Last Remnant: Union of the Golden Chalice

**Last Remnant: Union of the Golden Chalice** premiered on March 18th, 2018 and ended on the same day. It was created by Jonny Christie and starred returning players Eric Rios, Kyle Muller, Matt Christie, and newcomer Cory Mazzarelli. It was the third One-Shot of the Athantopia brand.

Last Remnant: Union of the Golden Chalice is set in the universe of the Square Enix Game *The Last Remnant* and follows four individuals hired by the Union of the Golden Chalice to seek out the missing Remnant of the city of Baaluk.

## Last Remnant: Union of the Golden Chalice

### Players

Matt ChristieCory Mazzarelli

Kyle Muller

Eric Rios

## Synopsis

A young Mitra fur trader named Alan Caster arrives at the boarder of Baaluk, a city to the far west, having received a letter from the Union of the Golden Chalice to meet with their representatives there. He is stopped by a guard at the edge. He flashes his papers and is allowed in. He heads to the local pub, The Rift, to gain some information about the tension he feels in the city. He trades for a drink and starts up a conversation with the massive Yama sitting next to him. He discovers that this Yama was also contacted by the Union so they share an ale. The Yama, known as Pec the Large, is very charismatic and immediately gets along with the boy. They head to the Union and come across a much older Qsiti outside arguing with the guard who won’t let him in. Alan and Pec vouch for the elder and the three enter the guild. The Qsiti introduces himself as Maxxel and thanks them for their help. They get to the main corridor and meet with the representative, Gaou, and a Sovani named Renbiley. Ren is a member of Mallium’s court and was also called for this task. The four are told that the cities Remnant, Brimuslabus, has vanished and the suspect is a member of Bolbo’s generals named Carvorus. He just so happens to be Renbiley’s brother. All the more reason for a politician to join them on this journey to find the missing Remnant. Ren doesn’t quite get along with the others but he tolerates the temporary alliance. Alan suggests they all go to Fort Anita to the west of the city where Carvorus resides but they agree to sleep at the Rift for the night. While they are there Alan spots the guard that stopped him at the border and introduces himself. The Guard is revealed to be Ser Gregory and he claims to have more information if they head east instead of west. He leaves and Alan relays this info to his companions. They obtain an airship and decide to head east.

The group arrives at the location Ser Gregory gave Alan and don’t find him. Instead, they get into a fight with three Jhana. They kill the savages as Ser Gregory watches on. They sarcastically thank him for his help and he forgets why he called them there. Pec offers to cure his amnesia with his mace but Gregory is not amused. Luckily Alan and Maxxel shift the conversation towards Carvorus. He remembers and informs them the Sovani mentioned he was heading inland towards Balterossa. Renbiley and Maxxel get into an argument about heading that way but they agree to follow Alan’s word since he seems the most driven to succeed. They get on their airship and head inland.

Maxxel is keeping watch and notices on the surface a massive battle is taking place outside the city. Before he can inform the others the ship gets pegged by a catapult and heads towards the ground, fast. Alan and Pec wake up immediately from the inertia but Ren sleeps through the fall. They land on the battlefield and are thrusted into the battle. They quickly decide to side with Balterossa. The battle is glorious and the successfully defend the city. Captain Vyktore of the Balterossa army welcomes them with open arms into the city.

Vyktore brings them to Queen Mojcado. She thanks them for helping them in their time of need and offers them any information she can find about Carvorus. They head to Café Moondust for the night. Pec sleeps with the bar maid and Maxxel investigates Carvorus’ room. A massive magical energy radiates from the room and leads Maxxel to a cave on the outskirts of town. He enters and not only finds Carvorus, but Brimuslabus as well. He gets into a fight with the Sovani, who continuously spurts out nonsense. Maxxel gets dropped in the fight to no one’s surprise. Alan realizes Maxxel hasn’t been around in awhile and tracks him to the cave with Pec and Ren in tow. They enter the cave to find Carvorus about to kill Maxxel. Renbiley acts first and drop kicks his brother off the Qsiti. They manage to knock Carvorus down and tie him up. Alan places his hand on Brimuslabus while they’re interrogating the traitor and the cave begins to shake. The remnant shifts into a giant fiendish bird and attacks. It kills Carvorus as Maxxel runs back to the city for back up. Pec and Ren get knocked unconscious and Alan draws his last breath in a blaze of glory. Maxxel convinces Vyktore and as many men as he can spare to join him at the cave to save his new friends. Pec awakens and manages to get Ren out of there as the battalion arrives. They plan to head back in and finish the monstrosity off once and for all but Pec gets grabbed from within the cave and swiped back into the abyss so the mini army charge in after him. Renbiley awakens and wants leave having lost his brother and knowing the danger ahead but he reluctantly goes in after them as well. Pec gets slammed hard into the ground and passes out as the group all attack the beast. Vyktore and his men are all killed and Pec reawakens. Maxxel gets smashed into the cavern wall and is killed on impact. Ren, in a blaze of glory, grabs a substantial amount of Maxxel’s elemental bottles and gets to the peak of the Remnant. He shouts his goodbye to Pec who limps out of the cave and detonates the cashe, killing himself and Brimuslabus. Pec gets thrown out of the radius and lands at the feet of Ser Gregory, who offers him a hand.

## Cast

### Main

* Alan Caster
* Maxxel
* Pec the Large
* Renbiley

### Supporting

* Ser Gregory
* Gaou
* Vyktore
* Mojcado
* Marlene
* Carvorus
* Brimuslabus

## Deaths

* Carvorus
* Alan Caster
* Vyktore
* Maxxel
* Renbiley
* Brimuslabus

## Trivia

* Originally put together for Eric Rios and his Cousin, The cast was drastically altered the evening before because three of the four players dropped out last minute.
* Cory Mazzarelli's first Roleplaying experience ever.
* Set in the universe of the Square Enix game *The Last Remnant* because the species were unique and fun and Christie wanted to use them in a campaign.
* uses a homebrew of *Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition* ruleset.