STATE OF THE GAME: FEB - MAR

[abraxasmods]

State of the Game

February - March (2023)

Welcome to our State of the Game! Here, you can read about what might be going on in the world around Abraxas and with the characters in it. Every AC period, you can report what your character has been up to and we'll include all relevant information in the next newsletter.

Our Plot Engagement and World Building page are always open for submissions.

Moving forward, the Summoned Conclave will be hosted in the comments section of each State of the Game. We'll provide the structure. Players are not obliged to participate, but we encourage you to do so! See here for details.

OOC Notices

Network Information

We've updated our Network information page. Most notably, we've clarified how drawn images work when using the Network. Please take a look!

Plot Engagement

Plot Engagements will open again on April 17th.

Summoned Conclave

Representatives | LINK

Representatives for each faction's Conclave are pending.

Motions Sanctioned | LINK

Motions formally submitted to officials have not yet been received. Since the Conclave is new, characters are welcome to focus on voting in representatives first before addressing motions next meeting.

Special Motions | LINK

Characters involved in Event #12 can vote for a decision regarding the remaining Faithful Acolytes awaiting judgment.

World Events

All Factions

Abduction | Link

Some of the Summoned began to go missing across Abraxas late in February. The captured Summoned struggled to survive, underwent a harrowing ritual, and unraveled mysteries. Meanwhile, those free searched for their friends. Their investigations revealed many important developments that led to the discovery of where the abducted Summoned are held. As the month drew to a close, plans began to form.

Rescue | Link

By the third week, several captive Summoned broke free while others stayed behind to ensure their friends' escape. Those who ran ended up teleported to an unknown mountain range. With the combined efforts of all three factions and Nocwich, the Summoned were saved at the end of the month. Following a week's stay in Nocwich for observation, they returned to their respective factions in April.

In the aftermath, the Summoned were asked to make some choices about the captured Acolytes, and Josselyn Creed has been found and apprehended. A Summoned Conclave has also been formed in all three factions in order to help the Summoned address concerns and needs directly with officials.

Plot Interactions and Developments

All Factions

Multiple Characters | Link - Link

Multiple Officials

Nearly all of the Summoned were involved in the abductions, investigations, and rescue of those who were captured. Characters spoke to officials such as Queen Ellya, the Solvunn Council, Ambrose Rhett, Quilleth Kaur, and Nocwich's emissaries to arrange for resources and discuss tactics.

Notable events and actions can be found on the Coordination Posts linked above for both Part 1 and Part 2, as well as the Mid-Event Update. We'll summarize some of the more major incidents below.

Wanda Maximoff

Retrieval/Holdout

Performed magic with necromancy through her patron God, revolting many of the Thornean mages but successfully breaking down the warding.

Jack Townsend, Nero

The Lost/Escape Group

The Mysterious Acolyte and her brother were able to escape the caves following the aid of several Summoned and the sacrifice of one.

Solvunn Commune

Wanda Maximoff | Link

Rowan March

Shortly before the abductions, Wanda spoke to Rowan March about Josselyn Creed.

Items of Notice

All Factions

Unnamed Island

Dean Winchester
During evacuation from the collapsing island, those riding the giant turtle may have noticed one of the Summoned was attacked and carried off by a leviathan. He is presumed dead.

Kingdom of Thorne

Castle Thorne | Link

Istredd, Rhy Maresh
An open mingle in Thorne's ballroom for the newly Summoned.

The Free Cities

Cadens | Link

Sam Wilson, Hilda Goneril
An "informal" get-together for the newly Summoned in the Free Cities at the Sarstina Inn & Tavern.

Solvunn Commune

Primary Settlement | Link

Wanda Maximoff, Himeka Sui, Nero
A Solvunn meet & greet for new arrivals, featuring an updated brochure, bonfires, and gift baskets.

Comments

FREE CITIES

[abraxasmods]

[hextechhead]

Player Name Dee
Character Name Jayce Talis
Links & Reasoning Jayce would say hello "it's your local blacksmith healer scientist here." Free Cities should already know him as making many of them weapons, tools, and items of use, and for being a reconstruction person in Libertas. Most recently, Jayce will mention that between finding the island using tech, supplying weapons to the Search and Retrieval teams, and negotiating with the acolytes for the holdouts, he realized that the Summoned are at their very best when they're together. Every step of this required teamwork, both outside of the pit and inside, and they have to continue being a team wherever possible. This Conclave is an opportunity for them to do that. He'll add at the end that he was on a political council back home and he would like the opportunity to serve people here too.
 
