Aurelius - Rebirth Plans

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# The Cyrene Plot

## Andras

Andras met Oraite in Acaus when he was a Commander. Oraite had snuck into his camp and began eating some Loxodon corpses.

Chapter Master Andras wants to find The Book of the Dead and resurrect The Emperor. He wants to firstly become Supreme Leader of Cyrene so that he can command Cyrene to it's next Great Golden Age and take over the world. He is currently the Chapter Master of The Emperor's Eye, a branch of the military dedicated to exploring and expanding in The New World. He isn't doing a very good job.

### The Loxodon Plot

Before being promoted to Chapter Master of The Emperor's Eye, Chapter Master Andras was a Commander of Amirah's Arm. His final act was to send Cyrene to war with the Loxodon tribes of Acaus, almost wiping them out entirely. In his campaign, he kidnapped a random Loxodon female named Esi.

#### Why did he kidnap Esi

Chapter Master Andras may have gotten word from Oraite that a genie had been sighted in Acaus. This prompted Andras' decision to attack the island, beleiving this genie to be the same one who made the deal with Jakaab-Kep for The Book of the Dead. He was correct, however he did not find the genie. Esi did. Esi found the genie's lamp in a cave and made a wish for the genie to protect her land and be rid of the Cyrenians. The genie would fulfill this wish through Eyup, manifesting within him to teach him "the ways of peace and calm" which will actually result in the fall of the Cyrenian Empire. Chapter Master Andras kidnapped Esi who holds the genie's lamp.

## Eyup and Vrede (Wedergeboorte)

Wedergeboorte was trapped in a bottle thousands of years ago by the hero Nazar. He then sailed away into the distance with the bottle to an unknown land and buried it in a cave. It turns out that this unknown land was the Loxodon island of Acaus.

Wedergeboorte manifested itself within Eyup and, in order to evade detection, willed him to go on a pilgrimidge to Thaums, Aurelius before revealing itself. He revealed himself as Vrede, a spirit of peace and prosperity. He would teach Eyup how to make Loxo Cubes, calm his mind, and spread peace and in exchange he would be given powerful spells to be able to take down Cyrenians. The Genie would lead Eyup to The New World where Esi has been kidnapped by Andras, but not before leading him to unleash a terrible plague of undead upon the world. Wedergeboorte is an evil genie, who is in fact fulfilling two wishes. One of which is the thousand year old wish of Pharoah Jakaab-Kep who wished to be able to rule the world with an army of the undead.

Wedergeboorte pretends to be Vrede to avoid detection by other powerful entities that may be monitoring the situation. (including people like Oraite who sees into Eyup's mind and sees Vrede in Episode 3). As an evil genie, Wedergeboorte may have enemies or competitors who would interfere with his plans if they knew he was involved. By pretending to be a benign spirit of peace and prosperity, he can operate more freely without arousing suspicion. Additionally, by posing as Vrede, Wedergeboorte can manipulate Eyup's desire for peace and calm to further his own goals, without raising any red flags.

When the group have to burn The Book in The Spire of the Sun, Vrede will tell Eyup that he must put Jakaab-Kep back together and raise him using the book.

## THE SIBILANT DEATH

* Oraite the Cursebreaker will speak to Vrede (Wedergeboorte) inside Eyup's head. She will advise that Eyup should not trust the spirit.
* A Carriage of Water from The Kingdom of Arumia. Slaves try and take a sip but are whipped away by Abominations into cages.
* Andras mentions to Eyup that it's jarring for him to be face to face with a Loxodon as he thought he'd seen the last of them as a Commander in Acaus.
* Oraite mentions how she and Andras met.
* The Cyrenian with the Canon mentions how he's pleased to actually be doing something, as Andras' campaign in The New World has been disasterous.
* Robed Builder will do something ominous. (Break the team out of prison if they take too long, will guide the group to the empy water carriage outside the Sakathsar gate)

## Adherents of the Wistful Valley / Robed Builders

The Adherents of the Wistful Valley are an extremely mysterious race of dark spirits who live in an area of the new world shrouded in mystery. For thousands of years, they were dormant wandering creatures. Now that their master Wedergeboorte has been released from his lamp, they serve him telepathically. They are currently biding their time, serving the Cyrenians in Sakathsar as insiders. They also allowed the group to use robes to enter Sakathsar.

# The Pyromancer Plot

## The Grand Mage of Emberus

Gerry Smithington is the new Grand Mage of Emberus since Caractacus Potts was found dead in prison. He and the other mages have been secretly testing the mimicsblood gas in the middle of the desert and have created a strange enchanted forest featuring Der Gluckstritter, Zombies and Leprechauns.

When they learn about The Book of the Dead, the Pyromancy college become conflicted. Half of them wish to ressurrect Caractacus Potts and half of them want to leave the book alone. A small subset of them want to resurrect Nechtan Malvetica.

# The Honkinbottom Plot

Henry Honkinbottom wants to use the book to resurrect himself after his death. Harold has become so rich and famous that Henry cannot possibly surpass him in his lifetime.

