From the Other Side

In the First Titan War, the Gods triumphed and imprisoned the Titans by locking their Avatars into Tartarus. Some Titans remained free by various means; declaring their neutrality in the War, siding with the Gods or by simply being impossible to bind. The Titan of Death, Mortis, required special handling. It could not be allowed to remain unfettered, but it was within the Realm of Mortis that the other Titans were bound. Even the Gods could not bind the Avatars of Mortis in a prison forged from their own Realm. A different solution was required.

Each of the Avatars save one, Thanatos, was imprisoned deep in the substance of the World itself. In exchange for his freedom, Thanatos taught the Gods how to bind his fellow Avatars. The most powerful Avatar of Death, Kur, was bound the deepest, locked inside a tomb hidden within a prison built under a great mountain.

The escape of the other Titans sent shockwaves of power rippling through the very fabric of all three Worlds, cracked the seals binding the Avatars of Death. Reaching out, one of them contacted Coatlicue. The Avatar promised Coatlicue that in exchange for her help freeing Kur, she would be given the forces necessary to tip the balance and take the place of Iapetus as the ruler of Terra. Only Kur, among all the Avatars of Mortis, was so powerful that it would be able to free the Greater Titan itself from bondage and restore all the Avatars to their full strength.

As the Cast Changes

Character rotation is something that the Lost City of Atlanta is no stranger to. Recently, two new Scions have joined the Band: Malic and Aster. Randall left the Band to be with his new husband in Africa, and Kainalu (who never really joined in the first place) left after an intense argument with Johnny.

This seems like a good time to review our former PC's and what's happened to them. For the most part, these PC's became former PC's as the result of their players either having schedule changes that prevented them from playing, or simply disappearing.

How Time Flies

The very first session of Lost Atlanta was one June 1st, 2011. In about a month, we'll be bitting the one-year anniversary of the chronicle. That's a fairly impressive benchmark as far as my games go. The player roster changes from time to time, and the character roster changes faster than that. The story, though, marches on.

What has the Band done in a year? They've defeated a corrupted Scion who helped the Titans kidnap the Goddess Nemesis. They accidentally unleashed an Avatar of Death, resulting in the transformation of Roanoke Island into a wasteland populated only by the undead. They saved Mexico City from a similar fate by foiling a Camazotz ritual that would have unleashed a second Avatar. They travelled to the Slavic Underworld to return a friend to life, only to find Buyan under attack by armies of specters. While there, they defeated Koschei the Deathless forever, saving the ghosts of the Underworld from his malice. They've faced down the Dodekatheon to win freedom for one of their Bandmates when he was found collaborating with a Titan (he had good intentions).

What are they doing now? Now they've travelled to the Lost Continent of Lemuria to prevent it from destroying most of the coast and islands near the Pacific Ocean when it re-appears in the World and save their former ally Itzel from the grips of an evil Empress bent on regaining control of the Lemurian Empire.

Lost Atlanta Session 36: Fed Up

Whelp. Things did not go as planned. 

Last time in Lost Atlanta, the Band went to Boston when Garreth's father reported that ORPTA Headquarters was being quarantined by some Men in Black. The MIB's apparently take exception to people showing up on giant three-headed, fire-breathing dragons. Some lasers were fired, there may have been a helicopter-vs-Zmey battle and the Band took cover inside the Headquarters building via a roof entrance.

Everything was going fine until certain events came to pass, revealing that Garreth and ORPTA had formed an alliance with Mr. Bright, who just happens to be a Titanspawn. Izzy stormed off, leaving not only Boston but the Band itself in an outrage at the betrayal. 

Boris and Johnny had some words for Garreth as well, and the God Strife was very nearly summoned into the situation. That would have been really bad. 

Rhyan missed all this, having run off on her own to disable the Portable Energy Shield Generator what was keeping the Band from reaching the basement of the HQ building, where Garreth's father and Mr. Bright were holed up. She managed to break it a bit, but for her troubles she got an Implosion Grenade in the face. She fled, joining the rest of the Band (minus Garreth of course) in the park across the street.

So, now Izzy is gone and Garreth might be left all alone to face off against a full team of Men in Black armed with lasers, futuristic helicopters, energy shields and imploding grenades. And, worse (possibly), Mr. Bright has threatened to engage "countermeasures" that will "deal with" the situation if things get any worse. 

Oh, and of course the MIB's are preparing to activate a Singularity Generator that will generate a Singularity all up in the HQ building's face. That probably won't end well.

Next week is going to be interesting!