[attr="class","questname"]THE WHITESTONE TOWER

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participants: locked participants are mel khatagin, Anima Blair, diespiter delacour / open quest, all other participants must be invited by the three locked participants and be armed & prepared to fight[break]
threads: 3 - 4 threads? it also might require a split between two threads at once at a certain point depending on how the initial phase proceeds. [break]
sponsor: spontaneous, potential pegasus sponsor?[break]
objective: to find the lost Whitestone Tower Lighthouse and clear out anything that might have taken up residence inside of it. If possible, get the lighthouse back in operational conditions.[break]
danger level: injury-enabled + recommendations for strong combat experience against daemons[break]
moderation: moderated by me, can share all my notes + plans with staff as needed[break][break]

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There goes a story that concerns the Red Keeper, a spiritual figure in some tellings, a manifestation of the hopes and prayers in others. Some call him a great witch, who sat atop his tower keeping a burning beacon to ward away all the monsters that beset sailors during a storm.[break][break]

On nights when the winds would sweep down the coast, when daemons and monsters prowled the rocks and waves and the very sea itself would wait for the sailor's demise ; the Red Keeper would shine the beacon. A bright red burning beacon atop a white limestone tower that stretched so high it touched the heavens.[break][break]

Although the Lighthouse has been lost to the pages of myths and legend, there are various cultures and traditions that maintain the existence of similar figures, although with different names and connotations. Whilst the figure changes, the lighthouse never does. It is always a white tower, stretching high into the sky, nestled amongst dangerous terrain as a guiding light. Whilst this could be a coincidence - a shared fragment of unconscious thought - there may be some truth to the tales.[break][break]

The tales go back before the Great War. The tales go back as far as the civilized world does.[break][break]

Annie finds this odd when she sings her own rendition of the tale that she heard a woman sing once, although her name and face evade her. This woman was important, but she can only remember the songs that she sung to Annie, once upon a time. She’s corrected by the tavern patrons, who all chip in with their various stories and tales about the lighthouse.[break][break]

It fell into disrepair when the Red Keeper died. It sank into the sea when a particularly harsh storm came to harbour. It was used in the Great War to send signals. The lighthouse stopped burning when the lighthouse keeper’s heart was broken, and never transmitted 143 coherence again.[break][break]

She finds it even more when she asks Mel, after she dreams of the whitestone tower. Mel tells her own story, a lighthouse that once would guide the way to a sunken city. Mel takes particular interest when Annie sees it in her dreams; as Mel seems to want to do.[break][break]

Annie is merely curious. Melusine contacts another member of the Winter’s Grasp, Diespiter, asking him to join the pair on their investigation to trace the origins of the Lighthouse.[break][break]

The Whitestone Tower lies in ruins; claimed by erosion, rust and riftspawn. And yet, even so, the beacon may be lit again to guide the lost back home.

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ooc description: basically the quest can be broken down into phases which is basically 1. planning , 2. scouting + 3. big combat and boss battle time. scouting phase can be split between getting information from a nearby settlement that may/may not be hostile to the party + have items that will be helpful and can support multiple lines of questioning from different groups to spread people out and the scouting / sailing to the tower itself[break]
it shouldn't need a lot of oversight from staff, but should be run very similar to a dnd session.[break]
suggested reward: access to a fun fancy lighthouse and whatever's inside there (: