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32/32 .|
. 0/0 .|
. Front .|
. Veles
30/30 .|
. 5/5 .|
. Front .|
. Mulok
18/18 .|
. 2/2 .|
. Front .|
. Yumiko
15/15 .|
. 1/1 .|
. Front .|
. Red
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Credit to Shade for the table.
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In the land of Alcordia, the people pass down a long-held tradition of one's Path. The Path dictates a man's destiny, the turns he will make and the roads he will take. One's Path would be made a subject of great wonder, and every man hoped he would forsee the achievement of his success, fame and reward.
Recently, a group of mages calling themselves the Order of the Path has surfaced, claiming to have managed to magically read the Path of any man. Despite being complete strangers, the city of Galder, the largest and most central, took them into the governmental system. They now predict crimes before they will happen and arrest the perpetrators-to-be accordingly. They offer career readings for well-to-do children, and advise the King on the ruling of the land based on what actions people will take.
However, the Order often makes excursions. They show up mysteriously at a town, take some business in a building, and leave without a word of goodbyes. Some have even found them gathered around ancient ruins in the wild. Their presence is becoming suspicious to some people.
Then, today, you went to a public execution. A noble they had claimed would commit a murder in their friend's home later that day. He resisted right up until the final moments of his life, screaming innocence, and that he didn't own a weapon. His house was investigated privately, and it turned out that he indeed owned nothing capable of killing a man, and was in no state to acquire one, nor did he have any written evidence of being inclined to kill his friend - not a word of diary dissent.
Can this Order really be trusted? Is the Path as real as they say - and can they read it accurately even then?
And what is it that they're looking for all over the land?
Spoiler: Veles
At long last, you've arrived at Galder, seeking out the Order of the Path. As soon as you caught wind of their work involving reading people's Paths, you set out for them, hoping that they might be able to look in the opposite direction and tell you what has come before as well. After leaving your post at the time, Arthan, in the frigid north of Alcordia, you worked odds and ends for whoever possible in towns along the road to keep your bags and stomach full, and at last you're here - able to find both some decent work and to try and see the Order.
But then you see the execution. That man was surely innocent, and nothing save for the hand of The Forefather himself could have turned him to the dark side as the Order claimed he would. What could be going on?
Spoiler: Mulok
For a good few years now, you've been in Galder. Training those puny footpads in sword-swinging at the barracks... but you have no ties to that place really. It's only so you have enough coin to keep yourself fed and clothed. And today you saw that little man beheaded, on behalf of the Order of the Path. You've never trusted those robed rascals, but now they seem to be outright doing wrong. The man looked too timid to be a murderer anyway.
Spoiler: Yumiko
You arrived at Galder this morning. You usually can't stay in one place for too long without people becoming edgy because of your demonic stature, and especially those wings. No matter how careful you are to keep a cloak on at all times, someone sees one as you grab a breath of fresh air during the night or something like that every time. You've never cared too much for this whole Path ideology, but it means a lot to most of the mortals around here, so you don't oppose it. You've never felt anything to do with it coursing through your veins, but it doesn't matter much.
However, upon seeing that noble condemned for his so-called devious Path, your innate curiousity lead to you starting to have a peek around.
Spoiler: Red
You just feel so restless lately. You've been sparring at the Galder barracks just to keep your mind and body occupied. And then today, you saw the unjust execution of that noble whoever. You felt like there was an opportunity to cause a little mischief and get away with it in poking around and exposing what that Order of the Path were really up to.
You've found yourselves convened upon the same location - the Galder Archive, the largest collection of books and tomes of every form in the land. It seems you're all here to study findings on the Path... and anything secretive the Order of the Path could be looking for.
Spoiler: Red and Mulok
You recognise each other; you've both noticed each other during time spent at the barracks. You don't really know each other though.
This is your intro post. Stuff will move along on its own if you don't want to say anything.