Out of Shadows

The NPCs

Major Nysgods

King Mithos (Wizera) → The reigning monarch of Dagaz. He’s been in charge since time began and people love and respect him, more or less worshipping him as a god. He has final say on all matters and generally takes a pretty hands-on approach to ruling. That said, he does much of his work from a distance. Mithos is an intimidating individual, but he is generally seen as fair.

Queen Thea (Kally) → Mithos’ true love, who has been the queen at his side for a very, very long time. She was once the wife of a tribal chief, from a treetop village in the mortal realms, and as such, left behind mortal descendants. Thea is a very visible figure. She is known to be warm, kind, considerate, and all around just a pleasant person.

Lord Thierry (Kally) → Mithos’ right hand man. Thierry is a kind, considerate man, who does a very good job at hiding some severe pain. The woman he loved ended up bound to another Nysgod and Thierry has never quite recovered from the pain of that. He is a dutiful husband, but he does not love his wife.

Lady Blaise (Carly) → Thierry’s wife and Thea’s sister. Thea and Blaise both became Nysgod together, so that they could spend eternity with one another, but Blaise never bargained for the fact that she would fall in love with someone who could not return her love. This has made Blaise into a very bitter, unpleasant woman. She often serves as an adviser to newly-turned Nysgod mates.

Uri (Wizera) → The Head Carver. Uri is often the judge of legal cases in Dagaz. He is intimidating, but very reasonable. As a Carver, his appearance is much older than most Nysgod. It saddens him very much to see Nysgods, many of whom he created, carving themselves out when they lose their mates. He himself has a mate named Anastasia.

Skokan (Wizera) → The royal valet. Skokan has been charged with the task of finding Tristan a new mate. He takes this duty very seriously, to the point of being a zealot. Skokan’s mate would not come with him to Dagaz, and this has left him a hollow shell of a man, who’s only love is Dagaz itself. He will maintain the status quo of his beloved homeland at any cost, beginning by ensuring that Tristan assumes the throne, as planned. He manufactured the Grasp and has lied about it malfunctioning. No one can question this lie, since no one else knows how the Grasp works. He's also aiming to frame Quinn as a villain and will occasionally kidnap candidates (dropped characters) and leave a toy in their place.

Prince Tristan (Kally) → The son of Mithos and Thea who is next in line to the throne. Tristan is a fairly melancholy individual, more so than normal lately, since the death of Mia. Having been trained from birth to be the next king, he is a skilled diplomat, vastly intelligent, and worldly.

Quinn (Kally) → The banished cousin of Tristan. Quinn is charming, witty, intelligent, and at his core, very good-natured. He very much disapproves of the current situation in Dagaz and is trying to help Skokan’s captives escape. Because of his status as an outlaw, he is often blamed for the bad things. In truth, he has the best of intentions.

Jaan (Wizera) → A young Nysgod and friend of Quinn and Tristan. Jaan is a revolutionary thinker who doesn’t really know how to keep his mouth shut. Since he’s never done anything illegal, he can’t be banished, but a lot of the older, more traditional Nysgod find him to be radical and dangerous. Jaan has a happy life outside of Dagaz with his mate. The reason he’s so angry is because he has seen so many of his friends carve themselves out because of the laws about only being allowed to imprint once. He is out to change all that.

Minor Nysgods

Edwin (Kally) → Tristan and Quinn’s friend, who is the head of the Seers’ Guild. Edwin is very soft-spoken and shy. He is kind to everyone, but on the whole, a very ineffectual person.

Blake (Carly) → Edwin’s mate. In contrast to Edwin, Blake is a very boisterous, friendly individual. He hosts the best parties in all of Dagaz.

Robin (Wizera) → Robin was a friend to Tristan and Quinn. He helped Quinn to change his symbol. Many years after Quinn was banished, Robin fell in love, but his mate was already married and happy. To end his pain, Robin had himself carved out. For now.

Hesiod (Carly) → An exiled Carver who took his staff with him when he left. Like Jaan, he’s a revolutionary thinker. Unlike Jaan, he’s not a very nice person. He might possibly be gunning for Uri’s position.

Major Mortals

Casey (Wizera) → A human girl, with some possible demon blood, Casey is the second mate of Quinn. She is curious and intelligent, but clumsy when it comes to social interactions. She is an alchemist by trade and enjoys experiments, although they often end in explosions. Although she was initially repulsed by Quinn, she grew to love him and is now helping him to fight the good fight in defense of his homeland. She was unknowingly chosen to serve as an escort to the PCs.

Adriana (Kally) → A Hylian girl and friend of Casey. Like Casey, she was chosen by the Nysgods to ease the transition for the PCs from their old lives to their lives with the Niflehim.

