Faction Traction = Inaction
You stand at the bottom of A-Boo Peak and look to the top, trying to find the signal fire. The whole peak's covered in tombstones, memorials, and ghosts, though, and you can't begin to think about how you'll get all the way up there.
A plinth at the gate to the peak bears a plaque that reads:
On this spot, five armies did clash in a centuries' long war to establish which faction's hero would be proclaimed Hero of the Peak. The combatants were the Battlies, who followed the chronicles of Duke Starkiller and his Galaxy Battles; the Duskwalkers, who followed the chronicles of shiny vampire Jared the Duskwalker; the Whatsians, who followed the chronicles of a time-traveling alien known only as the Professor; the Space Tourists, who followed the chronicles of Captain Kerkard and his Space Tours; and the Claybenders, followers of the chronicles of teen sorcerer Gary Claybender.
Their ghosts still haunt this accursed battleground.Notes
- This one-time adventure occurs on your first visit to A-boo Peak.
- Does not consume an adventure.
References
- The Battlies and their Galaxy Battles bear a resemblance to Star Wars and its fans, irrespectively.
- In fact, in an early draft Luke's name was Luke Starkiller.
- A sparkly (which is sorta like shiny) vampire is a main character in Twilight, which is another word for dusk. Walkers.
- Not Whatsians, but Whovians are fans of a time-traveling alien known only as The
ProfessorDoctor. - Captain Kerkard's name is a mashup of Captain Kirk and Captain Picard, of the Star Trek universe.
- The Claybenders appear to be following an ersatz of teen wizard Harry Potter.
- A potter changes the shape of pieces of clay, and thus could be said to be a claybender. They're rather different from some other kinds of benders.
- Die-hard fans of various science-fiction and fantasy series are notorious for getting into arguments about why each other's favorite fiction sucks. These disputes are known as nerd wars or holy wars.
