What follows is a summary of the events of the Adventure Zone Ethersees Prolog, a five-episode

series in which we built the world of our new campaign while playing Avery Alders World

Building Roll-Playing Game the Quiet Year.

I'll cover the major events, concepts, and characters generated in those episodes.

Everything you need to know before we get the season started in earnest.

If this synopsis peaks your curiosity, I encourage you to listen to the Prolog episodes to

hear how this particular narrative sausage got made.

For now, let's get started.

The people of this world once walked side by side with the gods that they worshipped.

Those gods were called vestiges, and they ruled over mortal kind with arcane powers that

they protected covetously from their subjects.

One vestige, named Benevolence, shared the secrets of his magic with his mortal followers,

effectively usurping his kin.

The recipients of this arcane gift founded the prosperous, theocratic kingdom of hominide,

which conquered the realm, wiping out nearly all the vestiges that stood in its way.

After decades of conflict, three other kingdoms remained alongside hominide when the dust

had settled.

To the north, the inhabitants of the Delmer Wilds utilized the region's plentiful resources

to become a highly industrialized powerhouse.

To the east, the Einar Plateau offered safe haven to the followers of the few other surviving

vestiges, who shared their wisdom with their followers, not as gods, but as collaborators.

And across the sea, the free spirited mariners of the southern archipelago built a life free

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