Chapter 18: The Eteras Project
General Summary
Samantha arrived at the Orbital Monitoring Station to find herself overwhelmed by the stars in the night sky, and even more so by the star she is so familiar with blinding her so brazenly. The buildings around her showed an age of prosperity and advanced works of art and architecture blended together to form constructs both beautiful and nigh-indestructible. But as with all Old World facilities, it was abandoned in spite of the aetheric presence it still had.
Yet where there are Old World ruins, so are there curious individuals. So it was that Sam found the person she met first in her journey, the Aged Fisherman, apparently a mere projection of the Astromancer, Archaes.
Archaes provided a demonstration of astronomy to Sam, giving her insight into the means through which the universe functions. From the birth of a star to the creation of a star system through chance and attraction.
When asked, Archaes explained the purpose of Astromancers, to spread the seeds of humanity to foreign worlds and ensure their prosperity. Were their numbers greater, they would be able to stave off the coming threats.
Archaes demonstrated the creation of a world utilizing The Pantheon and explained it was once his group's task to subdue and contain these beasts until they were needed next. Yet the beasts would break free when a greater being emerged. The threat of extinction required his group to retreat.
Now at the helm, Clover the Loyal has come to Eteras to find recruits, and Avery the Jubilant plans to find them by stirring chaos, summoning copies of the Pantheon to bring out the strongest warriors this world has.
Archaes went on to explain the purpose of the Eteras Project, to phase out the use of the Pantheon and replicate world from a template, forgoing the need to create new ones from scratch. This process seemed to fail during its early tests, due to fundamental misunderstanding of aetheric physics. The satellites came into being, taking a third of the aether of the template world each, leaving the template world with insufficient aether to be balanced.
The Gate was constructed by those who wishes to inhabit the failed copies, though they would require bodily modification to make the journey. In the end, those who ventured further began to see themselves above others, causing Kean, the Guardian at the time, to close the gate, an act which would cost him his life.
Sam would obtain a stronger version of a blessing she never knew she had to begin with, which seems to have been the origin of her feline aspect. With so much knowledge and power bestowed upon her, Sam's body would finally catch up to her modifications, unlocking her new potential reserves.
The Heirs awaited in Tathierre, the Desert southwest of Cortaire, the Southern Wastes, the Northern Forest and in the skies to the west of Eglisain.
Sam left for Eglisain afterwards.
Missions/Quests Completed
The Orbital Monitoring Station
Character(s) interacted with
The Aged Fisherman (Archaes, the Astromancer), Guardian Kitten
Report Date
07 Mar 2020
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