Current Timeline

## New Beginnings, Soul Snatching

Roseshire’s branch guilds of Phericio and Centheria began enrollments, accepting new faces green behind the ears and seasoned from countless battles altogether. Various individuals from different backgrounds chose their paths forth, determined for a better adventure laid ahead. The ideals of both guilds were different, but the core principle of keeping Evacrest safe thrived. The new Recruits entered the guild’s initiation process [**The Three Trials**], testing of one’s strength, intellect, and will. Many left in tears, some in anger, some in denial.

*What did each of them see?*

However, the influx of hopefuls looking to join the Guilds have drawn more attention to Roseshire than anyone had bargained for. Reports of adventurers having their soul snatched soon reached the public’s ears. Souls lost, yet the bodies remain. These individuals were stuck in a vegetative and comatose state, void of themself, void of their magics, and unable to resurrect or be cured. The sighting of peculiar insects swarming, and then the mention of the importance of crystelei, and finally the Advisor of Roseshire missing from active duty. Trouble was afoot and no one knew who was behind it.

## The CC Express

The new Guild Recruits were quickly ushered away from Roseshire on the CC Express, driven by Conductor R.D. and accompanied by **Guild Veterans Cecil and Dante**. The destination was Dolfectu Station, then Plutonia for an acceptance ceremony. For a month, the Express celebrated All Saints’ Eve, making its rounds transporting and carrying along various guild members to and fro.

Strange pulses of magic detected by the CC Express’ Crystelei Engine came first, anomalies detected next. Only during R.D.’s belated All Saints Eve party just before reaching Dolfectu Station, did things begin to go awry. Insects swarmed with the howls of lost souls echoing, tethered to a starry crimson power unlike any kind. It began to invade the train.

**Alessandria**, an Ailluin of **Forces Unknown**, looked to seize CC Express’ Crystelei Engine. Her Queen insect the size of the train attempted to sever the train links with its magic stinger. And finally, the missing Advisor of Roseshire puppeted by the Ailluin, completed a pincer attack from the Caboose.

Her goal had been to steal the engine and send the train plummeting down from its high tracks over a chasm. She was thwarted by the guild members, forced to retreat with her magic expended, her advisor turned puppet cut free, and her queen insect’s attacks failing. Instead, she forced the train to screech to a halt and collapsed her insect on top of the train; it crushes the beloved CC Express, and all who remained in it.

Many survived, many came close to losing their lives, and many were sent to chapels to resurrect.

The Guilds had reason to believe she may be associated with the soul snatching incidents. Her insects had a unique ability to incapacitate and suck one’s life from them, siphoned into the Queen. Some involved in the train top fight had managed to catch a glimpse of its soul-sucking effects interrupted and halted halfway, turning a regular guild mate into a senseless mutated beast, tormented by its own existence. [**Revenant Ghouls**].

Her magic itself had been unusual. A quality never before seen from Evacrestians on an incomprehensible scale. The insects too, began to wither away into particles of dissipating dust.

## Meaningfully Captured

Winterfest came soon after, then the new years. A period of festivities for many to ruminate over their experiences, losses, and gains. During this time, the Recruits met with their soon-to-be Squad Leaders, **Senior Officers Lei and Gwenn**.

Months later, Conductor R.D. of the new and rebuilt CC Express had allowed a Gala of Love and Friendships to be held within their train once again. It had served as a double mission, firstly for fun, secondly to sniff out trouble. The Recruits from Roseshire were deliberately invited out of the blue to lure said trouble out. And after a shower of arrows tipped in Romantic and Platonic feelings was released and undone, the Recruits spotted a lone photographer, fumbling with a camera.

The suspicious figure was detained. To their surprise, a young Oco’n boy by the name of **Vis’ghar**. His camera roll showed a memory capsule of photos taken at different times. The Recruits had been stalked and monitored, their bonds and interactions with each other had been recorded. Their pasts, their present, and what of their futures?

## Lead To Fire

Vis’ghar was interviewed. He had recognized Alessandria as the ‘Bishop’, and had worked under a different boss of ‘magma’ rather than ‘flowers’ like Alessandria. As though calling for the guilds to seize them, the mastermind of magma behind the stalking and influx of shady photographers had invited authorities to their manor between Asendalith: the Valthos Kingdom, and Veledien: the Oco’n Kingdom. Situated behind a hidden black market, built flat with one floor.

A game of **Hide and Seek** ensued.

