could not ensure the ship's stability in these Dream-infested lands. The bleary-eyed occupants soon arrive on the shores of a dark and seemingly arid land with the ship no where in sight, though precious supply containers have luckily been deposited alongside them.
  
• Dark: Mysterious purple-skinned figures that roam in the night are discovered as inhabitants of this world, it seems a mutual equilibrium between the people are created and tensions between them have both led to avoidance. It seems the migrants, weren't the only one here like they hoped.
• Light: Curious members of the purple-fleshed race eventually make contact with the settlers and in time, a kind of mutually intelligible communication is set up between the two groups. It comes to past that the Augerines, as they called themselves, were people of the Dream like those Outside were people of the Essence. Both groups mostly leave each other alone, save for the curious.

Light: Renewed hope for escape unites the people, bringing them closer together than ever.

• Light: The possibility of leaving excites the people, and their newfound unity gives allows a few researchers to experiment with methods. To their shocked surprise, the honey of an oddly large and hostile breed of bee holds incredible power within. The goopy, strangely coloured fluid acts like a drug, granting those that ingest it mystic powers of many varieties. The honey does have withdrawal effects, and you must be careful in doses- but the boon to the populace is great, speeding manufacturing and pushing research forward. The honey, great as it is, finds incredible value near overnight, being used often in trading.
• Dark: A murder, an uprising, and a dark fiery god deep beneath the earth. A hero of flame and darkness must lead his people in casting off the yolk of oppression. They must flee, or be murdered by the corrupt champions of light.

Dark : The refugees fragment, forming new nations and loosing their unity as they spread across the new world.
Dark : A new ice age comes, the time of great civilizations is over.

• Light: The last mages come together to cast a magic ritual. They know their lives will be forfeit, and there's no guarantee of success. Their objective is worth it, though. The creation of an afterlife.
• Dark: Although most agree that the rewards, an afterlife, immortality, and continued existence away from the frigid world, far outweigh the terrible sacrifices the ritual demands, which include the blood of one's own kin, cannot be ignored. The ritual proceeds nonetheless.

[micelus]

Light: After long ages, the Generation Ship has finally reached its destination.

• Dark: The ship's ADI (Automated Djinn Intellect), quickly forces its living cargo to awaken and make landfall, harrying them forth, declaring that it could not ensure the ship's stability in these Dream-infested lands. The bleary-eyed occupants soon arrive on the shores of a dark and seemingly arid land with the ship no where in sight, though precious supply containers have luckily been deposited alongside them.
  
• Dark: Mysterious purple-skinned figures that roam in the night are discovered as inhabitants of this world, it seems a mutual equilibrium between the people are created and tensions between them have both led to avoidance. It seems the migrants, weren't the only one here like they hoped.
• Light: Curious members of the purple-fleshed race eventually make contact with the settlers and in time, a kind of mutually intelligible communication is set up between the two groups. It comes to past that the Augerines, as they called themselves, were people of the Dream like those Outside were people of the Essence. Both groups mostly leave each other alone, save for the curious.

Light: Renewed hope for escape unites the people, bringing them closer together than ever.

• Light: The possibility of leaving excites the people, and their newfound unity gives allows a few researchers to experiment with methods. To their shocked surprise, the honey of an oddly large and hostile breed of bee holds incredible power within. The goopy, strangely coloured fluid acts like a drug, granting those that ingest it mystic powers of many varieties. The honey does have withdrawal effects, and you must be careful in doses- but the boon to the populace is great, speeding manufacturing and pushing research forward. The honey, great as it is, finds incredible value near overnight, being used often in trading.
• Dark: A murder, an uprising, and a dark fiery god deep beneath the earth. A hero of flame and darkness must lead his people in casting off the yolk of oppression. They must flee, or be murdered by the corrupt champions of light.

Dark : The refugees fragment, forming new nations and loosing their unity as they spread across the new world.
Light: The War of the Glaciers, the last great united conflict of civilisation, has ended. The Magi Vyrol, she who would beget the line of Sybeth, leads the last remnants of the world's civilisations into the Tovorin Basin, the last place where the Chill has not yet taken hold. The Augerines mainly retire to torpor in this age, with the other species assimilating under Vyrol's guidance, or perishing in the snow.
Dark : A new ice age comes, the time of great civilizations is over.

