The Nightmare of the Purge

, was a 2020 meta-strategic permadeath impromptu Aethstyr Archives oneshot run by Malkuro. Characters were made on the same day as play.
It followed a group of people who found themselves in a purgatory-like realm with a chance to escape via a long journey given to them by a mysterious guide.
==Background==
Five strangers wake in up a small camp. The realm around them dark, they arose with a magickal timer similar to an extended digital clock on each of their arms. A masked woman with the same timer quietly suggests the group make their way to a mountain in the distance...
 was suggested as a break from the ease-of-play that contemporary D&D Games running at the time provided. Because character death was considered difficult to achieve in the main-running campaigns of the time. Malkuro suggested an impromptu oneshot that had no "safety nets" when it came to character death, and improvised a FromSoftware-like oneshot that required Player Characters to play strategically. Nightmare of the Purge was similar to that of 'war-gaming' and 'min-max' style of play.
==Cast==
===Party===
file:Raff.png|Raff|link=Rafferty Caerbannog
file:Kiva.png|Kiva|link=Kiva
file:Hamson.png|Hamson|link=Hamson Hamson
===Previous Party Members===
file:Ron.png|Ron|link=Ron
file:JEFF.png|JEFF
file:Flef 2.png|Fleffin
===List of NPCs===
File:Irelia Evergarden - AR Token 001.png|The Guide|link=Irelia Evergarden
file:Daniel.png|Daniel
===Unused Party Members===
file:Adonis.png|Adonis
==Timeline==
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:See main section: Nightmare of the Purge Plot.
==Plot==
==OPs and EDs==
*ED1 — Unlasting Thankyou
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*HoloF0X didn't want to use Adonis for a oneshot, so she finished artwork on Fleffin just to use her for play.
*Ludic joined the last third of Nightmare of the Purge, famously creating the beloved Hamson.
*Nightmare of the Purge spawned the meme and inside-joke "Can I convince you otherwise?"
*Albus, HoloF0X, and Penguin Jose retired during play. Only Ludic, Requiem, and Shadow completed Nightmare of the Purge until the end.
*Nightmare of the Purge was the first game to introduce an ED-style of ending, using music with lyrics.
*Nightmare of the Purge was Irelia Evergarden's first appearance.
==Credits==
*Malkuro as Dungeon Master
*Penguin Jose as Ron, a vedalken spellblade
*HoloF0X as Fleffin, a demi-hume fox rogue
*Shadow as Raff, a charismatic hume bard
*Requiem as Kiva, a goblin cavalier fighter
*Albus as JEFF, a Dark Souls-esque fighter
*Ludic as Hamson, a drunk dwarf
==See Also==
==Navigation==
Category:Campaigns
Category:Aethstyr Archives Campaigns
Category:Senzotoria
Category:Kodai Sol
Category:Aeternatus
Category:Limbo (plane)
Category:Completed Campaigns