Between The Lights, Session 0: Of Locus Kethredamen

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This is an actual-play writeup of a game I am running on the Jenna Moran fanclub on Discord.

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And I asked her, "Why? Why would you be so cruel?"
And she told me, "Because it is in my nature."
I stared blankly at her for a while. Then I threw a shoe at her.
"Why?" she asked.
"Because it is in my nature," I replied.
She was not very amused.

- from the Thought-Record of Olive Biskli, Dominus of Wires

A while ago, people noticed that, while the Jennachat had an example of a game of Chuubo's, and even a few other systems besides, it was lacking an example game of Nobilis. A friend and I had been talking about playing Nobilis for ages, and this seemed like as good a place as any to start. At some point, I blocked out some time on Thursdays and started talking to people. I ended up with three players, a text chat channel, and the agreement that everyone wants to focus on Noble society.

Today was session 0 of a campaign that I am unilaterally deciding is called Between The Lights. (I made a comment referring to the leading members of Noble society as "luminaries" at one point. Also there is a Darklord involved.)

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