• Light: The last mages come together to cast a magic ritual. They know their lives will be forfeit, and there's no guarantee of success. Their objective is worth it, though. The creation of an afterlife.
• Dark: Although most agree that the rewards, an afterlife, immortality, and continued existence away from the frigid world, far outweigh the terrible sacrifices the ritual demands, which include the blood of one's own kin, cannot be ignored. The ritual proceeds nonetheless.

[Kilojoule Proton]

Next step: Someone who is not me or micelus: Create a Period/Event/Scene

[FallacyofUrist]

Light: After long ages, the Generation Ship has finally reached its destination.

• Dark: The ship's ADI (Automated Djinn Intellect), quickly forces its living cargo to awaken and make landfall, harrying them forth, declaring that it could not ensure the ship's stability in these Dream-infested lands. The bleary-eyed occupants soon arrive on the shores of a dark and seemingly arid land with the ship no where in sight, though precious supply containers have luckily been deposited alongside them.
  
• Dark: Mysterious purple-skinned figures that roam in the night are discovered as inhabitants of this world, it seems a mutual equilibrium between the people are created and tensions between them have both led to avoidance. It seems the migrants, weren't the only one here like they hoped.
• Light: Curious members of the purple-fleshed race eventually make contact with the settlers and in time, a kind of mutually intelligible communication is set up between the two groups. It comes to past that the Augerines, as they called themselves, were people of the Dream like those Outside were people of the Essence. Both groups mostly leave each other alone, save for the curious.

Light: Renewed hope for escape unites the people, bringing them closer together than ever.

• Light: The possibility of leaving excites the people, and their newfound unity gives allows a few researchers to experiment with methods. To their shocked surprise, the honey of an oddly large and hostile breed of bee holds incredible power within. The goopy, strangely coloured fluid acts like a drug, granting those that ingest it mystic powers of many varieties. The honey does have withdrawal effects, and you must be careful in doses- but the boon to the populace is great, speeding manufacturing and pushing research forward. The honey, great as it is, finds incredible value near overnight, being used often in trading.
• Dark: A murder, an uprising, and a dark fiery god deep beneath the earth. A hero of flame and darkness must lead his people in casting off the yolk of oppression. They must flee, or be murdered by the corrupt champions of light.

Dark : The refugees fragment, forming new nations and loosing their unity as they spread across the new world.
Light: The War of the Glaciers, the last great united conflict of civilisation, has ended. The Magi Vyrol, she who would beget the line of Sybeth, leads the last remnants of the world's civilisations into the Tovorin Basin, the last place where the Chill has not yet taken hold. The Augerines mainly retire to torpor in this age, with the other species assimilating under Vyrol's guidance, or perishing in the snow.

• Light: Under Vyrol's leadership, six cities are constructed in a hexagon shape in the Tovorin Basin. The cities are constructed in a way that acts as a ritual on a massive scale, shielding the cities and the space within the hexagon from the Chill.

Dark : A new ice age comes, the time of great civilizations is over.

• Light: The last mages come together to cast a magic ritual. They know their lives will be forfeit, and there's no guarantee of success. Their objective is worth it, though. The creation of an afterlife.
• Dark: Although most agree that the rewards, an afterlife, immortality, and continued existence away from the frigid world, far outweigh the terrible sacrifices the ritual demands, which include the blood of one's own kin, cannot be ignored. The ritual proceeds nonetheless.

[Happerry]

Light: After long ages, the Generation Ship has finally reached its destination.

• Dark: The ship's ADI (Automated Djinn Intellect), quickly forces its living cargo to awaken and make landfall, harrying them forth, declaring that it could not ensure the ship's stability in these Dream-infested lands. The bleary-eyed occupants soon arrive on the shores of a dark and seemingly arid land with the ship no where in sight, though precious supply containers have luckily been deposited alongside them.
  
• Dark: Mysterious purple-skinned figures that roam in the night are discovered as inhabitants of this world, it seems a mutual equilibrium between the people are created and tensions between them have both led to avoidance. It seems the migrants, weren't the only one here like they hoped.
• Light: Curious members of the purple-fleshed race eventually make contact with the settlers and in time, a kind of mutually intelligible communication is set up between the two groups. It comes to past that the Augerines, as they called themselves, were people of the Dream like those Outside were people of the Essence. Both groups mostly leave each other alone, save for the curious.

Light: Renewed hope for escape unites the people, bringing them closer together than ever.

