The Schism: A 13th Age RP Campaign

Session in an hour.

Summary!

-After defeating the guardian, Seren got the hand of winter, which manifested as her arm completely freezing, and now freezing anything she'd touch with it.

-He then filled us in on the origins of the Schism world:
First there was nothing, then existence began to spread and formed a consciousness which would go on to become the goddess Cosmos.
Cosmos represents creation, existence, etc.
She created Bahamut, who represented change and destruction. Eventually, they both created love. *lenny*
While Cosmos' power began to stabilise, Bahamut's did not and so he had to seal himself away.
The seal on Bahamut is maintained by Ea, Excalibur and Stormbringer.
The loss of Bahamut drove Cosmos to sorrow, and her anguish separated into the being which represents evil and negativity, Azathoth.
The clash between Cosmos and Azathoth lead to the births of Raizel (the Red,) Shinryu (the GGW) and Skadi on one side, and Manu, Tiamat and (I forget) on the other.
Cosmos created the mortal races and sometime after handed the duty of maintaining order to Skadi.
Eventually Team Cosmos and Team Chaos fought again, a human named Gilgamesh was key in helping and the GGW sacrificed his body to seal Manu and the Abyss.
Val struck the final blow against Tiamat, who willingly stepped down and now is sealed away.
To honour his friend Shinryu, Gilgamesh founded the first civilisation, Babylon. The Babylonians are known now as the Builders.
The dwarves split off first, and led by Skadi who took pity on them founded the Deeproads.
The elves left second and took to the forests, they had much conflict with the dwarves especially.
Eventually, this united civilisation fell and has never been united since.

-Tiamat had kids with that shifty guy Aeva saw in the Silver Court, Eregor. Those kids were Lavos and Arlinus. (Calamity and Arthur.)

-Skadi had the first Blue and White with a dragon who's unkown.

-The Blessed Emperor and the Black King gained their power by drinking from the font at the center of the universe, which formed through mysterious circumstances as a manifestation of the power held by Cosmos and Bahamut.

-To fully defeat the Black King, one with that power would be needed. Or Cosmos and Bahamut themselves.

-The Black King gave up his humanity for that power, the Blessed Emperor payed an unsaid price. He no longer has his immortality now and gave it to someone else.

-Seren has a realisation from the guardian's words, and after leaving the Trial Ground we meet the Blessed Emperor waiting for us. He reveals himself actually being Talon after she confronts him.

-He freed Seren from the Lich King hoping to be able to spend his last days in freedom with her, and in so doing betrayed Solara's trust and caused her to be bound to the Lich King as well.

-The Black King defeated him twice, and the second time gave up his own hand and eye to enslave Talon/The Blessed Emperor. The Dwarf King holds these artifacts now, they're needed to sever the tie between the Black King and Talon, but he fears to let them go.

-Warin chews Talon out for not sharing his burdens sooner, Aeva does not compute.

-Eventually, they resolve to drop it as Talon has some duties to attend to which he says are cleaning up after his mistakes. He leaves warning us that Solara is still bitter over his betrayal and that she has hatched a scheme involving the Crusader to stop us.

-The party broods a bit, and then resolves to take some personal time at Talon and Selene's advice, and live for themselves for a few days before the real fight begins. Now everyone is on their way back to Ostagar to choose a location to head to for some R&R.

Some corrections: Cosmos didn't create Bahamut, Bahamut was spawned from the Wellspring just like Cosmos.

The Builders were not the same as Babylon. The Builders were the first mortal civilization, Babylon was the second.

Gilgamesh didn't found Babylon to honor Shinryu, that was the Gold Order.

Talon's mom was Saint Mary, the first Aasimar.

The Prince of Shadows and the Crusader are not connected. Axel and Mark are connected to him.

Skadi only had Aria, the White is not Skadi's child.

Skadi created the mortal races, not Cosmos.

Will post actual story and my own notes in a bit, to help avoid confusion

Also, +1 Fate Point for Seren, Warin, and Aeva.

Ya, Fate Points cap at 3.

So! Where you guys goin' next.

.... Uh... You aren't being serious right? Cause that will end with the death of at least two PCs. Also, I'm not running that many separate stories at once, even if I could.

Eggy when?

The what now?

That's where we're going anyway, it's right on the way out!

Tbh my preference is Drakkenhall, Santa Cora or the Casino place which has a name that eludes me right now. But Axis is fine too.