City Quest

1. 1. A lost traveller in finely cut cloth, armed with a strange device. He’s desperate to get back to the City, telling stories of a place of coloured lights and brick towers.
2. 2. On the horizon, a jagged skyline of towers, domes, impossible bridges, dotted with warm light. It fades in the next Phase.
3. 3. Four strange raiders stroll up, mocking the Knights as primitives. They attempt to rob anything of value the Knights have.
4. 4. A broken trail appears to have a golden hue, gradually turning to slabs of sparkling stone, impossibly smooth. After a while the road fades back to nothing.
5. 5. The City Knight, returning from the City. She advises you to turn back.
6. 6. Three great shapes move in the sky, casting shadows over the land. Like huge, dark eggs, a growling hum. With a chorus of bangs they send an explosive barrage (2d10 blast) down onto the Company before drifting off to the horizon.
7. 7. A rider in ugly red plate. She claims to be the Arch-Hellion of Jules, pressing a claim on the nearest Seat of Power. She is from the City, but smugly refuses to share any information about it.
8. 8. A wide tunnel through a sheer cliff face, the other side visible. Partway through the tunnel, a rumble, a whistle, a blast of white smoke. Anyone who doesn’t vacate the tunnel is struck by an immense force (3d10), which vanishes before it exits the other side of the tunnel.
9. 9. Green-grey smoke washes over the land for the rest of the season. It burns slightly, but no serious effect.
10. 10. A Warband of Knight-Catchers charge, aiming to preserve you for display in a museum that does not exist yet.
11. 11. A metal wagon lies in ruin, various canisters and pipes lie broken within the wreckage, like nothing you’ve seen before. Amongst the wreckage, a metal chest contains a beautiful crystal bottle filled with fiery liquor, and a pouch of impossibly clear diamonds.
12. 12. A woman in a black coat, with a broad hat. She’s a science-mystic, trading wonders from the City in return for guidance to mystical places in the Realm.
13. 13. A pottery-like stairway leading downward in a spiral. A green-tiled tunnel with soft light, soothing music. The exit leads to a distant point in the Realm.
14. 14. A wooden case with six rifles (2d10 long) and a good amount of ammunition.
15. 15. A sponge-like, metallic material has burst forth from the soil, slowly growing from beneath. Narrow tunnels lead into a chamber where ten silver ghouls sleep.
16. 16. A towering, square mountain. The slightest touch reduces it to rubble, releasing the brick giant within.
17. 17. Scattered plates and wires. A faint voice from a blinking light. You may ask the voice one question, which it will answer with certainty. It knows everything.
18. 18. An open plain. You are utterly certain that this is where the City must be built.
19. 19. A vast, empty, glittering castle. The City will grow from here with the right ruler.
20. 20. The City. A hellish smoke-choked factory.
21. 21. The City. All coloured lights, strange machines, and discordant music.
22. 22. The stars look closer. You feel a force drawing you toward them, into the void.
23. 23. A liquid light roars over you. Embrace the end or abandon your quest.
24. 24. You see now. The City was a lie.

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