Story Anchor 1 - Introductions and Arrival

Players will arrive on Asgard via the Bi-frost gates. After they are through, the gate will immediately shut down. Locking them on this side of the gate. This is how the gates will remain for the remainder of the Campaign. Helhir players must enter through the Helheim Gate near the Gjoll river. Others may enter through this gate, or the one nearest the Mannaz Tribe. Immediately upon arrival, an encounter with the Aesir hunting parties will occur for both. This may be a severely unbalanced encounter to force players onto the next portion of the story.   Players that wish to avoid a violent encounter may attempt to talk their way out of the situation. Players that do this should be rewarded in some manner. Either by better accomadations or being allowed to keep their weapons. The Aesir may agree to escort them to the village, but will not agree to any other terms. These players will be taken straight to the chieftain who will decide what to do with them. If this is the case, players should be allowed some extent of freedom, but quickly become aware of the problems the Aesir are facing, so they will have extra insight later when Rothar the Scorned asks for their help in solving this. These players must still meet Rothar, without the rest of the Aesir knowing.   Remnant Aesir players may also be given flexibility, but will still have to form bonds with the party and Rothar in some way or another. Aesir players that attempt to sympathize with players of the other races could become suspicious to their tribe members and be put in capitivity with the others.

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Running this Encounter: Players that enter through the Helhir Gate will be met by a large hunting party of Aesir. The encounter begins with 3 enemies vs the players. Every round, before the decalration phase, add two more enemies to the fight. Continue this process until the players are overwhelmed and captured. Players that enter through the other gate will encounter a set of traps the Aesir built for hunitng. When the trap goes off they will be met with a group of 5-7 Aesir hunters. These Aesir will be more open to a non violent solution, but still be very mistrusting. If the players do not initiate a combat, this group won't either. Players may enter all at once or arrive individually, with some entering in the middle of a combat. Remnant Aesir party players can be a part of either group.   Aesir Hunting Parties

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