KoB Storyline Help
Nov 10, 2014 9:52:21 GMT
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((comp dated 11-30-2011))
Opening at the end of a dream. Arador attempts to wake and discern the dream, but Jashin can’t make out more than shapes and soundless voices. Arador wants to see something in the High Temple, but he doesn’t want to go alone. Jashin, ever curious and eager to impress his brother, agrees to go. Obviously there is some conflict at the door, which eludes to the fact that what Arador seeks is either illegal or immoral—otherwise not allowed. ‘Kinjiru.’ As they leave, the pair notice that their sister, Saris, is being led into the High Temple by acolytes of Belzha. After some inquiry, Arador and Jashin learn that Saris is being tested for the role of Shard Bearer (probably a derivative of something like “fragment” or “part” and “carry” with the “-er” duty addend). This leads to further inquiry into the nature of the “Shard” and what is in the High Temple.
There are seven Fonts in the Imperial Protectorate, one for each of the provinces and attributed to the element corresponding to said Font—Light to the north (plains), Dark to the south (frozen wastes), Fire to the northeast (desert), Earth to the southeast (mountains), Air to the northwest (forests), and Water to the southwest (islands). Each Font is used to power a Shard, a mystical device that keeps the Empire “apart” from the rest of the Realms and safe from intruders. Every seven times seven years, they must be rotated to preserve both their potency and the barrier between worlds (the Periphery?)
The Big Picture
Saris has not only been chosen as a Shard Bearer, but to be an Avatar of Belzha Herself. This would mean that Saris would lose her body to the Goddess, thus being destroyed forever. To the rest of the Divari Empire, this is a great honor and portrayed with all the reverence and awe that such a place would carry. Imperial dogma teaches that Saris would be placed in the heavens with Belzha, to live a life of paradise and pleasure—but Saris doesn’t believe it. In her fear, Saris begins to plot a way to slip free of this duty and escape her fate. Yet she is being watched and protected by the Zjha, a clan of religious fanatics whose sole purpose in life is to protect the Avatar and keep her identity a secret.
Enter the Enlightened, another religious faction led by someone known only as the Deliverer. Charismatic, passionate, and with its claws deep into the heart of Imperial politics, this ecclesia is always on the hunt for doubting minds that it can turn from the Traditionalist views. It postulates that a Divarian’s duty is to the spirit of their Goddess (i.e., Chaos and Entropy), to bring down the Imperial powers when they begin to stagnate so that a new era can be ushered in. Saris seizes upon this opportunity and begins a years-long attempt to throw down the current rulers so that her nation can be revitalized… and she can be spared her fate. Best of all, she would be a “heroine” since she is supposed to be the embodiment of the Goddess.
Saris and the Elightened eventually gain the help of Arador, who is ever hungry for power and recognition. Arador’s only real aim is to bring down his patron, who never really approves of what Arador is doing. Since Saris is under constant watch by the Zjha, the Enlightened needs an agent outside of the Temple’s influence to act as go-between, and Arador is the logical choice. Saris’ relationship with her brother is highly sado-masochistic—she will do anything for her ideals, and he will do anything for power.
The day that Arador convinces Jashin to go to the Temple is the day that Arador was to make contact with Saris from the Enlightened. Jashin was the scapegoat in case Arador got caught where he wasn’t supposed to, needing discipline from their patron. Arador tells Saris that all is in readiness by agents of the Enlightened to bring down the government, but they need her to prove her loyalty. Saris’ loyalty is bought with one of the Shards, the one she is to carry from the Font of the Limitless Void in the Holy City of Mathi Kra to the Font of Bountiful Shade . Saris agreed, and the Shard “vanishes” on its second day to the holy city.
The Empire is up in arms over this because this would cause the barrier protecting the provinces to come down, exposing Divaria to the evils of the outside world. Yet, as with all governments, this fact is kept a state secret as to not throw the populous into a panic.
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((comp dated 11-30-2011))
Opening at the end of a dream. Arador attempts to wake and discern the dream, but Jashin can’t make out more than shapes and soundless voices. Arador wants to see something in the High Temple, but he doesn’t want to go alone. Jashin, ever curious and eager to impress his brother, agrees to go. Obviously there is some conflict at the door, which eludes to the fact that what Arador seeks is either illegal or immoral—otherwise not allowed. ‘Kinjiru.’ As they leave, the pair notice that their sister, Saris, is being led into the High Temple by acolytes of Belzha. After some inquiry, Arador and Jashin learn that Saris is being tested for the role of Shard Bearer (probably a derivative of something like “fragment” or “part” and “carry” with the “-er” duty addend). This leads to further inquiry into the nature of the “Shard” and what is in the High Temple.
There are seven Fonts in the Imperial Protectorate, one for each of the provinces and attributed to the element corresponding to said Font—Light to the north (plains), Dark to the south (frozen wastes), Fire to the northeast (desert), Earth to the southeast (mountains), Air to the northwest (forests), and Water to the southwest (islands). Each Font is used to power a Shard, a mystical device that keeps the Empire “apart” from the rest of the Realms and safe from intruders. Every seven times seven years, they must be rotated to preserve both their potency and the barrier between worlds (the Periphery?)
The Big Picture
Saris has not only been chosen as a Shard Bearer, but to be an Avatar of Belzha Herself. This would mean that Saris would lose her body to the Goddess, thus being destroyed forever. To the rest of the Divari Empire, this is a great honor and portrayed with all the reverence and awe that such a place would carry. Imperial dogma teaches that Saris would be placed in the heavens with Belzha, to live a life of paradise and pleasure—but Saris doesn’t believe it. In her fear, Saris begins to plot a way to slip free of this duty and escape her fate. Yet she is being watched and protected by the Zjha, a clan of religious fanatics whose sole purpose in life is to protect the Avatar and keep her identity a secret.
Enter the Enlightened, another religious faction led by someone known only as the Deliverer. Charismatic, passionate, and with its claws deep into the heart of Imperial politics, this ecclesia is always on the hunt for doubting minds that it can turn from the Traditionalist views. It postulates that a Divarian’s duty is to the spirit of their Goddess (i.e., Chaos and Entropy), to bring down the Imperial powers when they begin to stagnate so that a new era can be ushered in. Saris seizes upon this opportunity and begins a years-long attempt to throw down the current rulers so that her nation can be revitalized… and she can be spared her fate. Best of all, she would be a “heroine” since she is supposed to be the embodiment of the Goddess.
Saris and the Elightened eventually gain the help of Arador, who is ever hungry for power and recognition. Arador’s only real aim is to bring down his patron, who never really approves of what Arador is doing. Since Saris is under constant watch by the Zjha, the Enlightened needs an agent outside of the Temple’s influence to act as go-between, and Arador is the logical choice. Saris’ relationship with her brother is highly sado-masochistic—she will do anything for her ideals, and he will do anything for power.
The day that Arador convinces Jashin to go to the Temple is the day that Arador was to make contact with Saris from the Enlightened. Jashin was the scapegoat in case Arador got caught where he wasn’t supposed to, needing discipline from their patron. Arador tells Saris that all is in readiness by agents of the Enlightened to bring down the government, but they need her to prove her loyalty. Saris’ loyalty is bought with one of the Shards, the one she is to carry from the Font of the Limitless Void in the Holy City of Mathi Kra to the Font of Bountiful Shade . Saris agreed, and the Shard “vanishes” on its second day to the holy city.
The Empire is up in arms over this because this would cause the barrier protecting the provinces to come down, exposing Divaria to the evils of the outside world. Yet, as with all governments, this fact is kept a state secret as to not throw the populous into a panic.