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Dazzling Light

Setting the Stage with a trip through the Veil

           Game Host: "You wake up to start your day as usual. It's a sunny day in Brooklyn. The traffic is snarled already and the sirens are blaring. You do a light morning stretch and then head to the bathroom to get into the shower. When you walk through the bathroom door you black out. You are still awake but everything is pitch black. Your vision begins to blur. Your body tingles, and feels warm, the hair on your arms and neck stands straight up. 30 seconds later your vision slowly begins to lighten up. You feel a little light headed, unsure of what just happened. As you try to look around to get your bearings, you notice you are not in your apartment anymore.

         Sunlight beams down on your head, the smell of fresh air, and grassy field looms around you. You shake your head thinking you are in the middle of some sort of last minute dream. Your vision clears a bit more and as you look around, you notice you are dressed but not in your usual work clothing. You see some sort of older looking clothes underneath what seems to be a shirt made of steel rings. You look further and notice that on your hip is a large leather belt with a sword sheathed to the side. You then feel something on your head and reach up to touch a metal hat of some sort. You feel something slightly heavier on your back strapped across your chest. You pull it around to find a large metal shield. For a moment you are more than confused.

        After a few seconds of trying to figure things out you start to feel as though this is what you are supposed to be wearing. It begins to feel normal as though its something you've worn forever. As you look up again you see that your vision is now clear enough to check out your surroundings. To your left is a long tree line which seems to go on forever north and south. the forest is dark and seemingly very dense. To your right the grassland that you find yourself standing in also seems to go forever in that direction. To the north you can slightly make out some rolling hills and just beyond that a mountain range. You try to ponder once again if this is still a deep dream. The feel of a warm summer breeze passing over your face feels too real for this to be a dream, but you are still skeptical.

          The ground beneath your feet begins to vibrate. After a few seconds it is almost shaking. You then hear yelling and the sound of hooves heading in your direction from the north. You strain your eyes to try to see what is making the noise. As you do, an arrow suddenly blasts past your head, narrowly missing you. Startled, you look again and then see figures roughly one hundred yards away, moving very quickly towards you.

         You can now make out at least three beings on foot running away from four other beings on horse back. Another couple of arrows narrowly misses you as you are straining to see who or what these beings are. Within seconds the creatures on foot are only ten meters from you and you can definitely see they are not human. Riding behind them on horse back, are four creatures, slim built and carrying a bow and firing arrows at the three creatures running ahead of them. The three creatures on foot blow past you as if you were invisible. You determine you may have 30 seconds before the creatures on horse back reach you. Without hesitation you look to your left and head to the tree line at full speed. You make it out of the way of the riders just in time.

       As you reach the tree line you look back and see the riders have caught up to the creatures on foot. One of the runners looks downed, possibly dead. The other two are now in chains and being pulled behind the riders.

Is this still a dream? You are certain you are not in Brooklyn anymore. Behind you is a vast, dark forest. In front of you the grasslands.

What do you want to do now?"

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