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lostcompass2023-01-23 06:59 pm
groundrules) wrote in lostcompass2023-01-23 06:59 pm
arc v: alem | cr & plotting meme
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 itso every level has a patron. As usual, reach out to NPCs at will and please share findings with the class!
■ Questions
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PREFERRED CONTACT: Friend me on
CHARACTER & CANON: Stephanivien de Haillenarte | Final Fantasy XIV
THEIR ONE-LINE ELEVATOR PITCH: Reluctant high noble heir who ditched noble-ing to champion equality by giving people magic guns. Guns with added magic. Alternatively: your typical Engineer.
THEIR ASSIGNED LEVEL & ROLE IN ALEM The Keep & King Deimar's entourage
WHY THEY'RE GOING TO MESS EVERYTHING UP, REALLY: In fairness the man does invent bombs for his main job.
THEY'VE SECRETLY GOT A THING FOR RAKKATHU, DON'T THEY? His beheaded body strung up for target practice, maybe...
PLOTS AND PLANS:
✥ Stephanivien will almost certainly be devising, manufacturing and advocating for armament improvements, as well as having specific expertise on Fighting Dragons, so...
✥Will definitely be feeling out Deimar's position but most probably will continue to back him
unless he uncovers something truly unsavory.✥ Sleuthing! The man can be quite clever in poking about plots as necessary. Also, down to scavenge for stuff all the time. He'll use it for more inventions of things.
WHAT THEY CAN OFFER:
✥ Anyone on the defense force can probably swing a free magic gun at minimum. Seriously. He'll call them "necessary government military supplies" and write them off on his taxes.
✥ Genuinely incredibly talented inventor and engineer, mostly outshined because he's contemporaries with Eorzean Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein
looking at u Garlond / Scaeva✥ He is a remarkably good eldest brother.
✥ Somewhat hilariously he does genuinely seem to make everyone he hangs out with
and once, his direct enemyA Better Person like a saturday morning cartoon, be it making them more confident in themselves, or gently bringing them to challenge a prejudice they've held, or just granting them the support and kindness they need to stand on their own two feet. If someone needs reassurance or just a little bit of a pick-me-up, Stephanivien is your guy.CR YOU WANT:
Stephanivien needs more friends! Compatriots! Especially those who are all about equality and justice for all.
Also, could stand to gain a few more younger siblings to be "cool and encouraging older brother" to, he already has three
still aliveso the more the merrier.Also, the man would love to have fellow engineers and inventors to argue and/or collaborate with to create
even more exciting explosions.Potentially down for more antagonistic CR as well but it takes quite a bit to cross his bottom line.
and even then, he'll grant mercy and grace more often than not.no subject
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...what exactly are we trying to chain down here. A person? a dragon???no subject
...and not even for kink...
They've had situations where their necromancers/previously dead people were called to the Dark Side, and the only thing that worked as far as Lan Wangji saw was physically fettering them to avoid them leaving and waiting out the summons.
He had to lock Wei Wuxian into a wine cellar last time, and he got out. Actual chains might work better!
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Not for kink? with Wangji and Wuxian??? Are you sure?Stephanivien would definitely be happy to help with safe and secure incarceration against Dark Side possession things.
And concerned, because that's not a problem he's used to hearing about with the undead.He can probably cook something up.no subject
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If Lan Wangji needs to keep track of someone. (Apple Airtag for your husbando?)
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And Stephanivien always tips well
even when he's broke. Do you accept payment in guns?.no subject
his sister might kill him for getting too close to a gun but he will accept food/snacks as payment. :)
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Not even magic guns?Snacks or other fun gadgets he can do, too.no subject
talk to his sister firstbut awesome yes please get him a fidget spinner aowiejfno subject
ur sister is scary tho i suppose that's validhomg stephanivien will invent one of those fidget cubes with a million different buttons and click sounds. just for u(no subject)
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He does act older than his age because of his history but he's actually only in his mid-twenties, and technically, he is a little brother who has been missing his big bro terribly since he got murdered ten years ago, so you know...
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welcome to hell! what world/DC?Xie Lan and Stephanivien would be fantastic bros who
cause problems for the sake ofchampion the good of all/the common man. Perhaps they can run into each other when Stephanivien inevitably swings by the forges (hopefully with permission, but inevitably nonetheless)...Moran!! Join the Stephanivien collection of younger siblings who need a less-absentee (and/or dead) older brother! Stephanivien is a nice 30 (and also, as I am sure you have discovered and/or soon will discover. Final fantasy ages are Fake) so he can still be appropriately big brother-ly. It also helps that he's ~6'8"/209 cm.
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They will be bros later!
the height will sure height, and Moran hasn't had the occasion of being slightly vulnerable except with like 2 people int he last 20 years basically. it'll be emotional.
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Future Bros, on the docket.
Stephanivien is great at the I believe in you, you can do it. I'm here to catch you, and you're safe with me... so.... It'll be great! He can even get in a good cry with hugs, maybe. IF they schedule it between attacks.
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that doesn't mean Stephanivien won't teach him the power of hugs. Later, maybe. All of y'all honestly sounds so horrifically touch-starved.no subject
Hi! Kahl adopts pretty much everybody he meets, and he's a freedom fighter back home. While he's got a limited vocabulary and no education, he's still articulated some strong moral principles around emancipation and equality.
also magic guns sound cool
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Freedom fighter would be right up Stephanivien's alley, and he's also happy to help if Kahl ever decides he's got a hankering for engineering; Stephanivien's very aware that education is a privilege of the rich and powerful, and he's happy to smash that barrier down when he can.
magic guns are the best. You don't even need a new gun! He can just... make your current one magic.*
*note, must have some inherent capacity to do magic AND/OR some way to siphon off the ambient magic of the world you're present in. A small detail he will be addressing shortly... when he gets around to realizing it's needed.
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Still! Kahl has expressed a desire to learn about "science stuff", so he definitely won't turn down a chance to talk with somebody who knows more about the subject.
also he has no innate magical ability or magitek with him, so he'll be on the waiting list for that. He's just your regular, average, cyborg clone spaceman.
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He shall be added to the list.
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Looking forward to it!
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Lets make a
Dragonkillergiant harpoon gun to shoot dragons down with! but only the evil dragons.