"Thank you for your consideration."

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[techmaturgy]

+1, because of course he is and of course she's going to be supportive

[preferscuffs]

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[philancer]

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[theidlemaiden]

+1

[frontlinetitties]

She'll hear from somewhere along the line (possibly from Viktor) that he's voting for 'imprisoned' for the captured acolytes, and based on this she's going to assume he's reliable.

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[earthborn]

She just thinks he'd be good at the job

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[outwear]

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[warfed]

+1 thx for swords

[unwings]

he is that easy

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[godshattering]

+1

[cointosser]

+1

[assembles]

see whit's powerpoint

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[wiedzminka]

0

[cryptsleeper]

[Someone is getting a sideglance because he recalls discussions about Jayce and politics being a little bit of an issue in the past.]

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[monomachy]

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[aquilus]

What are politics? You gave him stabbing implements :)

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[supersoldier]

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[shadowthief]

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[catholica]

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[obiwanofthosedays]

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[tobeclosetohim]

[godshattering]

Player Name Arboria
Character Name Claude von Riegan
Links & Reasoning Back home, Claude was the leader of the Leicester Alliance which is a nation founded by his noble house some centuries ago. The Alliance did not swear allegiance to any monarch but was instead governed by a Roundtable where five of the most prominent houses met to discuss actions needing to be taken across the autonomous territories comprising the nation. This also - unfortunately - included a long war that required balancing organizing their military efforts on top of everything else. He was raised with politics as a background which provided him experience with both diplomacy efforts small and large and working with other government officials throughout his life to date. As a result, the idea of this conclave is something he's very interested in pursuing.

He also supports the idea that the Summoned are stronger as a unit and believes they can and should continue to work together whenever possible. Within the pit and shortly after his arrival there, he assisted others in organizing supplies for everyone to maintain what they were able to do and also assisted in helping as many escape as possible when the time came. Around Cadens, Claude makes a point of greeting new Summoned whenever they arrive, including answering their questions, showing them around, and helping them get acclimated as others had done for him upon his arrival.

While he'll admit the Alliance was not without its struggles at times, he sees that as valuable in making sure everyone's voices were heard as much as possible. Claude believes the same can be or will be true for this conclave as it's an opportunity they haven't had (to his knowledge) yet and it is worth taking the chance to make it what the need it to be. Working with many different interests to find solutions is a skill he hopes to offer while serving as a representative with whatever it might entail.

Claude will give this short speech with friendly confidence, and will be happy to answer any and all questions about his past experience leading the Alliance.

[falcony]

Player Name dai
Character Name sam wilson
Links & Reasoning Sam would start this off in the same way he's started off most other large summoned meetings he's hosted, with a 'I know I've met most of y'all, but for those who don't know me, my name is Sam' - it would be something fairly casual for the entire presentation, but the key points he would bring up are:

- he is known for hosting large-scale, all summoned events, ranging from town halls to thanksgiving parties to cookouts to free cities meetings and also call to arms/organize which he did at the beginning of this most recent event. He has been very vocal about how the Summoned need to stick together no matter the factions, and he will go so far as to call himself a bit of a broken record.

- he will also mention the fact he has been in fairly constant contact with the Free Cities military, after he signed a contract with them after the creation of his wings (which he used during the most recently event, and would have with him during this talk). He has been upfront with Marlo about how the Summoned are looking to live in peace alongside the Free Cities people.

- also, he will bring up the fact that he has some extended experience back in his home world with acting as a liaison between government officials and regular people, so he knows a bit of how to Politic, though he does not actually enjoy it all that much.

- more recently, he'll also make mention of his assistance with locating the island as well as his work helping coordinate the search team

He'll end his speech with a "Honestly, anyone who wants to take on this responsibility will be good for the job, and I'll support whoever the cities decide to vote up here. But I'd be remiss not to toss my hat in the ring. Working together is what's going to keep this from happening again, and we all know we need to do better. Thanks for listening."