Destiny's Children

## History

In the year 1201, Archmage Aaron Nileas used the last bit of his magic to summon people from across time to help him with a quest.

* Session 1
* Session 2
* Session 3

## Objectives

1. Prevent whatever catastrophe Archmage Aaron Nileas was talking about
	1. Find the dragons
		1. Potentially in a demiplane?
	2. Find the epicenter of the earthquake
		1. According to an orc shaman in Session 3, the earthquake was caused by the disappearance an an entity.
2. Explore the rooms in the Hall of Wonders in Kazakhan Spire as they become unlocked, and learn more about the spectral inhabitants of the spire
	1. Room of Astro-Oh
	2. Room of Azuloth
	3. Who is the man wearing horse blinders?
3. Gather information about Espera.
	1. Learn more about Rue, his yin-yang shortswords, and the masked female with golden hair he was travelling with. He was last seen headed to Bellingham in the year 1201, according to Rabbit.
	2. What was the first city founded in Espera? Izzy should know the answer.
	3. What calamity occurred around the year 1400 to necessitate the appointment of a new Dragonmaster? Mario and Enoch should know this, and Twinkletoes might know this.
	4. Who is Kalalrel the Vile?
		1. "...this is why the void calls to us..." Who is the "us" in his unaddressed letter?
		2. Who was this unaddressed letter intended for?
	5. Who is Crimson Oracle Demetria?
		1. Is she part of the Crimson Order?
		2. Can she actually see the future? If so, are her methods Arcane or Divine? Or are her abilities a scam?
	6. ~~Did Dan Figrin make it out of Barovia? (meta question)~~ *Dan was seen in the year 1201 at a tavern in Maribia in Session 3*
4. Go to Mariba
	1. ~~Talk to travelers to triangulate the epicenter of the earthquake~~ *The people of Mariba are pretty unhelpful in this regard. It happened in the north.*
	2. Try to discover what big event is going to happen soon to cause the hourglass to being us to this time/area
		1. This may be to prevent a troll general from claiming a lumber outpost.
	3. ~~Look for Gallean's friend Dalvin Stahl, who should be travelling towards Rabbit's Tavern from Mariba~~ *Completed in Session 2*
	4. ~~Potentially escort Ruckus to Mariba~~ *Left on his own in Session 2*
5. ~~Get some matching fashion accessory (like a black silk neckerchief with the insignia of the group) so that we are easily identifiable as we become more recognized.~~ *Mario bought 10 black silk scarves emblazoned with the Destiny's Children insignia.*
6. Learn more about the members of Destiny's Children.
	1. Teller Izzy
		1. What god(s) does she worship?
		2. What archetype did she pick? **Open hand**? ~~4 Elements? Kensei? Sun soul?~~
		3. What is her background? Acolyte?
			1. Izzy spent 8 years at a monastery.
		4. ~~What does the Teller Sash do?~~ How did she acquire it?
		5. What were some major events that happened during her life, or famous legends or stories that she has heard of?
		6. Why did head to Kazakhan Spire in 776 if she thinks it was built in 1111?
		7. How did she meet Captain Ron?
			1. Captain Ron may be a wizard who was polymorphed into a goat.
		8. What was her meeting with the first elf like?
		9. Why did she join the Tellers?
		10. Why does she only correspond with 2 of her many sisters?
		11. Who are her parents? Do any of her sister know them? Why did they abandon their daughters? How many sisters does she have?
	2. Enoch
		1. What god(s) does he worship?
		2. What archetype did he pick? Life? Knowledge? Trickery?
		3. What is his background? Acolyte? Sage? Charlatan?
		4. What is his magic item? How did he acquire it?
		5. What were some major events that happened during his life, or famous legends or stories that he has heard of?
		6. How did he become a merchant?
		7. Where *specifically* did he study theology? Which deities did he study? Did one of those gods make him a cleric?
		8. Why would someone involved with divine magic come to study at a place that teaches arcane magic?
		9. Why does he rub a pebble and deny doing it?
		10. Why does he even *have* an abacus?
		11. Where'd he get that sweet ass backpack?
	3. Twinkletoes
		1. What god(s) does he worship?
		2. What archetype did he pick? Thief? **Scout**? Swashbuckler?
		3. What is his background? Criminal?
		4. How did he acquire the Onyx Belt?
		5. What were some major events that happened during his life, or famous legends or stories that he has heard of?
		6. Where is "Tabaxi Island"?
		7. What specifically did he come to steal at Kazakhan Spire?
	4. Damacus
		1. What god(s) does he worship?
		2. How did he meet the Archfey? What does their pact entail?
		3. What is his background? Noble?
		4. How did he acquire the flying insectoid brooch?
		5. What were some major events that happened during his life, or famous legends or stories that he has heard of?
		6. Where exactly is he from?
		7. How did his parents die? **Unknown**.
		8. Was he an **only child**? Why was he left the inheritance? Did a younger sibling not get as much as he did? Did an older sibling get snubbed in the will?
		9. Why does he talk to a stone turtle?
	5. Maya
		1. What god(s) does she worship?
		2. What is her background? Acolyte?
		3. How did she acquire her goggles? What do the goggles do?
		4. What were some major events that happened during her life, or famous legends or stories that she has heard of?
		5. What did her parents sell as merchants? Why didn't she stay in the family business? Was she muscled out of the job by her two older brothers?
			1. Maya's older brothers are jerks.
		6. What god has she devoted herself to? Is that why she's not in the family merchant business?
	6. Mario
		1. *ba-ding?*
		2. *record scratch - dog barking?*
		3. *church organ?*
		4. *bow string - bird screeching?*
		5. *caw caw?*
		6. *Twinkletoes meowing?*
		7. *In Izzy's excited voice*: "**WHAT IS YOUR NAME?!**"
		8. *water dripping?*
		9. *thunder rolling?*
		10. *swords clanging?*

## Running Theories

1. Magic is leaving Espera because the dragons are dying.
	1. Aetherlights stopped being reliable around the year 1250.
	2. Dragons are described as "the pillars of Espera" and "conduits of magic"
	3. Therefore, dragons are dying, and that is removing the conduits of magic from Espera.
		1. Speculation: The earthquake in the year 1201 released some sort of dragon-predator.
2. Destiny's Children are trapped in a time loop, which can only be broken by either waking the gods, or preventing some world-ending calamity
	1. ~~Rue~~ ~~will be our constant.~~ *Debunked since Kevin hasn't seen LOST.*
	2. Alternatively, the hourglass transports them between Kazakhan Spire in year 1201 and wherever they are needed the most.
3. The specters in Kazakhan Spire are in a time loop, "living" each day over and over again

## Members

* Izzy
* Damacus
* Maya
* Twinkletoes
* Mario
* Enoch
* Captain Ron