Scene II Repercussions

Minor Event II
1925

Notes:

- The Crimson Barrier is a colossal city, an impenetrable wall running entirely parellel to the Riverstates, itself mounted on a long red river (The Blood Stream, a so-called "Font of Life"). It sits on the edge of the Dream, a last defense before entering the human Dreamers' world. The Barrier's people are incredibly defensive and xenophobic 90% of the time, and very protective of Dreamers. However, they DO love a good party.
They are big traders on Love & Hate, fishing it from the Blood Stream.
The Barrier is run by 8 Guilds. A Flag shows a heart shape cut into 10, with 2 pieces missing:

- Guild Vulpis enforce Homeland Security, making sure Mega-District problems disappear ASAP. (Foxes, Squirrels, Badgers, Rats)

- Guild Canae are police. They are most commonly met outside the Barrier protecting Dreamers from outside influence. (Dogs, Wolves, Bears)

- Guild Terad are renowned for being the only Singers in Barrier society. They run the Clergy, devoted to expression, and by extension the couriers. (Bats)

- Guild Orsin oversee every trade made within and between the Barrier. They are wealthy, made of "new money", hard earned. (Farm Animals)

- Guild Equae runs both the agricultural networks and the road systems between mega-districts. They are renowned for being the most hard-working, under-paid Guild. (Horses, Etc.)

- Guild Diminuta is manual Labour, and by extension the Militia. They often employ services to the other Guilds, as they easily outnumber all other members 100 to 1. (Rodents, Mescelids)

- Guild Primis run the Educational system, and by extension the Science Board and Hospital. They are famous for doing language experiments on Dreamers. (Apes)

- Guild Preyborne are the Noble Elite, often employed as overseers and political pushers. They strive on Cultural Purity. (Hunted Animals, Deer Etc.)

Intro:

- A city as far as the eyes can see, a huge thick castle wall, with a bright red mote. You rise and pass over, an endless city of spires, roads, bridges, many-layered with viaducts and aquaducts linking all. Tall, hand crafted buildings, built on top of each other, beautifully carved bridges and roads spiderwebbing over a huge, red river. Coracles and small boats dredge huge nets through the bloody water, full of glittering Love & Hate, the occasional whole building or statue hauled out of the river. Colossal walls disect the city into blocks, graffiti covered, gates manned by armoured figures regulate the passage of citizens.

- A flag flies: a Romantic Heart, divided into Ten Square Pieces: Two Pieces are visibly missing...

- At the highest level, the crown of the city, there is a private garden, more a forest, with huge mansions built onto the branches of trees, statues of Stags and Rabbits, safe behind many ivy-twined fences. Somewhat beautiful, yet chaotic and discordance singing arises from colossal cathedrals, almost entirely spires and belfries. Small figures fly and circle erratically in many directions, swooping off amongst the walls and spires and returning.

- Huge academic buildings nestle in the trees too, large gatherings of furry-faced ape scholars discussing loud, jovially and aggressively with each other from building to branch to building. Some are gesticulating toward human dreamers, or measuring them, or poking them, or generally experimenting, understanding their cousins.

- The roads carry huge caravans of mobile shops, on wheels and jaunting, insectile legs. Horses trade from the sides, leading the procession and assessing the safety of the roads. Some horses can be seen operating huge, manually-pulled steamrollers, making roads and building bridges and buildings by hand. Huge many-layered market places accept the caravans into their underbelly, flags of many houses and Guilds flying outside, beside a prominent statue of a Boar Rampant: part Bank, part House of Commons.

- Down on the streets, pubs, bordellos, restaurants and the pavements are flooded with cavorting, arguing, fighting rodents. Many are doing manual labour, aiding the equine and porcine traders, but many more are drinking, arm-wrestling and brawling. Patrols of metal-armoured guards, teeth-filled muzzles obscured by helmets and hooded cloaks walk the roads, glaring and growling at trouble-making. In their midst human dreamers walk protected and observed to their destination...

- On a street corner, the armoured hounds attempt to block the view of a violent scene. Crimson grafiti drips down a wall, cordoned off, a steadily reddening sheet draped over vsiceral remains. A 3-letter slogan “TAX”.

