| From: | JRCrandall@***.com JRCrandall@***.com |
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| Subject: | Atlantis |
| Date: | Mon, 12 Jun 2000 16:29:50 EDT |
wrote:
> ED players; what happened to Thera, I have the main book which just says
> that no one knows what has happened. If no one knows how's this for an
> adventure hook; as part of the ritual that protected Thera from the Scourge
> a pocket of mana was created, leaving Thera as magical as when it was
> sealed. As mana levels fell and the last of the Therans were killed off a
> horror found its way into the then deserted Thera. It stayed there,
trapped
> in the pocket, until Thera was rediscovered, it observed the divers taking
> the treasure and either corrupted them or left them, wishing to discover
> more about the state of the world. In an underwater installation near
Thera
> wierdness begins, the corp sends in a team of runners to find out what's
> going on. Think Event Horison meets the Abyss :)>
>
> Phil
Hunh?? Everyone knows what happened, Thera WAS unsealed after the Scourge.
In fact, the attempt by the Therans to retake their former territory in
Barsaive is one of the principal plot elements in many (if not most) ED
campaigns. As for the final fate of Thera (at the end of the Fourth World),
all we have to go on is speculation and hints. I remember vaguely from the
ED mailing list a discussion of the magical columns of Thera that supposedly
maintained the power of the island empire (or something like that). IIRC,
there was a hint dropped (by Lou Prosperi???) that the magic of the columns
actually held the island together instead of the empire. If that was the
case, when the magic level finally dropped, the columns would have failed and
the island would have then collapsed or erupted.
Just MHO,
- Jim ;-)
