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PLOT & INVESTIGATIONS
Story Plotting
The catch-all page for plot inquiries, NPC threads, investigations, player plots, plot suggestions, and everything else under that banner. Frequency of replies to NPC thread requests will be subject to mod availability, but we will do our best.
INVESTIGATIONS
This is where you come to seek out conversations with NPCs, have your character investigate the setting, or otherwise declare that your character is doing something we should know about. We are open to doing unsolicited NPC call-out threads but reserve the right to cut them short/handwave if they don't seem to be going anywhere or to limit their scope if we are overburdened. NPCs are not always guaranteed to be up for prolonged conversation, but you can try. To attempt to contact an NPC please put their name in the subject line. For conversations of general plot importance, we may ask you to make an closed log.
For investigations, you can freely use this page to have your character seek out information about the characters, setting, or plot. We do ask that you keep investigations to 1-3 inquiries at most, and to have those inquiries be somewhat related. If you want to investigate things that are completely unrelated, please put them in a separate comment. Additionally, please be specific about the approach your character is taking to find out information; their method will greatly impact how well it goes for them.
For investigations, you can freely use this page to have your character seek out information about the characters, setting, or plot. We do ask that you keep investigations to 1-3 inquiries at most, and to have those inquiries be somewhat related. If you want to investigate things that are completely unrelated, please put them in a separate comment. Additionally, please be specific about the approach your character is taking to find out information; their method will greatly impact how well it goes for them.
PLAYER PLOTS
Aion Teleos is designed to be open to player plots, and would be glad to accomodate them! Let us know in a comment below that you/your character is doing and how you'd like to approach it as a player run event. Please put the words "Player Plot" in the subject line.
PLOT SUGGESTIONS
If you don't specifically want to run a plot yourself but have some vague ideas of an event type you think would scratch an itch for the game, please let us know. We don't guarantee we'll use these ideas, but we will keep them in mind when designing future events.
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This is something that various Achamite churches would be willing to take him up on, since it would look quite good for them and their social respectability to have a real Aion on their side. In Achamoth, there are various churches with their own view on the religion rather than one Regent-dictated way of thinking, as the Regent themself doesn't get involved. This mean that their methods and the things they choose to focus on can vary. Father Paul would have had enough time to see what most of the major branches are like by now.
When picking which church he would like to represent, what sort of angles would he be most interested? Would you be inclined to support one that was very much in to the more brutal forms of ritual sacrifice they get up to? Or would be want to put his backing behind one that is a more gentle perspective on the Regent's philosophy? There are also some that lean heavily into the hedonism aspect.
Let us know what kind of traits he would look for in the practical branch he gets most involved with, and we can provide some more specific flavor. He'll definitely be giving whichever one it is some clout.
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I thought that would be the case, regarding the Regent's lack of personal involvement and therefore the existence of different sects within the religion. When it comes to a matter of personal preferences, he actually isn't one to condemn the more brutal forms of ritual sacrifice; as much as he's generally a pacifist that's largely due to past issues regarding death, and he's come around to appreciating the general Kenoma views with regards to death being necessary. Those views also do align with his own views on the Church back where he came from - death is ultimately a necessity and a higher purpose in and of itself, and as such being prepared to give up one's life for a designated purpose (whether that purpose is outwardly meaningful or simply to further one's personal salvation) is a concept that he's entirely willing to further and work within the service of.
Basically, he's entirely here for the more brutal forms of ritual sacrifice, up to and including willing humans desiring to give their lives to a greater purpose. I mean, if death is going to be part of the ultimate outcome, he won't shy away from that in favor of sugarcoating it; he's also not quite as here for hedonism because of who he is as a person. He's certainly not expecting total support in Achamoth, especially leaning into harsher ritual sacrifices and the destruction of possessions and such as he is, but he's not above hoping that his influence as an Aion will help sway public opinion in his chosen branch's general direction, even if only slightly.
Hopefully this made sense!
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Because of this, it's the most likely church to see sacrifices that go beyond personal belongings. Ritual blindings, amputations, and straight up murders are known to happen in full view of its parishioners; they don't just sacrifice belongings, they sacrifice themselves.
Early on his collaborations with this church they will be eager to have him participate in the ritual sacrifice and execution of one of their members. Is it safe to assume he'll go along with it?
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