- Large gardens are blocked off, chained closed, marked “WARNING: STATUE GARDEN”. One is directly outside the building you approach, a many-windowed office building, somewhat mansion somewhat temple. Grotesques of Squirrels, Foxes, Badgers line the doorways and windows... and the occasional reptile...

- Below, you can see many more levels of the city descending into darkness, moss-overgrown and faded in darkness. Shadows move...

Event:

- The Winged are greeted by Lyas, head of homeland security for this Sector. He wants to show some comradeship between the Winged & the Barrier. There is gift-giving, and everyone gives and receives a gift.

- Lady Cervus, a member of House Preyborne, holds a meeting discussing Barrier & Parliament relations - a plan of mutual exclusion, except on dire emergency is agreed to, with a swap in resources too.  

- Captain Revere, a police commander, is upset with Lyas not ensuring the safety of his people, with both rogue ideas and a known murderer walking the streets. Wnged volunteer to help, and venture into the city with Lyas - Revere on the other hand, takes on all comers in a series of brief fights.

- Lyas tries to find his contact, Timothy, but can't find amidst the chaos of a number of rogue vehicle Ideas running rampant in the nearby area. They are all dealt with by teamwork, but the final one is some sort of war machine, touched by the Red. Titus, Illario & Tucker deal with it and the Gremlins piloting it, while Skreech destroys a Red growth, and Carla chases after a shadowy cloaked figure watching. Carla deals with a  particularly nasty Gremlin that wounds her quarry, but eventually tracks her to a huge, closed Statue Garden. Lyas admits it's gone serious, especially with Timothy missing, and another "TAX" murder. He leaves to pull some strings, and try and get the Winged access...

- Crowley attends, and manages to find some sort of truce with the Winged, especially the Raptors. Over teh evening, he acquires a large amount of Emotion...

- Ingrid, a Diminuta sellsword, attends and gets drunk, gushing all sorts of strange rumours. Attempts to take her in a fight are incredibly misjudged.

- Jaehn, a Primis Scientist hosts a storytelling competition for the title of poet laureatte.

- Brother Piscus staggers in, carrying a tiny Penguin - he claims the Piscans and Penguins are at war, but something else has attacked both sides. An investigation commences, and the group succeed in rescuing many captured Unnameable and even a Sphinx, but fail to rescue the Penguin Empress. They discover the attackers are "Guild Ceta", led by the charismatic yet powerful shaman Nook. No attempt is made to heal the rift between the Penguins and Piscans.

- Charlotta, an Orsin Instor, and Strell, a bat Priest host a singing competition, alongside the brash Gargoyle, Madame Lodestone. Ezra Lovelorn is named Singer laureatte. Ofelia Lovelorn is gifted the care of Lodestone's baby brother... who appears to be nothing more than a brick. Strell hands an artefact over to Ischarrion, while Charlotta starts banking agreements with MINITru.

- Lyas comes through, and Carla leads an expedition into the Statue Garden. Despite the efforts of Lisabet Delacey to turn every moment into possible suicide, they succeed navigation, and discover something beneath the Barrier. Content, they return, now with a lead on the murderer, who has been observed by their new, mysterious allies.

- Old Bert hosts a highly successful Carousing song - pumped on Adventure, half the party leave with Bert, all wearing their Bounty-brand Battle Moustaches, and beat up an entire Trade Union Public House of Guild Diminuta representatives. Both sides thoroughly enjoy it.

- Empress Articana attends, and manages to be civil, discussing much with many Winged.

- Following their lead to an old food facility, Carla's team discovers the murder - a twisted abomination of a  dead Dreamer's soul still obsessed with it's past occupation - taxidermy. The Soul is destroyed, and the souls of those murdered released too. 

