"Welcome, one and all! Be you loyal inhabitant of the city, or visitor from lands close and far away, all are embraced with open arms on this day. For it is the great festival! And we are here to both mourn, and celebrate, events only remembered in stories and song." the man spoke, and gestured to beyond him with open palm as he continued. "Behold- The keystone. A gift of the late goddess Fing. It was in the early days, when the world was young, that she descended upon our world in person, to answer a call of aid. Tormented by an evil spirit we were then, an evil god having deemed to claim the world for himself- Whose name was forgotten in both book and song to no longer honor it's name. A fierce battle ensued between them, and we would not be telling this story today if it were not Fing who came out victorious... At the most grave cost, for her opponent had struck deep, and created a wound filled with malice beyond mortal poison, that spread. It was said that as she too fell, a tear shed from her eye, and fell down upon the world. Our keystone."
The man was silent for a moment. Many listened with enraptured ears, evidently the first time they've heard the tale. Others listened with only a modicum of interest, no stranger to the tale, but keeping silent as a sign of respect.
"I'd ask from all of you today, to pause for a moment, and hold grief for this loss. For a lady as fair as her, to come to aid, would have been a blessing upon this world. But then, rejoice, for see her gift she left, as even in death she wished for her chosen ones to prosper. Many of you have already seen it's power first hand, used it, to come and join us here today. For Fing was the lady of space, while her brother, Chron, resides even now over time." he spoke that bit with a fair bit of pride, displaying his holy symbol. "For if one gazes deep within the stone, one can see distant lands and shores, and travel to them with ease, rather than the impossible journeys they would have been. And with such a boon, no other realm shall be as connected as we have been, or as prosperous."
"So now, rejoice! Let us celebrate! Hereby, I initiate the keystone festival- 7 days of merry-making, beginning... Now!"
Welcome to the Keystone Chronicles! This will be assuming we can actually arrange it between timezones a D&D campaign hosted on the weekends, starting in the city of Keystone and it's surrounding realm. Keystone is often considered the "capital of the world', for it's legendary artifact after the same name. A large crystalline structure that, by all accounts, is the last artifact of a now dead god that allows travel between distant parts of the realm with ease. Be it through this or other means, your character would be here to partake in the festival, a week-long celebration that holds many events, parties, ceremonies and everything in between. Just hope you may get to see the final celebration at the 7th night...
There are still a couple things to set in stone in full, most importantly starting level which I'm considering giving a little bump up to level 3, and there's no doubt lots of questions (Which you're free to ask), but the most important things are set in stone.
This will be:
-A D&D session run on the weekend on whatever time ends up working out
-Each session will try and be run with 3-5 players, which will ideally are constant, can be switched out with little issue given a special little thing.
-Start in the aforementioned setting (and with whatever background your characters would bring in addition)
-(Most likely) start at level 3, with some added equipment and resources to compensate
There is one thing I should add, but I do want to keep as a little secret for those who want to be truly surprised. It is linked to why it would be "no issue" if players switch out from time to time, so if you think it relevant to know, it is here, spoilered.
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