arc v: alem | cr & plotting meme

[groundrules]

ALEM

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Sound the drums, head on to war — seized citadel Alem has already been there for the lion's share of a year.

Under the Scavengers' guidance, the four sand worms the party captured gently graze underground corridors allowing the group to reach halfway up Mount Attevar. From there, they quickly infiltrate Alem through a bustling trade route.

Young King Deimar strikes a simple bargain: serve Alem in its bitter last days until inevitable downfall, and the citadel will grant access to its Beacon before the final evacuation is completed.

Sounds simple enough. Now, survive it.

Characters arrive today, with our first proper taste of event chaos due on 27-28 January. Get your character settled in, check out the setting and their assignment, and strike some CR:

■ Arc setting & locations

■ Character assignments

■ New NPC inbox — more this round, because most won't make it so every level has a patron. As usual, reach out to NPCs at will and please share findings with the class!

■ Questions

CR & PLOTTING MEME


<b><small>PLAYER</small>:</b> <b><small>PREFERRED CONTACT</small>:</b> Are you open to plurk / discord friending? <b><small>CHARACTER & CANON</small>:</b> <b><small>THEIR ONE-LINE ELEVATOR PITCH</small>:</b> <b><small>THEIR ASSIGNED LEVEL & ROLE IN ALEM</small></b> <b><small>WHY THEY'RE GOING TO MESS EVERYTHING UP, REALLY</small>:</b> <b><small>THEY'VE SECRETLY GOT A THING FOR RATHAKKU, DON'T THEY?</small></b> Just look at that handsome face. <b><small>PLOTS AND PLANS</small>:</b> <b><small>WHAT THEY CAN OFFER</small>:</b> <b><small>CR YOU WANT</small>:</b> Specificity is key!

Comments

[allforthecause]

Listen one of his primary talents is getting other people to be the Face of Justice so yes

[somebadnews]

Sometimes he thinks Wangji only wants to hang out when things are insane, then all of a sudden violence is the answer.

[dog_eat_dog]

Perfect, they are going to be buddies B)

[dog_eat_dog]

Lorna!! They should work together, yes. Maybe they can try to intercept a letter between Deimar and Rathakku or something?

[dog_eat_dog]

Yesssss. Tess might be a bit of a bully over the sheltered stuff (and rich girl stuff too maybe lol) but she's like, playful about it. Show her all your idealistic ways, Cait!

[dog_eat_dog]

Hell yes, I love contradictions. She would probably need a good bit of bribery/what's-in-it-for-me to feed refugees, but she's willing to entertain just about any pitch for the sake of argument. >:)

(Also, 39 is young when some people are immortal, I guess?? Young enough lol.)

[saintclaire]

She could maybe forgive the lack of flip-flops if he went with an obnoxiously patterned tie.

Kim is happy to help. In fact, she thinks everyone would be a lot better off if there was a lot less blood-drawing and more negotiations!!

[saintclaire]

Helloooo fellow Thyvault's Entouragian. Kim also likes drinking and does not believe herself to be cut out to help with a war effort BUT she is happy to have someone to collaborate with on shadiness finding out what's going on with the ol' throne!

[soloritur]

Is Wanda getting Lorna into murder again, dammit she's been so good... They can hang out though! Marcos would love to know about this family connection but until that magically happens we'll just have to happenstance them together.

Marcos really should marry the woman he loves and has a kid with, but being a mutant fugitive really puts a damper on things. Be happy you missed out on all the less cool parts of it and nothing bad has ever happened to you because you have powers ahem.

[soloritur]

Consider him interrupted before he gets himself shanked in the alleyway. It wouldn't be the first time Marcos has stepped in on something like that! (Or impress him by bungling his way out of it. People always underestimate a guy in a bowtie.)

[traumatology]

his expression when busting down walls will be the same as if he was talking about the weather. WON'T BOTHER HIM A BIT

[valeas]

yes hi here to +1 bc I'd very much like CR with Caitlyn

[valeas]

[valeas]

but also yes that cloak is a+

[valeas]

na na na come onnnnn

rose | kamala khan

[cosplayqueen]

PLAYER: Rose

PREFERRED CONTACT: milanobutterfly on plurk / discord: aroseblazing#3394

Feel free to add on either!

CHARACTER & CANON: Kamala Khan & Marvel Cinematic Universe

THEIR ONE-LINE ELEVATOR PITCH: tiny fangirl turns into a superhero; may or may not be Kevin Feige's attempt to stop DC from using Green Lantern

THEIR ASSIGNED LEVEL & ROLE IN ALEM Northern Tower as the local catcher of people who fall off!!! Hope you like a giant purple lightshow. :)

WHY THEY'RE GOING TO MESS EVERYTHING UP, REALLY: Kamala has no concept of acceptable losses. It's not a question of if, but when she overextends herself to save everyone.

THEY'VE SECRETLY GOT A THING FOR RATHAKKU, DON'T THEY? Uh.... no thank you. She's into buff, brown boys. (Sorry, Bruno!)

PLOTS AND PLANS: Nothing concrete! She will of course be taking her job seriously and will push herself to the edge to keep everyone breathing.

One plot point for this arc and especially for the North Tower crew will be not to talk about what she can do.

Minor spoilers for a show that's been out since the summer? Damage Control hunted and nearly killed her multiple times for having abilities while being brown and probably Muslim. If it makes anyone feel better, they tried it with Peter Parker too. Maybe they just really hate teens in general. /shrug emoji!! (But, no really it's a plot point so she's paranoid about it getting out to the wrong people.)

Also can someone please talk to her about the fact they're lowkey in Hell? It's breaking her brain.

WHAT THEY CAN OFFER: Protection. Kamala generates 'hard light' which she can use as a shield. She can also use it to move around freely by creating things like steps and of course catch those guys who keep falling from the tower.

CR YOU WANT: Teen friends, adult mentors, and man children to bicker with. /stares at Pietro!!

[techmaturgy]

these two grew up eating bugs how weird can it be

dont pay any attention to the goat it's fine

[faceblocker]

which is why she didn't hesitate to try grilled sandworm from Eda either. I'm sure there was plenty if Viktor got hungry :)

through Vi's lenses the Doctor's weird food combos make about as much sense as rich people's weird food combos sooo really they're eating gourmet. living it up

...is the goat named Jayce

[inferus]

YESSS i need these investigations to happen

...and he will try - will definitely absolutely hate this Clawing, try not to ice everything around him in his anger

[inferus]

lmaoooooooo

just gently rotate 'em

[inferus]

i really love it too lmaoooo he was like oh. that's the perfect name actually.

[growlies]

Thank you so much for hitting that up. I love seeing people's descriptions of their soul/auras what have you so much. It's always like lil poems in my permission post. They make me very happy.

AND GOD YEAH, I agree completely. There's so few people who like know what it's like to be young and old at the same time simultaneously somehow. Or just the complication of not only being person-shaped but also a giant creature at other times. Definitely down to toss them together and see what happens.

[techmaturgy]

he probably did

the goat came with a name thanks. it's jehess.

[margenes]

i'm sure something like that floated around. lmao it feels to me like these guys are just going to have to found family each other for this connection ;w; but yes! happenstance sounds good

NOTHING BAD HAS EVER HAPPENED EVER congrats on being a dad tho, marcos can tell pietro about his kid and thinks that's cool. wow, commitment, imagine.

[margenes]

THAT...would be helpful, and definitely something that we can explore. we can glance at event prompts and go from there? i'll be sure to grab vanessa in this event tho for sure