Feint Dawn

*A city of beauty, Helios has a brutal and cruel underbelly. You need guile and wit to survive, or you'll be forced to become a citizen, unable to leave. The only thing harder than getting out... is getting in. (aka dan's revenge show because he wasn't in ungodly)*

**Feint Dawn** is a Gothic fantasy Blades In The Dark homebrew mini-series campaign run by guest GM DomesticDan.

Episodes were live-streamed every Sunday at 1pm PT / 4pm ET / 9pm UK time on Twitch from August 8 to September 26, 2021.

## Synopsis

Blades in the Dark is a system normally set in a Victorian-esque, low fantasy city where the players are criminals doing heists.

The city of Helios is said by the crew to be evil. It is clearly Lawful, or at least full of bureaucracy. If you are not a citizen of Helios, you must have a travel writ in order to enter, exist, and exit. Our heroes had a travel writ to enter, but that writ was stolen, putting them in a pickle (i.e. if they get in trouble, they're screwed).

## Cast

DomesticDan as Guest GM of Doubt / Lord of HeliosCord as Skylus ButlerBradWOTO as Cessair KelTrooperSJP as Galen Son of SteliosClassyKatie as Loshe GoryashiPumpkinberry as Keeria Vale
### Main Cast

* DomesticDan - Guest GM of Doubt/Trauma / Lord of Helios
* Cord - Skylus Butler (Human)
* BradWOTO - Cessair Kel (Elf)
* TrooperSJP - Galen Son of Stelios (Elf)
* ClassyKatie - Loshe Goryashi (Elf)
* Pumpkinberry - Keeria Vale (Elf)

### Crew

* Mirggles - Character Art
* RNGRed - City Map
* PeachyPixel8 - Original Soundtrack
* Pumpkinberry - Producer / Voice of Mori
* Acorn Bandit - Voice of the Madame in the beginning part of Ep. 5

#### Teaser

* Feint Dawn Teaser (also known as the Ungodly Post-Credit Scene Teaser of Episode 7 or 8) - Voiced by DomesticDan and Pumpkinberry

#### Episode Teasers

* Twitter Teaser Episode 1 - TrooperSJP as Galen, Cord as Skylus

## Teasers / Trailers

* PB: Oh oh oh uhm...
* Dan: Maybe a character that is happy and....
* PB: It's over, actually.
* Dan: Ungodly is over?
* PB: Yep, no, the finale was today.
* Dan: You told me the finale wasn't happening yet.
* PB: I'm sorry.
* Dan: It's cause Jay got the David and....
* PB: Yeah, he - he did get the David, but he - "The show must go on!" he said. With more reverberation. Uh, so...
* Dan: You already did it. Okay.
* PB: Are you mad?
* Dan: Nah, cool. F\*ck. I'm just going to have a new show then.
* PB: Really?
* Dan: Ah, yeah. Ah, I'm, I'm just going to do a show.
* PB: Oh.
* Dan: And uh, PB you're in it.
* PB: Oh.
* Dan: Uh, because you already spoiled that at one time and...
* PB: Oh, that show.
* Dan: Well, frankly...that's my demand since you didn't, you didn't let me join...uh...
* PB: Right. Okay.
* Dan: ...it's over now.
* PB: I mean that sounds fair. Are you going to kill me?
* Dan: Yeah, I have a new show coming soon.
* PB: He's going to kill me!

## Episode Teasers

Teasers were often released on Tablestory's Twitter the morning of a new episode.

