Access to Strength

, was a 2021 pick 'n' play oneshot set on Moralium, run by Malkuro. It was a semi-related flashback/origin-esque type prequel to Black & White, and was a contribution to the beginning era of the Aethstyr Archives.
It followed an early memory of the Samurai Priestess, Izanami and her first encounter with the Samsara God Eater, Myloca. The point of view was told by Carter Reborne, who had recently displaced to Moralium from Aethstyr ( the planet ) from the post-events of Requiem of Reborne.
Access to Strength failed to finish in one session, and was dropped. As of the beginning of The Legend of Izanami — a campaign inspired by this oneshot — the history and events of this story have been retconned.
==Background==
Access to Strength was run as oneshot due to a Player being unavailable from the game, The Tower of Eden I. It followed the story of a new character named Carter Reborne. Though the story was from his point of view, the main point of interest was Izanami, who at the time, had a lot of mystery and intrigue from being an NPC in The Tower of Eden.
The game was designed as a classic pick 'n' play option, where there was a number of pre-created PCs equal to that of the Player count plus one. Access to Strength also promoted the at the time newly launched Aethstyr Archives, and to include the Elysium Group more into .
==Cast==
===Party===
File:Carter Reborne Token.png|Carter Reborne|link=Carter Reborne
File:Elysium Evergarden - AtS Token.png|Izanami|link=Elysium Evergarden
File:Myloca ats token.png|Myloca|link=Myloca Evergarden
File:Jevonte Jahseh Token.png|Jevonte Jahseh|link=Jevonte Jahseh
===List of NPCs===
File:Auran ats Token.png|Auran
File:Sam ats Token.png|Sam
File:Junta ats Token.png|Junta
====Unused====
File:Eden Mavros - AtS Display Picture.png|Eden Mavros|link=Eden Mavros
==Timeline==
===Requiem of Reborne===
:See also: Requiem of Reborne.
After the events of Requiem of Reborne, Carter and his sister are warped to different planets due to a devastating Mana Disaster that hit Alkift.
===Access to Strength===
:See main article: Access to Strength Plot.
===The Legend of Izanami===
:See main article: The Legend of Izanami.
===Black & White===
:See main article: Black & White.
==Plot==
The story began with Carter Reborne, a strange young man with striking deep blue hair. A group of fisherman from a local unnamed village located near Arakon had found Carter unconscious in a nearby forest three months ago. Carter proclaimed that he had no memory of how he ended up there, though he had lied to the villagers. Carter wanted to forget about his life as a Reborne, but his clan heritage was catching up to him, through the Reborne Curse.
One day, the village blacksmith, Auran, approached Carter, letting him know that the road to Temerant City had finally been unblocked from a strange roadblock that devastated a mountain pass. Auran commented to Carter that he should try checking out the city, noting that he was too young to stay "...in such a backwater village."
Later that day, a lone swordswoman showed up to the village, looking to stay and restock her supplies whilst continuing on her travels in the morning. Carter, being the same age — as well as having some less-than-desirable encouragement from Auran — took to welcoming the woman. She named herself Izanami. Unbeknownst to Carter, Izanami was a long-forgotten figure called the Samurai Priestess, and she was looking for Zodiac Spirits. The two briefly made small talk before turning in at the local tavern, and Izanami mentioned she was curious about this village as it was near a rumour she had heard about a man who had half his body turned into a tree. What she chose not to mention however, was that that might have been related to her quest for looking for Spirit Monsters.
Elsewhere, a week prior, a ginger-haired woman who only went by the name Myloca, was investigating some underground parts of Temerant City, looking for any leads to anything related to the Black Wizard. She stumbled upon a rumour about a man half-turned into a tree yelling about said Black Wizard, and so she took off towards Arakon, where the rumour apparently had originated from.
In another party of Temerant City, around the same time, a young man named Jevonte, The Black Cats gang leader, is caught up in a gang war with Styrk. With his friend Sam captured, Styrk blackmails Jevonte with Sam's life, telling Jevonte that if he doesn't come back with ten thousand gold, he could consider Sam dead. Being shoved out into the raining city, and with no idea on how to gather the money, he overhears a ginger-haired woman asking about a temple in a nearby alley...
The next morning during the present, Myloca arrived to the village and shortly after, Jevonte. The two were greeted by both Carter and Izanami. Both Izanami and Myloca were at lengths when suddenly, the nearby mountain pass had its peaks explode, as dark smoke arose from its tops. Auran asked the four if they could investigate, as any sudden shift in the environment could lead to the village's destruction due to monster activity.
Carter, not wanting the village that helped him to be attacked, agreed. Jevonte, needing some quick cash hastily agreed. Myloca, looking to find evidence of anything related to the Black Wizard, also agreed. Izanami whilst not having a personal agenda involved, was unsure of Myloca, and agreed to both help Carter and to keep an eye on their new acquaintance.
With a new and small party formed, the four made their way up the mountain pass, taking a route that lead them through an underground tunnel. There, they fought off a troll who had come under some kind of madness. After making it near the top, they stumbled upon a Black Wizard Temple, much to Jevonte and Myloca's approval. Inside however, as the four underwent strange happenings of the Black Wizard Temple, Carter suddenly succumbed to his Reborne Curse...
It was there where the adventure did not finish. 
==Trivia==
* Myloca's personality was shaped by her Player, Pyrophoric, being a pick 'n' play character before becoming a fully fleshed NPC.
* Access to Strength was going to be the Eden Tree's first appearance, evidenced by it being on the banner.
==See Also==
* Carter Reborne
* Reborne Curse
* Izanami-no-Mikoto
* Myloca Evergarden
* Jevonte Jahseh
* Black Wizard
* Black Wizard Temple
* Eden Tree
* Moralium
* Requiem of Reborne
* 
* Malkuro
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