Secret Villain Lair

[Swift_Assassin]

(03-05-2017, 06:00 PM)Toogee Wrote:

(03-05-2017, 03:52 AM)Lavi Wrote: The recovering-legendary-weapons concept would make for a good overarching story that ties into Elibe lore. Perhaps the collecting of weapons also were for preparation to essentially continue the Scouring, forcing open the Dragons Gate and going to the other realm to basically genocide manaketes (as they are a living incarnation of magical things). In terms of more immediate things, a recovering-legendary-weapons quest would eventually lead to a desire to obtain the Sword of Seals, which I believe is residing in Bern alongside the dark magic tome Apocalypse. Bernese raids would also expedite the process of Lycia going to war.

One of my ideas for an RP was to send the group to the Dread Isle and destroy the gate. That way, some uppity Etrurian Shad doesn't get any ideas about recruiting from the other side. It's possible that the Empire would continue the Scouring, but the more immediate threat of rebels allying with dragons would make them rethink that plan.

But yeah, I like the idea of a group hunting for legendary weapons. 

As for the reasons behind the magic ban, I always assumed it was a ploy to concentrate power to loyalists. The empire seeks to be the only ones with magic and legendary weapons. The religion thing is simply a means to do so.

Hey. The uppity Etrurian heading for the Dread Isle is Wolfram, thank you very much. And that's just into his pursuit of Nergal's research. Specifically into quintessence, and perhaps morphs down the road.

Also, the whole reason Lennox got the okay for Dyrnwyn was because of the concept of it being hunted as a quasi-legendary weapon. Hell, the only combat he's seen was because a group following him got to close during the Reclamation of Tania thread.

I kinda had the same mindset as well behind the ban. During the previous thread, Shad speculated wildly that Lycia wanted a war with Bern to try to seize Echesachs and the Sword of Seals.