* Galen: Skylus!
* Skylus: Ey?
* Galen: It's good to see you. I didn't expect to find you by your quarters.
* Skylus: Here? By my quarters?
* Galen: I - You know I've never seen your room.
* Skylus: It's busy.
* Galen: Your room is busy?
* Skylus: *She's* busy.
* Galen: Oh...
* Skylus: You look like sh\*t.
* Galen: What? Do I?
* Skylus: Yes.
* Galen: Oh, uh, yeah, I have an appointment with her - little bit later this evening. Uh, but um, occurred to me: I haven't been to this place for years. But I've just never seen *your* quarters.
* Skylus: Yep, well. This is them.
* Galen: Are they big? You should invite me in.
* Skylus: Why? Why are you here?
* Galen: Invite me in.
* Skylus: Right here is fine.
* Galen: It really isn't.
* Skylus: Fine. Come inside.
* Galen. Well. Well, this is, uh, your décor is...not what I am used to. Do you need like a vase or something to...?
* Skylus: What, flowers?
* Galen: Yes, I mean if you want I could... I'd rustle up something.
* Skylus: I don't need flowers.
* Galen: The thread count on your sheet is...
* Skylus: It's fine.
* Galen: Do you mind if I sit?
* Skylus: You're going to.
* Galen: I am. Ah, well, I - I think I'd like to think of you as a man of action. Don't - don't you think?
* Skylus: Aye.
* Galen: Ah, and action without a lot of...questions...
* Skylus: Aye.
* Galen: Do you remember last month when I asked you for some rare flowers?
* Skylus: Yes, yes more with the flowers, yes.
* Galen: Yes, uh, and you got those for me.
* Skylus: And now you need a vase.
* Galen: It's funny you - you say vase. I mean, a vase is a vessel that holds something. And in some way that's really what I need: A vessel that holds something, uh, fresh. You know the body is a vessel, isn't it? For our spirits, and...well, I...need -
* Skylus: You need a body?
* Galen: You wouldn't mind, would you?
* Skylus: You're seeing her later?
* Galen: I am, yes, yes, would - would you like me to pass along a message?
* Sklyus: No, no.
* Galen: Oh, you know, um...
* Skylus: I'll do it.
* Galen: Oh, 8m -
* Skylus: When do you need it?
* Galen: I'd like it soon. I am very eager to - I would ask -
* Skylus: Say no more! Get out.
* Galen: Wait.
* Skylus: Yes?
* Galen: I need it fresh, so not...from a...grave.
* Sklylus: Oh, I heard you.
* Galen: Would that be alright?
* Skylus: Yes.
* Galen: I like that about you.
* Skylus: Now get out.

## Bonus Content

* DomesticDan hosted a Feint Dawn Recovery Room on his own Twitch channel for episodes 1, 2, 4, 5, 8. Unfortunately, the respective VODs are lost.

## Lore

### Characters

* **Loshe Goryashi**: An elf and Keeria's sister. She is the leader of the crew. She's a great liar. She's also a branded citizen of Helios. She was sent to Helios by a brothel madame, who the group refers to as Madame X, to start a brothel in Helios. The crew's mission seems to be: start a brothel and extend Madame X's influence to Helios.
* **Keeria Vale**: An elf and Loshe's sister. She seems to have worked in the brothel alongside Loshe. She seems to be a good schmoozer. Her alias name is Elodie.
* **Skylus Butler**: The only human. A gruff bodyguard. He was sent along by Madame X to protect the crew, but he mostly seems interested in protecting Keeria.
* **Galen Son of Stelios of Kingstown**: An elven noble from this other city. He is engaged to someone important here in Helios (Anastasia), and visiting her was the pretext for the whole crew to get into Helios. He doesn't seem all that excited to actually visit his fiancé. While clearly not someone who works for Madame X, he is very connected to the crew somehow. Both he and Keeria very much miss Cessair's brother, who was killed in Helios and whose spirit is being held captive. Galen seems to be out for revenge alongside his good pal.
* **Cessair Kel**: He is very much a good guy paladin elf. His brother was murdered by his father? He seems to be in Helios to get answers! And right wrongs and to get some justice and do the right thing! It is also revealed that Madame X is his mother, and he trusts her completely. He trusts a lot of people actually. The party keeps telling him to stop doing that. His alias surname is Grey.
* **Lothair Kel**: Cessair's brother who was killed by his father.

## Trivia

* DomesticDan's campaign writing music on August 5, 2021.
* The Helios city map, hand drawn by RNGRed, is a professional adaption of the city map DomesticDan prepared himself.
* In the recovery room after the finale, DomesticDan said that the second season of Feint Dawn would have a different name completely (i.e., it would not be called Feint Dawn Season 2). DomesticDan also said he would GM PB in a dark horror show only after PB GM'd him in Nocturne 2. PB agreed to the deal.
* PB played a GONE music track (Gymnopédie No.1 by PeachyPixel8) in Episode 8.

## Community

### Discord

#### From the Creators

* Audio lore drops by DomesticDan in the #feint-dawn channel
	+ A Story of Dragons
	+ Vaklis Intro

#### From the Fans

* Fan art/music/text in the #fanart-fanfiction channel
* Fan theories in the #feint-dawn channel

## Gallery

### Image Links

* Lord of Helios Character Artwork by Mirggles