In the leadup to our online game in February, Tales of the Wood, we're releasing some information about the setting you'll be playing in, the mysterious Overgrowth forests of the Everliving Wood.
The Everliving Wood is full of mysteries and danger, and the people who live in and frequent the Wood are no different. The following are some of the groups you will encounter in the Wood:
Pinback Lascarians
These followers of the Light of Hedon practice ecstatic, mind-opening Grave rituals from the Cracked Bone Cavern, home of the Morgue of the Wood. These self-proclaimed seers, once minions of the Taleholders, style themselves as scrying oracles of entrails and bone. Their leader is the blind Useless Eyes Pinback, who prefers to act on the visions of her third eye. Considered mad by many in the Wood, Useless Eyes was convinced by denizens of Lorado to turn on the Taleholders for their crimes and wage war against them, bringing her people along on the mission. The Pinbacks have now called across the Wastes for aid.
The Taleholders
The Taleholders are a secretive, owl-masked group of Film Union TVs and Father Night Seasons who control the narrative of the Everliving Wood, fueled by its resources and united by the Season as a measurement of time and narrative. Aloof and mysterious, they are known for their sinister and violent tactics, and they wish to keep their sacred, powerful Wood isolated while still using Plot and Protagonists to their advantage. Manipulative and scheming, and will always have a plan, a backup plan, and a plan behind that.
Bear Claw Hunting & Trapping
A Lorado-wide network of outdoorsmen who deal in meat, pelts, bones, tanning, and leatherwork, and rugged clothing tailored from hides and furs. Facilitating big game hunts is another source of income, as is guiding and escorting travelers through the mountains, and brutal frontier medicine for hire. Rumors that not all travelers who hire escorts from Bear Claw are seen again, and that not all the leather the trappers work with are animal, are sometimes whispered in dimly lit bars or around campfires on the trail. A few members of Bear Claw are authorized to operate in the Everliving Wood, a perilous but lucrative place of work for them.
We will release more information as the event approaches, continue the conversation on our Facebook and Discord pages!
The Event happens February 10th - 12th and tickets are on sale now!
https://www.dystopiarisingco.com/blog/2023/1/19/tickets-now-on-sale-for-our-february-virtual-event-tales-of-the-wood