Shadow of the Colossus

Setting

This campaign takes place in the the lands of Nouchi and the Empire of the Clouds.

Current status is that the Empire still rules and protects it citizens beneath the gray sky, while a rebellion stirs at the fringes and in secrecy beneath the clouds. The lumbering silver-backed mountain known as the colossus, still ambles about the countryside leaving wreckage in it's wake.

Intro

This campaign will start in Eigyou, a trade city dealing mostly with agricultural goods traveling to the imperial capital of Shuto across a narrow channel called Dogleg Straight. Eigyou is near the heart of the Empire of the Clouds and therefor, weapons and armor are strictly controlled by the Empire.

Character Guidelines

Characters will be random adventurers in Eigyou whom Teernan has recruited.

If you are an outlander, you will likely have to register with Imperial guard who you are, what your business is in the empire and what armaments you carry. Depending on how you entered the country and what your business is, I'm willing to entertain the possibility of avoiding such a bureaucratic legitimization of your visit, if your backstory warrants it.

Possible character threads:
- Any of a plethora of basic adventurers not tied to the setting. These could be fortune seekers, pirates, information brokers, con artists, traveling entertainers, ancient sages seeking lore from the imperial libraries, aimless youths soul-searching, ex-convicts seeking refuge and redemption with the southern monks, rich nobles in seek of real estate ventures or countless others.
- Someone from Kara Tur sent by the Emerald Emir on an urgent quest.
- An Imperial Gray Coat on business for the Empire.
- A player could be a Dark Templarcarrying out Imperial orders.
A player could be sided with the rebels or the Empire or neither. If you have ideas for the Rebellion, let me know.  It is far from developed.  It has been shown in one small instance that the rebels were dealing at some level with the western barbarians for combat training, weapons and armor of their great western steel.