# Microscope > [!overview] > [session date:: 2024-01-07] > [game:: [[Microscope]]] > [system:: N/A] > [my pc:: N/A] > [dm:: N/A] > [player:: [[Leah Ferguson|Leah]], [[Marco Flores|Marco]], [[Nicole van der Hoeven|Nicole]]] > > --- > > (tldr:: Creating the intertwined histories of three empires that come together to face a unified threat.) ## Notes Turn order: 1. [[Nicole van der Hoeven]] 2. [[Marco Flores]] 3. [[Leah Ferguson]] ### Focus ### Palettes - [p] Arcana - [c] Aliens - [c] Space-age technology - [c] Faster-than-light travel ### Legacies ## Notes Legend - [u] Light - [d] Dark - Nations: - Drystan - Drystrainians - Corbeil - Corbeillians - Ruby Moon (ocean-based) - [u] **START** Three separate empires exist. *(Period)* - [u] **Event:** The Nation of Drystan, one of the three remaining empires, finds the 14 tablets. - [ ] **Scene:** Dead empires. - **Question:** What happened to the 11 now dead empires (that correspond to each of the tablets)? - **Stage:** At the lab. - **Characters:** - Despin Terrio ([[Marco Flores]]) - Cecily Barrow, Despin's assistant ([[Nicole van der Hoeven]]) - Guylaine Trepanier, grad student ([[Leah Ferguson]]) - **Notes:** - [d] **Period:** The Dark Ages of Magic: The loss of arcane knowledge. *(Period)* - [u] **Period:** The Age of Oceanic Exploration *(Period)* - [d] **Period:** The Renaissance of Magic *(Period)* - [d] **Event:** The first Word of Power is used to start war. *(Event)* - [u] Scene: Revealing the first Word - **Question:** Why did the Athenaeum decide to reveal the first Word? - **Stage:** Nobody has heard of Words of Power yet, and the Athenaeum, after much deliberation, are just about to reveal what they know about it for the first time. We're at a magical press conference and people are gathered to hear from the Chief Arbiter. - **Characters:** - Chief Arbiter Agtos Bluecloak ([[Nicole van der Hoeven]]) - Susan Page, reporter working the Athenaeum beat ([[Marco Flores]]) - Josee Rousseau, a Corbeil Helios reporter covering the Athenaeum ([[Leah Ferguson]]) - **Notes:** - Sacred text discovered in the Black River - Once they met the Corbeillians that there was a common linguistic between the two languages to discipher the artifact - Allows the ability to reshape the environment via language - The Black River had access to knowledge that we do not. - Common language, and a united nation prior (Drustrainian and Corbeillians) - Tablets describe not only what is but what could be - Black River Society had a different perspective on what time was - Asked not to record The Word, though it's relatively tame compared to other words - Translated into Drustrainian, means "water" - The Black River is a part of the sea bed - Fourteen tablets were uncovered - Two years to decipher most of the first tablet (not fully deciphered; only half) - The Atheneaum have decided to release the first Word without consulting the Corbeillians - **Answer:** Seen as an opportunity to partner further with the Corbeillians as a hand of friendship, and as a gift to the Corbeillian monarch - [d] **Event:** The Word is stolen. - [d] **Scene:** Stealing the Word. - **Question:** Who stole the 13th Word? - **Stage:** - **Characters:** - Despin Terrio, is a research assistant to the Athenaeum for the Word department. He is a double agent for the Ruby Mood empire. He wins the trust of Chief Bluecloak, and then betrayed that trust by absconding with the 13th tablet!!! - **Notes:** - [u] **Event:** The Ruby Moon (the third nation) present the stolen Word to the Corbellians to begin their political alliance. - [u] **END** Three nations are united due to a new common enemy. *(Period)*