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The Fallen Spire and Rise of the Crises

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Fifteen years after the Ice War and three weeks after the death of King Jeremy of Braisia, the new Queen’s coronation begins as per usual but ends abruptly.

As the crown falls from her head, the castle shakes from the impact of a giant pillar falling from the sky, destroying the most prominent statue of Braisia’s main goddess, Brise, in the process. The Spire managed to avoid killing anyone, but one mere look at the tower made it clear it could only have been built from the deities of this world. It was made of white steel, a precious metal that makes up the home of the deities, and is inscribed with their forgotten language in its walls. Rumors and whispers spread quickly that the Queen must have committed great atrocities in order to anger the deities. As the center of the town is closed off with a magical sphere to prevent people from wandering too close to the cracked pavilion, broken statue, and fallen Spire, no one can be certain of this, but it is rumored that someone pinned is beneath the Spire; someone who looks identical to the goddess of freedom, wind, and celebration, Brise.

It has only been a month since this incident and three major events, known as the Three Crises, to sprout throughout the kingdom: the rise of a deadly, lustful pandemic that stains the lips of its victims black and are haunted by images of the goddess Maua, a non-magic uprising after the death of a prominent noble and forty others in a building fire, and the defiling of the Centurio statue which served as a peace symbol after the Ice War which has since led to a reawakening of tensions. With any followers of Brise slowly losing their magic, tensions are higher than ever. Each one of these Crises has damaged the economy, customs, and lives of the kingdom and the Queen has had enough.

With the most prominent ball and celebration in Brisia approaching, the Queen has sent for the most powerful and knowledgeable magical scholars and deity devotees, from convicted felons with a strength in potions and war veterans with excellent sigils to orphan children with born magic and college professors with connections to deities, in order to request their help. Hoping to reveal this new group of researchers and investigators to the public, she intends to find the cause of the fall of the Spire and the rise of the Crises, whether it be someone attempting to reawaken the war, punishment for the Queen’s crimes, or an ancient titan’s mettling, the truth will be found.

Will you accept your role in uncovering it?