Veil of Unknowing

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Title Veil of Unknowing: Staring Into the Abyss
Number 3 Quests Total
Date * Q1: 4 January 2010
* Q2: 26 January 2010
* Q3: 30 January 2010
Players Jared (GM) (All), Kevin1 (Q1), Aaron (Q1, Q3), David (All), Kevin2 (All), Mark (Q1), Isabel (Q1 - Q2), Alicia (Q1 - Q2), Nick (All), Kristen (Q2)
Characters Brian (Q1), Mike (Q1, Q3), James Crawford (All), Joseph Kelly (All), Psilo (Q1), Enos (Q1 - Q2), Paige (Q1 - Q2), Rena (All), Minerva (Q2), Silja (Q1) (NPC), Orion (Q2) (NPC)
Setting Clovis Mental Asylum, False Eutropia, United Provinces, Disparatus


Timeline Summary

Backstory

For the past several days, the populace of Disparatus has fallen under a spell; clarity and reasoning has been dulled. The police have no ideas behind it, and, in typical human fashion, several businesses have actually profitted off the confusion.


Quest 1

On 5 January 2322, Brian Mason, Mike West, James Crawford, Joseph Kelly, Psilo, Enos, Paige, and Rena wake up to find themselves in an empty, fog-covered city that appears to be Eutropia. They explore the area and see shadowy figures, along with a blind woman named Silja. Her house goes crazy and disappears. They head into Clovis Mental Asylum, where a blob of darkness tries to eat them.


Quest 2

Brian, Mike, and Psilo go missing as the group flees the darkness. They continue working their way through the asylum, and come across Minerva Bell, along with a man named Orion, who vanishes almost immediately. They try exploring, but get lost. James straps himself into an electroshock therapy machine for some reason. He falls unconscious, and the power in the room goes out.


Quest 3

When the power returns, the group find themselves in a different room, where Mike has returned, but Enos, Paige, and Minerva have vanished. James wakes up, and they proceed onward, finding a strange lockbox with Silja's name on it. They read notes and solve puzzles. Separated from the others, James does battle with a demonic nurse. When the others reach him, they see a completely different scene from him, with him alone and nearly dead. Mike opens the box, and awakens with the group. The asylum continues devolving into madness, and the group continues onward to the exit.

After the events of this day, the mental fog that fell over the people of Disparatus a week or two ago presumably lifts.


Notes

  • First appearances of Brian Mason, James Crawford (New Epic), and Joseph Kelly. Only appearances of Psilo and Minerva Bell.
  • The saga actually ended on the group continuing to explore the asylum, as Jared never completed it, so the ending was decided on later so the group could escape.