• Light: The possibility of leaving excites the people, and their newfound unity gives allows a few researchers to experiment with methods. To their shocked surprise, the honey of an oddly large and hostile breed of bee holds incredible power within. The goopy, strangely coloured fluid acts like a drug, granting those that ingest it mystic powers of many varieties. The honey does have withdrawal effects, and you must be careful in doses- but the boon to the populace is great, speeding manufacturing and pushing research forward. The honey, great as it is, finds incredible value near overnight, being used often in trading.
• Dark: A murder, an uprising, and a dark fiery god deep beneath the earth. A hero of flame and darkness must lead his people in casting off the yolk of oppression. They must flee, or be murdered by the corrupt champions of light.

Dark : The refugees fragment, forming new nations and loosing their unity as they spread across the new world.

• Dark : The War of Four Swords and None. The first war begins, as the new nations clash for land, resources, and slaves.

Light: The War of the Glaciers, the last great united conflict of civilisation, has ended. The Magi Vyrol, she who would beget the line of Sybeth, leads the last remnants of the world's civilisations into the Tovorin Basin, the last place where the Chill has not yet taken hold. The Augerines mainly retire to torpor in this age, with the other species assimilating under Vyrol's guidance, or perishing in the snow.

• Light: Under Vyrol's leadership, six cities are constructed in a hexagon shape in the Tovorin Basin. The cities are constructed in a way that acts as a ritual on a massive scale, shielding the cities and the space within the hexagon from the Chill.

Dark : A new ice age comes, the time of great civilizations is over.

• Light: The last mages come together to cast a magic ritual. They know their lives will be forfeit, and there's no guarantee of success. Their objective is worth it, though. The creation of an afterlife.
• Dark: Although most agree that the rewards, an afterlife, immortality, and continued existence away from the frigid world, far outweigh the terrible sacrifices the ritual demands, which include the blood of one's own kin, cannot be ignored. The ritual proceeds nonetheless.

[Doubloon-Seven]

Light: After long ages, the Generation Ship has finally reached its destination.

• Dark: The ship's ADI (Automated Djinn Intellect), quickly forces its living cargo to awaken and make landfall, harrying them forth, declaring that it could not ensure the ship's stability in these Dream-infested lands. The bleary-eyed occupants soon arrive on the shores of a dark and seemingly arid land with the ship no where in sight, though precious supply containers have luckily been deposited alongside them.
  
• Dark: Mysterious purple-skinned figures that roam in the night are discovered as inhabitants of this world, it seems a mutual equilibrium between the people are created and tensions between them have both led to avoidance. It seems the migrants, weren't the only one here like they hoped.
• Light: Curious members of the purple-fleshed race eventually make contact with the settlers and in time, a kind of mutually intelligible communication is set up between the two groups. It comes to past that the Augerines, as they called themselves, were people of the Dream like those Outside were people of the Essence. Both groups mostly leave each other alone, save for the curious.

Light: Renewed hope for escape unites the people, bringing them closer together than ever.

• Light: The possibility of leaving excites the people, and their newfound unity gives allows a few researchers to experiment with methods. To their shocked surprise, the honey of an oddly large and hostile breed of bee holds incredible power within. The goopy, strangely coloured fluid acts like a drug, granting those that ingest it mystic powers of many varieties. The honey does have withdrawal effects, and you must be careful in doses- but the boon to the populace is great, speeding manufacturing and pushing research forward. The honey, great as it is, finds incredible value near overnight, being used often in trading.
• Dark: A murder, an uprising, and a dark fiery god deep beneath the earth. A hero of flame and darkness must lead his people in casting off the yolk of oppression. They must flee, or be murdered by the corrupt champions of light.

Dark : The refugees fragment, forming new nations and loosing their unity as they spread across the new world.

• Dark : The War of Four Swords and None. The first war begins, as the new nations clash for land, resources, and slaves.
• Dark : The ADI of the original generation ship finally fails. The circuits & matrices that run its strange mechanical mind are old & frail, and the contraption had been failing for years. With its untimely failure at the hands of the unbridled carnage of the War of Four Swords and None, most hope of researching an escape from the planet dies. The spirits shackled to the device as fuel escape the ADIs chains, dissipating into the ether afterwards. This slows a deal of technological and magical advancement, and much information from the past is lost from its memory banks.

