LORE QUESTS.

[beleos]

LORE QUESTS

The world of Kenos has many mysteries to explore, and not all of them are directly tied to the ongoing plot of Meridian and Zenith struggling against each other to claim the Oracles. This page is for compiling the token-purchased lore-related quests for the game.

Lore quests are multi-part questlines that focus on uncovering a greater idea of what is going on behind the scenes, peering behind the curtain and uncovering information that might make or break how a character relates to the world, factions and their own goals or dreams. To be clear, these are all separate from Side Quests, demand a higher level of participation and planning, and are posted as areas get added and/or Loremasters get ideas for quests.

( There is a section for players to submit key interests their characters would have, for Loremasters to take into account while crafting future lore quests! )

While uncovering the lore is it own reward, sometimes players may gain other rewards based on their participation in lore quests; not every lore quest you undertake has universally good outcome, but every quest will affect the swing of relationships between the cities and factions. We are considering allowing players to pool their AC tokens in the future, but currently this practice is not allowed.

OOC, you will spend the correct number of tokens in your AC reward, then comment under a side quest to “claim” it by noting all participating characters. Players will receive additional details and information once the claim is made. After the thread/log/etc. for the mission is complete, you’ll return to the comment and turn it in. Loremasters will then tell you the further rewards + outcomes. As a note, you can only have one active lore quest per character at a time. If you're expecting upcoming time constraints, please consider your purchase, as dropping from the quest may cause the party to have to redo it.

Unless noted, the lorequests are bound to a single purchaser ( and their entourage ). Once purchased, the questline is tethered to the purchaser, but participants can change as the questline develops.

UPDATE 01/30/24: If unsure whether a personal goal is something you can simply play out yourself, or if it would qualify as a Lore Quest/AC Reward, the key question we use to assess for this is: will it affect the world of Kenos or multiple other player characters as the result of my character's actions? If the answer is "yes", we would consider that something you need to use tokens for, develop over time via threads/reporting on your Notable Actions, or working together with mods to achieve! If the answer is "no", you have every right to craft your own narrative for your character.

So, without further ado, get to questing!

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[beleos]

The completion of Liem's task was received with gratitude from Hieropoios Natalia, who instructed him to give her a day or two to prepare his reward — only for the Advocate Oracle's awakening to give her more than that! Over a century later, Natalia finally is able to visit Liem directly in his home. She indicates that she's already visited Akua to reward her for her labors, and that Fane appears to have returned to the Tree ( she seems very morose about this, because that funky skeleton guy was right up her alley ); Liem remains the foremost of Meridian Shard-Bearers that she directly liaisons with, and while she politely waits to be invited in, her posture brokers no doubt that she will be entering.

Her normal, resplendent robes have been replaced with a modest habit and gown, her fingers bare and hair neatly tied in a braided bun, exposing the tapered length of her elven ears. Rather than bequeath him with a reward, she asks him what he would like in return for his service — he may ask a question of her, or seek the resources of the Church of Helios, for example. Before he decides, she has a few things to inform him of.

— She gives him two more Shards, rich with contained Oblivion — and indicates that he is not expected to deliver these at all. They're simply the results of his and his companions' work, as the research that was run from observing the impact of Oblivion on the fragile Shards Yima gifted to her sycophants allowed them to create two concentrated "bombs" of Oblivion. He can keep them, or pass them along to others. They'll impact even a Shard-Bearer's Shard, though, and cause them great harm ( or even dissipation, if OOCly agreed upon ).

— Secondly, she explains to him that the spell focus gem was the second part of a three-part "trap", with the first point having been procured by Set in the Beyond. Not the Temple he and Liem explored, but a location where a Zenite was made to poison their own energy. She only needs one more point to be able to finalize a large trap that, she hopes, will cripple Zenith beyond measure in the endgame of the war. She'd like to be kept in the loop, if he knows anyone capable of assisting her with that third point. It will also allow her to free the spirit, allowing he and Dimitri to keep their promise to it.

— Lastly, the identity of the root creature's Shard is now known to her. Please pick a partner ( any partner ), for a fun CR-based piece of Lore and an opportunity to impact that CR!

Once she finishes divulging these pieces of information, she folds her hands in her lap and allows him room to determine what he'd like of her ( which will be screened from here on out )!

[sterngaze]

Because Liem is a polite boy, he will host the Heiropoios properly and offer tea, so they can enjoy refreshments while they chat. He is too dutiful to refuse the shard-bombs (even though he definitely doesn't want them) as he assumes she'd like him to find a good use for them, so he will accept them and almost certainly rehome them with some other Meri later.

In terms of other Meri Liem would suggest to close out the church's plan, Liem considers a few people good candidates. D would be his first suggestion, given the other dhampir's dedication to Meridian and affinity with nighttime activities. He also knows from working with him previously that he is both powerful and resourceful.

I will go ahead and pick Matt for root creature lore. 🧐

In terms of a reward, Liem is interested in information, but specifically he wants information that will allow him to keep applying himself in a useful way once the church's plan with Highstorm is all set up. He would like to know what achieving victory will entail, assuming Meridian manages to get the Oracles it needs: what else will need to happen, if anything, for them to successfully revive their worlds? And secondly, he wants Natalia to tell him her own impressions of what obstacles might stand in the way of that success, so they can discuss how he might work to ensure that their victory isn't undermined by any unaddressed problems.