- Lyas returns, to thank everyone for their company and their efforts. Awards from the Barrier are given to the Winged:

- Hot Blooded Champion, for the Winged who beat Revere, went to Rico the duck.
- Delver of Secrets, for the most curious Winged, also went to Rico.
- Friend Of The Barrier, for the Winged who did the most for the Barrier, went to Carla the goose.
- Cold Blooded Ally, for the Winged who went below the Barrier, also went to Carla.
- Singer Laureate, for the Winged who sang the best, went to rook Ezra Lovelorn.
- Mr Dream 1925, for the best dressed male Winged, also went to Ezra.
- Ms Dream 1925, for the best dressed female Winged, went to pigeon Lisabet deLacey
- Friend of Dreamers, for the Winged who risked the most for the Dreamers, went to Vincenzo the Duck.
- Friend of the Bright, for the Winged who helped the Xenos, went to pelican Ol' Bert
- Friend of the Infernal, for the Winged who helped the Piscine, went to the owl Grand Duchess Titus
- Poet Laureatte, for the Winged who told the best story, went to the penguin Neg.
- Friend of the Lost, for the Winged who aided their own dead relatives, went to owl Isolde Alvitdottir

- Then everyone hugged Lyas. It was awfully awkward.

Act II Repercussions

Major Event 3
1919 to 1925

- Hosted by the Mourning Veil. Raiko of the Mourning Veil is chosen as Conductor. James33 of MINITru arranges a combat tournament - many sign-up.

- It is the Riverstates' Season of Knives - every Riverstates member attempts to gain control of a number of tokens. Pablo succeeds.

- The Lost boast of their acceptance into the Parliament, to the chargrin of the Xenos.

- A poisoned, wounded Loon staggers into the Parliament. The Wavefarers befriend him, heal him, and aid him in repairing his bathysphere.

- Empress Articana returns. It seems the Cage's presence in the Dream is strengthening the Lost, allowing them to shrug off mortal wounds within seconds. Pablo of the Riverstates postpones the duel with Articana until more of his people can attend...

- Something powerful interrupts the Fading Eye's Patronages. Something is very wrong.

- A Butcher appears, but this one is sentient. It claims the Butchers are a virus, Influenza, and they wish for recognition as a people. The threat of war with insurmountable foes is taken aboard, and the Butchers are accepted as a presence.

- The Loon, Prof. Trelawney, takes a group of Xenos into the Cage - what they discover is a Xenos prison for Lost / Dead Winged.

- Erik, a Dreamer, appears wrapped in chains, stalked by a ghostly assassin. After being freed, he defeats the assailant, leaves behind his chains, and instructs the Winged to "find the others"...

- Beatrix, a recurring Dreamer, is finally befriended by the Winged, rather than disposed of. A plot is discovered by a  group of "Cats" to extort the Parliament. Also, a number of interesting observations are discovered in Beatrix's Journal...

- Prof. Trelawney takes a group of Winged to the Colour Spiral, in particular the ice fields of the Penguins. There they meet a Sphinx, are captured, befriend the Penguin Empress, and make a long list of promises...

- Oway, a Cassowary from the Cage, attends the Parliament in a fury, annoyed that they would saboutage and infiltrate the Cage. Despite pleading that they did not and will not, not long after, the cage is attacked again in a huge cloud of Ink. Oway returns incensed, demanding justice, but is murdered by the Parliament. 

- The Green Knight, an embodiment of The Green, arrives to kill Happy Jack - he is destroyed by a group effort. It is around this time that the Forest of Kachiri rejects the Green, and allies itself to the Red, the spirit of Modern Violence.

- Mayor Tunney, an Auk, hosts a party for Puffins & friends to discuss the placement of the newly reawakened Lost Great Auks. Despite feelings on Lost, the Great Auks are accepted. This will eventually cause a schism within the Wavefarer infrastructure...

- Two human Dreamers, Arthur & Charles arrive, arguing Faith over Theory. Some Winged accompany them on a strange adventure to retrieve "HP's Silver Key" from a Cat. The group confront, and are seemingly bested by a creature of pure fear, a shadow that walks like a man that is poisoning the imaginations of Dreamers. Charles & Arthur, oblivious, hand over their Pen & Cross, respectively.

- An old vulture comes to the Parliament, seeking an honourable death, and is granted one by his people. Similarly, an old Buzzard is granted the same by hers. 

