====== Fountainhead ====== //See Also: [[gm:Legacy of Marak#Fountainhead|GM Notes]]// This is the first story arc in the [[campaigns:Legacy of Marak]] campaign. ===== Plot ===== * **Campaign**: [[campaigns:Legacy of Marak]] * **Previous Story**: None * **Next Story**: Unknown * **Real Time**: 2018 - * **Game Timeline**: [[lore:Age of Heroes#400|Summer 464]] [[lore:AH]] ==== Chapters ==== - [[campaigns:The Slumber Years]] - [[campaigns:The Hand of Days Gone]] - [[campaigns:The Spirits of Yesteryear]] - [[campaigns:The Enemy of my Enemy]] - [[campaigns:To Forgive is Divine]] - [[campaigns:The Past is never Dead]] - [[campaigns:History is a Cyclic Poem]] - [[campaigns:To Live Alone]] - [[campaigns:Between Freedom and Happiness]] - [[campaigns:A Thing Called Change]] - [[campaigns:A Trusty Companion]] - [[campaigns:Bound to War and Hate]] - [[campaigns:A Great Man's Madness]] ==== Issues ==== Listed in order using the [[http://www.genesisoflegend.com/PDF/A_Spark_In_Fate_Core-Setting_Creation_System.pdf|Spark of Fate]]. The Issues are listed in order (Legacy, Current, Impending). [[#Higly Unstable Magic]] and [[#Huge Influx of new arrivals]] were completely dealt with this book, while [[#Lilliana runs a protection racket]] will start Book 2 as the Legacy Issue. === Highly Unstable Magic === * **Aspect:** Wild Magic Surges * **Faces:** * **Pro:** [[orgs:Circle of Marak]] Liches ancient conjurers seeking to control the portals * **Con:** [[people:Aegrin]] sacrificed much of his power to stabilize the power * **Track:** Legacy → Removed === Huge Influx of new arrivals === * **Aspect:** Clashing culture * **Faces:** * **Pro:** [[people:Janos]] isolationist and separatist who runs a building crew * **Con:** [[people:Father Karl]] is a Fiery public socialist speaker - power to the masses * **Track:** Current → Legacy → Removed === Lilliana runs a protection racket === * **Aspect:** A piece of the Action * **Faces:** * **Pro:** [[people:Fiella de Maria]] enjoys cowboy capitalism running rampant - dealmaker * **Con:** [[people:Seirian]] is a Charismatic fae female leader - community supporter * **Track:** Impending → Current → Legacy === Dead Rising === * **Aspect:** Dead Walk Among Us * **Faces:** * **Pro:** * **Con:** * **Track:** Future → Impending → Current === Horde of Monsters === * **Aspect:** * **Faces:** * **Pro:** * **Con:** * **Track:** Future → Future → Impending ===== Cast ===== ==== Players ===== * [[people:Lady Anne Mowbry]] * [[people:Hafwyn]] * [[people:Keribrar]] * [[people:Quilate]] * [[people:Thorne]] ==== Major Roles ==== * **[[people:Ollonni]]**; steward of the [[#Watchers' House]] * **[[people:Mr Canders]]**; a dionysiac (Elf/Tiger) who seeks knowledge of Fountainhead * **[[people:Janos]]**; runs the construction crews in Fountainhead * **[[people:Aegrin]]**; elven hero who sacrificed his mind to stop * **[[people:Ragash]]**; orc ale wife who brews the best red ale in Fountainhead * **[[people:X'toltn]]**; Last of the Marak Lich Sorcerers. Fought against Aegrin and [[lore:Techiuan]] * **[[people:Vitorii]]**; proprietor of the [[atlas:Pestilence Pustule]] a House of Strange Repute * **[[people:Thaogut]]**; a fae gnome and "owner" of //The Chest//. What you need - not what you want * **[[people:Father Karl]]**; a socialist follower of [[lore:Techiuan]] - Power to the People * **[[people:Duerte]]**; High Priest of X'toltn; calls himself the Lord of Shadows ==== Extras ==== //Listed in order of Appearance// * **Holwen** is the leader of Holwen's Boys, a gang in Fountainhead * **Pollet** elder leader of the famers in [[#Yellohood Forest]] * **Gabor** leader of a carpenter crew who reports to [[#Janos]] * **Rorrick**; commands the defense of the bridge for Holwen's Boys * **[[people:Mardac]]** fae lord of the [[creatures:Elf#Dark Elf|Dark Elves]] * **[[people:Warden]]** an [[creatures:Ash Hunter]] trapped in the Blackhouse * **[[people:Gorrick]]**; deformed and injured goblin who runs the [[orgs:Rover Gang]] - a gang of kids * **[[people:Mardac]]**; Fae King of the [[creatures:Elf#Dark Elf|Dark Elves]] * **[[people:Vitorii]]**; necromancer who runs the Pestilence Pustule - known body snatcher * **[[people:Karrin]]**; undead spirit who leads them to the River of Souls * **[[people:X'letta]]**; oldest spirit on the river who lives in a pond fed water by a mill * **[[people:Benevenuta]]**; assistant to Father Karl with true lineage of The People ===== Locations ===== * **[[atlas:Fountainhead]]**; Ruined temple-city surrounded by strange portals * **[[atlas:Mockers' Grove]]**; a forgotten grove of [[wp>dionysiac]] creatures * **[[atlas:Watchers' House]]**; a "moving" house that shields magicians from the [[lore:Shadow Realms]] * **[[atlas:Yellohood Forest]]**; once a dense forest now clear cut for farming * **[[atlas:The Sister’s Roses]]**; brothel located in Fountainhead * **[[atlas:Geval ca]]**; a deep cavern under which a frog-monster guards a sleeping jade warrior * **[[lore:Caves of Chaos]]**; Demiplane between the [[lore:mortal plane]] and the [[lore:fae lands]] * **[[atlas:Pestilence Pustule]]**; a inn in the Temple District of Fountainhead catering to undead companionship * **[[atlas:Flumen Dei Animas]]**; called the River of Souls where the dead spirits transition into the afterlife * **[[atlas:Blackhouse]]**; a haunted house that is the base for an [[creatures:Ash Hunter]] * **[[atlas:Sword and Bones]]**; a rough tavern with surprising good ale * **[[atlas:Ragash's Brewery]]**; a brewhouse owned by Ragash and run by orcs - Finest Red Ale in the city * **[[atlas:Pestilence Pustule]]**; a strange brothel catering to the undead needs of their patrons * **[[atlas:Veridian Vault]]**; Crafting house owned by Keribrar in the Blackhouse District * **[[atlas:Red Temple of Techiuan]]**; brown-red stone temple in Fountainhead * **[[atlas:Shadowdark]]**; lair of Duerte where the presence of X'toltn can be felt {{tag>story legacy_marak}}