Light: The War of the Glaciers, the last great united conflict of civilisation, has ended. The Magi Vyrol, she who would beget the line of Sybeth, leads the last remnants of the world's civilisations into the Tovorin Basin, the last place where the Chill has not yet taken hold. The Augerines mainly retire to torpor in this age, with the other species assimilating under Vyrol's guidance, or perishing in the snow.

• Light: Under Vyrol's leadership, six cities are constructed in a hexagon shape in the Tovorin Basin. The cities are constructed in a way that acts as a ritual on a massive scale, shielding the cities and the space within the hexagon from the Chill.

Dark : A new ice age comes, the time of great civilizations is over.

• Light: The last mages come together to cast a magic ritual. They know their lives will be forfeit, and there's no guarantee of success. Their objective is worth it, though. The creation of an afterlife.
• Dark: Although most agree that the rewards, an afterlife, immortality, and continued existence away from the frigid world, far outweigh the terrible sacrifices the ritual demands, which include the blood of one's own kin, cannot be ignored. The ritual proceeds nonetheless.

[Roboson]

Light: After long ages, the Generation Ship has finally reached its destination.

• Dark: The ship's ADI (Automated Djinn Intellect), quickly forces its living cargo to awaken and make landfall, harrying them forth, declaring that it could not ensure the ship's stability in these Dream-infested lands. The bleary-eyed occupants soon arrive on the shores of a dark and seemingly arid land with the ship no where in sight, though precious supply containers have luckily been deposited alongside them.
  
• Dark: Mysterious purple-skinned figures that roam in the night are discovered as inhabitants of this world, it seems a mutual equilibrium between the people are created and tensions between them have both led to avoidance. It seems the migrants, weren't the only one here like they hoped.
• Light: Curious members of the purple-fleshed race eventually make contact with the settlers and in time, a kind of mutually intelligible communication is set up between the two groups. It comes to past that the Augerines, as they called themselves, were people of the Dream like those Outside were people of the Essence. Both groups mostly leave each other alone, save for the curious.

Light: Renewed hope for escape unites the people, bringing them closer together than ever.

• Light: The possibility of leaving excites the people, and their newfound unity gives allows a few researchers to experiment with methods. To their shocked surprise, the honey of an oddly large and hostile breed of bee holds incredible power within. The goopy, strangely coloured fluid acts like a drug, granting those that ingest it mystic powers of many varieties. The honey does have withdrawal effects, and you must be careful in doses- but the boon to the populace is great, speeding manufacturing and pushing research forward. The honey, great as it is, finds incredible value near overnight, being used often in trading.
• Dark: A murder, an uprising, and a dark fiery god deep beneath the earth. A hero of flame and darkness must lead his people in casting off the yolk of oppression. They must flee, or be murdered by the corrupt champions of light.

Dark : The refugees fragment, forming new nations and loosing their unity as they spread across the new world.

• Dark : The War of Four Swords and None. The first war begins, as the new nations clash for land, resources, and slaves.
• Dark : The ADI of the original generation ship finally fails. The circuits & matrices that run its strange mechanical mind are old & frail, and the contraption had been failing for years. With its untimely failure at the hands of the unbridled carnage of the War of Four Swords and None, most hope of researching an escape from the planet dies. The spirits shackled to the device as fuel escape the ADIs chains, dissipating into the ether afterwards. This slows a deal of technological and magical advancement, and much information from the past is lost from its memory banks.

Light: The War of the Glaciers, the last great united conflict of civilisation, has ended. The Magi Vyrol, she who would beget the line of Sybeth, leads the last remnants of the world's civilisations into the Tovorin Basin, the last place where the Chill has not yet taken hold. The Augerines mainly retire to torpor in this age, with the other species assimilating under Vyrol's guidance, or perishing in the snow.

• Light: Under Vyrol's leadership, six cities are constructed in a hexagon shape in the Tovorin Basin. The cities are constructed in a way that acts as a ritual on a massive scale, shielding the cities and the space within the hexagon from the Chill.

• Dark: The Molten Gate closes for the first time in recorded history. The great nation of Kaimblash sinks forever into fiery depths of the world. Their people, their nation, and their god are never heard from again. The surface world is truly alone against the coming cold.

Dark : A new ice age comes, the time of great civilizations is over.