- Two Piscans arrive, having captured a Dreamer in the Infernal Depths, HP, and offer to return him - to the price of a fight to the death, with their champion. Torstig of the Raptors is chosen, and fights the Unnameable,a  squamous creature from the Depths. He loses, but an argument begins because of House Raptor misunderstanding the fight. The duel begins again, and the Winged do their best to help Torstig, who really doesn't want to die. Torstig wins the second time, and despite it now having become a best-of-three, Torstig murders the Unnameable and boasts to the Parliament... 

- The Parliament itself responds with outrage, wounding and toppling all those close to the fight - Conductor Raiko communes with the Parliament, and decides that as both contenders lost, both should die. The Piscans are happy with this, and hand over HP, who begs them to help "Young Robert", before handing over his Silver Key. Torstig ritually takes his life in front of his family... but his Soul vanishes before it can be reaped...

- A Dreamer appears with a broken pyramid of yellow, blood-stained glass. It is fixed, and there is a distinct feeling that there is more to this...

- Angered by Torstig's death, Haastia attacks the Conductor - she is struck down, and despite her Lost strengths, is successfully killed by a small number. Held accountable for her actions, Algernon, Albrecht and 

Hans are also murdered. The Owls are unavailable, but when they do return, they are put on trial. Many Winged argue that this is against the rules of Parliament - they should either be blamed, or be acquitted due to their absence. Luckily, they are whisked away by what appear to be Dreamers - when they return, Albrecht is returned with them. Allegations appear to be dropped, but tensions are still frayed.

- Baphomet & Behemoth, two slick looking individuals arrange an audience with the Dirt and a few, selected others. It seems very private.

- Petrov and his revolutionist allies return - this time they are picked off swiftly, and Petrov is finally killed. 

- The fighting Tournament concludes in a three-way duel between Roth, Mori & Rico - Mori wins, and is handed the ancient Soul of Chanticleer, the great Chicken Hero. 

- Robert, a young dreamer arrives, troubled, and is escorted by Forest Kachiri on an adventure into the Infernal Depths, infiltrating a Piscan Temple. A friend of Robert's is rescued, and she gives her Sword to the group.

- With all items in place, the Key, Pen, Sword, Cross and Chain combine into a new artefact - The Blade of Ultimate Truth,a  weapon against fear, bound to the five possessors of the previous items. Swiftly afterwards, the lights falter, and stark creatures of shadow attack the Parliament, led by the same fear-creature as before, Shreck. Soon discovering they shrivel back under both fear and bravery, the creatures are beaten back, and Shreck is toppled quickly by Vidan the Woodpecker, wielding the Blade. The parliament closes soon afterwards.

Cotery: Rogue

Rogue or "Houseless" Winged are those without any alliance to a Cotery or House, no family or friends. They have turned their backs on their allies, betrayed their closest friends, or simply struck out on their own.

As a Rogue Winged, you:

• Belong to no House or Cotery
• Have No Patrons, as you have no House
• Cannot stand for Conductor
• Cannot Vote
• Cannot perform an Overture. If demanded to, you must state you are Rogue, and step away.
• Will often be looked down upon by other, Cotery-allied Winged

Any Winged can be Rogue:

• New Winged choosing to play Rogue will not be able to choose a History.
• Existing Winged willing to leave their House or Cotery may name themselves Rogue at any time. It is  a great taboo to declare yourself Rogue in front of your family, House & Cotery, and will often incite desperate pleas to reconsider.
• A Rogue may join / rejoin a House by swearing allegiance to that House, and being accepted by that House's members, and especially Kings. Seeking audience with that House's Patron for recognition is often the final step to rehabilitation.

Scene I Repercussions

Minor Event 1, August 2012
1919

- A Social Gathering, held by House Aquilla of the Raptors, hosted by Primus Aquillus. It is held in honour of his close ally, The Grand Duchess of Bubos, Perdita D'Bubos. The Grand Duchess, scared that being so close to death she will leave no heirs, is searching for a new Duke or Duchess to take her place, as keeper of the Tower D'Bubos and the greatest Raptor library. Many are tested by the Duchess...

