City of Tomorrow

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Session 2 of Story of the Century, the 3rd episode of the 2nd season of Story of a Lifetime (Overall session #39).

Took place on November 5th, 2025. PCs were level 11.

Synopsis

Session Summary

The party repairs their turbojet plane after battling a lightning golem in the Mournland, enduring a silica storm and vivid dreams of Cyre's souls. They visit Tyburn's abandoned family home for an emotional memorial, then fly to the transformed City of Making, now a utopian haven for the Reforged—new constructs housing souls of the dead Cyrans, powered by a reactivated Creation Forge and a cosmic dragonshard. They meet the Prophet and Forgemaster Artemisia, learning of the city's sustainable rebirth. The session ends with Sirian Avengers launching a raid on the city, setting up a defense.

Quests

• Investigate the Reforged and Creation Forge (New)

  • Learned about the City of Making, the Prophet, Forgemaster Artemisia, and the process of reforging souls into new bodies using the Creation Forge powered by a cosmic dragonshard.

  Status: Discovered

Timeline / Key Moments

• Party lands plane after lightning golem fight, stores souls in black diamond necklace.
• Experience shared dream of idyllic realm possibly containing Cyre's 1.3 million souls.
• Awaken to silica storm; Ariadne calms winds while Tyburn repairs engines clogged with volcanic ash-like particles.
• Ariadne investigates storm edge, pulls and examines a soul revealing merged human and ancient fey memories.
• Clear path and takeoff; fly toward Machine City, spotting glass plateau.
• Detour to Tyburn's family farm; explore empty home, place memorial stones for lost family.
• Takeoff from original airstrip, fly over Mournland toward city.
• Arrive at transformed City of Making: verdant oasis amid glass landscape, populated by elegant Reforged.
• Welcomed by Prophet; tour sustainable city, farmlands, and levitating train system.
• Descend to Athenium workshops, then Creation Forge in caverns.
• Witness soul rebirthing ceremony; examine forge mechanics with Forgemaster Artemisia.
• Discover cosmic dragonshard powering the forge, sense its ancient suffering.
• Cyran Avengers raid the city with motorcycles, ATVs, firebombs, and sonic weapons.

Key Decisions

• Visit Tyburn's childhood home for closure and soul anchors via keepsakes.
• Accept invitation to tour City of Making and assist in defense against raiders.
• Ariadne samples forge magic residues and studies dragonshard without direct contact.

Unresolved Threads

• Fate of stored souls from lightning golem and storm.
• Connection between dream realm, fey, and Cyre souls; potential planar merger.
• Sirian Avengers' motives for attacking the Reforged city.
• Full capabilities and risks of cosmic dragonshard power source.
• Reforged expansion plans and integration with outside world.

Next Steps

• Engage in combat against Sirian Avengers raiding the city.
• Interrogate raiders post-battle for their grievances.
• Deepen alliance with Prophet and Forgemaster for soul reunification efforts.

Reminders for Next Session

• Resolve ongoing combat with Avengers; track party resources like spell slots.
• Prepare for potential soul magic rituals using family keepsakes.
• Review Forgemaster's schematics for forge automation and power conduits.