While the manor remained, the mastermind of magma and flames was nowhere to be found. What the guild mates found instead, was the manor filled to the brim with Oco’n mercenaries who had invaded to look for the very same person.

So commenced a double sided mission lead by Senior Officers Gwenn, Lei, and an inside Oco’n mole working for the Pherician Guild, **Bu’mbee**. The Recruits were deployed in two teams, Recon and Decoy. Recon, to seek out information and the location of where the mastermind’s base within the manor was, and Decoy, tasked to convince the Oco’n of false information for a mission to leave the manor.

At this success, the Oco’n mercenaries lead by **Chieftain En’dai** left the building, allowing for the two parties to investigate together. Finding ‘cargo’ the Oco’n had been tasked to bring to Veledien; mutated beings [**Revenant Ghouls**]. The team had also found their main objective, an underground base of operations. And soon enough, coming across a recorded message left behind by the mastermind.

It revealed their betrayal to a certain Occult Organization. **Musashi**, a previously high ranking official of said organization, no longer served the cause.

They left the adventurers with a potential cure for the Soul Snatched from an ancient race of draconic origins: The **Ignitia**. Alongside information regarding the New World Order : Crescent Association. The Ignitia are in possession of sacred **Elderfire Stones**, a possible way to reignite and tether the lost back to their souls while the Organization seemed to fancy experimenting on people, going against all that is Evacrest Fate and Freedom alike.

From there with Musashi’s messages passed on, the guild members were flushed out of the manor before it was set to self destruct.

The guildmates succeeded their mission. They were driven away to sanctuary by Conductor R.D.
The Oco’n mercenaries were led to believe a Pherician Raid Party were headed North and left the mansion. As a result, they failed their missions tied to the organization. The whole Oco’n party was eliminated by Alessandria with the exception of En’dai who was spared to live a life of regret, and Bu’mbee, who had escaped. En’dai was taken into the Guilds’ custody, promising to cooperate under Bu’mbee [**Real name: Chu’mby**]’s care.

Word of the Recruits from Roseshire being made into Envoys to visit the lost land of Drakrom, home of the Ignitia, have since been tossed around.

## Flames Divided

### Part One.

**R.D.** was tasked to bring supplies for **‘Amo Adeo’** a festival in Asendalith themed around Eggs and Family. They fail to return to usual business after losing track of the eggs they were supposed to take care of. The Conductor seeks help from the Recruits, tasking them on quests to retrieve the eggs before anyone else does!

By the time everyone had grown attached to their egg companions, the eggs were stolen by the mysterious ‘**M**’. **Musashi**. Pointing all focus back on R.D. as the Conductor rallies the Recruits to retrieve their eggs from Musashi. They were instructed towards an uncharted mountain, and even so, the Senior Officers Gwenn and Lei looked to put a stop to this mission. They fail upon the involvement of the Gobogobo Merchants launching the CC Express and all within the train, towards their destination.

The guild mates encounter civil unrest within the skies of Valkaia’s mountains, between the Ignitia. The guildmates uncover the hidden land of **Topotota**, **land of the Gobogobos**. Musashi had left a message for the guild members, revealing how the eggs, which are Gobo eggs that were given to R.D. and the recruits, initially belonged to an Ignitian Princess.

Topotota opens up and is taken care of by the other Kingdoms while Drakrom is revealed to be divided amongst itself. Without warning, Drakrom’s volcano erupts from the unrest. Splintering and shaking up the entire continent.

### Part Two.

A civil war between two factions tore the great hidden kingdom of Drakrom apart. Dragon-kind and Lava-kind were forced to flee the safety of their mountain. The [**Aezei**] faction of Drakrom forced the [**Meiyun**] to flee after aligning themselves with the NWO Occult. Relief came from outsiders, extended hands from all around Valakaia, reached to help the Ignitia-kind scathed by their other half.

The Base of Drakrom became a place for refuge by the end of the month. Everyone still mourned the loss of their loved ones, but hope laid with one of the clan heads’ [**The Umehara Clan of Meiyun’s**] promises of a gathering to remember all those who have fallen with a handcrafted memorial. The guildmates arrive and await the ceremony to begin. Only to be interrupted by a familiar family of three Gobos arriving and requesting their assistance.

The guildmates then split off into two groups, one stayed at the memorial to guard the meeting place while the other went into the forest to help the Gobos’ friend. In the clearing of a nearby forest, an Ignitian named Tsuru was found injured in the forest. She was aided by **En’dai** and the Recruits!!

