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EVENT PLOTTING: THE EMPTY THRONE PT 2

The Empty Throne Pt 2

By the end of the seventh day, more and more of those that have resisted the Kenoma's pull will be awakening to the power of the Pleroma, expelling what remains of the ritual's poison. Though they are still being held within the cavern, any lost powers will begin to return... which means that conflict against the ones imprisoning them is inevitable. Xishen, the orchestrator of the ritual, has not made any orders and the Hylician soldiers are increasingly agitated and unsure of what to expect. Are those that remain free of the Kenoma's influence meant to be executed? Imprisoned more securely? Freed?

Unknown to the rest of the Regent's assembly, a short while before this impasse, Xishen bestowed the secret of teleportation to Father Abel Nightroad, suggesting to him that he could use it to escape and bring the other survivors with him. Though her motives for doing so are yet unknown, Abel and any other Pleroma attuned he explains this process to will be able to use the teleportation spell as explained on the powers page to escape the cavern. Two to three casters will be enough to plausibly bring all of the newly christened Pleroma with them; the trouble is that the ritual takes up to a half hour to cast, and once they begin, it will become apparent to their captors what's happening.

Once the teleportation ritual is discovered, Xishen will order the Kenoma inductees to put a stop to it, though she does not step up to fight herself. From there, the Pleroma will have to hold off the Kenoma for 20-30 minutes while the ritual completes, the exact speed depending on how many people are dedicated to casting. Player versus player conflict can occur during this time, and mod-rolled RNG outcomes to individual match ups will be available if they are desired.

Of course, the Kenoma have had time to recover and the Pleroma have not. As if to compensate for this disadvantage, the hope granted by this change of escape will awaken a surge of power in the Pleroma. Similar to how the Kenoma felt upon accepting it, Pleroma will receive a boost in endurance, strength, and magical capabilities during this time, though the effect will gradually fade afterwards.

When the ritual ends it is expected that the Pleroma will be able to escape, whether it's on their feet or by having their battered body hauled into the ritual area by a comrade. All characters who participated in The Empty Throne will be awarded 1 Reward Token which can be used to purchase new abilities and regains.

❖ INCLUDED EVENT PROMPTS

◆ PVP COMBAT: Those Kenoma that are willing to listen to Xishen's orders will have the opportunity to clash against the Pleroma as they try to escape. Fights and mod-rolled RNG results can be requested here. Kenoma are not required to fight but those that do will receive a boosted positive reputation among the Regent's forces.

◆ REGAINED POWERS: All characters who have attuned will have their canon powers returned with the nerfs indicated on their applications. This include all Kenoma and all Pleroma. Pleroma characters will be receiving a hope-based power boost during the escape. For those with the Normie Discount, your Reward Token can be spent immediately and any new powers can manifest during the fight if that's something you'd like to play out.

◆ TELEPORTATION RITUAL: At least 2-3 Pleroma characters will be needed to cast the ritual, but the more there are the faster it will go. Past magical experience is not required for this plot role, though it may help make it more intuitive ICly.

◆ AFTERMATH LOCATIONS: Both sects will have a unique 'aftermath' location to thread in taking place after the escape has happened. This will cover the immediate aftermath of the event. Further locations and travel opportunities will be posted on April 2nd.

◆ ATTUNEMENT TRACKER: As of this event post, most sect attunements should be locked in! Please go update your Attunement Tracker with your character's current sect status.

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Ask the mods any lingering questions you may have about the event.

If you are looking for your character to get into a confrontation with members of the opposite sect during this event, please post the form below in response to this comment! If you would like a mod RNG roll to determine the outcome, please indicate as much in the title of one of your plotting comments.

I'd like to utilize Eleven's Holy Protection spell to give those performing the ritual/Pleroma non-combatants a last-ditch holy ward. The spell would spawn a runic circle around the ritual space to ward off the physical approach of Kenoma-aligned characters/entities so long as Eleven maintains concentrated prayer.

The effectiveness of this ward is up for play; it could be broken by a particularly strong attack/Kenoma character, or could otherwise disappear either temporarily/entirely if someone targets Eleven specifically/he's effectively distracted as his heart bleeds to help heal up injured people, etc.

Really I just want to do this for the opening #aesthetic and wholly welcome interference.

