Once they'd stepped onto the beginning of the trail, characters chose one of three paths, with each path reflecting the Darkness-tainted symbolism of one of three Personae: Old Joe (bones and runes), Captain Hook (ticking clocks and boats), or Pandora (clay and breaking). There were also flashes of a laughing deer running ahead... when the characters found the clearing at the end of the paths, they discovered a number of retired Personae who had been taken by the darkness, resting as statues there. The list, predictably, was: Brother Deer, Old Joe, Captain Hook, Pandora, and Mother Goose, whose book had been found corrupted by darkness in the foreshadowing 3 IC weeks before. The heroes found a memory of Brother Deer's attempt to escape the darkness, and his apology for not being able to do more for the heroes, in his collar, which they were able to take with them to share the memory. They used a hope seed to destroy the Darknessed statues of the Personae and seemed to provide them with rest in another sort of form in that way.
Familiar But Lost (Thursday Jan 15 run)
Once they'd stepped onto the beginning of the trail, characters chose one of three paths, with each path reflecting the Darkness-tainted symbolism of one of three Personae: Old Joe (bones and runes), Captain Hook (ticking clocks and boats), or Pandora (clay and breaking). There were also flashes of a laughing deer running ahead... when the characters found the clearing at the end of the paths, they discovered a number of retired Personae who had been taken by the darkness, resting as statues there. The list, predictably, was: Brother Deer, Old Joe, Captain Hook, Pandora, and Mother Goose, whose book had been found corrupted by darkness in the foreshadowing 3 IC weeks before. The heroes found a memory of Brother Deer's attempt to escape the darkness, and his apology for not being able to do more for the heroes, in his collar, which they were able to take with them to share the memory. They used a hope seed to destroy the Darknessed statues of the Personae and seemed to provide them with rest in another sort of form in that way.