• Light: The last mages come together to cast a magic ritual. They know their lives will be forfeit, and there's no guarantee of success. Their objective is worth it, though. The creation of an afterlife.
• Dark: Although most agree that the rewards, an afterlife, immortality, and continued existence away from the frigid world, far outweigh the terrible sacrifices the ritual demands, which include the blood of one's own kin, cannot be ignored. The ritual proceeds nonetheless.

[Kilojoule Proton]

OK, now that we've completed our current Focus, I hand over the position of Lens to micelus, who will select a new Focus and create either a Period/Event/Scene or two (with one nested in the other). In the meantime, Roboson may update his Legacy with any item (be it a person, a concept, an item, a nation, or anything else, really) from the last Focus.

The book suggests that we take a short break to discuss what we liked or found fascinating without giving away what we're planning on doing next. For myself, I liked the detail put into the characters during the scene and finding out just how the world came to freeze and need an afterlife in the first place.


Timeline:
Light: After long ages, the Generation Ship has finally reached its destination.

• Dark: The ship's ADI (Automated Djinn Intellect), quickly forces its living cargo to awaken and make landfall, harrying them forth, declaring that it could not ensure the ship's stability in these Dream-infested lands. The bleary-eyed occupants soon arrive on the shores of a dark and seemingly arid land with the ship no where in sight, though precious supply containers have luckily been deposited alongside them.
  
• Dark: Mysterious purple-skinned figures that roam in the night are discovered as inhabitants of this world, it seems a mutual equilibrium between the people are created and tensions between them have both led to avoidance. It seems the migrants, weren't the only one here like they hoped.
• Light: Curious members of the purple-fleshed race eventually make contact with the settlers and in time, a kind of mutually intelligible communication is set up between the two groups. It comes to past that the Augerines, as they called themselves, were people of the Dream like those Outside were people of the Essence. Both groups mostly leave each other alone, save for the curious.

Light: Renewed hope for escape unites the people, bringing them closer together than ever.

• Light: The possibility of leaving excites the people, and their newfound unity gives allows a few researchers to experiment with methods. To their shocked surprise, the honey of an oddly large and hostile breed of bee holds incredible power within. The goopy, strangely coloured fluid acts like a drug, granting those that ingest it mystic powers of many varieties. The honey does have withdrawal effects, and you must be careful in doses- but the boon to the populace is great, speeding manufacturing and pushing research forward. The honey, great as it is, finds incredible value near overnight, being used often in trading.
• Dark: A murder, an uprising, and a dark fiery god deep beneath the earth. A hero of flame and darkness must lead his people in casting off the yolk of oppression. They must flee, or be murdered by the corrupt champions of light.

Dark : The refugees fragment, forming new nations and loosing their unity as they spread across the new world.

• Dark: The War of Four Swords and None. The first war begins, as the new nations clash for land, resources, and slaves.
• Light: Desperate folk stumble upon and loot a collection of magical items and ingredients, the life's work of one of the corrupt champions of light who had been pursuing a ritual allowing the capture of souls. The notes and documents are eventually buried and forgotten.
• Dark: The ADI of the original generation ship finally fails. The circuits & matrices that run its strange mechanical mind are old & frail, and the contraption had been failing for years. With its untimely failure at the hands of the unbridled carnage of the War of Four Swords and None, most hope of researching an escape from the planet dies. The spirits shackled to the device as fuel escape the ADIs chains, dissipating into the ether afterwards. This slows a deal of technological and magical advancement, and much information from the past is lost from its memory banks.

Light: The War of the Glaciers, the last great united conflict of civilisation, has ended. The Magi Vyrol, she who would beget the line of Sybeth, leads the last remnants of the world's civilisations into the Tovorin Basin, the last place where the Chill has not yet taken hold. The Augerines mainly retire to torpor in this age, with the other species assimilating under Vyrol's guidance, or perishing in the snow.

• Light: Under Vyrol's leadership, six cities are constructed in a hexagon shape in the Tovorin Basin. The cities are constructed in a way that acts as a ritual on a massive scale, shielding the cities and the space within the hexagon from the Chill.
• Dark: The Molten Gate closes for the first time in recorded history. The great nation of Kaimblash sinks forever into fiery depths of the world. Their people, their nation, and their god are never heard from again. The surface world is truly alone against the coming cold.

Dark : A new ice age comes, the time of great civilizations is over.

