New Characters: Introduction

This introduction is for the new PCs (Mei, John and Josh). This event occurs immediately before the start of the next game session.

You are floating, as if in a dream. The sense of weightlessness and nothingness is liberating. You can see stars in all directions . . . you can only see the stars. You can’t even sense your own body.

As you drift in a sea of blackness, relieved only by the pinpoints of distant stars, you feel a deep and comforting sense of belonging. You are like a child in your mother’s arms. Nothing can harm you while you rest in her sweet embrace.

You have very little sense of self. You only know that you feel well.

Out of nowhere, a voice speaks to you. It is faint but perfectly clear. As it speaks, the sense of peace and well-being overcomes you. You are home.

"The time of the Equinox is come. My children . . . I am sorry. I have done what must be done. You deserve answers. I am far . . . too far from you. You must learn who you are. The land is yours. The people are yours."

The speaker seems to be under great strain, as if speaking to you was exhausting her. A dull vibrating pulse threatens to interrupt her. You sense great fear in the voice.

"This place is sacred to you. Sacred – NO!"

The voice suddenly cuts out. Your mind and body are wracked with pain. You feel a tearing sensation . . . as if your very soul is being ripped out of the fabric of existence.

For a brief moment there is only pain and darkness. The stars have gone. A darker shadow slowly forms within the overwhelming blackness around you and coalesces into the figure of a woman. The woman reaches to you with talons. You know that if she touches you that you will cease to exist. You will never have been.

A sudden burst of brilliant light appears like the noon sun, blinding you in a flash of glory. A terrible, wrenching scream of pain and hatred erupts around you and you are falling . . . falling for hours . . . or seconds. You cannot tell. All sense of time and space flees you.

You wake suddenly, immersed in rushing water and straining for breath. You can feel the solid earth beneath you and the water threatens to pull you away . . . from where and to where you do not know . . .

Make a reflex save.

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