Minor Mortals

Egime (Whoever needs to) → Quinn’s first mate, a priestess who loved him dearly, but refused to become Nysgod. On her deathbed, she made Quinn promise her that he would find another mate.

Mia (Whoever needs to) → Tristan’s imprinted mate, who died recently.

Lucien (Kally) → A mortal man who once accidentally traveled back in time. With his knowledge of modern-day Nysgods, he inadvertently became the father of their race, teaching them how to create female Nysgods.

Insa (Wizera) → Lucien’s cousin and Tristan’s lover.

The Plot

Phase One

-Skokan is kidnapping people, bringing them into Dagaz as potential mates for Tristan. These are the PCs. Tristan is not eager to choose a new mate, so the PCs are kept in a “waiting room” with assigned roommates.

-Quinn, Adriana and Casey are working to try to rescue the PCs. As an outlaw, Quinn has attained a villain status. Much like the Green Hornet, he is blamed for everything bad that happens. In reality, he is only trying to help.

-Quinn employs many tactics to rescue the PCs. They manifest as “games” which cause different things to happen.

-PCs are allowed to start learning levels of Nysgod magic: 1) Able to tell when a Nysgod is reading your mind, 2) able to push a Nysgod out of your head, 3) able to close your surface thoughts, 4) able to close deeper thoughts, 5) able to tell the difference between a Nysgod illusion and something real, 6) able to see anything being hidden by an illusion

-PCs are allowed to start learning levels of Nysgod tech: 1) They understand all the basic functions of a Netbox. 2) They can create private channels on the network, such as the current Waiting Room channel. 3) They can create holograms. 4) They can create un-hackable posts on the Network. 5) They understand the mechanics of basic Nysgod technology and can work repair on broken equipment. 6) They can begin incorporating Nysgod technology into their own creations
-The candidates are bounced from Niflheim city to Niflheim city, gathering information about the different factions. Eventually, Skokan is Carved Out (to return later), letting the PCs fend for themselves.

-Eventually, Quinn and Casey are caught. They are put on trial for their crimes. The story of Egime is revealed.

-Tristan decides to attempt to pull a Quinn by changing his own symbol. He is punished by being turned into a mortal. He goes off to live a happy little life away from Dagaz.

Phase Two

-The PCs ought to be sent home, since Tristan is no longer around. Unfortunately, Skokan (alive again) is so furious about the events in Phase One that he is nowhere to be found.

-The PCs are given their own village and are allowed to create their own buildings, set up businesses, and generally begin some of their own plots.

Phase Three

-Skokan suddenly returns and demands that Tristan be restored. He probably gets the PCs to help him with this petition, since getting Tristan back sooner means they can go home.

-Tristan’s UNHAPPY. Therefore, he’s no closer to choosing a mate. Something is very wrong. Some PCs who care to investigate will learn that while he was mortal, he took up with a mortal woman, Insa, and fell in love with her, but as a Nysgod, he believes he is still biologically compelled to be in love with Mia.

-At this point, players are allowed to app Nysgod OCs of the second generation.

Phase Four

-News reaches Dagaz that Insa’s pregnant. This throws the world into complete chaos.

-Skokan eventually decides that the baby must die, because it is completely screwing up the line of succession. His attack is a failure and he is exiled from Dagaz. Unfortunately, without him around, the PCs cannot be returned home.

-Hesiod starts re-carving dead Nysgods in order to start a revolution. They take over the village. The good guys form several parties to take it back. One to distract the Nysgods, one to try and grab Hesiod’s staff, etc. The party that Casey leads is soundly defeated and she is mortally wounded, so Uri carves her in to save her life. The bad guys are eventually defeated but now Robin and the other re-carved Nysgods are alive!

Phase Five

-The aftermath of Hesiod’s rebellion is addressed. Casey’s gone to crazy town, since she was carved in so hastily. She was probably carved in so quickly that something went wrong, which is why PCs can still remember who she is.

-Tristan makes it clear that he intends to become mortal again. The line of succession is up for debate, with Team Quinn and Team Robin. Robin, however, wants Tristan to stay heir, in the hopes that he’ll change the laws, allowing all men a second chance at love (neither Quinn nor Robin could make such a law as it would be viewed as self-serving and kings cannot be self-serving).

-Through Edwin, Robin learns that Adriana was supposed to be his soul mate, but he didn’t see her in time.

-Robin becomes completely unbalanced, slowly descending into madness.

Phase Six

-Robin is named heir. He starts doing very bad things.

-Tristan becomes mortal and goes away.

-The history of Mithos, Thea, Thierry, and Blaise is completely revealed by Edwin, in a desperate attempt to get Robin removed from the throne and Quinn named heir.

Phase Seven

??? Something with the Polarians maybe? We'll see if we actually get that far.