Absalom

The City at the Center of the World

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Where Gods are made, Where fortune is claimed
Among the masses, Within the villas
Opportunity for the bold, Gambits of the brave

 

It came into your vision, radiant like the sun. Colossal keeps, and resplendent villas. Sprawled out to the very edge of the sea of Kortos Bay. In the distance loom the mountains, the Kortos Mounts. The realm of minotaur, a labyrinthine range of snow-capped mountains and lush valleys. The sounds and scents of the city beckon, tiny specks within the street the endless throng of citizens going about their daily life. The ship draws to a crawl, slowing as it enters the Flotsam Graveyard. A monument to the failure of all who sought to take the city by force. Not long after the anchor is cast overboard, the boarding planks laid, and the journey complete.

You are one of thousands who will experience this sight today. Who will make their first tentative steps into a city unlike any on the face of Golarion. Your life has changed, forever, and only the harbormaster's workers seem to care as they take you immigration information. You have but scraps to your name.

But this is the city where nobles shape the world, and commoners ascend to godhood. Anything is possible, you need only reach out with hungry hands and take it.

 

Game Brief

This is a Blade in the Dark game running within the Pathfinder setting of Golarion. This game will focus exclusively on the city of Absalom and the Shadow War that plays out everyday on the streets. You are to assume the role as one such person in that great clandestine game. This is my first time running Blades in the Dark, so things might be hectic as I work to include aspects of the Golarion setting into the rules of Blades in the Dark.