Post by Tempus Fugit on Jun 2, 2008 1:37:00 GMT -6
Tempus Fugit - An Adventurous Pern
One hundred turns into the Sixth Interval, Pern is quiet. The plague is gone, though not forgotten; ballads celebrating Moreta, her colleagues and kin are experiencing a revival of popularity after a sixty-turn slump. Economies are generally in upswing and the crafthalls thrive, but in the last two decades the storerooms at Weyrs have begun to seem a little bare. No one's hungry yet, but tithe is not what it used to be, and dragonriders regularly work as messengers and carriers of cargo for their beholden areas in order to maintain quality relations with their Holds.
At Telgar Weyr, the trials of Interval have been compounded by a situation more common during Pass: a sudden influx of travelers. The Caminar, a loosely-knit clan of traders, have been flowing into the Weyr wagon by wagon since the snow began to melt.
At first it seemed the traders were just coming to do their business, but it's well into summer and the caravans show no signs of leaving. Since the newcomers have already sold to the Weyr everything it could want from them, to many locals it seems that the traders have no purpose at the Weyr but to eat Telgari food and take up Telgari space. Matters were not improved when the queen's mating flight four months ago inspired a rowdy invasion of the lower caverns by the young men of the Caminar.
Weyr objectors from wingleaders to cooks have complained about the situation to the Weyrleader J'fel, demanding that he turn the outsiders out. Accustomed to deferring in domestic matters to his Weyrwoman Aderes and the Weyr's staff, J'fel has stalled, claiming that hospitality becomes a Weyr - even when Thread's not falling.
And the wagons haven't stopped coming - though with the latest group of travelers an explanation is promised. The latest group of travelers bring with them their apparent leader, who claims the traders are fleeing persecution in the holds' lands. Children have been going missing out there, it seems, and the trader folk have been unjustly blamed.
With Pelegaoth's eggs due to hatch soon and candidates swelling the Weyr's population, supplies are at a premium. The pressure's on: will anyone break?
Tempus Fugit is a Dragonriders of Pern roleplaying game designed to permit a wide variety of character types, a vast world in which players may subject their characters to a variety of experiences, and mind-bending plots whose outcomes may not become clear - and in fact are rarely determined - until the PCs have played their roles. The game's setting is currently close to canon.
At Tempus Fugit, the actions of PCs will change Pern's history.
Sooner than they think.
May 2008: Grand Opening! Join us in our first plot arc - there's room for everyone. We're accepting established riders and weyrfolk including most ranks, candidates for the clutch on Telgar's sands, and more!