- House Gustav are notified by House Aquilla's Secretaries that something is very wrong with their standard - they are shown an ancient catacomb chamber containing standards for every Raptor House still standing "in honour & blood". All dead houses havea  broken standrad... as does House Gustav. After some talking and symbolic crafting, a new standard is crafted, representing the new House, with it's Lost brothers and sisters. An important lesson is discovered about the structure of a House...

- Primus is generally kind and agreeable, although his views on the Lost stand out compared to House Gustav. He also makes strange remarks about "The Great Roman People", his power over a man named "Benito", and preparations for a "second, greater war..."

- Jacko is an exceedingly good gambler. He publicly vows to rescue Dawn from the Veil and return her to life.

- The Grand-Duchess announces her replacement - to everybody's shock, she chooses Titus of Forest Kachiri. Not long after, she performs a haunting song and collapses, dying on her feet. Everybody present swears to have seen a strange, ghostly figure for only a second, wings spread like an angel, details made of stars...

Act I Repercussions

Major Event 2, March 2012
1914 to 1918

- Admiral Daniels of the Fool's Errand is voted as Conductor. Very soon after, the Green make a loud, and potentially violent argument, and are bequeathed back the ownership of  their weapons.

- Dreamer guests include a soldier chased by another Butcher, a guilt-suffering survivor from some terrible boat accident, a mad monk called Grigori, two alienists named Carl & Sigmund, a short-sighted General, an asylum patient, and an opera singer.

- Dawn the Gull, thought dead, reappears... as a Crow. The Bounty's crew are unsure what to do...

- A lucid dreamer named Aleister makes his entrance, making it cloear he wants nothing less than the same control the Winged have. His abilities are strange and seem based on imagination rather than singing. He is ejected temporarily.

- Forerst Leyatii is attacked by a rogue Dirt War-Eyrie, the Lysfaenn. Their Robin bests the Mockingbird commander in a siege, and the Lysfaenn is claimed by the Green. Rumours of "Cats" begin to circulate...

- An Insane, Lost Owl attacks. He is made swift work of...

- A group of Bolshevik Pigeons attend, making a nuisance of themselves and spouting propaganda. A number are captured and executed after causing violence.

- A dreamer doctor claims to fighting some strange "Spanish Flu" - he is followed by swathes of the same Butchers as before. When he is checked for the clues, all that can be found are puzzle pieces. During the chaos, the pieces are stolen and mislaid numerous times, until it is eventually solved. The Butchers stop appearing...

- A strange, glowing "Child of Horus" challenges The Eye's Seshemat to an "Ancient Children's Card Game". The Sehemat wins - the ancient cards display strange Winged...

- Squire Visconti, a Grebe, brings the Riverstates terrible information - an Ancient Gigant Swan is attacking the Riverstates Houses, consuming all those beaten into her icy vale. The mercenarial Grebes are recruited, and sent to intercept Empress Articana's chilling advance...

- Two groups of Ambassadors appear: The Xenos, headed by a Macaw, a Ruby-Caste Hummingbird and a well-dressed Penguin, and the Lost, headed by the cold Empress Articana and the previous 1880's Conductor, the Caracara Tenebrae Fols. Articana challenges Gloriana and her Imperium, and is swiftly counter-challenged by Carla - she leaves, prepared to duel for the River...

- The Hummingbird, angered, challenges Fols, and is destroyed. Fols is warmly embraced by the Raptors, who ask their patron Tururl to have him accepted into their family. Gustav steps down as King, bowed by too many walking ancestors...

- Aleister Crowley suddenly returns, backed by suited, robed armed henchmen baring symbols similar to both MINITru and the Eye. Chaos breaks out, as he attempts to either kidnap or kill Admiral Daniels. Despite being a Dreamer holding a leg of suspicious meat, Crowley holds his own with his arcane powers, but is eventually forced to flee, alongside his followers. One is not so lucky - tortured, the man named Cosmo Hartley explains little, except some Dreamer organization named "The Golden Dawn", and Crowley's attempts to birth "The Moonchild". Dondarrion, a Crane of the RiverStates, vows there and then to destroy the Moonchild.