Edited 2022-03-16 21:43 (UTC)

Would you like "PVP" but not with fists?? SEE BELOOOOW.

Emet-Selch has an array of abilities, but he'll try to engage people by talking first. If your character doesn't like throwing punches or wouldn't resort to magic/violence/whathaveyou starting with, how about an engagement with words? Would you like to have your character given seeds of doubt about restoring their world? Would you like to try and provide them in return? 8]

UH. Feel free to let me know of potential sticking points in conversation or something you'd maybe wanna touch on. Or any topics you think might be of use. Idk! Time to bring the troubles to the Pleroma.

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Also wouldn't be against offering the Kenoma some first aid after the fact. He'll complain though. So prepare for that.

Edited 2022-03-18 21:09 (UTC)

Hi, friends!! Abel sort of tripped into the "get out of the Suffer Cave" teleport spell by chance (ty Miss Xishen 🥺) and magic isn't a thing where he's from, so he would definitely be looking for other Pleroma-buds who might be able to help!

If you'd like your character to be a part of the casting, I think it's feasible that the newly-aligned Pleroma would Sense one another as they near the end of the week, if not be able to tell outright who is starting to recover from the whole..... ejecting gross sludge fiasco?? and spread the word they've potentially got a way to get out of dodge. So, feeling people out about what was to come could totally happen!

If your character would be amenable to giving it a shot, I am totally down for handwaving a chit chat about it pre-part II to establish why your char knows how to activate the spell. You can let me know here, or if you toss it into your prompts I am more than happy to assume they talked 🤝 I'll toss a separate comment into the PVP section for anyone who wants to try and stop them!

While Kim would probably want to take a more active role in fighting off their pursuers, the journey and imprisonment have left him in pretty poor physical shape. He also won't be manifesting any powers just yet, but instead will finally get his glasses back.

So, in order to not feel completely useless, Kim will be helping others escape by bringing the injured to the portal, or by treating their wounds. He has training in first aid and field medicine, at least enough to get people out of danger.

I probably won't top level for this log, so if anyone wants Kim to swoop in for an assist after losing a fight, or is just in too rough of shape to get to the portal on their own, let me know, and we can figure something out!

This big dumb jerk has no idea about magical anything, so seeing anyone that he came in with who was previously void of powers suddenly using them is going to blow his geeky little mind. Jensen is also just your baseline human with no discernable abilities other than an odd streak of luck that's gotten him to not get dead. He's military and has military training, tactical abilities, hand to hand combat proficiency, knife fighting, and is boss with a crossbow -- none of which he has access to other than punching people and he's still a little worn out from his goo vomiting sessions.

That said, it won't stop him from jumping in to help out with anyone looking to escape from the cave or who might look like they're getting overwhelmed/biting off more than they can chew/getting left behind. He does not like leaving people behind. He's anti-leaving people. And there may be people he's become familiar with and is puppy bonding with (don't judge him).

I'm happy to have him team up with people against odds or to help with just getting anyone out. He can be sneaky when he needs to be.

Yuya is a scrawny powerless teenager who hates fighting so he will be sir Not Participating In This PvP unless... for some reason your character is really into beating up defenseless teenagers. I won't judge.

Instead he's going to be with Abel and the others trying to cast the spell to get them the hell out of dodge. He's willing to try and convince kenomas to come with them and be sad when they decide to stick with their captors, but he won't linger too long because he wants the hell out of here.

Putting it in a separate comment for visibility, as this is going to be... A Spectacle, very violent and gory and gross apologies to everyone u_u

TL;DR Ciel will make a show out of taking Hiccup hostage to ~~not make the Kenoma look useless~~ try discouraging Pleroma retaliation, along with using the whips the soldiers used to haul everyone cross-country because she was generously provided some. This ends up triggering Estinien TOO well, she proceeds to get her throat ripped out. She's fine, don't mind the bleeding all over the place bit, she can regen and walk it off, 'tis but a flesh wound. But it will be messy and ugly and very much out in the open, we're happy to plot around the scene if any Pleroma/Kenoma would like to react/confront them about it after! We're all on the server Discord and hang around this post, I myself plan to have a separate TL post PVP, this is a general heads-up for "So That Happened".

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