MAY MINGLE

[stellafortunamods]

May Mingle: Entombed City
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Everyone's hard work resulted in the gate to upper Dragonspine opening. These ruins have not been traversed in years, if not centuries - everything within has been lost to time and living memory. An entire city has been buried in the snow.

People once lived there. The broken buildings host damaged furniture and weathered streets. There are various cloth-covered mounds in a house here and there, accompanied by a sprig of blue flowers. Someone has laid these people to rest after they passed away.

Traces of technology can be found in the city - golden boxes that contain crystals capable of recording and playing back holograms. One of the boxes introduces this place as Vindagnyr; a land once full of greenery and life. Just what happened to these people? What caused the eternal winter?

The highest point in the city is occupied by a temple built into a Domain. Within the Domain is a pale white tree, split in half by a strange object that has fallen through the Domain's ceiling. This temple was once a site for worship for Vindagnyr's people, and even in death they continue to pray for salvation. The priests have been frozen in ice, and the sheer cold emanating from the Skyfrost Nail makes it obvious that it is the cause of winter.

The city's inhabitants worshipped Celestia. Why then were they left to die?

State of the World

On October 1st, the entombed city of Vindagnyr becomes open for exploration. Travelers can choose to look for clues or try to scavenge the city for ancient materials or tools. Recording boxes all around the city tell stories of Vindagnyr's greener past, and of the days when winter suddenly arrived. This is the cruelty of Celestia that Forneus wished you to see.

For all questions regarding May's mingle and events, please head over to our OOC post.

Comments

[nefilim]

Blind devotion. They probably believed they would be saved until the very end.

[There's something almost pained in her tone; mostly due to how deeply this resonates with her. And is this still an issue now? Would them brining the truth to light only prompt ire and disbelief?

It's hard to tell. Ana will just hope that isn't the case, lest the end goal of taking down Celestia becomes greatly more difficult.]

[cranelike]

Hmm. (He hums, almost thoughtful.) To be betrayed by someone you trust...

(Everything digs a little deeper into his heart.)

If you want to bring down Celestia, you'll have to consider the believers, too.

("you" because Tsurumaru still hasn't chosen a side in all of this.)

[nefilim]

I know.

[She doesn't prod him about the "you" because even Ana is aware enough that not everyone is on board with taking down Celestia. She was ready to kills gods back home, so her stance hasn't changed. But not everyone is like that.

The main difference here is that in the fallout, they'll just be leaving the natives to deal with it. And that doesn't sound right, to leave them to pick themselves up over something they had no control over.]

Even if we told people about this, they might not believe us. Especially since we're obviously outsiders.

[cranelike]

It would be a shame to lose favor after spending so much time to earn it.

(With helping with commissions, festivals, repairs, protecting the people...)

But those who want to listen, will. It's the ones who won't listen you would have to worry about.

(The ones who would become frightened, angry, and maybe even violent.)