- As the Parliament closes, it becomes apparent the Dodo Nikostratus and the Moa known simply as "The Professor" have achieved something great - with a powerful Artefact ritual, the two have deconstructed and rebuilt some colossal, ancient device, now in the centre of the Dream. The Cage is easily as big as a country, and appears to be made of millions of giant ancient Dreamcatchers. Supposedly, every Winged who has ever died and not been consumed is inside...

Overture Repercussions

Major Event 1, December 2011
1914

- With no meeting since the early 1880's, the Parliament re-opens it's doors in 1914. It is originally hosted by two Dodos, temporarily conducted by the Dodo Zenobia. After overtures, Father of the White Hand is voted Conductor.

- Dreamer guests include a suffragette and her "straw man" aggressor, a man building an intercontinental railroad, and a scared little girl.

- Other Guests include a strange heavily armed "Butcher" who reaps a dying soldier's soul, two "Brothers Piscus" of the fish, and a rogue Mockingbird.

- Bonnie & Clyde, a pair of Chickens demanding citizenship, are snatched up by the Riverstates swiftly.

- A Rook of unknown Veil house approaches Dawn of the Bounty and feeds her Despair. It is unclear what happens next, but Dawn is witnessed dying, then her body her bursting and fading away. The Rook is heavily questionned and searched, but no Soul or proof can be found...

- The Green of Forest Kachiri appease their Patron and unleash a burst of negative emotion, causing rage and brashness. Midst the Chaos, both the Rook and Kachiri are murdered. It is decided by Conductor & committee to deny the Green their weapons from then on.

- In closure, the Dodos sing a song to summon another Lost Winged. Many join in and donate emotion. The result is Haastia, an Ancient Eagle, who demands worship and respect - the House of Raptor immediately embrace her.

Scene Zero Repercussions

Notes: I've been wanting to do these for a while, but they're a lot of work. Might go back to doing Acts 0 to 3 and Scenes 1 to 2 in this format as well alter. However, as none of the regular players were at Scene Zero, and there were repercussions, here they are.

Minor Event 3, April 2013
1932

- An impromptu council of Winged was gathered in MINITru Lodge 21, to discuss the idea of Dreamers using flight. The almost unanimous answer was a resounding negative.

- A Loon & Mockingbird were able to help Amelia Earhart make a name for herself, yet meddling and sabotage from others led to her leaving, and never returning. Her mount / plane was a huge fire-breathing mechanical horse, named Bessie - a Goose named Uncle Antonio believes he knows where this mysterious beast came from...

- Due to efforts from The Green, Charles Lindbergh has taken a step down from aerial exploration to spend time with his son. In an effort to enforce this, Green & MINITru agents tracked down the missing child to a Pyramid Construct belonging to the Pillars of Light. The Construct was destroyed, the child rescued, and returned to his family. Lindbergh has retired from the public eye,a nd fled with his family to Europe. Rumours say that his son was kidnapped, but further rumours say this is a publicity stunt to allow the Lindberghs to escape...

- Captain Jeanette Piccard's efforts to explore the Stratosphere were hampered by a trigger-happy Parrot who shot down her balloon. It is believed the attempt was still eventually successfully made, but Jeanette stood down as pilot, allowing her husband Jean to go instead. Although still highly respected, Piccard's setback has severely hampered American attempts at space flight...

- In an effort to be the first to bridge the gap between the Dream and the Abyss, a Raven and her two Magpie Students have built a colossal, star-spanning door. Lush, beautiful and sparkling with gilt & jewels, the portal can only be opened by a single, specific key. This key is physical, and belongs to the Raven in question - it can be obtained, on permission. As such, the Mourning Veil now have access to the Abyss, and the colour beyond it, while all other Coteries look on jealously...

- ...however, the Xenos are now severely hampered as there is a huge wall they cannot pass blocking them from the Dream, and their Ambassadors from them. Communications with Xenos Patrons are difficult, and any new Xenos entering the Dream has to pay a very large toll.

- Pahl'Muun, the spirit of Parliament, has accepted Insurance from the Riverstates, sold by Kingfisher Mercy, on his property of the Parliament. If the Parliament should be destroyed, the Riverstates, in particular Mercy's House of Silent Stream, should pay up enough to rebuild it. Considering thea ge and contents of the Parliament, this sum might be slightly ridiculous...