# Aurelius - Rebirth

1. A Brave New World
2. Dance of the Devolving
3. The Sibilant Death
4. Common Cold

NIGHT OUT - You are in Growles, Alberich on a crazy night out. There are 5 different bars to chose from - each could be a front for The Thieves Guild. You must figure out which one and how to enter all while avoiding suspicion from Detective Hibernius Caldwell who is investigating the Thieves Guild. You can help Caldwell in his investigations if you want, but only to a point so that you can find the truth for yourself.

INITIATION - You must steal something for a client for a massive reward. This will be your initiation into the Thieves Guild

THE SUMMIT - You are tasked with striking a deal with 3 interested parties at a party. Cyrene has invited all the most influential businessmen of Aurelius to a summit to discuss the opening up of several areas in The New World such as the Town of Gold. At this meeting are Henry Honkinbottom, Grand Mage Smithington and Pricilla Twelvetrees. You must speak with each of them and try and come to a deal with one of them. They all want you to steal the same thing for different reasons - you must chose one of them to work with. At the end of the summit, the Supreme Leader of Cyrene, Krull is murdered onstage. There is a rejig of Cyrenian politics and Andras becomes High Protector Andras, Kaagh becomes Chapter Master Kaagh. New Supreme Leader of Cyrene is chosen to be Kovarian.

AFTER THIS YOU WILL HAVE TO DO SEVERAL TASKS IN ORDER TO PROTECT YOUR CHOSEN FACTION FROM THE OTHER ANGRY FACTIONS. AFTER A FEW SESSIONS OF THIS:

THE HEIST OF A LIFETIME - One of the biggest and most dangerous heists of all time. You and several Thieves Guild members sneak into The Bibliodrome and through its many dangers and wonders in order to steal The Book of the Dead

# 30-06-2023

Vrede is a Dao genie. She has enslaved a people known as the Wanderers of the Wistful Valley - a place between planes. These creatures - now known as the Adherents would do Vredes bidding.

One thousand years ago, this plane was discovered by Pharoah Jakaab-Kep of Al'Ramard. He wished for a book to control the dead and for him to conquer the known world with his army of the undead. She granted one of these wishes, creating a Necronomicon. Jakaab-Kep very nearly succeeded before the hero Nazar defeated her and the zombies. Jakaab-kep was killed by his own people and buried in a tomb along with the Nazar jewel. Vrede locked in a lamp and banished off out to sea.

The Adherents of the Wistful Valley were left stunlocked for a thousand years, unable to do anything.

While trapped in the Wistful Valley, they reformed their society in Vrede's absence. the Builders, (the rational, thinking side of the race) the Uncreators (the impulsive, brutish side of their species who acted on raw instinct) and the Lawgiver (the embodiment of wisdom and free will who mediated between the head and the heart and decides what it is right to be done). There was only one Lawgiver at any one time.

How do you decide what to do between what your heart desires and what your head thinks is correct?

In 103 A.A., Commander Andras of Amirah's Arm was on a routine campaign in the western islands of Acaus, terrorising and threatening some of the villages. This is where he and Liutennant Kaagh met Oraite, a gnoll cursebreaker.

Oraite and Andras worked together and Oraite told him of the visions she had seen. The Necronomicon, the Genie... He had already become interest in the whispers he had heard of such a thing from his colleagues in The Emperor's Eye and wanted it for himself. According to Oraite, the lamp was on the southernmost island, the land of the Loxodon. Andras influenced his Chapter Master to wage war against this island.

After months of victories, his army chased a Loxodon herd around which included a girl named Esi. Esi was chased into a cave where she found and rubbed a lamp. She wished for her friend Eyup to save her and for the Loxodons to be safe from Cyrene.

This awakened Vrede who manifested herself into Eyup, disguising herself as a spirit and adopting the name Vrede to avoid detection and suspicion. This also worried the Adherents of the Wistful Valley, although 4 rogue Adherents left to serve her. These rogue adherents were builders, although they were very weak.

Without Vrede's influence, it took a lot for these Adherents to leave their Valley. They had to immerse themselves in a strange enchanted yellow gel in order to escape. These rogue adherents managed to escape The Lawgiver due to the tiny amount of waning influence Vrede had over their minds - the only slaves she could manage to muster was four.

The Lawgiver began dying and an Adherent named Prime was sent to the Western seas of Aurelius and was eventually uncovered by The Bibliodome who spent months researching it and trying to get it to speak. They had Headmistress of the Scryers Academy Priscilla Twelvetrees to speak with it, staring at it for 48 hours until it finally spoke. Initially believing that most of Aurelius were like the Uncreators, the Prime was unwilling to speak with anyone. Prime entered a trance with the medium Twelvetrees, who convinced the Prime that there were "higher forms" suitable for speaking with which lived on Aurelius. Twelvetrees worked as a "go-between" to re-establish contact with the Valley.

Archibald Cockrel-Buttons - The Highest Ranking Official On Board

(Or Bertram - he may be technically a higher rank than Archibald. An argument could cause them to take both)

Teddy G. Rizzly - THE LAWGIVER

Lysander - THE BUILDER

Googar - THE UNCREATOR