Prince of Twilight

"Prince of Twilight" is the fourth episode of Regolus: Genesis.
==Official Description==
"It's tough to be a god.
Væxtaar brings the gods to his domain and gives them a task. Ystävä visits the Afterlife with Hylan, Ünen and Nevrik to address the unknown presence there. They head down to Regolus and Ünen learns of a deception."
== Plot ==
=== Part 1 ===
* Arriving at Starkeep, Væxtaar is already waiting for the gods and tells them that he has a gift stored away at his domain, Phylaxis. Stepping through a hole into their domain, the gods will be able to speak without having to worry about prying eyes and ears. Væxtaar is curious about the Planet that they have been to, as he has not been able to step onto the earth himself. He tells them about some possible worrisome discoveries happening to the West of the Planet that he hopes the new gods could take a look at the next time they step down to Regolus. Life on Regolus constantly develops on its own but in a village called Brighthorn, there have been some noticeable changes. Once filled with strong devotion to the gods, this worship has now gone missing in the last years. He tells them about four faces that the stars show him and that might be of importance/influential to the future of Regolus. Væxtaar is worried what might have happened there and wants the new gods to discreetly scout it out before Yla finds out and takes further steps.
* As Ystävä, Nevrik and Ünen step back to Altarhold, Hylan stays back for a second to speak to Væxtaar to ask how he can contact him if he has any more questions as he seems to have specific answers that Hylan might be looking for. Væxtaar also tells him to keep the answer to the question of “what Hylan is made for” unclear for as long as he can. They show each other their sigils before Hylan follows the other gods outside.
* Hylan is still confused about everything and as the others try to clear up a few things about family constellations, Yla directly chimes in and tells them to call if they need any assistance.
* Ystävä still feels the changes in their domain and wants the others to join them. As they step into the Afterlife, they find out that the Guardian, the Stag that they fought down on Regolus, has found a new purpose. Now known as Kraana, Prince of Twilight, it helps carry the end of the day as is bequeathed to them and ferry those who can’t ferry themselves, once they have ended their terms, to the Afterlife. Ystävä wants to keep this new acquaintance a secret from Aldwyn and the others agree. As Kraana goes back to the spirits, Ystävä sees that the spirits pass over messages to Kraana for them to carry back to the mortal world. They tell Kraana to keep an eye out for those four faces that Væxtaar told them about.
* Ystävä tells the other gods about their idea about the Circle of Life and Death and their plans for the Afterlife. They also show the others a place that was carved from the godsleep where the memories of their past adventures down on Regolus are saved.
* The group splits up for a few moments:
** Ünen tries to find Kirrehan as they get a vision from Uro from a place deep under the ocean and a familiar eye is looking at them. All they can feel is one concept from it: “Come”. He continues to find Kirrehan but they are currently still on Regolus.
** Ystävä, Nevrik and Hylan find themselves at the Mindbleed where Hylan steps into the water and decides to go in with his body instead of his mind. As he asks who/what he is, he sees a huge settlement with a floating blue gemstone which is in and of itself some kind of ringed fortress and hears chatter around him before he emerges back to the Mindbleed.
* They meet back at the World Beacon, no sign of Aldwyn. Ünen reminds them that Kirrehan wanted him to help with the Elvhen kind that he is working on so he has to find him to assist them with that. The gods change their form again before they activate the World Beacon and make their way back down to Regolus.
=== Part 2 ===
* The gods arrive just at the treeline of Üthevhenan but it looks different than before. 500 years have passed since they have last been here. Both the tree itself and the civilization which it represents, have expanded and the progress can be seen since the last time they were here. As the people can see the new arrivals, the gods notice that the reverence the people show is directed to Ünen specifically and they wonder what Ünen did but don’t have an answer for it at the moment. They try to find Tamsyn and Ur-Viraan and make their way to one of the tents. They are approached by one individual who is not only surprised about Ünen’s (“My Liege”) arrival and wonders if they can assist them but also seems to know who Ystävä and Nevrik are. The individual goes and gets Tamsyn and lets the gods alone.
* A few moments later, Tamsyn arrives, happy to see his friends again and meet the new face. They go into the tent to catch up and Tamsyn tells them that Ünen is their leader who has been overseeing their expansions for some time now. Ünen, annoyed and angry, immediately knows that Kirrehan has to have something to do with that. Tamsyn also tells them the story about how the Nevricīl, The Joyous Guild, that they are working in, was founded and how that has helped them establish trades with the humans out West.
* While all of that is happening, Ünen gets more and more mad and there is a slight pull towards him if you are not paying enough attention. Just as Ystävä sends Tamsyn to find “Ünen”, the tent opens again and Ur-Viraan and Fake Ünen arrive.
== Characters and Locations ==
=== Player Characters ===
* Ünen
* Nevrik
* Ystävä
* Hylan
=== NPCs ===
* Væxtaar
* Yla (voice)
* Kraana
* Uro (vision)
* unnamed Golvhenn member of the Nevricīl
* Tamsyn
* Ur-Viraan
* Kirrehan
=== Locations ===
* The Hearth
** World Beacon
** Starkeep
** Altarhold
** The Afterlife
** Phylaxis
** Mindbleed
* Regolus Prime
** Üthevhenan (Heart of God)
==References==