 A dragon's biz, what and why |
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 Sep 15 2003, 11:04 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 2-July 03 Member No.: 4,844  |
what is The Great feathered Serpent Arleesh up to (destroying all those artifacts)
and why is she doing it, or why is she the only one doing it Thanx |
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Sep 15 2003, 11:21 PM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Short of the Long: Arleesh is destroying "tainted" artifacts. Those items from previous ages that were used by Horrors or in some way aid the Horrors. She is the one doing it because the dragons trust (or entrusted) her to do so, and she has the power and knowledge to do so. There seems to be some motivation (or obsession) as well... Those that come in contact with these items may be overcome by temptation and lust (either by the item's control or their own) and these fools are inevitably led to despair and... well... evilness by using the items. Sort of like versions of the Ring of Power.
Not that Arleesh is immune... ;) |
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Sep 15 2003, 11:28 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 28 Joined: 2-July 03 Member No.: 4,844 |
yes ok.......
and i would say the items are well beyond tainted (bottled demon) so many died |
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Sep 16 2003, 01:03 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Vigo (Spanish Kingdom) Member No.: 1,446 |
Do these objects have anything to do with the little focus-spirits that appear in Threats 2?
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Sep 16 2003, 01:06 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
The artifacts in question provide a continual connection between your realm and a rather different one...
Imps are entertaining, but not part of this discussion. |
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Sep 17 2003, 11:51 AM
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Samurai Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 574 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lancashire,UK Member No.: 169 |
--------- Minor Spoilers Below ----------
Are Arleesh and/or the artifacts covered anywhere in canon (either in Shadowrun or Earthdawn), other than Bottled Demon? I ran Bottled Demon when it first came out, and I'm planning on finally doing a sequel. Also, does anyone know who exactly Blackwing was working for (ie who was collecting the artifacts), iirc the original adventure just said it was a mysterious person or organisation within the Tir, but never said who. Dragon Hunt also included Blackwing, but still didn't say exactly who his former employers (from BD) were. |
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Sep 17 2003, 12:23 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
No. Go look at Steve kenson's site for ideas.
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Sep 17 2003, 12:56 PM
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Samurai Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 574 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lancashire,UK Member No.: 169 |
Thanks for the reply, I already use Steve's site quite often for ideas, I'd hoped there might have been something canon that I didn't know about, oh well. :( Still now I can be as evil as I like, and not break canon. :evil: |
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Sep 17 2003, 01:58 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,314 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lisbon, Cidade do Pecado Member No.: 185 |
Besides the stuff in DotSW and Bottled Demon that you seem to be already aware of Arleesh doesn't show up in any canon that I recall (of course that depends if there's any truth to the rumores linking her to the Apep Consortium, in which case that also appears in Target:Wastelands).
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Sep 17 2003, 02:32 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 291 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 806 |
<<< Frag, I hate when they'll get all enigmatic like that. >>> ;) Damn this quote function has a life of it's own... |
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Sep 17 2003, 10:51 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 326 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Vigo (Spanish Kingdom) Member No.: 1,446 |
No notes on what kind of realm that might be?
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Sep 17 2003, 11:50 PM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
The place where Nightmares are tame and all the inhabitants are shades of black. The place that once seen makes you wake screaming every dawn. |
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Sep 17 2003, 11:54 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
You've just been reading "Earther's Only" propoganda. The geography and cultural practices are different, but by no more extreme margin than you would expect with the distances involved. |
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Sep 18 2003, 02:01 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,748 Joined: 5-July 02 Member No.: 2,935 |
*Cough* The Idol, and presumably the other artifacts hunted by Arleesh, was usuable by anyone without bonding. However, instead of drawing their power from Astral Space, they drew it from some other place...whic is assumed to be a Metaplane or Netherworld you don't want to go to, as the side effects of using the Idol clearly illustrate (Hell, look what it did to that poor Western Dragon...scale pattern baldness is nothign to sneeze at).
So, while it might not be directly linked to the home Netherworld of the Horrors, it is linked to someplace nasty. Nasty enough to convince Arleesh to go hunting it. |
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