Written by: Nixon "Jasper" Sherwood
Hello friends, foes, and otherwise,
For those of you unfamiliar with Sanctuary, its people, its Guardians, and the foes which threaten the plane, let me give you a quick refresher. Sanctuary is just that, a plane which offers sanctuary to those in need. It is protected by twelve Guardians, each encompassing an alignment, with each alignment having a rune. The twelve alignments are Time, Love, Nature, Creation, Protection, Soul, Space, Light, Mind, Magic, Truth, and Hope. For reference, I am Soul aligned (if you could only imagine), following Guardian Amber of Soul. While these Guardians look to help all who they are capable of, they are not uncontested. There are other beings, known as Devourers (but saying that word can cause them to listen, so be careful), which look to destroy what the Guardians represent.
Across the seas two of these beings have been laying waste to the alignments they counter and it is up to us to stop them. While many of you know me, know the condition I have been left in as of a year prior, these beings are to blame. The first we will be targeting on this journey is Anti-Soul. Anti-Soul is currently consuming many Souls which have been taken from their rightful body and consumed, not being allowed to exist nor past to their after life. As you can imagine, this is a problem. We know of ways we can return these Souls, via the use of Hematite rings, weapons, and missiles of Soul Channeling. Once we have gathered the Souls into the Hematite, we can put them to rest. Additionally, we will need to defeat Anti-Soul itself. It currently has six Soul boxes which need to be destroyed before we can destroy the being itself. These are seemingly hidden around the university which we are visiting, it is up to us to find their exact locations. There is a seventh Soul box, belonging to Sir Perseus, a once Paladin of the Celestial Flame turned Servant to Anti-Light. We intend on freeing Perseus from their bond to Anti-Light as we did for Barton and Anti-Truth some year ago. This will not be as straightforward, requiring us to locate their head and reattach it, while also physically removing the rune from their body. However, I am confident in our ability to do so. Anti-Soul does currently have a ‘servant’, though they lack the power of other servants we have seen and are reluctant to be in their position. They are a Soul, located within Anti-Soul, currently serving as a clerk for the being, organizing the Souls within. There is little information known about them, but we are nothing if not a group capable of on the fly thinking.
After we handle Anti-Soul and free Sir Perseus, we will then be going to defeat Anti-Light. This is a being which feeds on Light. Expect darkness to surround us, Light magics to be haltered, and vision to be obscured. We are going to be fighting against it mainly in a tunnel battle, so prepare your long weapons and your best shields, we will need them. Other than that, this fight is more of a mystery, at least to me.
I hope you have made it this far, the information above will be crucial to our success. If you haven’t surmised, I want to go to Asteria to defend Sanctuary because it is a place that offers itself to defend those who need it, so it is only fair I offer myself to do the same. Anti-Soul and Anti-Light both are wreaking havoc on Asteria, capturing innocent Souls and sucking the Light out of the world, and for this they must be stopped at whatever cost. It is also relevant to note that I am a vampire turned by Sir Perseus. I have chosen to stay this way in hopes that the connection to them may strengthen their bond to our world. We will have to see if this holds true once they are freed.
If you have any questions, you are always welcome to reach out to me in whatever means you are able, I am happy to help. There are also many knowledgeable people going on this journey, so posting to boards around the Realms will also help gather the information you seek.
Until the sun touches the sea,
Jasper Sherwood of Alifon
((OOC:
Hi everyone! Nixon here! Sanctuary Questing 2 is going to be an absolute blast. There are going to be so many interesting mechanics, so many cool encounters, the entire quest is going to be full of so many things to do! And the BBEGs are just begging to be hunted down, so we must do as they wish! The plot team is full of incredible people and the work they have done, have been doing, and continue to do is incredible.
You may have heard this before, but I can’t emphasize it enough, trust yourselves, trust your marshals, and have fun!))
