Posts in category Fractured Kingdom

The Dark Realm

Aug 25, 2010 ~ Written by Dave Silva

This Realm above all others may truly tainting those entering the Realm it is a place of nightmares unhinging the mind as shadows surge and recede with a pulsing life of their own. Here there be monsters, the vile constructs of demons and nightmares flourish in the gloom. Those who pass into the Dark do not merely look into the darkness they [...]

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The Outer Realms

Aug 25, 2010 ~ Written by Dave Silva

What separates a Lucid from mundane humans is their bond to one of the Four Outer Realms. The nature of these Realms is a highly debated topic of cosmologists and philosophers. What most agree on is that these are places of power. While some call them magic others places more scientific terms on them. They are the supernatural. Places beyond [...]

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Margaret, Part 1: Experience Level

Aug 25, 2010 ~ Written by Dave Silva

David is starting a new Campaign, after talking with the other Players they decide to be a Coven of experienced Lucids. David sets the Experience Level as Expert to represent there years surviving together. While working on his Background Chris decides he wants to play Margaret, an older woman, who Elucidated after her husband’s death. Althou [...]

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Tainted & The Lucid

Aug 24, 2010 ~ Written by Dave Silva

Anyone who has knowingly passed through a Gateway of one of the Four Realms and survived have been Tainted. The most common Tainted have experienced either the Grave through a near death experience or the Slumber through lucid dreaming. Although, there are numerous ways to enter each of the Realms, know as Gateways, often Baronies seek to cre [...]

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The Baronies

Aug 24, 2010 ~ Written by Dave Silva

Baronies are divided by their philosophy and beliefs concerning the Outer Realms, humanity and other Lucids. Baronies do not confined to limited geographical boundaries but possess a significant number of Lucids, often fanatical in nature. The six major Baronies include: Green Ones, Harbingers, Keepers of the Unbound, Spirit Callers, The Temp [...]

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Church of the Redeemer

Aug 24, 2010 ~ Written by Dave Silva

Founded during the Great War in the American South as the Church of the Recamier, the church advocated a return to traditional values and beliefs. As the Great War spread across the globe, the influence of the Church spread with it. At its height in 2134 the Church called for the Purge, a destruction of all modern infrastructure, museums, lib [...]

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The Great War

Aug 24, 2010 ~ Written by Dave Silva

Common history books teach that the Great War began on December 13th, 2022 after a conflict over a disputed oil pipeline between in the Eastern Bloc Alliance, France and Russia. The War is often characterized by eighteen significant conflicts. By the end of the Great War the landscape of the world had changed drastically. A unified Allied St [...]

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The Megalopolitan Future

Aug 24, 2010 ~ Written by Dave Silva

Overpopulation, cramped quarters, people stacked on top of each other with only thin walls separating them. The modern Megalopolis is a living archeological dig. At the highest strata you have those who can afford to live above their fellow man, enshrined with every pleasure and convenience of a king. Dig a bit further and you find the office [...]

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The Eden Prayer

Aug 01, 2010 ~ Written by Dave Silva

The Eden Prayer

The world has grown colder over the last century. Since the end of the Great War, huge multinational corporations have risen to power while government rule has grown stifling, stripping away what were once considered basic human rights. Knowledge is a privilege those few who can afford private education or can qualify for corporate schools. [...]

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