• Light: The last mages come together to cast a magic ritual. They know their lives will be forfeit, and there's no guarantee of success. Their objective is worth it, though. The creation of an afterlife.
• Dark: Although most agree that the rewards, an afterlife, immortality, and continued existence away from the frigid world, far outweigh the terrible sacrifices the ritual demands, which include the blood of one's own kin, cannot be ignored. The ritual proceeds nonetheless.

Roboson: Molten Gate/Underworld Nation

[micelus]

Focus: What did the settlers escape from and how?

Timeline:
Light: After long ages, the Generation Ship has finally reached its destination.

• Dark: The ship's ADI (Automated Djinn Intellect), quickly forces its living cargo to awaken and make landfall, harrying them forth, declaring that it could not ensure the ship's stability in these Dream-infested lands. The bleary-eyed occupants soon arrive on the shores of a dark and seemingly arid land with the ship no where in sight, though precious supply containers have luckily been deposited alongside them.
  
• Dark: Mysterious purple-skinned figures that roam in the night are discovered as inhabitants of this world, it seems a mutual equilibrium between the people are created and tensions between them have both led to avoidance. It seems the migrants, weren't the only one here like they hoped.
• Light: Curious members of the purple-fleshed race eventually make contact with the settlers and in time, a kind of mutually intelligible communication is set up between the two groups. It comes to past that the Augerines, as they called themselves, were people of the Dream like those Outside were people of the Essence. Both groups mostly leave each other alone, save for the curious.

Dark: The settlers from the Generation Ship are enslaved.
Light: Renewed hope for escape unites the people, bringing them closer together than ever.

• Light: The possibility of leaving excites the people, and their newfound unity gives allows a few researchers to experiment with methods. To their shocked surprise, the honey of an oddly large and hostile breed of bee holds incredible power within. The goopy, strangely coloured fluid acts like a drug, granting those that ingest it mystic powers of many varieties. The honey does have withdrawal effects, and you must be careful in doses- but the boon to the populace is great, speeding manufacturing and pushing research forward. The honey, great as it is, finds incredible value near overnight, being used often in trading.
• Dark: A murder, an uprising, and a dark fiery god deep beneath the earth. A hero of flame and darkness must lead his people in casting off the yolk of oppression. They must flee, or be murdered by the corrupt champions of light.

Dark : The refugees fragment, forming new nations and loosing their unity as they spread across the new world.

• Dark: The War of Four Swords and None. The first war begins, as the new nations clash for land, resources, and slaves.
• Light: Desperate folk stumble upon and loot a collection of magical items and ingredients, the life's work of one of the corrupt champions of light who had been pursuing a ritual allowing the capture of souls. The notes and documents are eventually buried and forgotten.
• Dark: The ADI of the original generation ship finally fails. The circuits & matrices that run its strange mechanical mind are old & frail, and the contraption had been failing for years. With its untimely failure at the hands of the unbridled carnage of the War of Four Swords and None, most hope of researching an escape from the planet dies. The spirits shackled to the device as fuel escape the ADIs chains, dissipating into the ether afterwards. This slows a deal of technological and magical advancement, and much information from the past is lost from its memory banks.

Light: The War of the Glaciers, the last great united conflict of civilisation, has ended. The Magi Vyrol, she who would beget the line of Sybeth, leads the last remnants of the world's civilisations into the Tovorin Basin, the last place where the Chill has not yet taken hold. The Augerines mainly retire to torpor in this age, with the other species assimilating under Vyrol's guidance, or perishing in the snow.

• Light: Under Vyrol's leadership, six cities are constructed in a hexagon shape in the Tovorin Basin. The cities are constructed in a way that acts as a ritual on a massive scale, shielding the cities and the space within the hexagon from the Chill.
• Dark: The Molten Gate closes for the first time in recorded history. The great nation of Kaimblash sinks forever into fiery depths of the world. Their people, their nation, and their god are never heard from again. The surface world is truly alone against the coming cold.

Dark : A new ice age comes, the time of great civilizations is over.

• Light: The last mages come together to cast a magic ritual. They know their lives will be forfeit, and there's no guarantee of success. Their objective is worth it, though. The creation of an afterlife.
• Dark: Although most agree that the rewards, an afterlife, immortality, and continued existence away from the frigid world, far outweigh the terrible sacrifices the ritual demands, which include the blood of one's own kin, cannot be ignored. The ritual proceeds nonetheless.

Roboson: Molten Gate/Underworld Nation