Grey clouds began to shroud the gathering, something is amiss. Those who remained as guards were instructed to help set up a rain barrier to keep out potential rainfall from ruining the event. They come in contact with unnatural static in the air. The signs of an unnatural storm.

En’dai returns with Tsuru and the recruits, for Tsuru to be revealed as the newly appointed head of the Umehara clan. Lady Umehara sought to begin the gathering’s festivities with her speech in spite of the recruits advising her to evacuate due to the strange weather.

Unfortunately, the storm arrived and buried Lady Umehara alive from a man-made landslide. Chaos and panic ensued. **Two Occultist pawns** from the NWO were sent to assassinate the clan head. With En’dai’s help however, everyone managed to save Lady Umehara and take her to safety, while at the same time, challenging the assassins.

These pawns were inexperienced and young. They were normal people who dabbled into an occult, who were given powers beyond their control. Before they could be interrogated, one decides to off themself. The other meets their demise from having their face revealed. The recruits found **strange markings** under the tongues of these Occultists. An attempt was made to remove the tongue of one of the carcasses, but the body exploded and could no longer be used for further inspection.

R.D. arrived late after all was said and done, with other Guild personnel as backup to provide relief and first aid to those injured.

The NWO were willing to sacrifice the pieces they possessed in their hands. These unfortunate souls signed into a contract without means of breaking it. There is no such thing as resurrection for those under the NWO’s contractual influence.

## Pieces To A Set

A notice from Spookville arrives shortly after. For one whole month, the recruits are to be deployed in Spooksville.

The recruits were instructed by **Lightbearer Dawn Shixath** to arrive undercover for a convention in the Mirror Mirror Hub nearing All Saints’ Eve. The convention showcases the newest technology in Spooksville. Outside, they met the **Advisor of Roseshire**, **Arlington**. When the recruits entered the convention, the **Advisor of Spooksville**, **Sergio Osmond**, and Dawn began to argue over the Linkshell about formation and distribution of the recruits, whether they stay on the ground where the civilians are or be stationed higher up.

The Linkshell cuts off abruptly and they couldn’t reach Sergio or Dawn and the technology went haywire and attacked recruits and civilians. Possessed individuals that carried the same **Possession Marking** that Arlington had also begun to attack. Dawn appears to tell everyone that it was merely a distraction from the real reason she called them here - to protect and secure the key to the **Illusionary Engine** at the very top floor of the hub. Powerful magic of mauve stardust warped the walls of the hub and the recruits were forced to advance in order to stop it. As they climbed higher, they were met with winding hallways and mysterious doors which forced them to make choices revolving around their morals in order to open.

The recruits soon realized that it was all an illusion. These illusions impersonated people including the recruits, trying to turn them against one another and also impersonated Lightbearers, giving them a false sense of security and testing their trust. Past the trials, they reached the top where they discovered the person behind the illusions and magic was Sergio all along!! They discover that the real Sergio Osmond has long perished, and that this impostor was with the NWO all this time.

The NWO needed the Illusionary Engine to create a new world, a Utopia. Sergio does not fight back and the recruits are able to secure the key to the Illusionary Engine when the CC Express and reinforcements arrived. Sergio Osmond willingly allows himself to be detained…

## R.D.'s Triple Threat

Recruits new and old are welcomed to **Conductor R.D.’s Gala**, **Dungeon**, and **Gift Exchange**. A three in one! The Conductor looked to bring new friends together, and old friends
closer with their very very special LARP event and randomly assigned Gift Exchange.

Two separate scenarios were prepared for the Rookies and Veterans to run through, a forest and an ocean. With an all round star studded cast of LARPers, **Arlington of Roseshire**, **Vis’ghar from the past Gala**, **Poco of the Gobo Merchants**, and even the **Two Guildmasters** as well! With Conductor R.D. serving as the ‘Dungeon Boss’, everyone was certain it would be an incredibly fun and bizarre time.

Yet the unpredictable strikes, a strange occurrence and ‘fissure’ opening within R.D.’s Dungeon realm forces the Conductor to act quick-- attempting to carelessly close this strange crack in reality sends the Conductor into an unprecedented and glitchy rage! The Recruits begin fending the rogue Conductor off, all while gunning for the exit and pulling a lever to ‘reset’ the dungeon.

This manages to overwrite the fissure’s strange effects, in spite of the Gala Dungeon crumbling and returning to its source, R.D.
Reinforcements arrive, cuffing the Conductor, attending any injured ones, and investigating the scene.