Moop and Salen - CLUGS Plot Request
Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2022 1:26 pm
Hey guys, this is a special permission request for Moop and Salen to travel to the Badlands and behold ruins of the Unbroken Empire, where Moop will steal a fragment of a map to help her on her journey.
In regards to Moop, this is the first of five map pieces she will have to collect through various ways– these will be requested in the SF each on their own. Utilizing the Unbroken Empire will have little to do with the past history of the Empire and will be solely focused on the gnome influence on their tech. It will be touched on by Moop, the mod Fortuna who wrote Dagrun, not Salen in his writings. He will simply be reacting to Moop’s posts and explanations of the sights to see. An explanation from Dagrun’s lore with the gnome influence to the Unbroken Empire can be found here;
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In regards to Salen, in a thread with Dahlia prior she had found this map piece from an enemy and had Salen steal it. This is what is being referenced in these beginning threads. Thread linked here; viewtopic.php?f=59&t=1719
Salen is requesting taking an Unbroken Empire gnomish inspired clockwork pistol as a trophy from the experience, detailed in the final thread. This pistol will be like an average pistol save cosmetically, which will have clockwork inclusions. It will be hard or near impossible to repair as the make is from The Age of Man, created by gnomes of that time. If it would break it would take either a genius to fix (a whole new series of threads, rather) or become a mantel piece. It can use traditional bullets that fit a proper pistol.
Detailed below are the threads dated in calendar order. Each specific thread is marked with an asterisk (*).
Thank you from,
Salen
Moop
Salen and Moop Plot.
*7th Frost 4621 Dahlia had discovered a map in the possession of Aulen Stark, a Veir that Dahlia has had a vendetta against for many years, for which she has taken the liberty to send Salen on a mission to spy on him. Little does he know, Salen has handed Dahlia a fragment of a map piece belonging to an ancient settlement in Mount Lorsha. It wasn’t important to Salen at the time, but it may hold some key information and perhaps she may become interested in the power that she could acquire from that ancient settlement. (Linked above)
*From Glade 44th-51st, Salen has escaped the wrath of Dahlia, but with more mageblight and a couple of injuries. He had been desperately trying to reach out to people through their dreams, but had been unable to. It was as if Dahlia had locked him out, isolated his soul within the lonely confounds of his dreamscape. He had escaped with a set of bruised ribs and injuries that would be mortal if not treated. From then on, he would meet with his lover, Tiberius, who would find him in a critical state. Tiberius needs to get back to his own hideout in the Badlands, where he takes refuge. However, it appears that the pair have more trouble as they come towards an outpost, hoping that they could get supplies, instead they arrive at a guarded outpost of curious make and design. It would seem this outpost was created within the ruins of a wrecked Dimp from the Unbroken Empire. Tiberius and Salen get away barely but make it to Tiberius’ hideout where Salen is patched up. This will span two threads, one leading into the other.
*74th of Glade; Moop and Salen’s first meeting, where they just get to know each other. They meet in Levrin, as it’s a midway point between Amoren and Boghard. Moop is there to accompany Joop on a trip to investigate the native flora and fauna to Railon’s area. Salen and Moop find each other on a riverside cliff in a meadow, and talk about things. They exchange addresses to keep in touch on a whim.
**3rd & 4th of Searing; Moop would get a rude awakening by Salen coming early in the morning, he wants to lay low and Moop needs the information inside the wreckage. A trip benefits both of them. He thinks Moop is more important than she actually is, by her own self importance, and thinks perhaps in the future he could get allies from the pair of gnomes to help with overthrowing Dahlia. Salen will confess the wreck to Moop in great detail and they will plan to head to the Badlands to investigate. This will then be a filler thread in which they get lost on the way to the Badlands by Moop’s cartography skills. This filler will be two threads long, the first having a time skip (early 3rd to evening 3rd)and the second(4th) with the main plot of the filler.
*5th of Searing; Salen informs Moop that having a talented necromancer might be the best option if they were going to take this journey, his partner, Tiberius who was hiding in the badlands, he decides to bring Moop to the hideout he was taking refuge in. He luckily informs Moop that his partner, Tiberius has been hiding in the Badlands away from Dahlia, after being convicted of assault; he is a criminal wandering under guise. However, it’s their only hope just in case something goes wrong as Salen urges Moop that they would need to be prepared for the worst.
*10th of Searing; They reach the Badlands Outpost, Tiberius and Joop are with them creating a party of four. They are going to try to sneak in, are successful at first, eavesdropping on the guards to get information. They learn about the treasure room located inside the wrecked ancient Dimp and decide to head there. They are caught on the way there, creating a battle that Joop, Tiberius, and Salen are fighting while Moop goes forward with their plan. Moop is going to climb through a crawlspace to get to the “treasure room”, she uses mentalism to carry the scroll across the room to her hand. But she doesn’t stop there, she completely upends the room with her mentalism once she has the scroll. This creates massive panic, the gun Salen is requesting is thrown to him from the wreckage of the capsized Dimp, and they have to fight their way out of the scene. Joop and Moop will take damage from this experience.
*11th of Searing they are back in Tiberius’ hideout talking about the experience. Moop knows the map piece she has found is worthy and wonders if more are out there that can complete the map. This is mostly wrap up and filler, starting the beginning of Moop’s ultimate quest. Salen then remembers the map piece from Frost 7, 4621 but isn’t completely certain yet– he mentions this to her and this will start the second installment of the map quest to be requested later in the SF.
