Aetheric Order


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Pathfinder: Aetheric Order is a Pathfinder campaign written and hosted by Sonic. The campaign's first session ran on June 26th, 2022, and it is currently ongoing.

= Story = Prologue: The World We Know

After hearing a mysterious voice calling out to them, a group of newfound adventurers journey to the floating city of Atmos. They all arrive in the central plaza of the city just in time to meet each other. The group wastes no time in introducing themselves, all agreeing that they had also heard the voice. After introductions, Saga feels an overwhelming sensation and a mysterious individual approaches the group. They introduce themselves as Alias and speak of how the party was chosen, and ask if they are looking to prove themselves. Alias hands the party a map as an explosion is heard in the distance. Alias tells the party that this is their chance before disappearing.

The party heads in the direction of the explosion, discovering a band of hooligans running out of a building, bags in hand. They confront the group, taking most of them down- though a single thug is able to escape with the loot they had stolen. Investigating the scene, the party finds a piece of Dravelite and see that all the thugs are sporting Haikaran emblems.

After the attack, the party heads to Nehilo Investigation Agency, meeting Ezra's secretary Crescinia Quintesce and their bodyguard Vernas Koshuth. They discuss the situation and play around with a microwave before heading to the Charging Swine to relax for the night. That night, they hear the strange voice again in their dreams saying that if they continue down their current path, they will meet soon.

Chapter 1: Proving Ourselves

The party awakens to begin their investigation on the attacks in Atmos, and Relta recalls a merchant named Zayel who has a side business of selling information. The party heads across the city to meet Zayel in their shop. They are unable to afford the price for the information they desire, but Zayel offers to give it to them for free if they simply retrieve a shipment from the nearby docks for them. The party heads to the docks to retrieve the shipment, but are attacked by a mob of sea creatures that hid within some crates. They defeat the creatures and return to Zayel with the shipment. Zayel reveals the attackers to be the Ketsueki Clan and that they target places that contain stores of Dravelite. They also reveal the clan's next target, a warehouse they would attack that same night, and warn the party of the clan's leader. The party exits the shop as Zayel mysteriously disappears using a pendant that came with their shipment.

The party moves to stakeout the warehouse, sitting in an alleyway until nightfall. Night comes and the party spot a group breaking in who they quickly follow. They confront the burglars in warehouse, taking out all but one who they interrogate. The man reveals the location of the clan's hideout and the passcode required to enter. A group of city guards then enter, ready to arrest everyone before Ezra shows them his detective badge. Just as this happens, one of the criminals gets back up and attempts to stab Ezra in the back, but Milo quickly unsheathes his sword cane, glowing a vibrant blue, and takes out the criminal before he can harm Ezra. The party agrees to discuss what they learned later and leave to get some rest.

The next morning, the party regroups at the Charging Swine and Milo's sword begins to glow brightly. The sword speaks, introducing itself as Caerus, stating that he was awakened by Milo's desire to protect others but seems to have lost most of his memory. Milo agrees to help Caerus and they head to the detective agency to learn more about black blades from Crescinia and her blade Comet. Afterwards, they locate the Ketsueki Clan hideout, and use the secret password to enter. They fight their way through until they encounter Bold Barry, who had escaped from the party's first fight with the clan. Barry states that he's getting revenge for his brother and a fight breaks loose. Barry however, is not as strong as he claims and is quickly defeated by the party.

The party continues clearing out the clan's hideout, scoring some gold before entering the chamber where Ketsueki herself awaits. Some banter ensues as Ketsueki states that she cannot let the party continue and the fight begins. As the fight progresses, Ivala is briefly knocked unconscious and the wind begins to pick up before Saga senses someone coming. Ketsueki prepares a final attack but is interrupted by the arrival of Zealys and the cloaked figure on an airship, who tell her that she needs to come with them to Leau. Ketsueki reluctantly agrees, hopping on the ship alongside her subordinates under the cover of a smoke screen and they all fly away. Alias then appears behind the party, telling them that they should be pursuing the group to Leau before leaving.

The party returns to the Charging Swine for the night, noticing that all the Ketsueki Clan members they had defeated mysteriously disappeared. Meanwhile, Alias has a discussion about the strange group that Ketsueki has connections to with an unknown individual.

Chapter 2: The Real Enemy

The next day, the party heads off to Leau. During their weeklong airship ride to the kingdom, the party meets a small-time Ifrit adventurer named Kace who tells them about a recent issue in the lake around the capital where a strange creature has been attacking people in the waters. At the end of the trip, Kace gifts the party a map of Leau before departing.

Venturing into the capital, the party splits into two groups in an attempt to find any information about Zealys and the cloaked figure. Relta, Kyla and Saga discuss their pasts a bit more and discover more information about the beast in the waters including a bounty reward for slaying it, as well as an advertisement for a performance from the local band Killer Wail that night. Meanwhile, Ezra, Ivala and Milo discuss the Quintesce family before heading to a bar and learning of the potential connection between Zealys and the beast from a city guard named Otha.

Everyone reconvenes later in the day near the royal castle to share what they learned and agree to attend the performance by Killer Wail. They arrive at the concert and it begins. Midway through, the band's lead, Levi, asks the party to come on stage and challenges them to a duel to entertain the crowd- to which the party accepts.

= Characters = Player Characters

NPCs

= Trivia =
 * Prior to the reveal of its name, the campaign was referred to by the codename "Sky Campaign".
 * Aetheric Order started off as a different campaign with a similar world under the codename "Element Campaign".


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