You wake up standing on the deck of a ship as it zips over the water, carried by a swelling wave. Around you, you hear clamoring voices, as armed people brace themselves. In your pocket is a letter.

You probably don’t remember, the ritual tends to have that effect. You are in the memories of another. Travel through the memories. Your mission is to find out what they did, stay in character, don’t veer off path and find out what happened to the gate - for without it we are all lost.

Ghitta Darrish

As you finish reading the letter you see Acryn’s bay come into view before you, horns of warning blaring across the water.

Acryn has been rocked by several major incidents over the last 2 months. Starting with the rioting and the assassination of Mayor Salic which resulted in escalation of martial law, the disbanding of the Council, and Corlo Graves positioning himself as Lord Protector of the City. This was followed with the loss of the College of the Stars and its Principal Francesco Fractura. While this resulted in the loss of the City’s biggest stockpile of mana and most of its magical artefacts, most of the people survived. This has left Ghita Darrish in charge of the College and she has taken no time in restyling the college as her own personal militia. Given the seriousness of the threat to reality posed by the increasingly common stasis, very few people have opposed her restyling of the college. In fact, support for Ghita is strong among the College and Darrish family. This has left her as one of the few people in the city with both the strength and will to oppose Corlo Graves.

Corlo has been very active in the development of infrastructure within Tuireann in order to support an evacuation of the city. He has also solidified his power base by ensuring that his supporters are given oversight and power within the new community he is developing within Tuireann. Up until recently most of Ghita Darrish’s opposition was to ensure opportunities within this new community were not limited to Corlo’s allies.

With the loss of the Dragon Gate, things within the city have become very bad. With no clear way of accessing New Foundations (as Corlo’s development has become known), much of Corlo’s defacto support has dropped away, although he still remains the most powerful faction in the city and no-one has yet challenged him on his leadership. Much expectation sits with Ghita Darrish and the Collegiate Militia, as the most likely source of a new escape route. If Ghita unveils a solution to the problem it is likely that all the currently unaligned factions within the city will flock to her banner, but so far nothing has been announced. As both major factions working towards saving the city are headed by nobles, the revolutionaries continue to make themselves a nuisance, interfering with lawkeeping and evacuation preparations. Given the state of affairs within the city, the True Council has cracked down on any operations not sanctioned by the upper echelons. Protection rackets are squeezing businesses harder than ever, but thefts are being met with heavy reprisals, especially against targets involved in evacuation efforts. One notable theft of supplies heading towards the dragon gate prior to its loss resulted in the stolen materials being returned along with the heads of the criminals and their extended family.

Currently the groups aligned with the two main factions are: Lord Protector Corlo Graves: Graves Family Cargan Family The City Watch Circle of the Broken WIng Spicer’s Guild Engineer’s Guild Vintner’s Guild Anti-Marian Leader Churches

Ghita Darrish and the Collegiate Militia: College of the Stars Darrish Family Terrec Family Church of the Builder Builder’s Union Pro-Marian Leader Churches

Major Factions currently unaligned: Wayfinder’s Guild Farmer’s Union The True Council People’s College Church of the Warrior Church of the Tender

• 100 Riel
• In good standing with the College Militia
• Occasionally resurgent memories of another life.